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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...

Research by comparison site GetAgent has shown that across Britain, the number of home sellers entering the market increased by 23%...

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

Citra Living, part of Lloyds Banking Group, is launching 40 new homes - some Build To Rent - to the Nottingham...

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

A council has revealed that it sells off its housing stock that is too expensive to repair - but it deliberately...

In his latest criticism of landlords, the chief executive of Generation Rent says rent controls would protect “so many renters from...

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

Average UK private rents increased by 8.6% in the 12 months to July 2024 according to official government figures, unchanged from...

A third of private sector landlords would sell at leats some of their properties if rent controls were introduced, according to...

Buyers require greater protection from poor quality housing according to the voluntary Ombudsman service responsible for dealing with complaints about new...

A second major location in Spain is clamping down hard on short lets, with pledges of fines exceeding £500,000 on illegal...

The property industry establishment representing agents, surveyors and the volume house builders, has piled in to praise the planning reforms proposed...

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

A new report from the Sustainable Markets Initiative, highlights the important role that electrified ‘cleantech’ homes can play in reducing energy...

A group of 20 major local authorities - the biggest social landlords in England - have sent an open letter to...

A new sentiment survey by Knight Frank reveals a shift in housing preferences, with one-fifth of respondents expressing an interest in...

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...

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

The mayor of Barcelona has pledged to eliminate Airbnb-style short lets in the city within five years.  Socialist Jaume Collboni claims he...

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

The property consultancy Bidwells says that based on an average 300,000 new homes a year it could be four decades before...

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...

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

Mortgage experts have criticised the Reform UK housing and tax policies as being superficially appealing but risking a return to the...

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

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...

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

The British Property Federation wants the next government to give special assistance to Build To Rent developers to allow them to...

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

The Liberal Democrats have set out a predictable set of pledges in their manifesto for next mon this election, centred on...

The Times recently calculated that recent tax and regulation changes made it unviable for many landlords to continue in the sector. We...

There’s been a big rise in the supply of homes for sale - 20% up on this time last year. This is...

A council which this week announced that it would charge landlords almost £1,000 for a licence, is now being accused of kicking...

Research by PropTech firm APRAO has asked whether London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has delivered on new homes for the capital. On...

A study by property software firm APRAO shows new-build house price premiums at their highest in a decade. The supplier analysed existing...

Seventeen London boroughs wasted over £2m in the last five years fighting rejected planning applications that were subsequently approved on appeal,...

Over 40% of council houses and flats sold under the long-standing Right To Buy scheme are now owned by private landlords. That’s...

The newly re-elected Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester - Andy Burnham - wants to end Right To Buy on new-build homes...

As the deadline approaches for banning gas boilers in newly constructed homes from 2025, a new analysis shows that only a...

Citra Living, part of Lloyds Banking Group, is to bring more than 150 new family homes to the rental market in...

Agents’ trade group Propertymark is demanding London Mayor candidates tackle what it calls “the unique housing challenges that the capital experiences.” Londoners...

A property industry group wants to restrict the private letting of properties bought in the future via the Right To Buy...

Julian Richer - the founder of Richer Sounds, the UK's largest hi-fi retailer - says he may set up a landlord...

Rent controls are at the heart of the local election manifesto of the Green Party of England and Wales. Co-leader Carla Denyer,...

Scotland’s new Housing Bill - introducing a laborious eviction process and rent caps across the country - will ‘compound the mistakes’...

A new housing deal will provide another 92 Build To Rent units run by Legal & General. The properties will be two,...

Britain’s housing stock offers the worst value for money of any advanced economy, according new analysis published by the Resolution Foundation. The...

The National Residential Landlords Association has slammed yesterday’s lacklustre Budget as a missed opportunity. Yesterday’s announcements - like to be the last...

New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...

Two thirds of landlords say the demand for private rented housing is continuing to increase, according to new research commissioned by...

Two new build household names often favoured by landlords buying investment properties have announced a merger. Barratt has reached a £2.5 billion...

Winchester council is setting up its own agency to let and manage privately rented homes. Venta Living pledges to provide “high quality,...

Labour-controlled Haringey Council in London says the owners of short lets and furnished holiday homes will be forced to pay double...

There will be long term pressure on housing affordability and the private rental sector if demographic forecasts from a range of...

New research from a construction professional body shows a large proportion of people would not buy a newly built property due...

The substantial majority of landlords lack any optimism about their sector as they enter 2024. That’s the result of a new sentiment...

A local authority is introducing charges for the issuing of Improvement Notices to landlords - and has chosen to announce it...

The government has launched a public consultation on a radical new UK home energy rating system to replace the long-standing Standard...

A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...

The ongoing freeze on housing benefit rates is a travesty that needs reversing immediately, the National Residential Landlords Association is warning.  The...

A new analysis suggests homes in England are less affordable and in worse conditions than in most other developed nations. The Home...

Politicians meeting at party conferences this week are being urged to listen to property professionals before setting policies about the private...

The Daily Telegraph appears to have uncovered a catch in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s apparent boiler grant giveaway. Last week he announced...

The John Lewis Partnership is said to be facing “extreme challenges” as a result of its bid to enter the private...

Landlords don’t believe Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s planning reforms will help build a million new homes in England, claims a buy-to-let...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned any further publication of an advertisement for holiday homes that made them appear to be...

New government figures show 79,840 households faced homelessness in England between January and March 2023 – the highest number on record.  Now...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has pledged to publish “shortly” revised timetables for the implementation of further energy efficiency targets for the...

Research from the Home Builders Federation claims owners of new homes will save an average £135 a month on running costs...

The Labour dominated council in Bristol has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove demanding that he gives it the powers to...

A leading buying agent says changing planning priorities amongst London councils are likely to mean that large lateral apartments will maintain...

The Generation Rent activist group claims holiday homes are eroding the supply of available properties in key tourist areas.  It claims 80...

An uneasy relationship exists between UK politicians and the residential property market. Emotions have been running particularly high recently. More details were...

The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...

A newspaper claims  unrest about the Renters Reform Bill amongst Tory MPs revolves around fears that buy to let landlords will...

When the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II took place on 2nd June 1953 the average house cost just £1,692...

Labour’s proposed reforms to the housing market “raise many questions”, a property industry figure claims. Under controversial plans put forward by party...

Build To Rent sector players are complaining about too much tax and regulation holding back their activities. A new analysis of 31...

Rent controls and political uncertainty are affecting investor appetite to fund and deliver Build to Rent homes in Scotland, according to...

An immediate private sector rent freeze and eviction ban for the duration of the cost of living crisis is the key...

Resident satisfaction amongst Build To Rent tenants is falling for the first time since reviews were first collected five years ago. A...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the outgoing director of Generation Rent, is angry with Jeremy Hunt. The Baroness claims “the cost of living crisis...

As many as one in 10 homes have a reduced asking price within a month of entering the market, a new...

  Second home market growth and falling house prices could be a combination for success. There’s been a clear positive correlation between profit...

Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...

A Labour Party proposal to sell some long-empty homes to first time buyers for just £1 has been dismissed as the...

The Bank of England has increased base rate to 4.0 per cent - its 10th rate rise in a row. Avinav Nigam,...

The perennial shortage of new homes in the capital has now collided with a sharp increase in government regulation, a tripling...

Four former Conservative housing ministers have backed a think-tank’s proposals for more housebuilding as a way to resolve the UK’s supply...

New rental stock accounts for just 16 per cent according to fresh figures released about the lettings market. Property company Ocasa has...

Amended legislation means that landlords will not be able to prevent broadband firms from upgrading their service in blocks of flats. Previously,...

A Build To Rent developer has released the first phase of apartments at what it describes as its flagship scheme -...

More must be done to keep private landlords in the rental sector, a new study has proposed. New Open Property Group says...

Activist group Generation Rent says it’s not convinced about government proposals to increase regulation of holiday lets and short lets -...