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

The government’s Office for National Statistics is introducing a new way of measuring rent rises from the spring. It will double the...

The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from the Financial Times...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has returned to his demand for powers to control rents in the private sector, citing a...

The Financial Times says the Labour Party is poised to reject the increasingly shrill calls for rent controls made by the...

Activist groups say landlords are being pressured by their letting agents into increasing rents. Generation Rent, led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy, and...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry is warning the Tories against ‘stealth increases’ for Capital Gains and Inheritance taxes. David Alexander...

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

A probe by the Financial Times has found that some 26,500 individuals missed the Capital Gains Tax filing deadline in 2021-22...

It’s been confirmed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to announce plans to extend the Right To Buy to housing associations. Under...

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

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...

The government is reported to be considering extending the Right To Buy from just council tenants in England to housing association...

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

More details have emerged of Lloyds Bank’s plan to become a landlord - and the proposal is even more ambitious than...

A property analyst says landlords with company structures to handle their buy to let portfolios are unlikely to be worried by changes in...

Lloyds Bank is considering entering the private rental sector as a landlord, according to a Financial Times scoop. The newspaper says it's...

The government is reported to be considering applying VAT to the use of Airbnb and other short let platforms in a...

Momentum towards an interest rate cut is growing after a third of members of the Bank of England’s rate-setting committee signalled...

Landlords have welcomed the news that Labour has dropped its proposed ‘right to buy’ policy that would have allowed long-term tenants...

The Labour Party’s planned ‘right to buy’ policy could cost landlords almost £50bn, an average of £18,400 each, according to calculations...

The prospect of a general election is looming large after Boris Johnson signalled his determination to trigger a snap vote on...

The Labour Party’s proposed ‘right to buy’ policy would have a devasting impact on the private rented sector and lead to...

The government’s decision to grant the Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee greater powers over the buy-to-let market looks set to...

The UK’s largest private landlord has sold almost half of his entire portfolio of around 900 residential properties, according to the...

Landlords are increasingly expected to exploit a loophole in the law that allows them to avoid the Chancellor George Osborne’s hefty, punitive...

The Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is the latest influential figure to hint that there may soon be additional restrictions...

Known as Britain’s biggest landlords, Fergus and Judith Wilson have started to sell off their 1,000 strong property portfolio. The ex-teachers from...