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ARLA Propertymark has blasted the government over its net zero policy of banning new boilers from 2035 and giving landlords £5,000...

A lack of longer term rental accommodation thanks to the growth of Airbnb and other short lets has led to a...

The farcical implementation of the government’s Green Homes Grant scheme has been sharply criticised by Propertymark. Timothy Douglas, the organisation’s policy and...

Propertymark says new figures detailing the costs of energy efficiency improvements in the private rental sector show the need for a...

ARLA Propertymark says there should be a long term appropriately funded strategy to help the private rental sector and home owners...

A regional agency group is providing training courses free of charge to members “for the foreseeable future.” The training - usually heavily...

The initiative which the government hoped would transform energy efficiency in the private rental sector is being axed this week. The Green...

Propertymark has responded to the official consultation on the government proposals called Energy Performance of Privately Rented Homes in England and...

The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...

A controversial Labour council that locked horns with the government over landlord licensing is now submitting a new proposal for its...

ARLA Propertymark wants the government to make the current business rates exemption for High Street branches permanent. The exemption, introduced in the spring...

Industry supplier The Letting Partnership is calling for businesses to take on more apprentices and support young people in a challenging...

An influential think-tank wants private rental properties to have a minimum EPC rating of B by 2030. The Institute for Public Policy...

The chairman of an agency chain is advising landlords to prepare for stock surpluses in some areas and to win tenants...

A council wants buy to let landlords with one-bed flats or rooms in shared homes to help it find homes for...

A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

One of the leading providers of deposit alternatives in the UK wants the government to embrace the option - even to...

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...

A rental market expert is urging landlords to be cautious when considering to use short-term lets websites such as Airbnb to...

A trade body has welcomed calls by a parliamentary committee for tax incentives for the buy to let sector to improve...

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...

Brexit is not a good reason for delaying buy to let investment, insists a mortgage chief. Andrew Turner is chief executive at...

The private rental sector in Wales could be offered incentives and other support to house those most in need, the Welsh...

The chief executive of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker is warning that mortgages for landlords are likely to become...

A poll of 1,250 landlords suggests that far from being concerned about the profitability of buy to let, almost 80 per...

There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...

Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...

The shock findings of a new survey suggest that 32 per cent of landlords would be less likely to buy new...

Lettings agents for or against the government’s proposals for longer tenancies have only a very short time left to respond to...

Speculation is growing that three year tenancies for private renters - long favoured by the government - could be announced as...

Agents and others wishing to respond to the official consultation on government proposals for longer tenancies have only until late evening...

No fewer than 93 per cent of landlords financing buy to let property chose a fixed rate mortgage in the second...

Yet another leading lettings agent has hit out at the government over its proposals for three year tenancies being the norm...

Buy to let landlords are welcoming proposals being considered by the government to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. In...

The government has announced that it is to formally consult on proposals for longer tenancies in the private rental sector. Although there...

A leading lettings sector trade body has repeated its call on government to offer a range of incentives to landlords and...

A leading Conservative peer says the government should cut taxes for buy to let investors and regard them as part of...

Analysis of government figures by the Nationwide suggest that the buy to let sector is still growing despite tax changes and...

A senior housing official at Bristol city council says the increasing popularity of Airbnb has had the effect of taking “hundreds”...

The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...

The will exists in the private rental sector to provide the longer term tenancies advocated by the government, says a trade...

The private rental sector in Wales is at risk of contracting next year, warns the Residential Landlords’ Association.   RLA Wales policy officer...

A trade body says the expanding Build To Rent sector will never be large enough to meet tenant demand and as...

Campaigning charity Shelter - which last week suggested landlords were more likely to quit buy to let because they grew old...

Draker, which describes itself as the largest lettings-only agency in Kensington and Chelsea, has now expanded by opening a new office...

Bristol council is resuscitating a so-called ‘rental standard’ which it expects local letting agents to meet. Back in January 2016 Letting Agent...

The Scottish Government has opened formal consultation on its attempts to introduce minimum standards of energy efficiency for the private rented...

A report out today claims foreigners and Britons without passports, particularly from ethnic minorities, are being discriminated against in the lettings...

The Residential Landlords Association has made a last-minute plea for buy to let investors to remain central to the government’s plans...

Government leaks to the Observer newspaper suggest that the Housing White Paper will show a huge policy shift towards renting - and may...

It’s been a long time coming but the government’s White Paper on Housing - tipped to contain major reforms affecting the...

Qube Global Software and PropTech start-up Engage have combined forces to deliver self-service portals to residents within the growing Build to...

A leading mortgage industry spokesman says he hopes Theresa May's "more balanced approach" to housing policy will trigger government support for...

Belvoir is calling on the government to reverse its punitive tax policies against buy to let and introduce incentives to make...

An industry body is warning new London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan not to think he is helping renters by tying up...

Letting agents are a money-grabbing, throat-cutting, ruthless lot - well, that’s what some say. But Leeds-based student lettings agency The Student...

MPs and members of the House of Lords want private sector tenants to be given clearer up-front information on the cost...

A report by the British Hospitality Association appears to reveal the latest estimates of the impact of people who use Airbnb...

The popularity of buy to let continues to soar according to data analysts Moneyfacts, despite a raft of new regulations coming...

The Resort Group, the developer of the all-suite Llana Beach Hotel and Spa, which is due to open in 2016, has...

Lettings chiefs have responded with disappointment to the government’s announcement that it is scrapping the Green Deal.  The scheme offered cashbacks and...