Labour has unveiled plans that would see indefinite tenancies being introduced should they be returned to government. John Healey, the shadow housing secretary, says the...
The government has been accused of failing to prepare the country’s buy to let landlords for the impact of Brexit, one leading landlord organisation warns....
The number of empty properties in England rose 5.3% to 216,186 long term empty homes in the twelve months to October 2018 according to the...
All property agents who deal with privately rented properties will be required to sign up to a new scheme that aims to protect both renters’...
The Government announced today that it will ban landlords from evicting tenants at short notice without good reason, as part of its continued shake-up of...
New Prime Minister Boris Johnson is looking at investing public funds in a new part-buy, part-rent scheme. Leading estate agents, the Romans Leaders Group, have...
First-time buyers in the UK have been given a helping hand from Chancellor Philip Hammond in his last budget before Brexit. However, the move comes...
In a surprise announcement at the weekend, housing secretary Sajid Javid has revealed plans to tackle the problems of rogue estate agents and gazumping with...
Figures from property website Rightmove have shown that house prices rose at the lowest rate for the time of year since 2011. This is in...
The Government announced plans on Friday for a new body of experts tasked with raising property agent standards. Chaired by Lord Best, the new working...
Conservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson has suggested that the burden of stamp duty – paid when a property is sold – should be switched...
The government has handed councils £2 million in a bid to crackdown on rogue landlords across the country. As a result, local authorities can now...
In an attempt to end the abuse of the leasehold system in the UK, the Government’s Housing Minister, the Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP announced...
Those homeowners looking to extend their properties will be able to do so quickly and easily without the need for a full planning application, with...
Like the negotiations themselves, making predictions on the property market’s response to Brexit is clouded by a range of competing variables. Amongst all the seemingly...
Tenants who bought their council homes using the controversial Right to Buy scheme racked up £6.4 billion in resale profits, an investigation has found. The...
