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![Shock Figures - 15 tenants chasing every home for rent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
Shock new figures from Zoopla show that although rental demand has softened over the last year there are still 15 people...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Corbynite Rental Reform MP stopped from standing in election](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A Labour MP who served in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow administration and has spent much of his Parliamentary career criticising the private...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Anger as figures show how many Right To Buy homes are now privately let](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Over 40% of council houses and flats sold under the long-standing Right To Buy scheme are now owned by private landlords. That’s...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![What Can Landlords Buy for the Average House Price?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
Brand new data from online mortgage broker Mojo Mortgages has revealed significant differences in the types of properties the average UK house...
11 May 2024
From: Tax & Finance
![Top 10 Hotspots for portfolio buy to let landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_2081603707.jpg)
Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Tenant referencing provider Canopy has released data from a rental affordability index, which claims most tenants are at the very limit...
06 April 2024
From: Tax & Finance
![Green activist fighting election on Rent Controls platform](/upload/images/shutterstock_1227135172.jpg)
A prominent Green Party politician is arguing for rent controls - and accuses Labour of watering down its commitment to the...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![New league table identifies best yields for landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_2347788065.jpg)
Buy to let lender Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024. Manchester, Coventry, Brighton...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Activist group makes formal public apology to landlords' chief](/upload/images/shutterstock_200250743.jpg)
The controversial activist group Acorn has made a formal public apology to the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association. On...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour council to charge landlords £500 for Improvement Notices](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
A local authority is introducing charges for the issuing of Improvement Notices to landlords - and has chosen to announce it...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Taxpayers Not Tenants should foot license cost, Labour council says](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
A council is telling landlords that its new selective licensing fee is so low it should be entirely tax deductible and...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Young renters most likely to sub-let their properties - research](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
One in eight tenants admit to letting out part or all of their rented property - and that rises to a...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hundreds of low EPC landlords warned - “this cannot continue”](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPCTablet-695x395.jpg)
A council has issued a stern warning to landlords that the current situation in which hundreds of homes have non-compliant EPC...
19 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![The laborious legislation that continues to threaten the PRS](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Open%20Property%20Group/OPG_SC_Apr23.jpg)
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...
06 April 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Rent Freeze at centre of local election party pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent_Freeze-400x310.png)
An immediate private sector rent freeze and eviction ban for the duration of the cost of living crisis is the key...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Five figure fine for HMO landlord failing on health and safety](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
A landlord who failed to provide a fire detection and alarm system in an HMO has been fined a total of...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council boasts of 550% increase in fines for landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
A local authority controlled by the Green Party says it’s issued 550 per cent more fines against landlords in the past...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Unlikely location heads landlords’ capital growth league table](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
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
![Banned! Rogue landlord cannot let property for three years](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
A Wirral landlord has become the first in the region to be served with a Banning Order, which will prohibit him...
19 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Reform Activists turn on each other in factional feud](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Stressed(F)Tenant-400x310.png)
Two groups of activists who campaign for rent controls and reform of the private lettings sector have turned on each other. Acorn...
29 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Commons Rental Debate Today - Tory and Labour MPs to lead off](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
The MPs Natalie Elphicke and Lloyd Russell-Moyle are to lead a debate today in the House of Commons on the private rental...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Over 1,000 responses to consultation on HMO licensing](/upload/images/library/HMOlicensing.png)
A 10 week consultation by Portsmouth council on proposals for new HMO licensing has finished with 1,050 responses. Licences are required for...
17 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![London landlords contribute to eye-watering stamp duty payments](/upload/images/library/StampDuty1-400x310.jpg)
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
![Airbnb league table shows cities with highest average prices](/upload/images/library/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
A new league table shows landlords the cities across the UK where the highest average Airbnb nightly prices are charged. The data,...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Furnished or Unfurnished? What’s the rental difference?](/upload/images/library/FurnishedFlat-1-400x310.jpg)
A new survey claims to show the rent differences between furnished and unfurnished homes to let in various cities. For example London...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Another consultation, another licensing scheme extension…](/upload/images/library/Licenseimage400x310.jpg)
Another council is conducting a consultation process aimed at renewing its existing landlord licensing for a further five years. Sefton council has...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Licensing “allows council to work with private landlords” - claim](/upload/images/library/LandlordLicense-1-400x310.jpg)
A consultation is underway into the extension of yet another private landlord licensing scheme for a further five years. Since March 2018...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls Campaign takes to the streets this weekend](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Protest-400x310.jpg)
A pressure group of campaigners highly critical of landlords and letting agents is organising protests at cities this weekend. Acorn - which...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![The True Costs of Being A Landlord In 2022](/upload/images/library/HousingMarket2020-400x310.jpg)
Covid-19 has undoubtedly shifted the way new landlords will be looking to invest in 2022, and our ranking makes it clear...
22 January 2022
From: Tax & Finance
![Why 2022 will be Build to Rent’s Year](/upload/images/library/BuildtoRent-1-400x310.jpg)
New preliminary figures released by CBRE reveal that a record £4.1 billion was invested in the UK’s Build to Rent sector...
15 January 2022
From: The Big Issues
![High profile MP claims government 'turns a blind eye' on bad landlords](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
High profile MP Caroline Lucas has told a newspaper that the government turns a blind eye to bad landlords. “This government, like previous...
14 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![It’s War! Activists and Green Party at loggerheads over landlords](/upload/images/library/GreenParty-logo400x310.png)
Activists in the Acorn pro-tenant movement have sharply criticised the Green Party which runs Brighton council for allegedly failing to prosecute...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Labour call to name and shame rogue landlords](/upload/images/library/RowOfHouses-400x310.jpg)
A Labour councillor in a Green Party-controlled local authority wants the body to name and shame rogue landlords on a publicly-available...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlord Info: League table of room rents across major UK cities](/upload/images/library/Liverpool-Aerial-400x310.jpg)
The SpareRoom online service has drawn up what it calls an affordability guide, which is effectively a league table of room...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![‘Substantial arrears’ threshold stays at six months says government](/img/default/llt.png)
Housing minister Chris Pincher has confirmed that the definition of ‘substantial arrears’ for the purposes of possession orders and evictions will...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the most profitable cities for landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Sex-For-Rent: Landlords named and shamed in newspaper sting](/img/default/llt.png)
A Labour MP is demanding action against unscrupulous predator landlords who demand sex from tenants in lieu of rent. The Daily Mail...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Yield Update: Good and bad locations, revealed by mortgage company](/img/default/llt.png)
A ‘city tracker’ operated by a specialist buy to let mortgage company has outlined the best - and worst - places...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![High-deposit cities may prove rich pickings for buy to let landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Activists accuse councils of doing nothing to stop retaliatory evictions](/img/default/llt.png)
Generation Rent activists are back on the warpath, this time accusing councils of not doing enough - and sometimes nothing -...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![UK’s most profitable city to be an Airbnb landlord revealed](/img/default/llt.png)
Renting out a property as a short-term let or holiday home has proved extremely profitable for some property investors, and a...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Brighton ranked as most profitable city for landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
Brighton has been named the most profitable city to invest in for buy-to-let landlords in the UK. Landlords investing in Brighton’s buy-to-let...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![New Airbnb rental calculator highlights how much more rent landlords can make](/img/default/llt.png)
A new online calculator highlighting how much more rent landlords can make by letting to holidaymakers via Airbnb across a range...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![These areas offer properties with ‘potentially good mid-term investments’](/img/default/llt.png)
The locations that saw the biggest house price increases in the last year have been unveiled by the Post Office Money. The...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Best cities for buy-to-let investments revealed](/img/default/llt.png)
Despite the recent tax and regulatory changes, buy-to-let continues to look an attractive income investment at a time of low-interest rates...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlord fails in attempt to rent out bedrooms below national minimum size](/img/default/llt.png)
An HMO landlord’s attempt to rent out bedrooms smaller than the national minimum size has been thwarted after his legal case...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![The UK coastal districts with the most holiday rentals unveiled](/img/default/llt.png)
With the summer holiday season in full swing, UK coastal districts are seeing a boom in staycation bookings. Cornwall was discovered to...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Premier League kicks off today but who should you support in terms of yields?](/img/default/llt.png)
Top-flight football returns this weekend, with Liverpool preparing for tonight’s Premier League opener versus Norwich City, but what team should landlords...
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![BTL landlord fined £7k for allowing garden to become ‘extensively’ overgrown](/img/default/llt.png)
A landlord has been ordered to pay £7,000 for neglecting the garden at one of his properties and allowing to become...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Plans approved for major Build to Rent scheme in Brighton](/img/default/llt.png)
Legal & General has been granted planning permission to develop the Longley Industrial Estate into Brighton’s first Build to Rent (BTR)...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Four in ten BTL landlords set to add to portfolio this year](/img/default/llt.png)
Four in ten buy-to-let landlords are planning to expand their portfolio this year, according to new research. With buy-to-let continuing to deliver...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![The best cities to rent out property on a room by room basis unveiled](/img/default/llt.png)
A number of buy-to-let landlords prefer to rent out property on a room by room basis instead of renting the whole...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla trials new Property Valuation Report](/img/default/llt.png)
Property website Zoopla is trialling a new Property Valuation Report (PVR) in nine areas across the country ahead of a broader...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landlord who gutted a listed manor house ordered to pay £82k](/img/default/llt.png)
A private landlord who illegally modernised an historic house in Brighton has been told by a judge to pay out more...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![New landlord licensing scheme announced in Brighton](/img/default/llt.png)
Brighton and Hove Council has given the go-ahead for new selective landlord licensing to be introduced across 12 wards in the...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![BTL landlord fined £20k after house fire](/img/default/llt.png)
A now former landlord has been fined £20,000 for putting the lives of five residents at risk after a broke out...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![A third of renters have no plans to acquire a property](/img/default/llt.png)
One in three renters never intend to buy their own home, mainly because they are happy living in the private rented sector,...
13 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-let hotspots revealed](/img/default/llt.png)
Colchester has been named the best place for buy-to-let investors in today’s market, based on a combination of capital value growth,...
03 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Average tenancy deposit exceeds £1,500 in major cities, Dlighted claims](/img/default/llt.png)
The average tenancy deposit paid by tenants in Britain’s largest cities now stands at £1,057, with deposits for properties in London and...
12 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Legal & General announces Brighton as next city for Build to Rent homes](/img/default/llt.png)
Legal & General has announced that it will be creating 200 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Brighton as part...
01 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landlords benefit from falling mortgage rates](/img/default/llt.png)
The average two-year buy-to-let fixed mortgage deal at 75% loan-to-value (LTV) has fallen to a record-low of 2.47%, as many landlords...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rent ‘eats up a shockingly high proportion of people’s wages’](/img/default/llt.png)
Tenants are spending an increasing proportion of their earnings on rent, new figures have revealed. Fresh research undertaken by rentals platform CreditLadder...
11 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rental price growth ‘expected to accelerate this year’](/img/default/llt.png)
UK rents grew by 0.56% in 2017, led by gains in London commuter hotspots, according to the latest rental price index...
08 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Four in 10 homes bought under Right to Buy now owned by private landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
Ever since Margaret Thatcher declared her belief in a ‘property-owning democracy’ and introduced Right to Buy in 1980, the UK was...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![The UK's top buy-to-let property hotspots unveiled](/img/default/llt.png)
Buy-to-let landlords can still expect to achieve double-digit yields when investing up north, fresh research shows. A new survey by TotallyMoney provides...
17 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Sharp rise in new purpose-built student accommodation developments](/img/default/llt.png)
There has been a significant increase in the number of students living in purpose-built student accommodation across Britain, making it harder...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Jeremy Corbyn pledges to introduce rent controls](/img/default/llt.png)
Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to give cities the power to introduce rent controls under a Labour government. Yesterday was the last day...
28 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Tenant slams landlord for rejecting his right to pay cheap rent for life](/img/default/llt.png)
A tenant who has won a legal case permitting him to pay cheap rent for life has panned his landlord for...
29 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Top tips for maintaining your rental property during the summer months](/img/default/llt.png)
Maintaining your property is one of the most important aspects of being a homeowner or landlord, and that includes giving your...
02 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Sex-for-rent landlords could face up to seven years in prison](/img/default/llt.png)
Rogue landlords who target vulnerable people for sex by posting online classified adverts offering accommodation in exchange for other services, could...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Where can landlords find the best mix of affordability and rental return?](/img/default/llt.png)
Fresh research using a combination of house prices, salaries and rental prices suggest that Stoke-on-Trent is the best destination to invest...
19 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rogue landlords are offering ‘sex for rent’ deals](/img/default/llt.png)
Some rogue landlords are targeting young, vulnerable people for sex by posting online classified adverts offering accommodation in exchange for other...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Landlord fined £45,000 for ‘putting people’s lives at risk’ in shared flat](/img/default/llt.png)
A landlord has been fined more than £45,000 after 12 people were found living in slum-like conditions in a four storey...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![RLA urges landlords to lobby MPs over tax changes](/img/default/llt.png)
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is urging landlords to lobby their local MP over taxation changes announced by the now former...
24 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Where are rents rising fastest?](/img/default/llt.png)
Rents in the residential property sector are continuing to rise across many parts of the UK with no fewer than 20...
13 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rail strikes could be responsible for rent dips, figures show](/img/default/llt.png)
The Southern Rail strikes which have caused disruption for commuters have started to have an impact on rental price growth in...
23 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rental property supply plummets](/img/default/llt.png)
The supply of homes listed on the market to let has fallen sharply now that pretty much all of the buy-to-let...
18 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Student housing shortage sees rents soar](/img/default/llt.png)
Student rents have increased by as much as 10% over the past 12 months amid a severe housing shortage across the...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: The student towns that offer the highest buy-to-let returns](/img/default/llt.png)
Buy-to-let landlords seeking high rental yields should consider buying properties to let to students in the north of England, research suggests. Of...
26 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Top class university cities for buy-to-let property unveiled](/img/default/llt.png)
The most lucrative university cities in the UK, based on house prices, rents and growth in local housing markets, have been...
10 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sharp rise in retirement rentals](/img/default/llt.png)
There has been a notable increase in the number of people wanting to step off the property ladder and rent in...
27 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Top seaside areas for landlords unveiled](/img/default/llt.png)
A new study which looked at coastal towns across England and Wales has found that Hull offers landlords the highest average rental...
24 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Pensioners choose to rent by the sea as property prices soar](/img/default/llt.png)
British pensioners are increasingly choosing a rent a home by the seaside when they retire because the cost of buying property...
10 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Award-winning Sawyer & Co, the fastest growing lettings company in Brighton & Hove](/img/default/llt.png)
In less than seven years Sawyer & Co has become the fastest growing Lettings Agents in Brighton & Hove. Silver winners of...
16 February 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Brighton, Bristol, Edinburgh and Newcastle revealed as rental hotspots](/img/default/llt.png)
Data from Homelet shows that Brighton, Bristol, Edinburgh and Newcastle showed the highest rental increases in 2015. HomeLet’s annual review of the...
12 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Two Brighton unregistered HMO landlords fined](/img/default/llt.png)
Two Brighton & Hove landlords of shared houses have been prosecuted for failing to license their properties as Houses in Multiple...
14 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Shadow chancellor 'wrong' on rented housing, says RLA](/img/default/llt.png)
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has hit out at claims made by the new Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell. During his speech...
29 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Tenants are on the move to… where?](/img/default/llt.png)
Wakefield, Coventry, Brighton, Nottingham and Greater London top the list of hotspots where tenants new to the area account for the...