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Many landlords say they’re set to expand investments in 2024 despite facing up to 80 per cent higher costs in the...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help tnavigate legislative...

A new council licensing scheme has been given the go ahead by the government. Peterborough council’s selective licensing scheme will be run...

Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - and has looked back on the past 12 months. This year, 2023, ends with...

The substantial majority of landlords lack any optimism about their sector as they enter 2024. That’s the result of a new sentiment...

Thousands of Britons earning from letting their spare room or using parts of their home on platforms like Airbnb could be...

It’s emerged that Housing Secretary approved yet another vast landlord licensing system just days before Christmas. On December Gove gave approval to...

The head of a major industry service supplier insists the Renters Reform Bill provision making it easier for tenants to keep...

According to a London property management company, the profile of renters in prime London is varying hugely.  Glenfield Property Management says that...

A new analysis of discounts available to cash buyer suggests they can save tens of thousands of pounds on some property...

A major property industry supplier claims that the housing sector could meet government targets to improve the Energy Performance Certificate ratings for homes.  Landmark...

A local authority is calling for emergency legislation to help it and other councils stop the spread of Airbnbs and other...

The controversial Renters Reform Coalition - a band of campaigners including the Acorn and Generation Rent ginger groups - claims public...

A Labour politician has returned to the subject of rent controls - even though the party has officially abandoned this as...

A council is developing a new private sector housing renewal and disabled adaptations policy and is seeking the views of landlords,...

Monthly interest costs have surged by 283 per cent since 2021 for landlords using interest-only mortgages, research shows. Octane Capital compared rates...

Repairs and maintenance supplier Fixflo is warning landlords of a surge in demand for Electrical Installation Condition Reports in the short...

Citra Living, the Build To Rent arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has announced another new scheme. It is a 95-flat development at...

The Renters Reform Bill in its latest amended version now runs to 15 pages, and is available on the Parliament website. The...

Airbnb is changing the way prospective tenants can pay.  The launch is part of a phased global roll-out which will see Klarna...

Almost two thirds of private landlords expect to see their mortgage payments increase over the next 12 months with warnings that...

Christmas goodwill towards landlords seems in short supply from activist group Generation Rent.  It has this week issued a statement saying the...

Consumer Price Inflation in November was 3.9 per cent - significantly lower than the 4.4 per cent expected by many analysts. It’s...

Airbnb in the UK is bringing in restrictions on certain bookings over New Year’s Eve to deter guests holding anti-social parties. Proprietary...

A business consultancy claims the HMNRC Self-Assessment helpline - set up to assist those compiling and filing tax returns as the...

Britain is in the grip of a new mould crisis, a leading property association has warned.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

The Nationwide says 2023 has seen a surprisingly-resilient housing market but there will be no full scale recovery in 2024 -...

Two-thirds of private landlords in the UK are optimistic about how their property investments will perform in the coming years -...

Three-quarters of landlords welcome the government’s decision in the autumn to scrap the proposal that all rental property must have an...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

One in five (20 per cent of) landlords plans to reducing their buy to let holdings according to a new survey. The...

Many households are struggling with rising costs, while renters in particular continue to struggle with low quality housing, the Resolution Foundation...

House prices may fall by up to four per cent in 2024 the Halifax is warning. Its Outlook for 2024 report says...

Paragon Bank has launched new five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages with nil product fees. Rates start at 5.80 per cent and there is...

Gedling council in Nottinghamshire is launching a consultation to renew yet another selective licensing scheme. The scheme was launched in 2018 and...

A London lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for not paying compensation to a landlord following a failure...

The chief executive of the Generation Rent ginger group has called on his former employer to make a case against landlords,...

A local authority is introducing charges for the issuing of Improvement Notices to landlords - and has chosen to announce it...

A local authority is hosting a free event for local landlords which will give them insights into latest developments in the...

Landlords providing much-needed private rented accommodation in part of Merseyside are to fall under an expanded  licensing regime.  Wirral councillors have voted...

A council is to spend £10m to buy homes on the open market to house local people - some at risk...

The latest RICS Residential Survey, out today, points to an improved outlook for the housing market, with the more optimistic sentiment...

The National Residential Landlords Association has created two template email letters for landlords to use to urge MPs to minimise damage...

A council has secured a banning order against a landlord, taking effect almost immediately. The order is against Grzegorz Surminski, a landlord...

Rightmove is building the hype ahead of its much-vaunted Boxing Day listing of new properties to the market. The portal claims that...

The government has launched a public consultation on a radical new UK home energy rating system to replace the long-standing Standard...

Private tenants are being encouraged by a local council to report damp and mould issues to their landlords. Shropshire council says private...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter is blaming “skyrocketing rents” for a crisis of homelessness. As part of an appeal for...

Landlords Shaun and Laraine Etherington have pleaded guilty to four offences of breaching Prohibition Orders against human habitation at their properties...

Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has campaigned for a selective licensing regime in her Leeds constituency. She joined the city council leader...

Michael Gove has written to 10 social housing providers - housing associations and councils - slamming them after findings of severe...

Controversial online agency Purplebricks claims landlords and other home owners can sell their properties for free “as part of a progressive...

Generation Rent says it’s worked out what rent levels will be in two years’ time. The activists say rents will rise 14...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has given a warm welcome to many of the provision in the Renters Reform Bill...

Cash and mortgage housing market data show average prices decline by an annual 4.6 per cent says e.surv. But the monthly trend...

A prominent tax consultancy says landlords who transferred their rental properties in a company in 2017/18 are being targeted by HMRC. It’s...

Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - but just as it has done this, it’s revealed asking prices have dropped...

Newcastle council is seeking new members of its Landlord Accreditation Scheme, which it claims recognises and rewards “reputable landlords who offer...

London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons.   The average rent...

A council has prosecuted a private landlord who let out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King of Kings Langley was...

A landlord who used a fake name to evade detection has been hit with £485,000 in fines after illegally renting out...

Councils in Greater Manchester admit to charging landlords over £14,000 for “officer time” involved in licensing schemes. There are currently eight selective...

Campaigning charity Shelter is nearing a controversial signature threshold in its petition about the Renters Reform Bill. It now has over 123,000 of...

A landlord in London has been ordered to refund 12 months’ rent to tenants after failing to license their HMO. The fine...

The Mortgage Works is reducing rates on products for new and existing landlord customers by up to 0.40 percentage points, with...

Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...

A group of Conservative MPs has organised a lobby of the government to demand a clampdown on Airbnbs and other short...

A respected financial body is warning that landlords face rising costs of up to 80 per cent in the next two...

Over a third of current renters believe they will never be able to buy a home in future.  And only 29 per...

UK house prices rose for the second month in a row in November, boosted by a shortage of properties, says the...

More than a quarter of private landlords plan to increase the size of their property portfolios in the next year, compared...

Almost all landlords letting out properties in a London borough will soon be legally required to have a selective license. It’s one...

A recycling company says landlords should do more to encouraging HMO tenants to boost recycling. The firm - First Mile - suggests...

New research suggests that an influx of older renters has increased congestion in the rental market. Some 39 per cent of renters...

Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina has endorsed a new PropTech tool aimed at stopping landlords falling victim to fraud. Title Guardian claims...

Two landlords who let their two-bedroom flat in Tower Hamlets to as many as 22 people, have pleaded guilty to nine...

A think tank claims that four in 10 households renting privately that moved within the last year are paying an average...

The Labour Party says it will outlaw rental bidding wars if it wins the next General Election. The party's shadow housing minister,...

A countryside body is blaming the government’s failure to provide affordable housing and the rise in short lets for a homelessness...

The Renters Reform Bill’s proposal to replace Assured Shorthold Tenancies with rolling ‘periodic’ lets could put landlords’ properties at risk, it’s...

A surprising one in seven lettings agents is now reporting a fall in rents rather than a rise. Although far more agents...

Generation Rent and London Mayor Sadiq Khan have jointly slammed landlords who do not improve the EPCs of their private rental...

One in four people don’t have enough savings to cover a 25 per cent drop in earnings - and that rises...

Tenants value location, flexibility and direct landlord relationships according to new research from specialist lending bank OSB Group.  The Future Tenant Standard...

The government’s Office for National Statistics is introducing a new way of measuring rent rises from the spring. It will double the...

London’s ultra-prime rental market has returned this year to pre-Covid levels for the first time, an agency claims. Beauchamp Estates - using...

Almost one in five UK adults has missed a payment in the past 12 months - and for seven per cent...

The National Residential Landlords Association says the Renters Reform Bill won’t win the support of landlords in its present form. The Bill...

A mortgage lender survey suggests landlords are returning to fixed rate mortgages. Landbay says more investors are opting for five-year fixed mortgages...

UK house prices rose an average of 0.2 per cent month on month in November - prompting the Nationwide to call...

Some £2m of government money has been channeled into a brand new country cil Taskforce aimed at identifying and clamping down...

Landlords will have to include many more specific points about their properties when they list them in future - whether directly...

The proportion of private landlords who report increased demand for rental properties has more than tripled compared with demand for properties...

New research shows that a significant number of buyers will pay more for a home with a good EPC rating. The study,...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the leader of activist group Generation Rent have teamed up for an anti-damp and mouldy...

A council statement announcing a complex new licensing regime for the local private rental sector claims “landlords and agents who are...

A controversial licensing scheme is due to come into force tomorrow - just as the council administering it has declared itself...

The government has insisted that its commitment to reform the courts process to help deal with evictions more effectively is not...

A BBC News report claims that increasing numbers of renters aged over 30 are moving to cheaper areas as rents have...

Melton council in Leicestershire has prosecuted a resident who pleaded guilty of failing to comply with a planning contravention notice which...