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An amendment is expected to be made by the government to its Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. The Bill, put forward by...
23 April 2024
From: Breaking News
What appears to be another government housing policy U-turn - this time on ground rents - is being hailed as “a...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark wants Housing Secretary Michael Gove to continue with ground rent reforms for leaseholders following the launch of a consultation into this...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The government is considering five different options for ground rent as the reform process for the sector begins. The government is committed...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
An industry supplier owned by the Leaders Romans Group says the government’s pledge to reform - not replace - leasehold should...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The Competition and Markets Authority is launching a three month probe into how letting agents operate within the private rental sector. It says...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The Queen’s Speech has confirmed that a radical re-shaping of the rental sector in England is being pushed ahead by the...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The new material information requirements recently announced by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team will be the topic...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has said that the government’s ban on ground rent on new leasehold properties should go further. The government revealed over the...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the largest private residential landlords in the Midlands has appointed Principle Estate Management to start collecting various ground rents...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The landlords’ newly-merged trade body has renewed its call for the government to do more to help the private rental sector...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News
McCarthy & Stone, long associated with retirement properties only available to buy, has introduced a renting option at a number of...
07 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Owners of buy to let properties across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges according...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News
While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News
More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...
08 March 2019
From: Breaking News
London-focussed lettings agency ludlowthompson says buy to let landlords across the country claimed a record £17.7 billion in tax relief last...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News
The UK’s army of buy to let landlords will still benefit from £16.7 billion worth of tax relief even after the...
09 January 2018
From: Breaking News
A leasehold campaigner has called on the Queen to end her support for what he calls the UK's “feudal leasehold system” by changing the...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News
New figures assembled by the Nationwide reveal precisely how much, on average, it costs to operate a privately rented property. The numbers...
18 September 2017
From: Breaking News
The Queen’s Speech, outlining the government’s proposals for the next two years, has confirmed a pledge to introduce a ban on...