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Propertymark is demanding equal treatment with the social housing sector. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove intends to boost standards in social housing...

The substantial majority of tenants are completely unaware of the Renters Reform Bill, it’s been alleged. A survey of over 2,000 private...

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

NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...

England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...

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

An umbrella group called London Councils has expressed “extreme concern” at the government’s decision to stop letting local authorities keep money...

Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...

Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...

Propertymark is launching the latest phase of its research into diversity in the agency sector. Last year it worked with the University...

While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...

The excessive enforcement of council rules on private landlords while social housing is so poorly run will be ‘the next Post...

Birmingham’s Labour council is considering closing its social housing waiting list to new applicants - and this is likely to trigger...

Seventeen housing organisations have sent an open letter to the government rejecting its idea of prioritising British families when it comes...

The Property Institute has welcomed a Labour Party move to introduce the regulation of property agents across much of the sector. Tabled...

Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...

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

A council is considering borrowing £50m to buy properties to rent on the private market and for affordable housing. West Norfolk council...

The Housing Ombudsman - currently active in the social housing sector but tipped to take a wider role involving private renting...

A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...

One of the UK’s leading lettings agents is bemoaning what he calls “the missed opportunity “ to help the rental sector...

A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...

Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...

Last week’s Autumn Statement - which fell short of expectations in terms of help for the private rental sector - is...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry.  The Local Housing...

Senior Labour MP Clive Betts says the party’s official house building policy won’t actually solve the shortage of homes. Labour deputy leader...

Propertymark has called on the government to retain the option of fixed-term tenancies in the private rental sector where it is...

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

The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...

A council has launched its own social lettings agency to work with private sector landlords in tackling the record numbers living...

The government has changed the way shared ownership rents can be increased. This change will apply to the leases of new shared...

Social housing provider Caridon Property is hosting a series of free seminars to prepare letting agents for the migration of Housing...

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

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

The private rental sector could play a far greater role in helping to end homelessness in Scotland, according to a new...

Scotland’s largest letting agent had almost 40,000 viewing requests during July for rental properties in Edinburgh and Glasgow alone. DJ Alexander Ltd...

Propertymark has issued another plea to the government to be fair to the private rental sector - this time regarding a...

The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service kicks in today - it offers early legal advice, free of charge, to anyone...

Elliot Leigh - an agency that is the largest guaranteed rent provider in London and Essex - has completed phase one...

Propertymark has set out the case for an increase in benefits for private tenants. Timothy Douglas, Propertymark's Head of Policy and Campaigns...

The Nationwide Foundation - a charitable foundation founded by the Nationwide Building Society - says the Renters Reform Bill should be...

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

A prominent housing journalist says Labour should fund councils to buy homes directly from private landlords to rapidly increase the size...

Private landlords should hold fire on plans to quit the private rental sector and give the government a chance to incentivise...

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

The main landlord body wants more details behind the soundbite rhetoric of the Renters Referm Bill, launched today in Parliament. Ben Beadle,...

  The Renters’ Reform Bill is finally due to be published and introduced into Parliament next week. Housing Secretary Michael Gove has told Sky...

New Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf is bad news for the private rental sector, a prominent lettings agent warns. David Alexander -...

A PropTech startup called EVO is claiming to revolutionise repairs and maintenance in the “broken” rented housing sector. EVO says it connects...

A combination of regular inspections and pro-active installation of ventilation can help to reduce the risk of dangerous damp and mould...

New analysis of the English Housing Survey by the Building Research Establishment has found that excessively cold homes in England could...

A national campaign warning about the dangers of damp and mould could help save lives, a property industry insider says. A recent...

Propertymark has told a UK government to stop ignore the damaging effect of its policies on the private rental sector. An outspoken...

A prominent lettings agent has resumed his attack on politicians for failing to build sufficient numbers of social housing properties -...

A prominent businessman has told the Scottish media that the country’s rent freeze policy has led to two major housing schemes...

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

Following the recent inquest into the tragic death of two-year old Awaab Ishak in Rochdale, agents are being offered free awareness...

Just about every agency that has commented on yesterday’s Autumn Statement are in agreement - changes to Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance...

A new scheme offering landlords the opportunity to lease property through a local authority has been launched.   Leasing Scheme Wales: Gwynedd gives...

Propertymark backs government plans to introduce a social housing-style Decent Homes Standard in the private sector.   But it says there must be...

With the private rental sector stressed at the prospect of stricter energy efficiency rules in the coming years, the body representing...

It’s been revealed that Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson had to bear a huge £18,000 cost thanks to a rogue tenant. The...

A lettings agency in Scotland has played down the impact of the emergency rent freeze and eviction ban which have been...

Propertymark’s latest rental market snapshot shows that since February, the number of new tenants wanting to register on agents’ books has increased...

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations says its members are key to tackling the cost of living crisis but rent freezes,...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer picked on the buy to let and holiday home sectors as targets for future restrictions, in...

Private renters’ average floor space per person in England has fallen by 16 per cent over the past 20 years while...

A high profile agent has renewed his attack on politicians. David Alexander - who heads up DJ Alexander, part of the Lomond...

* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - The controversial rent...

A recent suggestion by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation charity, for government help to allow private tenants to buy their landlords’ homes,...

Within two hours of Greg Clarke being appointed by Boris Johnson as the new Housing Secretary, the leader of Generation Rent...

Scotland’s new Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill - passed this week by politicians at Holyrood - represents a dark day...

Propertymark is questioning whether the Scottish Government is adequately funding the First-tier Tribunal to cope with any extra demand placed on...

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

What looks suspiciously like a government leak to the Daily Mail says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will be unveiled...

A selection of property industry figures have spoken out against the government’s latest proposals to extend Right To Buy to housing...

A PropTech firm is warning that well over two million private rental sector households could be in fuel poverty by the...

Propertymark has made an uncharacteristically strong attack on the campaigning charity Shelter for its portrayal of letting agents. Ahead of yesterday’s Queen’s...

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

Owners of some rental properties, and agents acting on their behalf, can now apply for grants to contribute towards the cost...

A council says it’s considering introducing criminal record checks on individuals who apply to run HMOs as part of a wide-ranging...

The increasingly shrill anti-landlord rhetoric from some politicians is making it harder for tenants, claims a leading industry spokesman. John Blackwood, chief...

A PropTech supplier claims that increased automation can help letting agents meet the demands of the government’s Levelling Up agenda. Openview –...

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...

Figures obtained by ITV News suggest that one of the country's most popular tourist locations has as many Airbnbs listed as...

It’s now been made clear that there will be a detailed White Paper in the spring explaining radical changes to the...

ARLA Propertymark has identified a key weakness in the government’s ambitious plans to reform the private rental sector as part of...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

ARLA Propertymark is warning that new landlords must be drafted in to the private rental sector to replace those exiting in...

Trade body UKALA has cautioned letting agents to act now following the government announcement that it intends to extend the need...

A senior Welsh politicians has urged anyone who has fallen behind in paying rent because of the pandemic to contact their...

A report from the House of Lords has condemned the private rental sector as being ”increasingly unaffordable” as well as being...

The coming year should be about promoting harmony in the lettings market says the head of an agency that’s now part of a...

One of the UK’s first ever Build To Rent companies, Fizzy Living, has been sold to a global real estate company...

A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents has lifted the lid on how buy to let came about,...

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

A report by the National Audit Office claims that the way private renting is regulated makes the sector unfair to renters. It...

A major Select Committee of MPs has launched an enquiry into so-called exempt rental sector accommodation - a niche sector that...

The UK Association of Letting Agents says it welcomes new rules for alarms which put the social and private rental sectors...

The government has announced that carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted in all private rental properties with fixed appliances such as...