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The government’s failure to act on the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working party - chaired by Lord Richard Best and...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

Prominent MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have renewed their onslaught on Airbnb and other short let platforms.  Former Lib...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...

A lettings agent who describes himself as “a responsible and ethical property professional” has met with a Liberal Democrat MP to...

A move to stop HMOs being used as Airbnb or other short lets has been put forward in the westcountry -...

A Liberal Democrat council leader says all properties - even those in properly established lettings businesses - should be charged council...

The government is under new pressure to introduce a last minute eviction ban to avoid private renters facing homelessness over Christmas. Liberal...

A prominent supporter of new Prime Minister Liz Truss has spoken out against rent controls.  Veteran Conservative MP Sir John Redwood, who...

Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...

A lettings agency in Kent has been drawn into a spat about rent levels following a councillor’s comment on Twitter. Liberal Democrat...

Last month’s local election results could yet impact on the private rental sector, a prominent industry supplier claims. The Association of Independent...

A leading lettings sector commentator believes today’s local elections may not directly change the private rental sector but could have a...

One of the country’s best-read and respected regional newspapers has accused Airbnb of a ‘racket’ by advertising homes on its short-let...

Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...

The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...

One of the most respected figures in British housing has joined one of the growing number of Rent To Buy companies. Lord...

ARLA Propertymark has waded into the growing controversy over pets being allowed in rental properties. Last week a letter was sent to...

Pressure is growing to amend the 2019 Tenant Fees Act to allow charging additional deposits and insurance to cover pets in private rental...

Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...

A Conservative MP says he is to declare a “state of housing emergency” in his constituency because of the loss of...

Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...

ARLA Propertymark has hit out against last minute attempts to effectively reinstate the eviction ban which finally came to an end...

A Liberal Democrat Baroness says she is to make a last-ditch bid in the House of Lords tomorrow to stop evictions...

A group of Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have together claimed that England could witness "a new wave of homelessness" when...

A Liberal Democrat bid is underway to accelerate the government timetable to scrap Section 21. The Renters’ Rights Bill put forward by government...

Activists who praised the government for its eviction ban in recent months have now turned on it in a last-ditch attempt...

A Liberal Democrat MP is seeking to amend the Renters’ Reform Bill to make it illegal for tenants to be offered...

Politicians from several parties say they want their local council in Bristol to have the powers to regulate the number and...

A trade body suggests that the votes of private landlords could decide the results in over 100 constituencies in next week’s...

As the battle of political policies continues ahead of next month’s General Election, now Labour has unveiled a raft of initiatives...

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...

It looks likely that the Conservative party is set to formally oppose rent controls when it publishes its manifesto, probably in...

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies has revealed that the number of laws creating an obligation on landlords in the...

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

As expected, the Liberal Democrats’ conference in Bournemouth has backed a motion calling for the scrapping of Section 21 - effectively...

The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...

Property investors are calling for the government to provide more support to the UK property market. A survey of investors, carried out...

A Liberal Democrat activist is considering establishing a landlords’ group consisting of party members. Tony Harris, writing on the LibDem Voice website,...

A city council is to investigate the impact of Airbnb and other short let online platforms on the local housing market...

The Independent online newspaper says Conservative MP Gary Streeter will tomorrow meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and urge her to...

The government’s flagship immigration Right To Rent policy is under threat on two fronts. Firstly a cross-party group of MPs has written...

MPs today discuss the impact of Universal Credit on the private rented sector, in a debate prompted by the Liberal Democrat’s...

Almost 60 per cent of councils across Britain have not prosecuted any landlord for any offence in the past year according...

A proposed amendment to the government's Housing and Planning Bill which suggests landlords are required to make homes 'fit for human...

The Liberal Democrats want a raft of additional controls on the private rented sector aimed at addressing what it describes as...

A Liberal Democrat spokesman has used a lettings sector trade body website to outline his party’s support for a range of...

The Liberal Democrats appear to be taking what they see as the credit for the government’s commitment to ban letting agents’...

No decision yet appears to have been taken on the fate of the Renters’ Rights Bill - which had as a...

The government will today announce that it is banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - meaning the fees will instead...

The controversial Renters’ Rights Bill, which wants to sharply reduce the ability of letting agents to levy charges on tenants and...

Fees charged by letting agents will be discussed in the House of Lords tomorrow as the Renters’ Rights Bill reaches its...

The Renters’ Rights Bill - which includes provisions scrapping agents’ fees for tenants, mandatory registration of landlords and limiting the size of...

Councils in eight of London's 32 boroughs have failed to prosecute even a single landlord for providing unsafe accommodation during the...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says the government should not back a provision in the Renters' Rights Bill which would...

A controversial Bill now being considered by the House of Lords has the controversial measure of banning lettings fees - but...

The Liberal Democrats are following in the footsteps of some Green and Labour politicians in calling for a ban on letting...

A London letting agent has expressed their dismay with a canvassing email sent by Liberal Democrat London mayoral candidate Caroline Pidgeon. The...

A Liberal Democrat peer has accused the government of being “a bit rich” in its willingness to jail letting agents or...

Liberal Democrat MPs in the Commons and the Lords have tabled motions aimed at stopping the Right To Rent policy, which...

The Liberal Democrat party says it will use its members in the House of Lords to try to block the government's...

Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham is the latest to say he would consider rent controls in the private sector if he...

Tomorrow’s Queen’s Speech outlining legislation for the next 12 months will include a pledge to roll out across England and Wales...

After a night of remarkable election results, it looks likely that much of the residential property industry - which was strongly...

The National Landlords’ Association has set out a table of where the political parties stand on issues of lettings sector reform...

Property industry figures opposed to Labour plans to impose three year tenancies and rent caps should lobby candidates in a bid...

With another hung parliament looking increasingly likely, the so-called ‘challenger parties’ look set to have a major say in who forms...