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A Labour MP is calling for rent controls to be introduced, with powers for councils to tweak them as they see fit. ...
Local media in one of Britain’s busiest cities for rentals says tenants have been left in tears as a result of stock shortages and high rents triggered by landlord sell-offs. ...
House prices in York - where the local MP is leading an onslaught on the proliferation of short lets - have risen more than anywhere else in England and Wales. ...
The well-known York agency Blenkin & Co has launched a prime lettings service to complement its long-established sales side. ...
A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people staying in Airbnbs and other short let properties - have led to “devastation” in the city. ...
A family-run property management and lettings business has opened its new office - five years after the same family’s previous business was snapped up by Countrywide. ...
A family-run property management and letting agency, launched at the start of the year, has doubled its year one target within six months. ...
A council tax fraud totaling over £2,800 across three properties and over six years has resulted in the buy to let investor being fined and forced to do unpaid work.  ...
Stoke-on-Trent has been named as the UK's buy-to-let 'sweet spot'. ...
A landlord has been ordered to pay over £10,000 after pleading guilty to breaching three separate fire regulations. ...
Four letting agencies and a number of local councillors in York appear to have reached a voluntary agreement to reduce the number of To Let boards in the city.  ...
There’s been a call to ban letting boards from streets near a university campus. ...
It now progresses to the so-called Report Stage....
The BoE has come to a decision on interest rates...
The House of Lords committee stage now continues until May...
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