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An unscrupulous landlord who forced a tenant to live in appalling conditions has been ordered to repay more than £1,000 in...

The student buy-to-let market continues to offer landlords the potential of good returns. Research by Totally Money suggests that student property is...

Landlords and tenants across Scotland will be consulted over plans to impose rent restrictions north of the border. Scottish Labour wants to...

Licensing schemes can serve purposes which are indisputably genuine and valid. They can, however, also be used as money-making schemes, particularly...

On 29 March 2019, the UK is scheduled to leave the European Union (EU). Despite the profound significance of this event,...

Student property is one of the best investments available at the moment, thanks to high demand for student housing ahead of...

Aldermore has launched a new buy-to-let remortgage product for individual landlords. The five-year fixed rate deal, on offer for a limited period,...

Leeds Building Society has refreshed its range of two-year buy-to-let tracker products. The lender’s new tracker rates now start at 1.29% up...

Demand for two-year fixed deals rose in the second quarter of the year ahead of the highly-anticipated rise in interest rates...

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay more than £37,000 for allowing tenants to live in what inspectors described as...

A private tenant was shocked when he returned home to find the locks to his rental property had been changed and...

Private renters who complain to their landlord about problems at their rental property, including issues such as damp and mould, are...

The proportion of let properties in the UK that are owned by overseas landlords has dropped dramatically, according to new figures. The...

Buy-to-let landlords could face another stamp duty rate hike in the Autumn Budget to further curb the acquisition of second homes. The...

The government’s plans to change the rules on its ‘rent-a-room’ scheme, which allows people to earn up to £7,500 a year...

There has been a further decline in the number of people looking to buy property, as reflected by the Bank of...

There has been a significant increase in the number of buy-to-let landlords selling up, along with a notable reduction in the...

There are around 2.4 million landlords in the UK, but what are the characteristics of the average buy-to-let investor? Two thirds of...

Landlords are selling close to 4,000 buy-to-let properties a month resulting in the first recorded fall in the number of rental...

With savers receiving appalling returns from banks and building societies, many people are unsurprising still interested in investing in buy-to-let as...

The average age of new landlords acquiring property to let has dropped by 10 years since 2014, according to yieldit. Having analysed...

The government must start to provide financial incentives for buy-to-let landlords prepared to offer longer tenancies or risk seeing rents soar,...

Rents are forecast to see strong growth over the next five years, according to the latest residential property forecast from the...

Rent increases during the last five years have been less than initially perceived, tracking the retail price index (RPI) in England...