New Housing Secretary Steve Reed has a track record of lambasting landlords as a quick trawl through Hansard parliamentary records reveals.
Read MoreNew housing secretary ‘no friend of landlords’ speeches reveal
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Labour council wants to sting landlords £1,540 for small HMOs
Westminster council is launching a public consultation to renew its borough-wide Additional Licensing Scheme for smaller HMOs – with landlords expected to pay £1,540 for a licence to operate.
Read MoreLabour’s tax proposals leave landlords paying stamp duty surcharge
Labour’s controversial proposals under consideration for the reform of property taxation appear to be leaving landlords high and dry – and paying the stamp duty surcharges they already face.
Read MoreRachel Reeves to announce permanent 95% mortgage guarantee scheme
Mortgages offered through the scheme will mean first-time buyers and home movers can buy a home with a deposit of just 5%.
Read MoreRenters’ Rights Bill committee stage (House of Lords): What’s happened so far?
The Government has announced six dates for committee sessions in April and May as the Renters’ Rights Bill enters its final stages.
Read MoreSpring Statement will not shift the PRS/BTL fundamentals – Hendry
When is a Budget not a Budget? When it’s a Spring Statement of course, which will be outlined to the House of Commons by the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, on 26 March.
Read MoreSpring Statement: What will it mean for mortgages and housing?
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has reinforced the government’s commitment to ‘get Britain building again’ as she delivered her Spring Statement today.
Read MoreCLAIM: Labour’s ‘new towns’ will be all about BTR not private landlords
The UK’s new towns will favour build-to-rent developers rather than private landlords, according to a think tank which labels them “profit-seeking institutional investors”, often based overseas.
Read MoreI’m a landlord selling my homes before the Budget to avoid capital gains tax rise
Jamie Fraser, 56, has been a landlord for 27 years but has recently started selling off his portfolio of properties, ahead of the changes that the Labour Party is likely to bring in at the end of this month.
Read MoreGeneration Rent back on warpath demanding Labour rent controls
The leader of tenant activist group Generation Rent has renewed calls for the Labour government to introduce rent controls.
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