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To achieve government’s EPC targets by 2035, landlords across the country may be forced to take action at a time when...

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...

Our data reveals a striking trend: landlords buying property are getting younger.  The average age of landlords purchasing with a buy-to-let mortgage...

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

A Labour council in London admits that 24% of its social housing fails the sector’s Decent Homes Standard. The industry norm for...

Three newly-elected Labour MPs have shot into the list of the top five landlords in the House of Commons. The Financial Times...

With Labour’s election victory, a new EPC target has been announced. In mid-July, the new Secretary of State for Energy Security and...

Informed reports in the housing and mainstream media suggest that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to announce higher social housing rents,...

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

A prominent rental market analyst is warning that elements of the reform legislation proposed by Labour “are casting dark shadows” over...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan appears to have lost his years-long fight to win the power to improve rent controls. Media reports over...

The Institute of Economic Affairs, a free market think tank, has undertaken an exhaustive review of rent control policies across the...

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...

Growing numbers of tenants are feeling less confident at being able to meet the vistas of energy in their rented properties. That’s...

A new poll of 1,300 landlords, conducted by flatshare site SpareRoom, shows a drop in confidence about the rental market. As of...

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

Charlie McNeill, managing director at Rainclear Systems, gives this advice to landlords considering gutter maintenance ahead of autumn and winter.  - Your gutters play...

Only five weeks after the General Election, activist group the Renters Reform Coalition is already impatient at Labour’s failure to bring...

Landlords should welcome the National Residential Landlords Association’s discussions with the government over the new landlord database. That’s the view of Phil...

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

The abolition of the furnished holiday lettings tax regime - confirmed earlier this week - will punish local economies, according to...

The Housing Ombudsman has launched a special investigation into a Labour council after 16 ‘severe Maladministration’ cases in a year and...

A building society says the combination of the UK Labour government’s housing proposals and a regional plan for 20,000 low-carbon homes...

Metropolitan areas that have built more homes in relation to their population since 2015 are more likely to have seen rent...

A Treasury minister in the new government is to be investigated by the Parliamentary standards watchdog over here failure to register...

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

Nothing in the King’s Speech or the new government’s housing plans has had any material impact on the outlook for the...

Propertymark has come out in strong support of Andy Burnham’s new ‘Good Landlord Charter’ - and it wants letting agents included...

During the King’s Speech on Wednesday 17 July, the UK Government announced that it intended to legislate a new Renters’ Rights...

Housing has been a priority since day one of the new Labour government, with its promised 1.5m new homes getting a good...

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

Labour has made a solid start with regard to the lettings sector according to a high profile rental law expert. The Head...

Letting agents’ body Propertymark has fired a warning shot at Baroness Eluned Morgan, the politician who has been chosen to be...

A new agency - which describes itself as a “disruptor company” - says it will charge an all-in lettings and management...

An activist group supporting renters is calling for the final two months of a tenancy to be rent-free in a bid...

The government has released more information on its new Renters Rights Bill, which is expected to be launched into Parliament in...

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

A controversial council claims that HMRC is working with its enforcement team because many landlords who avoid licensing schemes are also...

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 new Renters' Rights Bill is to be introduced into Parliament, it's been confirmed today. The announcement was made in the King's...

A Labour council is warning landlords to get licensing or face hefty fines or prosecution.  Brent council in north London says it...

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

The much-publicised and long-awaited Good Landlords Charter for the Greater Manchester area has at last been launched. A statement from the local...

Housing has emerged as a key talking point during Labour's first few days in government. This comes at a fractious time for...

The latest residential sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests a currently-subdued housing market but with a more...

Salford council has launched a consultation on whether private housing landlords in parts of Broughton and Kersal should require a selective...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves' announcement of new measures to accelerate housebuilding in the UK is welcome news for the short lets sector,...

One of the Bank of England monetary policy committee members has advised against a cut in base rate on August 1. Jonathan...

A Green councillor in a city which has a Green MP is calling for the local authority to require planning consent...

The latest e.surv index shows that house prices in England and Wales are, on average, still some 1.6% below the level...

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

A prominent property group says landlords can only cope with the upcoming rental reform programme under Labour if they work with...

In a blog released within minutes of Sir Kier Starmer becoming Prime Minister, activist group Generation Rent calls for rent controls. It...

The National Residential Landlords Association has congratulated Labour on its landslide election win and has extended the hand of cooperation for...

Paul Shamplina, head of Landlord Action, has admitted the Labour landslide win will cause “significant concern” amongst landlords. He says: “With Labour's...

The Labour landslide victory in last week’s election won’t change the weather when it comes to mortgage rates, a leading analyst...

Labour MP Matthew Pennycook has been named as the principal housing minister in the new government. He was shadow housing minister when...

As the new Labour Government settles into power, rental reform will be one of the items at the top of the...

With a historic majority for Keir Starmer and the Labour Party, there can be no doubt over which party will be...

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 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...

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

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

A move by one London council to refer itself to the Regulator of Social Housing should be seen as a 'national...

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...

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...

Nigel Farage has pledged that his Reform UK party would reverse the Section 24 landlord tax changes within 100 days. Section 24...

Local media in the Midlands say another Labour council is set to charge private landlords £1,000 for a licence allowing them...

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...

The Labour manifesto has made no mention of Capital Gains Tax, and while Sir Kier Starmer has ruled out many mainstream...

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

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...