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

The chief executive of Hunters has told MPs there are 19 properties on its books which specify ‘No DSS’ - but...

Senior lettings agency figures are amongst those who will this morning give evidence to a committee of MPs investigating so-called ‘DSS...

A Freedom of Information request by The Guardian newspaper has produced the startling admission from government that not even one landlord...

The Nationwide is the latest lender to say it will not insist its buy to let borrowers enforce a No DSS...

There has been widespread Industry anger at news of a possible U-turn by the government over the proposed cap on security...

The Home Secretary has been asked by a leading lettings sector trade organisation to ensure hard copy documents are given to...

The House of Commons has published a briefing paper on tenancy deposit schemes ahead of the Report Stage of the Tenant...

A trade body is backing a call by a parliamentary committee for the government to fund certain fire safety improvements in...

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

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...

A consumer group says that the Tenants Fees Bill - which will eventually ban letting agents’ fees levied on renters -...

A Select Committee of MPs investigating the proposed ban on agents’ fees levied on tenants says the measure could save renters...

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

The sittings of the select committee looking into government proposals to ban letting agents’ fees levied on tenants resume this week...

An online petition urging MPs to make it compulsory for privately let properties to be subject to independent inventory reporting is...

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

The select committee monitoring the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government will continue its deliberations today on the government’s ban...

The government has explained why the ban on letting agents’ fees on tenants will not be implemented until spring 2019 -...

A lettings agency has written to MPs setting out an eloquent case for a cap on agents’ fees levied on tenants...

The Communities and Local Government Select Committee says it is to begin “pre-legislative scrutiny” of proposals to ban tenant fees imposed...

Letting agents and landlords are being urged by a trade body to sign a petition calling on the government to make...

Agents have until November 24 - two days after the next Budget - to submit evidence to the latest probe into...

The powerful and all-party Communities & Local Government Select Committee of MPs has launched a new enquiry into improving the quality...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has written to an immigration minister to express its concern over possible ‘further sanctions’ for landlords who...

An MP has written to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, raising concerns over the effect short-term lets regulations are having...

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

An industry body has backed a Conservative MP's anti-homelessness Bill, which has been published by the Communities and Local Government Select Committee.   The...

The Residential Landlords Association is asking the Welsh Assembly to scrap the three per cent stamp duty surcharge imposed on buy...

There has been another high-level prediction that mortgage lending for buy to let investors is likely to be restricted further in the...

A group of MPs is raising concerns about a claim that 40 per cent of homes sold through the Right To...

Bank of England governor Mark Carney has again spoken out about possible “threats” to the economy posed by the increase in...

The Residential Landlords Association says it has “deep concerns” over the Panorama programme broadcast early this week claiming that landlords were...