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A new study by the Nationwide has found that landlords selling properties with poor EPC ratings are unlikely to suffer huge...

A BBC journalist says activities to stop tenants speaking to him about the condition of flats let out by a Labour...

A survey of surveyors, private landlords, investors and developers has deemed the government’s EPC target as “impossible.” The survey was extremely small -...

Knight Frank has set out its forecast for the rental sector for the rest of 2024 - notwithstanding uncertainty over rental...

The warnings of a tough Budget in October, issued yesterday by Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer, have given. Renewed strength to...

There’s been a lot of “over-dramatisation” around the likely targets for private rental properties to have improved energy efficiency, says a...

The Renters (Reform) Bill was one of the main casualties of Rishi Sunak’s early General Election call. It left insufficient parliamentary...

International legal practice Osborne Clarke is warning the new government to give clarity to the measures in its Renters Rights Bill...

It will take no less than 18 years for all private rental properties to achieve an EPC rating of C or...

Stephen Barratt, a partner in the Private Client Services team at James Cowper Kreston offers this help to landlords coping with changes to...

New research from Direct Line reveals thousands of landlords in England are facing increasing costs due to selective licensing schemes imposed...

The new Labour government is to bring in so-called ‘hardship tests’ to make it tougher to evict tenants, a newspaper claims...

New research reveals how property prices have risen under different governments in the UK - with the revelation that house prices...

The independent National Audit Office has sharply criticised the former Conservative government for having no strategy or public targets for reducing...

A property firm has branded the current council tax rules for holiday homes “a mess” and says local and national government...

In a survey conducted just before the General Election by Leaders Romans Group, 60% of tenants and landlords believe a reduction...

Generation Rent research claims that minority ethnic communities are more likely to be living in colder homes that are more difficult...

The activists who were so influential in steering the shape of the Renters Reform Bill under the old Conservative government are...

The National Residential Landlords Association says ending Section 21 eviction powers in isolation, as some have suggested the new government should...

A council dominated by a residents association is looking for landlords of three-, four- and five-bedroom houses to sign up to...

The Conservatives, reeling from a General Election which left them with just 121 MPs, have revealed their new shadow cabinet. The shadow...

The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...

Labour is likely to make rental sector reform and regulation a priority - at least partly because it will be low-cost...

A survey by agency Foxtons suggests the election has had no substantial effect on landlords’ decisions to grow or sell portfolios.  Conducted...

With Labour set to have a substantial majority in the Commons, this is how the coming days will play out.  Over the...

There’s a property revolution starting today with a large scale defeat expected for the Tories - that’s the view of a...

The deputy chief executive of Generation Rent claims to have suffered “horrendous exploitation” at the hands of lettings agents.  Dan Wilson Craw...

Only 31.8% of landlords questioned in a large survey back the Tories in next week’s election. Although this is the largest individual...

With the General Election just one week away, a new poll shows the top landlord priorities when it comes to voting...

Rent prices tend to rise in the 12 months immediately after a General Election, by an average of 1.96%, according to...

With the General Election campaign increasingly focusing on tax - on property and other assets and income - new figures from...

The National Residential Landlords Association has set out what it calls “three key asks” of the new government to protect and...

Labour is pledging to scrap the Conservatives’ plan to ban new gas boilers from 2035. The pledge has come from shadow energy...

“When it comes to housing policy, there is little difference between the two major parties” says Aneisha Beveridge, head of research...

A national trade body is calling for more regulation to shield people from the dangers of damp and mould in homes. The...

A letter from a coalition of pro-tenant groups has been sent to the leaders of the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Reform...

Controversial politician George Galloway has issued a party manifesto saying the payment of “exorbitant rents to wealthy buy to let pensioners”...

A think tank claims that when it comes to space within a home, private rental sector tenants pay three times as...

Labour has stepped up its programme clamping down on what it calls “unscrupulous landlords strangling growth.” Specifically this means ending bidding wars,...

A lack of choice for private renters about where they can live will undermine plans set out by political parties to...

The Resolution Foundation - which describes itself as an independent think tank, and whose chief executive resigned this month to become...

A manifesto just released by the Labour Party and dedicated to Scotland hints at ent controls. In recent years Labour has backed...

A survey of over 1,000 landlords finds they appear largely reconciled to the election of a Labour government after 14 years...

Labour’s manifesto commitment to empower renters to challenge unreasonable rent increases has been slammed because it “would leave millions trapped in...

Plaid Cymru, the party of Wales, has issued a manifesto with a clampdown on the private rental sector as one of...

So Sadiq Khan has succeeded in winning a third term as Mayor of London – albeit with a smaller majority than...

The National Residential Landlords Association says it’s ready and willing to work with a future Labour government on private rental sector...

Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...

It’s been suggested that a Tory manifesto policy could create a tax loophole that would cost HMRC millions of pounds in...

The Generation Rent activist group says the Conservative manifesto pledge to give a tax break to landlords selling to tenants should...

The Conservatives have set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and related issues.  Here...

The Conservatives say they will scrap Capital Gains Tax for landlords who sell to sitting tenants, if they win the General...

The Generation Rent activist group has issued a statement appearing sharply critical of Labour’s first new policy on housing in the General...

The chief executive of the Generation Rent group has made another attack on landlords who ask tenants to vacate properties. He says...

Just over 40% of landlords say they are undecided on who to vote for on July 4 -  it a bigger...

It now appears that Labour wanted the Renters Reform Bill to be waved through into law last week - but the...

In theory the Renters Reform Bill could become law if government and opposition agree to prioritise it in the few remaining...

A General Election has been called for July 4. So what happens to the Renters Reform Bill, which has been the subject...

Just days after suggesting rent controls of any kind were off the table, it now appears Labour may be considering them...

The National Residential Landlords Association is introducing a new energy efficiency retrofitting course this summer - ahead of possible EPC rule...

The Renters Reform Bill returns to Parliament this week, with a First Reading of the measure in the House of Lords...

The research head of Knight Frank is warning that a new batch of landlords are preparing to sell up and leave...

A Labour member of the House of Lords is warning that a new law could allow landlords’ bank accounts to be...

The government is ruling out any U-turn on the tax changes regarding furnished holiday lettings - despite substantial complaints from Tory...

The National Residential Landlords Association predicts that the House of Lords is unlikely to make substantive changes to the Renters Reform...

A new version of research first released in May 2023 once again lashes some MPs for being landlords. 38 Degrees - an...

There are over 200 amendments to the Renters Reform Bill having its Third Reading in the Commons today. PropTech supplier Goodlord has...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

National Landlord Investment Show has announced that the former Leader of the Conservative Party, the Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith,...

An activist group says any future Labour government should introduce a beefed-up version of the Renters Reform Bill - whether or...

MPs return to the Commons today after a substantial Easter recess - and with progress on the Renters Reform Bill on...

Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan-Smith is to address landlords at an event this summer. The MP - 70 next week - was...

The government has committed to returning the amended Renters Reform Bill to the House of Commons in mid-April. MPs return from their...

The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Amendments...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

A newspaper reports that Housing Secretary Michael Gove is willing to rely on Labour votes to pass the Renters Reform Bill...

A Tory has slammed the proposed clampdown on short lets proposed by Housing Secretary Michael Gove - and he calls them...

A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...

A controversial proposal for a £300m tax grab on landlords appears to closely follow a policy suggestion put forward by activists...

A leader of the Renters Reform Coalition activist lobby has made a specific targeted attack on the motives and honesty of...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the private rental sector according to a report this morning...

Supporters of council selective licensing start rearguard action  Some of those involved in local councils have started a campaign to save selective...

Labour deputy leader and shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner says she is not ashamed to have brought her council house at...

The Conservative leader of a council which claims it has had problems with Airbnbs and short lets has given wholehearted backing...

Landlords are selling up in significant volumes these days - partly to cash in on capital appreciation, but mostly thanks to...

A veteran MP claims that tenants in the region where his constituency sits are being “dreadfully exploited” by what he calls...

The Generation Rent activist group has called for a series of reforms about damp and mould. It wants the reinstatement of energy...

Urgent action is needed by government to protect tenants who live in poor quality private rented homes, MPs have demanded. A report...

The National Residential Landlords Association is urging MPs to back what it describes as “pragmatic” changes to the Renters Reform Bill...

A building society is calling upon politicians, government, the Bank of England and local councils and other bodies to cooperate on...

The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...

Both sides of the rental divide have criticised Conservative proposals to boost housing demand while doing nothing about supply. Over the New...

According to a London property management company, the profile of renters in prime London is varying hugely.  Glenfield Property Management says that...

A group of Conservative MPs has organised a lobby of the government to demand a clampdown on Airbnbs and other short...

A think tank that describes itself as “centre right” praises the Renters Reform Bill and claims the fear of landlords selling...

Shadow housing secretary and Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has accused the government of “foot dragging” over the slow progress of...

The chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association says the controversial Renters Reform Bill will only succeed if landlords’ feel...

“Huge numbers” of small family-run holiday lettings businesses in Wales are selling up because of new restrictions and large tax hikes. New...

MPs from a range of opposition parties are pressing the government to reinstate the stricter energy efficiency rules for landlords, recently...

There is a real difficulty for Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party at the moment.  After 14 years in power, any failings land squarely...