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A politician is claiming that second home council tax premiums, where owners pay up to double the normal rate, is resulting...

“Huge numbers” of small family-run holiday lettings businesses in Wales are selling up because of new restrictions and large tax hikes. New...

One of the UK governments has backed a call for private landlords to get cash help to meet new Minimum Energy...

Lettings agents’ body Propertymark says its proposal for tax incentives to be offered for landlords is one measure under consideration by...

The Welsh Government should consider tax incentives to support improvements to the energy efficiency of private rented housing, according to a...

A prominent supporter of landlords has accused Labour and nationalist politicians of making the supply shortage of private rental properties in...

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

A prominent Conservative has branded the rush towards rent controls by some politicians as “heavy-handed and economically illiterate”. Janet Finch Saunders, an...

A protest by Welsh nationalists has called for a new Property Act to be passed by the Welsh Parliament, which would...

A prominent Welsh politician says rent controls should be introduced across that country to “make landlordism less financially attractive.” The Welsh nationalist...

The new coalition of the Scottish National Party and the Greens in Scotland has pledged to introduce rent controls - and...

Some 6,000 signatures have so far been added to an online petition calling on the Welsh Parliament to “address” the issue...

A leading politician in Wales has spoken out in favour of second homeowners, who are under increasing scrutiny in that country...

The Rent Smart Wales quango, now five years old, has been sharply criticised by the National Residential Landlords Association.  A report commissioned...

The National Residential Landlords Association has released its manifesto for the 2021 Welsh Parliament elections - and it makes the case...

The leading landlord trade body wants a new and regular study of housing in Wales, to make its politicians better-informed. The National Residential...