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The newly re-elected Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester - Andy Burnham - wants to end Right To Buy on new-build homes...

It is possible that licensing regimes operated by local councils could cut the fees they impose on landlords. The House of Commons...

Environmental health officers are making a last ditch bid to save local council licensing. The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health reckons that...

Julian Richer - the founder of Richer Sounds, the UK's largest hi-fi retailer - says he may set up a landlord...

Amendments to be made to the Renters Reform Bill when it returns to the Hoise of Commons next week won’t significantly...

Rent controls are at the heart of the local election manifesto of the Green Party of England and Wales. Co-leader Carla Denyer,...

A new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...

Supporters of council selective licensing start rearguard action  Some of those involved in local councils have started a campaign to save selective...

Rental sector and property industry views are split over the controversial idea of allowing first time buyers to put down a...

The chartered surveyor team at Stokemont is giving advice on potential pitfalls in new build homes.  This is from RICS-accredited valuer Bradley...

There will be long term pressure on housing affordability and the private rental sector if demographic forecasts from a range of...

Proposals for a ‘good landlord’ scheme in Greater Manchester have won the personal backing of the chief executive of the National...

A Labour-controlled council is inviting private rental sector representatives to a round-table event which it pledges will not be a talking...

The Build To Rent trade body, the UK Apartment Association, is backing the proposals outlined to clampdown on rogue landlords put...

The National Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a consultation proposal by Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham. Burnham’s Greater Manchester Good Landlord...

Labour’s Mayor of Greater Manchester and former Cabinet minister Andy Burnham says this year is when he will ”get serious” about...

New research from a construction professional body shows a large proportion of people would not buy a newly built property due...

A London lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for not paying compensation to a landlord following a failure...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has given a warm welcome to many of the provision in the Renters Reform Bill...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health gas come out in support of a legal challenge to the government’s draft regulations exempting...

Claims on social media by a leader of the Renters Reform Coalition - who is also a contributor to a Labour-supporting website...

Another problem has emerged for the heat pump sector which had, until last week, anticipated rapid growth as part of the...

One of the most influential consumer property groups has made an impassioned plea to the Bank of England not to raise...

To help or not to help: that is the question the government is facing with regard to under-pressure private rented sector...

A prominent analyst says her reading of the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market snapshot makes her believe more house...

There’s been a clampdown on imprecise wording used in lettings listings. The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team  - which...

There’s a blunt warning to renters from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered...

Mortgage lenders have launched a £5m media campaign to publicise the support available to owner occupier mortgage holders if they face...

The Renters Reform Coalition - an umbrella body which includes direct action groups Acorn and the Renters Rights London - has ...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched an eight week long consultation in a bid to gather input on its...

Details have emerged of an extraordinary ‘stress test’ created by the Bank of England and tested on eight major banks to...

The Labour dominated council in Bristol has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove demanding that he gives it the powers to...

A newspaper which often carries leaks of new Labour policies has produced an interesting theory on the fate of the Renters...

The National Residential Landlords Associations has expressed relief that Labour appears to be backing away from rent controls. Association chief executive Ben...

The Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, says he is demanding the powers to seize usage or poor quality homes...

The government has taken limited action over the soaring cost of mortgages - but there’s no direct help for landlords and...

The Halifax says house prices were flat in May, but fell 1.0 per cent in a year - the first annual...

The latest lettings and sales market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has prompted a warning from a leading...

Three-quarters of landlords want to raise rents in the face of the new Renter’s Reform Bill - mostly because of pets. When...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has added its voice to the chorus of concern over landlords quitting the private sector In...

A prominent business analyst says the great rental sell-off leaves remaining landlords in a powerful position. Sarah Coles, head of personal finance...

Landlords who applied in 2018 for an exemption from Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for let residential property are reminded that their...

A new report claims that many social landlords have inadequate policies to support survivors of domestic abuse. The report, published this week...

An immediate private sector rent freeze and eviction ban for the duration of the cost of living crisis is the key...

The Green Party’s co-leader Carla Denyer has branded the government’s Right To Buy scheme as a “slum landlord’s charter”.  Denyer made the...

The normally under-the-radar Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has made an unusually outspoken plea to the government to help landlords. In particular,...

The Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors’ latest Residential Market Survey made for gloomy reading for many in the property market –...

The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...

A Good Landlord Charter - described as the first of its kind in the UK - is being created by a...

January 9 is the date from which a range of mortgage lenders are honouring their commitment to ensure flats in blocks...

The government has been told it should should think again about its plans to make it compulsory for landlords and self-employed...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to make it easier for councils...

HMRC is intensifying its efforts to track down landlords with undisclosed income, a financial consultancy claims. Perrys, a firm of chartered accountants,...

A council has launched a best practice charter for operating “considerate holiday lets” in partnership with a property industry trade body. The...

Labour wants councils to have the power to implement landlord licensing across their full boundaries, without requiring government consent. Currently councils wanting...

Labour’s radical proposals for the private rental sector - including reducing landlords’ powers to demand arrears - have produced a dramatic...

Shadow housing minister Lisa Nandy has unveiled a Charter for Renters which she says will be implemented within 100 days of...

* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - The latest lettings market...

Government plans to reform the private rented sector risk becoming a charter for anti-social behaviour without urgent changes, a landlord leader...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has cast doubt on the UK’s ambitions to move towards Net Zero - which in...

The housing chief of the Scottish Government says that all homes in that country - irrespective of tenure - must hit...

HM Revenue & Customs has stepped back from a change in the deadline for first-time landlords to give notice of their...

The government is investigating a new way to tackle renters’ anti-social behaviour in the social housing sector - through a new...

The latest rentals market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors gives the now-familiar story of how demand is far...

The government has developed an insurance scheme which may help landlords who want to see flats in high rise blocks.  Following the...

A prominent financial analyst says the fast-rising costs of renting mean tenants are becoming less financially resilient - and this applies...

The Baroness leading a renters’ pressure group wants to work with councils to push tenants’ rights.   Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of Generation...

A business analyst at a prominent consultancy says landlords who resist the temptation to quit the sector are “in a position...

The housing market is showing signs of cooling, says the Halifax, as its latest index shows growing caution.  The lender says that...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made a sweeping attack on the conditions of homes run by private landlords. In a statement backing...

A council is launching a Private Tenants Charter which it says will set standards for landlords and private rental sector organisations...

Tax experts have warned HMRC not to add to the burden of red tape already falling on landlords. The Chartered Institute of...

Talk is getting louder about restrictions surrounding Airbnb and other short let platforms - and nowhere is the volume greater than...

The programme of selling off council houses pioneered by Margaret Thatcher has been a strategic failure adding to inequality in Britain. That’s...

The Chartered Institute of Housing says it’s concerned about the rapidly rising gas and home heating oil prices and the impact...

Trading Standards has approved a new alternative dispute resolution body for the private rental sector. It’s The Dispute Service Ltd, and it...

A specialist company is warning landlords that the recent spate of named storms across the UK may have heightened the risk...

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

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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ latest index suggests there’s no end in sight to rent rises in 2022. RICS’ monthly sentiment...

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

The demise of the buy to let market has been much predicted over recent years. Major tax changes, a three per...

Experts are already warning of shortcomings in the government’s latest Green initiative, banning new boilers from 2035 and offering £5,000 grants...

A call has gone out to shift tens of thousands of the poorest tenants in the private rental sector into social...

The government is expected to give at least some details today of the principles enshrined in a new White Paper on...

Internet searches for ‘how to become a landlord’ have increased by 22 per cent according to Sheards Accountants, a chartered accountancy...

The latest rental market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests supply and demand in the lettings sector still...

Demand for private rented housing in the South East is the second highest in England - and it is thought to be...

Landlords are being invited to a free webinar that promises to bring them up to date with the new planning regime...

A tax expert is warning professional and amateur landlords that if they switch from conventional rentals to Airbnb-style short lets for...

Private sector rents are falling in real terms according to government figures. Data from the Office for National Statistics show that private...

An estate agent in Scotland is warning that a new attack on the rental sector and holiday homes may be underway.  Jennifer...

The latest sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors makes welcome reading for most landlords. RICS deals only with broad...

Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham, wants to introduce a £1.5m Good Landlord Charter This would work in partnership with the city’s...

A property accountant is warning that ‘accidental landlords’ may not have been aware of the complexity of property taxation and so...

A council which has 20,000 unregulated rental properties within its area has launched a new charter to improve standards. The unregulated properties...

The National Residential Landlords Association is calling on the Chancellor to scrap the three per cent stamp duty levy on the...

The latest sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests a drop in landlord activity across the UK. RICS does...

The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the vast majority of respondents expect rents in...

One hidden aspect of the recent cladding controversy has been that many landlords have been unable to sell or remortgage flats...