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Informed leaks from unnamed government sources, and rolled out in the mainstream media, confirm that a version of the Renters Reform...

The government has been accused of mismanaging reforms to no-fault evictions saying: “It’s created uncertainty upon uncertainty”. Theresa May first made the...

Jonathan Rolande is a property industry and housing market commentator, and is founder of the National Association of Property Buyers.  It’s almost...

A small number of activists have tried to erect a four metre high mock eviction notice on one of Housing Secretary...

The so-called ‘Boris bounce’ in the housing market after the last General Election failed to materialise, an estate agency chain claims. Winkworth,...

Although SDLT receipts have been volatile in recent years, the property tax’s effectiveness as a revenue-raiser for the Government is not...

Increasing the supply of homes for private rent would boost government finances by £10 billion, says the National Residential Landlords Association. The...

Paul Johnson - a director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies since 2011 and a visiting economics professor at University College...

Pipes aren’t normally the first thing that spring to mind when we think of wrapping up for winter, but with an...

Middleton Advisors commissions ongoing research to investigate key trends and structural changes in prime UK housing markets.  Our latest research considers the...

A prominent lettings agent is urging landlords to stay vigilant for changes to the Renters Reform Bill now that Parliament is...

The priority for the majority of landlords is rental income that is paid on time, but there is also the priority...

A property management company is forecasting that Prime Central London’s short-lets summer is set to be record breaking. Glenfield Property Management says...

A comparison website has compiled a list of what it claims to be the most common lies on tenancy applications -...

A lettings agency has identified the three most complained-about issues by tenants last year. All the tenants were in Greater London and...

Experts are forecasting that London rental prices are predicted to grow by 3% this year alone, while prices may increase by...

According to the most recent data, 46 per cent of renters live with pets — and 48 per cent list allowing...

Accused variously of being a “snake” and a “betrayer”, Michael Gove has not always been popular with his ex-boss (Boris Johnson)...

In 2020 to 2021, the private rented sector in the UK accounted for 4.4m households, housing over 11m people with an...

Despite a string of pledges on rental sector reform delivered in recent days by government ministers, including Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...

Activists got reassurance from Boris Johnson and Liz Truss in the past, and have a supportive politician in the form of...

Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, says rebooting rental reform must be the number one priority for...

Generation Rent, the activist group led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy, has given a warm welcome to the return of Michael Gove...

The coronation of Rishi Sunak as the new Prime Minister has been broadly welcomed by much of the property establishment but...

Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...

The government’s latest U-turn on Section 21 evictions powers - which it now says WILL be abolished, following earlier leaks that...

A group wanting pets to be allowed in private rental properties says its research shows the issue is not opposition from...

The government’s expected U-turn on the future of Section 21 eviction powers has provoked an explosion of anger from Generation Rent...

Shadow housing minister Lisa Nandy has unveiled a Charter for Renters which she says will be implemented within 100 days of...

Shelter claims that almost 1.1m private renters in England – one in seven – had their rent increased in the last...

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England has agreed to raise interest rates by 0.5 per cent to 2.25...

The new Housing Secretary is to be Simon Clarke who, at 37, may be the youngest member of Liz Truss’s first...

It is thought that a new Housing Secretary to replace Greg Clarke may be named within hours, if as expected Liz...

Zoopla is warning that low-income renters across England are facing a ‘housing black hole’ due to soaring rents and the freeze...

A leading figure in the property industry has slammed the government’s proposals to encourage more lenders to offer 50 year mortgages...

A senior figure at the right wing magazine The Spectator has slammed landlords for blatant profiteering. The magazine’s assistant online editor says...

Generation Rent is promoting another rent freeze campaign. In a short series of tweets, and in relation to the predicted energy price...

A job at the Generation Rent campaign group is being advertised on a site dedicated to jobs working for MPs. The post...

There is still time for landlords to influence the specific provisions of the Renters Reform Bill according to one of the...

It’s just possible that the new Prime Minister - whether Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss - might just redress the imbalance...

Eddie Hughes MP - the sole surviving Boris Johnson appointee in the housing ministry and the man behind the Renters Reform...

The government is investigating a new way to tackle renters’ anti-social behaviour in the social housing sector - through a new...

Heat pumps - central to a government energy efficiency drive started under Boris Johnson - could save 20 per cent higher...

Lettings agency Knight Frank says it doubts the current high levels of capital appreciation will be derailed this year by uncertainty...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been packed with MPs loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as...

With the (eventual) departure of Boris Johnson, the next question for landlords and indeed much of the property industry is: What’s going...

Greg Clark is the new Housing Secretary, with responsibilities including steering the Renters' Reform Bill through parliament. He is part of a...

Cabinet minister Michael Gove and junior minister Eddie Hughes - architects of the pro-renter White Paper issued last month - are staying...

Thank goodness the uncertainty is over - but is it all too skewed towards tenants? That’s the worry of suppliers as Daniel...

It’s been confirmed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to announce plans to extend the Right To Buy to housing associations. Under...

Overnight speculation of a Cabinet reshuffle has yet again led to uncertainty over the Renters’ Reform Bill, pledging a radical shake-up...

The abolition of Section 21 eviction notices could lead to a surge in evictions by private landlords anxious to sell before...

Labour’s London Mayor - buoyed up after the party’s successes in the capital in last week’s elections - has renewed his...

Activists from pressure groups and London-focussed tenants’ bodies have handed in a letter to 10 Downing Street asking the Prime Minister...

The government is reported to be considering extending the Right To Buy from just council tenants in England to housing association...

Generation Rent is calling for a national rent freeze in the private sector for an unspecified period “for the duration of...

I hope you weren’t holding your breath for the Chancellor to announce a package of help for landlords in his Spring...

In this weekend feature, Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) and the managing director of Home...

Campaigning charity Shelter says the government’s rental reform programme is “a crucial step forward”.  The Levelling Up White Paper insists landlords ensure...

A government housing minister says the Boris Johnson administration wants to shift the balance of power in the rental sector favour...

An alliance of 25 major charities have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak, calling for urgent action...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dodged a question from an MP about the timing of the long-awaited Rental Reform Bill and...

A survey of over 500 property investors claims to have uncovered the UK’s hotspots for the coming year. It says some 44...

A man who broke into the home of his prospective landlord and threatened him with a screwdriver has been jailed for...

The National Residential Landlords Association has joined over 100 other organisations across the UK to urge government to scrap the planned...

The National Residential Landlords Association says it’s going to submit a report to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Chancellor Rishi Sunak, and...

Campaign group Generation Rent has issued an angry statement in response to the government’s decision to extend the eviction ban for...

The Daily Mail is reporting that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to let his Oxfordshire cottage out - and he’s taking...

A Labour housing pressure group has made strong public criticism of the party’s shadow housing spokeswoman, Thangam Debbonaire. Labour Tenants United was...

A new survey suggests that landlords are less enthusiastic than in the past about buy to let. The study 1,004 UK landlords...

A call has gone out for the overhaul of the Green Homes Grant scheme, which so far has left thousands of...

The chaos surrounding the government’s Green Homes Grant, which was to have helped thousands of landlords and owner occupiers, appears to...

Eviction guru and lettings sector expert Paul Shamplina has made an impassioned plea for government help for the rental sector. The founder...

Two players in the domestic energy industry are warning landlords that it will be an expensive exercise to meet predicted future...

Labour politicians, union leaders and Shelter are amongst those writing to Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon demanding an eviction ban. The protest...

A prominent Conservative supporter and expert in the private rental sector has posed an interesting question - is Boris Johnson trying...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce government spending plans for the next 12 months on November 25 - and he already has...

The government’s former homelessness guru has criticised the Boris Johnson administration for risking the country entering a period of destitution, with...

The National Residential Landlords Association is calling on the government to ensure a comprehensive financial package is provided for landlords themselves,...

A landlords’ trade body has ticked off Prime Minister Boris Johnson for his attitude towards the rental sector. He suggested in his...

More money needs to be made available to support landlords and renters during the existing Covid-19 pandemic, according to Bankrate UK.  The...

Buy-to-let landlords could be facing up to two years without rent due to the government’s decision to extend the evictions ban,...

The government is being urged to consider introducing a new capital gains tax on all residential properties in the UK to...

Landlords thinking of letting property on a short-term let this summer are being urged to have the right insurance protection in...

Boris Johnson’s “Build Build Build” announcement yesterday was designed to help drag the UK economy out of what could prove to...

Almost half of UK-based investors see property as a safe and secure asset despite the existing Covid-19 pandemic, new research shows.  FJP Investment...

Some of the UK’s largest tenants unions have joined forces to heap pressure on the government to suspend all rent immediately,...

The government is under mounting pressure to consider doing more to protect tenants from the threat of eviction during the coronavirus pandemic,...

There has been a significant drop in the proportion of annual sales to buy-to-let landlords as measured by Hamptons International.  The estate...

The government is under growing pressure to consider doing more to protect tenants from the threat of eviction during the coronavirus...

Residential property prices in London continued to grow up until a week ago, as the market recovered following Boris Johnson’s election...

Boris Johnson’s emphatic December general election victory has triggered fresh optimism among buy-to-let landlords, despite tax and regulatory changes hitting their...

The Conservatives’ general election victory in December has triggered a new burst of housing market activity as confidence flows back into...

Boris Johnson has unveiled his new look cabinet, which includes the appointment of Christopher Pincher as the new housing minister. Pincher replaces Esther McVey,...

It is common knowledge the UK is facing an undersupply of housing. Unfortunately, this is not a sudden phenomenon – the...

The UK housing market has enjoyed a relatively strong start to 2020 after Boris Johnson’s general election victory ended Brexit uncertainty.  A...

After two elections and three years of intense debate and hostility, the general election in December seemed to offer the political...

Towards the end of last year, I wrote an article for Landlord Today outlining the difficulties many landlords in the UK...

Just over a month on from the Conservative Party's election victory and all eyes are firmly fixed on Boris Johnson and...

After yet another year dominated by Brexit uncertainty, political instability, tax, and regulatory changes, most buy-to-let landlords will be looking for...