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New rules could effectively see the introduction of 12-month minimum tenancy contracts as standard in Wales. Welsh housing minister Julie James AM...

There has been a sharp rise in the number of people living in private rental homes, owed in part to a...

Construction has been completed on the first major city centre Build to Rent development in Glasgow. With young professionals flocking to the...

With the number of PRS regulations continuing to rise, technology is growing increasingly more important in aiding compliance and ensuring that...

Rental yields have increased to their highest level for two years, according to the latest edition of Kent Reliance for Intermediaries’...

Boilers can be expensive to repair, but they can be even more costly to replace. To help ensure that you keep...

Accord Buy To Let has cut rates on selected two, three and five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages by up to 0.11%,...

Canada Life Home Finance has reduced rates and increased the maximum loan-to-value (LTV) across its buy-to-let and second home product range. The lender...

Leek United has made a number of changes to its lending policy across its retirement, buy-to-let and remortgage product ranges. In terms...

A landlord's son has confessed to stealing 30 pairs of knickers from his father's tenant and hiding them around her property. Magistrates...

The government has announced that it will reform the Housing Health Safety Rating System (HHSRS) used to assess health and safety...

An unscrupulous tenant who forged a statement to back up a county court claim against her landlord has been jailed for...

A cap limiting landlord spending on energy efficiency improvements to £3,500 should be scrapped and replaced with a new £5,000 figure,...

HMRC is starting to catch up with overseas-based landlords who have not been paying tax on the rental income they receive...

The number of buy-to-let landlords confessing to not paying tax has soared, new figures show. A crackdown by HM Revenue and Customs...

There was a drop in the number of properties ‘to let’ last month, while there was also a slowdown in the...

The government is being urged by the National Landlords Association (NLA) to do more to inform tenants of their rights and...

The next prime minister, Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt, will almost certainly face a housing crisis if the government does not...

Some 12% of properties in the private rented sector are now owned by a company as tax changes make private landlords...

A new survey by Precise Mortgages has found that 52% of buy-to-let landlords are using rental properties to supplement their employed...

Residential property is currently the best long-term investment when compared to all other asset classes, according to buy-to-let investors. Benham and Reeves...

The average property increased in value by £2,046 during the first half of 2019, led by gains in the West Midlands,...

The average cost of renting a room in the UK increased by 8% between April and June and now stands at...

The UK saw a sharp rise in average rent from £757 to £771 a month, up 1.79% during the second quarter...