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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...