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

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

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

Activist group Generation Rent has produced a report in tandem with a trades union, focusing on key worker tenants - and...

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

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

A mortgage lender has introduced a product which effectively encourages a landlord to sell to a sitting tenant at a discounted...

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”...

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

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

Another raft of General Election pledges have been made to transform the private rental sector - this time from the Green...

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...

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

England’s dwindling social housing stock is poised to plummet by an additional 189,000 properties through the controversial Right to Buy scheme...

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...

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,...

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

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

A countryside body is blaming the government’s failure to provide affordable housing and the rise in short lets for a homelessness...

London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan wants 10,000 private homes in the capital to be brought into the social rental sector within...

Labour’s shadow housing secretary and deputy leader Angela Rayner says her party will scrap Section 21 on its first day in...

A controversial ‘housing emergency’ declared by a city council is the result of decades of low investment in social housing according...

A local authority in London is to buy back over 300 properties it built and sold off years ago under Right...

A collection of pressure groups, fronted by Generation Rent, wants all private rental homes going on sale to be offered first...

A pressure group within the Labour Party wants a future government to provide £15 billion over 10 years to allow half...

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

The Green Party’s co-leader Carla Denyer has branded the government’s Right To Buy scheme as a “slum landlord’s charter”.  Denyer made the...

The Scottish Government, despite being in the middle of electing a new First Minister, is pressing ahead with legislation for long-term...

Private rental property should be “acquired” and used for social housing according to a think tank. And it says tax penalties, laws...

A prominent Tory thinker has suggested that English councils should be obliged to sell off an estimated 31,000 councils houses and...

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London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan wants private landlords letting ex-council properties to consider selling the properties to local councils.  Since launching in...

A charity, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, wants a form of Right To Buy to be given to private tenants.  Right To Buy...

Labour wants to bring in a UK-wide licensing system for holiday lets to preserve the “spirit” of costal and rural communities. The...

A fake landlord who made over £2,500 a month letting out a London that he didn’t own has been taken to...

Lack of rental stock is now the biggest challenge facing letting agents today. That is what every agent I’ve spoken to...

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

A legal challenge has been launched on a local authority accused of charging “disproportionate” sums for repair work on a block...

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

The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...

The programme of selling off council houses pioneered by Margaret Thatcher has been a strategic failure adding to inequality in Britain. That’s...

Politicians of both major parties have voiced concern over former council houses being used as Airbnb and other short lets in...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to buy back former council houses now in the private rental sector. Right to Buy, part of...

Labour councils in London have backed the initiative from Mayor Sadiq Khan to buy back ex-council houses now in the private...

Who are you? Craig Hayward How do you help landlords and property investors? With over 10 years’ experience we have been helping landlords and...

A Labour activist claiming to represent tenants is putting the squeeze on party members who are also landlords. An article on the Labour...

With just one day until voting day, each of the main political parties has outlined its plans for the country, including for...

Landlords have welcomed the news that Labour has dropped its proposed ‘right to buy’ policy that would have allowed long-term tenants...

Private landlords in Newcastle have slammed the Labour Party’s proposed ‘right to buy’ policy that could see long-term tenants acquire buy-to-let...

Hundreds of buy-to-let landlords have expressed concerns for the future of the buy-to-let industry if Labour comes into power.  Boris Johnson is...

The Labour Party’s planned ‘right to buy’ policy could cost landlords almost £50bn, an average of £18,400 each, according to calculations...

The prospect of a general election is looming large after Boris Johnson signalled his determination to trigger a snap vote on...

The Labour Party’s proposed ‘right to buy’ policy would have a devasting impact on the private rented sector and lead to...

Ever since Margaret Thatcher declared her belief in a ‘property-owning democracy’ and introduced Right to Buy in 1980, the UK was...

As the Chancellor prepares to deliver his Budget today, research from Aldermore has revealed the measures prospective first-time buyers want put...

The government has released the first tranche of an estimated £400m to fund the removal and replacement of unsafe cladding on...

The Liberal Democrats once again called for the introduction of mandatory licensing for PRS homes as well as a publicly available...

The government’s decision to launch a £200m pilot scheme last week to extend Right to Buy to housing association tenants -...

Lord Flight, a former Conservative Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has once again criticised his own party’s buy-to-let tax changes,...

Ever since Margaret Thatcher declared her belief in a ‘property-owning democracy’ and introduced Right to Buy in 1980, the UK was...

With only a few hours left of voting in the general election, the balance of power will have a major impact...

The buy-to-let boom of recent years has fed the stereotype that Brits are obsessed with property. Ever since Margaret Thatcher declared...

A quarter of all residential properties acquired in the summer were either a buy-to-let investment or a second home, fresh data...

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has set out plans to introduce a new Tenants’ Rights Charter to increase protection for tenants in...

Various housing bodies have welcomed the end of Right to Buy in Scotland, more than 35 years after it was first...

A radical proposal initially put forward by the leader of the Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn, to extend the Right to Buy...

There will be a lasting social divide between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ as a consequence of the country’s growing ‘rental...

MPs will offer their reaction to Lords amendments to the Housing and Planning Bill this afternoon, which may take a while given...

Specialist mortgage lender Paragon has called on the Chancellor to make no further changes to the taxation of landlords in today's...

A government committee has raised concerns about the number of homes sold through Right To Buy that end up in the...

Labour leadership hopeful Jeremy Corbyn would introduce right-to-buy for private tenants if he came to power. Corbyn has a published his proposed...