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Labour’s candidate for London Mayor wants to control private rents - and he wants the capital to be a template for...

Despite rent controls being a vote-catching policy for some local election candidates next week, the reality is that asking rents in...

Letting agents body ARLA Propertymark has joined the criticism of London Mayor Sadiq Khan who wants to be given the power...

Rent controls are being discussed again as candidates prepare for May's local elections. In London Green Party mayoral candidate Sian Berry -...

ARLA Propertymark is warning politicians fighting elections this spring that rent controls should be firmly off the agenda. The organisation traditionally sets...

Propertymark is making it clear that rent controls are not the way to operate an efficient lettings market. In a formal response...

A renters’ union in Scotland claims a proposal to cap rents in the country doesn’t go far enough. The Scottish Parliament’s Local...

An organisation that wants rent controls, the scrapping of Section 21 and what it calls “indefinite tenancies” claims to have 4,000...

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has slammed London Mayor Sadiq Khan's call for a rent freeze in the capital. Yesterday, ahead...

A leading PropTech figure says a political issue north of the border demonstrates the advantages of voluntary industry codes of practice over...

A mailing list operated by the left wing activists’ group Momentum has been used to win support for a rent strike...

Labour’s London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has put his call for powers to control private rents at the heart of his campaign...

A London Labour council wants to introduce rent controls to its borough. The South London Press reports that Lambeth councillors have voted through...

The Labour party has mocked the government’s £4m new funding for councils to combat rogue agents and landlords as “puny.” A statement...

A prominent industry trade group says the new government must honour its manifesto commitment to strengthen the right of “good landlords”...

Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...

As the battle of political policies continues ahead of next month’s General Election, now Labour has unveiled a raft of initiatives...

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...

The appeal by Labour’s Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to be given powers to introduce rent controls have been dealt a...

Another think tank has come up with proposals to scrap Section 21 eviction powers and cap rents - and it also...

A leading agent is the latest industry figure to speak out against rent controls, which continue to be advocated by Labour...

It looks likely that the Conservative party is set to formally oppose rent controls when it publishes its manifesto, probably in...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has returned to his campaign to win powers which would allow him to impose rent controls. Khan...

A collective of activist renter groups has set out a manifesto of what it wants from the winner of next month’s...

One of the industry’s leading trade groups has repeated a warning to the Conservatives that they cannot rely on the votes...

One of the leading lettings sector trade bodies has unveiled what it describes as “a positive vision for the private rented...

Rent controls similar to those demanded by Labour in London and other major cities in the UK do not work, and...

Landlords have urged the authorities not to introduce rent controls in Manchester as they would 'choke off' supply of housing in...

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

A Labour think tank considered on the right wing of the party says it wants rent controls that make a difference...

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

Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rising by 1.3...

Rents in London are rocketing but a leading market commentator says this is no reason to give in to a “Marxist dystopia”...

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

Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been told by a lettings industry body that he’ll lose votes if he introduces rent controls...

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

The BBC’s Reality Check service, respected for giving a more realistic assessment of many politicians’ promises, has looked at London mayor...

Rent controls of the kind which London mayor Sadiq Khan wishes to introduce will worsen what is already a huge exodus...

There’s been an angry reaction to the suggestion that London’s Labour mayor, Sadiq Khan, is seeking to introduce rent controls in...

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

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

New research may explain why the government and Labour appear to be competing with each other to attack landlords and letting...

Agents and others wishing to respond to the official consultation on government proposals for longer tenancies have only until late evening...

The government has been told is should simply adopt some Labour rental policies or risk losing the next General Election -...

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

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

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

Well over twice as many Scottish tenants have seen their rents rise at the start of the year compared to those...

The Residential Landlords Association says Labour’s proposals to link rent increases to inflation would leave tenants worse off according to official...

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

A leading legal firm is staging a free and interactive seminar on sub-letting, aimed at letting agents. The event takes place on...

The shadow housing minister, John Healey, has started to flesh out the details of Labour's proposed rent controls, announced by Jeremy...

The housing charity Shelter - which in recent years has been aggressively critical of letting agencies and landlords in the private...

Trade groups have reacted angrily to Labour’s proposal to introduce rent controls if the party enters government.   The announcement, made by Labour...

Jeremy Corbyn has used his leader’s speech at the end of this week’s Labour conference in Brighton to commit the party...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has once again confirmed that the ban on lettings’ agents fees levied on tenants in England will...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has told a major residential conference that rent controls will definitely not be a policy of the...

The Labour Party has published its full manifesto for the upcoming General Election on June 8.  Titled 'For the many not the...

The Conservatives should introduce rent controls to kick-start a seaside town renaissance, suggests an organisation set up originally by the David Cameron...

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

Now Northern Ireland appears to be in the frame for substantial changes to the private rental sector according to the Association...

Former shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham - now Labour’s candidate for Mayor of Greater Manchester - has outlined a string of...

Jeremy Corbyn’s plans for rent controls and “secure tenancies” in the private rented sector would spell disaster for tenants, reducing the...

The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...

Scottish Land & Estates, a body representing private landowners north of the border, says it is positive about proposals to improve...

Labour MP David Lammy and Kevin Hollinrake, the founder of Hunters - and now a Conservative MP - have clashed online...

A Bill now making its way through the Welsh Assembly may “radically alter the way tenancy contracts are written” - but...

A long-established letting agency and a campaign group have joined forces to analyse a UK government's private rental sector reform proposals...

With perhaps ironic timing, rents across some parts of Scotland are falling - just as the Scottish Government prepares to outline...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made a detailed case against so-called 'rent stabilisation' measures advocated by some on the...

Scottish rents have fallen month-on-month for the first time since the start of the year - and rent controls may make...

Sadiq Khan, Labour’s choice for London mayoral candidate, has set out his housing policies - with possible rent controls high on...

David Lammy, MP for Tottenham and one of Labour's prospective candidates for next year's London mayoral election, has warned that the...

The growth of the PRS has provided a long list of benefits for the lettings industry. However, it is not without...

Over 7,000 responses have been received in the second round of consultation over the Scottish Government’s proposals for private rental sector...

Generation Rent - the campaign group that needs £60,000 to continue operating beyond the end of August - has renewed its...

Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham is the latest to say he would consider rent controls in the private sector if he...

A survey suggests that renters are worried that landlords who have to pay more tax as a result of changes in...

Earlier this week the housing charity Shelter confounded many in the private rented sector by concluding on its website that tough rent...

Campaigning charity Shelter appears for the first time to have acnowledged that rent caps may backfire and end up harming tenants...

This week will see whether Chancellor George Osborne will give in to calls to close some of the tax breaks given...

When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...

Given that I wrote my last article on the day of the General Election but well before the result was known,...

The National Landlords Association has issued a briefing note which it says is a warning to Labour’s leadership and deputy leadership...

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

A little over four weeks ago I was here musing what impact the impending general election might have on the property...

The general election result was greeted with a sigh of relief throughout the lettings industry. Thanks to the Conservatives' victory, the threat...

Generation Rent, the pressure group advocating extensive restrictions on letting agents and private landlords, is now offering an alternative Queen’s Speech...

An umbrella organisation representing parts of the private rented sector is to be put before the Scottish parliament in a bid...

So, a sigh of relief.  Most agents will be pleased with the election result - even if they are not Tory supporters...

The policies of the SNP-controlled Scottish Government risks leading to an exodus of landlords as a result of the removal of...

The National Landlords’ Association has set out a table of where the political parties stand on issues of lettings sector reform...

While much of the lettings industry protests against Labour proposals for rent controls and three year tenancies, an influential pressure group...

There are “advantages all round” in the certainty that three-year tenancies and even rent controls can offer, according to the head...

Labour’s onslaught on the private rental sector continues, with the party now setting out how it will implement its rent controls...

There has been widespread criticism of Labour's proposals for the private rental sector. The policies will “backfire” according to the National Landlords’ Association.  "We understand...