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Major report reveals landlords, tenants and agents 'under strain'

Major report reveals landlords, tenants and agents 'under strain'

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Three quarters of landlords believe the private rented sector has got worse recently and half are planning to quit, the new report has also found.

Courts 'not ready for rental reforms' Lords and lawyers tell Labour

Courts 'not ready for rental reforms' Lords and lawyers tell Labour

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Lawyers and Tory peers have expressed fears that the Renters’ Rights Bill will be ineffective without further investment in the courts.

Government warned Renters Rights' Bill will drive landlords out

Government warned Renters Rights' Bill will drive landlords out

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Baroness Scott and a handful of other Lords defended landlords during yesterday's debate in parliament, warning Labour that the Renters Rights Bill will reduce supply.

Ending a tenancy: Doing things right

Ending a tenancy: Doing things right

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Landlord confidence 'severely shaken' by looming renting reforms

Landlord confidence 'severely shaken' by looming renting reforms

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Landlords are broadly less confident than they were a year ago, with that confidence significantly shaken by the Renters’ Rights Bill.

Council pins rising homelessness on fewer HMOs but plans planning ban!

Council pins rising homelessness on fewer HMOs but plans planning ban!

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Ipswich Council has pointed the figure at HMO landlords for the town’s failure to house more homeless people but is pressing ahead with plans to restrict HMO numbers.

Political hostility to landlords 'pushing them out'

Political hostility to landlords 'pushing them out'

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Hostility from politicians is pushing landlords out of the Scottish rental market, new research has found.

Paul Shamplina's boxing charity event returns for 2025 - TWICE!

Paul Shamplina's boxing charity event returns for 2025 - TWICE!

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A charity boxing event organised by TV star Paul Shamplina is celebrating its ten-year anniversary by revealing two events this year.

Jeremy Corbyn backs rent controls for England

Jeremy Corbyn backs rent controls for England

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Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has warned the government that renter reforms would still allow landlords to make “excessive profits” unless rent controls are introduced.

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CGT revenues from rental home sales rise by £100m

CGT revenues from rental home sales rise by £100m

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A further sign that landlords are selling up comes from new HMRC figures that reveal an increase in Capital Gains Tax (CGT) revenues for the Government from the sale of residential properties.

Big agency boss pins rising rents and low supply on Tories

Big agency boss pins rising rents and low supply on Tories

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A leading lettings agency boss has pinned rising rents and fewer properties to rent squarely on the previous Conservative Government, says its policies have ‘driven away’ landlords.

BREAKING: Bank of England cuts base interest rate by 0.25%

BREAKING: Bank of England cuts base interest rate by 0.25%

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Landlords with buy-to-let mortgages who are about to come out of short-term fixed-rate deals will be relieved today after the Bank of England cut its base lending rate to 5%.

Britain needs more homes, not landlords says campaigning group

Britain needs more homes, not landlords says campaigning group

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Encouraging landlords to rent out more homes will not solve the housing crisis, it has been claimed.

Essex landlord banned for three years after HMO court case

Essex landlord banned for three years after HMO court case

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A rogue landlord who was also a letting agent in Essex has been banned from being a landlord in England for three years.

East Midlands city reveals clampdown on smaller HMOs

East Midlands city reveals clampdown on smaller HMOs

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A big council in the East Midlands has revealed plans to extend and widen its additional licencing scheme for HMOs.

Angela Rayner reveals big changes for Right to Buy

Angela Rayner reveals big changes for Right to Buy

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Labour has moved to make good on its manifesto promise to reform and improve the Right to Buy scheme which, under the Tories, saw the number of publicly-funded affordable rented homes in England shrink dramatically.

Social landlords blasted by Housing Ombudsman report - for maladministration

Social landlords blasted by Housing Ombudsman report - for maladministration

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Councils are failing in more ways than one. When it comes to complaints from their tenants, repairs and maintaining safety standards, councils are not performing

Landlord loses long-running 'battle of the staircase' with council

Landlord loses long-running 'battle of the staircase' with council

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An HMO landlord has lost his appeal against an improvement notice ordering him to update a 'paddle staircase'.