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London's housing crisis is usually blamed on a simple lack of supply, but a new report from the Centre for London argues the real problem runs deeper, into how we tax homes. The thinktank's answer is radical: abolish both stamp duty and council tax, and replace them with an annual proportional property tax (PPT) levied on the value of the property.
Few things get the property industry talking quite like the promise of a regulatory bonfire, and Reform's plan to scrap what it calls 'daft' housing laws has done exactly that. The party's proposal to sweep away rules it considers burdensome has drawn responses from across the sector, and the debate it has opened goes to the heart of a question that affects every renter, landlord and buyer in the country: how much regulation is too much?
There is something quietly brutal about a property auction. Paddles rise, gavels fall, and lives change hands in seconds.
A question increasingly asked in property circles is what a Reform government could actually mean for the housing market. The i Paper has taken a look at the potential consequences, with particular attention to landlords, and it is a question worth taking seriously given how central housing has become to British political debate.
A significant change is on the way for the private rented sector, and anyone who lets out property should take note. According to a recent guide from Simply Business, the Renters' Rights Act introduces twelve new rules for landlords, and the sheer number involved shows just how wide-ranging the legislation is.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has put forward a striking proposition in the long-running argument over rent controls: with the right tax reform, they could actually be delivered. The headline finding is simple enough, but it reframes a debate that has often been stuck in a sterile for-or-against rut.
When the government decides to put its own capital behind a private rental housing fund, it is worth paying attention. The National Housing Bank, a company owned by Homes England, has come on board as a cornerstone investor in Starlight UK's Build-to-Rent Fund II, committing a phased £100 million that will help push forward a pipeline of 6,000 rental homes across England.
Goodlord is reporting that the How to Rent Guide is going away. That headline claim is currently the one solid element of the story: the material available contains no dates, no explanation of when the withdrawal takes effect and no detail about what it will mean in practice.
The shock of a local election loss in a once‑safe Labour area has sparked a fresh debate about why the party’s support is crumbling. While political analysts point to a range of factors, the most glaring is the chronic shortage of affordable homes – a problem that has been building for decades.
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