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![Landlord hit with half million pound fine after using fake name](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
A landlord who used a fake name to evade detection has been hit with £485,000 in fines after illegally renting out...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Councils charge landlords thousands of pounds for “officer time”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Councils in Greater Manchester admit to charging landlords over £14,000 for “officer time” involved in licensing schemes. There are currently eight selective...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter’s Renters Reform Bill petition nears target threshold](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is nearing a controversial signature threshold in its petition about the Renters Reform Bill. It now has over 123,000 of...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rogue Landlord hit with huge Rent Repayment Order](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
A landlord in London has been ordered to refund 12 months’ rent to tenants after failing to license their HMO. The fine...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let mortgage rates reduced by The Mortgage Works](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
The Mortgage Works is reducing rates on products for new and existing landlord customers by up to 0.40 percentage points, with...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Freeholders fight back in bid to save ground rents](/upload/images/shutterstock_1155447730.jpg)
Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tory MPs lobby government demanding Airbnb crackdown](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A group of Conservative MPs has organised a lobby of the government to demand a clampdown on Airbnbs and other short...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlord Warning - many face 80 per cent sky-rocketing costs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
A respected financial body is warning that landlords face rising costs of up to 80 per cent in the next two...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental demand to stay strong as many tenants say they’ll never buy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
Over a third of current renters believe they will never be able to buy a home in future. And only 29 per...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Capital Appreciation Boost from latest house price index](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
UK house prices rose for the second month in a row in November, boosted by a shortage of properties, says the...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords more optimistic than data suggests, claims lender](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
More than a quarter of private landlords plan to increase the size of their property portfolios in the next year, compared...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gove gives go-ahead to one of UK’s largest licensing schemes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
Almost all landlords letting out properties in a London borough will soon be legally required to have a selective license. It’s one...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Demand for HMO landlords to do more to boost recycling](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EcoHomes-2-400x310.png)
A recycling company says landlords should do more to encouraging HMO tenants to boost recycling. The firm - First Mile - suggests...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![More divorced middle-aged tenants pile extra demand on rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Stressed(F)Tenant-400x310.png)
New research suggests that an influx of older renters has increased congestion in the rental market. Some 39 per cent of renters...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shamplina endorses new anti-fraud PropTech tool](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1208701588.jpg)
Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina has endorsed a new PropTech tool aimed at stopping landlords falling victim to fraud. Title Guardian claims...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords face sentencing after e-bike fire fatality](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Arrested-UK-400x310.png)
Two landlords who let their two-bedroom flat in Tower Hamlets to as many as 22 people, have pleaded guilty to nine...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Many tenants forced into bidding wars and pay well above asking rent - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
A think tank claims that four in 10 households renting privately that moved within the last year are paying an average...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour to make bidding wars on rental properties illegal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
The Labour Party says it will outlaw rental bidding wars if it wins the next General Election. The party's shadow housing minister,...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Slap taxes on short lets and holiday homes, urges countryside charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
A countryside body is blaming the government’s failure to provide affordable housing and the rise in short lets for a homelessness...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords given inspection warning over removal of ASTs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
The Renters Reform Bill’s proposal to replace Assured Shorthold Tenancies with rolling ‘periodic’ lets could put landlords’ properties at risk, it’s...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![On The Turn? Propertymark warns some rents are now falling](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceDrop-400x310.png)
A surprising one in seven lettings agents is now reporting a fall in rents rather than a rise. Although far more agents...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![EPCs - Generation Rent and Labour Mayor slam landlords and government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_Efficiency-400x310.png)
Generation Rent and London Mayor Sadiq Khan have jointly slammed landlords who do not improve the EPCs of their private rental...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![One in two tenants fail government ‘financial resilience’ test](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
One in four people don’t have enough savings to cover a 25 per cent drop in earnings - and that rises...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![What are the three things tenants value most? New survey gives answers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/NewHomeowners1-400x310.png)
Tenants value location, flexibility and direct landlord relationships according to new research from specialist lending bank OSB Group. The Future Tenant Standard...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![New way of measuring rent rises coming in next March](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
The government’s Office for National Statistics is introducing a new way of measuring rent rises from the spring. It will double the...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Boom Time for flats and houses let for over £5,000 per week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
London’s ultra-prime rental market has returned this year to pre-Covid levels for the first time, an agency claims. Beauchamp Estates - using...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill must be changed to reassure landlords - NRLA](/upload/images/shutterstock_2017793921.jpg)
The National Residential Landlords Association says the Renters Reform Bill won’t win the support of landlords in its present form. The Bill...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgages - landlord confidence in fixed rates has been restored, says lender](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/mortgage-400x310.png)
A mortgage lender survey suggests landlords are returning to fixed rate mortgages. Landbay says more investors are opting for five-year fixed mortgages...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Good news at last as major index heralds ‘housing market recovery’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
UK house prices rose an average of 0.2 per cent month on month in November - prompting the Nationwide to call...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![New Taskforce launched to hit back at criminal landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
Some £2m of government money has been channeled into a brand new country cil Taskforce aimed at identifying and clamping down...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Many More Details expected when landlords advertise properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/AgentOnline-400x310.png)
Landlords will have to include many more specific points about their properties when they list them in future - whether directly...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental demand triples in just four years says NRLA](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
The proportion of private landlords who report increased demand for rental properties has more than tripled compared with demand for properties...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Good EPC Ratings - many buyers will pay more for energy efficiency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPCx400x310.png)
New research shows that a significant number of buyers will pay more for a home with a good EPC rating. The study,...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour Mayor and Generation Rent buddy up for anti-mould campaign](/upload/images/shutterstock_2135683647(1).jpg)
London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the leader of activist group Generation Rent have teamed up for an anti-damp and mouldy...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council says ‘good landlords’ can have cheaper, longer licences](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
A council statement announcing a complex new licensing regime for the local private rental sector claims “landlords and agents who are...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bankrupt! - Labour council which tomorrow launches huge licensing scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
A controversial licensing scheme is due to come into force tomorrow - just as the council administering it has declared itself...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Court Reform “not a delaying tactic to avoid scrapping S21” - government](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CourtCase-400x310.png)
The government has insisted that its commitment to reform the courts process to help deal with evictions more effectively is not...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Older renters moving to cheaper areas and smaller homes - BBC report](/upload/images/shutterstock_1940487949.jpg)
A BBC News report claims that increasing numbers of renters aged over 30 are moving to cheaper areas as rents have...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb landlord prosecuted for contravening planning regs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Melton council in Leicestershire has prosecuted a resident who pleaded guilty of failing to comply with a planning contravention notice which...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![London borough HMO licensing scheme goes out to consultation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
Residents across part of London are invited to give their thoughts on yet another new rental licensing scheme. This is a new...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rates to stay high for “foreseeable future” warns Bank boss](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
Any hope of a near-term drop in interest rates appears to have been wiped out by a statement by Bank of...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Capital city’s three best-yield postcodes revealed by portal analysis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-2-400x310.png)
The property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the third quarter of 2023. The...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords list student homes free on new portal (until they let)](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/AgentOnline-400x310.png)
A new rental website which claims to list “all available homes for young people in one place” has raised well over...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Second Homes on the march - full breakdown by type and location](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
There are some 141,245 second homes in England and Wales, new figures show. Flats are the most common type of second home,...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Student rental platform adds 45,000 properties before new term](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/AgentOnline-400x310.png)
Housr, a student living start-up, says it’s started its second year by adding 45,000 properties to its platform ahead of the...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent rise next year forecast to be one of highest ever](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
The latest lettings market forecast from Savills says average UK rents to end 2023 at up 9.5 per cent year on...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Time for Investors to Buy? Discounts rise to £18,000](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
House prices fell 1.2 per cent in the past year, according to a new Zoopla report out today, with average discounts...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government eco-scheme for landlords has zero impact - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EcoHomes-2-400x310.png)
A campaign by a UK government to help landlords retrofit their properties with energy efficient amenities has had almost zero impact,...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![We’ve hit peak interest rates - senior analyst speaks out](/upload/images/shutterstock_2176795857.jpg)
Markets are saying the UK - and for that matter the US and mainland Europe - have all hit peak interest...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Huge leasehold shake-up for landlords and other owners](/upload/images/shutterstock_2255909735.jpg)
The government claims that millions of homeowners in England and Wales will be given greater rights, powers, and protections over their...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![How many rental homes listed under £1,000 pcm? New league table](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Clampdown on Airbnb is diversion to hide government failures - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords halt energy efficiency drive after Sunak U-turn](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-3-400x310.png)
Many landlords have dropped plans to improve the energy efficiency of their homes following the U-turn by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. In...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Really? Think tank claims almost all landlords want stricter EPCs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
Almost four fifths of landlords favour raising the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for private rental properties, a think tank claims. The Social...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![New pro-rental lobbying group includes local landlord bodies](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Stormy%20weather%20for%20homebuyers%20Introducer%20today%20team%20LandlordNews.png)
The first meeting has been held of the Housing Coalition, a new group including a number of local and regional landlord bodies...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords want Local Housing Allowance uprated annually](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association wants the government to commit to annual uprating of the Local Housing Allowance. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Making Tax Digital - good news for most small-scale landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
Good news for landlords earning under £30,000 a year - they will not have to use the HMRC’s Making Tax Digital...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter wants Local Housing Allowance rise now, not in April](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter has welcomed the decision by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance - but it wants it...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tenants to be hit by five per cent energy cap rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
The energy price cap is to rise to an annual average of £1,928 from January. Regulator Ofgem says a typical household paying...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax Bombshell: triple stamp duty surcharge, urges think tank](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty1_400x310.png)
The government should tax property ‘hoarders’ cashing in on the UK housing market says a left-leaning think tank. A report by the New Economics...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Surprise PropTech boost in Autumn Statement small print](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Buried in the small print of the Autumn Statement paperwork is a boost for digital technology and PropTech. In the documentation released...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Official figures show house prices to suffer significant fall next year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceChange.png)
The Office for Budget Responsibility - a Treasury department operating independently from the government - released its central forecast for the...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hunt’s dramatic Local Housing Allowance move not enough for activists](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Many have welcomed the move by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance - but some tenant activists say...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords lead on energy-efficiency despite Sunak U-turn](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPCx400x310.png)
Large upfront costs are deterring landlords and other home owners from making their homes more energy efficient, according to Lloyds Bank...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Huge Build To Rent boost as landlord strikes deal with Network Rail](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Britain’s largest listed residential landlord, Grainger, has struck a long-term deal with =Network Rail and the property developer Bloc Group to...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Private landlords leasing to council now faced with new deal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
A council in Wales is making changes to the system it uses to encourage private landlords to lease their properties to...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax and Benefit Changes to impact landlords - Autumn Statement details](/upload/images/shutterstock_1749204629.jpg)
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry. The Local Housing Allowance is...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activist leader claims ‘one man band’ landlords worst at exploiting tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
A leader of the pro-tenant activist group Acorn has told MPs that “one man bands” are more likely to exploit tenants...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax grab soars as Chancellor ponders Autumn Statement giveaway](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
There may be tax cuts in today’s Autumn Statement if government-fuelled rumours are to be believed - but there’s been a...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Councils claim one-in-50 Londoners are now homeless](/upload/images/shutterstock_629082041.jpg)
The rising cost of living - especially housing - remains the top issue on Londoners’ minds for the second year in...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council’s private lettings agency linking with NRLA for forum](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
A council’s version of a private lettings agency is inviting landlords to an event co-organised by the National Residential Landlords Association. Ashford...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Big public switch to more energy-efficient homes, claims developer](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_Efficiency-400x310.png)
A house building firm claims more people want to move to increasingly energy-efficient homes. A survey by Redrow shows that 26 per...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb pushing its landlords to become more energy efficient](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Airbnb is launching a new Sustainability Hub to help its landlord hosts in the UK retrofit and improve the energy efficiency...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Back In Business? Landlord confidence shows sharp rise in all areas](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
Landlord confidence has rebounded strongly in recent months according to a survey by a leading buy to let-focussed bank. All aspects of...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Housing Association sorry after threatening complaining tenant with eviction](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
The trade publication Inside Housing says a 20,000-home housing association has apologised after saying it would take enforcement action against a...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![HMO license failure leads to five figure fine for landlord](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
A landlord has been hit with an £11,800 fine for operating an HMO without a licence. Stoke-on-Trent council launched an investigation into...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rents cannot go up indefinitely as affordability crisis hits](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
Affordability limits have been reached in several regions of the UK, the Home property website suggests. While some regions are still recording...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sadiq Khan to buy 10,000 private homes to become social rent properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan wants 10,000 private homes in the capital to be brought into the social rental sector within...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour to scrap Section 21 on first day in office, says Rayner](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Section21-400x310.png)
Labour’s shadow housing secretary and deputy leader Angela Rayner says her party will scrap Section 21 on its first day in...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter and Generation Rent accuse mortgage-free landlords of cashing in](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
The two most aggressively pro-tenant activist bodies have accused landlords without mortgages of “cashing in.” According to a poll of more than...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Many Renters Reform Bill committee MPs are private landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_1292651794.jpg)
A slew of MPs who are members of the Renters Reform Bill committee receive money from letting out rooms or properties...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Reductions in energy bills for properties near new pylons](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
Homes situated close to new electricity pylons and sub-stations could receive up to £1,000 a year off energy bills, for up...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Confiscate private homes from bad landlords says senior Labour MP](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
A senior Labour MP associated with the moderate wing of the party says private rental properties should be confiscated from serial...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sunak’s EPC U-turn slows landlord exodus as gloom lifts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HappyLandlord-400x310.png)
Landlord confidence has improved over the course of the past quarter according to a respected quarterly sentiment survey. The Q3 2023 BVA...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter goes on warpath ahead of festive fundraising campaign](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Shelter has issued new claims about homelessness triggered in part by private rents, as it prepares for its annual festive fundraising...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buying Spree! Vast majority of portfolio landlords have bought property](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
No fewer than 88 per cent of portfolio landlords have added to their portfolios in the last six months, despite market...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Beadle is keynote speaker at free landlord information event](/upload/images/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
Landlords in Reading are being offered the chance to attend a free information event to help them keep up to date...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Offset EPC improvements against landlord income - plea to government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC4-400x310.png)
A new study claims that two thirds of privately rented homes require urgent energy efficiency improvements - and that landlords need...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Section 21 - Agent sympathises with tenants over delay for ban](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
A prominent lettings agent says he can see why tenants have lost faith in the government following delays in the banning...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bed bugs and landlords’ duty of care to tenants](/upload/images/shutterstock_2305531625.jpg)
Landlords have been urged to protect their properties against bed bugs with regular inspections. Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Charity repeats claim scrapping S21 will reduce homelessness](/upload/images/shutterstock_629082041.jpg)
A charity is suggesting that if only the government got on with abolishing S21 eviction powers, homelessness would be eased. Crisis -...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters wield more electoral power - if they actually register to vote](/upload/images/shutterstock_415863730.jpg)
The growth of private renting in the past decade has given renters more political power, an activist group claims. Generation Rent’s analysis...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government announces changes to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Court Reform first, then scrap Section 21 - landlord leader tells MPs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Court Reform first, then scrap Section 21 - landlord leader tells MPs Rental reforms will not work unless the government reforms the...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rates set to stay high despite today’s good news on inflation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Inflation for the year to October has fallen to 4.6 per cent. That’s a big fall from 6.7 per cent in September...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb listings info to be shared with government data service](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
The UK’s Office for National Statistics will soon have access to data on short-term lets listed on Airbnb, Booking .com and...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activist’s Twitter war of words continues](/upload/images/shutterstock_1208129407.jpg)
Activist’s Twitter war of words continues It appears as if Suella Braverman is not the only figure making a personal attack in...