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The head of a prominent brand in a fast-expanding lettings and sales agency group has given a cautious welcome to government...

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

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

Opposition appears to be growing to the first major bid in the UK to regulate the spread of Airbnbs and properties...

Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...

Airbnb has backed the Scottish Government's backtrack on pledges to exercise more centralised regulation over short let properties. The country’s ruling SNP-Green coalition...

The Scottish Government - which earlier this year suggested it would be clamping down heavily on Airbnbs, especially in Edinburgh -...

ARLA Propertymark has voiced its concern over rent controls to a politicians who is leading the charge to introduce them to...

A senior lettings agent and property management company owner has set out how rent controls could work in very specific circumstances...

The deal to introduce rent controls in Scotland - the result of a deal between two parties in the Scottish Parliament...

Details are beginning to emerge of the measures likely to be imposed on the private rental sector in Scotland as a...

Rent controls are to be introduced into part of the UK as a result of a deal between two political parties. The...

A fund instituted by Airbnb to help compensate for the effects of short let accommodation should be extended, local politicians say. In...

Airbnb, which has been criticised by some for its impact on local rental markets, is to set up its own ‘tax’...

A first attempt to regulate Airbnb-style short lets through licensing has been withdrawn. The SNP-led Scottish Government had drawn up a licensing...

Scotland’s official clampdown on short lets is gathering pace with the country’s housing minister advocating a licensing regime and so-called ‘control...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

One of the lettings sector’s leading trade bodies has called on the government and lenders to agree a package of measures...

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

New research by Channel 4 reveals that 123 MPs - just over one fifth of the total - let out at...

A proposed amendment to the government's Housing and Planning Bill which suggests landlords are required to make homes 'fit for human...

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she has been “horrified” to read allegations of some property owners offering rent-free accommodation in...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

Why not drive one of the most powerful, beautiful, and sensational supercars available on the planet today, and at a price...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

The BBC is claiming that vulnerable families are being exploited by rogue landlords in Glasgow - including in the constituency for...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

Labour MP Karen Buck is accusing local authorities of taking a ’softly, softly’ approach to rogue letting agents and landlords. Buck, whose...

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

Some 19 per cent of MPs in the new parliament are landlords according to their entries in the first Register of...

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

With another hung parliament looking increasingly likely, the so-called ‘challenger parties’ look set to have a major say in who forms...