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

The New Forest district council in Hampshire is appealling to letting agents and private tenants to sign up to its Private...

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

Campaigning group Generation Rent has secured over 20,000 signatures for a petition it says will “end unfair evictions”. The petition, on the...

A third of tenants are happy to rent long-term and have no plans to purchase a property in the future, new...

A large majority of private sector tenants, 84 per cent, are satisfied with their housing according to the English Housing Survey...

Close examination of the consultation document on possible three year tenancies issued by the government suggest that it may want rent...

The Citizens Advice consumer charity claims that 28 per cent of private tenants who have experienced problems while renting have not...

Council officers staged a dawn raid to uncover an unlicensed HMO in north London. The team discovered 10 men and women sleeping...

Academic research suggests tenants in England and Wales are missing out on £80m of interest to tenancy deposit schemes every single...

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

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

The government has set out new measures to mitigate against overcrowded and dangerous living conditions of private tenants in shared homes. From...

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

Senior Labour MPs have spoken out about what they believe are the anti-social and detrimental effects of short lets on surrounding...

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

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

London Bishops have written to housing minister Alok Sharma calling on him to do more to protect vulnerable private tenants. The Bishops...

Countrywide says a record 64,672 tenants left London over the last 12 months with an unusually-high proportion going on to rent elsewhere. Some...

Almost a third of renters in the UK do not have a life-saving carbon monoxide alarm in their property, with four...

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

A landlord has been prosecuted and ordered to repay over £5,000 to his tenants for letting an unlicensed House of Multiple...

Campaigning charity Shelter - which last week suggested landlords were more likely to quit buy to let because they grew old...

The findings of the most recent English Housing Survey, an annual report published by the Department for Communities and Local Government,...

Labour MP Karen Buck is to reintroduce her Private Members Bill into Parliament today - and if it is passed, she...

The myth has been broken - tenants in the private rental sector are more satisfied with their accommodation than those in...

A survey of letting and estate agencies suggest around half broadly back the changes to the private rental sector outlined in...

After criticism of many younger voters allegedly failing to turn out during the June 2016 EU Referendum, new analysis of voter...

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

Data gathered for a specialist insurance firm suggests that 14 per cent of private tenants have moved in the last five...

Spark Energy - the specialist energy supplier to the UK lettings sector - has announced the acquisition of broadband firm Home...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks is advising letting agents and landlords to be wary of any tenant seeking to ‘game’...

A senior Labour spokesman has refused to rule out rent controls as a possible manifesto commitment for the June 8 General...

You might not want to read this as you’re tucking into an early Easter egg, but an interiors firm has compiled...

Just over a quarter of all tenants across private and public housing would not say if they had caused significant damage...

Landlords and agents acting on their behalf are being urged to help private tenants personalise their rental properties.    The plea comes from...

Private renters go on fewer holidays, save less money and are more likely to make forced cutbacks than home owners according...

Analysis of the government’s respected English Housing Survey suggests that the reality of the private rental sector is far from the...

Almost two in five private tenants plan to remain renting rather than buy a property, according to a new study. A survey...

The landlord of a property risked the lives of his tenants and their young family by not undertaking annual safety checks...

The government has launched an official consultation process on a package of measures to crack down on what it calls ‘rogue...

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

The government will today announce that it is banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - meaning the fees will instead...

A Bill has received all-party support in the House of Commons despite one industry body's view that it contains significant dangers...

Three quarters of a million private renters are stuck in the coldest and draughtiest homes, claims the Citizens Advice organisation -...

An industry group says the seemingly non-stop attack on the private rental sector by campaigning charity Shelter is “plain wrong.”   After a...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced the first details of his plan to introduce a 'London Living Rent'. This new...

Failing to pay rent on time or at all is the most common rule broken by tenants that is set out...

Some 40% of private tenants are aged over 46, according to a study by Your Move.  The agency researched 36,500 tenants and...

Tenants who are advised by local councils and advice agencies to ignore eviction notices could cost the average landlord almost £7,000. The...

A lettings agency on Merseyside is one of the first in the UK to take part of an experiment which could...

The government is being warned that without changes to the Finance Bill currently going through parliament it will effectively be forcing rent...

A Labour MP has presented Parliament with a petition urging that letting agents’ fees should be capped. There were a modest 1,500...

The average rent paid by private tenants across Great Britain increased by 2.6% in the twelve months to April 2016, according...

Haringey Council in North London is the latest local authority to launch its own letting agency for private tenants. Move 51⁰ North...

Millions of people remain at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning despite the recent legislation aimed at protecting private tenants, a new...

Some 26,676 court orders were issued for the eviction of private sector tenants in the final quarter of 2015 according to...

Seventy nine per cent of tenants are happy with their circumstances according to a survey conducted by the National Landlords’ Association...

The Right To Buy policy “has turned into a rich harvest for the greedy elite” according to a trades union. The GMB...

New research appears to show that well over a third of British tenants do not save to buy at all. A poll...

The National Landlords’ Association says an alarming number of private tenants are being told by their local authorities to ignore eviction...

The vocal campaign group Generation Rent is making the jaw-dropping claim that one in four private tenants has been evicted “for...

A third of private tenants have put their plans to buy on hold and have stayed in rented accommodation longer than...

The row over Tory MPs who voted against a bid to ensure all homes let to private tenants were “fit for...

The Citizens Advice Bureau consumer charity has stepped up its campaign about poor standards in the private rental sector. It claims private...

One of the biggest surveys of tenants in the private rental sector shows that a narrow majority favour a six month...

A survey of house- and flat-share private tenants shows 15 per cent claiming not to have a working smoke alarm in...

Labour MP Karen Buck want private tenants to be able to sue their landlords if they rent in what are considered...

Approaching 50 per cent of private tenants have experienced property maintenance issues with their agents or landlords. The figure comes through research...

Students are considered to be almost twice as likely to lose their deposit at the end of a tenancy than any...

One of four MP candidates standing for the Labour Party leadership says Right To Buy should be extended - to private...

Private rents in the UK are the highest in Europe despite having amongst the least secure tenancies - that it the...

A landlord has been ordered to pay a fine £1,344.57 after failing to install fixed heating to a property she was...

The Chartered Institute of Housing has welcomed Scottish Government moves to make private renting more secure for tenants. In its submission to...