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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...

A north of England council has released figures on the number of complaints it has received about private landlords. Pendle council in...

The rental market is firing on all cylinders again according to the latest market snapshot from PropTech firm Goodlord. It says void...

Over a third of a million landlords may quit the private rental sector as a result of being penalised by tax...

A consultation on a new licensing scheme for landlords letting out HMOs in Nottingham is running until May 24. The Labour council...

Activist group Generation Rent has accused landlords of “silencing” private tenants who live in flats hit with damp and mould. The claim...

Dorset council is the latest to agree a policy to double the council tax on second homes and to implement an...

A Cardiff landlord has been ordered to pay just over £4,500 for failing to rectify faults relating to two flats he...

The Welsh Government should consider tax incentives to support improvements to the energy efficiency of private rented housing, according to a...

A car charging company is urging landlords and businesses to take advantage of government grants towards the cost of electric vehicle...

A not-for-profit business that advocates tenants use Rent Repayment Orders against landlords has issued a furious response to a Supreme Court...

The landlords’ trade body is welcoming a landmark ruling from the Supreme Court which provides vital clarification about so called ‘rent-to-rent’...

House prices fell by an average 1.1 per cent over the past year - the first annual decline since June 2020,...

A council is to spend £1m “to gather information about the conditions of specific groups of privately rented properties and proactively...

Campaigners behind the National Empty Homes Week - running until March 5 - are accusing some second home owners of “flipping”...

Landlords expanding portfolios through cash purchases are securing discounts as high as £88,000 in cooling market conditions says a buying firm. House...

Companies that own UK residential properties have one month to revalue and tell HM Revenue and Customs if any are worth...

A mortgage expert says buying will become more affordable than renting by the end of 2023. Recent research by business consultancy Capital...

The Competition and Markets Authority is launching a three month probe into the workings of the private rental sector. It says the focus...

A coalition of tenant activists has called a Day of Action to protest at delays in the government’s rental reform agenda. The...

An analysis of inner London data from the government’s non-domestic EPC register suggests huge volumes of commercial property may be unsettable...

The government has launched the consultation on the controversial subject of disaggregation - a system which has seen council tax bills...

The asking-to-achieved price gap has widened to its largest for five years according to new data from Zoopla.  While sales volumes have...

A letting agents’ trade group is urging the industry to sign a parliamentary petition calling for the Section 24 changes for...

Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...

A fishing organisation is blaming landlords for contributing to a housing crisis which, they say, means locals cannot live in coastal...

A building society that last summer scrapped all lending on some holiday homes has now come up with another unusual policy...

Landlords of Airbnbs and other short-lets risk facing penalties for tax evasion if they fail to report income on their rental...