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Lost in the noise of the King’s Speech, the general pledge to reform the leasehold system, and the subsequent political turmoil...

A Labour pressure group wants the party to campaign on housing at the next General Election, including railing against what it...

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

Twelve changes to taxes, rules and regulations in the next three years will add £20,000 to the price of a new...

Time is running out’ for building owners and managers to take action over fire door risk assessments under new Fire Safety...

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

The Building Safety Bill has become law - and while it does offer help to leaseholder landlords with one or two...

Labour MP Hilary Benn has spoken out in favour of buy to let landlords currently expected to pay towards remediation work...

The government says major house builders have agreed to spend £2 billion on fixing the dangerous cladding on their own buildings,...

A controversial PropTech rental platform has issued a list of questions and issues to check when tenants rent from a landlord...

I hope you weren’t holding your breath for the Chancellor to announce a package of help for landlords in his Spring...

A cross-party group of MPs has opposed government plans to make many buy to let landlords pay for the replacement of...

As the government continues to assess the future state of building regulation in the UK, developers and leaseholders continue to remain...

The government has been accused of basing its policy to solve the cladding crisis on the assumption that landlords are Property...

A last ditch bid is underway to include the properties of all landlords in the programme of financial help to remove...

Experts are predicting that the exclusion of large scale landlords from cladding relief may lead to significant delays in some safety...

Last October, stakeholders across the private rented sector were told by ministers that the Government needed extra time to create a...

The government has hit back at claims from the National Residential Landlords Association that buy to let landlords are being left...

Government plans to rectify dangerous cladding are riddled with confusion and risk needless delays to addressing the problem. That’s the warning from...

Property insurers have forced “crippling costs” on to residents of medium and high-rise apartment blocks in the aftermath of the Grenfell...

One of the most respected buying agents in London says buy to let in the capital is losing its appeal for...

The campaign to ensure that landlords are included in the government’s measures to alleviate the problem of dangerous cladding is gathering...

The National Residential Landlords Association is seeking clarification from gov ernment about whether landlords are included in the latest measure to...

A company behind a fire safety initiative has surveyed tenants in both the private and social rental sectors, and claims shortcomings...

Landlords directly affected by the cladding scandal - because they own units in low and medium-rise blocks - have some good...

The government claims its new Building Safety Bill, published yesterday, will create “lasting generational change” after Grenfell and the cladding crisis...

Labour’s new housing spokesperson is the experienced MP Lucy Powell, who until last weekend was shadow business and consumer affairs minister.  She...

It’s feared that the government’s latest funding to solve the cladding crisis will leave thousands of landlords with loans and unsellable...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan wants a £3 billion one-off windfall tax on private developers to fund replacement cladding on affected...

The unknown number of landlords with properties in blocks caught in the cladding crisis may be able to benefit from a...

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

The government has published its response to the House of Commons, Communities and Local Government Select Committee’s (HCLG) report on cladding...

The government has been criticised by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) for taking far too long to remove all flammable cladding...

Rishi Sunak's first Budget included new taxes for overseas property buyers, funding to remove unsafe cladding, fresh funds to support the...

Rendered insulation could be a bigger issue for scores of tower blocks with flammable cladding, according to Andrews Property Group.  Almost three...

The government is being urged to fund a bailout to help social landlords avoid a £10bn bill to fix fire safety...

A new 10-point manifesto designed to drive forward leasehold reform has been published by a prominent leasehold reform campaigner, following the...

The government has set up a £200m fund to replace unsafe Grenfell Tower-style cladding on around 170 private high-rise residential buildings...

The government has released the first tranche of an estimated £400m to fund the removal and replacement of unsafe cladding on...

A call by a Parliamentary committee for the government to fund certain fire safety improvements in privately owned residential blocks has...

The publication yesterday of Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, confirming that landlords and building managers will...

A crowdfunding page has been set up by concerned tenants who are looking to pay for an independent fire safety inspection...

Private landlords of high-rise buildings in Wales are being encouraged to take up an offer of free cladding safety checks following...