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Conservative party leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak says he wants today’s renters, along with young adults obliged to live at home with...
08 August 2022
From: Breaking News

In June, the government finally released its long-awaited White Paper ‘A Fairer Private Rented Sector’. You will almost certainly have seen...
06 August 2022
From: Rental Reform

London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed credit for many of the measures contained in the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector...
05 August 2022
From: Breaking News
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A review of the mortgage system would ensure that tenants’ records in paying rent would contribute towards their ability to secure...
01 August 2022
From: Breaking News

It’s just possible that the new Prime Minister - whether Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss - might just redress the imbalance...
28 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Letting agents have come out with figures to back up an argument that landlords have been making for some time -...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News

The next Prime Minister must address the supply crisis in the private rented sector if homeownership ambitions are to become a...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association has identified five key areas for its campaigning in the short term, as the Conservatives elect...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A Conservative MP who has already suggested a 25 mile limit around some rental properties to reserve them for people with...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Lettings agency Knight Frank says it doubts the current high levels of capital appreciation will be derailed this year by uncertainty...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Lettings agency Knight Frank says it doubts the current high levels of capital appreciation will be derailed this year by uncertainty...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been packed with MPs loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
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Our politics seems pretty broken to me and whilst I don’t wish to take a side between one flavour or the...
09 July 2022
From: Agent Advice

With the (eventual) departure of Boris Johnson, the next question for landlords and indeed much of the property industry is: What’s going...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News

The mystery as to why so many MPs appear anti-landlord deepens with the news that at least 17 per cent of...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
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Greg Clark is the new Housing Secretary, with responsibilities including steering the Renters' Reform Bill through parliament. He is part of a...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
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Little may have been heard of Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell in recent months but he has broken his silence to back...
04 July 2022
From: Breaking News
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The Generation Rent group of activists says it has concerns over the broad proposals to allow landlords to charge for additional...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Thank goodness the uncertainty is over - but is it all too skewed towards tenants? That’s the worry of suppliers as Daniel...
18 June 2022
From: Rental Reform

It’s been confirmed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to announce plans to extend the Right To Buy to housing associations. Under...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Overnight speculation of a Cabinet reshuffle has yet again led to uncertainty over the Renters’ Reform Bill, pledging a radical shake-up...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Housing has always been one of the most sensitive political issues, meaning that legislation in this area is unusually sensitive to...
21 May 2022
From: Rental Reform

The abolition of Section 21 eviction notices could lead to a surge in evictions by private landlords anxious to sell before...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Labour’s London Mayor - buoyed up after the party’s successes in the capital in last week’s elections - has renewed his...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The government is reported to be considering extending the Right To Buy from just council tenants in England to housing association...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
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Two of the country’s leading Conservative MPs have spoken at a Shelter conference which claimed millions of private renters were being...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A London council is urging private sector landlords with properties in their patch to sign a pledge urging their tenants to...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Applications open later this week for one of the country’s largest and most controversial landlord licensing schemes - in Liverpool. The new...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A Labour activist has written to the government urging a ban on what she calls ‘heartless’ Section 21 evictions. Milton Keynes councillor...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News

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

A last ditch bid is underway to include the properties of all landlords in the programme of financial help to remove...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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The government’s pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords and agents is “the worst form of gesture politics in...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A poll of Conservative voters shows strong majorities for higher taxes on second homes and empty properties, and tougher demands on...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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An MP has lobbied Chancellor Rishi Sunak about what he calls “tax avoiding absentee landlords” who have moved into the holiday...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves says Labour would increase tax on buy to let properties and on investment income for landlords. Reeves was...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The government looks set to clamp down on holiday rentals and will this year formally consult on the concept of a...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent Conservative has complained that her party, and others, have failed to do anything about a housing market in which...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
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For landlords who may want a brief update on Section 21, the House of Commons Library has published a concise description...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News
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A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Conservative opposition councillors have derailed a local authority’s plan to introduce a landlord licensing scheme this week. Southend council is run by...
30 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading politician in Wales has spoken out in favour of second homeowners, who are under increasing scrutiny in that country...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The sleaze allegations engulfing the government have moved to those MPs letting out their London homes while claiming money from taxpayers...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News

I am the Chair of PLAN - the Portfolio Landlords Action Group - which had its formal launch this week. People...
13 November 2021
From: Rental Reform
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Labour has echoed campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction powers,...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The White Paper on rental reform may still be some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News

In an unexpected turn of events at a Conservative party conference fringe meeting, the chief executive of Shelter heaped praise on...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The government is expected to give at least some details today of the principles enshrined in a new White Paper on...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Arrears have soared during the pandemic according to a lettings agency. Birmingham-based Barrows and Forrester says government data suggests 335,860 homes -...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
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Michael Gove - one of the most senior and controversial figures in modern politics - is the new Housing Secretary. Ben Beadle,...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News
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The government is not budging on the Tenant Fees Act and will not amend it to allow separate and additional charging...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The government is considering forcing landlords who rent out homes as Airbnb-style short lets to apply for planning consent. This would not...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A respected political website claims that over 30 MPs from a range of political parties have written to the Housing Secretary...
02 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A website has lifted the lid on how many MPs in the current parliament are landlords. Open Democracy - which describes itself...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News
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A London news website has lifted the lid on speculation surrounding a councillor who appears to have been booted out of...
22 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association says it’s going to submit a report to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Chancellor Rishi Sunak, and...
16 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has said No to a plea by a south east council to renew...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News
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The MP who is the architect of a Private Members Bill to allow pets in privately rented property is facing a...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The potential dangers of Get Rich Quick property investment schemes have been highlighted once again, this time by an MP. Some 18...
09 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners has got 42,000 backers -...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Conservative Peer Lord Black of Brentwood - Guy Black, a former newspaper magnate and Conservative activist - has urged the government...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The landlords’ trade body has been invited to join what it calls “high-level” talks with government over reforms to the private...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A coalition of 20 pro-tenant organisations - including at least one actively campaigning against some government measures - wants a meeting...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Activists led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy of Generation Rent say the proposed reform of the private rental system must include a...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A Conservative MP claims there is a major power imbalance between tenants and landlords and widespread reforms are required to stop...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News

TV star Robert Rinder - best known for his performances under the guise of Judge Rinder - has made an outspoken...
21 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell, who is moving a Bill through Parliament urging landlords to accept pets, says he backs a law...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News

An analysis of the Green Homes Grant applications show exactly which areas will be hit most when the scheme comes to...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association says it backs a report by MPs sharply criticising EPCs and urging more effective modern energy...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s a new call on the government to get its act together on the Green Homes Grant, which has failed to live...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A Conservative MP is weighing in, in support of landlords arguing against a £700 licensing fee by the local council. James Duddridge,...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Some policies towards landlords show how the government has lost its conservative ethos of supporting businesses and being the party of low taxes. Rosalind...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has spoken strongly in favour of landlords’ rights. In a House of Lords debate on...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Junior housing minister Kelly Tolhurst says the government will introduce the controversial Renters Reform Bill “very soon.” This Bill is the one which...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The government has confirmed its long-standing intention to scrap Section 21 eviction powers which currently sit with landlords - but the appropriate...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The former leader of the Labour Party in Scotland has joined the board of Shelter, the campaigning charity that has often...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent Conservative supporter and expert in the private rental sector has posed an interesting question - is Boris Johnson trying...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlords’ trade body has ticked off Prime Minister Boris Johnson for his attitude towards the rental sector. He suggested in his...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Renters across Wales received greater protection this week after the Welsh government extended the six month notice for evictions, which was...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has been slammed for attempting to shift the responsibility for renters in need onto landlords. Chris Town a landlord and...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Boris Johnson’s “Build Build Build” announcement yesterday was designed to help drag the UK economy out of what could prove to...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Property trade associations, professional bodies and other parties have joined forces to call for urgent government action to help support the...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Fresh figures show that there was a rise in the number of housebuilders completing new homes in England last year, helping to alleviate...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The property market had enjoyed a boost thanks to the outcome of the general election in December, but now the market faces...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The government is being urged to fund a bailout to help social landlords avoid a £10bn bill to fix fire safety...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Given that the number of people living in private rented accommodation has grown, doubling in the past three decades, renters are...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The Conservatives’ general election victory in December has triggered a new burst of housing market activity as confidence flows back into...
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Boris Johnson has unveiled his new look cabinet, which includes the appointment of Christopher Pincher as the new housing minister. Pincher replaces Esther McVey,...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

After two elections and three years of intense debate and hostility, the general election in December seemed to offer the political...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The decisive result of last month’s general election has sparked a surge in housing market activity, placing upward pressure on house...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Now that 2020 is underway, activity in the property market is likely to start picking up due to the traditional seasonal...
17 January 2020
From: The Big Issues

Just over a month on from the Conservative Party's election victory and all eyes are firmly fixed on Boris Johnson and...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

After yet another year dominated by Brexit uncertainty, political instability, tax, and regulatory changes, most buy-to-let landlords will be looking for...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Although the recent election was indisputably dominated by the Brexit question, the fact is that there’s far more to managing the...
18 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Residential property prices, much like the economy, are likely to grow faster than initially anticipated next year thanks to the greater...
17 December 2019
From: Breaking News

With house prices set to rise in 2020, on the back of greater political certainty and chronic housing shortage, the government...
17 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling on the government to ensure that reforms are made to the way good landlords...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords’ Association (NLA) has once again called for the introduction of a properly funded housing court to cope with...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News

With just one day until voting day, each of the main political parties has outlined its plans for the country, including for...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News

With the general election just over a week away, each of the main political parties has outlined its plans for the...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Which party will win the landlord vote? Given that the mainstream parties all have policies that appear to work against BTL landlords,...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has slammed the Conservative Party manifesto for proposing nothing to encourage and support landlords to continue...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Boris Johnson launched the Conservative Party manifesto yesterday with a promise to “Get Brexit done”, and although the document was rather...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Conservatives have pledged to introduce a new scheme to allow tenants to transfer their tenancy deposits when they move homes. The...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A number of buy-to-let landlords and property enthusiasts will visit the Olympia Conference Centre in London today in order to obtain...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The government crackdown on the buy-to-let sector has seen landlord regulations increase by a third since the Conservative party came into...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Just when we thought we might have finally made some credible progress on Brexit, it looks as though looming uncertainty will...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil will once again chair the Government Panel Debate at the National Landlord Investment Show in London...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A number of MPs are currently earning rental income from properties let to private tenants, including eight ministers in Boris Johnson’s...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Conservative leadership frontrunner, Boris Johnson, has said it is time to consider switching stamp duty liability from the house buyer...
16 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Portsmouth City Council is controversially planning to introduce a landlord licensing scheme in the city without potentially allowing around half of...
16 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson, the two men competing to become the next Conservative Party leader, are being to urged to...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The two candidates for Conservative leader are being urged to make a public commitment to abolishing the controversial Right to Rent...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News

With less than a week until the European elections take place, a new poll conducted by the National Landlords Association (NLA)...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith has criticised policies of former Conservative chancellor George Osborne with regard to housing. Speaking at...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Every little helps to boost Tesco sales, and yet Britain’s biggest retailer is not paying anywhere near as much tax as...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil will chair the Government Panel Debate at the National Landlord Investment Show in London, it has...
12 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Barnet Council is planning to introduce a stricter licensing scheme designed to clampdown on rogue landlords across the borough in north...
18 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords and property enthusiasts will once again descend on the Olympia Conference Centre in London in March where they will...
28 December 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s now three years since the then Conservative Chancellor George Osborne introduced a series of measures aimed, principally, at cooling the...
27 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Recent changes in legislation, as part of government policy to encourage first-time buyers and owner-occupier purchases, have led to a tax...
11 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Philip Hammond is coming under increasing pressure to reverse draconian tax changes applying to buy-to-let landlords. A number of landlords have been...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Proposals drawn up by Conservative think tank Onward to allow existing buy-to-let properties to be eligible for 100% capital gains tax...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has once again voiced its opposition to plans to introduce mandatory three year tenancies. Responding to the...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News

On 29 March 2019, the UK is scheduled to leave the European Union (EU). Despite the profound significance of this event,...
22 August 2018
From: Industry Views

Higher taxes, tougher mortgage lending conditions, along with political and economic uncertainty are making investment in buy-to-let less attractive to many existing and potential...
16 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The idea of the property-owning democracy has deep roots and has long defined housing policy in this country, with various schemes...
02 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A Conservative think tank has been slammed by the Residential Landlords’ Association (RLA) for its inaccurate analysis of the private rental...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords are having an adverse impact on home ownership, according to new research. Fresh analysis by Onward suggests that the government...
26 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A Labour councillor tasked with clamping down on rogue landlords has found herself in hot water after failing to declare a...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Lord Flight, a former Conservative Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has once again criticised his own party’s buy-to-let tax changes,...
04 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A Conservative councillor has been ordered to pay more than £57,000 after being taken to court by his own council for...
03 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accused the Tory government of intentionally not fixing the housing crisis after revelations that thousands of...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Fresh research into how investors are planning to manage their financial strategy in 2018 shows that more than half - 53%...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News

We have seen a significant amount of publicity recently surrounding the sale of leasehold houses and the imposition of significant ground...
26 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Theresa May continued to shake-up her ministerial team yesterday by handing jobs to several junior ministers, but he her decision to...
10 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords who let out their properties as short-term holiday lets should be hit with fresh taxes to deter them from...
14 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Ever since Margaret Thatcher declared her belief in a ‘property-owning democracy’ and introduced Right to Buy in 1980, the UK was...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords could soon be hit with an empty homes tax after the Chancellor Philip Hammond yesterday gave local councils the...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The forthcoming Autumn Budget is set to unveil the government’s plans to encourage landlords to offer longer tenancies of at least...
15 November 2017
From: Breaking News

In order to solve tenant disputes, landlords will soon be required to register with a redress scheme, helping to improve operating...
10 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Labour’s symbolic victory over the rollout of universal credit on Wednesday night will have been welcomed by many buy-to-let landlords. Tory MPs were...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A Camden councillor who was prosecuted last year by the council he works for in north west London after failing to...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News

It is well known that homeownership rates have been falling rapidly, particularly among young people, despite government efforts to reverse the...
06 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The Conservative Party’s pledge to give tenants greater rights as part of a regulatory shake-up of the private rented sector has...
03 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid, yesterday pledged to offer private sector tenants’ greater rights by...
02 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Rogue landlords receive in the region of £2.5bn a year for renting out ‘non-decent’ properties, which includes homes that are unsafe,...
04 September 2017
From: Breaking News

We all know that investing in buy-to-let property is a potentially great way to supplement our income, and so it is...
24 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Many buy-to-let landlords will undoubtedly commend former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith for slamming anti-buy-to-let legislation introduced by the former chancellor...
19 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Very few of us enjoy filling in a tax return. But here are a few suggestions put forward by London based...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market may wish to consider buying property in Luton, which currently offers the...
17 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The new Tory-led government is being urged to reverse punitive tax policies affecting private landlords in order to increase much needed...
12 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Over the weekend Number 10 said that a deal with the Democratic Unionists had been reached, but was then forced to...
12 June 2017
From: Breaking News

With only a few hours left of voting in the general election, the balance of power will have a major impact...
08 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The Conservatives have announced a range of housing policies designed to help them win the general election, including pledging to build...
31 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The Conservative party is under mounting pressure to look again at its plans to fund social care in England because the...
22 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The Conservative party should put rent controls at the heart of their general election manifesto as part of a wider effort...
03 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Labour has pledged a “consumer rights revolution” which will introduce legal minimum standards for all rental homes because people currently have...
02 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Gearing among landlords remained low in the first quarter of the year, with the average loan-to-value (LTV) ratio falling by 2%...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Peterborough City Council has rejected a claim that it is subsidising slum landlords with taxpayers’ money following an accusation by the...
06 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is urging landlords to lobby their local MP over taxation changes announced by the now former...
24 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A proposed selective landlord licensing scheme has been pulled after Conservative councillors could not agree on how it could move forward. Plans...
24 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Stamp duty should be coughed up by those selling their home rather than purchasers as this would boost property transactions, while...
06 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Lord Flight, a former Conservative Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has once again slammed his own party’s buy-to-let tax changes,...
22 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Landlords represented by Cherie Blair have failed in their legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set...
08 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) wants to see more ‘support and information’ offered to landlords to help ensure that they properly...
08 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Unfortunately for private landlords looking to regain possession of their rental home, private tenants are often advised by local councils and...
15 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The government could go a long way towards boosting the stock of properties available for sale, which remains close to record...
09 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Kevin Hollinrake, the Conservative MP and co-founder of Hunters estate agents, has tabled an amendment to the Finance Bill calling for...
05 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The Homelessness Reduction Bill, which was published by the Communities and Local Government Select Committee last week, has received backing from...
31 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Gavin Barwell has been appointed the new Minister for Housing, Planning and London, taking over from Brandon Lewis, who has moved...
18 July 2016
From: Breaking News

An MP has spoken out in favour of buy-to-let landlords by insisting that they should never have been denied a tax...
04 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Councillors in Redbridge have agreed to move forward with proposals to introduce a selective registration scheme for landlords across 14 wards...
01 July 2016
From: Breaking News

As predicted, the pound is in freefall and the world stock markets are gyrating but this will be short lived once...
27 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The new mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged to do all in his power to help make London “better” after...
09 May 2016
From: Breaking News

With just a few hours until polls close in London, housing remains the main issue that may help determine who gets to run the...
05 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A councillor has been told by his own local authority to pay over £30,000 after admitting he failed to carry out...
25 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A Camden councillor has been prosecuted by the council he works for after failing to carry out improvement works to a...
21 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Conservative MPs have defeated a Labour amendment to the government’s housing and planning bill to require landlords to ensure their properties...
13 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Conservative peer Howard Flight has condemned his own party’s attack on buy-to-let. Lord Flight published an article on the Conservative Home website...
06 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A Conservative MP has been widely criticised in the press for saying the proposed law for landlords saying they need to...
19 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Chancellor George Osborne is presenting the “summer budget” tomorrow with rumours circulating that he will give in to calls to close...
07 July 2015
From: Breaking News

MPs have introduced two new bills that will crackdown on rogue landlords. The first measure introduced to parliament yesterday was by the...
25 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Serious questions hang over the Prime Minister’s plans to clamp down on illegal immigration, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). In...
28 May 2015
From: Breaking News

In a surprise move, Prime Minister David Cameron said the Tories will introduce a mandatory licencing scheme for private landlords. In a...
26 May 2015
From: Breaking News

Victorious housing campaigner Lindsey Garrett from the New Era Estate in Hackney is taking on Labour and the Conservatives for the...
15 May 2015
From: Breaking News

If the first few hours of the new government’s approach to housing are anything to go by, it could be a...
12 May 2015
From: Breaking News

As David Cameron announced his cabinet, Brian Murphy of the Mortgage Advice Bureau has said that the new Government will make...
12 May 2015
From: Breaking News

After months of campaigning and deliberating, polling day is now behind us. With all the election stories doing the rounds, we...
11 May 2015
From: Sponsored Content

Property insiders mostly celebrated the Conservative election victory, but tenants’ groups complained of being ignored. As David Cameron enters a second term...