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A survey of surveyors, private landlords, investors and developers has deemed the government’s EPC target as “impossible.” The survey was extremely small -...

With Labour’s election victory, a new EPC target has been announced. In mid-July, the new Secretary of State for Energy Security and...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has written to Housing Secretary Angela Rayner urging her to make it even easier...

The Conservatives, reeling from a General Election which left them with just 121 MPs, have revealed their new shadow cabinet. The shadow...

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

The newly re-elected Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester - Andy Burnham - wants to end Right To Buy on new-build homes...

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

Back in 2019, the Government promised a ban on so-called no-fault evictions. Section 21 was to be outlawed. While some housing...

There are over 200 amendments to the Renters Reform Bill having its Third Reading in the Commons today. PropTech supplier Goodlord has...

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

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

The Conservative leader of a council which claims it has had problems with Airbnbs and short lets has given wholehearted backing...

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

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

The Build To Rent trade body, the UK Apartment Association, is backing the proposals outlined to clampdown on rogue landlords put...

The National Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a consultation proposal by Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham. Burnham’s Greater Manchester Good Landlord...

Labour’s Mayor of Greater Manchester and former Cabinet minister Andy Burnham says this year is when he will ”get serious” about...

A new council licensing scheme has been given the go ahead by the government. Peterborough council’s selective licensing scheme will be run...

I recently attended the NRLA’s annual conference in Birmingham and a theme that still dominates discussion in the industry is the...

The short-term holiday letting industry has significantly expanded in recent years, but this could all change with the introduction of a...

The new Housing Minister is Lee Rowley - who was a former housing minister in the short lived premiership of Liz...

Recent data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show that 24,260 households served a valid Section 21 notice...

MPs from a range of opposition parties are pressing the government to reinstate the stricter energy efficiency rules for landlords, recently...

A London council is looking to introduce new licensing for landlords. Currently Wandsworth council operates mandatory licensing for HMOs with five or...

Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has been given the job of Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities...

Landlords are operating in a fog when it comes to the Government’s thinking on the future of energy efficiency standards for...

Landlords will be able to let Housing Secretary Michael Gove know exactly what they think of his policies in October. Gove will...

New government figures show 79,840 households faced homelessness in England between January and March 2023 – the highest number on record.  Now...

Independent landlords are “vital” to ensuring a fair and functioning private rented sector, the Housing Secretary says. Writing in the members’ magazine...

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill has been unveiled, as Ministers bid to address the housing crisis and create a fairer rental...

The Renters’ Reform Bill is finally due to be published and introduced into Parliament next week. Housing Secretary Michael Gove has told Sky...

The Boiler Upgrade Scheme - launched in May 2022 and open to landlords as well as homeowners - is failing to...

A Good Landlord Charter - described as the first of its kind in the UK - is being created by a...

A new property licensing scheme that claims to provide “safer, well managed housing for renters” has now come into force in...

The government has once again declined to give any meaningful timetable for the introduction of the Renters Reform Bill. At the end...

A bankrupt landlord in the Midlands is behind bars or eight months for failing to tell the Official Receiver about an...

Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, says rebooting rental reform must be the number one priority for...

Generation Rent, the activist group led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy, has given a warm welcome to the return of Michael Gove...

A Labour MP has written to the Housing Secretary demanding a timetable for the implementation of rental reform. Catherine West, MP for...

The new Housing Secretary is to be Simon Clarke who, at 37, may be the youngest member of Liz Truss’s first...

Greg Clark is the new Housing Secretary, with responsibilities including steering the Renters' Reform Bill through parliament. He is part of a...

Cabinet minister Michael Gove and junior minister Eddie Hughes - architects of the pro-renter White Paper issued last month - are staying...

The abolition of Section 21 eviction notices could lead to a surge in evictions by private landlords anxious to sell before...

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...

As the government continues to assess the future state of building regulation in the UK, developers and leaseholders continue to remain...

Property insurers have forced “crippling costs” on to residents of medium and high-rise apartment blocks in the aftermath of the Grenfell...

A government housing minister says the Boris Johnson administration wants to shift the balance of power in the rental sector favour...

The scrapping of Section 21 and other provisions expected in the government’s White Paper on rental reform have been delayed until...

The government is not budging on the Tenant Fees Act and will not amend it to allow separate and additional charging...

A coalition of 20 pro-tenant organisations - including at least one actively campaigning against some government measures - wants a meeting...

Labour’s new housing spokesperson is the experienced MP Lucy Powell, who until last weekend was shadow business and consumer affairs minister.  She...

A Labour housing pressure group has made strong public criticism of the party’s shadow housing spokeswoman, Thangam Debbonaire. Labour Tenants United was...

A second attempt by Labour to halt in-person property viewings during the pandemic has been batted away by the government. Labour’s shadow...

A councillor has criticised an MP who came out in favour of landlords in a dispute over licensing. Earlier this week Landlord Today...

Junior housing minister Kelly Tolhurst says the government will introduce the controversial Renters Reform Bill “very soon.” This Bill is the one which...

The government is being warned landlords won’t be able to meet new guidelines being set for Right To Rent once the Coronavirus...

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

The government’s decision not to remove the cap on Universal Credit for all claimants and increase housing benefit to cover local...

Rightmove yesterday recorded a sharp rise in searches for property on its website as it was forced to deal with pent...

Some of the UK’s largest tenants unions have joined forces to heap pressure on the government to suspend all rent immediately,...

Labour is calling on the government to unveil new measures to protect renters beyond June after the Bank of England warned...

The controversial Right to Rent scheme, which requires landlords in England to check the immigration status of their tenants, often leads...

A number of buy-to-let landlords and property enthusiasts will visit the Olympia Conference Centre in London today in order to obtain...

Journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil will once again chair the Government Panel Debate at the National Landlord Investment Show in London...

Robert Jenrick has been named the new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, while Esther McVey has been...

Just days after Landlord Today and sister publication, Estate Agent Today, published stories outlining the lack of government response to our...

Landlords and tenants will continue to be able to claim back the entire amount of money that has been lost or...

Journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil will chair the Government Panel Debate at the National Landlord Investment Show in London, it has...

Buy-to-let landlords and property enthusiasts will once again descend on the Olympia Conference Centre in London in March where they will...

One third of landlords say they would be less likely to acquire property if three-year tenancies are made compulsory, according to...

Kit Malthouse has been named as the government’s latest housing minister after Dominic Raab, who spent just six months in the...

James Brokenshire has replaced Sajid Javid as housing secretary, following Javid's move to home secretary in the wake of Amber Rudd’s...

A proposal to introduce a new licensing scheme for privately rented homes in Nottingham has been given the green light by...

Tenants will be given the right to take legal action against landlords who offer properties that are not ‘fit for human...

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

Over 450 buy-to-let landlords and property investors attended the Olympia Conference Centre in London last week where they were able to...

Buy-to-let landlords and property enthusiasts will descend on the Olympia Conference Centre in London today where they will be able to...

The secretary of state for Wales has called for greater protections for tenants and a crackdown on rogue landlords in Wales. Welsh...

Weymouth and Portland Borough Council is planning to introduce a selective licensing scheme in an effort to clamp down on unscrupulous...

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid, yesterday pledged to offer private sector tenants’ greater rights by...

City councillors in Nottingham have approved a new licensing scheme aimed at improving housing standards in the city’s private rented sector.  Following...

The consultation period for the proposed ban on letting agents’ fees in England should either be extended or suspended until after...

Gavin Barwell has been appointed the new Minister for Housing, Planning and London, taking over from Brandon Lewis, who has moved...

There has been a broad welcome for what would appear to be a government U-turn over the imposition of the stamp...

Plans to introduce landlord licences in Redbridge have been thrown out by the Secretary of State. Redbridge Council said it was “extremely...

Rogue landlords will be banned from letting property under new measures to be brought in under the Housing and Planning Bill. The...

If the first few hours of the new government’s approach to housing are anything to go by, it could be a...

Tunbridge Wells MP Greg Clark has been appointed as secretary of state for Communities and Local Government in the cabinet reshuffle. Prior...