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

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

Academics in a leading university have set up a project to probe so-called bidding wars in the private rental sector.  Two figures...

A call has gone out from an industry group for landlords and letting agents to be sure they know the distinctions...

The controversial activist group Acorn has made a formal public apology to the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association. On...

The breakthrough on council tax and HMOs, announced just before the weekend, may not be all that it seems. That’s the view...

The property investment service BuyAssociation has changed the wording of an advertisement after intervention by the Advertising Standards Authority. The ASA says: “A...

Housing associations are urged to urgently check building specifications for the use of Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete or RAAC. RAAC is the...

There’s been a clampdown on imprecise wording used in lettings listings. The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team  - which...

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

A Labour pressure group wants the party to campaign on housing at the next General Election, including railing against what it...

A council has gone out to formal consultation on a licensing scheme - but appears to have pre-judges the outcome. It says...

The Renters (Reform) Bill introduced by the Government signals the long-awaited reform to existing housing legislation and the headline grabbing abolition of...

Activist group Generation Rent has started a petition calling on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to freeze private rents this winter. As part...

The National Residential Landlords Association has hit back at allegations made by Shelter, accusing the charity of sensationalising the way landlords...

A London council is urging private sector landlords with properties in their patch to sign a pledge urging their tenants to...

A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has neared its 45,000-signature target over the weekend. Former...

Activists are aiming to make the eviction ban a central theme in this spring’s local elections. In early May there are elections...

An argument is brewing with landlords angry at the wording of a council licensing consultation. Southend council wants landlords to pay a...

The Acorn group of rental activists has created a detailed crib sheet of responses to a council consultation on landlord licensing. Acorn,...

As has been broadcast widely in the news the government has been going to extraordinary lengths to enforce their message that...

In recent years, there has been considerable controversy over the use of ‘no DSS’ in homes being listed for let, with...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) has launched an FAQ web page for landlords, letting agents and tenants to provide help and...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has updated the notes on Form 6A, the document landlords use when...

Consumer organization Which? recently undertook a mystery-shopping exercise at 20 letting agents in England and Wales and unearthed some disappointed results,...

Platform has cut selected buy-to-let rates by up to 0.1%, while also announcing plans to scrap from next week restrictions on...

An online petition calling on Rightmove to ban ‘No DSS’ wording in rental adverts has attracted more than 40,000 signatures. The petition...

Zoopla’s decision to issue ‘blanket bans against tenants in receipt of housing-related benefits’ after announcing that it will end ‘No DSS’ wording...

Zoopla will no longer allow letting agents and landlords to issue ‘blanket bans against tenants in receipt of housing-related benefits’ after...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has expressed its disappointment at the government’s decision not to address a major ruling that is...

Working as a landlord involves dealing with the occasional less-than-calm phone call in the middle of the night about a broken...

Santander is getting rid of a controversial clause in its buy-to-let mortgage contracts requesting that landlords raise rents by “as much...

The National Landlord Association (NLA) has issued a report insisting that late additions to the Finance Bill at Committee Stage regarding...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has offered advice to HMO landlords affected by the new regulations affecting the provision of heat...

The government has confirmed that new Section 21 regulations under the Deregulation Act will come into effect on the intended date...