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For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

Campaigning charity Shelter is angry with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt over his Budget  While most in the property industry have expressed relief that there...

A prominent agent and former RICS residential chairman has made an impassioned plea to the government to help the private rental...

The government must focus on measures in next week’s Budget that will boost significantly the supply of homes, according to lettings...

The government has been accused of pushing up the cost of home insulation because of a poorly timed public campaign. The National...

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

Winkworth’s latest figures to shareholders show that sales revenues have slumped badly - but lettings have boomed for the moment at...

A property investment company says Build To Rent is key to helping Britain meet its current housing and climate change challenges...

A major think tank is calling for a radical reform of the private rental sector. A report from the cross-party independent Social...

A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...

One of the leading providers of deposit alternatives in the UK wants the government to embrace the option - even to...

A rental market expert is urging landlords to be cautious when considering to use short-term lets websites such as Airbnb to...

A trade body has welcomed calls by a parliamentary committee for tax incentives for the buy to let sector to improve...

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...

A poll of 1,250 landlords suggests that far from being concerned about the profitability of buy to let, almost 80 per...

Buy to let landlords are welcoming proposals being considered by the government to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. In...

The government has announced that it is to formally consult on proposals for longer tenancies in the private rental sector. Although there...

A leading Conservative peer says the government should cut taxes for buy to let investors and regard them as part of...

The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...

A trade body says the expanding Build To Rent sector will never be large enough to meet tenant demand and as...