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Should landlords who live abroad be forced by law to use a property management company? I believe so...

Shelter is calling for the introduction of a new renting contract which would last five years. It says the aim is to give greater stability to the growing numbers of people who rent privately...

Shelter’s call for five-year contracts would not go down well with the large majority of people who share rental flats and houses...

A landlord has been hit with £15,000 costs and warned he could face jail after failing to license 20 flats...

The taxman has announced new rules following a major legal victory in a Stamp Duty Land Tax case involving property...

The Future’s Bright for Landlords

The next Property Investor Show is to be held at London’s ExCeL from October 11 to 13. Now entering its second decade at the venue, highlights include seminars where one major focus will be on student lettings...

Monday 24th September 2012

It will come as no surprise to anyone that in times of fiscal turbulence (we don’t like using the word ‘recession’) the property market – along with many other industry sectors – suffers...

Rents have risen for a fifth consecutive month to reach a new record high of £734 a month. LSL, reporting this morning on the August market, said that average rents were up 1...

Think tank the Resolution Foundation has called for letting agents to be put on the same legal footing as estate agents...

Landlords across the UK could be among the biggest beneficiaries of the Green Deal when it fully launches in early 2013...

The largest local authority in the UK has announced that it plans to charge full council tax on empty properties from next April...

A rise in accidental landlords is contributing towards a surge in availability of smaller, newer flats and maisonettes to rent, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents...

Leeds Building Society has launched a new buy-to-let mortgage that offers a 3.99% fixed rate for two years and comes with fees of £999...

A property management firm is coming up to its first anniversary, saying that it has a multi-million pound rent roll achieved with minimum fees charged to landlords and tenants...

Annual growth in student rents has slowed following the 7% drop in university admissions and the rise in tuition fees...

Renting is over £130 a month more expensive on average than buying. According to Halifax, which included in its buying costs mortgage payments, income lost by funding a deposit rather than spending, insurance, and household maintenance and repair costs, the average monthly cost of buying a three-bed home was £600 in June...

A new club for mortgage brokers has been launched, offering landlords the chance of exclusive deals...

An elderly tenant whose absentee landlord has been fined for appalling conditions in her rental home has called for landlords who live abroad to be forced by law to use a property management company...