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A survey of over 600 landlords by a business insurance service has found that 55 per cent have still to make...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The independent expert advisers to government on tax simplification, the OTS, says there has been a strong response to its consultation...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Voters in Bristol have decided to abolish the city’s directly elected mayor following a referendum. The city was given the choice of...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest attack on landlords by Generation Rent director Baroness Alicia Kennedy concerns insulation and household warmth. She claims a quarter of...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A Labour city council that has already called for powers to impose rent controls has now extended its existing landlord licensing...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News

PropTech firm Kamma says 11 new discretionary licensing schemes for landlords are set to launch in April - a record. This is the...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Buy to let landlords are increasingly targeting smaller, secondary towns and cities rather than big urban centres. Data from Paragon Bank shows...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent property website, which monitors the lettings market, suggests that rent controls would drive a proportion of rental stock to...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The mayor of Labour-controlled Bristol council is teaming up with local anti-landlord activists to look at how to introduce local rent...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the driving forces behind a summit being held to consider rent controls in a major city says she is...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Last month, I wrote about what’s in store for the private rented sector in 2022 and, like most commentators in our...
29 January 2022
From: The Big Issues

Together Energy, which has 176,000 households on its books, has become the latest supplier to collapse in the wake of the...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Paul Wootton, Director of The Landlord Works, a new...
13 January 2022
From: 60 Second Interview

A landlord who let out a property that raised serious concerns for the safety of 18 residents, including six children, has...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Bristol-based lettings management company Iletpro Ltd has been ordered to pay a total of £2,700.06 in fines and costs for failing...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading lettings agent in the south west is advising landlords to take advantage of a new ‘easy to read’ guide...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A council is appealing to landlords to help it fulfil a pledge to be a sanctuary to vulnerable refugees. Bristol council has...
21 June 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

Shelter and tenants’ group in a major city have mobilised to set up a campaign called Fair Renting. The campaign is focussed...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been handed nearly £30,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to maintenance and safety failures at three...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been handed penalties totalling nearly £8,000 after being found guilty of operating an unlicensed HMO. This follows an investigation...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News
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A Labour housing pressure group has made strong public criticism of the party’s shadow housing spokeswoman, Thangam Debbonaire. Labour Tenants United was...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News
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Investors are sitting on an average of over £37,000 each in investment capital they are poised to inject into the property market. That’s...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings platform specialising in student accommodation has a new way to spot locations with excess supply. UniHomes says Southampton, Portsmouth and...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m David Hackett, Head of Business Development for The DPS What...
04 March 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

A four year ban on letting any residential property has been imposed on a landlord found guilty of using accommodation that could...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A gas engineer was shocked to come across a large cannabis grow in a rental property after being called to change...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

All of Leaders Romans 130 branches are to be listed on a comparison website, Rentround. The site describes itself as “connecting landlords...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Research by lettings agency Keller Williams suggests the Coronavirus crisis has led to dip in rents across the UK - but...
26 January 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

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

A leading officer in a Labour council which has in the past taken landlords to court says this process is so...
16 December 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

It’s being reported that a so-called ‘rental union’ group of activists has staged a protest outside a landlord’s own home. Acorn - a...
27 October 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

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has welcomed confirmation from a government minister that the courts will begin to hear possession...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord in Bristol has been forced to hand £1,569 back to the council for housing benefit payments he received. Charles...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord in Bristol has been ordered to repay more than £3,000 following investigations by the council’s Private Housing Rogue...
25 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The government’s decision to extend the ban on evictions in England and Wales by a further two months has left victims...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Private renters naturally have rights and responsibilities, but it would appear that uncertainty presented by the outbreak of Covid-19 has left...
11 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Students at the University of Bristol have taken part in a socially distant march demanding greater help for tenants adversely affected by...
19 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Living without outdoor space is proving a real challenge for many people during the current coronavirus lockdown, which will largely explain...
07 April 2020
From: Breaking News

New Labour leader Keir Starmer finalised his shadow cabinet appointments yesterday, with Thangam Debbonaire securing the role of shadow housing secretary. Debbonaire,...
07 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A private landlord has been prosecuted by Bristol City Council for providing private rented accommodation that posed a “serious risk to life”. Nine...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News

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

The west of England’s Landlord Expo returns to Bristol next month. The free-to-attend event, organised by the four West of England Local...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Newcastle upon Tyne has been named the most affordable place to rent in the UK. According to the research, undertaken by CompareTheMarketcom,...
05 February 2020
From: Breaking News

More than 800 landlords have been surveyed to establish where they feel offer the best buy-to-let investment opportunities in 2020. The study,...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Despite the widening supply-demand imbalance in the private rented sector, it is now generally more affordable to rent a property with...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Fresh figures from Howsy has revealed the most in-demand cities to rent property in the United Kingdom, with some surprising findings. The...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords are being urged to think twice about moving to holiday letting following proposed regulatory and financial changes to the...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Property search data from Rightmove over the past 12 months has been analysed to reveal the most sought-after areas for a...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News

When it comes to investing in property, it pays to know about the latest property hotspots and up-and-coming areas whether you...
17 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The worst served city for rental stock is Newport in Wales where just 13.5% of properties listed are to rent, according...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Zoopla’s UK Cities House Price Index for July 2019, which focuses on trends in housing affordability as measured by the ratio...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Rental price growth in English cities undergoing extensive regeneration is outpacing the national average, new research shows. Looking at 12 cities in...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Germany’s rent controls place strong restrictions on in-tenancy rent increases, while the ‘rent brake’ introduced a couple of year ago makes...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News

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

The Tenant Fees Act, better known simply as the tenant fees ban, is coming into force from June 1 2019. It...
24 May 2019
From: Rental Reform

Buy-to-let landlords will need to pay £1,200 for a licence to rent their properties in Bristol as part of the local...
04 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The slump in the UK home ownership rate from 73% a decade ago to just 63% today reflects the fact that...
04 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The average rent across England and Wales has increased by 0.4% in the last 12 months, hitting an average of £861...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News

HMRC could soon be flooded with stamp duty surcharge refund requests from buy-to-let investors following a potential precedent set at a...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News

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

When property experts gathered at the Bristol office of Colliers International in June 2016 to discuss Bristol’s potential for Build to...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Despite Brexit, homebuyers, including buy-to-let investors, in the north of England are showing much more confidence than those in the south. Since...
28 February 2019
From: Breaking News

There has been a moderate rise in residential property price growth across the UK, according to the latest analysis carried out...
27 February 2019
From: Breaking News

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

The total value of the UK’s housing stock reached a record £7.29 trillion in 2018, according to fresh research from Savills. The...
15 January 2019
From: Breaking News

As 2018 draws to a close, the vast majority of areas have seen rents increase over the past 12 months, according...
27 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined more than £6,000 after failing to obtain a license for a shared house in Bristol. John Elwes...
27 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Campaigners opposed to mortgage lenders allowing landlords to rent property to people claiming benefits tried to voice their discontent over the...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Millennials looking to get a foot on the housing ladder are now able to do so two years earlier because of the...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Renting a property is now more expensive than buying in nine out of ten of the largest British cities, fresh data...
16 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The average rent across England and Wales has increased by 2.6% in the last 12 months, hitting an average of £861...
26 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Airbnb property management firm, Air Agents, has expanded from London into Bristol and Bath. With almost three million tourists visiting Bristol and...
17 September 2018
From: Breaking News

There has been a sharp rise in vegans and vegetarians in this country in recent years, with more people than ever...
10 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let has recently taken a bit of a bashing with some landlords forced to exit the market as profits drop amid...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Rents in England and Wales increased by 4.45% to an average of £861 in the 12 months to June 2018 but...
03 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Luton and Colchester have been named among the best places for buy-to-let investors in the existing market, based on rental yields. The...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News

There is still plenty of money to be made in buy-to-let, provided you invest in the right areas, according to new...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News

There are a number of key changes facing private landlords at the moment, which is why this year’s Landlord Expo, to...
29 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Rents in the South West, which includes the likes of Bristol, Devon and Cornwall, has seen rental price increases outstrip all...
24 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has purchased a Private Rented Sector (PRS) build-to-rent development on East Street, an...
10 May 2018
From: Breaking News

An online student accommodation service has launched in Bristol offering to cover landlords for up to six months’ worth of unpaid...
09 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Deposit protection scheme, TDS, has announced 20 new dates for its ‘Academy’ training events running over the next year across England...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News

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

As 2017 draws to a close, Rightmove has released fresh data, based on searches by prospective tenants browsing its website, revealing...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Whilst it has been a challenging year for private landlords, the buy-to-let sector continues to offer plenty of investment opportunities, but...
15 December 2017
From: Breaking News

We all know that buy-to-let landlords have a bad reputation, which is largely undeserved, but a growing anti-landlord movement would have...
29 November 2017
From: Breaking News

dLighted, the insurance backed deposit-free renting solution, is once again trying to persuade more landlords and tenants to use its service...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News

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

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating 220 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Birmingham, as part...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News

An advert offering a van for rent as a home for £220 per month has appeared on Gumtree. The advert for the...
10 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The Charitable Foundation of TDS, the deposit protection scheme, has announced that it made just over £94,000 in awards in its...
28 September 2017
From: Breaking News

This month has seen the approval or introduction of a number of new licensing schemes for landlords in several English cities,...
29 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Many landlords purchase properties near universities in order to take advantage of the lucrative yields that the student rental market often...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The Home Office is hoping to drive up standards in the private rented sector in Bristol by handing £321,750 to Bristol...
10 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A new ‘Rent with Confidence’ scheme, which features a list of approved landlords and letting agents, has been created by local...
11 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market may wish to consider buying property in Luton, which currently offers the...
17 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating over 250 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Leeds, as...
12 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A charity that receives thousands of pounds in housing benefit to accommodate vulnerable people, including the homeless with addiction problems, has...
08 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents in this country are now around half of tenants’ average take-home pay, according to a report on the state of...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A new Build to Rent (BTR) development featuring over 170 homes will be built in Bath city centre by Legal &...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Following the success of the first two series, the third series of “Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords”, starts this Sunday. The observational documentary highlights alarming...
03 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Following the success of the first two series, the third series of “Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords”, starts this Sunday. The observational documentary highlights alarming...
02 March 2017
From: Breaking News

New property management division set-up to help landlords increase yield within the secure framework of a guaranteed rental model. Quarter has announced...
21 February 2017
From: Breaking News

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

Despite the recent tax crackdown, buy-to-let continues to look an attractive income investment at a time of low interest rates and...
13 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has acquired a Private Rented Sector (PRS), build-to-rent development at Finzels Reach in...
29 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord in Bristol has been fined thousands of pounds after tenants and neighbours complained about the awful state of toilets,...
21 November 2016
From: Breaking News
04 November 2016
From: Breaking News

An unscrupulous landlord who failed to fix a toilet which had became detached from the soil pipe, leaking all over the...
31 October 2016
From: Breaking News

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

Landlords in Bristol are planning to file a complaint against Bristol City Council regarding the authority's intention to extend the city's...
10 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A petition has been set up to overturn what has been described as a ‘shameful’ decision to abolish a selective licensing...
14 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A Bristol councillor has called for additional selective landlord licensing in the city. Clifton Down councillor, Carla Denyer, says that even in...
19 August 2016
From: Breaking News

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

A fraudster who posed as a letting agent with the sole intention of stealing from landlords and tenants has been jailed...
02 August 2016
From: Breaking News

For many investors in London and the South East, the relentless pressure on buy-to-let income means that the numbers no longer add...
27 July 2016
From: Breaking News

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

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

Property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market should look to university towns in the North West to find the...
01 June 2016
From: Breaking News

There will be a lasting social divide between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ as a consequence of the country’s growing ‘rental...
24 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Following the recent changes to additional stamp duty and the loss of tax relief for buy-to-let landlords, there is growing concern...
16 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Tenants are now adopting a more short-term view on renting property, reflected in the average assured shorthold tenancy length which is...
13 May 2016
From: Breaking News

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

A joint scheme for accrediting landlord and agents has been launched by four county authorities in the West of England. The West...
07 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Police are seeking a rogue tenant who posed as a landlord to con cash out of potential tenants for a studio...
22 December 2015
From: Breaking News

A series of raids on privately let properties in the West Country appear to have taken place as a way of...
10 November 2015
From: Breaking News

London, Birmingham and Bristol are the top cities where Barclays’ mortgage customers are investing in rental properties, according to research by...
28 July 2015
From: Breaking News

A Bristol landlord has been handed a suspended jail sentence after student flats under his ownership were found to have numerous...