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

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

A group of local authorities is asking the government to give individual councils the cash to buy properties off private landlords. London...

New research shows a 41 per cent reduction in the number of London properties available for private rent since the Covid-19...

As much as 75 per cent of purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) for the next educational year has already been taken...

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

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves says Labour would increase tax on buy to let properties and on investment income for landlords.  Reeves was...

Over half of private landlords responding to a new survey say recent tax changes in the rental market have had a...

The relationship between the overwhelming number of good landlords and local authorities tends to be limited or possibly non-existent. With the far...

A new academic report suggests that more than 400,000 private tenants may be in significant rent arrears by the end of...

An analysis of the private rental sector by the London School of Economics suggests there could be three times the current...

Labour’s proposals to introduce rent controls in London risks reducing the number of private homes available for rent, as landlords look...

The government’s decision to launch a consultation into a proposal to add 1% onto the stamp duty paid when buying a home in England...

The stamp duty hike and mortgage tax relief cuts simply do not add up for buy-to-let landlords, leaving many with little...

Landlords can earn attractive returns when buying property near a university, but only if they are shrewd about where they purchase,...

Lord Flight, a former Conservative Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has once again slammed his own party’s buy-to-let tax changes,...

Student rents have increased by as much as 10% over the past 12 months amid a severe housing shortage across the...

The rental market remains steady in the face of the various economic and political headwinds the sector has faced recently, according...

Specialist mortgage lender Paragon has called on the Chancellor to make no further changes to the taxation of landlords in today's...

Accommodation for Students has released its annual report on the cost of student accommodation and found the most expensive accommodation in...

Rent controls and similar policies which are thought to work well in other countries cannot be easily replicated in the UK’s...