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Officials talk tough as licensing and registration deadline for landlords and agents approaches

Report reveals four in ten buy-to-let mortgage applications are now from companies

New tablet app launched after testing with agents

But are tenants really snubbing second bedrooms?

Rents increase by up to 10% in student towns, says SpareRoom.co.uk

And it’s nothing to do with Brexit, Halifax report claims

Conveyancing Association launches discussion paper to improve home buying and selling

Asking prices on higher-end properties hit with a steep 3.1% fall

Home owners having ‘crisis of confidence’ and keeping properties off the market – as ‘actual’ prices way below asking prices

We are not building at the rate required, Barwell admits

Is licensing really the panacea? Man who was licensed realtor for ten years admits to serial killings that have horrified America

Belvoir boss warns Chancellor he must reverse taxation policy or rental market will be badly hit

Could it really happen? Taxi drivers ordered to cut tax ‘perk’

Carter Jonas says appointment is an ‘honour’

Lenders criticise lack of consistent housing market policy

‘New’ branches are part of ‘Building our Future’ strategy, says Countrywide – but ‘new’ branches are rebrands

Figures suggest many landlords are yet to comply

Is it time for another round of first-time buyer Stamp Duty holidays?

New clause may allow landlords to make checks within 10–12 months after current expiry date

New listings up 11.4% but rentals fall in London