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A small number of activists have tried to erect a four metre high mock eviction notice on one of Housing Secretary...

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

The government is considering allowing renters to buy their first homes with just one per cent deposits, according  to press reports...

A mortgage lender survey suggests landlords are returning to fixed rate mortgages. Landbay says more investors are opting for five-year fixed mortgages...

The new Housing Minister is Lee Rowley - who was a former housing minister in the short lived premiership of Liz...

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

Landlords and brokers are up in arms about alleged profiteering by buy to let mortgage lenders’ arrangement fees. These jumped last autumn...

A typical two-year fixed mortgage deal now has an interest rate of more than 6.0 per cent for the first time...

A vocal group of around 50 Conservative right wing MPs wants an end to stamp duty - except for additional homes...

Typical monthly interest payments on buy to let mortgages have soared by an average 75.7 per cent in the past year.  Landlords...

The head of residential research at a prominent estate agency says the signs look ominous that “the housing market is headed...

The rent freeze imposed on the Scottish private rental sector appears to have backfired. In the first quarter since the freeze was...

There are now 173 more mortgage options on the market for holiday let landlords than there were just three months ago,...

There’s been a dramatic short-term improvement in the number of mortgage products available for buy to let landlords. The independent mortgage market...

The government has announced plans for a £1 billion scheme - called ECO+ - which will see hundreds of thousands of...

New figures from HMRC this week show that the Treasury raked in another £4.1 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the...

New research from Leeds Building Society paints what it calls “a harrowing picture” of the housing market for first-time buyers. It claims...

The Autumn Statement on November 17 may contain financial measures to help private renters, the Housing Secretary has hinted. “We know people in...

Activists got reassurance from Boris Johnson and Liz Truss in the past, and have a supportive politician in the form of...

There’s been a big rise in the number of companies set up to hold buy to lets, according to a survey...

Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...

A Labour MP has written to the Housing Secretary demanding a timetable for the implementation of rental reform. Catherine West, MP for...

The government has committed to introduce the Renters Reform Bill into Parliament during this session - despite the disarray over policies...

The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, says the limited cut in stamp duty in England and Northern Ireland announced in the mini-Budget...

The latest Liz Truss U-turn will mean landlords are burdened with a large rise in corporation tax from next April. The announcement...

The new Chancellor in the beleaguered Liz Truss government is former health and foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt - a buy to...

One of the many activist groups in the so-called Renters’ Reform Coalition has pledged to “train people across the country to...

The government’s latest U-turn on Section 21 evictions powers - which it now says WILL be abolished, following earlier leaks that...

At Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday Labour MP Graham Stringer asked about media reports - based on leaks from government - that...

Prime Minister Liz Truss says Section 21 eviction powers WILL be scrapped after all. She made the explicit commitment at Prime Minister’s...

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...

A think tank says that whatever Prime Minister Liz Truss may say, by 2025 most people will be paying £2 extra...

There’s rather a lot going on in the economy as I write this and, by the time it is published, who...

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England has agreed to raise interest rates by 0.5 per cent to 2.25...

Tenants planning to cancel direct debits in protest at rising fuel bills could face “paying the price for many years” a...

A properly industry leader is calling on government to cut taxes for landlords who agree to long term tenancies and rent...

Speculation is growing that next week there will be an Emergency Budget - or a ‘fiscal event’ as new Prime Minister...

On the face of it the latest government figures for house price growth makes comforting reading for investors. ONS data shows that...

Propertymark has welcomed a pledge by the new Housing Secretary to boost housing supply. After he was appointed last week, Simon Clarke...

The minister who was behind the controversial Renters Reform Bill and the accompanying White Paper has this morning resigned from the...

The new Housing Secretary is to be Simon Clarke who, at 37, may be the youngest member of Liz Truss’s first...

An emergency rent freeze in the private and public sectors has been announced this afternoon in Scotland. It will last until...

It is thought that a new Housing Secretary to replace Greg Clarke may be named within hours, if as expected Liz...

If you’re counting the days until you’ll get help with runaway price rises, it helps to know exactly how many days...

The favourite to be named as the new Prime Minister and Conservative leader, Liz Truss, says there will be no new...

There is still time for landlords to influence the specific provisions of the Renters Reform Bill according to one of the...

Conservative party leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak says he wants today’s renters, along with young adults obliged to live at home with...

A review of the mortgage system would ensure that tenants’ records in paying rent would contribute towards their ability to secure...

It’s just possible that the new Prime Minister - whether Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss - might just redress the imbalance...