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A PropTech platform says it’s giving landlords the opportunity to spread their management fees and marketing costs across the duration of...

A survey of over 600 landlords by a business insurance service has found that 55 per cent have still to make...

The independent expert advisers to government on tax simplification, the OTS, says there has been a strong response to its consultation...

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...

Voters in Bristol have decided to abolish the city’s directly elected mayor following a referendum. The city was given the choice of...

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

A Labour city council that has already called for powers to impose rent controls has now extended its existing landlord licensing...

PropTech firm Kamma says 11 new discretionary licensing schemes for landlords are set to launch in April - a record. This is the...

Buy to let landlords are increasingly targeting smaller, secondary towns and cities rather than big urban centres. Data from Paragon Bank shows...

A prominent property website, which monitors the lettings market, suggests that rent controls would drive a proportion of rental stock to...

The mayor of Labour-controlled Bristol council is teaming up with local anti-landlord activists to look at how to introduce local rent...

One of the driving forces behind a summit being held to consider rent controls in a major city says she is...

Last month, I wrote about what’s in store for the private rented sector in 2022 and, like most commentators in our...

Together Energy, which has 176,000 households on its books, has become the latest supplier to collapse in the wake of the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Paul Wootton, Director of The Landlord Works, a new...

A landlord who let out a property that raised serious concerns for the safety of 18 residents, including six children, has...

Bristol-based lettings management company Iletpro Ltd has been ordered to pay a total of £2,700.06 in fines and costs for failing...

A leading lettings agent in the south west is advising landlords to take advantage of a new ‘easy to read’ guide...

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

An online corporate rental platform says Covid 19 has led to a six-fold increase in demand for medium-term rentals in this...

Shelter and tenants’ group in a major city have mobilised to set up a campaign called Fair Renting. The campaign is focussed...

A landlord has been handed nearly £30,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to maintenance and safety failures at three...

A landlord has been handed penalties totalling nearly £8,000 after being found guilty of operating an unlicensed HMO. This follows an investigation...

A Labour housing pressure group has made strong public criticism of the party’s shadow housing spokeswoman, Thangam Debbonaire. Labour Tenants United was...

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...

A lettings platform specialising in student accommodation has a new way to spot locations with excess supply. UniHomes says Southampton, Portsmouth and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m David Hackett, Head of Business Development for The DPS    What...

A four year ban on letting any residential property has been imposed on a landlord found guilty of using accommodation that could...

A gas engineer was shocked to come across a large cannabis grow in a rental property after being called to change...

All of Leaders Romans 130 branches are to be listed on a comparison website, Rentround. The site describes itself as “connecting landlords...

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

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

A Labour MP is demanding action against unscrupulous predator landlords who demand sex from tenants in lieu of rent. The Daily Mail...

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

A league table of UK cities where it takes the longest for first time buyers to save for a deposit may...

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...

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...

A majority of tenants are looking for unfurnished homes, new research shows.  Online property management platform Howsy analysed existing rental property listings...

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has welcomed confirmation from a government minister that the courts will begin to hear possession...

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...

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...

The government’s decision to extend the ban on evictions in England and Wales by a further two months has left victims...

Private renters naturally have rights and responsibilities,  but it would appear that uncertainty presented by the outbreak of Covid-19 has left...

Students at the University of Bristol have taken part in a socially distant march demanding greater help for tenants adversely affected by...

Living without outdoor space is proving a real challenge for many people during the current coronavirus lockdown, which will largely explain...

New Labour leader Keir Starmer finalised his shadow cabinet appointments yesterday, with Thangam Debbonaire securing the role of shadow housing secretary. Debbonaire,...

A private landlord has been prosecuted by Bristol City Council for providing private rented accommodation that posed a “serious risk to life”.  Nine...

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...

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...

Newcastle upon Tyne has been named the most affordable place to rent in the UK.  According to the research, undertaken by CompareTheMarketcom,...

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

Despite the widening supply-demand imbalance in the private rented sector, it is now generally more affordable to rent a property with...

Fresh figures from Howsy has revealed the most in-demand cities to rent property in the United Kingdom, with some surprising findings.  The...

Buy-to-let landlords are being urged to think twice about moving to holiday letting following proposed regulatory and financial changes to the...

Property search data from Rightmove over the past 12 months has been analysed to reveal the most sought-after areas for a...

When it comes to investing in property, it pays to know about the latest property hotspots and up-and-coming areas whether you...

The worst served city for rental stock is Newport in Wales where just 13.5% of properties listed are to rent, according...

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

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

Germany’s rent controls place strong restrictions on in-tenancy rent increases, while the ‘rent brake’ introduced a couple of year ago makes...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £7,000 for neglecting the garden at one of his properties and allowing to become...

The Tenant Fees Act, better known simply as the tenant fees ban, is coming into force from June 1 2019. It...

Buy-to-let landlords will need to pay £1,200 for a licence to rent their properties in Bristol as part of the local...

The slump in the UK home ownership rate from 73% a decade ago to just 63% today reflects the fact that...

The average rent across England and Wales has increased by 0.4% in the last 12 months, hitting an average of £861...

HMRC could soon be flooded with stamp duty surcharge refund requests from buy-to-let investors following a potential precedent set at a...

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...

When property experts gathered at the Bristol office of Colliers International in June 2016 to discuss Bristol’s potential for Build to...

Despite Brexit, homebuyers, including buy-to-let investors, in the north of England are showing much more confidence than those in the south. Since...

There has been a moderate rise in residential property price growth across the UK, according to the latest analysis carried out...

A number of buy-to-let landlords prefer to rent out property on a room by room basis instead of renting the whole...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock reached a record £7.29 trillion in 2018, according to fresh research from Savills. The...

As 2018 draws to a close, the vast majority of areas have seen rents increase over the past 12 months, according...

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...

Campaigners opposed to mortgage lenders allowing landlords to rent property to people claiming benefits tried to voice their discontent over the...

Millennials looking to get a foot on the housing ladder are now able to do so two years earlier because of the...

Renting a property is now more expensive than buying in nine out of ten of the largest British cities, fresh data...

The average rent across England and Wales has increased by 2.6% in the last 12 months, hitting an average of £861...

Airbnb property management firm, Air Agents, has expanded from London into Bristol and Bath. With almost three million tourists visiting Bristol and...

There has been a sharp rise in vegans and vegetarians in this country in recent years, with more people than ever...

Buy-to-let has recently taken a bit of a bashing with some landlords forced to exit the market as profits drop amid...

Rents in England and Wales increased by 4.45% to an average of £861 in the 12 months to June 2018 but...

Luton and Colchester have been named among the best places for buy-to-let investors in the existing market, based on rental yields. The...

There is still plenty of money to be made in buy-to-let, provided you invest in the right areas, according to new...

There are a number of key changes facing private landlords at the moment, which is why this year’s Landlord Expo, to...

Rents in the South West, which includes the likes of Bristol, Devon and Cornwall, has seen rental price increases outstrip all...

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

An online student accommodation service has launched in Bristol offering to cover landlords for up to six months’ worth of unpaid...

Deposit protection scheme, TDS, has announced 20 new dates for its ‘Academy’ training events running over the next year across England...

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating 200 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Brighton as part...

As 2017 draws to a close, Rightmove has released fresh data, based on searches by prospective tenants browsing its website, revealing...

Whilst it has been a challenging year for private landlords, the buy-to-let sector continues to offer plenty of investment opportunities, but...

We all know that buy-to-let landlords have a bad reputation, which is largely undeserved, but a growing anti-landlord movement would have...

dLighted, the insurance backed deposit-free renting solution, is once again trying to persuade more landlords and tenants to use its service...

There has been a significant increase in the number of students living in purpose-built student accommodation across Britain, making it harder...

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating 220 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Birmingham, as part...

An advert offering a van for rent as a home for £220 per month has appeared on Gumtree. The advert for the...

The Charitable Foundation of TDS, the deposit protection scheme, has announced that it made just over £94,000 in awards in its...

This month has seen the approval or introduction of a number of new licensing schemes for landlords in several English cities,...

Many landlords purchase properties near universities in order to take advantage of the lucrative yields that the student rental market often...

The Home Office is hoping to drive up standards in the private rented sector in Bristol by handing £321,750 to Bristol...

A new ‘Rent with Confidence’ scheme, which features a list of approved landlords and letting agents, has been created by local...

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

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating over 250 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Leeds, as...

A charity that receives thousands of pounds in housing benefit to accommodate vulnerable people, including the homeless with addiction problems, has...

Rents in this country are now around half of tenants’ average take-home pay, according to a report on the state of...

A new Build to Rent (BTR) development featuring over 170 homes will be built in Bath city centre by Legal &...

Following the success of the first two series, the third series of “Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords”, starts this Sunday. The observational documentary highlights alarming...

Following the success of the first two series, the third series of “Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords”, starts this Sunday. The observational documentary highlights alarming...

New property management division set-up to help landlords increase yield within the secure framework of a guaranteed rental model. Quarter has announced...

Rents in the residential property sector are continuing to rise across many parts of the UK with no fewer than 20...

Despite the recent tax crackdown, buy-to-let continues to look an attractive income investment at a time of low interest rates and...

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

A landlord in Bristol has been fined thousands of pounds after tenants and neighbours complained about the awful state of toilets,...

The pace of rental price growth in the UK slowed to 0.05% in the month to October from a rise of...

An unscrupulous landlord who failed to fix a toilet which had became detached from the soil pipe, leaking all over the...

The supply of homes listed on the market to let has fallen sharply now that pretty much all of the buy-to-let...

Landlords in Bristol are planning to file a complaint against Bristol City Council regarding the authority's intention to extend the city's...

A petition has been set up to overturn what has been described as a ‘shameful’ decision to abolish a selective licensing...

A Bristol councillor has called for additional selective landlord licensing in the city.  Clifton Down councillor, Carla Denyer, says that even in...

The most lucrative university cities in the UK, based on house prices, rents and growth in local housing markets, have been...

A fraudster who posed as a letting agent with the sole intention of stealing from landlords and tenants has been jailed...

For many investors in London and the South East, the relentless pressure on buy-to-let income means that the numbers no longer add...

There has been a notable increase in the number of people wanting to step off the property ladder and rent in...

A new study which looked at coastal towns across England and Wales has found that Hull offers landlords the highest average rental...

Property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market should look to university towns in the North West to find the...

There will be a lasting social divide between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ as a consequence of the country’s growing ‘rental...

Following the recent changes to additional stamp duty and the loss of tax relief for buy-to-let landlords, there is growing concern...

Tenants are now adopting a more short-term view on renting property, reflected in the average assured shorthold tenancy length which is...

Data from Homelet shows that Brighton, Bristol, Edinburgh and Newcastle showed the highest rental increases in 2015. HomeLet’s annual review of the...

A joint scheme for accrediting landlord and agents has been launched by four county authorities in the West of England. The West...

Police are seeking a rogue tenant who posed as a landlord to con cash out of potential tenants for a studio...

A series of raids on privately let properties in the West Country appear to have taken place as a way of...

London, Birmingham and Bristol are the top cities where Barclays’ mortgage customers are investing in rental properties, according to research by...

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

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High end estate agent Hamptons has had its knuckled rapped by the advertising regulator about the way it displays fees in...