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Over half of current home owners with adult children have or expect to help their children financially to buy a property...

Members of the union UNISON who participate in round-table discussions with activist group Generation Rents are to receive gift vouchers for...

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

The government is considering allowing renters to buy their first homes with just one per cent deposits, according  to press reports...

Many households are struggling with rising costs, while renters in particular continue to struggle with low quality housing, the Resolution Foundation...

The chief executive of the Generation Rent ginger group has called on his former employer to make a case against landlords,...

A new rental website which claims to list “all available homes for young people in one place” has raised well over...

A row has broken out over a statement made by housing minister Rachel Maclean at the Conservative Party Conference. She told a...

A northern council is considering tightening the planning rules around converting properties into HMOs. A report to Burnley council’s executive recommends removing...

One in eight tenants admit to letting out part or all of their rented property - and that rises to a...

According to the latest English Housing Survey there were 495,000 second homes in the UK in 2018/19 – a figure said to...

Propertymark has told a group of MPs that many benefit recipients are excluded from the private rented sector due to the...

When the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II took place on 2nd June 1953 the average house cost just £1,692...

Labour will create a national landlord register to protect tenants from what the party calls “unscrupulous property owners.: Party leader Sir Kier...

BBC Three is to show a TV programme about tenants facing eviction after being served with Section 21s. It’s an independent production...

A new survey throws light on how perilous some household finances are as energy prices increase despite government interventions. Research from The...

The National Residential Landlords Association has renewed calls for stamp duty cuts on homes to let out. The NRLA initially made the...

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

Rising numbers of young people going to university and a relatively low supply of new student housing means that by 2025...

A leading figure in the property industry has slammed the government’s proposals to encourage more lenders to offer 50 year mortgages...

A national newspaper has backed a scheme by a council to purchase private properties and them let them out to lower...

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

Three projects are underway investigating how a tourist tax, including a levy on holiday let renters, could apply in Wales. The three...

Taxes on buy to let investment are fuelling a supply crisis, hiking rents and making homeownership more difficult to afford. That’s the...

The homelessness charity Step By Step is demanding that rival bidding on rental property be outlawed to give the poorest prospective...

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...

A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...

Every year there is an influx of students that hate renting, and I was one of them.  Students should be excited about...

The protest movement against second homes in Wales appears to be gathering pace. The BBC reports that over 150 campaigners have gathered...

A leading agent is warning that any additional tax on landlords could lead to property sell-offs and a further supply shortage. Dominic...

Labour says the funding of social care could be achieved by increasing tax on landlords. Party leader Sir Keir Starmer is today expected...

The SpareRoom online service has drawn up what it calls an affordability guide, which is effectively a league table of room...

Protesters in a part of the UK with high numbers of holiday lets will stage a demonstration next week demanding cheaper...

A public consultation is underway on proposals for a local authority to increase the council tax premium for second homes -...

Multi-millionaire landlord Fergus Wilson - at one time described as Britain’s most successful buy to let landlord - is reported to...

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

A philanthropist claims the difficulty some younger people have in getting on the property ownership ladder is caused by Baby Boomers...

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

Landlords thinking of letting property on a short-term let this summer are being urged to have the right insurance protection in...

Industry leaders are calling on the government to provide urgent support for young people living in private rented housing.  As the chancellor...

Many buy-to-let landlords are heavily exposed to young renters most at risk of losing their job, according to new research from...

Many young people would find it significantly harder to get a foot on the housing ladder, leaving many effectively renting for...

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

High rents mean young people are less likely to move to UK cities where average salaries are higher, a new report...

Private landlords in Newcastle have rejected a new licensing policy put forward by Newcastle City Council, which would require them to...

The slump in the UK home ownership rate from 73% a decade ago to just 63% today reflects the fact that...

Platform, the intermediary lender of The Co-operative Bank, will no longer restrict landlords from letting to tenants in receipt of housing...

Private rental prices in the UK increased by 1.1% in the 12 months to February, according to the Office for National...

Private renting has more than doubled over the past 20 years, and young people are by far the most likely age...

The average rent across England and Wales increased by 2.3% in the 12 months to September, reaching an average of £861...

Proposals drawn up by Conservative think tank Onward to allow existing buy-to-let properties to be eligible for 100% capital gains tax...

Two-thirds of Britain is effectively off-limits to many young people who want to rent a property of their own, a new...

The government must start to provide financial incentives for buy-to-let landlords prepared to offer longer tenancies or risk seeing rents soar,...

The government has launched new online information designed to help renters and landlords know their rights. The rental guides, published by the...

There has been a significant increase in the number of students and young professionals applying for a rent guarantor to secure...

Young people, particularly students, are increasingly required to provide guarantors when they rent a property, ensuring that if they default on...

Buy-to-let landlords in Wales who offer free accommodation in return for sex could lose their operating licences, according to plans being...

High house prices and years without real-terms wages growth have prompted a growing number of young people to abandon the idea...

Private landlords provide an increasingly vital source of affordable and flexible accommodation for many people and the government should do more...

Fresh research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) which reveals that young adults are less likely to own a home...

We all know that buying a home is a distant dream for many young people without wealthy parents, but there is...

The future of the pensions industry has been dealt a further blow as young people feel saving for property is more...

Rental arrears – or the potential for rent arrears – are the bane of every landlord’s life, to the degree that...

Home ownership is increasingly out of reach for young people without the bank of Mum and Dad, according to a new...

Chancellor Philip Hammond has been slammed by Belvoir for failing to address taxes on buy-to-let landlords imposed by his predecessor George...

It is well known that homeownership rates have been falling rapidly, particularly among young people, despite government efforts to reverse the...

Supply and demand are perhaps the most fundamental concepts of economics, and it is the main reason why UK house prices...

  For many years, rent has been called “dead money” and young people have been urged to “get on the housing ladder”...

The government’s decision to increase taxes for landlords over the past 18 months or so have been described as ‘profoundly wrongheaded’...

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...

Home ownership has dropped to its lowest level for more than 30 years, with high property prices leaving many people with...

The gap between income and house prices has sky-rocketed so much in recent years that a growing number of younger people...

A lack of affordable rented homes are contributing to rising levels of homelessness, according to a new report from the national...

With fresh research revealing that most landlords are unlikely to rent to under-21s following housing benefit cut for 18-21s, the Residential...

Stamp duty should be coughed up by those selling their home rather than purchasers as this would boost property transactions, while...

Private tenants saw average rents rise by 2.3% in the 12 months to September 2016, unchanged compared with the year to...

A Birmingham landlord from Hall Green was fined £5,037.97 at Birmingham Magistrates Court yesterday after pleading guilty to failing to obtain...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has set out plans to introduce a new Tenants’ Rights Charter to increase protection for tenants in...

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

A new report from Halifax shows that delays in getting onto the housing ladder are leading to increasing worries about retirement...

Government changes to remove housing benefit from 18 to 21-year-olds from April will make it far more difficult for them to...

The controversial Right to Rent scheme has affected fresh criticism on the day it goes live. From today, 1 February, landlords are...

Proposals by the Treasury to hand greater powers to the Bank of England to make access to buy-to let-lending harder risks...

As many as four million 18 to 39-year-olds are actively trying to purchase a buy-to-let property to cash in on the...

Labour leadership hopeful Jeremy Corbyn would introduce right-to-buy for private tenants if he came to power. Corbyn has a published his proposed...

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

A group of more than 30 private housing and property bodies from across Europe have come together to find solutions on...