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Rental value growth in prime London postcodes declined further in August as supply built and demand cooled.  That’s the view of high...

A local authority is reported to have said that a controversial new policy will reduce house values by five per cent. Gwynedd...

A veteran Tory MP who has been a junior minister in the department responsible for housing now says the rental market...

Airbnb is linking up with private landlord agency OpenRent to offer reduced-price gas and boiler safety certificates. The short lets platform says...

A high profile lettings agent insists that buy to let remains “a safe space for investors” seeking long-term returns, despite the...

Rental markets near London’s Crossrail stations have seen premiums emerge, a new survey suggests.  Areas which have benefitted from the largest reductions...

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities has announced a £50m fund to help older and disabled people in England,...

More councils should be encouraged to buy homes from landlords, an industry expert says. This follows reports last week which revealed that...

A northern council is considering tightening the planning rules around converting properties into HMOs. A report to Burnley council’s executive recommends removing...

A countryside property organisation has added its voice to the calls for an extension to a licensing scheme for Airbnbs and...

Landlords are reducing their stock - and they’re blaming the Tories for creating a hostile environment.  This is according to the latest...

The average UK rental price hits another all-time high of £1,261 pcm, increasing a further 1.4 per cent from last month.  Excluding...

A survey of thousands of landlords, agents and tenants has provided new evidence of buy to let investors quitting in droves. Over...

A six week consultation is now underway as a council bids to stop HMOs being used as Airbnb or other short...

Three-quarters of landlords who intend to purchase a new property in the next year will use a Limited Company structure, it’s...

A landlord has been prosecuted for the unlawful eviction of a tenant from privately rented accommodation in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. Leading up...

Rents will rise 25 per cent over the next four years, outpacing the modest 5.5 per cent House price growth across...

The Renters Reform Bill is not scheduled for debate this week in Parliament - and time is running out for it...

The Co-Op Bank, which is leading a campaign alongside charity Shelter, claims a Section 21 notice is presented to an older...

The top table of the National Residential Landlords Association has met with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s team at Downing Street. In addition...

The Generation Rent group of activists says Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey is on their side about Section 21 evictions. Bailey...

New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords to take responsibility for issues of damp and...

Paragon Bank is the latest to reduce mortgage rates for landlords. It’s cut rates across 22 buy-to-let mortgage products, with fixed deals...

House prices fell 1.9 per cent in August and are down 4.6 per cent over the year, according to Halifax.  It’s the...

Landlords and managing agents operating in South Warwickshire are being encouraged to take part in the next industry forum on Wednesday...

More than 300 landlords have applied for a new licence brought in this summer by Tory controlled Kensington and Chelsea council...

New analysis reveals that other family members beyond parents are increasingly lending their financial support to first-time buyers.   So far this year...

Former England footballer turned TV pundit and property expert Dion Dublin is to headline this month’s South East Property Expo. The centre...

Over a third of private landlords would sell properties if rent controls were introduced in their area, according to a trade...

The John Lewis Partnership is said to be facing “extreme challenges” as a result of its bid to enter the private...

The Scottish Government says rent controls - already existing as a so-called emergency measure - will become permanent. Scottish First Minister Humza...

Landlords across just one London borough who failed to license HMOs have been issued with fines amounting to £207,500. To date, 59...

The National Residential Landlords Association has launched a new partnership with electrical and telecoms retailer Currys Business.  It means that member landlords...

Research by Quickmove Properties estimate that, despite changes to stamp duty thresholds implemented last September designed to save homebuyers money, the...

Whoever forms the next government must put the private rental sector at the heart of its housing policy. That’s the view of...

Zoopla says a buy to let property sold off by a landlord is “typically priced 25 per cent lower than the...

Landlords don’t believe Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s planning reforms will help build a million new homes in England, claims a buy-to-let...

Over half of landlords are either against the concept of a private rental sector Ombudsman or are actively against it. As part...

Landlords with property in Outer London and the East Midlands are reporting the strongest levels of tenant demand in Britain, Paragon...

Landlords looking to optimise capital appreciation on their properties may be alarmed at a siren warning from an insurance company. One Sure...

Sweeping tax changes for landlords have been demanded by letting agents group Propertymark. The group has analysed the impact of changes using...

Dashly, a platform that monitors over £100 billion of mortgages, says landlords in London renewing loans soon will be, on average,...

Section 21 evictions are set to soar higher, a property association leader forecasts - because of the threat to abolish them. Data...

A survey of some 2,000 landlords, agents and others in the private rental sector show renewed concern over Section 21 and...

An analysis conducted over the summer by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform...

Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has been given the job of Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities...

August saw a further softening in house prices which are now 5.3 per cent down on a year ago. The Nationwide says...

A prominent lettings agent is urging landlords to stay vigilant for changes to the Renters Reform Bill now that Parliament is...

The National Residential Landlords Association is moving into PropTech by providing a platform for safety compliance and one for managing aspects...

Housing associations are urged to urgently check building specifications for the use of Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete or RAAC. RAAC is the...

The number of interest-only (750,000) and part-interest-only (245,000) mortgages has halved since 2015, new Financial Conduct Authority analysis has found.  The fall...

A rogue landlord has been fined £27,460 for putting residents at risk by failing to maintain a property. Flintshire County Council brought...

Landlords are being advised to be on their guard and not be duped by social media messages urging them to flout...

The Generation Rent campaign has launched a petition on its website to give councils power to license holiday lets.  The campaign claims...

An unlicensed landlord has been ordered to pay back almost £15,000 in rent to his tenants after they were forced to...

Yearly returns on the average buy-to-let property in the UK were over £4000 lower in June 2023, compared to the same...

Insurance broker Gallagher is launching a policy for student accommodation providers with insurance cover against damage to their properties. Traditional landlord insurance...

London local authorities say there’s been a surge in landlords withdrawing from the sector providing temporary accommodation for homeless households. A survey by the...

The property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the second quarter of 2023. Using...

Bristol’s Labour-controlled council says it wants to spend some £17m of local council tax payers’ money on two new licensing schemes...

New data from Zoopla this morning makes grim reading for landlords, especially those reliant on capital appreciation and with investment properties...

Over two-thirds of all new homeowners in London received family support to purchase their homes.  ‘Bank of Family’ recipients in London received...

A body called the Landlord Leaders Community - and appearing at first sight a little like a new trade group - is...

One of Britain's best known DJs has taken to social media to highlight what she sees as the unfair government policy...

A PropTech entrepreneur has renewed his criticism of the government for failing to put flesh on the bones of the Renters...

A man assaulted his housemates before holding his landlord in a room at knifepoint. Amin Zehar, 37, was living at a property...

With student accommodation in the headlines ahead of the stat of the new academic year, the National Residential Landlords Association is...

A landlord showed a “flagrant disregard” for her duties, including failing to replace a condemned boiler, and has been struck off. In...

Santander has been sharply criticised for increasing its Interest Coverage Ratio just as other lenders have been making it easier to...

A bank chief has used a national newspaper interview to make a stand in favour of buy to let landlords and...

Trade bodies and short let landlords have made a last-ditch appeal to politicians to stop new rules which could see the...

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has ruled out any increase in Capital Gains Tax if Labour wins power. She also says there will...

A council is warning HMO landlords to apply for a licence ahead of a new regime starting this week. From September 1...

The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving landlords and letting agents and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...

The Generation Rent group of activists has written an open letter to mortgage firm chief executives asking for special dispensation for...

Families opt to rent so they can move fast to buy a home close to London’s top schools, according to a...

A wealth management organisation has raised the spectre that some families may end up overpaying inheritance tax. And with property wealth being...

Landlords will be able to let Housing Secretary Michael Gove know exactly what they think of his policies in October. Gove will...

By Richard O’Neill, managing director, lettings at Romans Estate Agents As a landlord, your property’s yield is an important figure. It indicates...

In an unusual move, London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says home owners in dire financial difficulties should be able to switch...

A website claims that Banning Orders on private landlords have not been served because of local government funding shortfalls. Open Democracy says...

A council has issued financial penalties of over £20,000 to landlords failing to manage their properties.   Three of the four cases...

A new analysis shows growth in the trend for buy to let properties to be sold with tenants in situ.  The analysis...

Generation Rent says Shelter has it right when it complains about evictions in the private rental sector. Earlier this week Shelter claimed...

A London council that just days ago threatened private landlords with unlimited fines and “have control of their properties removed” has...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says the lettings market is defined now by the “alarming disparity” between demand and supply. In the...

New figures from Foxtons show that average weekly rent in July 2023 was 12 per cent higher than July 2022.  The agency’s...

A trio of Cambridge landlords have been fined more than £8,000 between them, after three separate HMOs were found to be...

A Labour council says local landlords have only a week to apply for a licence before a big rise in the...

The National Residential Landlords Association is meeting with the Department of Education to consider how, if at all, private landlords can...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that half the working private renters in England have too little saved to pay rent for more...

There are only a few days left for landlords to have input to a government consultation on council tax hikes for...

A council is boasting that it’s taking a "really hard line” over HMO regulation. New rules in Blackburn with Darwen prevent family...

Authoritative new research suggests that there’s been a 91,000 rise in student numbers to 2.3m - yet in major student cities...

New research has come to a conclusion that will surprise few - that landlords today are twice as likely to be...

Only two per cent of Propertymark letting agents say tenants “always” want to know the EPC rating on a property they...

A London council is telling landlords that if they don’t apply for a licence in the next nine days they face...

There’s bad news for landlords relying on capital appreciation or hoping to sell up in the near future. Rightmove reports that new...

Landlords about to remortgage are being urged to secure a new rate as early as possible - even six months in...

The long running experiment with rent controls and an eviction ban north of the border may yet continue for years to...