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A mortgage chief has accused local authorities of treating private landlords like cash machines. Justin May, chief executive of EHF Mortgages, makes...

Eight criminal landlords - three of them companies - have been fined approaching half a million pounds. They were prosecuted for offences...

Veteran Labour left winger Dianne Abbott has accused the government of helping private landlords over tenants. In an article in the Left...

The Mortgage Works, the specialist buy to let mortgage wing of the Nationwide Building Society, has revised its product range for...

The plans of many local authorities to double the council tax levels for second homes and some empty properties from April...

Figures contained in the government’s new action plan to tackle anti-social behaviour reveal the depth of the problem amongst tenants. The plan...

A think tank is accusing landlords of being unwilling to spend money on insulating draughty rental properties. The cross-party Social Market Foundation...

Typical monthly interest payments on buy to let mortgages have soared by an average 75.7 per cent in the past year.  Landlords...

Shelter claims that private renters who complained to their landlord, letting agent or local council in the last three years were...

The Green Party’s co-leader Carla Denyer has branded the government’s Right To Buy scheme as a “slum landlord’s charter”.  Denyer made the...

The Housing Ombudsman has released its special investigation into Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, the social housing provider which supplied accommodation to Awaab...

The new director of Generation Rent is Ben Twomey, who takes over from Baroness Alicia Kennedy on June 14. A statement from...

A series of officials carried out a morning visit to an illegal House of Multiple Occupation suspected of involvement in modern...

A new study by a mortgages website says it reveals the best places for buy to let investors to purchase properties. Money...

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay over £15,000 after illegally altering buildings he let out as HMOs in the...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove says he’s going to make changes to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill currently going through Parliament...

Landlords have only until Friday to have their say on levying council tax on HMO properties.  This issue has been controversial in lettings...

Location Location Location star Phil Spencer - a former buying agent - says he’s “particularly worried” about the private rental sector. He...

A senior financial analyst says “runaway rents” are destroying the financial resilience of tenants. Sarah Coles, head of personal finance at business...

A landlord has been prosecuted after construction and renovation waste from his rental property was found dumped in Cottenham. The dumped rubbish...

Landlords are to be given more powers to evict unruly tenants who ruin neighbours’ lives through persistent noise or by being...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has pledged that the long awaited Rental Reform Bill will be introduced into the Commons in two...

The government will this week announce a new consultation on private rental sector energy efficiency - in particular, insulation. This will be...

There have been no fewer than 10 different enquiries into selective licensing of landlords or rental properties by local councils -...

Shelter says it welcomes a ruling by The Property Ombudsman that agents and landlords exercising a blanket ban on tenants with...

The government has taken the first step to introducing a mandatory ombudsman scheme which private landlord must join. It’s published what is...

Many indices suggest house prices have already dipped, at least slightly, but “forward-looking indication don’t look brilliant either” according to one...

A new How To Rent guide has been released today by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Trade bodies were...

One in 10 landlords plan to exit the sector following the absence of any government help in the Budget. That’s the claim...

The government has pulled together the latest guidance on Right To Rent, appropriate to landlords, lettings agents and home owners who...

The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...

Housing minister Rachel Maclean is quoted as saying her government’s policies are NOT driving landlords out of the private rental sector. The...

Landlords converting a property of any size to rent out on multiple tenancies in seven areas of a London borough could...

Tax changes in the private rented sector have contributed to the loss of £1.5 billion in Treasury revenue, according to a...

Landlords are being invited to attend a free webinar about disrepair in residential property. The event takes place next Wednesday, March 29,...

Resident satisfaction amongst Build To Rent tenants is falling for the first time since reviews were first collected five years ago. A...

A business consultancy is reporting a rise in stamp duty paid by landlords and other home buyers - but is warning...

Local news outlets in Somerset are reporting that some properties in the county are listed on Airbnb and other short let...

A quarter of holiday let owners are very worried about the potential of new regulations or fees being enforced following the...

Landlords have helped drive an improvement in standards in privately rented property, with four in five upgrading each rental home they...

Rents are up significantly in all regions and most notably in Greater London and Scotland according to the property website Home. It...

There’s a 50:50 chance of yet another Bank of England base rate rise this week according to a leading business analyst. Susannah...

First the troubled John Lewis Partnership announced plans to create Build To Rent properties around or on top of Waitrose stories;...

The London Mayor has been told to act urgently against the landlords of so-called ‘exempt accommodation’ in London. This is the largely-unregulated...

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £1,600 after pleading guilty to an illegal eviction. Grace Young of Derby let...

The landlord of two flats in Cardiff has been fined over £4,500 for failing to fix fire safety defects after being...

A tax expert claims the government’s move to abolish the lifetime allowance for pension contributions may damage the buy to let...

A third of landlords say that the scrapping of Section 21 is of major concern to them according to a Mortgages...

Investment platform Platinum Property Partners has been acquired by a group of long-standing franchisees. And they’re pledging to how PPP’s investment in...

The government has indicated that the delayed publication of the latest How To Rent document is to be Friday March 24. The...

The average price of property coming to the market rises by 0.8 per cent this month to £365,357, reports Rightmove. This is...

The government has delayed publication of the latest How To Rent document - it had been expected today.  The How to Rent...

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee meets next week to consider whether base rate should rise again - but there’s...

The Baroness who leads the Generation Rent campaign is now calling for a Minister for Refugees. Baroness Alicia Kennedy makes the call...

The government is publishing a so-called ‘call for evidence’ on options to reform the VAT relief for the installation of energy...

Roma Finance is the new main sponsor of Sky TV’s Property Elevator, the show for budding property entrepreneurs. The entrepreneurs pitch their...

An unnamed landlord has been prosecuted after Rochdale council discovered they had unlawfully allowed occupation of a property that had been...

A much-hyped government proposal to introduce a Rental Mediation Service to resolve disputes, sustain tenancies and reduce pressure on the courts...

New buy to let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, says Hamptons lettings agency.   So far this...

With landlords obliged to think increasingly about energy efficiency measures, new data from Legal & General’s surveying team helps identify different...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the outgoing director of Generation Rent, is angry with Jeremy Hunt. The Baroness claims “the cost of living crisis...

The head of online room-matching service SpareRoom says tenants are putting their lives on hold because rents are so high. Matt Hutchinson,...

A survey of landlords suggests that LED lighting is the most popular and effective way they choose to improve a property’s...

A Labour candidate hoping to become the MP in a popular tourist area is on the warpath over what she calls...

Activist group Generation Rent is demanding that the government tighten regulations on damp and mould - and is tying this to...

.The National Residential Landlords Association has called for a full review of how landlords and the private rental sector are taxed. In...

Property guru Phil Spencer has set out five reasons to keep faith with buy to let. In an article for Estate Agent...

Campaigners in a group called Housing Rebellion are to meet in Central London today and make what they call “a few...

A new How To Rent guide is to be issued on Friday, according to a government communication with the National Residential...

As many as one in 10 homes have a reduced asking price within a month of entering the market, a new...

Worcester council’s communities committee meets this week, with councillors asked to approve the change which will mean that HMO properties with...

New data about the Prime London housing market shows that the average discount to asking price has increased to 8.4 per...

A flamboyant landlord with 150 properties in England says he’s quitting the sector and taking his investment money elsewhere. Ajay Ahuja says:...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector wants this week’s Budget to provide more funding for local council enforcement of rental...

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out ways in which mortgage lenders can help customers struggling with payments - but landlords...

Politicians in the Scottish Parliament have backed a controversial cap which means rent rises for private tenants mid-tenancy cannot exceed 3.0...

Proposed government reforms of the private rented sector threaten to make it harder for students to enter higher education, according to...

The British Property Federation is calling on the government to use next week’s Budget to zero-rate VAT on work which allows...

The majority of private landlords would consider switching to a letting agency because of the current complexity of buy to let.  A...

The normally under-the-radar Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has made an unusually outspoken plea to the government to help landlords. In particular,...

A survey of 3,000 landlords and letting agents by the Property Redress Scheme has identified where these players regard the problems...

A council has prosecuted a landlord operating a property firm for not producing the right paperwork. Luton local authority has prosecuted Poplar...

Flat-pack furniture giant IKEA has teamed up with campaigning charity Shelter to highlight the issue of homelessness. The Scandinavian firm, citing Shelter’s...

Airbnb claims its so-called ‘spare room’ landlords earn an a rage of just £2,400 a year - the equivalent of a...

Good EPC ratings are increasingly important for tenants when considering which properties to rent, it’s been claimed. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of...

The landlord of a property dubbed a “house of horrors” by Barking and Dagenham council enforcement officers has been ordered to...

The first two months of the year have seen a 74 per cent rise in the number of lots offered at...

A prominent property industry figure says he backs higher council tax for unlet and vacant second homes but warns that Airbnb...

Overseas buyers - likely in many cases to be investors - have taken a bigger stake in the wealthy enclave of...

Lettings agents’ body Propertymark says its proposal for tax incentives to be offered for landlords is one measure under consideration by...

Landlords increasingly reliant on capital appreciation may be relieved to hear that one of the country’s best respected indices suggests house...

Dacorum council in Hertfordshire has prosecuted a private landlord who rented out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King was fined...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is urging tenants to complain about sub-standard housing with the government’s ‘Make Things Right’ advertising campaign. Social housing...

It looks like the buy to let mortgage market has bounced back after the disastrous mini-Budget. Moneyfacts, an independent mortgage monitor, says...

A London Labour council is putting an extra £400,000 into enforcement against private landlords allegedly ignoring serious damp and mould issues. The...

A council launching a new selective licensing regime admits that three quarters of the applicants so far have omitted to provide...

A private landlord has been prosecuted after a family, including a baby and two older children, were left without water or adequate...

A buy to let mortgage broker is warning landlords that as many as one in three investors fail their lender's affordability...

Energy Performance Certificates must change to properly support reaching net zero, tackling fuel poverty and improving buildings, according to an energy...

The Scottish Government, despite being in the middle of electing a new First Minister, is pressing ahead with legislation for long-term...