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There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...
08 April 2024
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A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...
20 March 2024
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There’s growing anger over restrictions on private homeowners using their properties via Airbnb and other short let platforms. Earlier this week Housing...
21 February 2024
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Propertymark is backing a call for financial help for landlords who improve the energy efficiency of their properties. The think tank E3G...
04 September 2023
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A left-leaning think tank which says it champions ‘left-behind Londoners’ is demanding a turbo-charged version of selective licensing to be run...
26 May 2023
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A think tank claims one in six young people live in poor quality housing, often in the private rental sector. The claim...
20 April 2023
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New research appears to be adding to the momentum to have more flexibility over pets in private rental accommodation. Nearly one in...
29 April 2022
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A major think tank is calling for a radical reform of the private rental sector. A report from the cross-party independent Social...
18 March 2022
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A large majority of private renters are happy with their properties, status and their landlords according to a new survey. A report...
16 March 2022
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A think tank says it would take a major policy change to fulfil Boris Johnson’s goal to turn generation rent into...
02 December 2021
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Two recent calls for the introduction of a national mandatory landlord register in England have been rebuffed by agents’ trade body...
27 October 2021
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Propertymark has told the government that imposing the same solution to the Net Zero challenge on all of the private rental...
22 October 2021
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The long-awaited White Paper on rental reform is some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying he and...
06 October 2021
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A think tank says large scale intervention in the rental market via loans to tenants is the only way of addressing...
16 February 2021
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The Resolution Foundation has added its voice to that of many charities and other think tanks demanding more government support for...
17 November 2020
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Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...
05 August 2020
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...
15 July 2020
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A prominent economist who has called for a raft of measures to protect tenants during the Coronavirus crisis is now calling...
29 June 2020
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More than a third of furloughed private renters are worried about being able to pay their rent when the coronavirus lockdown...
05 June 2020
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A think-tank claims one in eight tenants has fallen behind with rent since the start of the Coronavirus crisis - a...
01 June 2020
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A foundation which receives substantial funding from trade unions and a charity linked to the Nationwide is calling for rents to...
15 May 2020
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Families living in private rented accommodation are more exposed to the economic shock of the Coronavirus than homeowners, which could mean...
09 April 2020
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Another think tank has come up with proposals to scrap Section 21 eviction powers and cap rents - and it also...
14 November 2019
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A leading agent is the latest industry figure to speak out against rent controls, which continue to be advocated by Labour...
13 November 2019
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Higher housing costs - including private sector rents - have reduced incomes and increased inequality as the poorest families have borne...
11 November 2019
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A Labour think tank considered on the right wing of the party says it wants rent controls that make a difference...
17 September 2019
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An influential think tank says Capital Gains Tax on buy to let properties and second homes should be levied at the...
11 September 2019
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As the row over Labour’s proposal rumbles on the think tank Centre for Policy Studies - which has previously argued that...
05 September 2019
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The right wing Adam Smith Institute is the latest organisation to voice its strong opposition to Labour’s proposed rent controls for...
30 July 2019
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A senior Labour politician has claimed that there is a city in the UK where two out of every 13 residential...
25 June 2019
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A trade body has hit out at government policy following a think tank’s claims that young people are less mobile because of...
07 June 2019
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A think tank is blaming high rents for apparently stopping Millennials moving to better paying parts of the country. A report from...
06 June 2019
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One of the most vocal critics of lettings agents in recent years appears to be moving away from the property industry. Campbell...
18 April 2019
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Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...
21 March 2019
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A report claims that England has just 825 homes for every 1,000 families as a result of two decades of house...
14 January 2019
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The first-ever pet think tank has launched to address what is claimed to be a lack of pet-friendly rental accommodation in...
29 November 2018
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There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...
09 October 2018
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Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...
08 October 2018
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A row appears to be brewing over the decision of a Labour MP to attend next week’s Conservative conference to discuss...
27 September 2018
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A new study shows that 43 per cent of tenants want the system of private rental deposits to be dropped and...
18 September 2018
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The conclusions of a new think tank analysing the private rental sector are “fundamentally wrong” according to a trade body. The Residential...
26 June 2018
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An influential think tank is calling on government to radically reform the private rental sector because a generation of young people...
18 April 2018
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The think tank IPPR has called for increased tenant-power within the private rental sector to give renters the kind of clout...
16 January 2017
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The Resolution Foundation, a think tank, claims that home ownership is far lower than is widely believed to be the case...
03 January 2017
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A new report by think tank IPPR supports those who feel the so-called ‘sharing economy’ - short lets via Airbnb and...
09 December 2016
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The combination of falling home ownership and rising costs in the private rented sector mean that today’s younger generation will have...
20 July 2016
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It started off as an idea from Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign to become Labour leader but today it’s being backed by a...
13 June 2016
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A new report from the independent Social Market Foundation think tank has found that almost two million more people have been...
22 February 2016
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The housing ladder is disappearing for most young working households on modest incomes who are obliged to rent for the indefinite...
17 February 2016
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The private rental sector accounts for 22 per cent of all households in the UK according to a think tank. In an...