- Written by: Graham Norwood
Labour has stepped up its programme clamping down on what it calls “unscrupulous landlords strangling growth.” ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Shelter has spoken out in favour of what it calls “bold” commitments by Labour on the private rental sector and house building targets. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private rental sector reforms. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A political party has proposed that Capital Gains Tax be equalised with Income Tax - meaning landlords and investors who sold their buy to let or other rental properties would be hit with higher payments. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Knight Frank is suggesting that a growing degree of uncertainty is hitting the rental market, particularly the high-end sector in the capital. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about renting and more general housing issues. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A pro-tenant group wants the next government to take Right To Buy properties back to public ownership when they come up for sale on the open market. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A prominent solicitors’ firm says the failure of the Renters Reform Bill to become law may have attracted headlines but the underlying problem - a court system unable to process evictions - stays the same. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A charity claims that new official figures on rent rises will “create more worry among private renters.” ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
As the Renters Reform Bill makes its way through the House of Lords, Propertymark has advised peers not to miss this opportunity to legislate for the regulation and qualification of property agents. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Despite once claiming it would abolish Section 21 evictions “on its first day in office”, Labour appears to have gone cool on rental reform and other housing issues. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A Labour MP is calling for rent controls to be introduced, with powers for councils to tweak them as they see fit. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Some 50% of tenants who moved last year did so because their landlords decided to sell the property. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A stamp duty cut in the run up to a General Election would see house prices go up and evictions soar, a property industry commentator claims. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A prominent lettings agency says concern is growing in the private rental sector about the prospect of more pets in properties. ...
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