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The UK Government has set out further reforms across housing, communities, and local government, with proposals affecting leasehold, building safety, social housing, local authority standards, and tourism levies. Reforms to Right to Buy, local authority standards, visitor levies and high value property taxation could also affect local housing markets and the way councils, owners, agents and residents interact.
The UK Government has set out how it intends to ban the sale of new leasehold flats, expand the legal framework, and improve accessibility to make commonhold the default tenure for flats in both residential and mixed-use developments. Propertymark welcomes efforts to address the entrenched problems in the leasehold system, and we have put forward our recommendations for strengthening the draft legislation, ensuring the role of professional managing agents is recognised and supported, and the sector has adequate time to prepare.
The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 introduces the biggest changes to the private rented sector in England for over 30 years. In this guide, we outline the key things you need to know and what you need to think about to help you adapt.
Under the Renters' Rights Act 2025, landlords won’t be able to give notice to tenants without a reason. The UK Government has created an exception to this, which will allow landlords renting Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) to full-time students to gain possession. This guide outlines the details.