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London Mayor Sadiq Khan is demanding the government finally abolish Section 21 eviction powers - and claims over 30,000 households in...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A property finance consultancy claims that unmortgageable properties can be snapped up with a discount of 27 per cent. Apex Bridging says...
24 February 2024
From: Top tips & guides
It’s emerged that Housing Secretary approved yet another vast landlord licensing system just days before Christmas. On December Gove gave approval to...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
London’s ultra-prime rental market has returned this year to pre-Covid levels for the first time, an agency claims. Beauchamp Estates - using...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the third quarter of 2023. The...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A council in Wales is making changes to the system it uses to encourage private landlords to lease their properties to...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A panel of experts forecast house prices will fall as much as 10 per cent by Autumn 2024. Financial website Finder brought...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The government has agreed a pledge with five insurance brokers which could mean thousands of leaseholders in buildings with identified fire...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A local authority’s teach-in for private tenants this weekend is to be addressed by a group which is known for its...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A council has prosecuted a landlord for a second time, for multiple offences. The offences concerned a tenanted caravan that had been...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest Rental Demand Index from the Barrows and Forrester agency has revealed that rental demand has surged during the third...
30 September 2023
From: The Big Issues
A man assaulted his housemates before holding his landlord in a room at knifepoint. Amin Zehar, 37, was living at a property...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A website claims that Banning Orders on private landlords have not been served because of local government funding shortfalls. Open Democracy says...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A trio of Cambridge landlords have been fined more than £8,000 between them, after three separate HMOs were found to be...
23 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...
01 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has pledged to publish “shortly” revised timetables for the implementation of further energy efficiency targets for the...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...
23 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest research by London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has revealed the uphill struggle facing those in search of a...
22 July 2023
From: Agent Advice
London landlords and letting agents have so far been hit with more than £900,000 in fines in the first half of...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A property management company is forecasting that Prime Central London’s short-lets summer is set to be record breaking. Glenfield Property Management says...
26 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Households are being hammered by higher council tax rates year after year with no sign of local authorities moderating the burden,...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A new borough-wide additional licensing regime has been given the go ahead in part of London. Redbridge council’s scheme has extended licensing...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
An unnamed landlord has been fined more than £3,500 after an HMO in Cambridge was found to have been unlicensed. After receiving...
02 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A three bedroom house has been freed up after a remarkably long investigation by a London council. The result follows a legal...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The Generation Rent campaign has given its support to a call by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to be given powers to...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been prosecuted after construction and renovation waste from his rental property was found dumped in Cambridgeshire. The dumped rubbish...
03 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The top UK holiday hotspot for 2023 is Yorkshire, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages’ latest Staycation Index report. Known for its picturesque...
29 April 2023
From: Top tips & guides
A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay over £15,000 after illegally altering buildings he let out as HMOs in the...
29 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The flat is back in demand in Britain’s most expensive rental enclave, a lettings agency says. Demand for apartments in prime central...
15 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A London borough council has revealed the number of cases it has taken against private landlords since the start of 2021...
08 February 2023
From: Breaking News
An unlikely location heads the latest league table purporting to show the highest returns on property investment. Aldermore’s Buy To let City...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Specialist mortgage lender Aldermore has named what it believes to be the five best cities for landlords to invest in for...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
If you were to believe recent headlines, holiday homes and short lets make everyone’s lives miserable - yet the happiest place...
01 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The Santander bank says buyers - landlords and owner occupiers alike - are showing more interest in buying energy efficient homes. The...
09 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been fined £10,000 by a Devon council for failing to tackle what it calls “essential repairs following a...
28 October 2022
From: Breaking News
With cost of living increases impacting homeowners, landlords and tenants, are the 44,130 vacant houses across cities in England a bigger...
19 October 2022
From: Sponsored Content
One of the many activist groups in the so-called Renters’ Reform Coalition has pledged to “train people across the country to...
13 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Personal finance website Money has produced a league table of cities where landlords can enjoy strong returns from student tenants. Top comes...
03 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A council has taken the unusual step of making an announcement that investigations are underway into allegedly unlicensed private rental properties. Cambridge...
03 October 2022
From: Breaking News
With energy efficiency the top of the agenda, can triple glazing help landlords slash heating bills and be more attractive to...
03 September 2022
From: The Big Issues
Media reports from Cambridge say that rent protesters in the city are to demand the council employs staff dedicated to chasing...
30 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords in London contributed to an extraordinary £440m in stamp duty paid on purchases in the first six months since the...
21 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Greg Clark is the new Housing Secretary, with responsibilities including steering the Renters' Reform Bill through parliament. He is part of a...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A couple growing cannabis at a house in Cambridgeshire jumped through a window and hid in the loft of their rental...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings and estate agency has revealed a location where it says 50 per cent of its sales this year have...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A council is offering a no-commission rent guarantee service to private landlords. A statement from Elbridge council claims that it offers not...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A council has secured a banning order against a rogue landlord who was found guilty of failing to comply with legal...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The house price inflation facing first time buyers is “frankly frightening” according to a new analysis which suggests typical FTB house...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The number of HMOs in England has fallen as a result of government intervention in the market. In 2018 new regulations were...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Room rents in most major UK urban locations are now at a record high according to flatshare service SpareRoom. Some 41 out...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Husband-and-wife landlords Robin and Susan Kirstein have been landed with a massive fine for letting a home that was deemed by...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s more evidence of ex-pats re-entering the buy to let and holiday let markets. The Cambridge Building Society has introduced three buy...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A man who broke into the home of his prospective landlord and threatened him with a screwdriver has been jailed for...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News
More landlords are quitting the sector and bringing properties to the sales market, according to research from Zoopla. In its latest snapshot...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A local council is one of the first to be offering new Go Green Grants to landlords to improve energy efficiency...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A new league table has been prepared showing the average costs of listings on Airbnb - and London features outside the...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Private landlords interested in leasing properties in Bridgend, south Wales, are being invited to join a scheme which would see them...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A local newspaper’s investigation has revealed that a London council flouted its own policies to maximise the number of landlords it...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A landlord has overturned a council fine for letting her flat without a licence - and it’s the same local authority...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News
An agency and law firm, Coulters, has produced a league table of where landlords are most likely to make a loss...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Redbridge council in east London has undertaken its toughest ever clampdown on buy to let, visiting 171 properties in a week. The...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News
An online student accommodation platform has identified where demand from students is strongest as they prepare for the next academic year. UniHomes...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A grant scheme helping buyers to get empty properties back into use has been relaunched in part of Wales. The Valleys Taskforce...
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been prosecuted for failure to make improvements to his tenanted property, including failing to install a fire detection...
22 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has identified part of central London which it describes as being historically overlooked but likely to be transformed in...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A man who tried to frame his landlord’s partner as being involved in the Westminster terrorist attack has been jailed. Gerald Banyard,...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Offa, the UK’s first Shariah-compliant bridging loan provider, has launched a short-term loan system for landlords which is open only in relation...
19 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A former tenant who tried two frame his landlord’s partner as being involved in the Westminster terrorist attack has been convicted...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Chinese and Asian investment and marketing service Juwai IQI UK has revealed where in this country property investors from those locations...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A mortgage lender specialising in high net worth clients has identified those areas outside London seeing the most prime purchases. Enness Global...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News
There are now 10 councils with licensing schemes covering more than 20 per cent of the rental market according to activists’...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
An online corporate rental platform says Covid 19 has led to a six-fold increase in demand for medium-term rentals in this...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
New figures released by Rightmove this morning show that 65 per cent of London locations now have lower rent levels than...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A new league table has been created of the best places for landlords to invest in buy to let. The Compare The...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News
An 83-year-old landlord who let a property through collapsed agency Homepoint says he is being pursued for nearly £2,400 by liquidators. Homepoint...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Two landlords have spoken out about their losses and treatment from a lettings agency which has collapsed. Last month we reported that...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A landlord who allowed his tenants to live in squalid conditions, has been ordered by the court to pay £5,000 for...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency being put into liquidation owes landlords almost £500,000 in unpaid rent. Local media in the Midlands report that the...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords trying to expand their portfolios can avoid delays caused by residential buyers taking advantage of the Chancellor's stamp duty extension by using four 'buy-to-let hacks', according to broker Mortgages for...
10 March 2021
From: Property Investment & Strategy
Specialist buy to let broker Mortgages for Business says landlords buying now can use four tips to beat the chaos in the...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News
An appeal has gone out to private landlords to lease their properties to a council seeking to boost its supply of...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A landlord has admitted voyeurism and has been handed a suspended prison sentence and placed on the sex offenders’ register for...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Up to 50,000 rental homes in the countryside could be sold off if the government presses ahead with stricter energy efficiency...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Insurance company CIA landlord has prepared a league table of the most and least profitable locations for buy to let landlords. It’s...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Activists in a rental reform coalition say court possession hearings should be halted as well as bailiff-led evictions. They say the stress...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The Liberal Democrats want Airbnb to ensure its landlords offer free accommodation to victims and survivors of domestic abuse in Tier 3...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The latest HomeLet rental index suggests that the average rent in the UK is now £974 after a 2.9 per cent...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Many of our less affordable cities have seen rent levels drop because of the trend for tenants to work from home...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News
A league table of UK cities where it takes the longest for first time buyers to save for a deposit may...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News
A leading property law firm says the government’s ‘eviction ban by the back door’ means many buy to let properties are...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Landlords are being invited to get involved in a scheme which a local council describes as “an attractive, risk-free financial offer.” Cambridge...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News
As has been broadcast widely in the news the government has been going to extraordinary lengths to enforce their message that...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let investments with a tenant already in situ are most in-demand across Glasgow, according to Howsy. The letting management platform reports that...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News
A majority of tenants are looking for unfurnished homes, new research shows. Online property management platform Howsy analysed existing rental property listings...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords face having to reduce rents by at least 5% over the next five years as a growing number of...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News
There has been a significant increase in the number of rental properties hitting the market after lockdown on the sector was...
19 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Landlords should be aware that eight estate and letting agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme (TPO), which means...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News
The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 has been applicable to all tenants in England for just over a month,...