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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...

A council is appealing to landlords to work with the local authority and the Probation Service to help ex-offenders fit accommodation...

The Housing Ombudsman - who presides over housing associations and other social housing providers - has ordered a chief executive to...

Rents continue to rise rapidly in every English region, Scotland and Wales according to the latest market snapshot from the respected...

A loans company, Moneyboat, has issued a series of tips for renters before and during their tenancies.  It claims that by avoiding...

A criminal businessman has been given a London council’s first ever landlord banning order. Property dealer Jaydipkumar Rameshchandra Valand, who lives in...

Debate is raging over whether there will be a 15th successive interest rate rise when the Bank of England’s monetary policy...

There’s been a clampdown on imprecise wording used in lettings listings. The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team  - which...

There are few signs that the pace of rental growth is slackening, warns Hamptons. It says the cost of a new tenancy...

Arun council has prosecuted a Littlehampton landlord for failing to comply with an improvement notice. The case was heard at Worthing Magistrates...

HMRC has prepared a guide to landlords’ and other property professionals’ self-assessment.  Here’s the guide in its entirety. - The year is flying by...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the Labour-supporting leader of the Generation Rent pressure group have starred in a lengthy social...

Landlords are unwittingly exposing their tenants to the serious danger of fire because they opt for the cheaper option when hiring...

Some 80,460 homes across England and Wales are registered to companies located in offshore tax havens. They are worth an estimated £39.8...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned any further publication of an advertisement for holiday homes that made them appear to be...

Landlords and brokers are up in arms about alleged profiteering by buy to let mortgage lenders’ arrangement fees. These jumped last autumn...

Over a third of homes in England are at high risk of overheating as summer temperatures of 40oC and above apparently...

Hawks Properties Limited has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to honour a compensation award. The agency - with...

A landlord has been given a £20,000 fine for failing to carry-out badly needed repairs on a property in Lancashire.  The fixed...

A charity has acknowledged that landlords need help to keep their homes, and in turn continue to provide much-needed homes in...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is being lobbied to take urgent action over the growing problem of abandoned tenancies. Propertymark chief executive Nathan...

Investors selling a buy to let so far in 2023 made gains which were 10.1 per cent lower than those who...

A leading agent in an area set to be hit by draconian planning restrictions on holiday lets is warning that the...

An MP says owner occupiers are “scared, unable to sleep at night, worried about their safety and even concerned about whether...

A landlord responsible for the management of an HMO has been fined a total of £5,000. The penalties were imposed by Boston...

The death of a 27-year-old man was not caused by the mould in the private rental property he occupied. That was the verdict...

There’s a blunt warning to renters from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered...

Data from mortgage lenders’ trade body UK Finance will make grim reading for anyone interested in the well-being of the housing...

The business editor of London’s daily newspaper, the Evening Standard, has made a strong statement in support of landlords. Jonathan Prynn, in...

An Airbnb flat owner in Scotland has been refused access to let out her flat because it is in a block...

A growing number of landlords are incorporating in order to salvage profits from the difficult buy to let sector, a bank...

Homelessness charities often berate private landlords for putting income before service to tenants. But a bitter dispute at one organisation has apparently revealed...

Landlords pulling out of buy to let because of high costs and overbearing regulation now have a guide to how quickly...

A currently low-profile service that helps landlords manage portfolios or even sell their properties to tenants says it’s raised a big...

Fewer than a third of tenants and other residents under the age of 30 have cover for their contents, it’s been...

The National Residential Landlords Association is backing a call for financial help for landlords who improve the energy efficiency of their...

A group of local authorities is asking the government to give individual councils the cash to buy properties off private landlords. London...

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of using landlords to do her dirty work for her. In a response to the...

Beverley Building Society has entered the buy to let market for the first time with two new products. Its variable rate BTL...

Any landlord hit with late payment surcharges from HM Revenue & Customs will now face even higher charges. As a result of...

A leading property law firm is warning that landlords face bankruptcy as a result of the massive increase in fines they...

Landlords who allow rental properties to be let to migrants who do not have the right to be in the UK...

Average house price fell by 0.3 per cent in July, a fourth consecutive monthly decline, according to the Halifax. This means property...

Councillors in Warwick look set to decide tomorrow whether to implement an additional licensing scheme for some HMOs.  Following a public consultation...

There’s been a large increase in the number of complaints registered with The Property Ombudsman - with lettings agents in the...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and activist group Generation Rent have issued a joint appeal for rent controls in the capital. Khan’s...

Millions of UK landlords will be adversely affected by the Renters Reform Bill, a solicitor warns - the latest law expert...

Sheffield council has prosecuted a rogue landlord for a second time after he was failing to provide appropriate documentation to a...

The University of Dundee and letting agents’ body Propertymark want to understand more about the future plans of landlords.  This is happening...

A prominent lettings industry figure has summed up the continuing rental market frenzy in three words - “the madness continues.” Andy Halstead, HomeLet &...

Activist group Generation Rent is now demanding a change to the Renters Reform Bill to help tenants with energy bills. The group...

July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...

A prominent buying agent operating at the high end of the prime London market has given an interesting insight into how...

Landlords are often seen as stalwarts of property auctions, and are attributed with helping the sector’s growth over the past decade. Property...

The next National Landlord Investment Show is taking place in London next month. It’s on September 27 at DoubleTree Hilton London Elstree...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has announced its decision on base rate. It will rise by 0.25 per cent to...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets again today with strong expectations that they will agree their 14th successive base...

Whereas it’s likely that every single landlord has seen higher costs over the past year, two out of five tenants have...

A statement from Oxford’s Labour controlled council says private landlords in the city have under a month to apply for a...

A survey suggests that landlords want to improve the energy efficiency of their properties as soon as possible - despite a...

Owners of short-term let properties are being urged to apply for a licence under Scotland’s short-term licensing scheme before the October...

A finance house says it’s seeing an increase in tenants offering to buy their properties off their landlords. James Briggs, head of...

A controversial MP sacked by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak earlier this year says he will take up the cause of landlords...

House prices have fallen an average of 3.8 per cent across the UK in the past year according to the Nationwide. This...

The number of voids has dropped by 44 per cent in the past month to hit an average of just nine...

A council is to consult on a new licensing scheme that aims to tackle rogue landlords in parts of Scunthorpe that...

A council that is often outspoken in its criticism of rogue private landlords has been slammed for literally thousands of health...

The number of property transactions fuelled by the mortgage sector has fallen by 42 per cent so far this year. Britain’s more...

Mortgage lenders have launched a £5m media campaign to publicise the support available to owner occupier mortgage holders if they face...

Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...

A controversial licensing scheme will come into force this winter with the blessing of Housing Secretary Michael Gove. Nottingham council’s selective licensing...

Some 18 per cent of buy to let landlords have suggested they are not raising rents for tenants despite inflation and...

The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service kicks in tomorrow - it offers early legal advice, free of charge, to anyone...

A left-wing pressure group wants new laws to force landlords to pay hefty relocation expenses to tenants who claim high rents...

The latest market snapshot from Zoopla suggests landlords’ capital appreciation over the second half of this year depends almost entirely on...

Landlords providing accommodation on the Wirral are likely to get further licensing as a new consultation goes ahead.  The proposals suggest continuing...

A property investment platform has analysed rental yields to see the best returning areas for buy to let investors. Sourced Franchise analysed...

New housing affordability figures provide one underlying reason why many potential buyers cannot make the move and instead rely increasingly on...