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10 February 2024
From: Legislation & Compliance
A prominent Conservative has branded the rush towards rent controls by some politicians as “heavy-handed and economically illiterate”. Janet Finch Saunders, an...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Belfast council has unanimously passed a motion calling for the Northern Ireland Executive to introduce a rent control scheme for the...
16 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A referendum in Berlin next month is being watched closely by rental activists in the UK, in case it offers them...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News
An economist at a right-leaning think tank says Berlin - often regarded as a model for state-regulated private renting - has...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A pressure group for tenants wants the next Mayor of London to win powers from the government to reduce rents, through a...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News
London has seen the second-largest decline in rent and living costs in Europe over the past three years when it comes...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Frustrated tenants struggling to afford to live in London can feel vindicated, as a new report shows that the cost of...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Build to Rent (BTR) continues to go from strength to strength with record levels of investment in the sector, which explains...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Germany’s rent controls place strong restrictions on in-tenancy rent increases, while the ‘rent brake’ introduced a couple of year ago makes...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News
More needs to be done to stem the increase in short-term lets on Airbnb and similar platforms to ensure that there...
09 April 2019
From: Breaking News
The mayor of London Sadiq Khan is developing rent control proposals as part of his 2020 re-election bid in the hope...