A new political party called Breakthrough is campaigning for radical reform of the rental sector and housing in general.
The party - which describes itself as “youth...
A local council is working with energy company E.ON to offer private landlords in the local patch up to £10,000 worth of energy saving measures.
The Green...
There’s only today and tomorrow left for landlords to respond to the committee of MPs currently calling for evidence concerning the reform of the private rented...
A portfolio landlord’s deal for an £11m re-financing package has been struck with a bank.
The landlord was looking to refinance 63 houses and flats in the...
Newport council in South Wales says it’s researching into the private rental sector to assess how best it can support landlords.
In the 2011 census, 8,572 households...
A 10 week consultation by Portsmouth council on proposals for new HMO licensing has finished with 1,050 responses.
Licences are required for all the city’s 1,200 shared...
A landlord insurance company has identified the three most common reasons for landlords submitting a claim.
The 10 most common reasons for a claim combined to result...
Mortgage activity is forecast to fall by six per cent by year-end as the market feels the brunt of interest rate hikes.
And specialist lending is set...
A senior figure at the right wing magazine The Spectator has slammed landlords for blatant profiteering.
The magazine’s assistant online editor says her own rent has been...
In an unexpected statement from the government it’s been announced that social housing residents will be able to get training and support “to speak up and raise...
A new survey suggests large numbers of tenants are worried about the risk of falling behind with the rent or even becoming homeless.
The study, by a...
A trade body is warning that landlords may face a new challenge if, as expected, the government agrees a controversial expansion of the so-called Breathing Spaces...
Citizens Advice wants landlords and tenants in a specific part of the country to help inform government about improving the uptake of energy efficiency measures in...
A landlord has pleaded guilty of four counts of breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order and told to expect to pay “a significant amount of compensation and...
New research from an online buy to let mortgage broker shows that average rates for some typical deals favoured by landlords have doubled since the start...
New government figures show 3,405 households in the private rented sector were evicted by bailiffs in England between April and June this year - up 39 per cent...
Landlords may be alarmed at Rightmove’s latest asking price market snapshot which shows an average 1.3 per cent fall this month.
But the portal insists the drop...
London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan wants private landlords letting ex-council properties to consider selling the properties to local councils.
Since launching in July 2021, 14 borough councils...
ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on the wider rental market -...
An upbeat report on the booming private rental market in Prime Central London has been released by investment consultancy London Central Portfolio.
It says average length of...
Landlords who use the Property Hub Lets online agency are in for a change - in future, their properties will be managed by High Street branches.
The...
Generation Rent is promoting another rent freeze campaign.
In a short series of tweets, and in relation to the predicted energy price increases, the activist group says:...
A pilot scheme described as helping “tenants threatened with eviction to stay in their homes” has been extended after Cornwall Council won hundreds of thousands of...
Islington Council in London has prosecuted a landlord who repeatedly failed to comply with licensing regulations, including refusal to provide a kitchen for a tenant.
The case...
Tenant demand is surging in Outer London areas according tones research undertaken on behalf of specialist buy to let lender Paragon Bank.
It says that while in...
A prominent personal finance analyst says renters in the private sector are amongst the most badly hit by the cost of living crisis.
Sarah Coles, senior personal...
Data released by the Tenancy Deposit Service shows that the number of deposits protected has increased across the whole of the UK.
The information published in the...
Hounslow council in London has introduced new measures for conversions of family homes into HMOs for three to six tenants.
Investors will now have to obtain planning...
In what has been described as a ‘first’ by the local authority concerned, a rogue landlord has been banned from letting and managing properties.
Carmelo Borsellino, of...
The National Residential Landlords Association has hit out at what it calls “baseless suggestions” that landlords will not pass on energy rebates to tenants.
The association does...
Refusing to have a professional inventory on a property could be a false economy for landlords.
That’s the view of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks which...
An analysis from PropTech firm Goodlord claims that landlords would have lost a combined £1m over the last year without anti-fraud tech.
Some 20 per cent of...
New figures show that the amount of Capital Gains Tax raked in by HM Revenue & Customs has skyrocketed.
The Revenue received £14.3 billion in CGT for...
Conservative party leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak says he wants today’s renters, along with young adults obliged to live at home with their parents, to become capitalists...
There is still time for landlords to influence the specific provisions of the Renters Reform Bill according to one of the industry’s most respected experts.
Paul Shamplina...
A landlord had been sentenced after being found guilty of the illegal eviction of his former tenant.
A lengthy investigation was conducted by Warrington council after a...
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has announced that base rate is rising from 1.25 to 1.75 per cent.
The rate is now at its highest level since...
A council in a second home and short let hotspot is making a desparate plea to private landlords for help.
Torbay Council, covering Torquay and Paigton in...
Landlords who use the Moneyfacts service to help find the most competitive offers on the mortgage market can now benefit from additional functionality on its website.
Moneyfacts...
London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed credit for many of the measures contained in the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper - and made...
Campaigning charity Shelter has backed a call by consumer organisation Citizens Advice to seek government pledges that a £400 energy bill discount is passed on to...
A landlord group is threatening legal action following a council’s approval of a new licensing scheme.
York council - run by a coalition of Liberal Democrat and...
Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord.
It says the average void period in England as...
Renters opting for a shared property under the co-living model are older than ever before, according to new data from a London accommodation supplier.
Tenant data from...
A council now consulting on a huge licensing scheme for private landlords has been slammed - over its own record as a social landlord.
Birmingham’s Labour-controlled council...
A landlord has been fined £7,500 for letting an unlicensed HMO.
Having ignored numerous requests and failing to renew the St Helen’s council licence, the landlord was...
Annual house price growth in the UK accelerated to 11 per cent last month, a smidgeon up on June’s 10.7 per cent, according to the Nationwide.
House...
Today’s rental market is unsustainable according to a leading industry supplier.
HomeLet’s latest monthly market snapshot says the average rent in the UK is now £1,127 per...
Bristol’s Labour council has made a name for itself with policies shifting power from landlords to tenants.
Earlier this year the Mayor, Marvin Rees, teamed up with...
Zoopla’s latest house price index suggests capital appreciation will rumble into next year despite the slowdown.
Levels of price growth will return to a five year average...
With a month to go until a new licensing scheme for private rented homes starts, Oxford council is urging landlords to sign up.
The government-approved selective licensing...
Landlords have been warned they risk fixed penalty notices and the loss of HMO licences if students leave rubbish in public areas when they check out.
Canterbury...
A review of the mortgage system would ensure that tenants’ records in paying rent would contribute towards their ability to secure a mortgage on a first...
A building society will no longer lend for the purchase of second homes, saying they reduce the stock available for first time and other buyers.
The Leeds...
Renters are being placed at unnecessary risk due to a delay in reforms that would allegedly give them greater protection, it’s been claimed.
The Renting Homes (Wales)...
Prominent buy to let service the Mortgage Advice Bureau has announced a new partnership that should allow landlords to arm themselves with increased knowledge of regulations...
A council in Wales is warning landlords that enforcement action is on its way for those who fail to meet Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards in their...
A council claims that a substantial number of private landlords in its area have evicted long term tenants to make space for AirBnb renters.
Scarborough council says...
Shelter has again linked private rental evictions to the rising levels of homelessness.
The campaigning charity says government figures released show 74,230 households in England became homeless...
A Freedom of Information request by a newspaper has unveiled the almost complete lack of activity by local councils when it comes to the government’s so-called...
Fresh government data shows that over 2021-22, some 12,965 rental properties were repossessed - a huge increase on the previous year, where figures were artificially low...
The National Residential Landlords Association is asking all landlords - not just its members - to contribute to a consultation on the government’s Fairer Private Rental...
A group of health and safety experts has created a guide to help landlords understand major rental reform being introduced in Wales.
The Electrical Safety Roundtable in...
A new £71m Build To Rent scheme is on its way to commuter hotspot Leatherhead.
BTR operator Get Living and developer Watkin Jones have agreed £71m forward...
A landlord and owner who failed to repair a serious water leak have been fined £4,000 after their tenants’ bathroom ceiling collapsed.
After the tenants got in...
The Commonwealth Games, which begin today in Birmingham, could turbo-charge capital appreciation in the city by up to 15 per cent.
That’s the claim by lettings agency Barrows...
Capital values in Prime Central London have increased according to the latest market snapshot from investment service London Central Portfolio.
House have risen in value by 7.9...
A new rent-to-own scheme means some tenants can save a slice of their rent to help build a deposit to buy.
Financial platform Kettel Homes allows tenants...
Rightmove is warning landlords and other sellers that properties with poor levels of energy efficiency may have to sell with a discount.
The portal says buyers over coming...
A property investment platform is to spend £1 billion buying and retrofitting thousands of homes in the private rental sector, The Times is reporting.
IMMO, a PropTech...
A London landlord has been fined £1,000 for letting an unlicensed HMO in Tottenham.
Having ignored numerous requests and failing to renew the licence, the landlord was...
Landlords who take advantage of the annual Edinburgh festival by charging high fees for Airbnb-sale short lets have been accused of threatening the future of the...
A council is offering a £3,000 cash incentive to any landlord of a three or four bedroom property available for immediate occupation.
Maidstone council in Kent claims that...
New analysis from Rightmove reveals that first-time buyer asking prices and equivalent asking rents have risen three times faster compared with pre-pandemic years.
Average asking prices for...
A council says it’s going to introduce stricter regulations for HMOs - and it hasn’t yet even finished its formal consultation.
Hounslow council has agreed new measures...
A digital platform that claims it will “finally bring renting into the modern age” says it has secured £4.5m in funding.
A statement from Residently, announcing the...
Yet another committee of MPs has launched a ‘call for evidence’ as it starts an investigation into the private rental sector.
The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities...
The government has repeated its demand that landlords pass on energy rebates to tenants.
A written parliamentary question on this issue was submitted by Scottish National Party...
Next week a webinar will give landlords and other property professionals an opportunity to put questions directly to one of the most prominent campaigners for pets...
A new analysis of household energy consumption has found that a combination of green technologies could reduce bills by up to £1,878 a year.
The analysis also...
The government is investigating a new way to tackle renters’ anti-social behaviour in the social housing sector - through a new advisory group.
Housing Minister Eddie Hughes...
Bricks and mortar have become one of the best investment classes over the past year, according to new research.
The Stripe Property Group says capital appreciation of...
An asset management operation has launched a new service to guarantee consistent income for investors with multiple properties.
‘Holland Assurance’ from Holland Properties allows landlords to receive...
Generation Rent, which typically attacks all landlords and especially those involved in buy to let, has instead focussed its latest social media attacks on holiday lets.
It...
Labour wants to bring in a UK-wide licensing system for holiday lets to preserve the “spirit” of costal and rural communities.
The announcement has been made by...
Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability, a report has found.
For months...
A new league table shows landlords the cities across the UK where the highest average Airbnb nightly prices are charged.
The data, from Pikl Insurance, also shows...
New forecasts from an energy industry consultancy suggests that the average domestic consumer’s energy bills could soar to £3,363 a year from the start of 2023.
This...
A mortgage lender’s buy to let market index shows yields slightly dipping.
Fleet Mortgages’ regional snapshot covers all areas of England and Wales comparing Q2 2022 and...
Rental growth rates slipped back slightly during the early part of summer according to an analysis by the Hamptons lettings agency, owned by Connells.
Average rents across...
Any restrictions on Airbnb and other short lets platforms will hit millions in the UK, according to the people behind new research.
A government review of short-term...
The latest Rightmove asking price market snapshot represents more good news for landlords relying on capital appreciation.
The average price of property coming to market sees a...
Airbnb has teamed up with a tourism body to produce a report it describes as “ground breaking” in spelling out so-called best practices for managing short...
The next Prime Minister must address the supply crisis in the private rented sector if homeownership ambitions are to become a reality.
That’s the warning from the...
Government plans to ban Section 21 evictions could push up rents and reduce rental stock, a property dispute expert is warning.
Lee Pearce - partner and head of dispute...
The government has developed an insurance scheme which may help landlords who want to see flats in high rise blocks.
Following the Grenfell fire in 2017, mortgage...
The latest rentals market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors gives the now-familiar story of how demand is far outstripping supply.
The snapshot - which...
Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove.
This figure, for the end of the second quarter...
A London council has boasted of its success in working with a landlord to remedy problems on a rental property served with an Improvement Notice.
Barking and...
The National Residential Landlords Association has identified five key areas for its campaigning in the short term, as the Conservatives elect a new leader of their...
The continuing rent rises seen across much of the country are outpacing increases in interest rates, it’s been claimed.
Property website Home, which issues an authoritative monthly...
New research showed a large month-on-month increase in the cost of typical buy to let fixed rate mortgages popular with landlords.
Online brokerage Property Master claims that...
A Conservative MP who has already suggested a 25 mile limit around some rental properties to reserve them for people with local connections, is now backing...
Three projects are underway investigating how a tourist tax, including a levy on holiday let renters, could apply in Wales.
The three probes - triggered by the...
Heat pumps - central to a government energy efficiency drive started under Boris Johnson - could save 20 per cent higher n household energy bills, it...
Lettings agency Knight Frank says it doubts the current high levels of capital appreciation will be derailed this year by uncertainty over the identity of the...
New selective licensing measures are to be introduced across three parts of Leicester in a new clampdown on landlords.
The combined areas cover approaching 20 per cent...
A council says it’s offering private sector landlords an opportunity to lease their vacant property and help support local residents who require temporary accommodation.
The Private Sector...
A council says it’s launching a rolling programme of inspections of all 29,000 rental properties in its selective licensing scheme.
The scheme requires all private landlords in...
A quarter of TikTok influencer videos claiming to offer guidance or advice on property investment have been found to be misleading.
The Online Mortgage Advisor service analysed...
Electricians have revealed the 10 most dangerous mistakes made by those attempting electrical DIY, with some possibly leading to serious injuries or worse.
Almost half of those...
A residential investment loan has been relaunched with the aim of incentivising investors to invest in energy efficient homes.
The Green Investment Loan, offered by the Real...
Lettings agency Knight Frank says it doubts the current high levels of capital appreciation will be derailed this year by uncertainty over the identity of the...
Landlords are being invited to join the advisory council of the country’s largest lettings redress scheme.
The Property Redress Scheme covers more than 13,250 letting agency branches...
The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been packed with MPs loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as a result of the political...
The latest English Housing Survey report on the private rental sector gives the lie to the perception that most tenants are unhappy.
The results were published by...
A park home specialist is claiming that this property niche is better suited than conventional rental or owned homes for energy efficiency and coping with the...
A landlord has been fined and must pay compensation after being involved in an illegal eviction.
The landlord - Tahir Aziz - was issued with a fine of...
HMRC is seeing substantial delays in the processing of self assessment tax returns, it’s being claimed.
A company called RIFT Tax Refunds claims that HMRC efficiency data...
PropTech companies Goodlord and Vouch have come together to call for input for their State Of The Lettings Industry report.
And with a new Housing Secretary and...
With the (eventual) departure of Boris Johnson, the next question for landlords and indeed much of the property industry is: What’s going to become of the Renters’...
Startling new housing market data has been interpreted as “torment for tenants” according to a business analyst.
The latest Halifax house price index shows values up 13...
Greg Clark is the new Housing Secretary, with responsibilities including steering the Renters' Reform Bill through parliament.
He is part of a new Cabinet named by outgoing...
The proportion of landlords who plan to purchase their next buy to let property through a limited company has hit the highest level for three years,...
Landlord leaders are calling for a change to the Tenant Fees Act to allow renters to be charged for pet damage.
Some 537 landlords and letting agents...
A council has launched an information pack as part of a wider project to address the issue of empty properties.
The ‘Caerphilly - No Use Empty’ pack...
Cabinet minister Michael Gove and junior minister Eddie Hughes - architects of the pro-renter White Paper issued last month - are staying loyal to Prime Minister Boris...
Landlords considering selling up because of the tighter regulations and larger tax bills forced on the rental sector may be alarmed to see new figures from...
A national lettings agency chain is offering what it calls “first-of-its-kind EPC+” to landlords.
Connells says this will provide landlords with better understanding of their property’s impact...
Councils will be able to control numbers of second homes and holiday lets under new plans unveiled by the Welsh Government.
There will also be a licensing...
Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills.
Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3 per cent in Q2 2022,...
Unscrupulous landlords in the ‘exempt rental’ niche will be driven out by a new clampdown, the government insists.
The exempt sector provides accommodation alongside care, support, or...
Landlords typically spend hundreds of pounds repairing properties damaged by pets, but unable to recoup their costs.
That’s the claim from industry supplier The Lettings Hub which...
Two landlords have been fined £3,000 and ordered to pay more than £6,000 in costs for failing to provide documents to a local council.
Nicole Cameron, director...
Little may have been heard of Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell in recent months but he has broken his silence to back the government’s proposal to make...
Recent research shows an 18 per cent increase in the number of Green mortgages available in just a six month period.
Financial information service Defaqto, in research...
Landlords are still enjoying substantial capital appreciation - but the latest Zoopla house price index reveals the lowest rate of monthly price growth since December 2019.
The...
Annual house price growth slowed slightly last month, dipping to 10.7 in June from 11.2 per cent in May, according to the Nationwide.
The slowdown in growth...
A landlord who repeatedly let out an unsafe house has been fined £20,000 by magistrates.
Housing officers from Salford council found fire doors were not up to...
The early bird discount period for what many regard as the country’s most controversial landlord licensing scheme has been extended.
The discount period will now go on...
The government only has itself to blame for the explosion in AirBnb and other short lets properties.
That’s the view of the National Residential Landlords Association.
This follows...
A council is warning student tenants in its city to be quiet and considerate when checking out of private rental accommodation for the long summer break.
Leeds...
A review into the effect of short-term lets has been launched by the government.
The government says future policies could involve physical checks of premises to ensure...
An organisation that helps promote the Build To Rent sector says BTR should take credit for many of the changes proposed in the government’s controversial Fairer...
An activist group that campaigns against landlords has accused some of discriminating against tenants on the ground of their sexual orientation.
Baroness Alicia Kennedy of Generation Rent...
A re-offending landlord housed himself and five tenants in what has been described as a death trap property.
The rogue Harrow landlord - already guilty of having...
An MP has introduced a Private Member’s Bill which, if successful, would reduce what she calls the “nightmare” of Airbnb party houses.
Rachael Maskell, Labour MP for...
The government's ban on charging ground rent on leases in England and Wales comes into force today.
Only a peppercorn ground rent is now considered legal on...
A study by the Tenancy Deposit Service has identified the main causes of disputes between student tenants and landlords and agents.
The poll highlighted that a large...
East Lothian council has launched a survey about the operation of the private rented sector and its role in meeting housing need locally.
The survey will help...
A utilities advice service has come up with a list of measures which it says can reduce expenditure by tenants and landlords, or other occupiers this...
A prominent financial analyst says the fast-rising costs of renting mean tenants are becoming less financially resilient - and this applies to older renters as well...
Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of homes for rent.
The Scottish Parliament...
Liverpool is a key investment hot spot for buy to let landlords according to a new report.
It shows that, for example, £1.5m can typically purchase one...
A survey of 12,000 tenants suggests that over three-quarters are concerned about the impact of the cost of living crisis on their ability to pay rent.
And...
The public at large are not falling behind the government’s proposals for private rental sector reforms, it seems.
A survey conducted by the Lincolnshire Live news website...
The great rent rise continues according to new data from ARLA Propertymark.
The trade body says while there has been a long term increase in the availability...
A prominent agency has revised its market forecast for the rest of 2022 and says prices will rise more and for longer than expected.
Knight Frank is...
The Baroness leading a renters’ pressure group wants to work with councils to push tenants’ rights.
Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of Generation Rent, claims two thirds of...
Private rental properties are now “far safer” than before thanks to recent legislation, according to the charity Electrical Safety First.
Since five-year mandatory checks were introduced in...
Landlords should not be downbeat about the scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers as proposed in the rental reform White Paper.
That’s the view of landlord and...
A rogue landlord has been fined £5,500 following a successful prosecution by Mendip council in Somerset.
The council’s private sector housing team brought a civil case against the landlord...
A new survey claims to show the rent differences between furnished and unfurnished homes to let in various cities.
For example London landlords can make more than...
A council has prosecuted after a landlord who it alleges put his tenants’ safety at risk.
Beej Patel and his company Hatfield Lettings LTD (Trading as Moving...
New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let.
Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21, the rental platform Rentd found...
Build To Rent may win a lot of publicity but it’s still largely unknown outside London according to new research.
BTR completions have increased by 19 per...
Another landlord has been hit with a substantial fine for failing to licence an HMO.
Ryan Antony Otto, a director of Otto Investments Ltd based in London,...
PropTech supplier Inventorybase has drawn up a league table of what it calls the private rental sector’s most complained about issues.
After analysing visits to its website...
New research suggests that a like-for-like comparison shows short lets earning 21 per cent more than the same home let out long-term.
Research by Revolution Brokers shows...
Down-sizing, once the preserve of retired home owners, is now a phenomenon in the rental market too.
That’s the claim of Sarah Coles, senior personal finance analyst...
The number of households taking lodgers has declined in recent years according to new research.
The number of homes taking one lodger is down 20 per cent...
Rents are up year-on-year across all regions, according to the property website Home.
The mix-adjusted average rise across the UK is a huge 18.8 per cent, says...
HM Revenue & Customs has named and shamed a string of landlords who, it claims, have collectively avoided many millions of pounds in tax.
The names are...
The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings agency Hamptons.
It says that for...
A couple growing cannabis at a house in Cambridgeshire jumped through a window and hid in the loft of their rental property to evade arrest.
Members of...
A prominent London council wants rental properties to be included in the government’s Flood Re reinsurance scheme.
Westminster council says the current scheme disadvantages renters and those...
A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship.
Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association of Visitor Attractions, believes around...
A pioneering project is matching private landlords with tenant management skills in a local housing association.
Salford council and the Irwell Valley Homes housing association have teamed...
The Generation Rent group of activists says it has concerns over the broad proposals to allow landlords to charge for additional insurance against damage if they...
Rightmove is warning of likely price falls in the second half of 2022.
Its latest monthly market snapshot actually shows yet another record high average asking price,...
The latest Bank of England base rate increase will serve only to increase the pain on landlords, it’s been claimed.
This is the fifth rise in successive...
Landlords and owner occupiers alike could lose the most financially from rent controls according to a prominent rentals expert.
The claim comes from David Alexander - managing...
The Deposit Protection Service has given landlords tips on how to prepare their homes for pets because, it says, the single largest reason why private tenants...
The campaigning charity Shelter - once a critic of government policies over letting agents and landlords - has given a ringing endorsement to promised reforms.
In a...
The chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association says the devil is in the detail when it comes to the government’s rental sector reform proposals...
What looks suspiciously like a government leak to the Daily Mail says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will be unveiled tomorrow.
The Mail says it will...
A prominent buy to let mortgage lender says there’s been a surge of interest in so-called green mortgages linked to good EPC ratings.
Paragon Bank increased buy-to-let...
A local authority in London is threatening landlords with enforcement action if they don’t pay up for a new license.
Lewisham’s Labour council has launched a new...
A lettings agency claims to have identified which boroughs in the capital offer the best prospects for buy to let investors wanting family-friendly properties.
Portico analysed a...
New data from Rightmove suggests that rental demand is cooling in some areas where the market was busiest during the pandemic.
And in contrast, demand is picking...
Landmark Auctions, a new property auctioneer has launched its services offering residential and commercial property, development, investment and land through in-house, online and live streamed auctions...
An online rental platform suggests almost a third of rental homes may be deemed unaffordable.
Ocasa, using Office for National Statistics data, has analysed the current cost...
The Welsh Government, which recently pushed back its so-called rental revolution until December, has nonetheless published extensive new guidelines about the changes.
Radical reforms under the Renting...
London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to know the views of individuals on letting out homes in the capital via short let platforms such as Airbnb.
The...
A prominent energy industry organisation has just issued a new guide for landlords to improve their properties.
The Energy Saving Trust - which describes itself as an...
Housing minister Eddie Hughes is to spell out how landlords can improve their properties ahead of legislation expected when the Renters Reform Bill is finally introduced...
The John Lewis Partnership is to offer short- and long-term lets when it builds flats to rent at three locations in southern England.
The properties “would offer...
Landlords considering new build properties to enlarge their portfolios may get more of a bargain than they expected.
New data from the Whathouse platform reveals that new...
Don’t pick on landlords - that’s the message from a leading tax and advisory consultancy.
Blick Rothenberg warns that the government needs to take care to ensure...
The number of adults living at home with parents has increased 20 per cent in the past 10 years, it’s been claimed.And research by Confused.com suggests...
HMO minimum space standards may be changed by council
A council has launched a six week consultation on proposals to change size requirements for HMOs in its...
A council is offering a no-commission rent guarantee service to private landlords.
A statement from Elbridge council claims that it offers not just the fees and guaranteed...
A business analyst at a prominent consultancy says landlords who resist the temptation to quit the sector are “in a position of real power.”
Sarah Coles of...
The government is today launching a consultation on a policy obliging landlords to make changes to communal spaces outside disabled tenants’ homes.
The new policy - which...
The housing market is showing signs of cooling, says the Halifax, as its latest index shows growing caution.
The lender says that while house prices climbed again...
Shelter - for so long an outspoken critic of private rental landlords and letting agencies - has now turned its fire on the social housing sector.
In...
Some 820,000 private rented households in Britain are routinely hit by a shortfall between their housing benefit and their monthly rents according to official data.
That’s 57...
A landlord has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for the illegal eviction and harassment of a tenant, and has been ordered to pay over £8,000...
Failing social housing landlords could face unlimited fines and Ofsted-style inspections, under the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill being introduced into Parliament today.
A new Regulator of Social...
The Guardian newspaper has given an aggrieved tenant the opportunity to explain how he and other renters took a landlord to court - and won.
Morgan Jones...
It’s not just landlords with residential units that must beware the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards - there’s now a legal warning issued about commercial property too.
Rajinda...
Financial Times columnist and radio presenter James Max has made a strong case for opposing rent controls.
Appearing on the Jeremy Vine Show on Channel 5, Max...
Growing numbers of people are feeling psychologically affected by the cost of living crisis according to the latest Inflation Nation report from the Yorkshire Building Society.
According...
It’s been confirmed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to announce plans to extend the Right To Buy to housing associations.
Under the existing Right To Buy...
Overnight speculation of a Cabinet reshuffle has yet again led to uncertainty over the Renters’ Reform Bill, pledging a radical shake-up of the private rental sector.
Last...
An insurance chief with expertise in the holiday lets sector has stood up for owners who let their properties to holidaymakers - and insists these are...
A prominent auction house says bids are fewer in number than before - a sign that the market is softening, presenting potential opportunities for investors.
Auctioneers at...
There has been an angry response by some politicians in Wales to the decision by the Labour administration to delay implementation of radical rental sector reforms.
Across...
A new survey from an experienced company in the private rental sector has revealed shocking findings about what landlords really think of letting agents.
More than four...
A rogue landlord that put tenants at risk has been fined for £4,808 for breaking housing regulations on a property in Wolverhampton.
The local council prosecuted Maciej...
Two respected figures in the lettings sector want landlords and tenants to consider the future of the eviction process.
Paul Shamplina - star of Channel 5’s Evicted!...
The clearest indication of the rate at which the private rented market is shrinking is revealed in new research by Propertymark.
It shows the number of properties...
A group delivering tenant relations training claims thousands of illegal evictions are made possible because many local councils have no trained tenancy relations officers.
Safer Renting’s analysis...
Landlords have welcomed the latest delays to radical rental reforms which were due to be implemented next month.
Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords...
There’s embarrassment all round for the Labour-run Welsh Government as it reveals a late delay to its much-hyped rental reform.
The reform - which was to come...
The long Jubilee Weekend celebration may be almost upon us but landlords are being urged respond to a major property tax consultation.
The Office for Tax Simplification...
A London council is relaunching an appeal for private landlords to help house homeless people with mobility issues.
Landlords in Camden and other areas are particularly being...
A landlord has been fined £7,500 for not complying with electrical safety standards at a property he owns and lets out in Bury.
He failed to produce...
No it’s not an April Fool - some tenants in Wales are experimenting with an alternative to radiators and heat pumps. to keep residents warm.
The graphene...
Landlords with larger portfolios are more likely to increase rent than small-scale landlords.
A poll by The Landlord Works shows that 75 per cent of those who...
A new Selective Licensing scheme for private landlords in Nottingham has been approved by the city council and now goes for consultation.
This is a brand new...
A council has imposed fines on five landlords for licensing breaches.
Doncaster’s Selective Licensing scheme was introduced - so the council claims - to help tackle high...
A man has been sentenced to 33 years after murdering his landlords at their property in south London.
Daniel Briceno Garcia was convicted at the Old Bailey...
A mortgage broker is accusing buy to let lenders of making life tougher for landlord borrowers.
Mel Whiting of Norton Finance says there are ever-stricter criteria being...
No fewer than 74 per cent of landlords say they feel a responsibility to support their tenants during times of financial hardship.
And 44 per cent have financially supported...
The Baroness leading the Generation Rent campaign group is accusing many landlords of failing to sell - despite having said they would do.
The group says its...
The cost of living crisis and soaring fuel bills mean landlords may have to rethink the concept of all-inclusive rents.
That’s the view of David Alexander, chief...
A market research company is to go door-to-door to seek residents’ views as part of a council’s consultation on landlord licensing.
MEL Research, on behalf of Sefton...
The architect of one of the largest rental reform initiatives in the UK is set to address landlords at a webinar next month.
The National Residential Landlords...
Brand new ‘property passports’ would help landlords prove their homes are compliant and assist tenants to identify decent and safe housing, it’s been claimed.
Under plans devised...
Landlords are being advised not to panic buy ahead of what may be more difficult lending conditions as the cost of living crisis grows.
Personal finance experts...
It’s now daggers-drawn between the National Residential Landlords Association and Oxford’s Labour-run council over a huge new licensing scheme.
Government approval of Oxford council‘s selective licensing scheme...
Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers.
The government pledged a White Paper and a reform bill to...
Landlords work harder to ensure properties are suitable for their preferred tenant type, more than they do to achieve maximum profits.
That’s the result of research by...
The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has now opened its controversial boiler upgrade scheme.
Landlords across England and Wales as well as owner occupiers may...
The importance of improved energy efficiency in the private rented and owner occupied sectors has led to a surge in interest in more sustainable properties.
That’s the...
The surge in rents will subside and the market will normalise before the end of the year.
That’s the prediction from Zoopla in its latest market snapshot.
It...
A PropTech company which aims its products at landlords, claim that over 600,000 landlords are breaking the rules when it comes to providing their tenant with...
Lettings agency and property management consultancy Bramleys has revealed the most common landlord complaints, and has provided suggestions as to how to solve them.
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Independent mortgage sector monitor Moneyfacts says the choice for landlords wanting to borrow remains very strong - but increasingly interest rates are making loans more expensive.
Moneyfacts...
A report in a government-supporting newspaper suggests that a proposal to cut Capital Gains Tax for landlords who sell to first time buyers is being considered...
The government is pondering beefing up mandatory alarm requirements which landlords have to meet in England.
Until now private landlords have to fit one battery operated smoke...
Analysis by Rightmove suggests that capital appreciation remains strong for landlords and owner occupiers alike, despite the recent flurry of interest rate rises.
The portal says the...
A price comparison website has given a league table of features which it claims can allow landlords to increase the charges they make for short lets...
Activists claim that the number of evictions using Section 21 is actually in excess of the reported by government.
Ministry of Justice figures released over the weekend...
A council has launched what it calls a Landlord and Tenant Support Package in place of a previous landlord accreditation system.
Telford and Wrekin council says it...
The abolition of Section 21 eviction notices could lead to a surge in evictions by private landlords anxious to sell before restrictions come into force, la legal...
Activists in Generation Rent have repeated once again their call for a rent freeze and yet another eviction ban.
“Rents have been surging since offices and universities...
Housing minister Eddie Hughes - the politician leading for the government own the renters’ Reform Bill - will be the keynote speaker at the inaugural National...
Demand for apartment living across much of Britain has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels despite a move back to normality for many.
That’s the view of...
A private tenant who stabbed his landlords to death has been convicted of murder.
Daniel Garcia unleashed what an Old Bailey trial heard described as a "brutal...
Airbnb’s general manager is claiming that there is no fact-based evidence to link the proliferation of short lets across the UK with any apparent housing shortage.
Amanda...
Contrary to recent figures from Zoopla and others, pointing to double-digit rental inflation in the past year, official statistics show the typical private sector rent rose...
Details have been released of a scheme seeking to encourage private landlords to lease their properties to local councils.
The scheme in Wales is being coordinated by...
The house price inflation facing first time buyers is “frankly frightening” according to a new analysis which suggests typical FTB house prices are soaring.
Direct Line Home...
An industry study suggests that landlords without insurance risk are losing as much as 45 per cent of their annual rental income through damage caused by...
Another council is conducting a consultation process aimed at renewing its existing landlord licensing for a further five years.
Sefton council has had a selective licensing regime...
Landowners are claiming that the negative stereotype given to private landlords in recent years by government contributes to the overall housing crisis.
Scottish Land & Estates, representing...
A business analyst has given an interesting interpretation of the soaring rental market - and says it keeps the wider sales sector buoyant, too.
Sarah Coles of...
A new PropTech link up pledges to be a win-win for agents, landlords and tenants.
Muuvo, a platform which is free to use and undertakes utility sign-ups...
A PropTech platform says it’s giving landlords the opportunity to spread their management fees and marketing costs across the duration of a tenancy, instead of having...
Energy regulator Ofgem is suggesting that the energy price cap be updated quarterly rather than every six months.
This is only a proposal at this stage, not...
A rogue landlord prosecuted for illegally squashing seven flats into a development with planning permission for six must pay around £250,000.
In addition three of the flats...
The highest rental growth since the Global Financial Crisis, coupled with the cost of living crisis, is putting increased pressure on renters according to Zoopla.
Average UK...
Landlords are being warned by the Fire Protection Association of major changes ahead for those letting properties in Wales.
The Fitness for Human Habitation (Wales) Act comes...
A safety organisation is warning of a “tragedy waiting to happen” because three quarters of fire doors fail to meet the required standard.
The Fire Door Inspection...
A Midlands council is the latest to introduce an additional licensing regime for HMOs - but it’s based on a consultation process which began back in...
A west country council is the latest to launch an initiative aimed at helping landlords meet the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards.
A support package from West...
An online property platform says it expects May’s sales figures for new build searches to be slightly below expectations.
This is as investors and owner occupiers feel...
The independent expert advisers to government on tax simplification, the OTS, says there has been a strong response to its consultation process ahead of a forthcoming...
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