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The government has ruled out any reform to the council tax system. There has been long standing criticism of council tax because...

A former lettings agent has been jailed for almost three years after admitting conning landlords out of over £80,000. The sentence for...

Lower income households, often found in the private rental sector, are set to bear the brunt of the rising inflation and...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Care for Older People has sharply criticised the PRS as being ill-equipped to cater...

A European law firm has set out a critique of the driving forces behind Build To Rent - and it says...

New figures out this morning show that the over-50s are becoming a larger part of the rental market.  So far this year...

If you’re a landlord who owns a buy to let property or perhaps a portfolio and need to raise money against...

An influential think tank is calling on government to radically reform the private rental sector because a generation of young people...

The British Property Federation is calling upon more councils to support Build To Rent following the government’s recognition of the sector in...

The pressure group Generation Rent - often identified with highlighting issues concerning young tenants - is now warning of a massive...

A leading figure in the buy to let broker industry has called for would-be ‘pension pot’ landlords to seek advice before...

Retired tenants are becoming a larger part of the rental market, according to the UK's largest letting agency. Countrywide reports that pensioners...

Around three quarters of young Britons believe they are unlikely to ever own their own property and will instead rent for...

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

Brandon in Suffolk is the most profitable location for pensioners to invest in buy-to-let property with an average yield of 8.59%. This...

The head of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association is telling the Bank of England to back away from its strident warnings...

The new shadow chancellor has said that he is against a ‘crack down’ on letting agencies and rent controls.  Labour’s Chris Leslie,...

A specialist buy to let lender is increasing the maximum age of the borrower at the end of the mortgage term...