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A prominent lettings agency operator says he hopes the “toxic” attitude to the private rental sector by the Scottish Government may...

Five Labour MPs have put forward an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons calling for rent controls - even...

A lawyer says radical rental reforms proposed for Scotland - which could be a model for change in England and Wales...

An influential Labour website says a raft of proposed reforms for the private rental sector will be unveiled next month -...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will build 6,000 “affordable” rental homes by 2030 - with their rents capped. Khan, standing...

Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

Propertymark has issued a no-holds-barred plea to the politician who has been named as the new housing minister in Wales -...

The politician widely regarded as being the architect of rent controls in Scotland says he will shortly present a wider package...

The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...

Scottish councils must engage with letting agents and landlords if radical rental reforms have any chance of working. Propertymark argues that the...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...

Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

Propertymark has urged its members who feel frustrated by the changes to the Scottish Government’s so-called Cost of Living regulations ending...

The controversial minister who steered rent controls through the Scottish Parliament has contacted Propertymark to reveal details of the next stage. Patrick...

Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to build more affordable homes. The latest data from the Scottish Government itself shows that the...

Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...

Propertymark has issued a strongly-worded statement aimed at politicians demanding rent controls. Labour Members of the Scottish Parliament have urged the declaration...

Propertymark says it’s delivering a powerful message to the Scottish Government - despite losing a recent key legal case. The agents trade...

The Scottish Greens - who are in effect the architects of rent controls north of the border - have welcomed a...

There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private sector have risen by double digits for the fourth quarter in a...

Propertymark has welcomed the pledge by Housing Secretary Michael Gove not to introduce rent controls in England. The trade body says such...

Rent controls as currently in force in Scotland and under consideration in Wales will not be put into effect in England,...

Propertymark has issued a statement warning politicians not to introduce rent controls by the backdoor through processes which tinker with the...

A controversial consultation document about rent controls is proposing that Build To Rent operators be exempt from the caps which may...

Propertymark has urged Labour to licence letting agents under its plans to ‘fundamentally reform the private rented sector’. The trade body also...

Labour deputy leader and shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner has given her party’s conference an outline of future policy plans. She says:...

A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...

Proposals for rent controls made in a government consultation document have been slammed by a prominent industry commentator and PropTech entrepreneur. The...

Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...

Private rents have continued to soar in Scotland according to DJ Alexander, the largest lettings agency in the country.  It says rental...

The Green Party - which ran the Brighton and Hove council until being swept from office in May’s local elections -...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the third time...

The political alliance between the Scottish National Party and the Scottish Greens is likely to stay in place until 2026. Arguably the...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...

Propertymark has given details of how it believes the Scottish Government rent control system has backfired and works against the interests...

It looks as if the Labour Party is turning its back on rent controls on England and Wales. In the past year...

There’s another free webinar for agents to learn about the Renters Reform Bill next week. This one is organised by lettings-focussed PropTech...

The National Residential Landlords Association is looking for help from letting agents in building a case against rent controls. The association is...

Two prominent trade bodies representing elements of the private rental sector are fighting back against the latest attempt to impose rent...

Two lettings experts are set to discuss what the government’s Bill means for agents at a free webinar. Well known property lawyer...

The Scottish Government looks set to extend its rent cap for yet another six months, despite widespread opposition from the lettings...

The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...

Senior Labour figures have come out with sharply opposing views on whether the party backs rent controls. Shabana Mahmood, a senior MP...

Property portal Citylets says average rents in Scotland rose 12.4 per cent in the past year to £1,007 per month -...

Research from Propertymark highlights a growing concern for the private rental sector in Scotland. As the Scottish National Party lurches from crisis...

A new survey of lettings agents and landlords has put the reinstatement of Section 24 mortgage tax relief at the top...

Scottish rents in the private sector rose at a faster rate than the rest of Britain according to analysis by DJ...

A seminar is to be held to look at the impact of rent controls on the burgeoning Build To Rent sector. Private...

The Scottish Parliament’s so called Cost of Living Act - imposing rent controls on the private sector - is backfiring. That’s the...

The housing crisis will be made worse by rent caps, two property experts have said. Various activist groups, much of the Green...

The anti-agent pro-renter group Acorn has protested outside some agents’ offices in Bristol demanding an end to rival bids for properties...

Propertymark is one of three lettings organisations behind a bid to get a Judicial Review of the Scottish Government’s rent controls...

The director of a property development firm says Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer must do more to boost housing supply as...

Propertymark has become embroiled in a war of words with a Scottish politician who has made a series of anti-agent and...

No fewer than 85 per cent of letting agents say that landlord clients have expressed a wish to sell up in...

A new survey has been launched to gather views from people in a major English city on the idea of introducing...

Agents have only until the end of tomorrow, December 2, to feed into Propertymark’s response to a new consultation on the...

A lettings agency chief has listed how rent controls have failed across the world. Writing in The Scotsman, David Alexander - chief...

Propertymark has reiterated its opposition to rent controls in its latest statement on proposals in Northern Ireland. The NI Assembly has published...

Another political party is calling for a winter eviction ban as the first part of a reform programme for the private...

A Labour peer who was to have invested £1 billion in affordable homes has halted his scheme because of the threat...

Welsh nationalists have called for a rent freeze and eviction ban to emulate that happening now in Scotland. Plaid Cymru, the party...

The Belvoir Group is warning that the housing crisis within the Scottish private rental sector is rapidly worsening, thanks to the...

A proposal to introduce rent controls is likely to be discussed at Labour’s annual conference, being held early next week in...

The landlords’ main trade body is directly challenging a Tory MP who has called for a rent freeze. Natalie Elphicke - in...

A prominent supporter of new Prime Minister Liz Truss has spoken out against rent controls.  Veteran Conservative MP Sir John Redwood, who...

Agents are calling for a pilot project to measure the impact of the government abolishing Section 21 eviction powers. In its response...

Propertymark has once again hit out at reforms to the private rental sector being implemented by the Scottish Government. The government -...

With the campaign for rent controls gathering momentum from London Mayor Sadiq Khan and sympathetic pressure groups, a right wing Conservative-backing...

A Labour MP says the government should introduce emergency rent controls as part of a package of measures to combat the...

A council has purchased some 40 properties to avoid them becoming holiday homes and Airbnbs. Highland council in Scotland is spending up...

The politician who is arguably the country’s most powerful advocate of rent controls is to address a Propertymark conference. Patrick Harvie, Scotland’s...

A prominent Labour politician in Scotland has made an outspoken attack on the private landlord sector in her call for an...

The sweeping reforms for the private rental sector announced by the government at the end of last week do not go...

Housing minister Eddie Hughes has categorically stated that the government is not considering rent controls in England. In a written reply to...

A Parliamentary group currently investigating the possible implementation of rent controls is to be joined by a senior figure from Propertymark. The...

Last month’s local election results could yet impact on the private rental sector, a prominent industry supplier claims. The Association of Independent...

One of the most high profile members of the Welsh Parliament has hit back at calls from the controlling Labour and...

A leading lettings sector commentator believes today’s local elections may not directly change the private rental sector but could have a...

Propertymark has dismissed suggestions from critics of the lettings industry that higher rents are leading to more homelessness.  The trade body says...

One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...

ARLA Propertymark is the latest rental industry organisation to hit out at what it calls the “tenant-centred approach” being taken to...

Rightmove’s April webinars for agents continue today with Daryl Mcintosh, Policy Manager at Propertymark, giving a legal and compliance update for...

An activist group in London has launched a scathing attack on councils which it claims have been ineffective in regulating rogue...

One of the country’s most outspoken advocates of rent controls has been told why agents and landlords oppose them. Propertymark has hosted...

An eye-watering annualised rent rise in Greater London of 27.3 per cent has helped pushed the all-UK total yearly hike to...

A warning has gone out to politicians from lettings agency trade body ARLA Propertymark - don’t try to fix a system...

One of the country’s major regional newspapers has launched a campaign for the urgent introduction of rent controls. The Bristol Evening Post,...

A 68-page academic report urges governments not to adopt hard controls that simply freeze rents - even though it acknowledges that...

Another prominent Labour politician has thrown his weight behind rent controls. And Mark Griffin - who is the party’s housing spokesman in...

Propertymark has hit back at the latest demand by politicians for rent controls. The London mayor Sadiq Khan renewed his call for...

A radical overhaul of the private rental sector is underway in Scotland and agents’ body Propertymark says it wants all sides...

The imposition of rent controls - urged by a growing number of politicians and pressure groups in different parts of the...

A prominent lettings agency chief says a consultation looking at changes to private renting proposed by the Scottish Government is merely...

Politicians across the UK appear to be growing more vocal in their support for rent controls. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru...

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants is introducing a new qualification and training for borough council housing enforcement officers to...

Propertymark has strongly opposed a proposal by the Scottish Government to radically reform the private rental sector. The proposals put out for...

The lettings agency boss at the centre of a major industry takeover has fired a warning shot about rent controls and...