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A property industry group wants to restrict the private letting of properties bought in the future via the Right To Buy...

Julian Richer - the founder of Richer Sounds, the UK's largest hi-fi retailer - says he may set up a landlord...

Rent controls are at the heart of the local election manifesto of the Green Party of England and Wales. Co-leader Carla Denyer,...

Scotland’s new Housing Bill - introducing a laborious eviction process and rent caps across the country - will ‘compound the mistakes’...

A new housing deal will provide another 92 Build To Rent units run by Legal & General. The properties will be two,...

Britain’s housing stock offers the worst value for money of any advanced economy, according new analysis published by the Resolution Foundation. The...

The National Residential Landlords Association has slammed yesterday’s lacklustre Budget as a missed opportunity. Yesterday’s announcements - like to be the last...

New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...

Two thirds of landlords say the demand for private rented housing is continuing to increase, according to new research commissioned by...

Two new build household names often favoured by landlords buying investment properties have announced a merger. Barratt has reached a £2.5 billion...

Winchester council is setting up its own agency to let and manage privately rented homes. Venta Living pledges to provide “high quality,...

Labour-controlled Haringey Council in London says the owners of short lets and furnished holiday homes will be forced to pay double...

There will be long term pressure on housing affordability and the private rental sector if demographic forecasts from a range of...

New research from a construction professional body shows a large proportion of people would not buy a newly built property due...

The substantial majority of landlords lack any optimism about their sector as they enter 2024. That’s the result of a new sentiment...

A local authority is introducing charges for the issuing of Improvement Notices to landlords - and has chosen to announce it...

The government has launched a public consultation on a radical new UK home energy rating system to replace the long-standing Standard...

A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...

The ongoing freeze on housing benefit rates is a travesty that needs reversing immediately, the National Residential Landlords Association is warning.  The...

A new analysis suggests homes in England are less affordable and in worse conditions than in most other developed nations. The Home...

Politicians meeting at party conferences this week are being urged to listen to property professionals before setting policies about the private...

The Daily Telegraph appears to have uncovered a catch in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s apparent boiler grant giveaway. Last week he announced...

The John Lewis Partnership is said to be facing “extreme challenges” as a result of its bid to enter the private...

Landlords don’t believe Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s planning reforms will help build a million new homes in England, claims a buy-to-let...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned any further publication of an advertisement for holiday homes that made them appear to be...

New government figures show 79,840 households faced homelessness in England between January and March 2023 – the highest number on record.  Now...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has pledged to publish “shortly” revised timetables for the implementation of further energy efficiency targets for the...

Research from the Home Builders Federation claims owners of new homes will save an average £135 a month on running costs...

The Labour dominated council in Bristol has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove demanding that he gives it the powers to...

A leading buying agent says changing planning priorities amongst London councils are likely to mean that large lateral apartments will maintain...

The Generation Rent activist group claims holiday homes are eroding the supply of available properties in key tourist areas.  It claims 80...

An uneasy relationship exists between UK politicians and the residential property market. Emotions have been running particularly high recently. More details were...

The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...

A newspaper claims  unrest about the Renters Reform Bill amongst Tory MPs revolves around fears that buy to let landlords will...

When the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II took place on 2nd June 1953 the average house cost just £1,692...

Labour’s proposed reforms to the housing market “raise many questions”, a property industry figure claims. Under controversial plans put forward by party...

Build To Rent sector players are complaining about too much tax and regulation holding back their activities. A new analysis of 31...

Rent controls and political uncertainty are affecting investor appetite to fund and deliver Build to Rent homes in Scotland, according to...

An immediate private sector rent freeze and eviction ban for the duration of the cost of living crisis is the key...

Resident satisfaction amongst Build To Rent tenants is falling for the first time since reviews were first collected five years ago. A...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the outgoing director of Generation Rent, is angry with Jeremy Hunt. The Baroness claims “the cost of living crisis...

As many as one in 10 homes have a reduced asking price within a month of entering the market, a new...

  Second home market growth and falling house prices could be a combination for success. There’s been a clear positive correlation between profit...

Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...

A Labour Party proposal to sell some long-empty homes to first time buyers for just £1 has been dismissed as the...

The Bank of England has increased base rate to 4.0 per cent - its 10th rate rise in a row. Avinav Nigam,...

The perennial shortage of new homes in the capital has now collided with a sharp increase in government regulation, a tripling...

Four former Conservative housing ministers have backed a think-tank’s proposals for more housebuilding as a way to resolve the UK’s supply...

New rental stock accounts for just 16 per cent according to fresh figures released about the lettings market. Property company Ocasa has...

Amended legislation means that landlords will not be able to prevent broadband firms from upgrading their service in blocks of flats. Previously,...

A Build To Rent developer has released the first phase of apartments at what it describes as its flagship scheme -...

More must be done to keep private landlords in the rental sector, a new study has proposed. New Open Property Group says...

Activist group Generation Rent says it’s not convinced about government proposals to increase regulation of holiday lets and short lets -...

The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...

It’s been known for over a year that John Lewis wishes to diversify into the private rental sector and now it...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made an announcement overnight that “the government will always act to protect tenants.” The claim comes as...

The government’s Autumn Statement yesterday missed the opportunity to boost supply for the private rental sector, it’s been claimed.  Ben Beadle, chief...

Rent rises could finally be set to slow down because more housing stock is becoming available due to the cost of...

The Private Rental Sector is undeniably in need of some assistance, as recent changes to legislation and global events have put...

Twelve changes to taxes, rules and regulations in the next three years will add £20,000 to the price of a new...

It’s disappointing to say, but once again the rhetoric from both the Labour and Conservative party conferences towards the private rented...

England’s private rental is forecast to top five million households within the next two years or so. The specialist rental platform Ocasa...

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

A Conservative MP says the stamp duty cut announced in the now-legendary mini-Budget at the end of last month should not...

With cost of living increases impacting homeowners, landlords and tenants, are the 44,130 vacant houses across cities in England a bigger...

What protections do landlords have when investing in a new-build property? From this week those landlords buying a new build home can...

The National Residential Landlords Association has renewed calls for stamp duty cuts on homes to let out. The NRLA initially made the...

There is no real prospect of improved rental supply in the near term as private landlords continue to sell off homes...

The National Residential Landlords Association has issued its formal congratulations to Simon Clarke, the new Housing Secretary. But Ben Beadle, NRLA chief...

A senior Conservative has made a surprise plea for a two year rent freeze in the private rental sector with no...

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...

A business analyst at a prominent consultancy says landlords who resist the temptation to quit the sector are “in a position...

Landowners are claiming that the negative stereotype given to private landlords in recent years by government contributes to the overall housing...

A trade union has called on the government to “look at all forms of rent control” as a way of combatting...

New data from the Savills agency shows how difficult it will be for typical landlords with mid- to low-value houses and...

The increased energy price cap could mean bills for the average band G home hit almost £5,000 a year, up £145...

The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016 - but...

Property consultancy JLL says it’s identified one hitherto-unfashionable part of London as an area set to outperform the rest of the...

The government could benefit to the tune of £10 billion and the rental market could have soaring supply if stamp duty...

A Labour MP in the westcountry appears to be winning support for a campaign he has launched called First Homes, Not...

Buy-to-let lending hit its highest ever level last year, spurred on by record levels of tenant demand, the Stamp Duty Holiday...

Build To Rent provider Wise Living is to deliver 90 new homes in two small schemes alongside an existing development of...

New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...

Legal & General’s Retirement Institutional division has announced a massive £2.5 billion investment to deliver as many as 7,000 Build To...

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...

Last month, I wrote about what’s in store for the private rented sector in 2022 and, like most commentators in our...

A cross-party survey of MPs shows that they want to scale up the installation of renewable heating technologies in existing homes,...

The UK government’s target to reach net zero emissions by 2050 has necessitated the introduction of initiatives aimed at reducing fossil...

New figures from the National Home Building Council suggests the popularity of detached properties has soared during the pandemic - prompting...

Landlords are being invited to a free webinar that promises to bring them up to date with the new planning regime...

Investment bank and wealth management consultancy Arbuthnot Latham predicts the next big growth area for buy to let will be Houses...

A pressure group for tenants wants the next Mayor of London to win powers from the government to reduce rents, through a...

With buy to let and traditional commercial property both under challenge thanks to government regulations and Coronavirus, the government is now...

Gas boilers may be the next big issue for the private rental sector as an influential committee has called for them...

A lettings trade body says expensive council licensing schemes could force landlords to sell, making vulnerable tenants homeless or obliged to...

Just over a fifth of landlords predict their tenants will escape to the country in search of more space because they...

A prominent rental industry figure has backed Shelter’s sweeping condemnation of the lettings sector - but insists landlords are not to...

There’s a new editor of Landlord Today - Graham Norwood, currently editor of sister publications Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent...

Sigma Capital has joined forces with Swedish investment firm EQT to create a £1bn housing joint venture, with a view to...