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An influential Labour website says a raft of proposed reforms for the private rental sector will be unveiled next month -...

Generation Rent has yet again come out for rent control over the private sector - and wants it to be an...

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

The government is considering making home owners apply for planning consent if they wish to use a property for holiday lets. The...

Research commissioned by a mortgage lender suggests that 74 per cent of key workers believe they may never own their own...

A review into the way a council deals with HMOs has been launched in response to concerns about the concentration of...

A company that works with private landlords to supply homes to ease London councils’ homeless issues, has won funds to secure...

A mortgage expert who is a prominent sceptic about the lettings market has stepped up his criticisms, saying renting is no...

Owners of apparently empty or under-utilised properties in a prime London area are being asked to bring them into use to...

As the UK went into lockdown, most people were either furloughed or forced to work from home where they can, and...

Airbnb has announced that it is temporarily restricting all booking across the UK to coronavirus key workers, such as NHS and social...

There has been a significant increase in the number of companies pledging their support for NHS Homes, a scheme launched by...

UnderTheDoormat, which provides short-let properties in London, is opening up its homes to doctors and nurses for free as they care...

Grainger plc is targeting primarily key workers and recent graduates for their latest Build to Rent scheme in Salford.  Clippers Quay, the largest...

A mixed-tenure development of private sale and affordable housing has been launched on the site of West Ham’s former Upton Park...

Private landlords are being offered money to help encourage them to restore their empty homes in the London borough of Barnet.  Empty...

Platinum Property Partners (PPP) has warned landlords to plan ahead to futureproof their investment. It says standard buy-to-let properties will lose...

Analysis carried out for Platinum Property Partners (PPP), comparing HMOs rented to professionals and other asset classes, shows that HMOs were...