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Insurance broker Gallagher is launching a policy for student accommodation providers with insurance cover against damage to their properties. Traditional landlord insurance...

Many disputes between landlords and tenants - some ending in court action - could be avoided by the use of professional...

A Bristol landlord has been banned from letting properties after repeatedly failing to meet the required standards. Naomi Knapp, a portfolio landlord...

A furniture firm which supplies to some Build To Rent operators has told buy to let landlords to up their game...

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

A lettings platform claims a substantial number of tenants spend over £1,000 on decorating their landlord’s property.  Flatshare platform SpareRoom claims that...

A property company claims that 14 per cent of renters are so distressed by their living situation they believe it is...

Private landlords interested in leasing properties in Bridgend, south Wales, are being invited to join a scheme which would see them...

An online quiz with 4,000 landlord participants suggests that landlords are well informed - they scored an average 70 per cent...

When it comes to buying, selling, letting or renting a property, you will likely be faced with words, phrases, acronyms and...

The government’s decision to cap tenancy deposits at no more than five weeks’ rent where the annual rent is up to...

Property investors often debate on how best to improve their properties. Whether that is undergoing big property renovations or improving their...

It is good practice to have a detailed and accurate inventory completed at the start of the tenancy, and again when...

Landlords in Edinburgh who are looking to attract high-end tenants will be keeping an eye on how a newly listed rental...

It may now be more than three months since thousands of households in Wales were faced with severe flooding in October...

A buy-to-let landlord who was convicted of nine counts of breaching regulations for a house in multiple occupation (HMO) that he...

A buy-to-let landlord has been convicted of nine counts of breaching regulations for a house in multiple occupation (HMO) that he...

A rogue landlord who rented out filthy and dangerous flats in Bradford likened to slums has been ordered to pay close...

The owner of a rental property in west London, which was described by a judge as a “deathtrap”, has been told...

With the new tax year upon us - it’s time for some of you to start getting into better habits to...

The most common cause of a tenancy deposit dispute in the private rented property sector is cleaning, while disputes over rent...

Buy-to-let landlords are well within their rights to make appropriate deductions from a tenancy deposit when a tenant breaches the terms...

A new web-based inventory software system called Inventory Genius, designed to take the hassle and legal pitfalls out of the inventory...

To help enjoy a risk-free tenancy, it is generally good practice for a landlord to have an inventory which records the condition...

Considerably more must be done to help reduce the number of tenancy deposit disputes, despite the recent improvements recorded in the...

Tenancy deposit disputes are at their highest level since records began in 2007, new figures from the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS)...

Cleaning costs and damage to fixtures and fittings are the primary reasons why deposit money is withheld when a student tenant...

For a long time, fair wear and tear has been a grey area for landlords and letting agents alike; this is...

It is good practice to have a detailed and accurate inventory completed at the start of the tenancy, and again when...

With growing competition to attract the best tenants, more landlords are now going out of their way to provide an enhanced...

A self-styled property investor known as “HMO Daddy” has been the subject of an enforcement notice by the local council after...