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Almost 40,000 people have signed a petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners. The...

An outspoken property investor has launched an online petition on the government website to oppose the threat of rent controls. YouTube influencer...

A leading PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...

An online petition which appears to inaccurately say private tenants can still be evicted “for no reason” has won 30,000 signatures...

An online petition is voicing opposition to government calls for ever-improving EPCs in the private rental sector.  Nottingham landlord Tricia Urquhart has started the...

Councillors from a town council in Wales are to be given an audience with the country’s First Minister to discuss the...

Activists with a record of opposing agents and landlords want a blanket ban on rent rises and evictions in the current virus...

Generation Rent - an outspoken organisation sharply critical of lettings agents and many aspects of the private rental sector - is...

An online petition which calls on the government to reintroduce full buy-to-let mortgage interest tax relief and abolish the 3% stamp...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks has renewed its call for letting agents and other property professionals to back an online...

An online petition urging MPs to make it compulsory for privately let properties to be subject to independent inventory reporting is...

An agency operating in London and Essex has launched an online petition to oppose the ban on credit and debit card...

An Essex lettings agent has explained why he has set up an online petition calling for a reversal of the government’s...

Automated rental payment provider PayProp has joined the call for private rent payments to be counted towards tenants’ credit scores in...

Letting agents and landlords are being urged by a trade body to sign a petition calling on the government to make...

MPs are today going to debate whether rent payments should be included when calculating credit scores to support tenants wanting to...

A no-holds-barred blog on a controversial website claims that it lifts the lid on being a letting agent in central London...

Angry landlords in Shropshire have set up an online petition against local council proposals to introduce selective licensing.    The Wrekin Landlords Association...

Specialist mortgage lender Together is the latest company to back the idea of rent payment records being used to measure the...

A 27 year old father of two has secured over 140,000 signatures for an online petition demanding that rent payments be...

An online petition is being staged to voice opposition against the government's proposed ban on letting agents' fees levied on tenants...

Just over 60,000 people have signed an online petition urging MPs to reconsider the controversial buy to let mortgage interest tax...

An online petition aiming to get 100,000 signatures expressing opposition to Chancellor George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes looks certain...

An online petition seeking the reversal of the Osborne clampdown on buy to let tax breaks has secured around 47,000 signatures...

An online petition asking the government to rethink its raft of tax measures imposed on buy to let landlords this year...

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

The online petition opposing the proposed tax changes for buy to let landlords has now reached 35,000 signatures - but is...

The online petition against the government's proposed tax changes for buy to let investors is "a waste of time" according to...

The government’s response to the online petition against proposed tax changes for buy to let investors is “unfair, incoherent and missing...

Opponents of the government’s attempt to end tax breaks for the buy to let sector now have a new opportunity to...

A petition to oppose the proposed change in buy to let landlords’ tax breaks is nearing the 14,000-signature mark - but...

An online petition demanding the reinstatement of buy to let landlords' tax breaks has broken the 10,000 signatures mark which means...

An online petition demanding the reversal of the revisions to buy to let landlords' tax breaks announced in the Budget last...

An online petition demanding the reinstatement of buy to let landlords' tax breaks has so far attracted 6,300-plus signatures. The petition, which...