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Four years after the first Covid restrictions, new research by Centre for Cities shows Londoners’ escape to the country during the...

While parts of Britain are considering tightening rules over Airbnbs and other short lets, the Channel island of Jersey appears to...

The chief executive of a short lets service says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is wrong to think penalising landlords will help solve...

A controversial proposal for a £300m tax grab on landlords appears to closely follow a policy suggestion put forward by activists...

A leader of the Renters Reform Coalition activist lobby has made a specific targeted attack on the motives and honesty of...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the private rental sector according to a report this morning...

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

By Luke Lightfoot, Regional Director of Asset Management at Sigma Capital As the fastest growing sub-sector in the UK rental market, it’s...

The government should tax property ‘hoarders’ cashing in on the UK housing market says a left-leaning think tank. A report by the New Economics...

A major council has declared a Housing Emergency for its city, attributing part of the problem to rising private rents. A statement...

Another council is advertising a package of incentives for private landlords to help solve its housing shortage. Exeter council is aiming to...

While there has been a shortage of all types of rental accommodation across the UK for several years now, the student...

Last month, Housing Secretary Michael Gove declared the Government was “asking too much, too quickly” of landlords by setting a 2028...

A team of experts will look into the impact ofd Airbnbs and other short lets in a part of the UK...

A plan to regulate short lets such as Airbnbs has been ruled unlawful by a judge before it even comes into...

The Generation Rent activist group says the government’s proposed clampdown on short let landlords does not go far enough. At the end...

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

The Portuguese government has announced sweeping measures, mostly against landlords, which some activists want introduced in the UK too. Portuguese Prime Minister...

The perennial shortage of new homes in the capital has now collided with a sharp increase in government regulation, a tripling...

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

The controversial rent freeze policy in Scotland has been described as being “in chaos” by a top lettings agency chief. In a...

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

ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...

Lack of rental stock is now the biggest challenge facing letting agents today. That is what every agent I’ve spoken to...

Airbnb’s general manager is claiming that there is no fact-based evidence to link the proliferation of short lets across the UK...

Consultation events are to be held this week to gauge the reaction to a possible compulsory register for all Airbnb and...

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

Last month, I wrote about what’s in store for the private rented sector in 2022 and, like most commentators in our...

A senior figure in a newly-enlarged agency that wants to become a national force in lettings has thrown his weight behind...

Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...

Coventry council is the latest to appeal to private landlords to help it meet its housing obligations. It wants to sign up...

A council says the private rental market is “out of control” and he wants rent controls - but nonetheless is asking...

Politicians of both major parties have voiced concern over former council houses being used as Airbnb and other short lets in...

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

With house prices set to rise in 2020, on the back of greater political certainty and chronic housing shortage, the government...

With more landlords selling properties than buying them, at a time when there is growing demand from tenants for rental properties, the private rental...

The main political parties have laid out their blueprints for government ahead of what is likely to be one of the...

With the government consistently missing its housebuilding targets, Britain’s housing shortage has now reached crisis point, with the number of prospective...

The government’s proposal to scrap Section 21 of the 1988 Housing Act is likely to deter many people from investing in...

Abolishing Section 21 without making Section 8 fully “fit for purpose” will have dire consequences on our housing supply. This week, the...

Legal & General has been granted planning permission to develop the Longley Industrial Estate into Brighton’s first Build to Rent (BTR)...

The chancellor Philip Hammond has once again failed to deliver for private landlords, with yesterday’s rather low-key Spring Statement yet another...

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

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan is developing rent control proposals as part of his 2020 re-election bid in the hope...

Despite the headlines, it’s not all doom and gloom for the buy-to-let sector. While the BTL industry has undergone radical change over...

There have been fresh calls for new restrictions on Airbnb and other short-term letting websites in this country, just days after...

The government remains committed to building more new homes, but their target of 300,000 a year is unlikely to be met. Sky-high...

While most private renters in the UK aspire to buy property, the reality is that many people simply cannot afford to...

Free gas and electrical checks are among the incentives being offered to landlords with properties in Barrow-in-Furness in a bid to...

The government’s decision to review how selective licensing is used across the private rental sector in order to find out how well...

A drop in the number of properties coming onto the private rented market in prime central London (PCL) has begun to...

The growing housing crisis in London is forcing employees to quit their jobs and making it harder for firms to recruit...

There has been much debate about Brexit and how it will impact the property market and the economy as a whole. ...

Residential property remains the long-term investment of choice for many Britons, illustrated by the high number of properties sold under the...

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating 200 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Brighton as part...

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating 220 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Birmingham, as part...

The scare tactics adopted by the government to keep Britain in the EU ahead of last year’s Brexit referendum saw the...

A decline in the number of rental properties on the market is driving rents upwards across England and Wales, fresh figures...

With significantly more new homes urgently needed to help plug the housing shortage in this country, the government views the Build...

A high number of buy-to-let investors prioritise rental rents over capital gains when making property purchase decisions, and with that in...

A chronic shortage of properties continues to drive rental prices upwards across the country, according to the Association of Residential Letting...

Andy Haldane, the Bank of England’s chief economist, last year confirmed what many of us already knew – investing in property...

The Scottish government’s proposed new minimum energy efficiency standards for the private rented sector could risk having an adverse impact on...

Let’s face it - landlords have a bad reputation. While that reputation is largely undeserved, the landlord bashing articles often featured...

The number of buy-to-let landlords registering to buy property fell last month by 3.7% in England and Wales compared with the...

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating over 250 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Leeds, as...

The policy focus of the upcoming election will be on Brexit, but political parties will do well to remember that housing...

The past year has been a challenging time for landlords, following a raft of changes introduced by the government, prompting concern...

Rental prices look set to increase in the coming months on the back of a growing supply-demand imbalance, the latest Private...

Student rents look set to increase amid a housing shortage across many of the UK’s main university cities, according to a...

There are growing fears that tenants will end up bearing the cost of the government’s decision to ban letting agents' fees...

It is not the best time to be a buy-to-let landlord at the moment, with a raft of changes introduced by...

The pace of rental price growth in the UK slowed to 0.05% in the month to October from a rise of...

Older people are facing a shortage of suitable housing for their retirement, putting pressure on the wider property market, according to...

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

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

Student rents have increased by as much as 10% over the past 12 months amid a severe housing shortage across the...

Rents in the private rented sector continued to rise in July, hitting an average of £846 across England and Wales, according to...

There was a rise in the volume of housebuilding schemes started in England in the run-up to the EU referendum but...

With demand for rental accommodation heavily outstripping housing supply, more than a quarter of tenants feel as though they were rushed...

The government is being urged to scrap stamp duty for buy-to-let landlords who want to add to their property portfolio and...

The former president of the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) is calling on the new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, to consider...

The number of new homes registered to be built looks set to fall as many housebuilders will be less willing to...

The public vote in favour of Brexit is a shock to many people and has already resulted in a sharp decline...

With just hours remaining until the polls close, the outcome of the EU referendum is too close to call. The sense of...

Professional investors should be exempt from the recently introduced 3% stamp duty surcharge, according to the Better Renting for Britain campaign. Some of...

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

The total number of evictions last year reached a record high of 42,728 according to data from the Ministry of Justice.  Whilst...