Rent controls would push down house prices, warns IFS
A cap on rents paid by tenants would trigger a decline in house prices across the UK, a leading think...
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Aspiring homeowners’ dreams are being exploited by social landlords
Parliament originally intended that shared ownership should provide a stepping stone to full home ownership for those starting out with...
Foxtons hit as Labour’s rent reforms let students move out early
Foxtons cut its profit guidance after earnings for the first half of its financial year plunged by nearly a third...
Council house renters save £1m thanks to taxpayer support
“Trying to channel all of the energies of the state into building more social homes is deeply misguided when we...
‘Concrete hell’ regeneration prices workers out with £3,100 rents for one-bed flats
Built as part of a £1.5bn regeneration, the Elephant Quarter consists of several tower blocks. Its website describes the flats...
‘I pay £680 a month to rent in London – but my neighbours are prisoners’
Young Londoners not only see a generational gap in wealth, but a regional one among their own peers.At first, friends...
How landlords can avoid the new Renters’ Rights rules when selling a property
This may be more important for certain types of landlords. Sim Sekhon, the group chief executive of Propoly and Legal...
Labour is trying to kill the private landlord – I’m not giving up without a fight
I remain steadfast in my belief that a functioning private rental market is essential to supporting social mobility and, in...
Landlords sell 700 properties a day as Labour’s reforms bite
Mustafa Sidki, a partner at Thackray Williams, said that his firm had seen four times the number of instructions for...
Labour-led council forced to water down landlord licensing scheme
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