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

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

Rightmove is warning that the housing market is set for disruptions from the summer onwards, and suggests the brisk start to...

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...

According to a poll of 1,476 renters by SpareRoom the ongoing housing crisis (85%) tops the list of key priorities to...

Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan-Smith is to address landlords at an event this summer. The MP - 70 next week - was...

The so-called ‘Boris bounce’ in the housing market after the last General Election failed to materialise, an estate agency chain claims. Winkworth,...

In September the Prime Minister announced that landlords will no longer be required to meet the minimum EPC minimum energy rating...

The government’s proposal to introduce a new one per cent deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder...

Campaigning charity Shelter - which has frequently been critical of landlords and their alleged treatment of poorer tenants - is advertising...

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

I’m not especially political and certainly carry no candle for one flavour or another. I might argue that they’re all pretty...

Although SDLT receipts have been volatile in recent years, the property tax’s effectiveness as a revenue-raiser for the Government is not...

Landlords are selling up in significant volumes these days - partly to cash in on capital appreciation, but mostly thanks to...

One of the MPs behind the disastrous mini-Budget - which directly led to soaring interest rates - is to stand down...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

The average price of a home in Wales fell to £234,086 at the end 2023 following continued economic and financial pressures,...

A newspaper claims that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants British families to be given higher priority for social housing. Implicitly this may...

Two new reports - from lettings agency Foxtons and data consultancy LonRes - show London’s rental market returning to pre-pandemic normality. Foxtons...

The Office for National Statistics says private rents in England experienced a 6.1 per cent rise in 2023, the sharpest annual...

Average new seller asking prices rose 1.3 per cent between December and January - the biggest rise at this time of...

A think tank says rents set in the social sector should reflect the energy efficiency of a property. It’s one of a...

There’s a warning this morning that stricter Energy Performance Certificate measures for the private rental sector may not have gone, after...

The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...

The controversial Renters Reform Coalition - a band of campaigners including the Acorn and Generation Rent ginger groups - claims public...

Two-thirds of private landlords in the UK are optimistic about how their property investments will perform in the coming years -...

The Labour Party says it will outlaw rental bidding wars if it wins the next General Election. The party's shadow housing minister,...

Labour’s shadow housing secretary and deputy leader Angela Rayner says her party will scrap Section 21 on its first day in...

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

Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina has given Landlord Today readers a unique insight into the complexity of court reform before the...

Savills is warning that the average UK house price is projected to fall by a further 3.0 per cent in 2024...

The best way to judge the UK housing market is to check on what’s happening in Parliament, not the price indices...

Next month Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, will be one of the experts at an Agent...

The National Residential Landlords Association hosts a meeting at Labour’s annual conference tomorrow - but it admits the party’s rental policies...

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

Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...

The National Residential Landlords Association is warning that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s scrapping of revised EPC targets at the end of...

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 PropTech entrepreneur has renewed his criticism of the government for failing to put flesh on the bones of the Renters...

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

The head of the tenants’ activist group Generation Rent started work in the role of director in mid-June - and has...

The new director of Generation Rent, Ben Twomey, takes over from Baroness Alicia Kennedy this morning. A statement announcing his appointment earlier...

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

Inheritance tax receipts hit £600 million in April 2023 according to data released by HMRC. This is £100 million higher than...

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

Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...

The National Residential Landlords Association says it could take up to 18 months for many elements of the Renters Reform Bill...

Next Thursday voters up and down the country will be casting their votes in a series of local elections which are...

The new director of Generation Rent is Ben Twomey, who takes over from Baroness Alicia Kennedy on June 14. A statement from...

A Labour candidate hoping to become the MP in a popular tourist area is on the warpath over what she calls...

A Labour Party proposal to sell some long-empty homes to first time buyers for just £1 has been dismissed as the...

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

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

The Bank of England has increased its base rate from 2.25 per cent to 3.0 per cent. This is the largest hike...

The government’s expected U-turn on the future of Section 21 eviction powers has provoked an explosion of anger from Generation Rent...

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

Private renting voters could be critical in deciding the outcome of the next General Election, according to Shelter. The campaigning charity -...

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

The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...

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

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

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

The government is reported to be considering extending the Right To Buy from just council tenants in England to housing association...

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

The landlords’ trade body has been invited to join what it calls “high-level” talks with government over reforms to the private...

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 has confirmed its long-standing intention to scrap Section 21 eviction powers which currently sit with landlords - but the appropriate...

The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests that the housing market continued to recover at the tail...

The UK housing market is in growth mode as the recovery gathers pace, the latest figures show.  According to Rightmove, the post-lockdown...

A Labour MP has called for the ban on evictions to be extended until next year, as renters fear a sharp...

There has been a significant drop in the proportion of annual sales to buy-to-let landlords as measured by Hamptons International.  The estate...

These are difficult times in the property market, with a constantly changing situation creating a great deal of uncertainty. The world...

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

Boris Johnson’s emphatic December general election victory has triggered fresh optimism among buy-to-let landlords, despite tax and regulatory changes hitting their...

Residential property transactions increased by 5.2% in the year to January 2020, according to HMRC ‘s latest property transaction statistics. There were...

Given that the number of people living in private rented accommodation has grown, doubling in the past three decades, renters are...

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

The residential property market has enjoyed what some are referring to as a ‘Boris bounce’ following the result of the recent...

With the number of full-time students in the UK continuing to grow, student housing is now the number one Living investment,...

The cost of renting a home in Scotland continued to rise during the final quarter of 2019, new figures show.  The Scottish...

An increase in demand, coupled with the growing rental stock shortage, is placing upward pressure on rental values in prime London.  The...

The UK formally leaves the European Union at 11pm tonight, at which point it will instantly enter into an 11-month transition...

The UK housing market has enjoyed a relatively strong start to 2020 after Boris Johnson’s general election victory ended Brexit uncertainty.  A...

After two elections and three years of intense debate and hostility, the general election in December seemed to offer the political...

The outlook for the UK housing market has improved over the past few weeks with the decisive nature of the general election...

The decisive result of last month’s general election has sparked a surge in housing market activity, placing upward pressure on house...

The housing market has enjoyed what some are calling a “Boris bounce” following the result of last month’s general election, with...

Soaring demand in London is pushing up activity levels with the housing market seeing interest from would-be buyers, including property investors,...

Now that 2020 is underway, activity in the property market is likely to start picking up due to the traditional seasonal...

Rents look set to rise over the next 12 months as the supply of new rental properties dries up, according to...

There has been a significant increase in demand for London’s most expensive homes from wealthy buyers, including property investors, following last...

There are tentative signs that landlords are beginning to return to the buy-to-let market, particularly in London where house price falls...

Rental prices in London are set to increase by an average of 15% over the next five years compared to 10%...

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

Thursday’s general election presents the main political parties with an opportunity to address voters’ concerns about housing, and not just focus...

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 main political parties have laid out their blueprints for government ahead of what is likely to be one of the...