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The head of a lettings agency in Kent says it would be a “practical solution” for second home owners to become...

A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

A series of lenders have slashed their buy to let mortgage rates in a bid to win business. These include: - LendInvest Mortgages...

Propertymark has stepped into the row over a bank chief’s comments on first time buyers. Sir Howard Davies, chairman of NatWest, responded...

One of the UK’s leading lettings agents is bemoaning what he calls “the missed opportunity “ to help the rental sector...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

The long-term shortage of rental accommodation is now addressed by a short-term clampdown on second homes and empty properties, a leading...

Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...

Connells has launched what it calls a “pioneering” Rent to Buy scheme to shift apartments in a 163-unit scheme. The agency likens...

The UK’s housing market is increasingly driven by older, affluent home owners with younger generations squeezed out.  That’s the view of data...

An MP says owner occupiers are “scared, unable to sleep at night, worried about their safety and even concerned about whether...

Council tax premiums being considered in Wales would be insufficient to persuade short let and holiday home owners to move their...

A prominent lettings agency says capital values could be damaged if a controversial emissions scheme goes ahead in London. Research by Benham...

A prominent housing journalist says Labour should fund councils to buy homes directly from private landlords to rapidly increase the size...

A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...

Renters are being offered a 100 per cent mortgage by the Skipton Building Society - the first time such a product...

The cost of coastal homes in Britain more than doubled - rising 56 per cent - between 2012 and 2022 says...

A prominent business analyst has given a bleak warning about the prospects for property investors and other home owners in 2023. Sarah...

Trade bodies have been trying to shore up investor confidence after the latest house price index, by the Nationwide, showing another...

The government has pulled together the latest guidance on Right To Rent, appropriate to landlords, lettings agents and home owners who...

The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...

Cheshire has topped a new ranking of the best places in the UK to invest in a holiday let, according to...

Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...

It appears likely that Rachel Maclean is set to become the sixth housing minister in 12 months, replacing Lucy Frazer. In the...

The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...

The government has been accused of pushing up the cost of home insulation because of a poorly timed public campaign. The National...

The way to solve the rental sector supply shortage is through Build To Rent, a leading agency claims.  Leaders Romans Group says...

Demographic data from the latest Census suggests that the Private Rental Sector now provides homes for 20.3 per cent of the...

One of the politicians backing a tax surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy to lets has been put...

Over the last decade, the proportion of people aged 24 to 64 living in their own home has fallen and the...

Trends in the lettings market “do not bode well for renters on low incomes” according to an analyst. Jack Godby of lettings...

A Labour MP has attacked Airbnb hosts and others in the short lets business, accusing them of “this exploitation of housing...

The controversial Boiler Upgrade Scheme - which Propertymark say is so complex many people don’t think it’s worth applying to -...

A holiday lettings agency has taken the unusual step of speaking out in favour of higher council tax for second home...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his long-awaited Autumn Statement - the fiscal event which he says will lead to “all of...

One of the country’s most respected lettings agencies says tax is dominating the agenda ahead of Thursday’s Autumn Statement from Chancellor...

A holiday lettings agency has criticised the proposed rise in capital gains tax which may be introduced this week in the...

The growth of the Build To Rent sector is a symbol of a changing Britain, in says one of the players...

As the Rishi Sunak government’s lower ranks finally take shape, the junior ministers working with Housing Secretary Michael Gove have been...

Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...

The Bank of England is warning that many households will struggle to meet their rent or mortgage commitments if interest rates...

The government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme application process is so complex property agents and their landlords do not think it is worth...

The owners of second homes in a key short lets and tourist hotspot are set to have to pay a premium...

With the next Bank of England interest rate decision timed for tomorrow, it’s just been revealed that rate increases so far...

A building society which has taken the unprecedented step of stopping lending on second homes has been sharply criticised by a...

New research predicts a record year for holiday home owners in the UK with more people than ever planning to staycation...

AirBnb says proposed changes to short let rules in Wales should be aimed at property speculators, not ordinary people. The Welsh Government...

Activists are calling on the government to impose swingeing taxes on some lettings properties “to bring them back into the residential...

Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...

A Conservative MP is suggesting that there could be a ’25 mile limit’ imposed around certain rental properties to ensure they...

The government has released more details of the powers being given to local authorities to levy additional taxes on second homes.  The...

Leaks from government ahead of this morning’s Queen’s Speech suggest that second homes which are not let out are likely to...

A new investment league table has been drawn up to show best aggregate rent and capital appreciation income for those in...

Homes headed by a person over the age of 45 will account for at least half of all privately renting households...

The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to add to fuel price pressures with a typical household annual bill now predicted to...

The increasingly shrill anti-landlord rhetoric from some politicians is making it harder for tenants, claims a leading industry spokesman. John Blackwood, chief...

Figures obtained by ITV News suggest that one of the country's most popular tourist locations has as many Airbnbs listed as...

Bookings for staycations continue to surpass pre-pandemic levels, according to holiday home rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages.  The company has revealed that...

One of the country’s best-read and respected regional newspapers has accused Airbnb of a ‘racket’ by advertising homes on its short-let...

Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...

The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...

Only 15 per cent of adults are confident the housing crisis will be resolved in their lifetime. New research among 2,000 individuals...

A think tank says it would take a major policy change to fulfil Boris Johnson’s goal to turn generation rent into...

A prominent consultancy advising the Build To Rent sector has identified one British city as the prime location for investment in 2022. BNP...

The government says it’s finalising plans for a new tax regime to apply to additional homes, and in particular those used...

A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...

The short lets sector - already receiving political and community criticism for eroding the wider private rental sector - needs better...

A new call has come for government action to stop the hemorrhage of properties shifting from long term rental to Airbnb...

A prominent industry supplier is warning the government not to damage the private rental sector in its push to promote ever-more...

The farcical implementation of the government’s Green Homes Grant scheme has been sharply criticised by Propertymark. Timothy Douglas, the organisation’s policy and...

Propertymark has joined four so-called ‘action groups’ advocating housing policy changes including the setting up of a national landlord register and...

A letter from a tenant’s union is demanding that a Labour councillor “publicly explain” his actions as an accountant advising investors...

A town with one of the UK’s heaviest concentrations of holiday homes is clamping down on future purchases by outsiders who...

Wales’ Labour-led administration is to announce a three-pronged approach to affordability issues - and it looks likely to involve a clampdown...

Cornish MPs have spoken up in the House of Commons to highlight what they claim is the danger of having too...

Almost 40,000 people have signed a petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners. The...

PropTech firm Goodlord is to offer illness and injury insurance to tenants  via a link with Legal & General.  Goodlord already sells...

A leading banking and wealth management company says a growth area for the rental sector in the years to come will...

ARLA Propertymark says there should be a long term appropriately funded strategy to help the private rental sector and home owners...

The initiative which the government hoped would transform energy efficiency in the private rental sector is being axed this week. The Green...

The government’s much-vaunted ‘tax day’ produced few challenges to the status quo - but holiday lets are under scrutiny. Currently the holiday let...

A report in the Financial Times over the weekend suggests that Lloyds Bank is poised to become a major residential landlord,...

Councillors from a town council in Wales are to be given an audience with the country’s First Minister to discuss the...

Scotland must encourage more investors into its property market as a way of supporting its economy once the Coronavirus recedes according...

Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...

Move iQ, the consumer-facing property service led by Phil Spencer, has teamed up with a lettings sector insurance provider which could...

A high profile former estate agent who was a major figure on the London sales market for over three decades has...

The Prime Minister has stepped into the ongoing row over a Labour claim that last week’s stamp duty holiday was merely...