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

Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to boost enforcement of rental standards in the private sector. That’s the view...

Landlords and renters’ activists are at either end of the spectrum reacting to a controversial report on the private rental sector. Yesterday...

Activists are beginning to pile pressure on London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan, claiming the public will be disappointed if he toes...

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

Rent controls are at the heart of the local election manifesto of the Green Party of England and Wales. Co-leader Carla Denyer,...

Scotland’s new Housing Bill - introducing a laborious eviction process and rent caps across the country - will ‘compound the mistakes’...

Changes to empty home council tax rates could generate an additional £540m from Monday, a lettings agency claims. Since April 2013, billing...

Members of the union UNISON who participate in round-table discussions with activist group Generation Rents are to receive gift vouchers for...

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

A charity representing older people has taken up almost all of the key demands of activist group Generation Rent. Independent Age says...

Homes Under The Hammer property expert Lucy Alexander is fronting a new campaign to identify empty homes and bring them back...

A prominent Green Party politician is arguing for rent controls - and accuses Labour of watering down its commitment to the...

A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...

The National Residential Landlords Association has slammed yesterday’s lacklustre Budget as a missed opportunity. Yesterday’s announcements - like to be the last...

Green Party activists responsible for rent controls on Scotland have now slammed landlords who claim the number of rented homes is...

Cardiff council is proposing new measures to help bring long-term empty houses back into use. Tomorrow it’s considering introducing a council tax...

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

A prominent lawyer has stepped up her criticisms of Housing Secretary Michael Gove and his attacks on buy to let and...

Labour deputy leader and shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner says she is not ashamed to have brought her council house at...

Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Last week Housing Secretary Gove announced...

A Labour MP who has campaigned for some years against short let landlords says proposals to crack down on the sector...

Airbnb has given its backing to a proposal from Housing Secretary Michael Gove to introduce a mandatory register of short let...

Generation Rent has given a qualified thumbs up to Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s ideas for homes on brownfield land. This week Gove...

Increasing the supply of homes for private rent would boost government finances by £10 billion, says the National Residential Landlords Association. The...

Labour-controlled Haringey Council in London says the owners of short lets and furnished holiday homes will be forced to pay double...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests that between 800,000 and one million more homes are required to meet...

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

A building society is calling upon politicians, government, the Bank of England and local councils and other bodies to cooperate on...

A Labour-controlled council is inviting private rental sector representatives to a round-table event which it pledges will not be a talking...

A building society says it is considering ending its policy of lending to buyers of holiday lets. Martese Carton, the director of...

The chief executive of Generation Rent has slammed the chair of the NatWest Bank for comments over first time buyers. At the...

New research from a construction professional body shows a large proportion of people would not buy a newly built property due...

A countryside body is blaming the government’s failure to provide affordable housing and the rise in short lets for a homelessness...

London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan wants 10,000 private homes in the capital to be brought into the social rental sector within...

Scotland’s Court of Session has come down in favour of the Scottish Government when it comes to rent controls. A case against...

Shadow housing secretary and Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has accused the government of “foot dragging” over the slow progress of...

A local authority’s teach-in for private tenants this weekend is to be addressed by a group which is known for its...

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

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

A charity claims that apparent delays to the Renters Reform Bill, which has yet to get a Second Reading in the...

More councils should be encouraged to buy homes from landlords, an industry expert says. This follows reports last week which revealed that...

Landlords don’t believe Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s planning reforms will help build a million new homes in England, claims a buy-to-let...

Santander has been sharply criticised for increasing its Interest Coverage Ratio just as other lenders have been making it easier to...

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

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who wants the government to give him the powers to impose rent controls, is now demanding licensing...

A year ago, many landlords’ primary concern was what would be included in the Government’s long-awaited Renters (Reform) Bill. Today, with...

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill has been unveiled, as Ministers bid to address the housing crisis and create a fairer rental...

Scrapping a tax hike on rented housing may help ease the housing crisis faced by tenants, according to an analysis by...

The Generation Rent campaign has given its support to a call by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to be given powers to...

A council is apply to private landlords to help it solve its housing crisis. Peterborough council says it’s looking for family sized...

Landlords who are smarting at the end of their Section 21 powers should make sure they are experts at the expanded...

A prominent group of economists has predicted the measures in the Renters Reform Bill will backfire on the government. Matthew Lesh, Director...

Most landlords are no better off now, even after substantial rent increases over recent years.  Rightmove recently reported that national average asking...

Build To Rent sector players are complaining about too much tax and regulation holding back their activities. A new analysis of 31...

Recently the government once again committed to banning 'no-fault' evictions, with the new government housing minister Rachel Maclean promising the ban on...

Landlords are being encouraged to contribute to a crowdfunding campaign to take legal action regarding rent caps and eviction bans. It follows...

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

According to the most recent statistics there are 676,452 vacant properties in England, nearly half a million of which have been...

Over a third of a million landlords may quit the private rental sector as a result of being penalised by tax...

A fishing organisation is blaming landlords for contributing to a housing crisis which, they say, means locals cannot live in coastal...

A Labour MP has told the House of Commons that “families are being turfed out of their private rented homes under...

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

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

Another council says it wants to implement private sector rent controls - although it has no power to do so. Belfast council...

The landlords’ trade body is broadly welcoming some proposals from MPs to reform the private rented sector. Some aspects of the Levelling...

The perennial shortage of new homes in the capital has now collided with a sharp increase in government regulation, a tripling...

A Labour council is being tipped to vote tomorrow to introduce rent controls for the private sector, even though it has...

Tenant activists have turned on the bosses of Shelter - just as the charity wants to maximise income from its annual Christmas...

More must be done to keep private landlords in the rental sector, a new study has proposed. New Open Property Group says...

The charity Action on Empty Homes, which is mounting a campaign against short let properties, has attacked Airbnb for making a...

Property experts in one part of the UK where rent freezes are a way of life say they make the housing...

In an ideal world, home ownership would be the accepted way for everyone to live, with people enjoying the security, warmth,...

A leading figure in the property industry has slammed the government’s proposals to encourage more lenders to offer 50 year mortgages...

A council in a second home and short let hotspot is making a desparate plea to private landlords for help. Torbay Council,...

Bristol’s Labour council has made a name for itself with policies shifting power from landlords to tenants. Earlier this year the Mayor,...

A charity, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, wants a form of Right To Buy to be given to private tenants.  Right To Buy...

A national newspaper has backed a scheme by a council to purchase private properties and them let them out to lower...

The chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association says the devil is in the detail when it comes to the...

It’s been confirmed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to announce plans to extend the Right To Buy to housing associations. Under...

Airbnb’s general manager is claiming that there is no fact-based evidence to link the proliferation of short lets across the UK...

Landowners are claiming that the negative stereotype given to private landlords in recent years by government contributes to the overall housing...

Consultation events are to be held this week to gauge the reaction to a possible compulsory register for all Airbnb and...

Voters in Bristol have decided to abolish the city’s directly elected mayor following a referendum. The city was given the choice of...

A trade union has called on the government to “look at all forms of rent control” as a way of combatting...

Two of the country’s leading Conservative MPs have spoken at a Shelter conference which claimed millions of private renters were being...

A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...

A report by a business campaign group claims Build To Rent is key to helping solve the housing crisis in London. Who...

A Labour MP in the westcountry appears to be winning support for a campaign he has launched called First Homes, Not...

The mayor of Labour-controlled Bristol council is teaming up with local anti-landlord activists to look at how to introduce local rent...

A London council chief is asking for help from private landlords.  The leader of Kingston council in the south west of the...

Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...

A leading politician in Wales has spoken out in favour of second homeowners, who are under increasing scrutiny in that country...

Belfast council has unanimously passed a motion calling for the Northern Ireland Executive to introduce a rent control scheme for the...

A social landlord is selling a home on the open market but says it should go only to a first time...

Rent controls, possibly ensuring that rents do not exceed 25 per cent of household income, are poised to be introduced into...

Welsh Nationalist politicians are complaining about a finance company which identified part of Wales as having attractive yields for buy to...

Former Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has spoken out against what he calls “the greed of the mega-landlords.” The veteran MP -...

Labour’s new housing spokesperson is the experienced MP Lucy Powell, who until last weekend was shadow business and consumer affairs minister.  She...

The Momentum group on the left of the Labour Party has outlined a three-stage campaign to secure a longer term ban on...