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The head of lettings agency Benham and Reeves has made an outspoken attack on stamp duty. The agency analysed data from the...

A controversial proposal for a £300m tax grab on landlords appears to closely follow a policy suggestion put forward by activists...

A leader of the Renters Reform Coalition activist lobby has made a specific targeted attack on the motives and honesty of...

Activist group Generation Rent has described the latest homelessness data from the government as showing “a whole new level of horror.” It...

A prominent lawyer has stepped up her criticisms of Housing Secretary Michael Gove and his attacks on buy to let and...

Media outlets in Scotland are reporting that Edinburgh council is considering charging short let landlords for bin collections. The plans are to be...

Some 69 per cent of landlords have already or are planning to increase the size of their property portfolio, increasing to...

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

Generation Rent has launched a double-pronged attack on landlords and the government. The activist group claims that the latest possession statistics from...

Painful tax traps have been set for millions of people this year. Your pay may not even have kept pace with...

A prominent analyst says the threat of rising inflation caused by the Red Sea shipping attacks - on top of this...

The chief executive of the Generation Rent ginger group has called on his former employer to make a case against landlords,...

Activist’s Twitter war of words continues  It appears as if Suella Braverman is not the only figure making a personal attack in...

A third of landlords have suggested they are considering retiring or quitting the sector because of attacks and obstacles in the...

An online lettings platform is attacking agents for their fees, which it describes as a “waste” of landlord funds. Hello Neighbour, a...

A council has been slammed for its “absolutely outrageous” failure to stop the eviction of up to 80 tenants - a...

There’s been a strong personal attack on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak by anti-landlord activists over the subject of energy efficiency. The Generation...

Rental activists are up in arms because Housing Secretary Michael Gove failed to mention the Renters Reform Bill during his keynote...

A family of landlords have been jailed for a total of 31 years after committing horrific violence against tenants and in...

A Conservative politician has named an individual who he claims is responsible for high rent rises and increasing homelessness. Murdo Fraser, the...

The continued attacks on the buy to let sector have resulted in a dramatic decline in investment plans by landlords. A new...

While there has been a shortage of all types of rental accommodation across the UK for several years now, the student...

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

A landlord who left his tenants homeless after breaking into their house at night with a hammer has been prosecuted by...

A Labour MP who last held shadow office under the party leadership of Jeremy Corbyn has attacked the government for having...

A Tory MP representing a popular tourist area has attacked the proliferation of short lets, and wants a “locals first” policy...

Both the Generation Rent activist group and London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan have issued a joint attack on private rental sector...

Over two million more people are likely to be higher rate taxpayers by 2028 – thanks to the freezing of the...

A controversial new report demands that the government uses next month’s Budget to sharply increase tax burdens for landlords. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s...

The chief executive of Shelter claims that Section 21 evictions are a leading cause of homelessness. Polly Neate was making her remarks...

Figures from across the private rental sector have written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt...

Whingers who complain about financial perks for landlords and who then complain about rising rents when the perks are withdrawn and...

A former lettings agent who has become a sharp critic of landlords has made another attack - this time suggesting that...

HMRC is targeting residential landlords who it suspects are not declaring their full rental income, warns tax advisory service Kreston Reeves. The...

The charity Action on Empty Homes, which is mounting a campaign against short let properties, has attacked Airbnb for making a...

MPs from Opposition parties in the House of Commons have attacked the government’s recent stamp duty change - and taken the...

The tax cuts announced in the government’s ill-fated mini-Budget may have been reversed but they gave Labour a chance to hit...

The government’s expected U-turn on the future of Section 21 eviction powers has provoked an explosion of anger from Generation Rent...

The politician who is the architect of an emergency private sector rent freeze set to come into force this week has attacked...

The National Residential Landlords Association has made a blistering attack on a “big bureaucratic and unaccountable beast” at the heart of...

A senior figure at the right wing magazine The Spectator has slammed landlords for blatant profiteering. The magazine’s assistant online editor says...

Generation Rent, which typically attacks all landlords and especially those involved in buy to let, has instead focussed its latest social...

With the (eventual) departure of Boris Johnson, the next question for landlords and indeed much of the property industry is: What’s going...

The government only has itself to blame for the explosion in AirBnb and other short lets properties. That’s the view of the...

An insurance chief with expertise in the holiday lets sector has stood up for owners who let their properties to holidaymakers...

A private tenant who stabbed his landlords to death has been convicted of murder. Daniel Garcia unleashed what an Old Bailey trial...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made a sweeping attack on the conditions of homes run by private landlords. In a statement backing...

The latest attack on landlords by Generation Rent director Baroness Alicia Kennedy concerns insulation and household warmth. She claims a quarter of...

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

Rental activists have made clear that they are not going to stop when their objective to scrap Section 21 eviction powers...

A proposal that landlords be fined up to 36 months rent has been put forward in a consultation paper. The Scottish Government’s...

The number of private rental homes has increased by 18,610 in the last five years - defying those suggesting an exodus...

An agency has issued a statement standing shoulder-to-shoulder with landlords and rejecting the negative mood music surrounding the private rental sector. Chris...

A lodger who punched, kicked and bit his landlord after being challenged about his drinking has been jailed. Mickey Boots punched the...

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

Campaigning charity Shelter has made a shocking attack on landlords, claiming many of them are acting illegally. It claims 45 per cent...

The Generation Rent group has renewed its attack on landlords who let properties to holidaymakers rather than long term tenants.  The group...

New research by a property investment consultancy has revealed which regions of England present the most promising opportunities for buy to...

A lettings agent who has started a rental insurance business has launched another attack on landlords. Ajay Jagota, who runs KIS Lettings...

An estate agent in Scotland is warning that a new attack on the rental sector and holiday homes may be underway.  Jennifer...

A stinging attack on Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been made by the National Residential Landlords Association. The trade body has produced a...

A man who tried to frame his landlord’s partner as being involved in the Westminster terrorist attack has been jailed. Gerald Banyard,...

A former tenant who tried two frame his landlord’s partner as being involved in the Westminster terrorist attack has been convicted...

A little-known group called Labour Tenants United has criticised the party’s new housing spokeswoman. Initially the group welcomed the appointment to the role...

New figures show that there is no widespread sell-off by landlords, despite the tax and regulation changes of recent years. Data from...

TV star Robert Rinder - best known for his performances under the guise of Judge Rinder - has made an outspoken...

The Baroness who leads the Generation Rent campaign has made a sharp attack on section 21 notices. Baroness Alicia Kennedy says: “A Section 21...

Many landlords awaiting the hearing of possession cases will hardly need reminding, but new figures from the Ministry of Justice give...

The eviction ban may have made life less stressful for tenants but a housing lawyer claims otherwise. David Renton, writing in the...

The activists group Acorn, which has staged several anti-landlord demonstrations including some outside homes, is opposing a new Bill going through...

The main landlords’ trade body has made a blistering attack on the government of one of the UK nations, asking it...

A councillor has criticised an MP who came out in favour of landlords in a dispute over licensing. Earlier this week Landlord Today...

Generation Rent has criticised the aspirations of some landlords who appear on the daytime BBC show Homes Under The Hammer.  “The regular...

A BBC investigation into ‘No DSS’ statements on two prominent landlord websites has provoked campaigning charity Shelter into an attack on the...

The latest attack on landlords by the Generation Rent group of activists is from its deputy director and concerns mould. It comes in...

A YMCA chief executive claims the proliferation of HMOs may be endangering private tenants’ health by encouraging overcrowding and undersized-rooms. Alan Fraser,...

Pressure groups attacking landlords and letting agents are usually on the other side of the fence from property industry professionals but...

A prominent Conservative supporter and expert in the private rental sector has posed an interesting question - is Boris Johnson trying...

It’s common knowledge that asbestos is a highly damaging group of microscopic fibres that can severely impact the health of our...

Many landlords will be familiar with the scourge that is mould. It is a major source of complaints by tenants and...

Campaigning charity Shelter is back on the warpath against private landlords, criticising how much of the country’s temporary accommodation budget for...

A Labour activist claiming to represent tenants is putting the squeeze on party members who are also landlords. An article on the Labour...

Local people in a part of Wales claim they are being priced out of their communities by investment buyers and second home...

The latest data demonstrates the failure of government policy for the private rented sector, which in turn is having an adverse...

The Queen has announced the new government's priorities for its coming term, and it includes a proposal to abolish Section 21...

Labour’s proposals to introduce rent controls risks reducing the number of private homes available for rent, as landlords look to exit...

The Liberal Democrats have pledged to abolish Section 21 repossessions in the private rented sector if they come to power at...

The government has been attacked by a former member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee for its “incoherent” approach...

The Mortgage Lender (TML) will no longer prevent buy-to-let landlords from letting property to tenants in receipt of benefits. The move comes...

Rental price growth in English cities undergoing extensive regeneration is outpacing the national average, new research shows. Looking at 12 cities in...

A man has been jailed for a six years and three months for stabbing his landlord in an unprovoked attack. Ainars Jozans,...

Earlier this month the Tenant Fee Ban was introduced, after much fanfare from the Government. However, it is not the only...

Metro Bank has announced that it will no longer prevent buy-to-let landlords from letting property to tenants in receipt of benefits. The...

Platform, the intermediary lender of The Co-operative Bank, will no longer restrict landlords from letting to tenants in receipt of housing...

NatWest has cut rates on selected buy-to-let products. The lender has reduced its semi exclusive five-year buy-to-let fixed rate remortgage deals by...

Private rental prices in the UK increased by 1.1% in the 12 months to February, according to the Office for National...

Nationwide has announced that it will no longer prevent buy-to-let landlords from letting property to tenants in receipt of benefits. The move...

Despite recent tax and regulatory changes, investment in buy-to-let has outperformed most other major asset classes over the past 10 years,...

NatWest has bowed to growing industry pressure by lifting restrictions on buy-to-let landlords renting to tenants in receipt of housing benefit. In...

The government’s decision to launch a consultation into a proposal to add 1% onto the stamp duty paid when buying a home in England...