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

The government is ruling out any U-turn on the tax changes regarding furnished holiday lettings - despite substantial complaints from Tory...

The Generation Rent activist group has once again repeated its demand for a series of reforms surrounding the scrapping of Section...

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

It is possible that licensing regimes operated by local councils could cut the fees they impose on landlords. The House of Commons...

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

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

Jonathan Rolande is a property industry and housing market commentator, and is founder of the National Association of Property Buyers.  It’s almost...

The Renters Reform Bill, heavily amended by the government and in some cases by individual MPs, has now passed through all...

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

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

Environmental health officers are making a last ditch bid to save local council licensing. The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health reckons that...

National Landlord Investment Show has announced that the former Leader of the Conservative Party, the Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith,...

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

A controversial wealth management company claims that almost two thirds of private tenants have suffered a deterioration in their mental and...

Britain’s housing stock offers the worst value for money of any advanced economy, according new analysis published by the Resolution Foundation. The...

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

Calling all landlords, Investors and property professionals: National Landlord Investment Show returns to Olympia London on 6th March for its first...

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

The National Landlord Investment Show returns to Olympia London on March 6 for its first show of the 2024 calendar. Now in...

The Renters Reform Bill will not go for its Third Reading in the House of Commons for at least another fortnight. The...

A veteran MP claims that tenants in the region where his constituency sits are being “dreadfully exploited” by what he calls...

A flamboyant property in Oxford which has been the subject of a decades-long planning dispute has been removed from Airbnb by...

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

There will be long term pressure on housing affordability and the private rental sector if demographic forecasts from a range of...

Consumer Price Inflation in November was 3.9 per cent - significantly lower than the 4.4 per cent expected by many analysts. It’s...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

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

As we all now know, the Government has acknowledged that the ban on Section 21 eviction notices cannot not come into...

A senior Labour MP associated with the moderate wing of the party says private rental properties should be confiscated from serial...

The leader of Landlord Action has commended the efforts of MP Theresa Villiers for raising issues surrounding court delays which must...

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

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health gas come out in support of a legal challenge to the government’s draft regulations exempting...

Airbnb says the large majority of private tenants want to boost their income, including through sub-letting rooms in their homes. In a...

It’s being forecast that there are likely to be major changes made to the Renters Reform Bill during its next stage...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove says a healthy private rented sector is a “critical” part of the housing market. The comments came as he addressed...

MPs have given the Renters Reform Bill its Second Reading - a procedure which means it now continues into the Committee...

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

The National Residential Landlords’ Association’s annual conference next week is a sell out with all 800 or so tickets sold to...

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

Activists in the Generation Rent campaign are complaining that the Renters Reform Bill hasn’t been placed ahead of other Parliamentary business...

A countryside property organisation has added its voice to the calls for an extension to a licensing scheme for Airbnbs and...

The Renters Reform Bill is not scheduled for debate this week in Parliament - and time is running out for it...

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

A prominent lettings agent is urging landlords to stay vigilant for changes to the Renters Reform Bill now that Parliament is...

Debate is raging over whether there will be a 15th successive interest rate rise when the Bank of England’s monetary policy...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the Labour-supporting leader of the Generation Rent pressure group have starred in a lengthy social...

Last month, Housing Secretary Michael Gove declared the Government was “asking too much, too quickly” of landlords by setting a 2028...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets again today with strong expectations that they will agree their 14th successive base...

It appears almost certain that the Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill - expected some weeks ago - will not...

A Labour MP wants the government to include private landlords in the Building Safety Act’s leaseholder protections scheme.  The government introduced the...

The Labour dominated council in Bristol has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove demanding that he gives it the powers to...

The National Residential Landlords Associations has expressed relief that Labour appears to be backing away from rent controls. Association chief executive Ben...

A new petition has been launched on the UK Parliament website to reverse the move towards Periodic Tenancies contained in the...

A Labour pressure group wants the party to campaign on housing at the next General Election, including railing against what it...

The National Landlord Investment Show’s summer spectacular takes place in London on July 4. A statement from the organisers says: “With the...

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

Private landlords should hold fire on plans to quit the private rental sector and give the government a chance to incentivise...

The Section 24 parliamentary petition, seeking to persuade MPs to reinstate mortgage interest tax relief for landlords, has fallen far short...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove says he’s going to make changes to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill currently going through Parliament...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector wants this week’s Budget to provide more funding for local council enforcement of rental...

Interviews for the post of director of Generation Rent are scheduled to be held this month. The most recent holder of the...

The government may already have dismissed it, but the petition wanting landlords to be able to offset mortgage interest against tax...

A Labour council which banned councillors who were landlords from contributing to a key debate has done a U-turn on legal...

Bristol councillors who are landlords have been told they cannot speak in a debate on rent controls.  Earlier this week we explained...

The petition to secure government action over the Section 24 tax issue affecting landlords has passed the 16,500 benchmark but has...

A petition calling on the government to reverse the section 24 tax change has passed a key threshold - but still has...

The new editor of an influential newspaper property supplement has come up with a way of solving what she calls “the...

The House of Commons will today debate a proposal for local authorities to have specific controls over the proliferation of Airbnbs...

Purplebricks has detailed the price it is paying for a lettings compliance blunder first spotted last year. It predicts that, at worst,...

Activist group Generation Rent says it’s not convinced about government proposals to increase regulation of holiday lets and short lets -...

Tenants should brace themselves for soaring rents in the New Year, a property expert warns.  The National Association of Property Buyers predicts...

I often use this column to discuss the reputation of landlords and the broader private rented sector which, as we all...

The future of the private rented sector in England has been back under the Westminster spotlight in the last two weeks...

Many private landlords lack knowledge, skills and support necessary to provide decent homes for renters, a new study claims. The UK Collaborative...

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

The MPs Natalie Elphicke and Lloyd Russell-Moyle are to lead a debate today in the House of Commons on the private rental...

MPs from Opposition parties in the House of Commons have attacked the government’s recent stamp duty change - and taken the...

The charity Shelter is organising a fringe meeting at next week’s Conservative party conference, with a prominent campaigner for a mandatory...

Labour wants councils to have the power to implement landlord licensing across their full boundaries, without requiring government consent. Currently councils wanting...

The buy-to-let market is going through a rough patch. With legislative change on the horizon, coupled with bleak ROI forecasts, many...

The UK’s buy-to-let market has changed beyond recognition over the last few years and with a recession on the horizon, landlords...

MPs are to have another opportunity to debate possible restrictions on the number of so-called party houses let from AirBnb and...

This week (September 12-18) marks the twelfth annual Gas Safety Week. All landlords renting properties with gas appliances have a legal duty...

A warning has been issued that anyone wanting a mortgage in future may put their credit rating at risk if they...

Conservative party leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak says he wants today’s renters, along with young adults obliged to live at home with...

London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed credit for many of the measures contained in the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector...

It’s just possible that the new Prime Minister - whether Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss - might just redress the imbalance...

A senior figure at the Bank of England is warning that base rate could rise to 2.0 per cent or more...

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

Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of...

Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina says he anticipates the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper may now be delayed further, possibly until...

Whether you own a leasehold or freehold property, if you’re an HMO landlord who rents out rooms, individual flats or even...

Labour MP Hilary Benn has spoken out in favour of buy to let landlords currently expected to pay towards remediation work...

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

The government looks set to clamp down on holiday rentals and will this year formally consult on the concept of a...

Some 6,000 signatures have so far been added to an online petition calling on the Welsh Parliament to “address” the issue...

The long-running saga of unscrupulous landlords taking advantage of lone tenants to suggest a ‘sex for rent’ arrangement continues with a...

A right wing think tank has published a blog post suggesting that while rent controls appear a popular help for current...

A government housing minister has confirmed to the House of Lords that a new tax regime for Airbnb hosts and holiday...