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Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

A London council has prosecuted landlord Syed Shah, owner of an HMO, for a string of  breaches that posed significant risks...

A council has prosecuted a landlord for letting out two HMOs without a licence and failing to comply with HMO Management...

A think tank based in central London says landlords would not quit the sector if much tougher - and more expensive...

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

Airbnb is banning the use of security cameras inside rental properties from the end of April. Airbnb currently allows security cameras in...

Another survey highlights the relatively low proportion of landlords who appear to allow tenants to keep pets. The analysis, from Confused.com Mortgages,...

Airbnb in the UK is bringing in restrictions on certain bookings over New Year’s Eve to deter guests holding anti-social parties. Proprietary...

A council has secured a banning order against a landlord, taking effect almost immediately. The order is against Grzegorz Surminski, a landlord...

A council has prosecuted a private landlord who let out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King of Kings Langley was...

Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...

A council has prosecuted a private landlord who rented out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King was initially fined £4,000...

It’s being forecast that there are likely to be major changes made to the Renters Reform Bill during its next stage...

Activist group Generation Rent - which has demanded rent freezes, eviction bans and cash hand-outs to help tenants move now wants...

This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...

Section 21: Research carried out by Leaders Romans Group has found that Section 21 is rarely overused, and even more rarely...

St Albans council is hosting a Landlord Forum on Tuesday May 23. This will be an opportunity for landlords and letting agents...

Landlords are exiting the market in droves. According to an accountancy firm who analysed HMRC data, 70,000 buy-to-let landlords left the sector...

Landlords are being encouraged to contribute to a crowdfunding campaign to take legal action regarding rent caps and eviction bans. It follows...

I am, by my own admission, ever the optimist, but with a barrage of enquiries from concerned landlords facing very real...

Two of the UK’s highest profile animal welfare organisations want the government to introduce better protection for responsible tenants with pets. Dogs...

The government is under new pressure to introduce a last minute eviction ban to avoid private renters facing homelessness over Christmas. Liberal...

Despite a string of pledges on rental sector reform delivered in recent days by government ministers, including Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...

The large majority of players in the lettings industry wants the rental reform programme outlined by the government, an agent claims. Laura...

Landlord and letting agent fears over the impact of rental reform could be eased if only the industry used rigorous and...

Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...

Councils have demanded draconian punishments for landlords who fail to bring their homes up to the Decent Homes Standard which is...

With cost of living increases impacting homeowners, landlords and tenants, are the 44,130 vacant houses across cities in England a bigger...

A politician says the long-running series of bans on private rental evictions during the worst of the Covid crisis could be...

The National Residential Landlords Association is asking all landlords - not just its members - to contribute to a consultation on...

Fresh government data shows that over 2021-22, some 12,965 rental properties were repossessed - a huge increase on the previous year,...

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

Landlords in London contributed to an extraordinary £440m in stamp duty paid on purchases in the first six months since the...

An organisation that helps promote the Build To Rent sector says BTR should take credit for many of the changes proposed...

The public at large are not falling behind the government’s proposals for private rental sector reforms, it seems. A survey conducted by...

Leading rental payment platform PayProp has welcomed the added protections for landlords and renters outlined in the UK government’s rental reform...

A council has prosecuted after a landlord who it alleges put his tenants’ safety at risk. Beej Patel and his company Hatfield...

One of the highest profile advocates of widespread reform in the private rental sector has been Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of...

The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper includes a dramatic reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction powers will be...

Covid-19 has undoubtedly shifted the way new landlords will be looking to invest in 2022, and our ranking makes it clear...

This year, landlord and owner-occupier Londoners purchased 112,780 homes outside the capital, the highest number since 2007. New data, from Connells-owned agency...

Rogue landlords in one area of London could face unlimited fines, criminal convictions and bans from letting out properties. The measures are...

Landlords in the heart of the London commuter belt are being asked to come forward if they can provide accommodation for...

Reigate and Banstead council is appealing to private landlords with vacant, or soon-to-be vacant, two, three or four-bedroom homes for rent. The...

A petition has been launched on the Channel Island of Jersey to prevent landlords banning pets from the local private rental...

A mortgage lender specialising in high net worth clients has identified those areas outside London seeing the most prime purchases. Enness Global...

The government says the number of households facing possible homelessness after a Section 21 eviction has fallen 50 per cent in...

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

A controversial survey by an insurance firm suggests almost half of landlords welcome the government’s new Model Tenancy Agreement which allows...

Only 39 rogue landlords and letting agents have been hit with banning orders in the first three years of their existence. The...

The landlords’ trade body has backed a call from MPs demanding a clear exit strategy at the end of the latest...

It’s almost exactly a year since Britain went into its first lockdown, heralding a large number of measures affecting renting, notably...

Another political party has joined the chorus of voices calling for still-longer bans on evictions in the private rental sector. The ban...

A landlord who persistently broke residential lettings rules has been banned from operating in what a local council calls “a landmark...

Some policies towards landlords show how the government has lost its conservative ethos of supporting businesses and being the party of low taxes.  Rosalind...

The National Residential Landlords Association has called for flexibility from government when it comes to insisting private rental sector properties have...

The government’s model tenancy agreement has been amended to be pro-pet. The new agreement means renters with what are described as “well-behaved pets”...

Insurance company CIA landlord has prepared a league table of the most and least profitable locations for buy to let landlords. It’s...

The Financial Conduct Authority is extending the ban on repossessions by two months until April 1, in light of the pandemic...

A lettings agency says there is very large scale support amongst tenants for the extension to the current bailiff-enforced eviction ban,...

Martin Lewis, the celebrity consumer rights campaigner behind MoneySavingExpert, has called upon the government to extend the current ban on bailiffs...

An estate agency that bucks the industry trend by selling only tenanted properties to landlords says it’s had a record year. Portfolio,...

Many of us will be glad to see the back of 2020 for obvious reasons. For landlords the Coronavirus crisis has been...

An investigation by the BBC has found that 80 per cent of advertisements on two websites used by landlords say people...

Insurance provider Berkeley Alexander has launched a Landlord Legal Expenses and Rent Guarantee product for use under Covid-19 restrictions. The company claims that...

A  leading property law firm says the government’s ‘eviction ban by the back door’ means many buy to let properties are...

In recent years, there has been considerable controversy over the use of ‘no DSS’ in homes being listed for let, with...

Buy-to-let landlords must not discriminate against benefit claimants, a court has ruled.  A court case in York has ruled that blanket bans...

Transport for London (TfL) has finally bowed to pressure from campaigners and announced a ban on adverts that promote short-term letting...

An online petition calling on Rightmove to ban ‘No DSS’ wording in rental adverts has attracted more than 40,000 signatures. The petition...

Zoopla’s decision to issue ‘blanket bans against tenants in receipt of housing-related benefits’ after announcing that it will end ‘No DSS’ wording...

Zoopla will no longer allow letting agents and landlords to issue ‘blanket bans against tenants in receipt of housing-related benefits’ after...

Close to £2.4m of additional funding designed to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords will be made available for more than 50 councils...

Landlords could potentially earn more than £850 extra a year in rental income by permitting their tenants to decorate their homes, according...

Colchester has been named the best place for buy-to-let investors in today’s market, based on a combination of capital value growth,...

Private landlords who reject housing benefit claimants could be breaking the law. A recent legal case saw single mother Rosie Keogh win...

Action from Hertsmere Borough Council has left a landlord with a bill of close to £7,000 for letting an unlicensed property...

In order to solve tenant disputes, landlords will soon be required to register with a redress scheme, helping to improve operating...

A pair of private landlords who rented out a damp and mouldy house in Croydon to a family of four, including...

Nine private landlords have been banned from letting out homes in the Govanhill area of Glasgow after being found unfit to...

A landlord in London faces a backlash after posting an advert for a room inviting potential tenants to apply as long...

Fresh research using a combination of house prices, salaries and rental prices suggest that Stoke-on-Trent is the best destination to invest...

Property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market may wish to consider buying property in Luton, which currently offers the...

A man who rented out rooms above a town centre bar has been banned from being a landlord after putting the...

A landlord has been sentenced to six weeks in prison following the illegal evicting of one of his tenants and for...

Britain’s biggest and arguably most contentious buy-to-let landlord has banned ‘coloured people’ from renting his properties because ‘they make them smell...

The key to a successful long-term buy-to-let investment is securing solid rental yields for income returns and the potential for capital...

Letting agents in England will be banned from charging fees to tenants under plans announced by the chancellor in his Autumn...

A landlord has been accused of hurling homophobic abuse at his gay tenants, even after they moved out of his property.  The...

Courtesy of Urban.co.uk, Adrian McClinton of Rix and Kay Solicitors explains how landlords - or letting agents working on their behalf -...

Courtesy of Urban.co.uk, Adrian McClinton of Rix and Kay Solicitors explains how landlords can instruct their letting agent to carry out...

Two managing agents, who own and manage properties in Hatfield, were ordered to pay a total of £42,534 in fines after...