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Almost four in 10 portfolio landlords are continuing to upgrade their properties to EPC C or above, despite proposed regulations being...

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

In September the Prime Minister announced that landlords will no longer be required to meet the minimum EPC minimum energy rating...

Generation Rent has given a qualified thumbs up to Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s ideas for homes on brownfield land. This week Gove...

The government has overturned its policy to relax HMO regulations on private rental properties used by asylum seekers. The policy had previously been...

The government has issued a lengthy statement claiming more home owners, including landlords, are fitting heat pumps - yet at the...

Most home owners, including landlords, have experienced obstacles that have prevented them from carrying out energy efficiencies on their properties. That’s according...

A newspaper claims that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants British families to be given higher priority for social housing. Implicitly this may...

The Generation Rent activist group has called for a series of reforms about damp and mould. It wants the reinstatement of energy...

There’s a warning this morning that stricter Energy Performance Certificate measures for the private rental sector may not have gone, after...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

Generation Rent and London Mayor Sadiq Khan have jointly slammed landlords who do not improve the EPCs of their private rental...

Many landlords have dropped plans to improve the energy efficiency of their homes following the U-turn by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. In...

Almost four fifths of landlords favour raising the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for private rental properties, a think tank claims. The Social...

A new study claims that two thirds of privately rented homes require urgent energy efficiency improvements - and that landlords need...

Inflation for the year to October has fallen to 4.6 per cent. That’s a big fall from 6.7 per cent in September...

Housing Secretary MIchael Gove is reported to be pressing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to increase Local Housing Allowance in next week’s...

The respected engineering institution the Building Research Establishment says the government must row back from its recent U-turn on rental property...

MPs from a range of opposition parties are pressing the government to reinstate the stricter energy efficiency rules for landlords, recently...

The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from the Financial Times...

A prominent property market analyst says he was “gobsmacked” to hear Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tone down the energy efficiency requirements...

There is a real difficulty for Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party at the moment.  After 14 years in power, any failings land squarely...

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

There’s been a strong personal attack on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak by anti-landlord activists over the subject of energy efficiency. The Generation...

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

The National Residential Landlords Association is warning that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s scrapping of revised EPC targets at the end of...

The government must safeguard the private rented sector and the only way to do that is to lend its support to...

The u-turn by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on green policies may be seen by some landlords as a rare piece of...

There’s been widespread relief at the government’s eco U-turn which may lead to thousands of pounds of savings for landlords. Prime Minister...

While many sections of the property industry welcome the change of tone in Rishi Sunak’s approach to green issues, one group...

Conservative MP Dehenna Davison has resigned as a minister in Michael Gove’s Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Writing to the...

The top table of the National Residential Landlords Association has met with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s team at Downing Street. In addition...

Whoever forms the next government must put the private rental sector at the heart of its housing policy. That’s the view of...

Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has been given the job of Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities...

A controversial MP sacked by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak earlier this year says he will take up the cause of landlords...

The Renters Reform Coalition - an umbrella body which includes direct action groups Acorn and the Renters Rights London - has ...

A newspaper which often carries leaks of new Labour policies has produced an interesting theory on the fate of the Renters...

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

A survey of homebuyers has revealed opposition to the rumoured return of the Help To Buy initiative to get tenants to...

Recently the government once again committed to banning 'no-fault' evictions, with the new government housing minister Rachel Maclean promising the ban on...

The government will this week announce a new consultation on private rental sector energy efficiency - in particular, insulation. This will be...

The Portuguese government has announced sweeping measures, mostly against landlords, which some activists want introduced in the UK too. Portuguese Prime Minister...

The Generation Rent group of activists is promoting a petition calling for private landlords to pay damages to tenants in some...

House prices are likely to fall every month until the Summer but could then creep back up, a housing expert claims. Jonathan...

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill did not even warrant a mention in a key speech yesterday by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

The government is under new pressure to introduce a last minute eviction ban to avoid private renters facing homelessness over Christmas. Liberal...

I think 2022 can be summarised as ‘unsettling’ to say the least. With three prime ministers in less than six months,...

Activist group Generation Rent has started a petition calling on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to freeze private rents this winter. As part...

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

The Bank of England has increased its base rate from 2.25 per cent to 3.0 per cent. This is the largest hike...

There’s widespread concern that the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, which meets today, is to unveil a 0.75 per cent...

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

Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, says rebooting rental reform must be the number one priority for...

Generation Rent, the activist group led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy, has given a warm welcome to the return of Michael Gove...

The coronation of Rishi Sunak as the new Prime Minister has been broadly welcomed by much of the property establishment but...

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

The National Residential Landlords Association says housing minister Andrew Stephenson will give a key-note address at its annual conference. The only problem...

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 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...

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 controversial rent freeze policy in Scotland has been described as being “in chaos” by a top lettings agency chief. In a...

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...

The National Residential Landlords Association and the Generation Rent activist group both give evidence today to MPs as they begin a...

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

The government - at least until it changes under the new Prime Minister to be announced today - is moving forward...

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...

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

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

A charity, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, wants a form of Right To Buy to be given to private tenants.  Right To Buy...

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

The next Prime Minister must address the supply crisis in the private rented sector if homeownership ambitions are to become a...

Lettings agency Knight Frank says it doubts the current high levels of capital appreciation will be derailed this year by uncertainty...

Lettings agency Knight Frank says it doubts the current high levels of capital appreciation will be derailed this year by uncertainty...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been packed with MPs loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as...

With the (eventual) departure of Boris Johnson, the next question for landlords and indeed much of the property industry is: What’s going...

Greg Clark is the new Housing Secretary, with responsibilities including steering the Renters' Reform Bill through parliament. He is part of a...

Cabinet minister Michael Gove and junior minister Eddie Hughes - architects of the pro-renter White Paper issued last month - are staying...

It’s been confirmed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to announce plans to extend the Right To Buy to housing associations. Under...

Overnight speculation of a Cabinet reshuffle has yet again led to uncertainty over the Renters’ Reform Bill, pledging a radical shake-up...

The abolition of Section 21 eviction notices could lead to a surge in evictions by private landlords anxious to sell before...

Labour’s London Mayor - buoyed up after the party’s successes in the capital in last week’s elections - has renewed his...

Activists from pressure groups and London-focussed tenants’ bodies have handed in a letter to 10 Downing Street asking the Prime Minister...

The government is reported to be considering extending the Right To Buy from just council tenants in England to housing association...