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New housing minister Lee Rowley has spoken out in favour of Build To Rent. At the inaugural Build To Rent Innovators conference...

The Scottish Government does not intend to abandon its licensing scheme for Airbnbs and other short term lets, nor to delay...

A trade body has criticised the various UK governments for “rushing blindly” into poorly-constructed regulation of short lets. The angry words from...

The new trade body for short lets has reacted angrily to a government plan for AirBnb and other short let hosts...

Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...

A prominent lettings agent has resumed his attack on politicians for failing to build sufficient numbers of social housing properties -...

A new scheme offering landlords the opportunity to lease property through a local authority has been launched.   Leasing Scheme Wales: Gwynedd gives...

* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - The controversial rent...

ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...

A recent suggestion by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation charity, for government help to allow private tenants to buy their landlords’ homes,...

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

A prominent lettings agency chief says the lifecycle of a typical tenancy has been transformed in recent years, as a result...

The lettings agency boss at the centre of a major industry takeover has fired a warning shot about rent controls and...

Scotland’s official clampdown on short lets is gathering pace with the country’s housing minister advocating a licensing regime and so-called ‘control...

International research suggests that short lets - Airbnb and similar platforms - cause housing shortages and push up private rents. Research by...

The weekly economic and financial research magazine The Economist has made a scathing attack on rent controls. The publication says rent controls...

It’s been a difficult summer for Airbnb and other short-let platforms operating in the UK. Recently the European Commission gave Airbnb until the...

More than 92 per cent of landlords believe the government is anti-landlord and want the Chancellor to back them in this...

The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...