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

The government’s proposal to introduce a new one per cent deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder...

I’m not especially political and certainly carry no candle for one flavour or another. I might argue that they’re all pretty...

Scores of portfolio landlords are incorporating their property portfolio as limited companies, which could save hundreds of thousands of pounds on...

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill has been unveiled, as Ministers bid to address the housing crisis and create a fairer rental...

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

Propertymark has come out in favour of private landlords being allowed to follow the example of social landlords in agreeing an...

Labour is backing a rent freeze in Scotland and flirting with one in England - but it’s just stopped one being...

A team of experts has released a report that responds to government reform plans - and it insists that if Section...

There is a perfect storm brewing for landlords and tenants in the UK.  Sky-rocketing energy bills, food prices and increasing rent paints...

There is still time for landlords to influence the specific provisions of the Renters Reform Bill according to one of the...

In June, the government finally released its long-awaited White Paper ‘A Fairer Private Rented Sector’. You will almost certainly have seen...

Industry supplier the Lettings Hub has brought together industry leads from across the lettings and pet sectors to discuss how to...

Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...

Unintended consequences. Let’s face it, they happen across lots of different areas of our lives. We start out with the best...

A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...

Landlords and owner occupiers alike could lose the most financially from rent controls according to a prominent rentals expert. The claim comes...

We know that Section 21 and so called ‘no fault’ evictions, are definitely going to be abolished as part of the...

The government’s pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords and agents is  “the worst form of gesture politics in...

Our housing market needs a long-term vision, and one which is co-ordinated across government and the wider industry. And it is...

A landlord group is advising members to think carefully about a ‘special offer’ from a local authority attempting to tie them into...

The White Paper on rental reform may still be some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying...

A warning has been issued that a bid to curb private rental sector rents in Scotland could well backfire with more...

The Lettings Industry Council has published a report outlining why Section 21 should not be abolished, despite the government’s commitment to...

Strettons has described the government’s decision to extend the ban of tenant evictions until 20 September as a ‘pragmatic and humane decision’...

Do you think Covid-19 been a stress test for the property sector? Have you made knee-jerk decisions? Have you been adversely...

Ahead of next month’s general election, the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is warning that any potential proposal to introduce rent controls...

With the government consultation on tenancy reform ending tomorrow, time is running out for landlords wishing to have their say by...

Abolishing the use of Section 21 notices to evict tenants would lead to a dearth of private rental properties across the...

Despite the growing popularity of Airbnb and other short-term letting websites, less than 3% of landlords are currently engaged in the informal...

It’s now three years since the then Conservative Chancellor George Osborne introduced a series of measures aimed, principally, at cooling the...

Landlords are set to lose out on millions of pounds through a clampdown on rental fees after the government yesterday announced...

Wealthy foreigners are prepared to spend up to £50,000 a week renting luxury homes in London, and this now risks sending...

Private landlords faced with significantly higher costs, as a result of recent tax changes, are being left with little alternative but...

Buy-to-let landlords currently contribute £15.9bn per year to the British economy through pre-tax spending on running their portfolios, which is more...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has reiterated its call for the government to reconsider banning letting agents in England...

Buy-to-let landlords will be left with little alternative but to raise rents or sell their properties due to the government’s punitive...

The government’s plan to tighten licensing requirements for landlords of shared accommodation in an effort to clamp down on rogue landlords...