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A property firm has branded the current council tax rules for holiday homes “a mess” and says local and national government...

The National Residential Landlords Association says ending Section 21 eviction powers in isolation, as some have suggested the new government should...

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

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

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

There’s a property revolution starting today with a large scale defeat expected for the Tories - that’s the view of a...

Only 31.8% of landlords questioned in a large survey back the Tories in next week’s election. Although this is the largest individual...

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

With the General Election campaign increasingly focusing on tax - on property and other assets and income - new figures from...

The National Residential Landlords Association has set out what it calls “three key asks” of the new government to protect and...

Labour is pledging to scrap the Conservatives’ plan to ban new gas boilers from 2035. The pledge has come from shadow energy...

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

A national trade body is calling for more regulation to shield people from the dangers of damp and mould in homes. The...

Labour has stepped up its programme clamping down on what it calls “unscrupulous landlords strangling growth.” Specifically this means ending bidding wars,...

A lack of choice for private renters about where they can live will undermine plans set out by political parties to...

The Resolution Foundation - which describes itself as an independent think tank, and whose chief executive resigned this month to become...

A manifesto just released by the Labour Party and dedicated to Scotland hints at ent controls. In recent years Labour has backed...

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

Plaid Cymru, the party of Wales, has issued a manifesto with a clampdown on the private rental sector as one of...

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

The National Residential Landlords Association says it’s ready and willing to work with a future Labour government on private rental sector...

Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...

It’s been suggested that a Tory manifesto policy could create a tax loophole that would cost HMRC millions of pounds in...

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...

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

It now appears that Labour wanted the Renters Reform Bill to be waved through into law last week - but the...

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

Just days after suggesting rent controls of any kind were off the table, it now appears Labour may be considering them...

The National Residential Landlords Association is introducing a new energy efficiency retrofitting course this summer - ahead of possible EPC rule...

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

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

A controversial proposal for a £300m tax grab on landlords appears to closely follow a policy suggestion put forward by activists...

A leader of the Renters Reform Coalition activist lobby has made a specific targeted attack on the motives and honesty of...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the private rental sector according to a report this morning...

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

Both sides of the rental divide have criticised Conservative proposals to boost housing demand while doing nothing about supply. Over the New...

A group of Conservative MPs has organised a lobby of the government to demand a clampdown on Airbnbs and other short...

There is a real difficulty for Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party at the moment.  After 14 years in power, any failings land squarely...

Middleton Advisors commissions ongoing research to investigate key trends and structural changes in prime UK housing markets.  Our latest research considers the...

The hardline activist group Acorn - part of the Renters Reform Coalition involving Generation Rent - now claims that some 600,000...

Politicians meeting at party conferences this week are being urged to listen to property professionals before setting policies about the private...

The Generation Rent activist group is urging its supporters to email MPs to protest about delays in the parliamentary progress of...

To help or not to help: that is the question the government is facing with regard to under-pressure private rented sector...

Landlords are reducing their stock - and they’re blaming the Tories for creating a hostile environment.  This is according to the latest...

It may be all change - again - at the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities if the government’s poor...

Successive Chancellors (we’re looking at you Gordon Brown and George Osborne) have monkeyed around with the market as if it was...

A vocal group of around 50 Conservative right wing MPs wants an end to stamp duty - except for additional homes...

An uneasy relationship exists between UK politicians and the residential property market. Emotions have been running particularly high recently. More details were...

A newspaper claims  unrest about the Renters Reform Bill amongst Tory MPs revolves around fears that buy to let landlords will...

A campaign group claims that current MPs in the House of Commons make as much as £2m a year. 38 Degrees, which...

A newspaper report claims that some Conservative MPs are unhappy at the anti-landlord tone of the Renters Reform Bill which is...

A new Tory-controlled super-council, which came into force at the weekend and combines eight previous local authorities, has announced an immediate...

A Conservative-leaning think tank and campaigning charity Shelter have released a book of essays on renting and housing. A statement from Bright...

The Green Party’s co-leader Carla Denyer has branded the government’s Right To Buy scheme as a “slum landlord’s charter”.  Denyer made the...

The head of online room-matching service SpareRoom says tenants are putting their lives on hold because rents are so high. Matt Hutchinson,...

There’s been something of a love-in on a local authority in a popular tourist area of the UK - with second...

The government is under new pressure to introduce a last minute eviction ban to avoid private renters facing homelessness over Christmas. Liberal...

A prominent Conservative has described as “infuriating and saddening” the fact that so many Millennials are stuck renting and cannot afford...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry is warning the Tories against ‘stealth increases’ for Capital Gains and Inheritance taxes. David Alexander...

The government may be changing its mind on scrapping Section 21 eviction powers according to a bombshell story in The Times. Outlining what...

Shadow housing minister Lisa Nandy has unveiled a Charter for Renters which she says will be implemented within 100 days of...

There is still time for landlords to influence the specific provisions of the Renters Reform Bill according to one of the...

In June, the government finally released its long-awaited White Paper ‘A Fairer Private Rented Sector’. You will almost certainly have seen...

A review of the mortgage system would ensure that tenants’ records in paying rent would contribute towards their ability to secure...

The National Residential Landlords Association has identified five key areas for its campaigning in the short term, as the Conservatives elect...

Lettings agency Knight Frank says it doubts the current high levels of capital appreciation will be derailed this year by uncertainty...

Our politics seems pretty broken to me and whilst I don’t wish to take a side between one flavour or the...

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

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

A prominent Conservative has branded the rush towards rent controls by some politicians as “heavy-handed and economically illiterate”. Janet Finch Saunders, an...

A poll of Conservative voters shows strong majorities for higher taxes on second homes and empty properties, and tougher demands on...

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves says Labour would increase tax on buy to let properties and on investment income for landlords.  Reeves was...

For landlords who may want a brief update on Section 21, the House of Commons Library has published a concise description...

A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...

Conservative opposition councillors have derailed a local authority’s plan to introduce a landlord licensing scheme this week. Southend council is run by...

Labour has echoed campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction powers,...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...

A London news website has lifted the lid on speculation surrounding a councillor who appears to have been booted out of...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has said No to a plea by a south east council to renew...

A petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners has got 42,000 backers -...

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

Some policies towards landlords show how the government has lost its conservative ethos of supporting businesses and being the party of low taxes.  Rosalind...

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has spoken strongly in favour of landlords’ rights. In a House of Lords debate on...

A landlords’ trade body has ticked off Prime Minister Boris Johnson for his attitude towards the rental sector. He suggested in his...

Renters across Wales received greater protection this week after the Welsh government extended the six month notice for evictions, which was...

Boris Johnson’s “Build Build Build” announcement yesterday was designed to help drag the UK economy out of what could prove to...

Fresh figures show that there was a rise in the number of housebuilders completing new homes in England last year, helping to alleviate...

The property market had enjoyed a boost thanks to the outcome of the general election in December, but now the market faces...

The Conservatives’ general election victory in December has triggered a new burst of housing market activity as confidence flows back into...

Just over a month on from the Conservative Party's election victory and all eyes are firmly fixed on Boris Johnson and...

Although the recent election was indisputably dominated by the Brexit question, the fact is that there’s far more to managing the...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling on the government to ensure that reforms are made to the way good landlords...

With just one day until voting day, each of the main political parties has outlined its plans for the country, including for...

With the general election just over a week away, each of the main political parties has outlined its plans for the...

Which party will win the landlord vote?  Given that the mainstream parties all have policies that appear to work against BTL landlords,...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has slammed the Conservative Party manifesto for proposing nothing to encourage and support landlords to continue...

Boris Johnson launched the Conservative Party manifesto yesterday with a promise to “Get Brexit done”, and although the document was rather...

The Conservatives have pledged to introduce a new scheme to allow tenants to transfer their tenancy deposits when they move homes.  The...