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09 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ chief wants Labour leader to make stand against rent controls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Propertymark says the new Labour leader in Wales, Baroness Eluned Morgan, should make an early stand against rent controls for the...
30 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency boss claims tenants miss holidays because of high rents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2167150227.jpg)
The boss of a rental flatshare agency claims tenants are sacrificing summer holidays because of high rents. Matt Hutchinson, director of the...
25 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Bidding Wars not the problem - they’re just a symptom](/upload/images/shutterstock_1948159747.jpg)
A prominent lettings agent says banning agents and landlords conducting bidding wars for a rental property is not addressing the real...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Trade union demands wholesale rental reform in new report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy(F)Landlord-400x310.png)
The trade union UNISON has partnered with activist group Generation Rent to demand root-and-branch reform of the private rental sector. Four key...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Starmer names minister to steer through Rental Reform Legislation](/upload/images/1%20shutterstock_431846332.jpg)
Labour MP Matthew Pennycook has been named as the principal housing minister in the new government. He was shadow housing minister when...
06 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s Housing Policies - next five years start today](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agency regulation demanded by PropTech leader](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
Regulation of lettings and estate agencies must be a priority for the government elected tomorrow, a PropTech entrepreneur demands. Sián Hemming-Metcalfe of...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Hands Off Short Lets - long term empty homes are bigger problem](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2%20shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
The embattled short let and holiday let industry has hit out at what it calls the “rampant hypocrisy” of councils when...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Call for a new Ministry of Housing with long-term minister](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
The next Government should create a separate Ministry of Housing and encourage MPs of all parties to work together to solve...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Section 21 to be scrapped by Labour immediately](/upload/images/shutterstock_2189665543.jpg)
Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove slams major parties for ignoring growing housing crisis](/upload/images/shutterstock_769272595(1).jpg)
In an unusually outspoken intervention into the election campaign, Rightmove has criticised the absence of debate over housing. The issue has not...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Reform Bill collapse is “significant setback” claims letting agency boss](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The failure of Labour and Conservatives to agree that the Renters Reform Bill should become law by July 4 has been...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning To Labour - Rent Controls Just Won’t Work](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
If Labour plans to bring in rent controls they won’t work, a property association has warned. The National Association of Property Buyers...
24 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - groups still lobbying for further changes](/upload/images/shutterstock_2078570446.jpg)
A coalition of higher education and student housing organisations have called on the government to make further changes to the Renters...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent claims it already conforms with Reform Bill ideals](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Tell Politicians - Stop Arguing and Repair Private Renting](/upload/images/shutterstock_2307084393.jpg)
Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Election hopeful demands New Towns to solve housing shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Labour must build “a new generation of New Towns” if it gets into government, according to a parliamentary candidate linked to...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Rental Crisis - big rise in countryside lets as rural house prices soar](/upload/images/shutterstock_1438059821.jpg)
England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill threat to student accommodation, say experts](/upload/images/shutterstock_522554425.jpg)
New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental Sector Tax Grab - leading agency boss speaks out](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets Clampdown - More campaigners back Gove](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Earlier this week Housing Secretary Michael...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Gove’s Airbnb Crackdown - Criticism building](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets Shake Up - Gove slammed for “political posturing”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Buy to let portfolio used for housing association tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
A council that is buying private properties in second home hotspots to let to local people has struck a new agreement...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks boss slams Tories in unexpected attack](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![British Homes for British Workers - Experts, activists unite in opposition](/upload/images/shutterstock_1750387934.jpg)
Seventeen housing organisations have sent an open letter to the government rejecting its idea of prioritising British families when it comes...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Glut of long-term empty homes slammed as rental shortage continues](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
New research shows there are 36,210 long-term vacant homes across London - that’s around one in every 100 properties. The borough in...
26 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rayner’s Section 21 Reform must not kill private rental sector - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fake Agents and Landlords - renters face fraud threats online](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Homeowners%20driving%20Google%20search%20Weekend%20Estate%20agent%20AgentOnline-400x310.png)
New figures suggest soaring numbers of tenants are at risk from criminals taking advantage of the tough rental market. Scammers place fake...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour Mayors want unlimited council tax on empty properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan is calling on the government to allow him to levy effectively uncapped council tax bills on...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Public want more tax on Airbnbs and higher private rental standards](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
A mortgage lender has conducted a survey of homeowners which has produced a string of anti-landlord and anti-overseas investor attitudes. Market Financial...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![John Lewis pushes into private rental market with 800 homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
John Lewis is pushing ahead with its commitment to build and manage rental homes as part of a drive which it...
04 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government told - Stop the attacks on holiday lettings sector!](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Economists tell government - rental reform will backfire](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
A prominent group of economists has predicted the measures in the Renters Reform Bill will backfire on the government. Matthew Lesh, Director...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rents skyrocket across UK amid warning of “housing disaster”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/StressedTenant-400x310.png)
Average room rents rose by 10 per cent or more in every UK region, every London region and almost every major...
17 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tory wants clampdown on HMOs run by “dubious people”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgent-400x310.png)
A veteran Conservative is calling on his government to clamp down on HMOs and ensure there is better council regulation and...
05 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents tell government - get your act together](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Propertymark has told a UK government to stop ignore the damaging effect of its policies on the private rental sector. An outspoken...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls won't solve housing crisis, experts warn](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentOnlineSearch-400x310.png)
The housing crisis will be made worse by rent caps, two property experts have said. Various activist groups, much of the Green...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Reverse The Tax Threat - major agency backs petition](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxRefund-400x310.png)
A high profile lettings agency has backed a petition demanding the reinstatement of tax relief for landlords. Benham and Reeves says it...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Should Rival Bids Be Banned? Activists demand change](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
A campaign group has protested outside letting agencies in Bristol, protesting against what they describe as “bidding wars” between rival tenants. The...
06 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Freeze politician in war of words with Propertymark chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentFreeze-400x310.png)
Propertymark has become embroiled in a war of words with a Scottish politician who has made a series of anti-agent and...
04 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Politicians insist “we’re not at war with holiday lets”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Propertycalculator-400x310.png)
South Hams council in south Devon - one of the UK’s top holiday spots - has unanimously agreed proposals for second...
23 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let tax rise - agents angry at damage to rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxRefund-400x310.png)
Letting agents in Scotland are angry at the Scottish Government for increasing the tax surcharge on buyers of buy to lets...
20 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Council campaigns for rent controls - with no power to introduce them](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent-Mobile-400x310.png)
A new survey has been launched to gather views from people in a major English city on the idea of introducing...
12 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour MP attacks Airbnb hosts for “exploiting” housing crisis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Banned_400x310.png)
A Labour MP has attacked Airbnb hosts and others in the short lets business, accusing them of “this exploitation of housing...
08 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlords can now lease property through a local council](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/LondonPropertySector-400x310.png)
A new scheme offering landlords the opportunity to lease property through a local authority has been launched. Leasing Scheme Wales: Gwynedd gives...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Growth of Build To Rent is symbol of changing Britain - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
The growth of the Build To Rent sector is a symbol of a changing Britain, in says one of the players...
10 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Jeremy Hunt won’t prevent “mass exodus” from rental sector - warning](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Jeremy-Hunt%20_400x310.png)
Jeremy Hunt’s firm grasp of fiscal policy after the market turmoil of recent weeks won’t stop what one housing expert calls...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Another council hits Airbnbs and holiday homes with higher taxes](/upload/images/library/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
The owners of second homes in a key short lets and tourist hotspot are set to have to pay a premium...
29 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty change does nothing to help rental sector - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket2020-400x310.jpg)
The euphoria caused by the stamp duty cuts announced just before the weekend has given way to a realisation that they...
26 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lobby politicians to stop rent controls killing supply - agency chief](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/business-competition400x310.png)
The Belvoir Group is warning that the housing crisis within the Scottish private rental sector is rapidly worsening, thanks to the...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent slams ‘pie in the sky’ idea for private tenant Right To Buy](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HomeInHands-400x310.jpg)
A recent suggestion by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation charity, for government help to allow private tenants to buy their landlords’ homes,...
08 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Delay in implementation of second homes’ council tax levy](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Keyring-400x310.jpg)
One of the country’s second home and holiday let hotspots has been told it will be unable to levy extra council...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government must help keep rental sector buoyant - warning from agents](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has issued the government with a stark warning - without incentives to landlords, the private rental sector will shrink, rents...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Politician wants Airbnb hosts to switch properties to long-term rentals](/upload/images/Logos/AirbnbLogo-400x310.jpg)
A politician has called on Airbnb hosts in his local area to switch their properties to long-term rentals. Isle of Wight councillor...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Activists begin lobbying new Conservative housing chief](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/GeneralElection-2017-400x310.jpg)
Within two hours of Greg Clarke being appointed by Boris Johnson as the new Housing Secretary, the leader of Generation Rent...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour pushing for even more radical reforms plus rent controls](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
The sweeping reforms for the private rental sector announced by the government at the end of last week do not go...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ditch AirBnb and we’ll charge you nothing - agency offer to landlords](/upload/images/Logos/Airbnb-Alt-400x310.jpg)
Another lettings agency is offering a major incentive to landlords switching from Airbnb to traditional long term rentals. Hills Lettings, a south...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Private rental property conditions and enforcement slammed by MPs](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/parliament400x310.png)
Private rental property conditions and the enforcement of regulations by councils and government have all been in the firing line from...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls Now! Major newspaper backs activists’ campaign](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
One of the country’s major regional newspapers has launched a campaign for the urgent introduction of rent controls. The Bristol Evening Post,...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ethical Lettings Agency charges ultra-low fees](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-NEW-400x310.jpg)
A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Quit carping and criticising private rental sector, politicians told](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
The increasingly shrill anti-landlord rhetoric from some politicians is making it harder for tenants, claims a leading industry spokesman. John Blackwood, chief...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent Control momentum building rapidly across UK](/upload/images/Locations/WalesFlag-400x310.jpg)
Politicians across the UK appear to be growing more vocal in their support for rent controls. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Holiday lets firm says tourist areas need more affordable homes](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
A major holiday let company in one of the country’s prime tourist destinations says more affordable homes should be built to...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb lettings ‘racket’ condemned by prominent newspaper](/upload/images/Logos/Airbnb-Alt-400x310.jpg)
One of the country’s best-read and respected regional newspapers has accused Airbnb of a ‘racket’ by advertising homes on its short-let...
25 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Memo to government: Slash stamp duty surcharge to get more rental units](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Stamp-Duty400x310.png)
Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lib Dems want big rental sector controls ‘to solve housing crisis’](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Will rental sector benefit from growing pessimism over scale of housing crisis?](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/HousingCrisis-400x310.jpg)
Only 15 per cent of adults are confident the housing crisis will be resolved in their lifetime. New research among 2,000 individuals...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Councils warn that Airbnbs threaten mainstream rental supply](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...
14 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Where Airbnb listings outnumber ‘normal’ lettings by 60-to-1](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
Shocking figures produced by a council in the south west show the vast number of short lets available - and by...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Scam using Facebook Marketplace sees tenants lose thousands](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/PayingBills-400x310.jpg)
A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Industry anger as Budget ignores private rental sector](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
All sides of the industry have expressed anger and frustration that yesterday’s Budget effectively ignored the private rental sector. ARLA Propertymark’s policy...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent giant sets out blueprint for solving Britain’s housing crisis](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
New research published by Build To Rent operator L&G reveals what it believes to be a crisis surrounding rental properties, affordable...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![New calls to stop rental homes switching to Airbnb](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
A new call has come for government action to stop the hemorrhage of properties shifting from long term rental to Airbnb...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb glut slashes rental stock and leads to Housing Crisis - claim](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
A lack of longer term rental accommodation thanks to the growth of Airbnb and other short lets has led to a...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls to be introduced after deal between politicians](/img/default/lat.png)
Rent controls are to be introduced into part of the UK as a result of a deal between two political parties. The...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![MPs say holiday homes to let are risk to stable communities](/img/default/lat.png)
Cornish MPs have spoken up in the House of Commons to highlight what they claim is the danger of having too...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Banning Orders: just 39 issued, three years after implementation](/img/default/lat.png)
Some 39 agents and landlords have had banning orders over the past three years according to a report in The Guardian. Under the...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Shelter hits out over “window dressing” policy for tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter has criticised Chancellor Rishi Sunak for allegedly leaving “far more people on the brink of homelessness than homeownership.” Chief...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Repossession looms for buy to let investors because of eviction ban](/img/default/lat.png)
Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer. Mary Rouse,...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing minister enters row over Labour “bung” accusation](/img/default/lat.png)
Housing minister Chris Pincher has entered the row over Labour claiming that the stamp duty holiday announced last week was in...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Labour says stamp duty holiday is “a bung for landlords”](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour has described the stamp duty holiday introduced last week as “a £1.3 billion bung for landlords” because the tax break...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Don’t make it harder to evict tenants - plea to government](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading trade body is pleading with the government not to make it harder for landlords or their agent representatives to...
21 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Share of homes bought for buy to let plummets to record low](/img/default/lat.png)
The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s shock £100,000 fines for substandard rental properties](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rising rent is “a headwind” battering poor tenants, says think tank](/img/default/lat.png)
Higher housing costs - including private sector rents - have reduced incomes and increased inequality as the poorest families have borne...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tenant activists demand rent controls and Section 21 scrapped](/img/default/lat.png)
A collective of activist renter groups has set out a manifesto of what it wants from the winner of next month’s...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tories - you have been warned, says lettings trade group](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the industry’s leading trade groups has repeated a warning to the Conservatives that they cannot rely on the votes...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![It’s official - private rents are FALLING in real terms](/img/default/lat.png)
Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rising by 1.3...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tory says government “war on landlords” will make housing crisis worse](/img/default/lat.png)
An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent boost for London as it becomes a top European market](/img/default/lat.png)
London is growing in its importance as a Build To Rent market according to new research released today. International property consultancy JLL...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Industry rages against Labour’s “laughable” rent control plan](/img/default/lat.png)
Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech deposit alternative and rental passport provider beefs up product](/img/default/lat.png)
A PropTech supplier specialising in rent passports and tenancy deposit replacement has launched an advanced version of its primary product, on...
16 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Scrapping S21 isn’t enough - cap rent rises too, say London politicians](/img/default/lat.png)
The scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers has been welcomed by the London Assembly - but apparently it doesn’t go far...
17 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Embattled Labour mayor wants rent controls - but has no powers](/img/default/lat.png)
Embattled London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan says he wants rent controls to be introduced in the capital’s private rental sector, but...
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Party conference season – what was said about the rental market?](/img/default/lat.png)
The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...
06 November 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Row brewing over Labour MP talking housing at Tory party conference](/img/default/lat.png)
A row appears to be brewing over the decision of a Labour MP to attend next week’s Conservative conference to discuss...
27 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Labour to scrap S21 and match Tory pledges on fees and tenancies](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...