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A leading figure in the property industry has slammed the government’s proposals to encourage more lenders to offer 50 year mortgages...

Activists in the Acorn group is hoping to attract Labour councillors who run Leeds to a meeting next week, which will...

A senior figure at the right wing magazine The Spectator has slammed landlords for blatant profiteering. The magazine’s assistant online editor says...

A trade body is warning that landlords may face a new challenge if, as expected, the government agrees a controversial expansion...

Mortgage activity is forecast to fall by six per cent by year-end as the market feels the brunt of interest rate...

A new survey suggests large numbers of tenants are worried about the risk of falling behind with the rent or even...

Citizens Advice wants landlords and tenants in a specific part of the country to help inform government about improving the uptake...

New government figures show 3,405 households in the private rented sector were evicted by bailiffs in England between April and June this year...

A warning has been issued that anyone wanting a mortgage in future may put their credit rating at risk if they...

A prominent personal finance analyst says renters in the private sector are amongst the most badly hit by the cost of...

The National Residential Landlords Association has hit out at what it calls “baseless suggestions” that landlords will not pass on energy...

Landlords interested in improving energy efficiency in their investment properties can see and hear tips on how to do it at...

London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed credit for many of the measures contained in the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector...

A council in a second home and short let hotspot is making a desparate plea to private landlords for help. Torbay Council,...

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has announced that base rate is rising from 1.25 to 1.75 per cent. The rate is now...

Bristol’s Labour council has made a name for itself with policies shifting power from landlords to tenants. Earlier this year the Mayor,...

The cost of living crisis is arguably impacting on the private rental tenant more than almost any other demographic. Is there...

A charity, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, wants a form of Right To Buy to be given to private tenants.  Right To Buy...

A national newspaper has backed a scheme by a council to purchase private properties and them let them out to lower...

The next Prime Minister must address the supply crisis in the private rented sector if homeownership ambitions are to become a...

A park home specialist is claiming that this property niche is better suited than conventional rental or owned homes for energy...

Lack of rental stock is now the biggest challenge facing letting agents today. That is what every agent I’ve spoken to...

With speculation about what happens next in Westminster at fever pitch, now isn’t the time to make predictions as to how...

PropTech companies Goodlord and Vouch have come together to call for input for their State Of The Lettings Industry report. And with...

Landlords and owners of empty homes iare being invited to a free event next week to find out more about help...

Councils will be able to control numbers of second homes and holiday lets under new plans unveiled by the Welsh Government. There...

A prominent financial analyst says the fast-rising costs of renting mean tenants are becoming less financially resilient - and this applies...

A utilities advice service has come up with a list of measures which it says can reduce expenditure by tenants and...

A survey of 12,000 tenants suggests that over three-quarters are concerned about the impact of the cost of living crisis on...

Ofgem has announced that the energy price cap will further rise from £1,971 to £2,800 in October this year, amid an...

New figures released this morning show that buy to let investors and second home buyers now pay almost half of the...

The chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association says the devil is in the detail when it comes to the...

A prominent energy industry organisation has just issued a new guide for landlords to improve their properties.  The Energy Saving Trust -...

Landlords are in danger of losing the narrative again. With rental inflation hitting record levels, much of the noise we see in...

The housing market is showing signs of cooling, says the Halifax, as its latest index shows growing caution.  The lender says that...

Growing numbers of people are feeling psychologically affected by the cost of living crisis according to the latest Inflation Nation report...

It’s been confirmed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to announce plans to extend the Right To Buy to housing associations. Under...

A new survey from an experienced company in the private rental sector has revealed shocking findings about what landlords really think...

No it’s not an April Fool - some tenants in Wales are experimenting with an alternative to radiators and heat pumps....

No fewer than 74 per cent of landlords say they feel a responsibility to support their tenants during times of financial...

The support package to help combat soaring fuel bills and the cost of living crisis - introduced at the end of...

Wherever you stand, whether you’re a landlord or tenant, the supply and demand issues impacting the private rented sector are at...

The cost of living crisis and soaring fuel bills mean landlords may have to rethink the concept of all-inclusive rents. That’s the...

Landlords are being advised not to panic buy ahead of what may be more difficult lending conditions as the cost of...

Airbnb’s general manager is claiming that there is no fact-based evidence to link the proliferation of short lets across the UK...

Landowners are claiming that the negative stereotype given to private landlords in recent years by government contributes to the overall housing...

Energy regulator Ofgem is suggesting that the energy price cap be updated quarterly rather than every six months.  This is only a...

The highest rental growth since the Global Financial Crisis, coupled with the cost of living crisis, is putting increased pressure on...

Consultation events are to be held this week to gauge the reaction to a possible compulsory register for all Airbnb and...

An online property platform says it expects May’s sales figures for new build searches to be slightly below expectations. This is as...

Activists have expressed their delight that the government has “listed to the voice of renters” in its provisions for widespread reform...

Labour’s London Mayor - buoyed up after the party’s successes in the capital in last week’s elections - has renewed his...

A cleaning crisis caused by Brexit and Covid could threaten the well-being of the buy to let sector according to a...

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...

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

PropTech firm Canopy says four out of five tenants have never missed a rent payment and that this should give them...

A trade union has called on the government to “look at all forms of rent control” as a way of combatting...

Taxes on buy to let investment are fuelling a supply crisis, hiking rents and making homeownership more difficult to afford. That’s the...

The National Association of Property Buyers says soaring numbers of landlords are looking to sell homes - slashing stock and therefore...

House prices rose less than expected last month after expanding at the fastest rate for almost two decades.  The Nationwide says annual...

With the rising cost of living and the UK’s inflation crisis creating financial uncertainty, many are looking to make more secure...

Activists in the Generation Rent group have made seven demands on government including a rent freeze, the clearing of tenants’ arrears,...

A rental platform forecasts that within 12 months the average UK tenant could be paying £800 more a year in rent...

Renters without a property to sell are likely to be the worst demographic sector affected by the cost of living crisis...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that a private renter in England is handed a Section 21  eviction every seven minutes.  In a new...

Generation Rent is calling for a national rent freeze in the private sector for an unspecified period “for the duration of...

It looks as if landlords have enjoyed further capital appreciation with the latest housing market index showing still-rising asking prices for...

A warning has been issued by a business consultancy that renters are set to feel particularly vulnerable this year because of...

Two of the country’s leading Conservative MPs have spoken at a Shelter conference which claimed millions of private renters were being...

A points-based system of rent controls is being advocated by activists associated with a controversial pro-tenant group. Living Rent, which is calling...

A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...

A controversial PropTech rental platform has issued a list of questions and issues to check when tenants rent from a landlord...

Growing concerns over inflation and the cost of living are changing the way landlords interact with their tenants, it’s being claimed. A...

Landlords are many people’s favourite pantomime villains, on the hunt to hike rents and squeeze profits. The reality, however, is proven...

Private renters who are trying to save a deposit on a home to buy are having to run in order to...

There’s a new warning that the cost of living crisis facing landlords and tenants could get sizeably worse thanks to yet...

Renters are amongst the three groups likely to suffer worst as the cost of living crisis unfolds, an analyst has warned.  Sarah...

A surprising call has come from a major industry supplier - it wants landlords to set up standing orders with their...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims renters’ pockets are being hit the hardest of any demographic group in Britain in terms of the...

Rooms-to-rent platform Ministry of Rooms has launched a new initiative to make it easier for Ukrainian refugees to connect with landlords...

A report by a business campaign group claims Build To Rent is key to helping solve the housing crisis in London. Who...

Trade unions in Scotland are demanding that local council candidates sign a pledge to support “urgent” rent controls in that country. The...

A property company director is telling landlords to show compassion when they consider rent rises, because of the cost of living...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement was something - but not enough. That’s the view of Ben Beadle - chief executive of the...

A question mark has been raised over the suitability of a scheme starting next month to encourage the switch from gas...

Specialist but to let lender Keystone Property Finance has pledged to help UK landlords who want to house Ukrainian refugees.  There have...

The former Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer says rent controls are a vital part of a four-pronged ‘Radical Recovery Programme’. John McDonnell has...

A new report claims new builds have typical energy bills some £400 a year less than other properties.  The Home Builders’ Federation...

A council in one of the remote parts of the UK is appealing for registered landlords who might be able to...

The Mirror newspaper has launched a campaign to “make rented homes safer”. It says its campaign - called Safe As Houses -...

As we approach what is commonly the busiest month of the year, there is one question many in the sector many...

A Labour MP in the westcountry appears to be winning support for a campaign he has launched called First Homes, Not...

A prominent lettings agency says the rental growth seen in the past year will not be repeated in 2022, as tenants...

In this weekend feature, Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) and the managing director of Home...

The Chartered Institute of Housing says it’s concerned about the rapidly rising gas and home heating oil prices and the impact...

A prominent lettings agent says politicians wanting an open door policy for refugees from Ukraine do not explain how they will...

As the government continues to assess the future state of building regulation in the UK, developers and leaseholders continue to remain...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Giles Atkinson and I’m one part of...

Annual house price growth accelerated to 12.6 per cent in February, up from 11.2 per cent in January and the strongest...

A player in the rental insurance field is warning landlords that the growing cost of living crisis makes it more important...

Russia sending tanks into Ukraine sounds terrifying, but it also sounds a long way away. Unfortunately, in a world of global...

The government has been accused of basing its policy to solve the cladding crisis on the assumption that landlords are Property...

Covid-19 has upended most industries, at least for a short while, over the past two years. But the tourism sector has...

An MP is calling on the authorities to investigate how 15 so-called ‘super landlords’ allegedly dominate the rental market in one...

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

Renters are much less likely than homeowners to have at least a moderate income in retirement according to business consultancy Hargreaves...

Last October, stakeholders across the private rented sector were told by ministers that the Government needed extra time to create a...

A bank is establishing a working group of industry professionals, landlords and policy makers to see how the private rental sector...

Generation Rent claims private rental sector tenants are set to be most disadvantaged by the 54 per cent rise in the...

The Halifax is suggesting that while capital values are still high - in fact running at a record - growth is...

A London council chief is asking for help from private landlords.  The leader of Kingston council in the south west of the...

A study suggests that 70 per cent of tenants would be willing to pay more for a property with good indoor...

A council is making an urgent appeal to private landlords with vacant, or soon-to-be vacant, three or four-bedroom family homes for...

Approaching one in four private landlords have suffered income losses as a result of the pandemic. As a result the sector’s trade...

The campaign to ensure that landlords are included in the government’s measures to alleviate the problem of dangerous cladding is gathering...

Almost 10 per cent of private landlords letting properties to Universal Credit claimants have experienced at least one tenant having difficulties...

An alliance of 25 major charities have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak, calling for urgent action...

Only 15 per cent of landlords say they are fully aware of changes to laws surrounding Energy Performance Certificates in the...

Bromsgrove is a classic rental market. The Worcestershire market town is enveloped by green space but is just a thirty-minute commute...

Landlords fearing a fall in income and a rise in voids over the festive period have nothing to fear - it...

The charity Crisis has identified the end of the eviction ban as one of the factors directly leading to homelessness over...

A company that works with private landlords to supply homes to ease London councils’ homeless issues, has won funds to secure...

Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...

In recent years, letting property has become more challenging due to a range of tax and regulation changes and since March...

A leading politician in Wales has spoken out in favour of second homeowners, who are under increasing scrutiny in that country...

The demise of the buy to let market has been much predicted over recent years. Major tax changes, a three per...

Activists in the Acorn pro-tenant movement have sharply criticised the Green Party which runs Brighton council for allegedly failing to prosecute...

Belfast council has unanimously passed a motion calling for the Northern Ireland Executive to introduce a rent control scheme for the...

There is a fear that work required to bring rental units up to new Energy Performance Certificate levels by 2025 could...

A social landlord is selling a home on the open market but says it should go only to a first time...

Adrian Ramsay, newly-elected co-leader of the Green Party, wants a windfall tax on the value of investment properties owned by private...

The activist group Generation Rent says the £65m package announced by the government over the weekend is not enough and must...

Over 150,000 households in Britain are in ‘exempt’ accommodation, a rental sector which some say is “dangerously under-regulated.” ‘Exempt accommodation’ is intended...

As founder of Landlord Action and chief operating officer at Hamilton Fraser, I’ve been talking to landlords for over 25 years...

Epsom & Ewell council is the latest to seek private landlords’ help to house five households of Afghan refugees fleeing the...

With the government lifting the price cap on energy suppliers at the start of this month, PropTech supplier Goodlord has produced...

New analysis of government data by the national homelessness charity Crisis suggests that in England over 100,000 low income renters on Universal Credit will be at least two or more months behind on...

Rik Smith, Head of Tenant Services at Goodlord, outlines in this tips piece how agents can support tenants with rising energy...

The Welsh government has again extended the notice period which landlords must give tenants - it’s at least six months. The Coronavirus...

Figures show that rent arrears are 20 per cent higher in Wales than England over the first half of 2021 New research published...

A £360m ‘wall of rent debt’ built up during the pandemic, combined with cuts to Universal Credit, threatens to leave hundreds...

Michael Gove - one of the most senior and controversial figures in modern politics - is the new Housing Secretary.  Ben Beadle,...

A council has written to Housing Minister Chris Pincher calling for a new approach to the short lets issue. Oxford council leader...

A mortgage expert who is a prominent sceptic about the lettings market has stepped up his criticisms, saying renting is no...

Activists including Generation Rent are to lobby MPs this afternoon, to complain against eviction notice periods in England reverting to pre-Covid...

Former Liberal Democrat party leader and Lake District MP Tim Farron has met with bosses from Airbnb to challenge them on...

The National Residential Landlords Association has joined over 100 other organisations across the UK to urge government to scrap the planned...

A petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners is now nearing its 50,000...

With less than four years left until the government wants all new private rented properties to be rated at least EPC...

Rent controls, possibly ensuring that rents do not exceed 25 per cent of household income, are poised to be introduced into...

The National Residential Landlords Association has joined a series of charities and Propertymark to warn about the poverty risk of expected...

Proposals to impose strict controls on Airbnb and other short lets - including possibly requiring planning consent and licensing - will be...

Protesters in a part of the UK with high numbers of holiday lets will stage a demonstration next week demanding cheaper...

A council that recently demanded public cash to help Covid-related arrears has found itself in hot water over its own rent...

Welsh Nationalist politicians are complaining about a finance company which identified part of Wales as having attractive yields for buy to...

Labour councils in London have backed the initiative from Mayor Sadiq Khan to buy back ex-council houses now in the private...

The government claims its new Building Safety Bill, published yesterday, will create “lasting generational change” after Grenfell and the cladding crisis...

A petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners has got 42,000 backers -...

Investment consultancy Thirlmere Deacon says serviced apartments, typically for visitors, can provide an attractive option for investors right now. Thirlmere Deacon director...

A stinging attack on Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been made by the National Residential Landlords Association. The trade body has produced a...

The Covid-19 pandemic sparked a global trend of remote working and companies realising that work can now be where your laptop...

Landlord Today readers will be more than aware that legal changes happen often these days, and it can be understandably challenging...

A large number of private rental tenants may be eligible to take advantage of the new and controversial Breathing Space debt...

Another council in the south of England is asking landlords and letting agents in its area how the Coronavirus crisis has...

There appears to be no evidence yet as to the effectiveness or otherwise of the government’s mediation scheme, introduced ahead of...

Former Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has spoken out against what he calls “the greed of the mega-landlords.” The veteran MP -...

The umbrella group representing London councils wants the government to use taxpayer money to help private tenants with Covid-related arrears. The call...

Since it was launched in 2012 to help the Portuguese economy bounce back from a damaging financial crisis, the Portuguese Golden...

Landlords have welcomed the government’s announcement to end the eviction ban and reduce the notice period required for the private rental...

Labour’s new housing spokesperson is the experienced MP Lucy Powell, who until last weekend was shadow business and consumer affairs minister.  She...

Landlords are being warned of an urgent change to the arrears process thanks to the launch of the government’s Breathing Space...

The controversial Breathing Space policy comes into effect from next Tuesday, May 4, and a charity is admitting it is not...

The National Residential Landlords Association has repeated its backing for upfront cash payments and rent guarantees. A new study has found that...

For the second time this week (and it’s only Wednesday) a lender has announced cheaper mortgage loans for buy to let...

The Momentum group on the left of the Labour Party has outlined a three-stage campaign to secure a longer term ban on...

Oliver Andrews, editor at Property Claim Assist, outlines why it’s vitally important for landlords to keep record during the current Covid...

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...

The landlords’ trade body wants more co-operation between the private rental sector and local councils as tenants’ needs change thanks to...

London-focussed lettings agency Portico has drawn up highly localised hotspots within the capital for landlords seeking the best yields.  According to the...

A council which has 20,000 unregulated rental properties within its area has launched a new charter to improve standards. The unregulated properties...

The main landlords’ trade body has made a blistering attack on the government of one of the UK nations, asking it...

The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...

Activists from the Acorn campaign are pressing a council to get tough on landlords. Acorn has waged anti-landlord and anti-letting agent campaigns...

The Budget has received short shrift from landlords and tenants, as Chancellor Rishi Sunak appeared to miss out the private rental...

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has joined forces with tenant activists to demand the Chancellor gives financial support...

It might be thought that banks have made significant mistakes of their own in the recent past - including triggering the...

Generation Rent campaign activists say 700,000 private tenants on Universal Credit cannot afford to pay their rent. The campaign - led by...

A coalition of rental groups with the same view on how to tackle arrears is calling on the Chancellor to help...

Landlords are today backing a call by the Resolution Foundation think tank for tenant hardship loans for renters impacted by the...

The government has announced yet another ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in the private rental sector. The existing ban was due to expire...

It’s feared that the government’s latest funding to solve the cladding crisis will leave thousands of landlords with loans and unsellable...

Up to 50,000 rental homes in the countryside could be sold off if the government presses ahead with stricter energy efficiency...

An influential all-party committee of MPs and members of the House of Lords is calling for a new council tax fund...

A tenant organisation has written to almost 130 politicians asking them to do more to protect renters - especially lone females -...

A record pipeline has been reported by one of the leading buy to let mortgage lenders as landlords race to beat...

A leading property lawyer insists that a controversial new ‘debt moratorium’ system starting this spring will not mean a free ride...

Former Labour leader Ed Miliband, now the shadow energy secretary, says the green homes grant scheme is in chaos. Media reports in...

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

Momentum is building against councils pushing ahead with licensing schemes despite the pandemic. Earlier this week ARLA Propertymark, the letting agents’ trade...

The Church of England has named its first Bishop for Housing, ahead of the publication of a report following a two...

The first case of a landlord breaching new tenancy rules in Scotland has resulted with him being issued a ‘Wrongful Termination...

Both Labour and the Scottish National Party have spoken out over online platforms carrying advertisements from landlords seeking sexual favours in...

Some tenants will spend years living in temporary Airbnb-style short let accommodation after the Coronavirus crisis ends, a lettings platform claims. The...

A survey conducted for a mortgage broker suggests one in six landlords is unaware that 2019-2020 - tax assessments for which...

The government has set out details of its new Debt Respite Scheme - also known as Breathing Space - which comes...

The government’s ban on bailiff-enforced evictions is just a “sticking plaster” and not a long-term answer for landlords and tenants. That’s the view...

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

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

More than 50 per cent of private landlords have lost rental income as a result of the pandemic says new research. A third of...

The Liberal Democrats want Airbnb to ensure its landlords offer free accommodation to victims and survivors of domestic abuse in Tier 3...

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...

Seven per cent of private tenants now have arrears built up during the Coronavirus period. A survey of tenants for the National...

The unknown number of landlords with properties in blocks caught in the cladding crisis may be able to benefit from a...

Senior MPs have been told by the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association that they must provide financial assistance...

The coronavirus pandemic has brought instability to the UK rental market, with tenants struggling to pay rents and landlords battling to...

The Labour-controlled Greater London Authority and 18 other groups of activists, charities and students have formed a new pro-renter coalition. Called the...

The number of UK landlords has risen 49 per cent in the last five years to an all-time high of 2.7m...

The National Residential Landlords Association has released its manifesto for the 2021 Welsh Parliament elections - and it makes the case...

Landlords are feeling abandoned by the government during the pandemic according to a new survey.  Some 64 per cent say they haven’t...

A possible backlog of Right To Rent checks created by new Home Office rules could be alleviated by inventory clerks. Since March,...

The Leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg, says the government has sympathy for the plight of many landlords during...

A property industry accreditation service is asking whether it’s now time for the government to offer grants to help landlords through...

The government is being warned landlords won’t be able to meet new guidelines being set for Right To Rent once the Coronavirus...

A rental property consultancy says its experience this year convinces it that the Coronavirus crisis has led to more stable tenancies. Apropos...

Build To Rent, which has predominantly focussed on secondary sites in major city centres, is branching out to the suburbs. One of...

A new survey shows almost two thirds of prospective first time buyers regard it as ‘impossible’ to get on the property...

A webinar being held tomorrow will consider whether mediation is a valid way of addressing tenant arrears during the Coronavirus pandemic. A...

Generation Rent says there should be a reinstatement of the eviction ban immediately, and appears to have been stung into the...

It’s been confirmed that a new online system allowing landlords to check the Right to Rent status of prospective tenants will...

A visiting professor and accountancy academic claims landlords are not carrying their fair share of the financial burden caused by the...

An analysis of the private rental sector by the London School of Economics suggests there could be three times the current...

New data from letting agents suggests that there’s been a substantial rise in the number of landlords selling buy to let...

The furlough scheme has been extended for a month and while it’s being replaced eventually by a less generous scheme, there is...

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, many of the countries worse hit – reliant on tourism and outward investment...

The coronavirus crisis has hit the UK's economic outlook, and many buy-to-let landlords are understandably worried about their post-lockdown rental property...

Summer 2020 saw changes to the 30-day Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rule come into force and talk of a CGT increase...

A PropTech company claims a quarter of private renters in towns and cities most affected by pandemic could fall into arrears. Deposit...

Insurance firm CIA Landlord is offering advice to landlords on how to prepare for five likely problems to appear this winter...

A lettings chief says London may never regain its appeal to the typical renter, as new data shows the capital still...

The leading landlord trade body wants a new and regular study of housing in Wales, to make its politicians better-informed. The National Residential...

A London council is writing to thousands of private landlords in its borough urging them not to evict people. Southwark council says this...

Robert Rinder, the reality TV celebrity and barrister, has joined the campaigning charity Shelter to oppose what he describes as illegal...

The absence of good alternative investments and the modest pace of capital growth for property in recent years are thought to...

A lot more needs to be done to financially support landlords and renters during the existing Covid-19 pandemic, according to Housing...

Channel 5 will continue to provide an insight into a number of tenants and landlords across the UK, as feuds between...

The six-month tenant eviction ban, which finally ended yesterday, has helped renters that are suffering financial difficulty, but it has also...

Renters across Wales received greater protection this week after the Welsh government extended the six month notice for evictions, which was...

It has been just over a month since changes to the 30-day Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rule came into force and...

Housing charities want the government to extend the ban on landlords evicting renters beyond 20 September. Renters across England and Wales received...

The Scottish government has published updated guidance for private landlords and letting agents to help cope with the existing Covid-19 pandemic.  The...

A new Tenant Hardship Loan Fund to help renters cope with housing costs during the Covid-19 pandemic has been launched north...

The UK is in a recession for the first time in 11 years, and there are some suggestions unemployment could hit...

The government has made a grave mistake extending the evictions ban in England and Wales by four weeks, it has been...

Protestors fear that there will be a potential spike in homelessness in the near future despite the government’s U-turn on lifting...

The government has been slammed for its 11th-hour U-turn after extending the eviction ban for four weeks and instructing landlords to...

Shelter is calling for greater protection for renters facing financial difficulties.  The extended ban on evictions announced on Friday will not be...

Crisis, a national charity for homeless people, is calling on the government to do more to help renters facing homelessness due...

The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests that the housing market continued to recover at the tail...

There appears to have been an increase in demand for buy-to-let property since the chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday, but...

With the academic year set to get underway, thousands of students are busily moving into flats and rented homes in towns...

A number of buy-to-let landlords are having to prepare for a potential spike in rent arrears after the latest data revealed...

Accord Buy To Let has announced that it is now offering buy-to-let mortgages to first-time landlords up to a maximum loan-to-value...

Portico has teamed up with Goodlord to offer a new rent protection service.  The Goodlord insurance policy is designed to allow Portico’s...

The government has indicated that it will not scrap Section 21 evictions through the Renters' Reform Bill until at least 2021.  The...

The coronavirus crisis has hit the UK's economic outlook, and many buy-to-let landlords are understandably worried about their post-lockdown rental property...

Buy-to-let landlords facing hardship as a consequence of the coronavirus crisis can defer their July tax payment on account, but taxpayers...

Buy-to-let landlords face having to reduce rents by at least 5% over the next five years as a growing number of...

The government is being urged to consider introducing a new capital gains tax on all residential properties in the UK to...

West Lothian Council is appealing to buy-to-let landlords to provide private let accommodation as a means of accommodating those on the...

The super prime property market in London has suffered amid the coronavirus pandemic, new research shows.  In times of crisis, the prime...

The Covid-19 pandemic has left many people, including private renters, facing financial difficulty, leading to some concerns that there will be...

There has been a steady increase in the numbers of buy-to-let mortgage products since the start of May in a sign...

Industry leaders are calling on the government to provide urgent support for young people living in private rented housing.  As the chancellor...

Speculation that there will be a sharp increase in evictions once the existing evictions ban is lifted next month has been...

Thousands of tenants who have struggled to pay rent during the coronavirus pandemic face the prospect of losing their home when...

Generation Rent has been criticised for claiming that homelessness could treble this year unless the government acts to help private renters. The...

Boris Johnson’s “Build Build Build” announcement yesterday was designed to help drag the UK economy out of what could prove to...

Mortgage approvals plummeted to an all-time low in May, leaving many would-be buyers with no alternative but to rent for longer.  The...

Buy-to-let landlords suffering hardship as a result of the coronavirus pandemic can defer their July tax payment on account, but taxpayers...

Three years after the Grenfell fire, 257 tower blocks in Britain, housing about 56,000 people, are still to be made safe,...

A House of Commons Treasury Committee is calling on ministers to plug gaps in government schemes designed to support people during...

Earlier this month, the government confirmed that its ban on evictions due to the coronavirus pandemic is to be extended for...

The UK economy shrank by a record 20.4% in April as the coronavirus caused huge swaths of businesses to seize trading and the government...

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

Consumer choice of buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage products has increased significantly in recent weeks, the latest figures show.  The data, taken from the...

Speculation that there will be a spike in evictions once the existing evictions ban is lifted are wide of the mark,...

A Labour MP has called for the ban on evictions to be extended until later in the year, as renters fear...

All buy-to-let loans above £500,000 are now offered by The Mortgage Lender with a reduced completion fee of 0.5%, and from...