The Welsh Assemblys answer to the housing crisis in Wales, Rent Smart Wales, registration scheme got off to a slow start last week with a new landlord registration and licensing scheme.
Read MoreJudging by the stories you read in the UK press, you would be forgiven for thinking that rent affordability is confined to the UK. Think again. This is a world-wide crisis.
Read MoreChancellor George Osborne in his autumn statement today said he would introduce new rates of stamp duty from next April that would include a 3 per cent hike in duty on the purchases of buy-to-let rentals and second homes.
Read MoreHomeownership has been in decline but the majority of the Baby Boomer generation households in the UK still own their own home.
Read MoreThe Housing and Planning Bill is set to become a cornerstone of the Conservative Governments vision for the property and rental market to 2020.
Read MoreHousing Minister Brandon Lewis says rogue landlords are fuelling illegal immigration by housing illegals in dangerous, dirty and overcrowded homes.
Read MoreDespite several tenants campaigning groups claiming that renters want long-term tenancy agreements, credible evidence points otherwise. Most renters want short tenancies.
Read MoreCouncils are to be offered an extra £5m to tackle rogue landlords, who in some areas have spawned a plague of beds in sheds.
Read MoreThe 1st of February next year (2016) is the day you need to remember as the start of Right-to-Rent across England, when commencing a new tenancy.
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