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Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to boost enforcement of rental standards in the private sector. That’s the view...

Changes to empty home council tax rates could generate an additional £540m from Monday, a lettings agency claims. Since April 2013, billing...

A council has agreed a council tax rise of an additional 100% on second home and long-term empty homes, despite widespread...

Homes Under The Hammer property expert Lucy Alexander is fronting a new campaign to identify empty homes and bring them back...

A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...

Cardiff council is proposing new measures to help bring long-term empty houses back into use. Tomorrow it’s considering introducing a council tax...

Yet another council is consulting on whether to continue a selective licensing scheme. The scheme applies to several areas of Burnley and...

Dorset councillors have approved proposals for a council tax premium on second homes and a tightening up on its existing premium...

I’m not especially political and certainly carry no candle for one flavour or another. I might argue that they’re all pretty...

If you're thinking of investing in a holiday home this year, there can be a lot to consider. From gathering insight to...

Labour-controlled Haringey Council in London says the owners of short lets and furnished holiday homes will be forced to pay double...

A north of England council says it’s reviewing the fees for its selective licensing scheme “in terms of potential impact on...

New research shows that 676,000 homes in England are sitting empty. The research comes from property purchasing firm House Buyer Bureau which...

There are only a few days left for landlords to have input to a government consultation on council tax hikes for...

After genteel protests from the Generation Rent ginger group and more pro-active protests from the Acorn group of rental activists, tomorrow...

The Generation Rent campaign has given its support to a call by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to be given powers to...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants new powers to impose higher tax on empty homes - and even seize them...

A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...

Councils are to be given powers to enact huge tax increases on second homes and empty properties, the Scottish Government proposes. New...

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

According to the most recent statistics there are 676,452 vacant properties in England, nearly half a million of which have been...

A council is to spend £1m “to gather information about the conditions of specific groups of privately rented properties and proactively...

Campaigners behind the National Empty Homes Week - running until March 5 - are accusing some second home owners of “flipping”...

A fishing organisation is blaming landlords for contributing to a housing crisis which, they say, means locals cannot live in coastal...

A Labour Party proposal to sell some long-empty homes to first time buyers for just £1 has been dismissed as the...

Landlords say housing standards in one of the UK’s biggest cities could sugar because of council tax changes for empty homes. Manchester’s...

A £50m scheme to bring more empty homes back to life in Wales - but private land are excluded from applying. The...

A council is reminding residents they have only a week left to comment on empty private homes.  Caerphilly council’s draft ‘Private Sector...

The charity Action on Empty Homes, which is mounting a campaign against short let properties, has attacked Airbnb for making a...

With cost of living increases impacting homeowners, landlords and tenants, are the 44,130 vacant houses across cities in England a bigger...

A new campaign has been launched calling for the regulation of Airbnb and other short lets in England. Action on Short Term...

One of the country’s second home and holiday let hotspots has been told it will be unable to levy extra council...

Landlords and owners of empty homes iare being invited to a free event next week to find out more about help...

A review into the effect of short-term lets has been launched by the government.  The government says future policies could involve physical...

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

A council is calling on landlords of empty properties to take the necessary actions to get their homes back into use...

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

A poll of Conservative voters shows strong majorities for higher taxes on second homes and empty properties, and tougher demands on...

The Welsh Government has announced a £30m pot from which councils can pay for easing properties from private landlords. Under the Welsh Government’s...

Landlords and owners of empty homes in North Somerset are invited to a free event next month to find out more...

Bury council is to spend £1m buying empty homes from landlords and other owners. The council says it will shortly identify which...

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

A grant scheme helping buyers to get empty properties back into use has been relaunched in part of Wales. The Valleys Taskforce...

Former Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has spoken out against what he calls “the greed of the mega-landlords.” The veteran MP -...

With buy to let and traditional commercial property both under challenge thanks to government regulations and Coronavirus, the government is now...

Owners of apparently empty or under-utilised properties in a prime London area are being asked to bring them into use to...

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

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

A growing number of buy-to-let landlords with empty homes are looking to avoid lengthy void periods and maximise profits in the...

UnderTheDoormat, which provides short-let properties in London, is opening up its homes to doctors and nurses for free as they care...

Hundreds of buy-to-let landlords have expressed concerns for the future of the buy-to-let industry if Labour comes into power.  Boris Johnson is...

Renters would stop paying council tax under radical plans being considered by the Labour Party. A Labour-commissioned report calls on the party...

Former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith has criticised policies of former Conservative chancellor George Osborne with regard to housing. Speaking at...

The government is being urged to do more to address the ‘scourge’ of empty homes in England by supporting buy-to-let landlords...

Buy-to-let landlords are often blamed, primarily by those under the age of 40, for the existing housing crisis because property investors acquire...

A 50% council tax increase could be on the way for owners of empty properties across many parts of the country...

As the Chancellor prepares to deliver his Budget today, research from Aldermore has revealed the measures prospective first-time buyers want put...

A new landlord reward scheme designed to increase the stock of private rented accommodation in the marketplace in Rochford, Essex, has...

Private landlords are being offered money to help encourage them to restore their empty homes in the London borough of Barnet.  Empty...

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

Peterborough City Council has launched a new private rental scheme aimed at landlords who are looking for a long term tenant...

Buy-to-let landlords could soon be hit with an empty homes tax after the Chancellor Philip Hammond yesterday gave local councils the...

The Chancellor Philip Hammond has delivered his Autumn Budget. Here are the key points of his speech impacting private landlords and...

Private landlords in Stirling may be interested in attending a free private rented sector open day and conference to be hosted...

Owners of vacant homes in the Rochford district in Essex are being offered grants of up to £1,000 by Rochford District...

Homeowners and prospective landlords across the Deepings and Bourne districts of Lincolnshire are being offered grants of up to £5,000 to...

Action is needed to tackle the scandal of ‘buy-to-leave’ investors who are denying Londoners the homes they need, according to the...

Luton Borough Council has launched a new initiative which aims to tackle rogue landlords who are letting properties that are being...