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Around half of first-time buyers say their prospects of owning a home are further away than ever due to the ongoing...

How can letting agents attract new landlords when they’re all selling their portfolios? That’s a major question for the lettings industry –...

A PropTech entrepreneur has renewed his criticism of the government for failing to put flesh on the bones of the Renters...

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill has been unveiled, as Ministers bid to address the housing crisis and create a fairer rental...

The National Residential Landlords Association has reacted angrily to the latest UK government to flirt with adopting the Scottish example of...

Activists are demanding that the government stop landlords circumnavigating an imminent eviction ban by hiking rents so tenants leave anyway. The London...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove says the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, first promised in 2019, will finally be introduced into Parliament next...

Proposed government reforms of the private rented sector threaten to make it harder for students to enter higher education, according to...

The government’s proposed tenancy reforms - including the banning of section 21 evictions - could be undermined by delays in the...

Two of the UK’s highest profile animal welfare organisations want the government to introduce better protection for responsible tenants with pets. Dogs...

Government plans to reform the private rented sector risk making it more difficult for students to enter higher education. That’s the warning...

An arctic wind has blown throughout the UK in December. Yet it feels that the private rented sector (PRS) has been...

Figures from across the private rental sector have written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt...

I think 2022 can be summarised as ‘unsettling’ to say the least. With three prime ministers in less than six months,...

Despite a string of pledges on rental sector reform delivered in recent days by government ministers, including Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...

The large majority of players in the lettings industry wants the rental reform programme outlined by the government, an agent claims. Laura...

I often use this column to discuss the reputation of landlords and the broader private rented sector which, as we all...

A new 100-unit Build To Rent scheme in Manchester called The Quarters is being marketed as “pet friendly”. The company behind it,...

The future of the private rented sector in England has been back under the Westminster spotlight in the last two weeks...

The Private Rental Sector is undeniably in need of some assistance, as recent changes to legislation and global events have put...

The MPs Natalie Elphicke and Lloyd Russell-Moyle are to lead a debate today in the House of Commons on the private rental...

The time taken to introduce legislation reforming the private rented sector is triggering an exodus of landlords, a lettings industry chief...

Propertymark’s head of policy and campaigns, Timothy Douglas, will explain how investment in the private rented sector can be better incentivised when...

Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...

A group wanting pets to be allowed in private rental properties says its research shows the issue is not opposition from...

The government’s expected U-turn on the future of Section 21 eviction powers has provoked an explosion of anger from Generation Rent...

One of the highest profile figures in the lettings industry says the apparent inaction by government over rental reform gives an...

More enforcement is required if the government is to introduce the scale of reforms it has called for in its recent...

Shadow housing minister Lisa Nandy has unveiled a Charter for Renters which she says will be implemented within 100 days of...

For the last decade, successive Governments have promised a review of the rules around renting in the UK – in part...

Landlords across the country will be aware of the government’s shiny new proposed policy package for the Private Rental Sector, released...

Two new ministers have been appointed to the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. But at this stage it’s uncertain whether...

PropTech firms Goodlord and Voich have released the findings of their annual State of the Lettings Industry survey. Some 2,600 agents, landlords...

* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Agents are warning that...

The minister who was behind the controversial Renters Reform Bill and the accompanying White Paper has this morning resigned from the...

The National Residential Landlords Association has issued its formal congratulations to Simon Clarke, the new Housing Secretary. But Ben Beadle, NRLA chief...

The National Residential Landlords Association and the Generation Rent activist group both give evidence today to MPs as they begin a...

A council is urging landlords to attend a conference looking at issues affecting the private rental sector.  The Renters Reform Bill, the...

There’s only today and tomorrow left for landlords to respond to the committee of MPs currently calling for evidence concerning the...

A job at the Generation Rent campaign group is being advertised on a site dedicated to jobs working for MPs. The post...

There is still time for landlords to influence the specific provisions of the Renters Reform Bill according to one of the...

In June, the government finally released its long-awaited White Paper ‘A Fairer Private Rented Sector’. You will almost certainly have seen...

London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed credit for many of the measures contained in the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector...

New research from animal welfare charity Battersea - the new name for the Battersea Cats and Dogs Home - claims 50...

The National Residential Landlords Association is asking all landlords - not just its members - to contribute to a consultation on...

It’s just possible that the new Prime Minister - whether Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss - might just redress the imbalance...

On 16 June 2022, the Government introduced a White Paper called “A Fairer Rented Private Sector”. It proposes the biggest changes...

The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...

Yet another committee of MPs has launched a ‘call for evidence’ as it starts an investigation into the private rental sector. The...

Next week a webinar will give landlords and other property professionals an opportunity to put questions directly to one of the...

Government plans to ban Section 21 evictions could push up rents and reduce rental stock, a property dispute expert is warning. Lee Pearce...

As part of The Renters’ Reform White Paper, the UK government proposed that all tenants be moved onto a single system...

Unintended consequences. Let’s face it, they happen across lots of different areas of our lives. We start out with the best...

The National Residential Landlords Association has identified five key areas for its campaigning in the short term, as the Conservatives elect...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been packed with MPs loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as...

Our politics seems pretty broken to me and whilst I don’t wish to take a side between one flavour or the...

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

With speculation about what happens next in Westminster at fever pitch, now isn’t the time to make predictions as to how...

With the (eventual) departure of Boris Johnson, the next question for landlords and indeed much of the property industry is: What’s going...

PropTech companies Goodlord and Vouch have come together to call for input for their State Of The Lettings Industry report. And with...

Greg Clark is the new Housing Secretary, with responsibilities including steering the Renters' Reform Bill through parliament. He is part of a...

Cabinet minister Michael Gove and junior minister Eddie Hughes - architects of the pro-renter White Paper issued last month - are staying...

Landlords typically spend hundreds of pounds repairing properties damaged by pets, but unable to recoup their costs.  That’s the claim from industry...

Little may have been heard of Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell in recent months but he has broken his silence to back...

Now is the time to lobby the Government on the detail of the Renters Reform Bill. That’s the message from the expert...

An organisation that helps promote the Build To Rent sector says BTR should take credit for many of the changes proposed...

Leading rental payment platform PayProp has welcomed the added protections for landlords and renters outlined in the UK government’s rental reform...

Landlords should not be downbeat about the scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers as proposed in the rental reform White Paper. That’s...

The Generation Rent group of activists says it has concerns over the broad proposals to allow landlords to charge for additional...

Trade bodies have vigorously lobbied government during the two and a half year process leading to the delivery of the Fairer...

Thank goodness the uncertainty is over - but is it all too skewed towards tenants? That’s the worry of suppliers as Daniel...

One of the highest profile advocates of widespread reform in the private rental sector has been Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of...

The architects of the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper have been housing minister Eddie Hughes MP, Housing Secretary Michael Gove...

The campaigning charity Shelter - once a critic of government policies over letting agents and landlords - has given a ringing...

The Deposit Protection Service has given landlords tips on how to prepare their homes for pets because, it says, the single...

The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...

The chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association says the devil is in the detail when it comes to the...

What looks suspiciously like a government leak to the Daily Mail says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will be unveiled...

Overnight speculation of a Cabinet reshuffle has yet again led to uncertainty over the Renters’ Reform Bill, pledging a radical shake-up...

Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...

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

Activists have expressed their delight that the government has “listed to the voice of renters” in its provisions for widespread reform...

This is the entirety of the detail given by the government about the Renters’ Reform Bill, confirmed in yesterday’s Queen’s Speech. --- Renters Reform...

Activists from pressure groups and London-focussed tenants’ bodies have handed in a letter to 10 Downing Street asking the Prime Minister...

A report from the Public Accounts Committee on the regulation of the private rented sector (PRS) was issued with little notice...

Bizarre but true - a tenant has undergone a pseudo-marriage ceremony with her cat in a bid to get around any...

Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina says he anticipates the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper may now be delayed further, possibly until...

Renting is changing. That’s what we keep being told by the Government as it prepares the ground for its renters’ reform...

Whether you own a leasehold or freehold property, if you’re an HMO landlord who rents out rooms, individual flats or even...

Landlords are being invited to let the BBC know what it believes lies behind the current rental market stock shortage.  The corporation...

A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...

Rental activists have made clear that they are not going to stop when their objective to scrap Section 21 eviction powers...

A pressure group of campaigners highly critical of landlords and letting agents is organising protests at cities this weekend. Acorn - which...

Housing minister Eddie Hughes MP has met with activists to discuss the government’s reform proposals for the private rental sector.  They were...

The government appears to have admitted that the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper has now been delayed yet again, this time...

The Renters’ Reform Coalition, a combination of some 20 groups of activists wanting to transform the lettings sector, has set its...

The National Residential Landlords Association is trying to head off the growing clamour for rent controls by setting out its own...

The significant majority of private renters are happy with their properties, status and their landlords according to a new survey. A report...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says landlords should wise-up by using a letting agent to improve yields, rather than sell-up because of...

It goes without saying that any decent landlord wants to provide their tenants with a safe and secure home and to...