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Consumer charity Citizens’ Advice says government proposals to reform or possibly scrap S21 eviction rights do not go far enough.  The group...

In addition to the apparent collapse of Upad at the weekend, there has been unconfirmed speculation about redundancies at a second...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has accused courts across the country of failing to follow their own rules when it comes...

An umbrella organisation representing councils is calling for greater freedom to introduce more and larger rental sector licensing schemes, without the...

The private rented sector would shrink by 20 per cent if Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions are abolished, according to an economic...

There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...

The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...

Legal & General is introducing a Rental Protection Plan for tenants, thought to be one of the first examples of this...

The majority of the UK’s private renters don’t want to purchase a home according to new research, coming just as the...

The weekly economic and financial research magazine The Economist has made a scathing attack on rent controls. The publication says rent controls...

The rental sector needs to prepare for the demographic challenge of an increasingly older population, says the head of a high...

As expected, the Liberal Democrats’ conference in Bournemouth has backed a motion calling for the scrapping of Section 21 - effectively...

Members of the industry’s two major landlord bodies have backed a merger which will now take place on January 1. Members of...

A home being pet-friendly is the most desirable attribute in a rental property, according to research by a specialist mortgage lender.  The...

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

The government has been criticised yet again for what is described as its “incoherent” approach to the private rental sector. David Miles,...

New research from an international law firm shows that the rental sector in major cities is now changing its demographic make-up...

PropTech firm Goodlord is hosting a webinar this week when the chief executive of the Association of Residential Letting Agents, David...

One in six landlords is seeking to reduce the size of their portfolio in the next 12 months and around half...

Some of the private rental sector’s most experienced and respected experts believe it’s almost inevitable that a housing market crash is...

Fixflo is launching its sixth annual Lettings Report for lettings professionals  The survey gauges the opinions of lettings professionals around the UK...

With the country in febrile election mode, it’s perhaps unsurprising that the Association of Residential Letting Agents has got in on...

The tenant fee ban in England has led to a surge in demand from tenants for properties according to Belvoir.  The franchise...

Landlords’ confidence in the success of their own businesses has plunged in recent months.  Only 29 per cent of landlords have positive expectations...

It may seem as if governments and councils are falling over themselves to change the private rental sector to win the...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors wants the government to implement recent recommendations to regulate the agency industry, starting with the...

There should be open-ended tenancies with reduced rent for long-term contracts and any rent increase tied only to inflation. This dramatic reform...

Anyone underestimating the size of the UK’s growing private rental sector ought to think again - new research shows its value...

The Labour Party appears to be entering the arena of organising private rental sector tenants who have grievances. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn...

One of the key players in the ultra-competitive deposit alternative sector has announced a massive and new $11m investment. Flatfair says that...

A private landlord has gone on record to explain her own dilemma with a tenant - and why the government’s scrapping...

A Labour council which has become famous for its critical approach to the private rental sector has now been given almost £200,000...

Lettings professionals should do more to raise awareness of the need to reduce moving stress for tenants and landlords. Industry supplier Tenant...

Private tenants are being disadvantaged because of the government’s focus on boosting homeownership. According to the latest figures from the Royal Institution...

An investment company has revealed that it’s acquired land in the north of England to create a Build To Rent scheme. Godwin...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts to complete the largest privately funded development in Wales, Cardiff Central Square, which will include...

If the government follows through with its plan to scrap Section 21 there could be more work for agents as a...

The right wing Adam Smith Institute is the latest organisation to voice its strong opposition to Labour’s proposed rent controls for...

An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...

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

A leading industry trade body says the latest English Housing Survey report proves that criticisms of the private rental sector’s costs...

Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will face an immediate crisis in the private rented sector if government doesn’t rethink its plans to...

The chairman of Hunters estate agency, who is also a Conservative MP, has hit out at the government over its handling...

Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...

A trade association has called for a 'moratorium' on any further government intervention in the buy-to-let sector in order to stop...

Local authorities are failing in their duty to prosecute criminal letting agents, the National Landlords Association (NLA) has warned. The NLA says...

A London council wants to extend its private rental sector licensing scheme - and in doing so is boasting of the...

A new survey by one of the sector’s most respected lenders, Paragon, suggests large scale landlords are now a bigger force...

An independent review into selective licensing in the private rental sector makes a series of recommendations to tighten processes, with the...

A senior Labour politician has claimed that there is a city in the UK where two out of every 13 residential...

The government has been told it needs to provide tenants with better information about their rights and responsibilities if it’s to...

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

Two housing organisations have come together to fund a major research programme to improve standards in the private rental sector. They are...

The government says thousands of families could benefit from changes to mortgage rules announced by Metro Bank. Currently the bank prevents landlords...

We may be all-too-familiar with the challenges facing letting agents and landlords in the private rental sector but there is at...

A holiday lettings company says it’s seen a 23 per cent increase in its portfolio over the past year as owners...

A leading lettings expert insists that greater regulation in the private rental sector can work for the benefit of landlords and...

A trade body has hit out at government policy following a think tank’s claims that young people are less mobile because of...

A lettings agent and investment adviser says there is a positive interpretation of the fees ban introduced this month in England. Abi...

A prominent consumer group claims that one in 10 tenants currently renting say they have at some point been evicted “for...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests the typical buy to let investor will be lucky to generate annual...

A property management chief is arguing that rent controls would restrict mortgage loans to buy to let investors and drive existing...

The head of an automated payment system for the rental sector says lettings agents can help offset losses caused by the...

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has been put on the spot by the person many consider to be the country’s most...

The best lettings agents will survive and shine through the ban of fees levied on tenants, which comes into effect this weekend. The...

The head of a firm that seeks investors to put money into residential property funds rather than individual homes for tenants...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of the two government-backed redress operators for the lettings and sales service, has outlined its work...

Inventory reports are increasingly revealing illegal safety and compliance issues within tenanted property, a trade body claims. The Association of Independent Inventory...

There’s been another major industry survey revealing that a high number of lettings agents and landlords may quit the private rental...

The Residential Landlords Association and Gas Safe Register have joined forces to promote gas safety awareness in the private rental sector. The...

A study claims as many as a fifth of private renters in the UK have developed an illness due to issues...

Letting agents are being urged to consider how they can reduce their administrative workload, following huge growth in the size of...

The operations director of letting agency haart has told landlords not to 'stress too much' over Brexit. Paul Sloan says it's easy...

A damning report on taxation in the private rental sector (PRS) has accused the treasury of appearing not to understand 'the...

Housing charity Shelter has announced the launch of a £600,000 fund it is hosting, with the aim of improving the private...

Revenue raised by landlord licensing schemes should be used to enforce rental sector regulation, according to PayProp. It says that the money...

A compliance company has accused “thousands” of buy to let investors of failing to address major household hazards which render properties...

Increased use of technology could boost gas-related health and safety in the private rental sector according to the people behind a...

A senior figure at a deposit replacement service says the current flurry of changes in the private rental sector are positive. Daniel...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says it backs a new Trading Standards-led body which will enforce the Fees Ban starting  on...

One of the most vocal critics of lettings agents in recent years appears to be moving away from the property industry. Campbell...

The scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers has been welcomed by the London Assembly - but apparently it doesn’t go far...

The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...

The government’s plan to scrap Section 21 is personally backed by the Prime Minister and will begin formal consultations today. If the...

There will be less buy to let remortgaging in future as landlords consolidate rather than expand their portfolios. The prediction comes from...

The latest lettings sector index suggests that monthly rents increased from February to March in six of the eight regions of...

Tenancy Deposit Scheme is the latest player in the private rental sector to launch online tools to help letting agents cope...

A housing minister has pledged that more key reforms for the private rental sector will be revealed soon, despite Brexit political...

There’s been a big boost to the movement towards deposit alternatives in the private rental sector following a survey released this...

It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...

Changes to Capital Gains Tax which reach their full impact in the next 12 months could fuel property changing hands between...

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...

The ban on tenants’ fees beginning on June 1 presents an opportunity to overhaul the private rental sector, says a property...

A Scottish mediation company and the SafeDeposits Scotland Trust are to create eight workshops aiming to improve relationships between agents, landlords,...

Labour’s proposal to introduce indefinite tenancies along the lines in a bid to emulate the German model reveals the party’s “fundamental...

More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...

Momentum is building in the campaign to end ‘No DSS’ discrimination against private rental sector tenants in receipt of housing benefit. Late...

The government has announced that over £19.5m is to be spent on paying deposits or paying the first month’s rent for...

Property management firm Mcilroy Smith has launched a mental health policy for its employees - possibly the first company in the...

New figures from a leading trade body suggest that councils across England have cut by a quarter the amount they are...

Just when you thought there could not be any more rival licensing or accreditation systems in the private rental sector, a...

A local authority in the Midlands has admitted what many people have believed for some time - despite a slew of...

Sub-standard homes remain a key weakness in the private rental sector, which needs to get its house in order in the...

Over 250 new units constructed by Telford Homes are to be used for Build To Rent according to a deal announced...

A senior Labour politician claims that “unscrupulous” letting agents are hammering tenants with higher-than-usual charges between now and June 1 when...

You may be forgiven for thinking that rent takes up an ever-greater proportion of tenants’ income - but new figures out...

The latest property completed in the ever-growing Build To Rent sector is a 44 storey tower standing at 141 metres tall. The...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank is predicting that £75 billion of investment will be committed to the Build To Rent sector...

Private rental sector tenants in England stay an average of 4.1 years in their property - casting doubt over the justification...

One of the country’s major Build To Rent providers has signed a deal to deliver 324 flats in a major city...

New rules are to be introduced to ensure mandatory electrical inspections on private rental properties are carried out by competent and...

The latest report for the rental sector by the TDS Charitable Foundation calls for greater cooperation between property professionals and tenants...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is demanding 'property MOTs' to help landlords trying to meet new energy efficiency targets. The government’s...

The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...

Disrepair in communal areas of private blocks is to be tackled in a new series of seminars for letting agents and...

One of the largest players in the Build To Rent sector has snapped up a site in a major city centre...

The Labour party has expressed outrage at the news that London councils are spending over £22m each year renting back homes...

A lettings agency boss who says she is actually in favour of the agents’ fees ban nonetheless admits there will be...

There has been a massive surge in the volume of lettings properties under construction for the burgeoning Built To Rent sector. Data...

The UK’s largest provider of inventory services says the creation of an MOT certificate system for properties in the rental sector...

The Residential Landlords Association’s membership has hit a new high of 35,000.  Established in 1998 the not-for-profit association - which describes itself...

The number of people renting a home aged between 35 and 54 has risen by 15 per cent in the last...

A new property management portal is being launched with the familiar aim of revolutionising the lettings industry - and it will...

There’s been a strong start to the year for Build To Rent with news that a real estate investment trust dedicated...

Agents have under three weeks left to respond to the government’s proposals to introduce a Housing Court to settle disputes in...

The government says it will shortly respond to over 8,700 responses it received about its suggestions for longer standard tenancies in...

A local authority has taken the unusual step of issuing a celebratory press release stating that it issued penalty notices adding...

Home ownership rates for families aged 25 to 34 are rising for the first time in 30 years but high barriers...

The number of landlords exiting the market in the East of England is 100 per cent higher than the national average...

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties will today...

A local authority claims that a court decision may set a legal precedent for other councils across the UK using the...

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties is just...

Former owner occupiers who want to be ‘chain-free’ if they buy again are pouring into the private rental sector according to...

Embattled London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan says he wants rent controls to be introduced in the capital’s private rental sector, but...

A new survey suggests that the demise of the High Street for shopping could lead to a surge in the supply...

Agents and landlords have united against what is being seen as the latest attack on the private rental sector by the...

A lettings agency says proposals for landlords to pay more council tax on homes they leave empty could indirectly help the...

The private rental sector in Wales could be offered incentives and other support to house those most in need, the Welsh...

The first-ever pet think tank has launched to address what is claimed to be a lack of pet-friendly rental accommodation in...

The private rental sector can help reduce smoking according to a report from Action on Smoking and Health, a pressure group. The...

A substantial study by university academics suggests that changes to the benefit system lie behind the long-term rise in homelessness from...

The private rental sector is not fit for purpose when it comes to housing vulnerable tenants, claims debt charity StepChange which...

Local authorities across the UK are to get another £2m to crack down on rogue operators in the buy to let...

It should perhaps come as no surprise that this week’s tightening up of the energy efficiency regulations for the private rental...

One of the country’s leading buy to let experts has given her reasoning behind the surge in the number of people...

The Labour MP who chairs the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee in the House of Commons is pressing the government...

The Republic of Ireland has adopted new policies requiring owners in 'high housing demand areas' to secure planning consent if they...

Rental sector experts are expressing growing fears that the relatively low-key Budget announcements made on Monday could herald something more dramatic...

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has made a clear pledge to tighten regulations surrounding the private rental sector. In an interview with The...

Industry bodies have given their support to a wide ranging review of safety regulations governing the private rental sector. The government announced...

The government is to undertake a wide-ranging review of health and safety regulations for the private rental sector. In an announcement this afternoon...

Havering council in London has issued £261,750 in penalty notices to what it calls ‘criminals’ operating in the private rental sector.  Between...

A poll of 1,250 landlords suggests that far from being concerned about the profitability of buy to let, almost 80 per...

Since one London local authority introduced private rental sector licensing in 2013 an extra £5,002,203 in council tax has been collected...

PropTech repairs service Fixflo has published its latest annual report on the industry, based on information from over 400 lettings professionals...

Brexit is causing concern among landlords, according to HomeLet. The initial results of HomeLet’s annual landlord survey says nine out of 10...

Croydon council is reported to have become the first local authority to back the scrapping of Section 21 of the 1988...

The head of an online lettings agency says tenants are now left confused by what she calls “ill thought-out policy changes”...

Plans have been unveiled for a 23-storey development comprising 307 Build To Rent units, located overlooking Cardiff Bay. IM Properties and its...

Lettings agents, landlords and consumers are being warned about a growing number of ‘for-profit’ companies claiming to be independent inventory trade...

Here’s a date which the private rental sector may want to make a note of…even if it is with some nervousness. The...

The Haart agency is calling on the government to give the private rental sector a break in the autumn Budget, as...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has released details of its response to the government’s official consultation on possible three year...

Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...

The Home Office is to reconvene its private rental sector stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. This follows a controversial period for...

There have been “significant leaps forward” in the standards of the private rental sector in the past four years, but safety...

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £947, up 0.9 per cent on last year - or up...

A landmark report on private renting provides the opportunity to stop blaming letting agents and landlords for the sector’s problems, a...

Some industry observers say letting agents and Build To Rent are daggers drawn, but one agency in the Midlands is having...

Shadow housing minister John Healey has given his backing to a Labour MP’s attempt to introduce a mandatory national register for...

The National Landlords Association is the latest trade body to back what is being described as a landmark review of the...

In what seems to be increasingly rare good news for the private rental sector, ARLA says demand from new tenants has...

Last week Shelter and the National Housing Federation took a swipe at lettings agents, and now Citizens Advice has joined the...

Belvoir says more landlords are selling up and fewer newcomers are investing in the private rental sector because of increased legislation...

The ongoing debate over some letting agents and landlords allegedly refusing to accept tenants in receipt of housing benefit has now...

A new analysis of the buy to let market forecasts more bad news for agents, landlords and investors over the next...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on the West Tower in Manchester’s Deansgate, bringing the firm’s total of BTR units in...

The rental market is being warned of the dangers from unsafe gas and electricity supplies caused by meter-tampering.  Research undertaken by the Grosvenor...

A Build To Rent operator is marking its 2,000th new-build home - an indication of how the sector is starting to...

The council behind a controversial private rental sector licensing scheme is trying to justify its introduction on health and safety grounds. On...

One of the lettings industry’s senior figures has welcomed the introduction of mandatory five yearly inspections of electrical installations in private...

Rent rises in the private rental sector have merely tracked inflation and the Retail Price Index over the past five years...

Legal & General, one of the biggest players in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector, says it has pre-let 50 per...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it still believes there is an opportunity for the government to introduce mandatory inventory...

Connells Group says a growing number of small-scale landlords are likely to quit because of the tax and regulation red tape...

Which?, the consumer body that appears to be taking an increasingly-aggressive line against letting agents and landlords, has now issued a...

An online lettings agency is the latest to voice opposition to the government’s proposed three year standard tenancies for the private...

Fixflo is launching its fifth annual Rental Repairs Survey for lettings professionals  The survey, supported by ARLA Propertymark, gauges the opinions of...

The pressure group Generation Rent has joined forces with other critics of the private rental sector to demand an end to...

There are now well over 125 pieces of legislation and regulations - most introduced in modern times - governing the private...

Average UK rents have risen 1.8 per cent in the last year, equating to a typical £16 monthly hike. That’s the view...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has heaped praise on a local authority which has fined 27 lettings and managing agents...

Yet another leading lettings agent has hit out at the government over its proposals for three year tenancies being the norm...

The British Property Federation says there are now 124,037 Build To Rent homes complete, under construction and in planning across the...

A Tory activist has made an outspoken attack on the government’s policies towards the private rental sector on the pages of...

Well-respected London lettings agent and former ARLA president Lucy Morton is the latest key figure to pour cold water on government...

Legal & General, one of the biggest players in Britain’s burgeoning Build To Rent market, has exchanged contracts on its largest...

Rural landlords say the government’s idea of making three year tenancies the norm across the private rental sector would damage the...

A local authority has started a one-year trial of a ‘social lettings agency’ which aims to match those at risk of...

Buy to let landlords are welcoming proposals being considered by the government to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. In...

Arguments have already started over the government’s proposals to make three year tenancies the norm in the private rental sector. Letting Agent...

Leaks from government sources to at least two mainstream news outlets today suggest that radical proposals on longer tenancies and possible...

A PropTech company chief is backing the controversial idea of spot checks on private rental sector properties in a bid to...

Another Build To Rent scheme has been unveiled, this time in Berkshire. Crest Nicolson and M&G Real Estate have joined forces to...

Property expert Kate Faulkner says the massive surge in new regulations, legislation and fiscal measures aimed at the private rental sector...

The conclusions of a new think tank analysing the private rental sector are “fundamentally wrong” according to a trade body.  The Residential...

Letting agents and others in the private rental sector have responded to the latest government intervention - a review into how...

The government has announced a review to assess how selective licensing is used and find out how well it is working...

One of the biggest and earliest companies investing in Britain’s fast-growing Build To Rent sector has expanded its partnership with one...

Landlords exiting the market because of tax and red tape have led to “an acute shortage of available properties to rent”...

The growth of the private rental sector has slowed thanks to government intervention and economic uncertainty - but it will expand...

A Bill which is likely to end up banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants in Wales has been introduced into...

A Build To Rent business says investors in the private rental sector should be more flexible in their approach to private...

A prominent PropTech startup is questioning whether long-term tenants need to go through the traditional referencing process when moving between rental...

An electrical testing equipment firm and an MP are setting up a national campaign to demand new laws on appliance testing...

The GMB trades union has waded in to the debate over whether rents in the private rental sector in London are...

The Nationwide has bucked the trend of many industry organisations by insisting that the private rental market is still in good...

The chief executive of the UK's largest franchise agency, Belvoir, says the number of letting and estate agents will 'undoubtedly fall'...

The introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of buy-to-let properties and the phasing out of buy-to-let mortgage...

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

The Build To Rent provider Grainger has reported a 23 per cent rise in profits and says it is looking for...

The latest major piece of research into the private rental sector is forecasting a huge surge in demand - meaning there...

A rental sector supplier claims huge numbers of tenants are extremely ignorant of the health and safety issues surrounding their rental...

A prominent campaigner for alternatives to traditional rental sector deposits is welcoming the government’s commitment to consider the issue in the...

A trade body has stepped up its calls on government to help the lettings industry do more for older renters. Responding to...

Grainger says it’s ready to respond to the growing need for longer tenancies for families and older renters - the latter...

Older people aged 40 and above are now almost twice as likely to be renting their home from a private landlord...

Up to 500,000 so-called Baby Boomers have been hit by allegedly unaffordable rents and a lack of appropriate housing for older...

The government has announced that it’s launching a review into the requirement for carbon monoxide alarms in homes across England. The review...

Private rental sector tenants have spent the year so far working only to pay for their accommodation, the BBC claims.  The broadcaster...

A survey suggests that the ability to have a pet in a rental property is more important than ease of parking...

Labour insists that if it forms the next government it will introduce ‘living rents’ in a new range of affordable homes...

Belvoir has published what it calls ‘a decade of data’ tracking the changes in the private rental sector since 2008, when...

MPs want a review of laws surrounding private rental standards, including councils having the right to confiscate buy to let properties...

Trade bodies have been responding to today’s report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee deliberations on the private...

The chief of a PropTech firm says letting agents should consider participating in the growing Build to Rent sector.  Until now, many...

A new survey appears to buck the trend of recent rental market snapshots by showing that buy to let investors are...

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

A leading lettings sector trade body has repeated its call on government to offer a range of incentives to landlords and...

New figures show a 30 per cent rise in the past year in the number of Build To Rent units planned,...

Build To Rent operator and long-term volume landlord organisation Grainger says it is pioneering five-year leases “in a bid to overhaul...

A new analysis by campaigning housing organisation Shelter claims the changes within the private rental sector could indirectly lose the next...

A statement from the government has repeated its determination to clean up the private rental sector through a series of measures,...

A survey suggests that the advent of deposit-free renting in parts of the private rental sector may tempt tenants away from...

Foxtons is warning that the private rental sector - traditionally a strong earner for the company even in times of challenging...

A leading Conservative peer says the government should cut taxes for buy to let investors and regard them as part of...

Build To Rent provider Get Living has revealed plans to invest up to £180m in 756 units in Leeds. Acquired by Get...

Policy makers concerned with the private rental sector ignore the needs of older tenants who are regarded as “invisible”. That’s the claim...

New research reveals that only 16 per cent of private tenants positively choose to rent. The study, commissioned by specialist insurance firm...

A growing number of over 60s in the UK are renting, according to new research from the Centre for Ageing Better. It...

The average rental household in London has 2.1 rent-paying tenants, each paying £775 per month, equating to an average property rent...

Increased volatility in the private rental sector and rising costs for landlords and investors have combined to lead to an increased...

The National Landlords Association has revealed a seven-point plan which would allow the Welsh Government greater powers over the private rental...

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, will is to reveal his vision for the private rental sector to a Residential...

The new leader of the Labour party in Scotland says his party will introduce “stringent” rent controls if it gains power...

A quest has started to find the UK’s best landlord who goes the extra mile to ensure tenants receive the ultimate...

Rents in the UK grew by an average, and tiny, 0.69 per cent in the year to the end of February,...

With only three weeks to go to the introduction of the first phase of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards, a specialist mortgage...

Reaction to the government’s call for developers and planning authorities to be more flexible in their approach to increasing the housing...

Three one-day courses are being held this year - the first next week - aimed at updating letting agents on changes...

Tax increases on the rental sector are leaving young people unable to access the homes they need, an industry body claims. The...

The government has pledged to begin a review of the selective licensing across the private rental sector once MPs return from...

Some letting agencies and selected landlords are being asked to take part in a new survey investigating views and experiences in...

Trade bodies have started to react to last evening’s Panorama programme claiming alleged abuse of the Section 21 eviction system in...

A trade group says diminishing rates of home ownership amongst younger people shows the need to have a thriving private rental...

It is being reported that the Labour mayor of Newham council - that’s the authority which has introduced stricter controls on...

Trade bodies including ARLA, RICS, NALS and landlord organisations have met with the government to send a clear message - think...

Build To Rent developer and operator PLATFORM_ has announced its first scheme in Scotland and an expansion of an existing development...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

A new website called Vesta has launched aiming to sell investment properties with tenants in place.  The team behind the site describe...

Analysis of government figures by the Nationwide suggest that the buy to let sector is still growing despite tax changes and...

The trend towards reducing or eliminating deposits at the same time as edging towards a ban on letting agents’ fees on...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has released details of the evidence it put to the Communities and Local Government Select Committee which...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts to acquire land in the centre of Brighton in order to deliver the city’s first...

Analysis of the latest English Housing Survey data reveals that the private rental sector provides homes to a fifth of the population,...

The chief operating officer of a leading PropTech company says government proposals to increase mandatory licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation...

The average rent agreed on a new tenancy signed in December was £907 according to the insurance firm HomeLet, compared to...

The chairman of the Residential Landlords Association has written in the Labour-supporting New Statesman magazine about the need for the lettings...

Legal & General - one of the country’s largest players in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector - has made a...

MPs today discuss the impact of Universal Credit on the private rented sector, in a debate prompted by the Liberal Democrat’s...

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

Grainger, which is already the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, is reported to have acquired an under-construction Build To Rent scheme...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and other trade bodies have not yet responded to the government’s announcement over the holiday...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has used a holiday season interview to repeat his pledge to swing powers back towards private tenants...

The government has released more details on long-discussed proposals to tighten up licensing in the private rental sector. It wants landlords in...

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies wants the government to halt the Right To Rent programme after evidence shows some...

Millennials renting an average-sized property outside of London, who begin their tenancy at age 21, will spend an average of £110,830...

HM Revenue & Customs has launched a consultation on adding tax checks to private rental sector licensing schemes - in other...

Rents across the UK began to shrink for the first time in over half a decade toward the end of 2017,...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has come out against a single government-administered system for Client Money Protection in the private...

A cocktail of tax reform and tighter regulation is slowing growth across the private rental sector, despite its value hitting a new...