Ousted tenants right minister Patrick Harvie (main image) has urged the SNP’s new leader John Swinney to honour the government’s Bute House pledge to deliver rent controls and stronger tenant rights.

Across the country, rent has increased by 7.9% during the past year, and by 35.8% since pre-pandemic rates in January 2020, ...

A letting agency in Liverpool has vowed to appeal a banning order successfully sought by the city’s council after the firm was found to have been operating unlicenced HMOs.

A leading letting agency in London has claimed that the Government’s Renters (Reform) Bill going through parliament, along with promises by Labour to go even further than the Tories if they gain power ...

Regional differences show that Yorkshire & The Humber landlords enjoyed high yields of 6.6% while those in the capital ...

Rent controls will undermine investment in Scotland’s PRS unless there is more long-term certainty, according to one leading ...

The Green Party’s mayoral candidate in London has said she will bring in rent controls saying the time for ‘bold action’ has ...

Landlords have been promised fair compensation by a developer planning to bulldoze scores of homes on one of England’s most ...

Letting agent trade association Propertymark has urged London’s Mayor to crack down on short-term lets through licensing in a ...

The latest houses going up for auction next month are in Corby where a number need significant work to make them habitable; ...

Abolishing section 21 as soon as the Renters Reform Bill gains Royal Assent would cause chaos in the sector and leave the ...

A landlord has avoided a £32,000 rent repayment order after a judge ruled his flat was at an address not covered by a licensing scheme, but only just. Christopher Casey’s tenant had claimed that 173A ...