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A rent guarantor service says the recent Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill has intensified scrutiny on the challenges faced...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A six week consultation is now underway as a council bids to stop HMOs being used as Airbnb or other short...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Homelessness charities often berate private landlords for putting income before service to tenants. But a bitter dispute at one organisation has apparently revealed...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
There’s been widespread anger from the mortgage broker community in response to NatWest’s decision to make buy to let stress tests...
14 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The top UK holiday hotspot for 2023 is Yorkshire, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages’ latest Staycation Index report. Known for its picturesque...
29 April 2023
From: Top tips & guides
Companies that own UK residential properties have one month to revalue and tell HM Revenue and Customs if any are worth...
01 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Over 600 workers at the campaigning charity Shelter have started a fortnight of strike action in what the trades union Unite calls...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s been a significant drop in the number of students passing referencing. It’s down from 50 to 40 per cent this autumn...
09 November 2022
From: Breaking News
At Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday Labour MP Graham Stringer asked about media reports - based on leaks from government - that...
13 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Bristol’s Labour council has made a name for itself with policies shifting power from landlords to tenants. Earlier this year the Mayor,...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords renting out to holidaymakers could be in with a chance of winning £10,000 as part of a nationwide search for...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The team at Landlord Today and our publisher, Angels Media, wish all agents a very prosperous New Year. Thank you for your...
31 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlord Today would like to wish all landlords and their families and colleagues a wonderful Christmas 2021. It’s been an exhausting year...
24 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Automated rental payment platform PayProp recently held a webinar, attended by well over 100 people, in which a condensed video of...
20 November 2021
From: The Big Issues
The live launch of a roundtable event hosted by rental payments platform PayProp takes place tomorrow – and landlords can still...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The steps landlords need to take to improve their own image and enhance their reputation in the eyes of consumers was...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A holiday lettings agency is offering £10,000 to the owner of what it declares to be Britain’s Best Holiday Let. Sykes Holiday...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The Church of England has named its first Bishop for Housing, ahead of the publication of a report following a two...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Labour wants to see a tenant loans scheme in England similar to one now operating in Wales. Easington Labour MP Grahame Morris...
08 October 2020
From: Breaking News
There’s a new editor of Landlord Today - Graham Norwood, currently editor of sister publications Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Hodge has introduced a new mortgage aimed at those wanting to acquire a holiday let property in the UK. The mortgage, which...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News
A private landlord who put the lives of his tenants at risk has been ordered to pay a £20,000 fine and...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The rise in popularity of holidaying in the UK or ‘staycation’ has led to a mini boom for the UK tourist...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Santander has increased the maximum term, age and loan-to-value (LTV) for its buy-to-let products, while also making amendments to its affordability...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News
In a bid to improve relationships between letting agents, landlords, and tenants north of the border, fresh funding has been made...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Principality Building Society has reiterated its commitment to ‘supporting’ buy-to-let landlords looking to ‘extend and strengthen their investment portfolios’ by increasing its...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Landlords could potentially earn more than £850 extra a year in rental income by permitting their tenants to decorate their homes, according...
01 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Industry experts have joined forces to launch a campaign urging policy makers to create legislation on appliance testing in rental properties. It...
06 June 2018
From: Breaking News
A landlord who built an outbuilding and converted it into eight small flats without planning consent has been ordered to pay...
29 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords are being advised to turn to the North West of England in a bid to increase their annual yields following the...
01 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords are being invited to take part in a free seminar in Cumbria next week. The event, which will be held...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News
Residential property price growth continues to prove resilient despite political and economic uncertainty, which is partly why buy-to-let remains the investment...
15 February 2018
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let investors seeking the best returns should look at investing in key northern cities where the gap between asking and achieved...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News
London continued to be the worst performing region in Britain when it comes to house prices, with values falling by 0.8%...
17 January 2018
From: Breaking News
With house prices increasingly steady outside of London and the South East, the housing market across many parts of the country...
16 January 2018
From: Breaking News
Investment in buy-to-let continues to outperform most major asset classes, at a time of low saving rates and stock market volatility. Despite...
08 December 2017
From: Breaking News
Private rental prices paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 1.5% in the 12 months to October, but this was...
15 November 2017
From: Breaking News
The annual rate of house price growth increased to 2.5% in October, according to the latest figures, pushing homes further out...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News
Natwest has lowered its buy-to-let income coverage ratio requirement from 145% to 135% at 5.5%, while it has also introduced more...
02 October 2017
From: Breaking News
Investing in the buy-to-let sector has proved a shrewd move for many private landlords, with fresh research revealing that they have...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Despite a host of anti-landlord policies adopted by the government, including higher stamp duty and the phasing out of mortgage tax...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News
The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years has been fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions...
01 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Natwest has announced an overhaul of its underwriting processes for portfolio landlords ahead of September’s regulatory changes for complex buy-to-let, but...
10 August 2017
From: Breaking News
There has been a significant increase in the number of people investing in the buy-to-let sector for the first time over...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords will be left with little alternative but to raise rents or sell their properties due to the government’s punitive...
03 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Harrow Council will take fresh measures to tackle rogue landlords by introducing new licensing schemes next week in Wealdstone and Edgware,...
27 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Vulnerable families are being exploited by ‘rogue landlords’ in the Govanhill area of Glasgow, according to a BBC Scotland investigation. The report...
25 August 2016
From: Breaking News
Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...