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The latest Rental Index from Goodlord reveals that rents are now up by 5.7% over the year.  The price per property over...

Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...

Citra Living, part of Lloyds Banking Group, is to bring more than 150 new family homes to the rental market in...

Half of all private renters would not know where to turn to if a letting agent failed to address a problem...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

Interest rates are expected to stay high despite good inflation news likely to be announced this week. The Office for Budget Responsibility...

It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

Landlords’ champion Paul Shamplina says more landlords should use lettings agents, who he describes as their “allies” in the battle to...

There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...

NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

Two of Martin & Co’s Oxfordshire branches are under new ownership. David Rebe has taken on the Oxford and Thame branches from...

Propertymark has emphasised the importance of retaining fixed term tenancies under the Renters Reform Bill. Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson met Housing...

Sharpened rules to double council tax on long term empty properties will come into force from April 1, says the government.  A...

Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...

Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...

Caerphilly council in Wales has bought privately owned properties to provide housing for families who would otherwise find themselves in temporary...

Corporate student accommodation provider Unite Group has reported a big jump in earnings on the back of a shortage of lets...

Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...

Propertymark has again urged the UK government to continue with its target of building 300,000 new homes in England a year...

HM Treasury raked in £6.3 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the 10 months from April 2023 to January 2024 according...

Ukrainians who came to the UK following the Russian invasion will be able to apply for 18-month extensions to their visas,...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has confirmed that Awaab’s Law - putting a strict timescale on urgent repairs being done -...

While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...

The excessive enforcement of council rules on private landlords while social housing is so poorly run will be ‘the next Post...

A pressure group unhappy about lack of progress on the Renters Reform Bill wants MPs to be bombarded with complaint emails.  Over...

Propertymark wants the Bank of England to cut interest rates following data showing soaring mortgage arrears and repossessions. Lenders trade body UK...

A trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...

Seventeen housing organisations have sent an open letter to the government rejecting its idea of prioritising British families when it comes...

A managing partner at a letting agency has given an insight into the unique forces which he says is “strangling” the...

A law professor has dismissed a Labour call for agents to have qualifications as “eye poppingly silly” and “snobby.” Labour’s shadow housing...

Figures released by HMRC show that the Treasury raked in £5.7 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the nine months from...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

The latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs show that inheritance tax receipts increased to £5.2 billion in the eight months...

A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...

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 Fine & Country Foundation’s Annual Carols by Candlelight concert, held in collaboration with King's College Cambridge, has raised £21,061. This will...

Low-income renters will get a boost next spring - but a pressure group wants more government help for this sector. The Chancellor’s...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims there’s a conspiracy amongst MPs, landlords and others in the private rental sector to water down the...

Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...

A new report claims that Airbnb has generated tens of thousands of jobs in the UK and enables people to work...

Shelter says there are nearly 139,000 children officially homeless and living in temporary accommodation - and it’s blaming the private rental...

Lloyds Banking Group, which announced back in 2020 that it was to become involved in the private rental sector, is buying...

Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...

A student lettings business claims the cycle of booking accommodation for the 2024-25 academic year has already started in some cities. The...

HomeLet claims its new VISTA service will revolutionise the lettings industry by eliminating fraud through the use of detection technology and...

The Scottish Greens - who are in effect the architects of rent controls north of the border - have welcomed a...

The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...

A council has launched its own social lettings agency to work with private sector landlords in tackling the record numbers living...

The government has changed the way shared ownership rents can be increased. This change will apply to the leases of new shared...

A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...

Young couples are delaying marriage and starting families until they get out of the rental sector, research by Yorkshire Building Society...

Airbnb has taken the unusual step of buying space on an influential Labour Party website, just ahead of the party’s conference. Amanda...

A prominent agent has called on politicians to scrap the Renters Reform Bill . He says it’s “ill thought-through and would be...

A leading agent has welcomed the dramatic U turn by the government on how it is to meet its net zero...

A lettings agency has removed a video of an apartment where a murder took place, following an approach by a national...

The classified ad website Gumtree is issuing an alert about what it claims is the growing threat of rental fraud. It says...

Law firm Brevis Law is shedding light on the difficulties agents and landlords have in meeting Right To Rent requirements in...

Financial support from family members - not just parents - is expected to help fund 318,400 housing transactions in 2023, according...

Franchise giant Winkworth is opening a new office in West Hampstead, extending its north London footprint from existing offices in neighbouring...

New analysis reveals that other family members beyond parents are increasingly lending their financial support to first-time buyers.   So far this year...

A legal expert says there is too little practical help available to transform the energy efficiency reputation of the private rental...

The company which owned and was responsible for a five-storey block of rented flats in Bridlington has been ordered to pay...

Housing legal aid is increasingly out of reach for tenants who need help, the Law Society of England and Wales claims.  Quarterly...

Agents who allow rental properties to be let to migrants who do not have the right to be in the UK...

A planning committee meeting discussion on an application for 100 new apartments in Manchester turned into a forum for complaints about...

Crisis, the homelessness charity, has slammed the government over the growing gap between housing benefit levels and even the lower end...

Landlords of more than 5,000 homes must register for a license and ensure their tenants have good quality housing or face...

The Co-Op Bank is joining forces with campaigning charity Shelter to argue against Section 21 evictions, and together they have organised...

A property firm which admitted misleading tenants on their rights and threatening them to leave has been ordered to pay £8,000. Four...

The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...

The BBC says discussions are underway to extend the Renters Reform Bill to specifically outlaw any rental listing banning families and benefit recipients...

Thousands of listing for rental properties on two popular websites explicitly say children or pets are not welcome. A BBC analysis of...

Interim inspections are a necessity if you want to avoid property issues and tenant relationship breakdowns. They’re a no brainer –...

A comparison website has compiled a list of what it claims to be the most common lies on tenancy applications -...

Ukrainians in the UK will be helped into private rental homes as part of a £150m government injection.  The funding will be...

Trading Standards has stopped a lettings agency owner from being a company director after he defrauded customers by over £80,000. Francis Smart,...

Well known broker Mortgage Advice Bureau will be showcasing a suite of new digital products today at an event organised by...

A trade body has criticised the various UK governments for “rushing blindly” into poorly-constructed regulation of short lets. The angry words from...

A management company and a lettings agency involved in running a London HMO have been prosecuted for fire safety failures. Monsoon Properties...

A prominent housing journalist says Labour should fund councils to buy homes directly from private landlords to rapidly increase the size...

A council is pleading with the government to think again about proposals to suspend the need for an HMO licence for...

Shelter is telling the government it “must deliver” on the revolution it pledges under the Renters Reform Bill. Chief executive Polly Neate...

The Cambridge Building Society has opened applications for its unique Rent to Home scheme. Last month it announced that it had invested...

An estimated 700,000 households across the UK missed rent or mortgage payments in April, according to the consumer body Which? It has...

Airbnb is offering a £50 travel voucher to any Liverpool household hosting their first Airbnb guest in a private room in...

A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...

A think tank claims one in six young people live in poor quality housing, often in the private rental sector. The claim...

The Cambridge Building Society has invested in two family-sized houses to expand its unique ‘Rent to Home’ rent-return housing scheme. The two...

Lloyds Banking Group and homelessness charity Crisis have joined forces in a new two-year partnership including the establishment of a so-called...

Airbnb is warning the UK government not to be heavy handed in its planning controls restricting the short lets sector. At the...

The new trade body for short lets has reacted angrily to a government plan for AirBnb and other short let hosts...

A London lettings agency has been ordered to pay over £12,000 in a fine and costs for its part in running...

Leaders Romans Group's Suburban Build To Rent team has been appointed to jointly manage and maintain over 100 Build to Rent...

One of Scotland’s largest lettings agencies is voicing concern over what it calls “the lack of balance” in the Scottish government’s...

Airbnb says any new rules for short lets in Wales should protect hosts and the benefits they bring to the tourism...

The Property Ombudsman has ruled that a letting agency’s ban on renting to a family with children was discriminatory against women...

The Local Government Association, which comprises 331 of the 333 councils in England and all 22 Welsh unitary councils, is calling on...