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Property logbook company Chimni is trialling a new form of Digital Property Logbook aimed at the rental markets.   The new logbooks...

The management of BTL properties, whether it's a modest collection of three units or a more sizable portfolio of fifteen, can...

Landlords are selling up in significant volumes these days - partly to cash in on capital appreciation, but mostly thanks to...

Landlord Action founder Paul Shamplina says landlords are still being hit by unacceptable delays in regaining possession of their properties. Shamplina has...

A council is warning landlords of HMOs that they must meet all of their legal responsibilities ahead of a crackdown on...

While most landlords will be aware of the fact, they are required by law to renew the gas safety certificate for...

There are now fewer than 35 days until self employed workers - including many landlords - will need to submit their...

Two landlords who let their two-bedroom flat in Tower Hamlets to as many as 22 people, have pleaded guilty to nine...

The short-term holiday letting industry has significantly expanded in recent years, but this could all change with the introduction of a...

Buried in the small print of the Autumn Statement paperwork is a boost for digital technology and PropTech. In the documentation released...

The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act received Royal Assent last month, meaning a major new piece of legislation has now entered the...

Next month Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, will be one of the experts at an Agent...

A countryside property organisation has added its voice to the calls for an extension to a licensing scheme for Airbnbs and...

It’s hardly surprising that the property auction market has seen an increase in activity in recent years, with buyers looking to...

Sheffield council has prosecuted a rogue landlord for a second time after he was failing to provide appropriate documentation to a...

The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...

The unexpected slow progress of the Renters Reform Bill through the House of Commons continues. Although the official online documentation about the...

The government has pulled together the latest guidance on Right To Rent, appropriate to landlords, lettings agents and home owners who...

A council has prosecuted a landlord operating a property firm for not producing the right paperwork. Luton local authority has prosecuted Poplar...

The government has published the findings of a review into the operation of Right To Rent by private landlords and letting...

The Guardian newspaper has given an aggrieved tenant the opportunity to explain how he and other renters took a landlord to...

As a landlord, you will know and recognise that your inventory is one of the most important pieces of documentation that...

In this guides and tips piece, Kerry Barber, head of Compliance at Goodlord, and Leanne McCarthy, claims facilitator at Goodlord, discuss why this month's...

The government has issued a new guide to ensure landlords do not discriminate while enforcing the Right To Rent regulations.  It applies...

A landlord has been fined £3,607 over properties that were so dangerous tenants’ lives were at risk. North Lincolnshire council brought a...

The government has launched a survey of private tenants in which it asks them whether they would like to be given...

A landlord must pay thousands of pounds after illegally letting an outbuilding for over three years. Paul Vig admitted failing to comply with...

It’s a common scenario: you put your house on the market, struggle to find a buyer, and then end up renting...

Private landlords could receive between three and six months’ rent in advance by putting their properties forward to help people who...

The government has updated its formal guidance to landlords and letting agents on Right To Rent. This sets out the continuation of...

Virtual Right To Rent checks by landlords, which were to have been illegal from just next week, are now permissible until...

Gardens have always been a mixed blessing for landlords - currently they’re popular with tenants but there is the problem of...

Activist group Generation Rent are telling tenants to use the slightest documentation error by landlords to avoid eviction. It claims as many...

There’s a warning that there’s been a huge rise in fraudulent tenant applications since the start of the pandemic. In terms of...

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

Three lettings agencies have been expelled for The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensation to landlords. And as they are now...

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

A lettings agency is issuing general guidance to the landlord community ahead of changes to Electrical Safety Standards in April. Helen Hollingsworth,...

A lettings trade body says expensive council licensing schemes could force landlords to sell, making vulnerable tenants homeless or obliged to...

The government has this week revealed temporary changes to the way landlords can check documents required for Right To Rent. There have...

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

A landlord in Winchester has been ordered to pay nearly £30,000 in rent after a tribunal backed his tenants in a...

New versions of a model private residential tenancy agreement and other landlord-critical documentation have been issued by the Scottish Government. There’s also...

With fraudulent mortgage applications up by 5% in 2019, anti-money laundering service, SmartSearch, has compiled some key things to consider to...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) has launched an FAQ web page for landlords, letting agents and tenants to provide help and...

Letting agents are being urged to do more to protect buy-to-let landlords by preparing now for the government’s plans to scrap Section...

Accord Buy To Let is attempting to improve its service and make its mortgage products more widely accessible by amending its...

Fears that regulatory changes will pave the way for an exodus from the buy-to-let market may be a little premature, according...

A letting agency in Isleworth, West London, which was recently penalised for a number of offences, has been expelled from The...

Automated payment systems can help to reduce letting agency fraud, it has been claimed. PropTech firm PayProp says that automating rental payment...

Almost half of portfolio landlords who had submitted a mortgage application since the introduction of the new rules reported a reduction...

A new tenant app, designed to improve the communications between landlords and tenants, has been launched by property management software firm,...

A new landlord portal has been launched by The Nottingham with a view to making it easier for buy-to-let investors. The new...

A new online property auction platform is launching that enables estate agents to add an auction element to both sales and...

The findings of the BBC investigation into ID fraud linked to Right to Rent checks will come as no surprise to...

All members of the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) can now expect to receive free Right to Rent legal expenses when they...

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £800 for various breaches of his selective license. Stephen Halliday, 50, of Bingley,...

A man who is currently serving six years in prison for child sex abuse offences is among four rogue landlords in...

Many landlords are being left with little alternative but to discriminate against international students as a result of the government’s Right...

Foundation Home Loans has announced that it wants to make it easier for buy-to-let landlords to secure finance to add to...

A landlord who confessed to renting out houses in Stotfold and Arlesey with serious safety hazards has been ordered to pay...

A rent-to-rent fraudster has been jailed for 16 months after being found guilty of six counts of fraud relating to HMOs Moses...

Two Reading landlords face a total bill of £6,000 after admitting a string of offences which resulted in tenants living in...

Newham Council has prosecuted what it called a “group of criminals” running a dodgy letting business with an estimated income of...

The latest TDS stats show that there has been a steep 25% rise in tenancy deposit disputes, with one-third of agents...

Two estate agent firms have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman (TPO) for a minimum of two years. AS Moon...