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

New figures released by Savills, and published by The Times, show exactly why it no longer makes sense to be a...

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

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...

Both sides of the rental divide have criticised Conservative proposals to boost housing demand while doing nothing about supply. Over the New...

Data from the English Housing Survey suggests that the number of English owners of second homes in Europe has fallen again. The...

If you are a landlord looking for the silver lining in a dark cloud, June’s interest rate decision will have certainly...

It appears that there may be months more uncertainty over new energy efficiency rules for the private rental sector. A statement from...

A group of rental activists in London claims that over 10,000 private rented homes in the borough of Brent have a...

A survey of homebuyers has revealed opposition to the rumoured return of the Help To Buy initiative to get tenants to...

The Scottish Government - which is already implementing a rent cap and eviction ban for the private sector - is now...

As 2025 gradually approaches, the question of how the private rented sector decarbonises and becomes more energy efficient is becoming more...

Illegal meter-tampering is putting people’s lives at risk as they resort to increasingly desperate measures to reduce spiralling energy bills, two...

The director of an auction house says the market has taken “a massive hit” with tough times ahead in 2023. Andrew Binstock...

A prominent Conservative has described as “infuriating and saddening” the fact that so many Millennials are stuck renting and cannot afford...

The government is considering making home owners apply for planning consent if they wish to use a property for holiday lets. The...

Uncertainty has become a vastly overused word to describe our economic situation in recent years. But, once again, it’s an unwaveringly...

The government has committed to introduce the Renters Reform Bill into Parliament during this session - despite the disarray over policies...

Prime Minister Liz Truss says Section 21 eviction powers WILL be scrapped after all. She made the explicit commitment at Prime Minister’s...

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

The government may be changing its mind on scrapping Section 21 eviction powers according to a bombshell story in The Times. Outlining what...

Stamp Duty paid between April and August 2022 was up 29 per cent on the same period last year according to...

A property investment platform is to spend £1 billion buying and retrofitting thousands of homes in the private rental sector, The...

The government is expected to announce the introduction of a national landlord register in England on Wednesday as part of its...

The Department of Work and Pensions is to slash the timescale for repayment of arrears for tenants on Universal Credit. It has...

The Times has highlighted chaotic scenes at HM Revenue and Customs where a landlord, amongst others, has been impacted. According to its...

The sleaze allegations engulfing the government have moved to those MPs letting out their London homes while claiming money from taxpayers...

A planning inspector has ordered a rogue landlord to comply with enforcement notices after being found to be illegally renting two...

A controversial PropTech service that proposes agents charge prospective tenants £30 or more simply to view a property on the market,...

A holiday lettings agency is offering £10,000 to the owner of what it declares to be Britain’s Best Holiday Let. Sykes Holiday...

Another new Build To Rent player is emerging - in the unlikely form of the John Lewis Partnership. The company has long...

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

Landlords currently buying properties and concerned they may not make the March 31 stamp duty holiday deadline have good news -...

The landlords’ trade body says the tax system needs reforming to support energy improvements in the private rental sector. The intervention by...

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

There is growing momentum for local councils to freeze their plans for landlord licensing while the pandemic continues. Lettings agency trade body...

Activists from Shelter and Generation Rent have led the charge for a renewed eviction ban in the light of the latest...

An eviction ban has been introduced by the Scottish Government to take effect until well into the New Year.  Because of the...

Research by an insurance firm has identified the high costs incurred by landlords on emergency call-outs. Whilst inevitably promoting the merits of...

Airbnb’s UK operation is under scrutiny by the City watchdog over fears it could be exploited for money laundering purposes Although there...

Former Liverpool FC star and England striker Daniel Sturridge is suing his ex-landlord for £100,000 after finding a Netflix account had...

Which party will win the landlord vote?  Given that the mainstream parties all have policies that appear to work against BTL landlords,...

An increasing number of Airbnb owners in Edinburgh are moving away from short-term letting in favour of traditional long-term tenancies as...

Sajid Javid has dismissed a report in the Times over the weekend that claimed he planned to make property sellers rather than...

Many tenants face the uncertainty of potentially having to find a new home as a result of a change in ownership,...

With a new year now upon us, it’s time to look forward to what might happen (and what is definitely happening)...

Almost fourth-fifths of renters do not want to move property due to a change in ownership, a fresh study shows. The research,...

Rogue landlords with properties in Scarborough now face fines of up to £30,000 as the local council looks to clampdown on...

The government must focus on urgently improving dangerous housing conditions across the country after new figures revealed that thousands of private...

The number of new homes registered to be built looks set to fall as many housebuilders will be less willing to...