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The government has been warned by trade body Propertymark that the controversial Renters Reform Bill must fairly reflect the importance of...

Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is launching its manifesto at this week’s Tory party conference - and improving the supply...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove will address the main Conservative party Conference on Tuesday morning next week - but perhaps his most...

It may still be 16 months until the furthest date for the next General Election but with party conference season in...

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

The Financial Times, using sources in the Parliamentary Conservative party, are blaming some Tory MPs for blocking the route of the...

Another political party is calling for a winter eviction ban as the first part of a reform programme for the private...

There appears to be no space for discussion on the government’s private rental sector reform policies at the Tory Party conference...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer picked on the buy to let and holiday home sectors as targets for future restrictions, in...

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

‘Generation rent’ was a term first coined in 2011 by the Halifax in a survey on the future of homeownership. It...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told the Labour Party conference that if her party wins the next General Election she will...

Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...

Rent controls similar to those demanded by Labour in London and other major cities in the UK do not work, and...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused Labour of being thin on detail when it comes to the housing policies...

A Labour think tank considered on the right wing of the party says it wants rent controls that make a difference...

The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

A row appears to be brewing over the decision of a Labour MP to attend next week’s Conservative conference to discuss...

Prime minister Theresa May has repeated that the current government will not introduce rent controls in the private sector. The issue of...

One of the government’s three approved official redress providers says companies operating in the Rent-to-Rent sector should be obliged to join...

The will exists in the private rental sector to provide the longer term tenancies advocated by the government, says a trade...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has welcomed the government commitment to introduce regulation for agencies - but it is warning...

The housing charity Shelter - which in recent years has been aggressively critical of letting agencies and landlords in the private...

Jeremy Corbyn has used his leader’s speech at the end of this week’s Labour conference in Brighton to commit the party...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has once again confirmed that the ban on lettings’ agents fees levied on tenants in England will...

It’s been a long time coming but the government’s White Paper on Housing - tipped to contain major reforms affecting the...

The British Property Federation is urging the government to focus on delivery of all housing tenures, not just owner-occupation. The call came...

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The private rental sector accounts for 22 per cent of all households in the UK according to a think tank.  In an...

As the Conservative Party conference continues, a leading Tory has warned that "there is much further to go" on removing buy...

So, a sigh of relief.  Most agents will be pleased with the election result - even if they are not Tory supporters...