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One of Britain’s most experienced lettings experts has condemned the government for “almost singlehandedly destroying the traditional lettings market.” Lisa Simon -...

Opposition is growing fast to the threat of another stamp duty attack on the buy to let sector, rumoured to be...

The government has announced that it is to formally consult on proposals for longer tenancies in the private rental sector. Although there...

The government says that later this year it will allocate a further £1.4m to PropTech firms looking at how tenants’ rent...

A trade body says new figures released by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility show that the government’s recent tax increases...

The House of Lords has given the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill its second reading and a step forward to ensuring that tenants’...

The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond.   From today,...

After the series of anti-buy to let measures contained in recent Budgets, it is perhaps unsurprising that a survey of landlords...

Now you have a rare opportunity to tell Phillip Hammond and Treasury civil servants exactly where they are going wrong with...

A trade body has welcomed a government U-turn on implementing the ‘Making Tax Digital’ initiative - but it says the decision...

The Queen’s Speech, outlining the government’s proposals for the next two years, has confirmed a pledge to introduce a ban on...

Chancellor Phillip Hammond has introduced no new property taxes in his Spring Budget - but a clampdown on those setting up...

The Residential Landlords Association has listed key MPs in marginal constituencies who should be lobbied ahead of the March 8 Budget...

The Chartered Institute of Housing wants the government to introduce a raft of new measures including significantly greater regulation of letting...

Opponents of the proposed change to mortgage interest tax relief for landlords have promised what they call a “shock and awe”...

Tenant referencing and insurance firm FCC Paragon says its own referencing sector, as well as independent letting agents and smaller corporate...

The Residential Landlords Association has been quick off the mark to issue what it calls a seven point wish list to...

The Fair Fees Forum, a platform for letting agencies and trade bodies set up by the National Approved Lettings Scheme, has...

A Tory MP has taken to the internet to warn against what he calls the “unintended consequences” of a ban on...

Letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - already banned in Scotland and now likely to be banned in England according to...

The government has published a new set of guidelines for organisations, companies and individuals to lobby the Treasury ahead of the...

Some 80 per cent of letting agents say they expect rents to rise next year.   In the latest market survey by the...

Letting agencies and landlords must club together to campaign for a cap on agents' fees charged to tenants, rather than an...

The managing director of one of the most prominent letting agencies in Edinburgh and Glasgow - where agents’ fees on tenants...

A letting agency says the scale of confusion over letting agents’ fees is such that some tenants actually believe the deposit...

Many agencies have spoken out in dismay at the announcement by government that letting agency fees on tenants would be banned...

No decision yet appears to have been taken on the fate of the Renters’ Rights Bill - which had as a...

Phillip Hammond has delivered his first Autumn Statement, tackling amongst other things, what he called “the housing challenge.” The speech made no...

More than 92 per cent of landlords believe the government is anti-landlord and want the Chancellor to back them in this...

A lettings agent has poured scorn on a survey suggesting a quarter of landlords are about to quit buy to let,...

A leading mortgage industry spokesman says he hopes Theresa May's "more balanced approach" to housing policy will trigger government support for...

In its latest bid to push Chancellor Phillip Hammond to back down on buy to let tax changes, the Residential Landlords...

The British Property Federation is urging Chancellor Phillip Hammond to bring in tax measures to help the purpose-built Build To Rent...

As the Conservatives meet at their annual conference and Chancellor Phillip Hammond considers next month’s Autumn Statement, an industry body has...

The average rent for a one-bedroom property was £1,010 in August, according to the latest Landbay Rental Index. Between July and August,...

There is growing concern across the industry at the fear - which we reported yesterday - that the government may be...

New Chancellor Phillip Hammond has been urged by an industry trade group to reset the government’s approach to taxing the buy...