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Five Labour MPs have put forward an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons calling for rent controls - even...
22 April 2024
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Propertymark wants the government to cool down on its enthusiasm for brownfield development. It says in a response to a consultation that...
10 April 2024
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Propertymark has issued a no-holds-barred plea to the politician who has been named as the new housing minister in Wales -...
28 March 2024
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The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...
18 March 2024
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A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...
05 March 2024
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Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...
23 February 2024
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There’s growing anger over restrictions on private homeowners using their properties via Airbnb and other short let platforms. Earlier this week Housing...
21 February 2024
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The trade body representing short lets providers and support companies has reacted angrily to government proposals for a radical shake up. Housing...
19 February 2024
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Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...
15 February 2024
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The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...
01 February 2024
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Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...
23 November 2023
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Propertymark says it’s delivering a powerful message to the Scottish Government - despite losing a recent key legal case. The agents trade...
09 November 2023
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The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...
20 October 2023
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Parliament resumes today following its summer recess but there is still a lack of detail on aspects of the Renters Reform...
04 September 2023
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The number of completed Build to Rent homes in the UK has increased 13 per cent in the past year to...
31 July 2023
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Propertymark has branded the plans by Housing Secretary Michael Gove to increase housebuilding “disappointing”. Nathan Emerson, Propertymark chief executive, says: “The UK...
26 July 2023
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The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...
07 July 2023
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Two prominent trade bodies representing elements of the private rental sector are fighting back against the latest attempt to impose rent...
09 June 2023
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The main landlord body wants more details behind the soundbite rhetoric of the Renters Referm Bill, launched today in Parliament. Ben Beadle,...
17 May 2023
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The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...
11 May 2023
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Lettings agency Fine & Country believes that tenants will continue to feel the pressure this spring with rental growth expected to...
21 April 2023
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PropTech supplier Goodlord this week launches what it calls “a manifesto” demanding government help for the lettings industry. Few details of the...
17 April 2023
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New powers have been revealed to tackle what the Welsh Government calls the ‘problem’ of second homes. A statement from the Senedd...
05 April 2023
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A council is introducing a service which it claims will help identify properties which cannon future be used as private rental...
10 March 2023
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Agents’ body Propertymark wants more government action to boost housing supply - and it wants the views of the industry on...
01 February 2023
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Housebuilders have branded a west country council’s decision to ask for all new homes to be net zero as ‘unaffordable' and...
30 January 2023
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The way to solve the rental sector supply shortage is through Build To Rent, a leading agency claims. Leaders Romans Group says...
09 January 2023
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The director of a property development firm says Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer must do more to boost housing supply as...
09 January 2023
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The head of an estate agency and property investment firm says the government should do more to reform the rental sector...
24 November 2022
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Just about every agency that has commented on yesterday’s Autumn Statement are in agreement - changes to Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance...
18 November 2022
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The details of the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill will be the main focus of the Propertymark annual conference in Belfast...
05 October 2022
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The euphoria caused by the stamp duty cuts announced just before the weekend has given way to a realisation that they...
26 September 2022
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Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut. In future there will be no stamp duty on the first...
23 September 2022
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Private renters’ average floor space per person in England has fallen by 16 per cent over the past 20 years while...
21 September 2022
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A high profile agent has renewed his attack on politicians. David Alexander - who heads up DJ Alexander, part of the Lomond...
14 September 2022
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Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...
30 June 2022
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One of the most high profile members of the Welsh Parliament has hit back at calls from the controlling Labour and...
09 May 2022
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Propertymark is calling on candidates in next week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections to support policies that will increase housing supply and...
29 April 2022
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The chief executive of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the UK government, accusing it of a “blatant disregard...
20 April 2022
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New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...
18 February 2022
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Figures obtained by ITV News suggest that one of the country's most popular tourist locations has as many Airbnbs listed as...
14 February 2022
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The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...
02 February 2022
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A report from the House of Lords has condemned the private rental sector as being ”increasingly unaffordable” as well as being...
11 January 2022
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ARLA Propertymark is backing a call for the government to set a clear vision for how it sees the private rental...
13 December 2021
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Major players in the Build To Rent sector are joining forces to see if they can give the industry a more...
08 January 2021
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Chris Hope, senior partner at Dawsons and Fine & Country agencies, will be one of the main speakers at a prestigious...
15 December 2020
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The Welsh Government wants to reform compulsory purchase powers - meaning any landlord with a long-term empty property in the region...
20 October 2020
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With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...
24 September 2020
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The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...
12 March 2020
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Labour’s London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has put his call for powers to control private rents at the heart of his campaign...
04 March 2020
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Nearly half a million properties could be removed from the long-term lettings market as disenchanted landlords move to short-lets. A survey by...
31 January 2020
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New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...
24 January 2020
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Labour’s policies for the private rental sector are “too extreme ... unrealistic and will be hugely damaging to housing supply in...
27 November 2019
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Rent controls similar to those demanded by Labour in London and other major cities in the UK do not work, and...
29 October 2019
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UK-wide rental prices are up 2.0 per cent annually to £876 – a three-year high – according to a new quarterly...
16 October 2019
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Property investors are concerned that Brexit could deter international buyers from purchasing property in the UK, which could in turn weaken...
11 October 2019
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Landlords have urged the authorities not to introduce rent controls in Manchester as they would 'choke off' supply of housing in...
07 October 2019
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There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...
30 September 2019
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused Labour of being thin on detail when it comes to the housing policies...
26 September 2019
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Over-regulation of short-term let accommodation in some areas of rural Scotland could pose a risk to rural tourism, a business organisation...
23 July 2019
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A trade association has called for a 'moratorium' on any further government intervention in the buy-to-let sector in order to stop...
09 July 2019
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A leading letting agent argues that the UK housing market is not prepared to deal with a growing number of lifetime...
05 September 2018
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A lettings trade body says a major house builder has blamed, in part, recent tax increases on private landlords as a...
19 March 2018
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The new leader of the Labour party in Scotland says his party will introduce “stringent” rent controls if it gains power...
13 March 2018
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Reaction to the government’s call for developers and planning authorities to be more flexible in their approach to increasing the housing...
07 March 2018
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The shadow housing minister, John Healey, has started to flesh out the details of Labour's proposed rent controls, announced by Jeremy...
02 October 2017
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A respected letting agency research head says Build To Rent could be a significant step towards solving the overall shortage of...
08 September 2017
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Green Party politician Andy Wightman claims that £10.6m in taxes are being avoided this year due to the boom in private...
07 August 2017
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A new report by think tank IPPR supports those who feel the so-called ‘sharing economy’ - short lets via Airbnb and...
09 December 2016
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The Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a report by the House of Lords that institutional investors behind the Build To Rent...
19 July 2016
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Legal & General Capital, which is set to be one of the biggest names in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector...
14 April 2016
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Respected credit ratings agency Fitch says buy to let will thrive for the next 12 to 24 months but the effects...
08 April 2016
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A new report from the independent Social Market Foundation think tank has found that almost two million more people have been...
22 February 2016
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Build to Rent development in London is over double that in the rest of the UK with over 14,276 units in...
20 October 2015
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Over 60 per cent of private sector landlords face being pushed from the basic to higher rates of income tax as...
24 September 2015
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One in four households in the UK will be privately renting by 2025 - that’s the conclusion of research by respected...
23 July 2015
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Given that I wrote my last article on the day of the General Election but well before the result was known,...
19 June 2015
From: Features
The agency industry has been acting with delight over the likelihood that there will be a slim overall majority for the...