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A property investment company says Build To Rent is key to helping Britain meet its current housing and climate change challenges...

Another lettings agency is offering a major incentive to landlords switching from Airbnb to traditional long term rentals. Hills Lettings, a south...

Greater regulation of lettings agents, and all other property professionals, is required to ‘finish the job’ of reforming the industry which...

Propertymark says it welcomes measures in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill that will mean swifter action to get the hundreds...

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that it should not delay further on its long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, because of the...

The government has released more details of the powers being given to local authorities to levy additional taxes on second homes.  The...

The government is admitting that its rental reform agenda is aimed primarily at the north of England - which just happens...

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...

Propertymark has dismissed suggestions from critics of the lettings industry that higher rents are leading to more homelessness.  The trade body says...

Agents are being urged to prepare for  changes to the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations which may come in this...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...

Private rental property conditions and the enforcement of regulations by councils and government have all been in the firing line from...

A prominent industry supplier has hit out at what he calls “the merry go round of housing ministers” following yet another...

A trade body says letting agents are receiving growing numbers of contracts from tenants wanting to take part in the Homes...

The criticism by landlords aimed at Housing Secretary Michael Gove for some of his comments regarding the cladding issue, has now...

Housing ministers come and go with brutal frequency in UK governments of all colours, so yesterday’s departure of Chris Pincher -...

A major holiday let company in one of the country’s prime tourist destinations says more affordable homes should be built to...

Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...

The government is clamping down - at least a little - on unvaccinated tenants in some specific circumstances.  New guidelines issued by...

Propertymark is telling its letting agent members that they have a role in helping solve the Afghan refugee crisis. It says some...

A report by the National Audit Office claims that the way private renting is regulated makes the sector unfair to renters. It...

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

The government has announced that carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted in all private rental properties with fixed appliances such as...

A new government survey of private renters is checking whether they received the correct documentation from their agent when they begin...

The private rental sector is already attempting to improve its EPC results according to research from Shawbrook Bank.  From 2025 new rules...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...

Letting agents in England with tenants in rent arrears because of Covid are to be helped via a council-run £65m rent fund. Although...

The long-awaited White Paper on rental reform is some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying he and...

A new survey has revealed that just 11% of people think Michael Gove, who was announced as the new Housing Secretary...

Labour claims it was the driving force behind the government’s decision to cap tenants’ security deposits from six weeks to five...

The new Home Secretary Sajid Javid is being urged to look again at the Right To Rent policy and produce “a...

Landlords in Wales who manage their own properties are being reminded that they must submit their licence application to Rent Smart...