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

A trade body is calling for a partnership with the government to push the domestic heating market towards heat pumps as...

The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has now opened its controversial boiler upgrade scheme. Landlords across England and Wales as...

A west country council is the latest to launch an initiative aimed at helping landlords meet the new Minimum Energy Efficiency...

One in five properties in the UK could benefit from new government grants to help fund electric vehicle home charging points...

If rising energy costs are your immediate concern, it may not be feasible to invest in new solutions for your home...

Some landlords of rental properties can now apply for grants to contribute towards the cost of installing Electric Vehicle chargers. To access...

PropTech supplier Canopy has launched a new service to help tenants affected by the pandemic.  Last year Canopy was awarded a grant...

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

The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...

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

Landlords with property in Breckland, South Norfolk and Broadland have been invited to attend a free online Landlord Forum networking and...

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

Landlords will have to foot the bill for the government’s energy efficiency proposals without any apparent tax or grant help. That’s the...

Another council is encouraging landlords and tenants to get help to improve the energy efficiency of rented properties. Shropshire Council says there...

As we enter 2022 the private rented sector can look back on a year which marked the start of its recovery...

The relationship between the overwhelming number of good landlords and local authorities tends to be limited or possibly non-existent. With the far...

A government housing minister has confirmed to the House of Lords that a new tax regime for Airbnb hosts and holiday...

PropTech firm Kamma says well over 100,000 private rental homes across the UK are being let illegally because they already fail...

Savills estimates that £330 billion is needed to implement all energy efficiency improvements to the UK housing sector to meet EPC...

The UK Muslim charity National Zakat Foundation has introduced a Covid Recovery Scheme to support tenants at risk of eviction. The charity...

The head of a building body says landlords and home owners need a replacement for the defunct Green Homes Grant to...

A piecemeal approach to how the private rental sector meets government climate change targets is fraught with problems, the landlords trade...

Generation Rent has commented on the government’s Net Zero goals, involving phasing out boilers and introducing heat pumps into rental properties. While...

The government should factor in the property market’s huge regional variations when offering landlords incentives to become more energy efficient. That’s the call...

Experts are already warning of shortcomings in the government’s latest Green initiative, banning new boilers from 2035 and offering £5,000 grants...

It’s been confirmed that landlords and other home owners in England and Wales will be offered subsidies of £5,000 from April...

The government is poised to announce a ban on the installation of gas boilers by 2035. Instead home owners including landlords will...

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

Shelter and Generation Rent have separately made a case for more cash help for tenants, claiming the current pandemic and energy...

A local council is one of the first to be offering new Go Green Grants to landlords to improve energy efficiency...

A council is threatening to fine private landlords whose properties do not meet energy efficiency standards. Darlington council’s cabinet will meet next...

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

It appears that the government is considering a replacement for the ill-fated Green Homes Grant, which was to have helped thousands...

Labour has called for what it describes as a Green New Deal to replace the axed government scheme which had been...

A local authority with a rapidly-growing number of HMOs is to consult over a new policy later this month. The Houses in...

The National Residential Landlords Association is backing the introduction of a £10m grant fund for tenants with Covid-related  arrears. The fund, announced...

A grant scheme helping buyers to get empty properties back into use has been relaunched in part of Wales. The Valleys Taskforce...

Anglesey’s Annual Landlord Forum takes place tomorrow online, with landlords operating in the area invited to attend between 2pm and 3.30pm. An...

Propertymark, the trade body for letting agents, has joined landlords in writing to junior housing minister Eddie Hughes to call for...

A charity claims it’s seen increasing numbers of private tenants seeking help, just as the bailiff enforced eviction ban has ended...

Rogue landlord Siddika Begum of Salisbury has been prosecuted for failing to licence a house in multiple occupation in the town. Begum...

A Build To Rent operator is introducing “signature scents” into its properties “to lift moods and enhance the rental experience.” Fig, orange...

A logistics software company with clients across the property spectrum has become the latest critic of the government’s axing of the...

An analysis of the Green Homes Grant applications show exactly which areas will be hit most when the scheme comes to...

The landlords’ trade body has urged the government to think more strategically about energy efficiency in the private rental sector, and...

In the first anniversary of the initial ban on repossessions, it appears the move has backfired spectacularly. Research for the National Residential...

The National Residential Landlords Association says it backs a report by MPs sharply criticising EPCs and urging more effective modern energy...

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

A prominent lettings agency chief says tenants are becoming more eco-conscious, putting increased emphasis on landlords to meet expectations. Mike Cook -...

There’s a new call on the government to get its act together on the Green Homes Grant, which has failed to live...

A charity warns today that 150,000 private renters are at risk of eviction when restrictions are lifted because of mounting Covid-related...

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...

A call has gone out for the overhaul of the Green Homes Grant scheme, which so far has left thousands of...

A council says grants of up to £10,000 are available to landlords to refurbish homes which could ensure vulnerable people in...

The chaos surrounding the government’s Green Homes Grant, which was to have helped thousands of landlords and owner occupiers, appears to...

The government’s Green Homes Grant has been slammed by MPs for its snail’s pace progress, complications and poor delivery. The all-party Environmental...

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

A council has launched a pilot scheme involving private landlords willing to lease their properties to the authority for five years. Cardiff...

Advice from a tax software consultancy suggests that landlords must declare Coronavirus grants in future tax returns, including the next self-assessment...

The landlords’ trade body says it welcomes a change of heart by the government over details of the Green Homes Grant scheme. Until now...

Activists from Shelter and Generation Rent have led the charge for a renewed eviction ban in the light of the latest...

The Generation Rent campaign wants the government to write off private renters’ arrears built up during the pandemic. And it has repeated...

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

Citizens Advice says the government should prioritise tenants with rent arrears who are the most significant victims of the financial fallout...

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

Landlords considering taking advantage of the government’s new Green Homes Grant are being warned of a surge in cowboy building works. Sheffield...

There’s been renewed media spotlight on landlords who register their holiday lets as businesses, and can thus claim a key grant. The...

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

A property expert in the Home Counties has launched a dispute resolution service to avoid evictions. Julie Ford - who’s been in...

Revised guidance from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy outlines how landlords and other applicants can handle Green Homes...

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

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

The Green Homes Grant scheme went live on September 30 2020, offering landlords and investors the chance to apply for £5,000...

With new regulations and rules now in place for landlords, our in-house property experts outline their 10 essential safety requirements for...

Just under half of landlords say they intend to make energy efficiency improvements to properties as part of the government's Green Homes Grant...

There’s no shortage of advice for landlords as winter approaches - the latest comes from the Deposit Protection Service.  Here’s its four...

Tweaks being made to the Right To Rent system should make it easier for landlords to complete the controversial process. The government...

A PropTech firm has drawn up a list of those regions with the highest proportion of rental properties with EPC rating...

As has been broadcast widely in the news the government has been going to extraordinary lengths to enforce their message that...

There has never been a harder time to be a landlord in the UK. The pressures that the last six months...

Following the decision to extend the tenant eviction ban until 20 September, apropos is calling on the government to show the...

With just a few weeks remaining until the opening of the Green Homes Grant, many buy-to-let landlords are preparing to take...

As new details regarding the new Green Homes Grant emerge, landlords should hopefully be in a better position to assess whether...

In recent years, there has been considerable controversy over the use of ‘no DSS’ in homes being listed for let, with...

Activists are calling on tenants to withhold their payments to landlords, in an attempt to generalise a growing rent strike movement. The...

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devasting impact on the short-term let industry, with nearly all those short-letting their property seeing the...

The controversial Right to Rent scheme, which requires landlords in England to check the immigration status of their tenants, often leads...

An unscrupulous landlord who illegally rented out properties in Fife has been sentenced to two years in prison after failing to...

MPs are being encouraged to ensure EU citizens with settled status can continue to rent a property in this country and...

The government’s decision to invest an additional £4m in funding for local councils to tackle criminal landlords and letting agents has...

A man who rented hundreds of properties that he sub-let to criminal gangs running brothels and cannabis farms has been jailed...

The two candidates for Conservative leader are being urged to make a public commitment to abolishing the controversial Right to Rent...

Manchester City Council will hold a couple of HMO drop-in events over the next few days for private landlords and letting...

The Home Office has announced that it plans to reassess its Right to Rent scheme that requires landlords in England to...

The government faces growing pressure to scrap Right to Rent, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, after the...

A Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent policy, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, will...

A 50% council tax increase could be on the way for owners of empty properties across many parts of the country...

Private landlords are being offered money to help encourage them to restore their empty homes in the London borough of Barnet.  Empty...

It is estimated that around 160,000 properties will be affected by the new rules governing Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO), which...

The Home Office is to reconvene its Private Rented Sector (PRS) stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. The government plans to take...

The government’s controversial Right to Rent scheme, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, is to be challenged in...

Brent Council insists that it wants to build better relationships with private landlords after successfully winning close to 150 prosecution cases...

The High Court has given the go-ahead for a legal review to be launched into the government’s Right to Rent policy. The...

The controversial Right to Rent scheme requiring landlords to check the immigration status of new tenants is fuelling discrimination and should...

The government is facing a High Court challenge this week to stop it forcing buy-to-let landlords to check the immigration status of...

Buy-to-let landlords have been fined on average just over £654 each by the Home office for failing to meet their obligations...

The government’s Right to Rent' policy has been slammed by a government inspector for failing “to demonstrate its worth” by encouraging...

Criminal landlords who crammed up to 40 migrants inside their semi-detached townhouse in north-west London face losing hundreds of thousands of...

Two separate legal challenges have been launched against government's 'Right to Rent' policy. The scheme, which requires landlords to check the immigration...

Many property owners agree to electronic communications operators, such as mobile phone companies, installing aerials and other equipment, for example on...

When a landlord let his property in Hartlepool to two cousins, he did not expect them to be sent to jail...

At Horton and Garton, our message to West London is simple: we want to make a difference. Not just to the...

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

Buy-to-let landlords allowing illegal immigrants to live in their properties may face jail after hundreds of people suspected of not having...

There has been a sharp decline in the number of in EU nationals looking to move to the UK following the...

Almost half of private landlords say the Right to Rent scheme has made them less likely to let to those without...

Steve Wood, Wales and West chairman of the Council of the Certificated Enforcement Agents Association, offers a guide to the 'Right...

The government is facing a legal challenge over its controversial Right to Rent scheme, which effectively forces buy-to-let landlords to act...

The first disqualification order against a private landlord north of the border has been granted by a court in Fife. The man,...

Rents in the private rented sector rose by an average of 2% in Britain in the 12 months to March 2017,...

The rental market north of the border remains strong, but demand fell across all regions, especially in areas with high numbers...

The UK government’s Affordable Warmth Scheme (AWS) has been in place since 2013, as part of the Energy Companies Obligation (ECO).   The...

The 2015 Energy Efficiency Regulations, passed in March 2015, set out minimum energy efficiency standards (MEES) for England and Wales. These...

As the government prepares to invoke Article 50 to leave the EU, very few experts forecast that Brexit will have an...

An initiative designed to promote equality and diversity in the private rented sector in Wales has been awarded a £249,425 lottery...

Foreign nationals and Britons without a passport are struggling to rent due to immigration checks introduced last year, according to a...

A new private landlord service has been set up to assist buy-to-let landlords across West Cheshire by providing them with a...

With the new EPC changes coming into force in April 2018, landlords should already be considering which energy efficient measures to...

New measures under the Immigration Act 2016, which came into play yesterday, will only be welcomed by those operating in the...

Owners of vacant homes in the Rochford district in Essex are being offered grants of up to £1,000 by Rochford District...

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) wants to see more ‘support and information’ offered to landlords to help ensure that they properly...

Students are currently exempt from paying council tax and student accommodation is currently exempt from business rates, but that could soon...

Landlords in Cumbria are being offered grants to install gas or oil fuelled central heating systems in their homes for free...

No fewer than 31 people were found to be living in cramped conditions in a four bedroom house in north-west London...

Ever mounting issues such as regulation, rent arrears, handling tenant complaints, immigration checks, tax and inland revenue are causing many landlords...

Homeowners and prospective landlords across the Deepings and Bourne districts of Lincolnshire are being offered grants of up to £5,000 to...

Members of Parliament have approved measures that will give greater protection to landlords wanting to evict illegal immigrants. Changes to the Immigration...

A recent judgment in a court case may significantly reduce the Government’s ability to enforce its ‘right to rent’ policy, according...

The controversial Right to Rent scheme has affected fresh criticism on the day it goes live. From today, 1 February, landlords are...

The government has announced new funding to crack down on rogue landlords and tackle 'beds in sheds'. Communities secretary Greg Clark said...

The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland has spoken out against the Right to Rent scheme which will require landlords to...

The complexity of the Government’s plans to turn landlords into border police is seeing lawful tenants being refused housing, according to...

Following several days of outrage and confusion over the clampdown on letting to illegal migrants, the National Landlords Association (NLA) has...

Plans to force landlords to act as border control and potentially be jailed if they house illegal immigrants have met with...

Landlords could face a prison sentence for breaching the Government’s ‘Right to Rent’ checks in a series of measures to tackle...

New information has come to light about the Government’s plans to licence landlords. In a speech last week, Prime Minister David Cameron...

Serious questions hang over the Prime Minister’s plans to clamp down on illegal immigration, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). In...

In a surprise move, Prime Minister David Cameron said the Tories will introduce a mandatory licencing scheme for private landlords. In a...

The Mirror has laid into UKIP by exposing the party’s housing and environment spokesman as a landlord who has received over...