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A group of energy professionals in the property sector are taking issue with a claim by consumer organisation Which? over the...

The fragile peace between different groups in the Renters Reform Coalition has ended in a dispute about a Labour-commissioned report on...

The Labour Party will not introduce rent controls if it wins the election. A spokesperson for the party is quoted on today’s...

The National Union of Students claims the government has “folded to landlord’s lobbying” and watering down the Renters Reform Bill so...

The Generation Rent activist group has once again repeated its demand for a series of reforms surrounding the scrapping of Section...

The government has been accused of mismanaging reforms to no-fault evictions saying: “It’s created uncertainty upon uncertainty”. Theresa May first made the...

Landlord Action founder Paul Shamplina says the government must set a date for Section 21 abolition to give all sides of...

Jonathan Rolande is a property industry and housing market commentator, and is founder of the National Association of Property Buyers.  It’s almost...

The coalition of 20-plus groups which have previously spoken enthusiastically about the Renters Reform Bill has now changed its mind. On April...

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

Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...

An activist group says any future Labour government should introduce a beefed-up version of the Renters Reform Bill - whether or...

An influential Labour website says a raft of proposed reforms for the private rental sector will be unveiled next month -...

Law firm Bishop & Sewell is hosting a webinar to give leaseholders information and advice about the Right to Manage, a...

Activists are beginning to pile pressure on London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan, claiming the public will be disappointed if he toes...

The Generation Rent activist group is placing its hopes for pro-renter policies on newly-elected Metro Mayors, who will be elected on...

A think tank based in central London says landlords would not quit the sector if much tougher - and more expensive...

The UK government's long awaited Spring Budget announced some key changes for the property market in an effort to stimulate activity...

A charity is calling for landlord licensing schemes which cost enough to fund annual inspections, and the issuing of “sentencing guidelines”...

The ban on the sale of new leasehold homes is welcome but there can be no further delay in announcing ground...

The substantial majority of tenants are completely unaware of the Renters reform Bill, despite high profile PR campaigns about it from...

The removal of Section 21 notices and the end of fixed-term tenancies are the two issues that concern landlords the most,...

A property industry commentator has set out what he calls a plan of action to rejuvenate the buy to let sector. Jonathan...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is demanding the government finally abolish Section 21 eviction powers - and claims over 30,000 households in...

Generation Rent has issued an angry statement about amendments to the Renters Reform Bill - just as one MP says agreement...

Rightmove is calling on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to use next week’s Budget as an opportunity to incentivise landlords to make properties...

Campaigning charity Shelter - which has frequently been critical of landlords and their alleged treatment of poorer tenants - is advertising...

Generation Rent has launched a double-pronged attack on landlords and the government. The activist group claims that the latest possession statistics from...

Landlord Action founder Paul Shamplina says landlords are still being hit by unacceptable delays in regaining possession of their properties. Shamplina has...

The Building Research Establishment - which undertakes research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards-setting for the housing sector - is calling...

The government may be keen on scrapping Section 21 powers for private landlords but it’s getting much tougher on social housing...

Amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, designed to give landlords more protection, have won the backing of a prominent industry figure. Neil Cobbold,...

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

A think tank says rents set in the social sector should reflect the energy efficiency of a property. It’s one of a...

New plans to clamp down on rogue social landlords who fail to provide safe homes have been announced today. This is part...

The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...

The controversial Renters Reform Coalition - a band of campaigners including the Acorn and Generation Rent ginger groups - claims public...

Two-thirds of private landlords in the UK are optimistic about how their property investments will perform in the coming years -...

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

The National Residential Landlords Association says the Renters Reform Bill won’t win the support of landlords in its present form. The Bill...

The government has insisted that its commitment to reform the courts process to help deal with evictions more effectively is not...

The government claims that millions of homeowners in England and Wales will be given greater rights, powers, and protections over their...

A slew of MPs who are members of the Renters Reform Bill committee receive money from letting out rooms or properties...

As we all now know, the Government has acknowledged that the ban on Section 21 eviction notices cannot not come into...

Lost in the noise of the King’s Speech, the general pledge to reform the leasehold system, and the subsequent political turmoil...

When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets to his feet on Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement, he should consider offering support to...

A senior Labour MP associated with the moderate wing of the party says private rental properties should be confiscated from serial...

Landlord confidence has improved over the course of the past quarter according to a respected quarterly sentiment survey. The Q3 2023 BVA...

Court Reform first, then scrap Section 21 - landlord leader tells MPs Rental reforms will not work unless the government reforms the...

The leader of Landlord Action has commended the efforts of MP Theresa Villiers for raising issues surrounding court delays which must...

Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina has given Landlord Today readers a unique insight into the complexity of court reform before the...

Recent data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show that 24,260 households served a valid Section 21 notice...

A new survey of over 1,000 landlords has revealed that just over half would consider leaving the market due to the...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has ruled out any reversal of Section 24 or other tax changes which have hurt landlords in...

More details have emerged of what appears to be a stay of execution for Section 21 eviction powers in the short term. The...

Next month Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, will be one of the experts at an Agent...

The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...

Tenants claiming benefits are likely to get more assistance with court fees under a revised grant scheme starting this winter. The Help...

This is back-to-school season and for the majority of university students who choose to move away from their family home during...

A collection of pressure groups, fronted by Generation Rent, wants all private rental homes going on sale to be offered first...

The government has pledged to “guarantee” that landlords will be able to repossess properties more swiftly through the courts as part...

The Generation Rent activist group is urging its supporters to email MPs to protest about delays in the parliamentary progress of...

The main landlords’ trade body wants justice ministers to speed up the time taken for courts to process legitimate possession cases. In...

The head of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker has split from almost all of the industry by saying the...

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

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...

A PropTech entrepreneur has renewed his criticism of the government for failing to put flesh on the bones of the Renters...

With student accommodation in the headlines ahead of the stat of the new academic year, the National Residential Landlords Association is...

Landlords will be able to let Housing Secretary Michael Gove know exactly what they think of his policies in October. Gove will...

Average house price fell by 0.3 per cent in July, a fourth consecutive monthly decline, according to the Halifax. This means property...

Property investment dates back centuries – millennia, even. As a fundamental necessity for post-nomadic humanity, residential and commercial real estate have...

The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...

An angry reader has contacted Landlord Today with a letter from housing minister Rachel Maclean - which the recipient has branded...

The landlords’ trade body has given a firm message to Housing Secretary Michael Gove - sort out a realistic deadline for...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...

One of the country’s most prominent housing market indices says the current imbalance between supply and demand in the rental sector...

This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...

Scrapping a tax hike on rented housing may help ease the housing crisis faced by tenants, according to an analysis by...

Detailed analyses of the Renters Reform Bill has thrown up more information about how the provision promoting pets will be operated. If...

Landlords who are smarting at the end of their Section 21 powers should make sure they are experts at the expanded...

The pro-tenant anti-landlord Renters Reform Bill has at last been published by the government which first promised it in 2019. It has...

In a surprise move, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given the stand-in leader of activist group Generation Rent a prime role...

The main landlord body wants more details behind the soundbite rhetoric of the Renters Referm Bill, launched today in Parliament. Ben Beadle,...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has added its voice to the chorus of concern over landlords quitting the private sector In...

Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...

The government has back-tracked on its decision to publish the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill this week. The Mirror newspaper reports this morning that...

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

The Renters’ Reform Bill is finally due to be published and introduced into Parliament next week. Housing Secretary Michael Gove has told Sky...

A PropTech entrepreneur is advising landlords worried about red tape to use letting agents. Neil Cobbold, managing director of rental payment service...

Landlords are exiting the market in droves. According to an accountancy firm who analysed HMRC data, 70,000 buy-to-let landlords left the sector...

Figures contained in the government’s new action plan to tackle anti-social behaviour reveal the depth of the problem amongst tenants. The plan...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has pledged that the long awaited Rental Reform Bill will be introduced into the Commons in two...

A third of landlords say that the scrapping of Section 21 is of major concern to them according to a Mortgages...

The government is publishing a so-called ‘call for evidence’ on options to reform the VAT relief for the installation of energy...

Proposed government reforms of the private rented sector threaten to make it harder for students to enter higher education, according to...

A Tory council in Middle England has backed a committee of MPs calling for rental reform measures to be tightened up. The...

Private rental property should be “acquired” and used for social housing according to a think tank. And it says tax penalties, laws...

A review platform which describes itself as a TripAdvisor for tenants is using a left-leaning blog to seek business from councils. Marks...

I am, by my own admission, ever the optimist, but with a barrage of enquiries from concerned landlords facing very real...

The landlords’ trade body is broadly welcoming some proposals from MPs to reform the private rented sector. Some aspects of the Levelling...