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![Rayner’s Section 21 Reform must not kill private rental sector - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![RICS tells Tories - do more to improve supply of rental properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is launching its manifesto at this week’s Tory party conference - and improving the supply...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gove to be quizzed on Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove will address the main Conservative party Conference on Tuesday morning next week - but perhaps his most...
28 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Market already cooling thanks to Election speculation - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
It may still be 16 months until the furthest date for the next General Election but with party conference season in...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Scrap Renters Reform Bill! Leading agent makes dramatic plea](/upload/images/shutterstock_529322344.jpg)
A prominent agent has called on politicians to scrap the Renters Reform Bill . He says it’s “ill thought-through and would be...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tory MPs blamed for delaying Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/shutterstock_564346558.jpg)
The Financial Times, using sources in the Parliamentary Conservative party, are blaming some Tory MPs for blocking the route of the...
18 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Party demands eviction ban as first step on road to rent controls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
Another political party is calling for a winter eviction ban as the first part of a reform programme for the private...
24 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![No major rental reform debate at Tory Party conference](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Night-400x310.jpg)
There appears to be no space for discussion on the government’s private rental sector reform policies at the Tory Party conference...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Starmer’s Labour issues threat to buy to let with new restrictions](/upload/images/library/Labour-logo400x310.png)
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer picked on the buy to let and holiday home sectors as targets for future restrictions, in...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Further Rental Reform White Paper scheduled for the spring](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
It’s now been made clear that there will be a detailed White Paper in the spring explaining radical changes to the...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: rental reform – how can tech help tenants?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
‘Generation rent’ was a term first coined in 2011 by the Halifax in a survey on the future of homeownership. It...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government delays Rental Reform White Paper until 2022](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Diary-400x310.png)
The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Labour to review tax reliefs applying to private rental sector](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told the Labour Party conference that if her party wins the next General Election she will...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Renting off the hook? Government intervention shifts to ownership](/img/default/lat.png)
Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s rent controls: global examples of how they do not work](/img/default/lat.png)
Rent controls similar to those demanded by Labour in London and other major cities in the UK do not work, and...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Labour's private rental policies too thin on detail, says RICS](/img/default/lat.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused Labour of being thin on detail when it comes to the housing policies...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![We want ‘sensible’ rent controls says Labour Party think thank](/img/default/lat.png)
A Labour think tank considered on the right wing of the party says it wants rent controls that make a difference...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Section 21 - Liberal Democrats to debate call to scrap landlords’ rights](/img/default/lat.png)
The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Party conference season – what was said about the rental market?](/img/default/lat.png)
The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...
06 November 2018
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![Row brewing over Labour MP talking housing at Tory party conference](/img/default/lat.png)
A row appears to be brewing over the decision of a Labour MP to attend next week’s Conservative conference to discuss...
27 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![PM restates government opposition to rent controls](/img/default/lat.png)
Prime minister Theresa May has repeated that the current government will not introduce rent controls in the private sector. The issue of...
14 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rent To Rent needs better regulation, urges redress operator](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the government’s three approved official redress providers says companies operating in the Rent-to-Rent sector should be obliged to join...
16 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![The will is there to provide longer tenancies, says trade body](/img/default/lat.png)
The will exists in the private rental sector to provide the longer term tenancies advocated by the government, says a trade...
10 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Industry broadly welcomes new regulation but 'devil is in the detail'](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents has welcomed the government commitment to introduce regulation for agencies - but it is warning...
03 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Surprise as Shelter queries whether rent controls would really work](/img/default/lat.png)
The housing charity Shelter - which in recent years has been aggressively critical of letting agencies and landlords in the private...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Corbyn commits Labour to introducing rent controls](/img/default/lat.png)
Jeremy Corbyn has used his leader’s speech at the end of this week’s Labour conference in Brighton to commit the party...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Fees Ban confirmed - and you can calculate how much it'll cost you](/img/default/lat.png)
Housing minister Alok Sharma has once again confirmed that the ban on lettings’ agents fees levied on tenants in England will...
15 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Government Housing White Paper now tipped to appear on February 6](/img/default/lat.png)
It’s been a long time coming but the government’s White Paper on Housing - tipped to contain major reforms affecting the...
26 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property chief warns Cameron: 'Don't ignore private rental sector'](/img/default/lat.png)
The British Property Federation is urging the government to focus on delivery of all housing tenures, not just owner-occupation. The call came...
12 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Video round up 09.10.15 - Watch the weekly news from Estate Agent Today](/img/default/lat.png)
Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on OnTheMarket's venture...
09 October 2015
From: Video Articles
![Private rental sector now 22% of UK households, claims think tank](/img/default/lat.png)
The private rental sector accounts for 22 per cent of all households in the UK according to a think tank. In an...
06 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Leading Tory warns much further to go on removing buy to let tax breaks](/img/default/lat.png)
As the Conservative Party conference continues, a leading Tory has warned that "there is much further to go" on removing buy...