London councils have slammed government plans for regulating the short-term and holiday lets sector. In a letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...
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![Right To Buy cash ‘stolen’ by government will worsen rental crisis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
An umbrella group called London Councils has expressed “extreme concern” at the government’s decision to stop letting local authorities keep money...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Possession court delays to worsen thanks to new law - claim](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Court-Fine-400x310-min.jpg)
The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service - introduced this month - will make possession court case delays even worse. That’s the...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![‘Bad to disastrous’ - sharp fall in private rental listings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
New research shows a 41 per cent reduction in the number of London properties available for private rent since the Covid-19...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons beefs up compliance with new PropTech partnership](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-Image-400x310.png)
Foxtons is to give its agents access to a compliance management and checking service. Fran Giltinan, Managing Director - Property Management &...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Homelessness spike threat as private rents soar even higher - claim](/upload/images/library/Homeless-1-400x310.jpg)
London faces a possible homelessness spike this winter due to the cost-of-living crisis and increases in private rents, a group of...
05 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Activists slam councils for failing to regulate agents and landlords](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UKHouses2-400x310.png)
An activist group in London has launched a scathing attack on councils which it claims have been ineffective in regulating rogue...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Clampdown on letting agents backed by local councils](/img/default/lat.png)
A huge trading standards operation clamping down on lettings agents who fail to abide by Client Money Protection rules has been...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Public cash handouts to Shelter slammed by pressure group](/img/default/lat.png)
Shelter, which routinely criticises lettings agents and landlords, has been slammed for the huge amount of public funding it receives -...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Shocking claim that one-in-50 London homes is a short let](/img/default/lat.png)
New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Cut licensing red tape! Trade group wants simpler, better-enforced system](/img/default/lat.png)
Research by safeagent - the new name for the National Approved Letting Scheme - has found over 130,000 unlicensed properties in...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Yet More Licensing: councils want more freedom to expand schemes](/img/default/lat.png)
An umbrella organisation representing councils is calling for greater freedom to introduce more and larger rental sector licensing schemes, without the...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Labour outrage at councils renting back privately-owned Right To Buy homes](/img/default/lat.png)
The Labour party has expressed outrage at the news that London councils are spending over £22m each year renting back homes...
21 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Short-lets explosion: 'Airbnb time limits just won't work'](/img/default/lat.png)
The explosion in the short-lets sector continues apace with one third of London councils telling the BBC that Airbnb’s 90-day time...
13 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents consulted over London councils' licensing extensions](/img/default/lat.png)
Brent council in London is seeking the views of agents- as well as landlords, tenants and others - on the extension...