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Governments across the UK must do more to understand the scale of short lets in the private rent sector and the threat they may pose to housing markets.   That’s the view of letting agents’ trade body Propertymark, which has cond... read more »

Labour’s new housing spokesperson, Matthew Pennycook, says his party would go further than the government on the subject of private rental sector reform.   Speaking in a Commons debate at the end of last week Pennycook urged the govern... read more »

The Lettings Industry Council, a group of rental industry chiefs, has joined with other property professionals to reveal what they see as the risks presented to the industry by climate change.   A report coordinated by the Landmark Information... read more »

New research shows that there’s little to choose between the costs of renting and owning – a change from previous research which showed renting as more expensive.   Revolution Brokers looked at the current cost of buying on a rep... read more »

The agents’ trade body Propertymark says the government must “get realistic” over the difficulties involved in reaching Net Zero targets when dealing with older properties in the private rental sector.   The trade body says... read more »

A group wanting pets to be allowed in private rental properties says its research shows the issue is not opposition from landlords, but an absence of protection.   The National Office of Animal Health says it has conducted three-month survey... read more »

A growing number of rental applications are being rejected by agents, it’s been claimed.   PropTech firm Vouch says that between January and April of this year, there were an average of 509 tenancies being cancelled by agents each mont... read more »

Shadow housing minister Lisa Nandy has unveiled a Charter for Renters which she says will be implemented within 100 days of Labour winning a General Election.   Labour – currently running well ahead of the Conservatives in multiple opi... read more »

A team of experts has released a report that responds to government reform plans – and it insists that if Section 21 must be abolished, fixed term tenancies should remain to help negate many of the unintended consequences, whilst still giving... read more »

The property market faces a ‘year of pain’, with a new two-year forecast estimating a 10 per cent drop for house prices. But how low will they really go?   House prices in London are set to fall by 10 per cent over the next ... read more »