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

Rightmove says the government elected today must build 120,000 homes to help return rents to what it believes are normal levels,...

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

The National Residential Landlords Association is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill “as a...

Price growth in high-value prime areas has been put on hold given uncertainty surrounding the General Election, according to the latest...

The NRLA has slammed politicians in all major parties for their silence on one of the biggest issues for the private...

If Labour wins Thursday’s General Election. expect three major housing announcements within a fortnight. That’s the exclusive claim from the Sunday Times...

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...

Fewer landlords feel negative about their buy to let business according to the latest Landbay landlord survey. The specialist lender’s surveys typically...

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...

“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 prominent economic analyst warns that many of the rental policies advocated by the major political parties in the General Election...

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...

One of the more unexpected claims from Generation Rent activists is that when it comes to democracy, tenants are disadvantaged compared...

Rightmove says that while much of the housing market is carrying on regardless, some higher end potential vendors are now sitting...

The year to March 2024 saw the fewest new housing sites consented than during any 12-month period since the data collection...

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...

Fiscal reform for the private rented sector  We’ve already seen some landlords leaving the private rented sector because of substantially increased taxes....

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

A Labour MP who served in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow administration and has spent much of his Parliamentary career criticising the private...

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...

The National Residential Landlords Association says it’s “hugely disappointing” that the Renters Reform Bill will not become law. This is despite the...

One of the country’s leading independent mortgage brokers is warning that lending may be slower during the General Election campaign period...

Around half of landlords say they are unsure about how they will vote in the General Election. A joint survey of around...

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

I’m not especially political and certainly carry no candle for one flavour or another. I might argue that they’re all pretty...

Two-thirds of private landlords in the UK are optimistic about how their property investments will perform in the coming years -...