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The government has been accused of mismanaging reforms to no-fault evictions saying: “It’s created uncertainty upon uncertainty”. Theresa May first made the...

Jonathan Rolande is a property industry and housing market commentator, and is founder of the National Association of Property Buyers.  It’s almost...

A small number of activists have tried to erect a four metre high mock eviction notice on one of Housing Secretary...

Middleton Advisors commissions ongoing research to investigate key trends and structural changes in prime UK housing markets.  Our latest research considers the...

The new Chancellor in the beleaguered Liz Truss government is former health and foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt - a buy to...

The government’s latest U-turn on Section 21 evictions powers - which it now says WILL be abolished, following earlier leaks that...

The abolition of Section 21 eviction notices could lead to a surge in evictions by private landlords anxious to sell before...

Two of the country’s leading Conservative MPs have spoken at a Shelter conference which claimed millions of private renters were being...

The majority of the buy to let community want the name ‘landlord’ dropped and replaced by something like ‘small housing provider’ That’s...

Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell, who is moving a Bill through Parliament urging landlords to accept pets, says he backs a law...

The UK formally leaves the European Union at 11pm tonight, at which point it will instantly enter into an 11-month transition...

Just over a month on from the Conservative Party's election victory and all eyes are firmly fixed on Boris Johnson and...

The Tory leadership contest is well underway with just two candidates - Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt - left in the...

The two candidates for Conservative leader are being urged to make a public commitment to abolishing the controversial Right to Rent...

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 faces growing pressure to scrap Right to Rent, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, after the...

Life just doesn’t get any easier for Theresa May. No sooner had her Brexit withdrawal plan been rejected by a record-breaking...

MPs will finally hold their vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal tomorrow, with just over two months to go before the...

A Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent policy, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, will...

Tenants will be offered access to the government’s rogue landlord database under fresh plans unveiled by Theresa May. The Prime Minister was...

From tax hikes to a fresh raid on pensions tax relief, there are various tricks and treats the Chancellor could have...

The chances of a no-deal Brexit are looking increasingly likely after EU leaders snubbed Theresa May’s latest compromise offer, but that...

Recent changes in legislation, as part of government policy to encourage first-time buyers and owner-occupier purchases, have led to a tax...

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

The government’s controversial Right to Rent scheme, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, is to be challenged in...

Buy-to-let landlords are having an adverse impact on home ownership, according to new research. Fresh analysis by Onward suggests that the government...

The controversial Right to Rent scheme requiring landlords to check the immigration status of new tenants is fuelling discrimination and should...

With the number of homes coming up to let in short supply, the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling on the...

With savers receiving miserable returns, many shrewd investors are turning to the buy-to-let sector as a means of supplementing their income,...

There has been a sharp rise in the number of expats in Australia looking to invest in UK buy-to-let property, despite...

Theresa May continued to shake-up her ministerial team yesterday by handing jobs to several junior ministers, but he her decision to...

What a year it’s been! There was an unanticipated snap general election, the unexpected result, and consequently what we have now...

Over the past couple of years, private landlords have suffered some disappointing blows compared with other investors, such as the scrapping...

Labour’s symbolic victory over the rollout of universal credit on Wednesday night will have been welcomed by many buy-to-let landlords. Tory MPs were...

Rogue landlords receive in the region of £2.5bn a year for renting out ‘non-decent’ properties, which includes homes that are unsafe,...

The Queen’s Speech was unsurprisingly dominated by Brexit, with a host of proposed new laws designed to prepare the UK for...

Over the weekend Number 10 said that a deal with the Democratic Unionists had been reached, but was then forced to...

The government is facing a legal challenge over its controversial Right to Rent scheme, which effectively forces buy-to-let landlords to act...

The campaign to woo voters across the country has already started following the UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s surprise announcement that...

A lack of affordable rented homes are contributing to rising levels of homelessness, according to a new report from the national...

The announcement yesterday that prime minister Theresa May will officially trigger Article 50 next week to leave the European Union is creating huge...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is urging landlords to lobby their local MP over taxation changes announced by the now former...

Can we predict what the next 12 months may bring for the buy-to-let mortgage market? Many experts have attempted to do...

There has been a sharp decline in the volume of buy-to-let transactions following the government’s outright assault on buy-to-let landlords, according...

September was the worst month for remortgaging since the EU referendum, new figures from conveyancing firm LMS show. The research found that...

The impact of the Brexit vote is starting to make itself felt, with growing political and economic uncertainty, the collapse in...

The UK is facing a chronic shortage of homes to rent, chartered surveyors have said, largely because of tax changes for...

Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...

Gavin Barwell has been appointed the new Minister for Housing, Planning and London, taking over from Brandon Lewis, who has moved...

New Prime Minister Theresa May will undoubtedly have a number of things to do on her to-do list, but among the...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling on Theresa May’s new government to back private landlords, rather than institutional investors, to...