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Property logbook company Chimni is trialling a new form of Digital Property Logbook aimed at the Lettings markets.   The new logbooks...

It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...

Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...

Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Earlier this week Housing Secretary Michael...

There’s growing anger over restrictions on private homeowners using their properties via Airbnb and other short let platforms. Earlier this week Housing...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning announced wholesale changes to planning and regulations surrounding short lets. His proposals include: - planning permission...

The trade body representing short lets providers and support companies has reacted angrily to government proposals for a radical shake up. Housing...

Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...

A property law specialist wants a national register which would allow tenants’ histories to be checked before rental agreements are signed. Nyree...

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind the idea of a compulsory national register of landlords and hosts operating Airbnb and other...

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

A proposal to introduce a national register of Airbnb hosts in a bid to curb rowdy behaviour by guests has been...

The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...

Shadow housing minister Lisa Nandy has unveiled a Charter for Renters which she says will be implemented within 100 days of...

It’s now been made clear that there will be a detailed White Paper in the spring explaining radical changes to the...

ARLA Propertymark has identified a key weakness in the government’s ambitious plans to reform the private rental sector as part of...

Two recent calls for the introduction of a national mandatory landlord register in England have been rebuffed by agents’ trade body...

Campaign group Generation Rent has set out a 10-point plan for reform of the private rental sector in favour of tenants. Its...

A charity is calling for a new national body to oversee the private rental sector. Citizens Advice makes this one of three...

A new report from the Nationwide and campaigning charity Shelter puts letting agents in the dock over the standards in the...

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

A trade body has accused the government of going back on its promise not to introduce a national register of landlords. The...

Shadow housing minister John Healey has given his backing to a Labour MP’s attempt to introduce a mandatory national register for...

The head of a property management company is calling on the government to introduce a tenants' register which would help rogue...

A property investment search portal has launched an online petition via the UK Parliament website, calling for a national register of...

The changes to tax relief for landlords comes on top of a blizzard of new health and safety requirements, regulations and...

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

Labour’s onslaught on the private rental sector continues, with the party now setting out how it will implement its rent controls...