- Written by: Emma Lunn
The supply of rental housing stock on letting agents’ books fell in March, to the lowest level since the start of last year, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) March Private Rental Sector (PRS) report. Demand ...
- Written by: Emma Lunn
A new report from Halifax shows that delays in getting onto the housing ladder are leading to increasing worries about retirement for many. ...
- Written by: Emma Lunn
Members of Parliament have approved measures that will give greater protection to landlords wanting to evict illegal immigrants. ...
- Written by: Emma Lunn
Renters are publicly shaming their landlords over 'rip-off' rent prices in London in a new social media campaign. ...
- Written by: Emma Lunn
A letting agent who closed his New Malden firm leaving 17 landlords some £27,000 out of pocket has been jailed for 10 months. ...
- Written by: Emma Lunn
March saw the sharpest month-on-month fall in Scottish rents on record, according to the latest Scotland Buy-to-Let Index from Your Move. Average residential rents in Scotland dropped 0.7% in the month to March, the steepest monthly fall since the ...
- Written by: Emma Lunn
About half of property investors are looking to enter or expand in the HMO market, according to research from Shawbrook Bank. ...
- Written by: Emma Lunn
The Housing and Planning Bill, which includes measures to tackle criminal landlords and letting agents, should also address the issue of problem tenants, according to the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC). ...
- Written by: Emma Lunn
A rent-to-rent fraudster has been jailed for 16 months after being found guilty of six counts of fraud relating to HMOs ...
- Written by: Emma Lunn
Buy-to-let landlords enjoyed total annual returns of 12.2% over the past year helped by the flurry of purchases in the run-up to the stamp duty deadline on 1 April. ...
- Written by: Emma Lunn
Two Reading landlords face a total bill of £6,000 after admitting a string of offences which resulted in tenants living in dangerous conditions. ...
- Written by: Emma Lunn
More than twice as many people (47%) support the second home 3% stamp duty surcharge than oppose it (18%), according to a survey of homeowners. ...
- Written by: Emma Lunn
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) understands the Government is planning to update its Right to Rent guidance following the roll out of the scheme across the country. ...
- Written by: Emma Lunn
Affordable housing provider Rentplus has secured up to £70 million funding to support the delivery of thousands of new rent-to-buy homes The funding will help Rentplus deliver 580 homes out of its initial target to build 5,000 new affordable ...
- Written by: Emma Lunn
More and more tenants are subletting rental properties on peer-to-peer websites such as Airbnb, according to an eviction specialist. Landlord Action says that the number of Airbnb subletting cases it has received has trebled over the past 12 months. ...
- Written by: Emma Lunn
A landlord who rented his hazardous property to a family for years was prosecuted by Harrow Council and ordered to pay fines and costs totalling more than £16,000. ...
- Written by: Emma Lunn
A letting agent in South London has been found to be the front for a cannabis growing operation, with drugs grown in properties managed by the agent. ...
- Written by: Emma Lunn
Generation Rent has renewed its calls for the government to ban letting agents from charging fees to tenants. ...
- Written by: Emma Lunn
A group campaigning for the abolition of the buy-to-let tax grab have launched the second phase of its crowdfunding campaign and announced a major event in London to support the cause. ...
- Written by: Emma Lunn
Almost three quarters (72%) of pensioners who have an investment property said they would struggle to make ends meet if they didn’t have the income from their buy-to-let, according to a poll carried out by Responsible Equity Release. ...
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