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

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

TV property guru Phil Spencer has offered a series of tips to letting agents on how to retain landlord clients, especially...

The Labour Mayor of Newham in London has called for a vast extension of landlord licensing. Rokhsana Fiaz says she welcomes a...

The Renters’ Reform Bill is finally due to be published and introduced into Parliament next week. Housing Secretary Michael Gove has told Sky...

Labour will create a national landlord register to protect tenants from what the party calls “unscrupulous property owners.: Party leader Sir Kier...

An organisation that describes itself as ‘politically independent and a charity’ is launching a probe into how further regulation could help...

The government has outlined how a new ‘portal’ will carry the rogue landlords database and be available to the general public. In...

The government has been given the clearest signal yet that substantial numbers of landlords will quit the sector if radical reforms...

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

The National Residential Landlords Association is asking all landlords - not just its members - to contribute to a consultation on...

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

What looks suspiciously like a government leak to the Daily Mail says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will be unveiled...

A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have called for the creation of a Landlord...

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

What are the main causes of tension and disagreements between tenants and landlords ahead of the Rental Reform Bill, which is expected to...

Airbnb, so often criticised for operating in the largely-unregulated short lets market, has called on the UK government to scrap Section...

Some landlords admit to increasing their rents directly as a result of being taxed more through the various fiscal changes introduced...

The government has indirectly given away early details of its long-expected National Landlord Register - but it still appears to be...

The government appears to have admitted that the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper has now been delayed yet again, this time...

The Mirror newspaper has launched a campaign to “make rented homes safer”. It says its campaign - called Safe As Houses -...

It goes without saying that any decent landlord wants to provide their tenants with a safe and secure home and to...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer and more transparent - but...

Last October, stakeholders across the private rented sector were told by ministers that the Government needed extra time to create a...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper includes a dramatic reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction powers will be...

The activist group Generation Rent says it’s celebrating a victory in its campaign to secure a national mandatory landlord register. Newspaper leaks...

The government is expected to announce the introduction of a national landlord register in England on Wednesday as part of its...

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

A leading experts on the private rental sector predicts it will take three years for the government to scrap Section 21...

An independent think-tank is the latest organisation wanting landlord licensing schemes across England plus a nationa landlord register, emulating similar schemes...

The Generation Rent activist group has repeated its call for a landlord register in England, saying it could mean more tax...

The White Paper on rental reform may still be some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying...

Campaigning charity Shelter has made a shocking attack on landlords, claiming many of them are acting illegally. It claims 45 per cent...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is spending £100,000 on a feasibility study to investigate the setting up of...

Activists led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy of Generation Rent say the proposed reform of the private rental system must include a...

TV star Robert Rinder - best known for his performances under the guise of Judge Rinder - has made an outspoken...

A petition created by the Generation Rent group of activists and seeking a national landlord register appears to be struggling to...

The Generation Rent campaign says a mandatory landlord register is necessary - and would have stopped the actions of a rogue...

The recent decision to abolish The Fair Rents (Scotland) Bill demonstrates the difficulty of introducing lettings regulation amid ongoing uncertainty, while...

An unscrupulous landlord who illegally rented out properties in Fife has been sentenced to two years in prison after failing to...

Proposals for a national register of landlords have been rejected by the government.  A report on the joint research project between the...

Buy-to-let landlords north of the border are being urged to demonstrate that they are complying with all of their legal obligations...

A Labour councillor tasked with clamping down on rogue landlords has found herself in hot water after failing to declare a...

The government is being urged by the National Landlords Association (NLA) to repeal the fee that councils can now charge when...

A man who is currently serving six years in prison for child sex abuse offences is among four rogue landlords in...

As David Cameron announced his cabinet, Brian Murphy of the Mortgage Advice Bureau has said that the new Government will make...