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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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’...

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...

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...

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...

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