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The activists who were so influential in steering the shape of the Renters Reform Bill under the old Conservative government are...

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

Rents in London have dropped for the second consecutive quarter (Q1 and Q2 2024) new data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals. The...

There’s a property revolution starting today with a large scale defeat expected for the Tories - that’s the view of a...

With the General Election just one week away, a new poll shows the top landlord priorities when it comes to voting...

With the General Election campaign increasingly focusing on tax - on property and other assets and income - new figures from...

The Resolution Foundation - which describes itself as an independent think tank, and whose chief executive resigned this month to become...

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

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

One of the more unexpected claims from Generation Rent activists is that when it comes to democracy, tenants are disadvantaged compared...

So Sadiq Khan has succeeded in winning a third term as Mayor of London – albeit with a smaller majority than...

A prominent solicitors’ firm says the failure of the Renters Reform Bill to become law may have attracted headlines but the...

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

The Generation Rent activist group has once again repeated its demand for a series of reforms surrounding the scrapping of Section...

A prominent Green Party politician is arguing for rent controls - and accuses Labour of watering down its commitment to the...

Like a parent whose kids expected half term in Disneyland, Jeremy Hunt is spending the week managing expectations – and crushing...

This week’s official inflation rate is now expected to show a possible rise, rather than a fall. Although there is widespread expectation...

The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...

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

The growth of private renting in the past decade has given renters more political power, an activist group claims. Generation Rent’s analysis...

There is a real difficulty for Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party at the moment.  After 14 years in power, any failings land squarely...

A row has broken out over a statement made by housing minister Rachel Maclean at the Conservative Party Conference. She told a...

News that a ban on oil and LPG boiler installations has been pushed back 10 years has been welcomed by the...

Rents in England their upward path last month, rising 0.1 per cent to an annual rate of 4.7 per cent according...

Next Thursday voters up and down the country will be casting their votes in a series of local elections which are...

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

A leading property industry figure has exploded the myths that lie behind the calls for private rent controls. Ian Fletcher, director of...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry is warning the Tories against ‘stealth increases’ for Capital Gains and Inheritance taxes. David Alexander...

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

Private renting voters could be critical in deciding the outcome of the next General Election, according to Shelter. The campaigning charity -...

Conservative party leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak says he wants today’s renters, along with young adults obliged to live at home with...

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

A campaign to stop new build homes being sold to second home buyers for holiday lets has won a decisive victory...

Voters in Bristol have decided to abolish the city’s directly elected mayor following a referendum. The city was given the choice of...

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

A poll of Conservative voters shows strong majorities for higher taxes on second homes and empty properties, and tougher demands on...

Two prominent Brexiteer MPs are spearheading a campaign that claims Net Zero energy efficiency policies are unpopular. In their launch statement, they...

The new Housing Secretary, Michael Gove, must remake the rental sector in a fairer and more stable form. That’s the view of...

An analysis of the Green Homes Grant applications show exactly which areas will be hit most when the scheme comes to...

Thursday’s general election presents the main political parties with an opportunity to address voters’ concerns about housing, and not just focus...

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

The main political parties have laid out their blueprints for government ahead of what is likely to be one of the...

Boris Johnson’s call for a snap general election on December 12 to try to settle the issue of Brexit took very...

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

A new survey has revealed three in four Scots back rent caps north of the border to help curb increasing housing...

The slump in the UK home ownership rate from 73% a decade ago to just 63% today reflects the fact that...

The chancellor Philip Hammond has once again failed to deliver for private landlords, with yesterday’s rather low-key Spring Statement yet another...

The idea of the property-owning democracy has deep roots and has long defined housing policy in this country, with various schemes...

A continuous increase in the number of cranes, hoardings and skyscraper frames around Manchester’s inner ring road is visual proof of...

The scare tactics adopted by the government to keep Britain in the EU ahead of last year’s Brexit referendum saw the...

When renting out a property, most landlords or their letting agents opt to take an upfront deposit from the tenant prior...

The Conservative party is under mounting pressure to look again at its plans to fund social care in England because the...

The policy focus of the upcoming election will be on Brexit, but political parties will do well to remember that housing...

Close to 6,300 private renters in the North East of England lodged formal complaints to their local council about their landlord between...

The campaign to woo voters across the country has already started following the UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s surprise announcement that...

With just hours remaining until the polls close, the outcome of the EU referendum is too close to call. The sense of...

Landlord support for Labour and the Liberal Democrat Party has halved since the 2010 General Election because of their interventionist policies...