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Rental growth in prime London postcodes has narrowed to levels last seen in the summer of 2021, says Knight Frank. Average rents...
08 May 2024
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A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...
03 May 2024
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A lettings sector trade body predicts that the House of Lords is unlikely to make substantive changes to the Renters Reform...
03 May 2024
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Housing minister Lee Rowley will be taking centre stage at the largest property agency conference in the UK this summer, Propertymark...
30 April 2024
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There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...
24 April 2024
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A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...
18 April 2024
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London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will build 6,000 “affordable” rental homes by 2030 - with their rents capped. Khan, standing...
08 April 2024
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Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...
02 April 2024
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The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Jacob...
28 March 2024
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A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...
20 March 2024
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A former housing minister responsible for the sell off of huge numbers of social homes has told the Prime Minister he...
18 March 2024
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The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...
06 March 2024
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The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...
04 March 2024
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The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...
03 March 2024
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While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...
13 February 2024
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Prominent MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have renewed their onslaught on Airbnb and other short let platforms. Former Lib...
06 February 2024
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New data released by insurance firm HomeLet claims that average rents have fallen now for three months on the bounce. The past...
05 February 2024
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A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...
29 January 2024
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The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...
29 January 2024
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Two former housing ministers are at war with each other after an attack on Rishi Sunak’s premiership in today’s Daily Telegraph. Sir...
24 January 2024
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Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...
22 January 2024
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Labour says it will keep the controversal Right To Buy policy in England if it wins this year’s General Election. This is...
02 January 2024
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The date has been set for the Spring Budget - the last before the General Election. It’s to be on Wednesday March...
28 December 2023
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A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...
27 December 2023
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The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...
21 December 2023
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Independent polling gives Labour a big lead when it comes to its approach to housing policy. Detailed polling by the Ipsos pollster...
21 December 2023
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Second homes in the area of Essex known as Tendring - including popular holiday lets resort Frinton on Sea and the...
01 December 2023
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More multi-millionaires and billionaires are choosing to rent super-prime homes in London, rather than purchase, reveals a new wealth report Beauchamp Estates’...
29 November 2023
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The first meeting has been held of the Housing Coalition, a new group including Propertymark and some landlord bodies. A statement from...
24 November 2023
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A council’s lettings service - first set up a decade ago - says it is stepping up its campaign to recruit...
31 October 2023
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The Welsh Housing Minister has committed to a Housing Survey to assist its policies for the private rental sector. Propertymark has been...
27 October 2023
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MPs have given the Renters Reform Bill its Second Reading - a procedure which means it now continues into the Committee...
24 October 2023
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The Renters Reform Coalition - a collection of some 20 activist groups and charities demanding changes to the private rental sector...
24 October 2023
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A government minister has pledged to act on the threat to lettings agents posed by banks acting against pooled client accounts. Many...
20 October 2023
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A PR exercise has discovered that 89 per cent of UK MPs would not give priority to Build-to-Rent schemes in their...
11 October 2023
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Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...
10 October 2023
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is launching its manifesto at this week’s Tory party conference - and improving the supply...
02 October 2023
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Housing Secretary Michael Gove will address the main Conservative party Conference on Tuesday morning next week - but perhaps his most...
28 September 2023
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It may still be 16 months until the furthest date for the next General Election but with party conference season in...
27 September 2023
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The Select Committee that shadows the work of Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is complaining that its...
20 September 2023
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The Financial Times, using sources in the Parliamentary Conservative party, are blaming some Tory MPs for blocking the route of the...
18 September 2023
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Parliament resumes today following its summer recess but there is still a lack of detail on aspects of the Renters Reform...
04 September 2023
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The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has announced its decision on base rate. It will rise by 0.25 per cent to...
03 August 2023
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The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...
07 July 2023
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A prominent housing journalist says Labour should fund councils to buy homes directly from private landlords to rapidly increase the size...
01 June 2023
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A franchise network boss has sharply criticised both Labour and the Tories for their pro-tenant policies. Dominic Agace, chief executive of Winkworth,...
18 May 2023
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Consumer champion Martin Lewis - the man behind the Money Saving Expert website and TV shows - has backed the Renters...
17 May 2023
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Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...
12 May 2023
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New government figures show how overdue the government's reform of private renting is, claims campaigning charity Shelter. The charity says the figures...
11 May 2023
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An unnamed Conservative MP cited in a newspaper claims up to 30 colleagues may vote against the Renters Reform Bill in...
11 May 2023
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The government has back-tracked on its decision to publish the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill this week. The Mirror newspaper reports that “procedural issues”...
10 May 2023
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A veteran Conservative is calling on his government to clamp down on HMOs and ensure there is better council regulation and...
05 April 2023
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Labour’s much-publicised pledge to freeze council tax for the next year excludes empty buy to let properties and second homes it...
03 April 2023
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A Conservative MP in a tourist region has blamed the switch of rental accommodation to Airbnbs for a shortage of places...
27 March 2023
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The government must focus on measures in next week’s Budget that will boost significantly the supply of homes, according to lettings...
09 March 2023
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The chief executive of Purplebricks, who eight weeks ago claimed to have “a plan to grow our lettings business”, is now...
20 February 2023
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Propertymark has told the government it should have three priorities for next month’s Budget. 1. Improving welfare system for vulnerable and low-waged...
02 February 2023
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Propertymark wants to see more energy-efficient homes, but with realistic targets and incentives to act. In its submission to the government ahead...
31 January 2023
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The housing crisis will be made worse by rent caps, two property experts have said. Various activist groups, much of the Green...
26 January 2023
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The controversial ban on private rental sector rent rises and evictions is to continue in Scotland for another six months at...
16 January 2023
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Airbnb has come out in favour of a short lets registration scheme across the UK - similar to the one promised...
10 January 2023
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The government is under new pressure to introduce a last minute eviction ban to avoid private renters facing homelessness over Christmas. Liberal...
15 December 2022
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Agents have expressed their anger at the government effectively scrapping any meaningful house building targets. Housing Secretary Michael Gove scrapped the mandatory...
12 December 2022
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Housing Secretary Michael Gove has sent a letter to the Competitions and Markets Authority saying the watchdog is independent - but...
07 December 2022
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The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...
06 December 2022
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The government has made a general commitment to work with those who want council tax reforms for Homes in Multiple Occupation. Earlier...
25 November 2022
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A second agency chief has warned the Conservatives of the possible electoral consequences of higher taxes aimed at the private rental...
21 November 2022
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Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...
24 October 2022
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It’s been an embarrassing weekend for Housing Secretary Simon Clarke - backing a candidate for the Tory leadership who didn’t turn...
24 October 2022
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The man behind a new survey of tenants’ voting intentions claims the Conservatives need to worry about losing support amongst young...
12 October 2022
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The government may be changing its mind on scrapping Section 21 eviction powers according to a bombshell story in The Times. Outlining what...
11 October 2022
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There appears to be no space for discussion on the government’s private rental sector reform policies at the Tory Party conference...
30 September 2022
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Shadow housing minister Lisa Nandy has unveiled a Charter for Renters which she says will be implemented within 100 days of...
27 September 2022
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Lee Rowley is the new housing minister, specifically responsible for taking charge of the government’s rental reform agenda. The government has confirmed...
20 September 2022
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The landlords’ main trade body is directly challenging a Tory MP who has called for a rent freeze. Natalie Elphicke - in...
12 September 2022
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A prominent supporter of new Prime Minister Liz Truss has spoken out against rent controls. Veteran Conservative MP Sir John Redwood, who...
08 September 2022
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With the campaign for rent controls gathering momentum from London Mayor Sadiq Khan and sympathetic pressure groups, a right wing Conservative-backing...
24 August 2022
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It has emerged that Generation Rent and Shelter are amongst the charities that have written to Conservative leadership contenders Liz Truss...
17 August 2022
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A prominent Welsh Conservative politician has called for a reform of the strict measures imposed on the private rental sector in...
12 August 2022
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A Labour MP says the government should introduce emergency rent controls as part of a package of measures to combat the...
11 August 2022
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Agents are being dragged into a debate over whether locals should be given priority to rent or buy, as a result...
05 August 2022
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A prominent trade body is warning Tory leadership candidates not to put rental reform on the back burner and add to...
03 August 2022
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Forty per cent of privately rented homes in England are unlikely to achieve the energy efficiency rating target set to become...
25 July 2022
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The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been packed with MPs loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as...
11 July 2022
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Within two hours of Greg Clarke being appointed by Boris Johnson as the new Housing Secretary, the leader of Generation Rent...
08 July 2022
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If housing really is seen by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as one of his key policy goals, there must be uncertainty...
07 July 2022
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The former president of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government for failing to regulate the agency industry. Maxine...
30 June 2022
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The famous seaside town of Whitby in Yorkshire has voted in a referendum considering a ban on new build properties being...
14 June 2022
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A selection of property industry figures have spoken out against the government’s latest proposals to extend Right To Buy to housing...
10 June 2022
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A Conservative MP is suggesting that there could be a ’25 mile limit’ imposed around certain rental properties to ensure they...
20 May 2022
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The government is admitting that its rental reform agenda is aimed primarily at the north of England - which just happens...
12 May 2022
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Leaks from government ahead of this morning’s Queen’s Speech suggest that second homes which are not let out are likely to...
10 May 2022
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A leading lettings sector commentator believes today’s local elections may not directly change the private rental sector but could have a...
05 May 2022
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A prominent industry supplier has hit out at what he calls “the merry go round of housing ministers” following yet another...
22 March 2022
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Rental portal Rentd says the pandemic-long decline in the London rental market is now “reversing at speed”. Rental values are climbing annually...
18 March 2022
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A London council is urging letting agents and landlords to sign a pledge to encourage tenants to use the local recycling...
17 March 2022
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Lower income households, often found in the private rental sector, are set to bear the brunt of the rising inflation and...
14 March 2022
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It’s now been made clear that there will be a detailed White Paper in the spring explaining radical changes to the...