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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...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...

Labour’s London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has put his call for powers to control private rents at the heart of his campaign...

Nearly half a million properties could be removed from the long-term lettings market as disenchanted landlords move to short-lets. A survey by...

New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...

Labour’s policies for the private rental sector are “too extreme ... unrealistic and will be hugely damaging to housing supply in...

Rent controls similar to those demanded by Labour in London and other major cities in the UK do not work, and...

UK-wide rental prices are up 2.0 per cent annually to £876 – a three-year high – according to a new quarterly...

Property investors are concerned that Brexit could deter international buyers from purchasing property in the UK, which could in turn weaken...

Landlords have urged the authorities not to introduce rent controls in Manchester as they would 'choke off' supply of housing in...

There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused Labour of being thin on detail when it comes to the housing policies...

Over-regulation of short-term let accommodation in some areas of rural Scotland could pose a risk to rural tourism, a business organisation...

A trade association has called for a 'moratorium' on any further government intervention in the buy-to-let sector in order to stop...

A leading letting agent argues that the UK housing market is not prepared to deal with a growing number of lifetime...

A lettings trade body says a major house builder has blamed, in part, recent tax increases on private landlords as a...

The new leader of the Labour party in Scotland says his party will introduce “stringent” rent controls if it gains power...

Reaction to the government’s call for developers and planning authorities to be more flexible in their approach to increasing the housing...

The shadow housing minister, John Healey, has started to flesh out the details of Labour's proposed rent controls, announced by Jeremy...

A respected letting agency research head says Build To Rent could be a significant step towards solving the overall shortage of...

Green Party politician Andy Wightman claims that £10.6m in taxes are being avoided this year due to the boom in private...

A new report by think tank IPPR supports those who feel the so-called ‘sharing economy’ - short lets via Airbnb and...

The Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a report by the House of Lords that institutional investors behind the Build To Rent...

Legal & General Capital, which is set to be one of the biggest names in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector...

Respected credit ratings agency Fitch says buy to let will thrive for the next 12 to 24 months but the effects...

A new report from the independent Social Market Foundation think tank has found that almost two million more people have been...

Build to Rent development in London is over double that in the rest of the UK with over 14,276 units in...

Over 60 per cent of private sector landlords face being pushed from the basic to higher rates of income tax as...

One in four households in the UK will be privately renting by 2025 - that’s the conclusion of research by respected...

Given that I wrote my last article on the day of the General Election but well before the result was known,...

The agency industry has been acting with delight over the likelihood that there will be a slim overall majority for the...

Around 40 developers, property consultants and block managers have sent an open letter to the new government - being elected today...