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Some policies towards landlords show how the government has lost its conservative ethos of supporting businesses and being the party of low taxes.  Rosalind...

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has spoken strongly in favour of landlords’ rights. In a House of Lords debate on...

A landlords’ trade body has ticked off Prime Minister Boris Johnson for his attitude towards the rental sector. He suggested in his...

Renters across Wales received greater protection this week after the Welsh government extended the six month notice for evictions, which was...

Boris Johnson’s “Build Build Build” announcement yesterday was designed to help drag the UK economy out of what could prove to...

Fresh figures show that there was a rise in the number of housebuilders completing new homes in England last year, helping to alleviate...

The property market had enjoyed a boost thanks to the outcome of the general election in December, but now the market faces...

The Conservatives’ general election victory in December has triggered a new burst of housing market activity as confidence flows back into...

Just over a month on from the Conservative Party's election victory and all eyes are firmly fixed on Boris Johnson and...

Although the recent election was indisputably dominated by the Brexit question, the fact is that there’s far more to managing the...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling on the government to ensure that reforms are made to the way good landlords...

With just one day until voting day, each of the main political parties has outlined its plans for the country, including for...

With the general election just over a week away, each of the main political parties has outlined its plans for the...

Which party will win the landlord vote?  Given that the mainstream parties all have policies that appear to work against BTL landlords,...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has slammed the Conservative Party manifesto for proposing nothing to encourage and support landlords to continue...

Boris Johnson launched the Conservative Party manifesto yesterday with a promise to “Get Brexit done”, and although the document was rather...

The Conservatives have pledged to introduce a new scheme to allow tenants to transfer their tenancy deposits when they move homes.  The...

The government crackdown on the buy-to-let sector has seen landlord regulations increase by a third since the Conservative party came into...

With less than a week until the European elections take place, a new poll conducted by the National Landlords Association (NLA)...

Barnet Council is planning to introduce a stricter licensing scheme designed to clampdown on rogue landlords across the borough in north...

Recent changes in legislation, as part of government policy to encourage first-time buyers and owner-occupier purchases, have led to a tax...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has once again voiced its opposition to plans to introduce mandatory three year tenancies. Responding to the...

The idea of the property-owning democracy has deep roots and has long defined housing policy in this country, with various schemes...

A Labour councillor tasked with clamping down on rogue landlords has found herself in hot water after failing to declare a...

Lord Flight, a former Conservative Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has once again criticised his own party’s buy-to-let tax changes,...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accused the Tory government of intentionally not fixing the housing crisis after revelations that thousands of...

Ever since Margaret Thatcher declared her belief in a ‘property-owning democracy’ and introduced Right to Buy in 1980, the UK was...

A Camden councillor who was prosecuted last year by the council he works for in north west London after failing to...

The Conservative Party’s pledge to give tenants greater rights as part of a regulatory shake-up of the private rented sector has...

Rogue landlords receive in the region of £2.5bn a year for renting out ‘non-decent’ properties, which includes homes that are unsafe,...

Over the weekend Number 10 said that a deal with the Democratic Unionists had been reached, but was then forced to...

With only a few hours left of voting in the general election, the balance of power will have a major impact...

The Conservatives have announced a range of housing policies designed to help them win the general election, including pledging to build...

Labour has pledged a “consumer rights revolution” which will introduce legal minimum standards for all rental homes because people currently have...

A proposed selective landlord licensing scheme has been pulled after Conservative councillors could not agree on how it could move forward. Plans...

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) wants to see more ‘support and information’ offered to landlords to help ensure that they properly...

The new mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged to do all in his power to help make London “better” after...

With just a few hours until polls close in London, housing remains the main issue that may help determine who gets to run the...

A councillor has been told by his own local authority to pay over £30,000 after admitting he failed to carry out...

A Camden councillor has been prosecuted by the council he works for after failing to carry out improvement works to a...

Conservative MPs have defeated a Labour amendment to the government’s housing and planning bill to require landlords to ensure their properties...

Serious questions hang over the Prime Minister’s plans to clamp down on illegal immigration, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). In...

In a surprise move, Prime Minister David Cameron said the Tories will introduce a mandatory licencing scheme for private landlords. In a...

Victorious housing campaigner Lindsey Garrett from the New Era Estate in Hackney is taking on Labour and the Conservatives for the...

As David Cameron announced his cabinet, Brian Murphy of the Mortgage Advice Bureau has said that the new Government will make...

After months of campaigning and deliberating, polling day is now behind us. With all the election stories doing the rounds, we...

Property insiders mostly celebrated the Conservative election victory, but tenants’ groups complained of being ignored. As David Cameron enters a second term...

Landlord support for Labour and the Liberal Democrat Party has halved since the 2010 General Election because of their interventionist policies...