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The National Residential Landlords Association has taken the unusual step of extending an olive branch to the activists who run the...

The Renters Reform Bill returns to the House of Commons today with activist groups critical of amendments put forward to reach...

Responding to confirmation that the Renters Reform Bill will return to the Commons next Wednesday, Ben Beadle of the National Residential...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

Amendments to be made to the Renters Reform Bill when it returns to the Hoise of Commons next week won’t significantly...

The government has committed to returning the amended Renters Reform Bill to the House of Commons in mid-April. MPs return from their...

The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Amendments...

An all-party House of Commons committee is calling on Local Housing Allowance to be updated automatically and annually. LHA rates have been...

The National Residential Landlords Association says it wants a speedy implementation of the Renters Reform Bill to avoid uncertainty - and...

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

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...

The National Residential Landlords Association is urging MPs to back what it describes as “pragmatic” changes to the Renters Reform Bill...

I recently attended the NRLA’s annual conference in Birmingham and a theme that still dominates discussion in the industry is the...

Just days after the government revealed it was not scrapping Section 21 until court possession processes had been overhauled, so the...

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

Housing Secretary Michael Gove says a healthy private rented sector is a “critical” part of the housing market. The comments came as he addressed...

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

MPs have given the Renters Reform Bill its Second Reading - a procedure which means it now continues into the Committee...

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

The chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association says the controversial Renters Reform Bill will only succeed if landlords’ feel...

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

The National Residential Landlords’ Association’s annual conference next week is a sell out with all 800 or so tickets sold to...

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

A veteran Tory MP who has been a junior minister in the department responsible for housing now says the rental market...

The Generation Rent group of activists says Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey is on their side about Section 21 evictions. Bailey...

I recently had the opportunity to challenge a lot of nonsense in Parliament. Or to put it another way, I was...

It appears almost certain that the Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill - expected some weeks ago - will not...

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

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

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

The government’s proposed tenancy reforms - including the banning of section 21 evictions - could be undermined by delays in the...

A top Tory who is chair of the Conservative backbench Treasury Committee and a member of the Treasury Select Committee says...

Mortgage experts speaking to a committee of MPs have given an especially gloomy forecast for the buy to let sector in...

Government plans to reform the private rented sector risk becoming a charter for anti-social behaviour without urgent changes, a landlord leader...

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

There’s only today and tomorrow left for landlords to respond to the committee of MPs currently calling for evidence concerning the...

The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...

Yet another committee of MPs has launched a ‘call for evidence’ as it starts an investigation into the private rental sector. The...

A cross-party group of MPs has opposed government plans to make many buy to let landlords pay for the replacement of...

A senior Labour MP has written to the Housing Secretary Michael Gove seeking reassurances that landlords will not keep council tax...

The government has been accused of basing its policy to solve the cladding crisis on the assumption that landlords are Property...

The landlords’ trade body has backed a call from MPs demanding a clear exit strategy at the end of the latest...

The chaos surrounding the government’s Green Homes Grant, which was to have helped thousands of landlords and owner occupiers, appears to...

The government’s Green Homes Grant has been slammed by MPs for its snail’s pace progress, complications and poor delivery. The all-party Environmental...

Senior MPs have been told by the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association that they must provide financial assistance...

The government has published its response to the House of Commons, Communities and Local Government Select Committee’s (HCLG) report on cladding...

Rishi Sunak has distanced himself from reports that he is looking at increasing capital gains tax to help pay for the...

There are growing concerns that buy-to-let landlords could be banned from evicting private tenants beyond next month due to the coronavirus...

A cap limiting landlord spending on energy efficiency improvements to £3,500 should be scrapped and replaced with a new £5,000 figure,...

Nationwide were among a small group of mortgage lenders asked to give evidence at a select committee yesterday on restrictions around...

Leasehold property ownership has come under yet more fire today after a new report laid bare the scale of mis-selling in...

Nationwide has announced that it will no longer prevent buy-to-let landlords from letting property to tenants in receipt of benefits. The move...

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee is due to publish its report into Leasehold Reform today, which is designed to...

The tenancy security deposits that tenants leave with landlords or their letting agents will be capped at a maximum of five...

Mortgage lenders have once again been criticised for not permitting landlords to rent property to people claiming benefits – this time...

A call by a Parliamentary committee for the government to fund certain fire safety improvements in privately owned residential blocks has...

The government has been criticised for continuing to drag its heels over taking on key recommendations made in a recent report...

The tenancy security deposits that tenants leave with landlords or their letting agents will be capped at a maximum of six...

The security deposits that tenants leave with their landlord or their letting agent could be capped at no more than five...

InventoryBase has announced that it is supporting the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) in their bid for mandatory inventories for...

A new petition has been launched calling for independent inventory reporting to become a compulsory requirement. The petition, which has been created...

The government yesterday announced a U-turn on the extent of the 'Making Tax Digital' requirements, and the move has been warmly...

The UK government’s Affordable Warmth Scheme (AWS) has been in place since 2013, as part of the Energy Companies Obligation (ECO).   The...

Tenant evictions could rise sharply in the coming months amid reports that many buy-to-let landlords plan to increase rents next year...

Unfortunately for private landlords looking to regain possession of their rental home, private tenants are often advised by local councils and...

The Homelessness Reduction Bill, which was published by the Communities and Local Government Select Committee last week, has received backing from...

Mortgage lenders look set to impose more stringent checks on buy-to-let landlords seeking funds to acquire property, as part of a...

Proposals by the Bank of England to curb buy-to-let lending are “premature” according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). As Landlord Today...

A government committee has raised concerns about the number of homes sold through Right To Buy that end up in the...

Mortgage industry insiders have expressed concern about the Government’s plans to allow the Bank of England to intervene in the buy-to-let...