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NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...

Birmingham’s Labour council is considering closing its social housing waiting list to new applicants - and this is likely to trigger...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued advice to agencies on how to comply with data protection law.  The UK data protection regulator...

Labour deputy leader and shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner has given her party’s conference an outline of future policy plans. She says:...

New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords and their letting agents to take responsibility for...

Following the recent inquest into the tragic death of two-year old Awaab Ishak in Rochdale, agents are being offered free awareness...

A lettings agency chief has listed how rent controls have failed across the world. Writing in The Scotsman, David Alexander - chief...

A Labour peer who was to have invested £1 billion in affordable homes has halted his scheme because of the threat...

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations says its members are key to tackling the cost of living crisis but rent freezes,...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer picked on the buy to let and holiday home sectors as targets for future restrictions, in...

Forty per cent of privately rented homes in England are unlikely to achieve the energy efficiency rating target set to become...

A politician has called on Airbnb hosts in his local area to switch their properties to long-term rentals. Isle of Wight councillor...

A selection of property industry figures have spoken out against the government’s latest proposals to extend Right To Buy to housing...

Shelter has made an outspoken attack on a government proposal to extend Right To Buy to housing association tenants. The idea -...

A major Select Committee of MPs has launched an enquiry into so-called exempt rental sector accommodation - a niche sector that...

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

A Labour council leader has hit after being attacked for his support for buy to let and property investment. Last week we...

A leading veterinary body - the National Office of Animal Health, or NOAH - wants pets to be allowed in private rental...

Fledgling portal Homesearch has partnered with outsourced viewing service Viewber in a new PropTech teaming. Under the deal, agents who receive an...

Research shows that half of those in the private rental sector are aged 16 to 34, making the lettings industry vulnerable...

A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...

A new free-to-download app called My Rent Rewards claims to allow tenants to save towards their rent when they shop. The app,...

On the day that Labour launches its proposals to reform the private rental sector, the Tories have announced so-called Lifetime Rental...

The housing association Cadwyn is calling for private sector landlords with properties in Cardiff to lease their houses to those on...

Housing charity Shelter has announced the launch of a £600,000 fund it is hosting, with the aim of improving the private...

TrustMark, the government-backed quality kite mark scheme for tradespeople, is launching a pilot with Trading Standards to improve the quality and...

Shadow housing minister John Healey has given his backing to a Labour MP’s attempt to introduce a mandatory national register for...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell is organising a series of regional meetings for property professionals to give him their view of his...

The government has stepped in to clear up misunderstandings emerging from the Housing White Paper following its high profile call for...

Shelter - the campaigning charity many feel has had influence on government policies for the lettings sector - has now turned around and...

The largest Build To Rent deal in Bristol has been announced.  Grainger, the UK's largest listed residential landlord, will forward fund, acquire...

A leading mortgage industry spokesman says he hopes Theresa May's "more balanced approach" to housing policy will trigger government support for...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced the first details of his plan to introduce a 'London Living Rent'. This new...

An initiative between the Residential Landlords Association and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme Charitable Foundation will help charities and other organisations offer...

The Right To Buy policy “has turned into a rich harvest for the greedy elite” according to a trades union. The GMB...

Transport for London - which last year admitted it may enter the fast-emerging Build To Rent sector - has listed 13...

There is reported to be a substantial majority amongst housing associations for the compromise deal over the government's controversial Right To...

G15, the largest group of London housing associations, says its members unanimously back a controversial Right to Buy compromise proposal. Under the...

The government is watering down its controversial new Right To Buy policy, by giving housing associations one week to sign up...

The Liberal Democrat party says it will use its members in the House of Lords to try to block the government's...

Letting agents have received another warning from legal experts to familiarise themselves with new legislation introduced just before MPs broke up...