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A landlord faces a hefty jail sentence unless she finds over £50,000 in the next three months - and on top...

According to a poll of 1,476 renters by SpareRoom the ongoing housing crisis (85%) tops the list of key priorities to...

It’s all change at the start of the new tax year, and with so many tweaks to so many rules, it’s...

A charity representing older people has taken up almost all of the key demands of activist group Generation Rent. Independent Age says...

Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...

A council is reminding prospective tenants about the importance of making sure their next shared rental is licensed as a house...

New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...

The government has confirmed that Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment (MTD for ITSA) will cost landlords both extra money...

Speculation continues apace over the likely measures in next month’s Budget, especially after what is seen by political analysts as a...

A council has prosecuted a landlord after a family of nine were discovered living in an outbuilding. Tariq Khan of Peterborough was...

Increasing the supply of homes for private rent would boost government finances by £10 billion, says the National Residential Landlords Association. The...

The average home in England and Wales bought within the last 20 years and sold in 2023 achieved £102,650 or 48...

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on migrating away from the emergency rent controls introduced in September 2022 and extended...

Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...

A new council licensing scheme has been given the go ahead by the government. Peterborough council’s selective licensing scheme will be run...

A landlord who used a fake name to evade detection has been hit with £485,000 in fines after illegally renting out...

A countryside body is blaming the government’s failure to provide affordable housing and the rise in short lets for a homelessness...

The government’s Office for National Statistics is introducing a new way of measuring rent rises from the spring. It will double the...

Landlords have been selling more homes than they bought in every year since 2016 when a raft of tax and regulatory...

The latest rent rise figure produced by the government has triggered an angry response from one of Britain’s top agents. Greg Tsuman,...

The rise of ‘Generation Rent’ is well documented, along with the spiralling rent payments they are facing during a tightening cost...

To help or not to help: that is the question the government is facing with regard to under-pressure private rented sector...

A high profile lettings agent insists that buy to let remains “a safe space for investors” seeking long-term returns, despite the...

Sweeping tax changes for landlords have been demanded by letting agents group Propertymark. The group has analysed the impact of changes using...

Making an investment in a country with a different currency introduces exchange rate risk. Ideally, a UK investor would buy the...

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

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...

Mulberry Real Estate Ltd, and its director, David Bryant, who are landlords of properties in Cardiff, have been fined for a...

Legislation requiring all rental properties to have an energy performance certificate  rating of C or above will require upgrades to around...

Another council is looking for privately rented accommodation of all sizes to resettle refugees. Since 2016, Stratford-on-Avon council has resettled many refugee...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has returned to his demand for powers to control rents in the private sector, citing a...

A landlord who was banned from letting properties after repeatedly failing to meet the required standards, has lost an appeal to...

Investors and second home buyers contributed over a quarter of all property taxes in the last year according to a property...

The Financial Times says the Labour Party is poised to reject the increasingly shrill calls for rent controls made by the...

A lettings agency chief is operating a course to help landlords meet new requirements imposed by the Welsh Government. Landlords in Wales...

A landlord and two businesses have been fined over £145,000 following a fire in a building containing residential flats and a...

Rising numbers of landlords are likely to switch to specialising in holiday rentals and short-term lets in the months ahead, an...

Tax changes in the private rented sector have contributed to the loss of £1.5 billion in Treasury revenue, according to a...

The monthly cost of owning a home for first-time buyers is now £971 - £42 or four per cent lower than...

A council at the heart of a controversial scheme claims to be “pleased” with the interest shown by private landlords. Leasing Scheme...

A London council is relaunching its consultation on a new borough-wide Additional HMO Licensing Scheme, following feedback from the community.  The original...

A Wirral landlord has become the first in the region to be served with a Banning Order, which will prohibit him...

After two months of falls, the average price of property coming to the market for sale rises again by 0.9 per...

Investment buyers will snap up a higher proportion of homes in 2022 than they did in 2021, the Hamptons agency forecasts.   So...

What has been billed as the bigger change ever to housing law in Wales comes into force today and is described...

If you were to believe recent headlines, holiday homes and short lets make everyone’s lives miserable - yet the happiest place...

A formal consultation that saw an overwhelming number of responses opposed to extend notice periods to six months has been ignored...

A Selective Licensing scheme introduced by a council back in 2016 is set for expansion.  Middlesbrough council claims that its scheme has...

The National Residential Landlords Association is staging a webinar next month to bring members up to date with dramatic legal changes...

A licensing scheme for rental properties in one part of Cardiff looks likely to be reintroduced next year. The Cathays Additional Licensing...

A think tank says that whatever Prime Minister Liz Truss may say, by 2025 most people will be paying £2 extra...

There’s rather a lot going on in the economy as I write this and, by the time it is published, who...

Rising interest rates - which may rise further and dramatically in response to the government’s tax-cutting agenda - risk eroding the...

There is no real prospect of improved rental supply in the near term as private landlords continue to sell off homes...

Landlord numbers may have dropped in recent months but a longer term analysis shows the reverse. Total Landlord Insurance analysed the current...

Barnet council in London is pushing ahead with plans to reintroduce an HMO licensing scheme next month, following a 15-month hiatus.  Additional...

Rents across Great Britain rose by an average of 8.3 per cent over the last 12 months, marking a gradual slowdown...

Amateur landlords have fallen out of favour. Buy-to-let properties – once the darling of budding investors looking for stable, long-term returns...

Bristol’s Labour council has made a name for itself with policies shifting power from landlords to tenants. Earlier this year the Mayor,...

Renters are being placed at unnecessary risk due to a delay in reforms that would allegedly give them greater protection, it’s...

The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...

Average rental prices across the UK rose at the highest level since 2016 in June, government figures show.  Even so that annual...

The next Prime Minister must address the supply crisis in the private rented sector if homeownership ambitions are to become a...

A landlord who repeatedly let out an unsafe house has been fined £20,000 by magistrates. Housing officers from Salford council found fire...

New research shows that, since 2016, the average stamp duty payment on buy to let homes has increased by £11,848 in...

A new Selective Licensing scheme for private landlords in Nottingham has been approved by the city council and now goes for...

The architect of one of the largest rental reform initiatives in the UK is set to address landlords at a webinar...

The surge in rents will subside and the market will normalise before the end of the year. That’s the prediction from Zoopla...

The house price inflation facing first time buyers is “frankly frightening” according to a new analysis which suggests typical FTB house...

A court has told a multi-millionaire landlord he must pay £125,000 after a 10-year campaign of abuse against a local council.  Last...

Landlords have enjoyed more capital appreciation with the average UK house price rising again in April, up by 1.1 per cent...

Taxes on buy to let investment are fuelling a supply crisis, hiking rents and making homeownership more difficult to afford. That’s the...

A lettings agency is to hold free events to support landlords ahead of what it calls a “landmark transformation” in rental...

Buy To Let may have had a resurgence in the past year but long-term lending patterns suggest landlords have been hit...

A landlord has been accused of a “disgusting offence” after installing a camera in the bathroom of a house he let...

A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...

The head of a guaranteed rent business has been given an 11-year ban for scamming £6.7m from property investors. Sam Eustace, 36,...

The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016 - but...

A landlord has been hit with a bill of almost £25,000 for allegedly exposing vulnerable tenants to serious fire risks in...

Buy-to-let lending hit its highest ever level last year, spurred on by record levels of tenant demand, the Stamp Duty Holiday...

Airbnb entered the realm of holiday lettings in 2009, but it wasn’t until 2016 that it really started to gain traction...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants the government to put a stop to the capital being used for international money...

There is no evidence of a mass exodus of landlords from the sector despite the new regulations and slashed tax benefits...

The new housing minister is a landlord - and has already attracted criticism from some sections of the media. Yesterday Chris Pincher...

Newly published rental yield from Rightmove reveals that the average yield across Great Britain is 5.5 per cent. This is the highest...

Rents are rising at around twice the level of a year ago according to the latest market snapshot by lettings agency...

A national awareness campaign has been launched to prepare landlords for the implementation of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 on...

The Council for the Protection of Rural England is the latest body to blast Airbnb and other short lets for their...

The Welsh Government has set out how the housing law in that country is set to change significantly from July 15...

Bromsgrove is a classic rental market. The Worcestershire market town is enveloped by green space but is just a thirty-minute commute...

A report by the National Audit Office has sharply criticised the government and councils for not doing enough to help tenants...

ARLA Propertymark is expressing concern at the latest figures showing a fall in the size of the private rental sector. The latest...

Investors seeking capital appreciation in the country’s most expensive residential markets have been given new data by a leading agency. Bective has...

In recent years, letting property has become more challenging due to a range of tax and regulation changes and since March...

Landlords with family properties are in the pound seats when it comes to rent increases, according to data from lettings agency...

Acute tenant demand over the third quarter of 2021 has propelled UK rental growth to its highest level for over a...

Despite dire warnings from Generation Rent, Shelter and other campaigners, it appears that the end of the eviction ban did NOT...

The National Residential Landlords Association is joining forces with Flintshire council in Wales to stage a virtual landlord forum. The Zoom event,...

The proportion of landlords feeling optimistic about different aspects of letting is at the highest level for five years. As part of research...