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

Opposition continues to build to the prospect of rent controls in part of the UK, with the latest voice citing the...

Financial Times columnist and radio presenter James Max has made a strong case for opposing rent controls. Appearing on the Jeremy Vine...

A study of what has happened to a private rental sector hit by rent controls provides lessons to those in the UK...

Labour’s London Mayor - buoyed up after the party’s successes in the capital in last week’s elections - has renewed his...

Voters in Bristol have decided to abolish the city’s directly elected mayor following a referendum. The city was given the choice of...

A trade union has called on the government to “look at all forms of rent control” as a way of combatting...

Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina says he anticipates the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper may now be delayed further, possibly until...

A points-based system of rent controls is being advocated by activists associated with a controversial pro-tenant group. Living Rent, which is calling...

A leading lettings industry figure is warning politicians that they risk shrinking the size of the private rental sector if they...

EU citizens returning to the UK following the disruptions of the pandemic and Brexit May be the biggest losers from rental...

A Labour city council that has already called for powers to impose rent controls has now extended its existing landlord licensing...

A pressure group of campaigners highly critical of landlords and letting agents is organising protests at cities this weekend. Acorn - which...

A campaign group wants local candidates fighting elections in London next month sign up to a set of policies including rent...

Housing minister Eddie Hughes MP has met with activists to discuss the government’s reform proposals for the private rental sector.  They were...

Trade unions in Scotland are demanding that local council candidates sign a pledge to support “urgent” rent controls in that country. The...

The former Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer says rent controls are a vital part of a four-pronged ‘Radical Recovery Programme’. John McDonnell has...

The National Residential Landlords Association is trying to head off the growing clamour for rent controls by setting out its own...

The threat of rent controls in two parts of the country may now be so severe that buy to let landlords...

A new calculation suggests London needs almost 85,000 new private rented homes a year to meet its housing needs. And it adds...

A veteran lettings agency chief says future economic growth in part of the UK is under threat from a radical reform...

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

A prominent property website, which monitors the lettings market, suggests that rent controls would drive a proportion of rental stock to...

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants rogue landlords to pay bigger fines and more compensation to tenants. He is also introducing...

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

The mayor of Labour-controlled Bristol council is teaming up with local anti-landlord activists to look at how to introduce local rent...

One of the driving forces behind a summit being held to consider rent controls in a major city says she is...

A prominent country property expert has issued an urgent appeal to rural landlords to become involved in the consultation process which...

A newspaper is suggesting that proposals for rent controls could be scuppered because of the relatively large proportion of elected politicians...

A senior figure in a newly-enlarged agency that wants to become a national force in lettings has thrown his weight behind...

Labour is the latest political party to call for rent controls following similar pleas from the Green Party and the Scottish Nationalists. Paul...

Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...

Shelter has given what appears to be unconditional support to the SNP-Green proposals for reform of the private rental sector in...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

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

The Green Party says the fact that some landlords increased rents during the Coronavirus pandemic shows the need for rent controls. The...

Belfast council has unanimously passed a motion calling for the Northern Ireland Executive to introduce a rent control scheme for the...

A right wing think tank has published a blog post suggesting that while rent controls appear a popular help for current...

John McDonnell, who until 15 months ago was the shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, has called for all tenants to be...

A leading market analyst says the looming threat of rent controls may be deterring landlords entering the buy to let sector,...

A council says the private rental market is “out of control” and he wants rent controls - but nonetheless is asking...

The letting agents’ trade body ARLA Propertymark has made a very cautious approach to the Scottish Government over its strident pledge...

The prospect of increased renters’ power has already been seen north of the border with the pledge to introduce rent controls...

The UK’s first Minister for Tenants’ Rights says he will introduce rent controls because renters currently “pay way over the odds”. Although...

A petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners is now nearing its 50,000...

A referendum in Berlin next month is being watched closely by rental activists in the UK, in case it offers them...

Rent controls, possibly ensuring that rents do not exceed 25 per cent of household income, are poised to be introduced into...

It looks certain that a substantial number of pro-tenant reforms are to be introduced in Northern Ireland in the near future. A...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, and the Baroness leading the Generation Rent campaign have called for powers to control rents. Khan claims...

A petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners has got 42,000 backers -...

An economist at a right-leaning think tank says Berlin - often regarded as a model for state-regulated private renting - has...

The main landlords’ trade body has hit out at a bid by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to impose private...

A pressure group for tenants wants the next Mayor of London to win powers from the government to reduce rents, through a...

Activists are aiming to make the eviction ban a central theme in this spring’s local elections. In early May there are elections...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is to keep a call for rent controls in the capital as a major plank of his...

A so-called Citizens Assembly set up by a leading politician has called for rent controls. The Citizen’s Assembly of Scotland was launched...

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

A Green Party councillor is demanding that tenants be allowed to write the local authority’s policy for the private rental sector. According...

The Green Party says there should be an end to private rental sector eviction grounds “such as the wish of the...

A Labour activist claiming to represent tenants is putting the squeeze on party members who are also landlords. An article on the Labour...

Sadiq Khan’s proposal to introduce rent controls in London risks reducing the number of private homes available for rent, as landlords...

The recent decision to abolish The Fair Rents (Scotland) Bill demonstrates the difficulty of introducing lettings regulation amid ongoing uncertainty, while...

Labour’s proposals to introduce rent controls in London risks reducing the number of private homes available for rent, as landlords look...

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

Labour’s general election manifesto promises to “transform” the UK with what some commentators view as the most ambitious - and most...

Labour’s proposals to introduce rent controls risks reducing the number of private homes available for rent, as landlords look to exit...

Labour has pledged to clampdown on rogue landlords and restrict rent hikes in England if it wins next month’s general election.  A...

Labour has launched its general election manifesto, promising to “transform” the UK with what some commentators view as the most ambitious...

The mayor of London is being urged to forget about rent controls and instead focus on increasing the supply of rental...

Boris Johnson’s call for a snap general election on December 12 to try to settle the issue of Brexit took very...

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

The government’s plans to scrap Section 21 notices to evict tenants could potentially pave the way for the introduction of open-ended...

Labour’s plan to introduce a rent cap has been slammed by ARLA Propertymark.  Labour has proposed capping rents and with Labour’s conference...

Sajid Javid has dismissed a report in the Times over the weekend that claimed he planned to make property sellers rather than...

Private rents paid by tenants in the UK increased by 1.3% in the 12 months to July 2019 and is unchanged...

The mayor of London has called for additional powers so he can introduce rent controls in the capital. Sadiq Khan believes greater...

Germany’s rent controls place strong restrictions on in-tenancy rent increases, while the ‘rent brake’ introduced a couple of year ago makes...

The Scottish government is consulting on introducing rent controls north of the border with a view to protecting private sector tenants...

A new survey has revealed three in four Scots back rent caps north of the border to help curb increasing housing...

There was a significant increase in the number of landlords exiting the rental market in December 2018 as rents increased for...

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan is developing rent control proposals as part of his 2020 re-election bid in the hope...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has warned that growing speculation the mayor of London Sadiq Khan is considering introducing rent controls...

Philip Hammond is coming under increasing pressure to reverse draconian tax changes applying to buy-to-let landlords. A number of landlords have been...

There was a sharp rise in the number of tenants that saw their rent costs increase north of the border last...

Private rental prices paid by tenants continued to slow last month suggesting that rent controls may leave tenants worse off. Rent paid...

Landlord licensing, a database of rogue landlords and improved rent controls are among some of the primary measures proposed by renters...

Rents in Scotland fell marginally in the final three months of 2017, the latest figures show. Fresh data from letting agent portal...

The introduction of a new form of Scottish private residential tenancy has been welcomed by Shelter Scotland. The new private residential tenancy...

A new form of Scottish private residential tenancy will be introduced tomorrow. The new private residential tenancy (PRT) will replace the existing...

With just over a month until a new form of private residential tenancy (PRT) will be introduced north of the border,...

Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to give cities the power to introduce rent controls under a Labour government. Yesterday was the last day...

Richard Leonard, the Scottish Labour leadership candidate backed by supporters of Jeremy Corbyn, has called for ‘stringent’ rent controls to be...

With the number of households living in the private rented sector continuing to grow, significantly more rental homes are needed to...

The Conservative party should put rent controls at the heart of their general election manifesto as part of a wider effort...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s plans to introduce rent controls and secure tenancies in the private rented sector (PRS) if elected prime...

Private tenants north of the border have come together to launch Scotland’s first national union for people living in the private...

The government’s intention to reform rental deposits has been broadly welcomed, but one letting agent believes that they should be abolished altogether. The...

London has become one of the most expensive cities in the world to rent a home, prompting a leading trade union...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has set out what it believes should be priorities for the successful London Mayoral candidate in...

A bill now making its way through the Welsh Assembly may “radically alter the way tenancy contracts are written” – but...

Some 60% of London landlords would reduce the size of their property portfolios in the event of a rent freeze.  This is...

A Scottish letting agency and rental campaign group are working in partnership to assess the implications of what they call the...

As Scotland awaits the introduction of the Private Tenancies (Scotland) Bill later this week, the Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) has...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has hit out at claims made by the new Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell.   During his speech...

Scotland is to introduce rent controls and ban “no fault” evictions in a shake-up of the country’s private rented sector. First Minister...

Housing charity Shelter has said that capping rents could make life harder for tenants and force landlords out of the market. Earlier...

Chancellor George Osborne is presenting the “summer budget” tomorrow with rumours circulating that he will give in to calls to close...

Rent controls and similar policies which are thought to work well in other countries cannot be easily replicated in the UK’s...

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

Labour’s plans for private rented sector rent controls have been widely condemned by housing and landlord groups. Landlord Today reported yesterday how...