London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will build 6,000 “affordable” rental homes by 2030 - with their rents capped. Khan, standing...
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![Investor Insight from Zoopla: what makes the UK rental market tick?](/upload/images/23%2012%2021%202.jpg)
A chronic mismatch between supply and demand has been the defining feature of the private rental market for three years. UK rents...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Control threat to investor yields following legal decision](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2011%2016%204.jpg/23%2011%2016%204__400x267.jpg)
Yields for buy to let or corporate residential rental investors are likely to be reduced as a result of a legal...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Relief for investors as Gove rules out buy to let rent controls](/upload/images/23%2011%2002%204.jpg)
Rent controls as currently in force in Scotland and under consideration in Wales will not be put into effect in England,...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Barcelona the top Spanish hotspot after rent capping is scrapped, says agency](/upload/images/Locations/Barcelona-400x310.jpg)
Barcelona is now the number one property hotspot in Spain following the scrapping of rent capping across Catalonia. That's according to...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Mayoral race 2021 – who are the candidates for London Mayor?](/img/default/pit.png)
Early next month, Londoners will head to the polls to elect the capital’s next Mayor, in a vote that has been...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Sadiq Khan – what has his record been on housing?](/img/default/pit.png)
While the coronavirus outbreak has led to the postponement of all local and mayoral elections in England for a year to...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Sadiq Khan makes rent controls a key part of his pitch for re-election](/img/default/pit.png)
The thorny issue of rent controls has reared its head again as the campaigns for the London mayoral election 2020 start...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls cause damage to tenants, new research argues](/img/default/pit.png)
New research has claimed that rent controls hurt tenants by drying up the supply of rental homes and in some cases...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![UK rental market - how does it compare with the rest of Europe?](/img/default/pit.png)
Even though the government has tried to make life better for renters, the UK is still a long way from being...
05 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Chinese investors target Malaysia’s property market](/img/default/pit.png)
Property investors from China have replaced those from Singapore as the largest group of foreign property buyers in Malaysia, fresh figures...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Spanish politicians call for rent controls in Barcelona and Madrid](/img/default/pit.png)
Rental prices are continuing to race ahead across some of Spain’s main cities, led by gains in Barcelona and Madrid, where...
06 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rents in the Netherlands continue to rise](/img/default/pit.png)
The cost of renting a home in the non-rent controlled sector in the Netherlands continued to increase during the second quarter...
27 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Lewis Hamilton’s win in Hungary sparks worldwide tour](/img/default/pit.png)
Following Lewis Hamilton’s comfortable victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, we delve into the fast lane to take you...
25 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Who will fix London’s housing crisis?](/img/default/pit.png)
With just hours to go until voting for the London mayoral election closes, housing remains a key issue with all the leading...
05 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Berlin rent controls will work, says investment firm](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite a recently introduced rent cap, the rental sector in Berlin will remain profitable for landlords and investors, according to Property Frontiers. Berlin...