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Knight Frank has set out its forecast for the rental sector for the rest of 2024 - notwithstanding uncertainty over rental...

Three newly-elected Labour MPs have shot into the list of the top five landlords in the House of Commons. The Financial Times...

The Renters (Reform) Bill was one of the main casualties of Rishi Sunak’s early General Election call. It left insufficient parliamentary...

International legal practice Osborne Clarke is warning the new government to give clarity to the measures in its Renters Rights Bill...

Campaigning charity Shelter says the loss of a private tenancy remains “the leading trigger of homelessness accounting for more than one...

Stephen Barratt, a partner in the Private Client Services team at James Cowper Kreston offers this help to landlords coping with changes to...

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

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

During the King’s Speech on Wednesday 17 July, the UK Government announced that it intended to legislate a new Renters’ Rights...

The government has released more information on its new Renters Rights Bill, which is expected to be launched into Parliament in...

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

Informed leaks from unnamed government sources, and rolled out in the mainstream media, confirm that a version of the Renters Reform...

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...

Labour MP Matthew Pennycook has been named as the principal housing minister in the new government. He was shadow housing minister when...

With a historic majority for Keir Starmer and the Labour Party, there can be no doubt over which party will be...

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

Labour is likely to make rental sector reform and regulation a priority - at least partly because it will be low-cost...

A nationwide survey conducted by Leaders Romans Group shows significant concerns over proposed rent controls, property taxes, and regulatory changes. Controversially, LRG...

With Labour set to have a substantial majority in the Commons, this is how the coming days will play out.  Over the...

The National Residential Landlords Association is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill “as a...

The NRLA has slammed politicians in all major parties for their silence on one of the biggest issues for the private...

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 deputy chief executive of Generation Rent claims to have suffered “horrendous exploitation” at the hands of lettings agents.  Dan Wilson Craw...

Rent prices tend to rise in the 12 months immediately after a General Election, by an average of 1.96%, according to...

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

A call has come from the Welsh Government  to conduct an evaluation of Rent Smart Wales and its objectives.  There has been...

A think tank claims that when it comes to space within a home, private rental sector tenants pay three times as...

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

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...

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

In September the Prime Minister announced that landlords will no longer be required to meet the minimum EPC minimum energy rating...

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 Generation Rent activist group says the Conservative manifesto pledge to give a tax break to landlords selling to tenants should...

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...

Generation Rent has raised detailed concerns about a proposal from the Liberal Democrats to introduce a national register of landlords.  The Lib...

Now a date for the General Election has been set, the Renters (Reform) Bill has expired with the proroguing and effective...

Propertymark says the current political crisis in Wales - where the Labour Welsh Parliament leader has lost a confidence vote but...

A Labour councillor who has wanted restricted rights for buy to let landlords and short let hosts has been dropped as...

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

A row has broken out over the head of a think tank who surprised Labour Party members by being appointed as...

A Labour MP who served in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow administration and has spent much of his Parliamentary career criticising the private...

The chief executive of the Generation Rent group has made another attack on landlords who ask tenants to vacate properties. He says...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he cannot say for sure whether the Renters Reform Bill will be ‘waved through’ into law...

In theory the Renters Reform Bill could become law if government and opposition agree to prioritise it in the few remaining...

A General Election has been called for July 4. So what happens to the Renters Reform Bill, which has been the subject...

* This piece is written jointly by Richard Rowntree (Managing Director, Paragon Bank) and Ben Beadle (Chief Executive of the National...

A property portal has taken the unusual step of warning politicians about the dire impact of rent controls on the private...

A prominent PropTech supplier claims the government’s pledge to delay the ban on Section 21 evictions until court processes have been...

The Renters Reform Bill returns to Parliament this week, with a First Reading of the measure in the House of Lords...

Data gathered by the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) shows that less than half the fines levied against rogue landlords have...

Buy to let landlords have been savagely attacked by the country’s biggest investment company - which just happens to be a...

The research head of Knight Frank is warning that a new batch of landlords are preparing to sell up and leave...

A Labour member of the House of Lords is warning that a new law could allow landlords’ bank accounts to be...

A former leader of the Liberal Democrats has introduced a Private Members Bill into Parliament, in a bid to protect tenant...

The National Residential Landlords Association predicts that the House of Lords is unlikely to make substantive changes to the Renters Reform...

A politician is claiming that second home council tax premiums, where owners pay up to double the normal rate, is resulting...

The Renters Reform Bill has now passed all of its House of Commons stages, with amendments - as almost every Bill...

The architect of the controversial rent control policies in Scotland has left the government. It is not known what long-term implication this...

A new version of research first released in May 2023 once again lashes some MPs for being landlords. 38 Degrees - an...

The National Residential Landlords Association has taken the unusual step of extending an olive branch to the activists who run the...

The Renters Reform Bill returns to the House of Commons today with activist groups critical of amendments put forward to reach...

Housing Minister Jacob Young will address members of the National Residential Landlords Association in an exclusive webinar on Thursday. This is the...

Responding to confirmation that the Renters Reform Bill will return to the Commons next Wednesday, Ben Beadle of the National Residential...

Renters allegedly pay £669 in un-recoverable costs for each ‘unwanted’ move as a result of eviction, claims campaigning charity Shelter. It says...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...

Law firm Bishop & Sewell is hosting a webinar to give leaseholders information and advice about the Right to Manage, a...

The government has committed to returning the amended Renters Reform Bill to the House of Commons in mid-April. MPs return from their...

The abolition of Section 21 evictions will be a disaster without improvement to the courts system, a property industry chief insists.  Ian...

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

A charity representing older people has taken up almost all of the key demands of activist group Generation Rent. Independent Age says...

An all-party House of Commons committee is calling on Local Housing Allowance to be updated automatically and annually. LHA rates have been...

A newspaper reports that Housing Secretary Michael Gove is willing to rely on Labour votes to pass the Renters Reform Bill...

A string of debt advice charities want Housing Secretary Michael Gove to go well beyond merely banning Section 21 in a...

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

In September the Prime Minister announced that landlords will no longer be required to meet the minimum EPC minimum energy rating...

Landlords are being accused by academics of under-estimating the cost of allowing pets, and under-estimating their financial benefits. A new report commissioned...

Almost a million private rented households reliant on Universal Credit experience a shortfall between the benefit payments they receive and the...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is demanding the government finally abolish Section 21 eviction powers - and claims over 30,000 households in...

The Government quietly announced population projections towards the end of January that could have major implications for the types of homes...

Generation Rent has issued an angry statement about amendments to the Renters Reform Bill - just as one MP says agreement...

A prominent lawyer has stepped up her criticisms of Housing Secretary Michael Gove and his attacks on buy to let and...

Analysis by Zoopla says rent controls introduced in Scotland have directly led to higher rents. The property portal’s research team has analysed...

Generation Rent has given a qualified thumbs up to Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s ideas for homes on brownfield land. This week Gove...

Generation Rent has launched a double-pronged attack on landlords and the government. The activist group claims that the latest possession statistics from...

One of the MPs behind the disastrous mini-Budget - which directly led to soaring interest rates - is to stand down...

A legal services provider is claiming that landlords risk criminal prosecution for breaches of licensing rules that are often “unreasonable and...

A think tank claims that the government will pay landlords in the private sector six times the expected spend on new affordable homes in the five-year period between 2021 and 2026. The New...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

The housing minister and the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association are amongst 60 speakers named for an upcoming...

The think tank Policy Connect is warning that landlords have reported that sub-standard carbon monoxide alarms are persistently available online, leaving...

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

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

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

A lack of Energy Performance Certificate enforcement is putting tenants at risk from high energy costs or cold homes, according to...

The Renters Reform Bill in its latest amended version now runs to 15 pages, and is available on the Parliament website. The...