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09 April 2018
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Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, will is to reveal his vision for the private rental sector to a Residential...
16 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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Local media in Bristol say politicians in the city are considering supporting a controversial website that allows tenants to rate and...
12 March 2018
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Oxford’s Labour council has given its support to a lettings review website because it claims it will help drive up the...
08 March 2018
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Senior Labour MPs have spoken out about what they believe are the anti-social and detrimental effects of short lets on surrounding...
22 February 2018
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The Residential Landlords Association says Labour’s proposals to link rent increases to inflation would leave tenants worse off according to official...
15 February 2018
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It is being reported that the Labour mayor of Newham council - that’s the authority which has introduced stricter controls on...
15 February 2018
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A trade body says it wants more clarity from the Labour Party on its proposals to allow private sector tenants to...
14 February 2018
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One of the many firms that has sprung up to manage Airbnb-style short let accommodation says it backs the Labour Party’s...
06 February 2018
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Politicians in London and Scotland are looking at new controls which could be imposed on home owners letting out their properties...
31 January 2018
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The chairman of the Residential Landlords Association has written in the Labour-supporting New Statesman magazine about the need for the lettings...
22 January 2018
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is the latest industry body to throw its weight behind the Private Members’ Bill that...
22 January 2018
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Lettings agency Haart says the government should go much further than the legislation it is supporting giving tenants the right to...
19 January 2018
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There have been more expressions of support from industry bodies for the Private Members’ Bill from Labour’s Karen Buck MP which...
18 January 2018
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind a Private Members Bill which wants tenants to have the...
17 January 2018
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The Private Members’ Bill that has won government backing - and which would give tenants the right to sue landlords over...
16 January 2018
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The government has taken the unusual step of working with a Labour MP to ensure her Private Members Bill can become...
15 January 2018
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In an unusual move the government has today, Sunday, announced that it wants tenants to have the right to take legal...
14 January 2018
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has used a holiday season interview to repeat his pledge to swing powers back towards private tenants...
02 January 2018
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Prime minister Theresa May has repeated that the current government will not introduce rent controls in the private sector. The issue of...
14 December 2017
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The Welsh Government has confirmed that the country will ban letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - the same ban still...
06 December 2017
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Research by independent fact-checking organisation Full Fact has revealed that there are 12 local authority areas in the UK where a...
29 November 2017
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Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond. From today,...
22 November 2017
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Research by The Guardian newspaper reveals that massive numbers of local authority councillors are also buy to let investors - and...
22 November 2017
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London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has repeated his criticism of the government’s decision to cap security deposits at the level of...
06 November 2017
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The Law Society Gazette has given more details of a Parliamentary Bill in preparation to give more powers to tenants to...
31 October 2017
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A leading legal firm is staging a free and interactive seminar on sub-letting, aimed at letting agents. The event takes place on...
27 October 2017
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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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The housing charity Shelter - which in recent years has been aggressively critical of letting agencies and landlords in the private...
29 September 2017
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Trade groups have reacted angrily to Labour’s proposal to introduce rent controls if the party enters government. The announcement, made by Labour...
28 September 2017
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Jeremy Corbyn has used his leader’s speech at the end of this week’s Labour conference in Brighton to commit the party...
27 September 2017
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Labour's housing spokesman has called on the government to give councils greater powers over the regulation of the private rental sector. In...
20 September 2017
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Agents who review and modernise their rent collection procedures could claim back thousands of pounds in rent, an automated payments platform...
01 September 2017
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An attempt by a Labour council to encourage letting agencies to get ahead of the curve and scrap fees for tenants...
31 August 2017
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24 July 2017
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The Private Members’ Bill put forward by Labour MP Karen Buck, which could give tenants the right to sue landlords if...
21 July 2017
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Labour MP Karen Buck is to reintroduce her Private Members Bill into Parliament today - and if it is passed, she...
19 July 2017
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The government has revealed that it has received over 4,700 responses to its official consultation over the proposed ban on letting...
12 July 2017
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The Prime Minister has confirmed that her minority Conservative government will press ahead with the ban on letting agents’ fees levied...
06 July 2017
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The top ten buy-to-let postcodes in England and Wales are evenly split between locations that voted for the Conservatives or Labour. Luton...
16 June 2017
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A proposed amendment to the government's Housing and Planning Bill which suggests landlords are required to make homes 'fit for human...
15 June 2017
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The Liberal Democrats want a raft of additional controls on the private rented sector aimed at addressing what it describes as...
18 May 2017
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The Labour Party has published its full manifesto for the upcoming General Election on June 8. Titled 'For the many not the...
17 May 2017
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Labour says there would be a ‘consumer rights revolution’ for the private rental sector if the party won the June 8...
02 May 2017
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A senior Labour spokesman has refused to rule out rent controls as a possible manifesto commitment for the June 8 General...
28 April 2017
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Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she has been “horrified” to read allegations of some property owners offering rent-free accommodation in...
25 April 2017
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Controversial Labour MP Stella Creasy has presented her annual awards to estate and letting agents in her London constituency of Walthamstow...
05 April 2017
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The Residential Landlords’ Association has written to an immigration minister to express its concern over possible ‘further sanctions’ for landlords who...
30 March 2017
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Housing minister Gavin Barwell has confirmed that consultation on the government’s proposed ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants in...
23 March 2017
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Labour MP Karen Buck has introduced a 10-minute Rule Bill in the House of Commons to highlight the dangers of Airbnb-style...
22 March 2017
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The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is writing to the Office for Budget Responsibility asking it to provide clarification on controversial tax...
07 March 2017
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The Residential Landlords Association has listed key MPs in marginal constituencies who should be lobbied ahead of the March 8 Budget...
24 February 2017
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A total of 17 letting agencies have signed up to a rental charter set up by a Labour MP. Alan Whitehead, Labour...
16 February 2017
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A senior Labour politician in a London borough has branded so-called ‘rip off landlords’ as “the scourge of London.” Councillor Laila Butt,...
03 February 2017
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Letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - already banned in Scotland and now likely to be banned in England according to...
09 January 2017
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A Labour MP has told the House of Commons that she is in favour of a tax regime that would reward...
05 December 2016
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A letting agency says the scale of confusion over letting agents’ fees is such that some tenants actually believe the deposit...
29 November 2016
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Labour’s respected housing expert, John Healey, is now back on the front bench as the party’s housing spokesman after a spat...
11 October 2016
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Agents and landlords in one of the country’s most politically-volatile cities are preparing to meet the local council to protest at...
10 October 2016
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Labour councillors controlling Brighton and Hove council are reported to be writing to the government for premission to charge HMO owners...
30 September 2016
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The newly-elected mayor of Bristol and the city’s council have endorsed a so-called ethical lettings charter created by a group known...
12 September 2016
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Former shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham - now Labour’s candidate for Mayor of Greater Manchester - has outlined a string of...
18 August 2016
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The new housing minister, Gavin Barwell, says he is behind the concept of longer tenancies for renters in the private sector. In...
09 August 2016
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Jeremy Corbyn’s plans for rent controls and “secure tenancies” in the private rented sector would spell disaster for tenants, reducing the...
08 August 2016
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29 July 2016
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The Residential Landlords’ Association says Gavin Barwell, the new housing minister appointed by Theresa May this week, is a known critic...
22 July 2016
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have asked new housing minister Gavin Barwell to...
20 July 2016
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easyProperty says it’s backing a Labour MP’s bid to cap letting agents‘ fees on tenants “in order to provide a more...
01 July 2016
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A Labour MP has presented Parliament with a petition urging that letting agents’ fees should be capped. There were a modest 1,500...
30 June 2016
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The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says the government should not back a provision in the Renters' Rights Bill which would...
30 June 2016
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It started off as an idea from Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign to become Labour leader but today it’s being backed by a...
13 June 2016
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An industry body is warning new London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan not to think he is helping renters by tying up...
09 June 2016
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A Labour MP has told the House of Commons that letting agents are “completely unregulated” and that tenants are being “held...
09 June 2016
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The Liberal Democrats are following in the footsteps of some Green and Labour politicians in calling for a ban on letting...
03 May 2016
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Labour’s candidate for the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has published his manifesto which returns to the party’s recent themes of...
10 March 2016
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Unique summary: What does a potential exit from the EU mean for the UK's property market. Ever since the recession hit much...
01 March 2016
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The influencial cross-party Commons Treasury Committee says the whole economy could suffer is George Osborne’s fiscal measures against the private rental...
15 February 2016
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Labour MP Karen Buck is accusing local authorities of taking a ’softly, softly’ approach to rogue letting agents and landlords. Buck, whose...
19 January 2016
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The row over Tory MPs who voted against a bid to ensure all homes let to private tenants were “fit for...
18 January 2016
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Liberal Democrat MPs in the Commons and the Lords have tabled motions aimed at stopping the Right To Rent policy, which...
14 January 2016
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Letting agents are being urged to help tackle what the police are calling “modern slavery” happening in communities across Britain. Modern slavery...
04 December 2015
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Labour MP David Lammy and Kevin Hollinrake, the founder of Hunters - and now a Conservative MP - have clashed online...
03 November 2015
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Labour MP Karen Buck want private tenants to be able to sue their landlords if they rent in what are considered...
19 October 2015
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Labour will today ask Home Secretary Theresa May to publish the result of the Right To Rent pilot project amidst claims...
12 October 2015
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There has been a sharp and rapid rebuttal of comments made by new shadow chancellor John McDonnell suggesting that private sector...
29 September 2015
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Sadiq Khan, Labour’s choice for London mayoral candidate, has set out his housing policies - with possible rent controls high on...
14 September 2015
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David Lammy, MP for Tottenham and one of Labour's prospective candidates for next year's London mayoral election, has warned that the...
21 August 2015
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Housing minister Brandon Lewis has backtracked on suggestions that the government may introduce longer standard tenancy agreements in the private rental...
17 August 2015
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A group of letting agents, landlords and investors has failed in its bid to force a high profile council to reconsider...
14 August 2015
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No one likes to be called and told, your boiler has broken down or a burst pipe has caused damage to...
13 August 2015
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Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham is the latest to say he would consider rent controls in the private sector if he...
07 August 2015
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One of the Labour hopefuls for the 2016 mayoral election in London has called for the introduction of rent caps in...
03 August 2015
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The hearing that will determine whether there will be a judicial review of another council’s landlord licensing scheme will take place...
27 July 2015
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Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on contradicting figures...
24 July 2015
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The council which became a standard bearer for so-called ‘landlord licensing’ - Enfield in north London - appears to have abandoned...
10 July 2015
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A lettings and sales agent in the Midlands has renewed his appeal for help following an apparent arson attack on his...
09 July 2015
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One of five people vying for selection as Labour’s candidate in the 2016 London Mayoral election says private sector rents can...
06 July 2015
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A Labour MP was hauled up before the parliamentary expenses body after hitting a credit card problem created by a dispute...
03 July 2015
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A newspaper claims that Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham will this week announce that, should he head the party and eventually...
29 June 2015
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One of four MP candidates standing for the Labour Party leadership says Right To Buy should be extended - to private...
26 June 2015
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A Labour MP is launching a campaign to force private landlords to ensure that their premises are fit for habitation. Karen Buck,...
25 June 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
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The National Landlords Association has issued a briefing note which it says is a warning to Labour’s leadership and deputy leadership...
18 June 2015
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Nominations for Labour’s deputy leadership race close at midday today with Stella Creasy, an MP who has campaigned fiecely against letting...
17 June 2015
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It appears that the former presenters of BBC consumer programme Watchdog are amongst those participating in a class action against Foxtons...
15 June 2015
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One of the Labour party’s London Assembly members has criticised Boris Johnson’s London Rental Standard (LRS), saying it is ‘falling private...
10 June 2015
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The new shadow chancellor has said that he is against a ‘crack down’ on letting agencies and rent controls. Labour’s Chris Leslie,...
02 June 2015
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After celebrating its year anniversary this week, Boris Johnson’s London Rental Standard has been criticised for signing up only 12% of...
29 May 2015
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The number of landlords selling their buy-to-let properties increased during April, according to the latest report from the Association of Residential...
27 May 2015
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This week RICS reported a further drop in the number of people putting their homes up for sale; new instructions fell...
15 May 2015
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A little over four weeks ago I was here musing what impact the impending general election might have on the property...
15 May 2015
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Alex Hilton - a fiercely outspoken critic of the property establishment, especially letting agents - is stepping down tomorrow from his...
14 May 2015
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Belvoir remains unrepentant after criticism from some quarters over an email sent to tenants last week intimating that a vote for...
11 May 2015
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I write this article on the day of the General Election so you’ll forgive the political analogies. In particular, how any...
08 May 2015
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After a night of remarkable election results, it looks likely that much of the residential property industry - which was strongly...
08 May 2015
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Ian Wilson, the head of Martin & Co, recently threw his hat into the ring regarding Labour’s stated intention to cap...
06 May 2015
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The National Landlords’ Association has set out a table of where the political parties stand on issues of lettings sector reform...
05 May 2015
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Property industry figures opposed to Labour plans to impose three year tenancies and rent caps should lobby candidates in a bid...
30 April 2015
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A group of renters who have formed the Acorn group in Bristol - which has already held protests against letting agents...
30 April 2015
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While much of the lettings industry protests against Labour proposals for rent controls and three year tenancies, an influential pressure group...
29 April 2015
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There are “advantages all round” in the certainty that three-year tenancies and even rent controls can offer, according to the head...
28 April 2015
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The Labour party’s proposals to cap rent rises with inflation and insist on three year tenancies in the private rental sector...
28 April 2015
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Labour’s onslaught on the private rental sector continues, with the party now setting out how it will implement its rent controls...
27 April 2015
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There has been widespread criticism of Labour's proposals for the private rental sector. The policies will “backfire” according to the National Landlords’ Association. "We understand...