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A trade body is calling for a partnership with the government to push the domestic heating market towards heat pumps as...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has now opened its controversial boiler upgrade scheme. Landlords across England and Wales as...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A west country council is the latest to launch an initiative aimed at helping landlords meet the new Minimum Energy Efficiency...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News

One in five properties in the UK could benefit from new government grants to help fund electric vehicle home charging points...
14 May 2022
From: The Big Issues

If rising energy costs are your immediate concern, it may not be feasible to invest in new solutions for your home...
14 May 2022
From: Top tips & guides

Some landlords of rental properties can now apply for grants to contribute towards the cost of installing Electric Vehicle chargers. To access...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News

PropTech supplier Canopy has launched a new service to help tenants affected by the pandemic. Last year Canopy was awarded a grant...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement was something - but not enough. That’s the view of Ben Beadle - chief executive of the...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A question mark has been raised over the suitability of a scheme starting next month to encourage the switch from gas...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords with property in Breckland, South Norfolk and Broadland have been invited to attend a free online Landlord Forum networking and...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The government has issued a new guide to ensure landlords do not discriminate while enforcing the Right To Rent regulations. It applies...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords will have to foot the bill for the government’s energy efficiency proposals without any apparent tax or grant help. That’s the...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Another council is encouraging landlords and tenants to get help to improve the energy efficiency of rented properties. Shropshire Council says there...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News

As we enter 2022 the private rented sector can look back on a year which marked the start of its recovery...
18 December 2021
From: The Big Issues

The relationship between the overwhelming number of good landlords and local authorities tends to be limited or possibly non-existent. With the far...
13 November 2021
From: Industry Views

A government housing minister has confirmed to the House of Lords that a new tax regime for Airbnb hosts and holiday...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News

PropTech firm Kamma says well over 100,000 private rental homes across the UK are being let illegally because they already fail...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Savills estimates that £330 billion is needed to implement all energy efficiency improvements to the UK housing sector to meet EPC...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The UK Muslim charity National Zakat Foundation has introduced a Covid Recovery Scheme to support tenants at risk of eviction. The charity...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The head of a building body says landlords and home owners need a replacement for the defunct Green Homes Grant to...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A piecemeal approach to how the private rental sector meets government climate change targets is fraught with problems, the landlords trade...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent has commented on the government’s Net Zero goals, involving phasing out boilers and introducing heat pumps into rental properties. While...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Experts are already warning of shortcomings in the government’s latest Green initiative, banning new boilers from 2035 and offering £5,000 grants...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s been confirmed that landlords and other home owners in England and Wales will be offered subsidies of £5,000 from April...
19 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The government is poised to announce a ban on the installation of gas boilers by 2035. Instead home owners including landlords will...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News

As founder of Landlord Action and chief operating officer at Hamilton Fraser, I’ve been talking to landlords for over 25 years...
09 October 2021
From: The Big Issues

Shelter and Generation Rent have separately made a case for more cash help for tenants, claiming the current pandemic and energy...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A local council is one of the first to be offering new Go Green Grants to landlords to improve energy efficiency...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A council is threatening to fine private landlords whose properties do not meet energy efficiency standards. Darlington council’s cabinet will meet next...
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News

With less than four years left until the government wants all new private rented properties to be rated at least EPC...
24 August 2021
From: Breaking News

It appears that the government is considering a replacement for the ill-fated Green Homes Grant, which was to have helped thousands...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Labour has called for what it describes as a Green New Deal to replace the axed government scheme which had been...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A local authority with a rapidly-growing number of HMOs is to consult over a new policy later this month. The Houses in...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association is backing the introduction of a £10m grant fund for tenants with Covid-related arrears. The fund, announced...
01 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A grant scheme helping buyers to get empty properties back into use has been relaunched in part of Wales. The Valleys Taskforce...
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Anglesey’s Annual Landlord Forum takes place tomorrow online, with landlords operating in the area invited to attend between 2pm and 3.30pm. An...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark, the trade body for letting agents, has joined landlords in writing to junior housing minister Eddie Hughes to call for...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A charity claims it’s seen increasing numbers of private tenants seeking help, just as the bailiff enforced eviction ban has ended...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Rogue landlord Siddika Begum of Salisbury has been prosecuted for failing to licence a house in multiple occupation in the town. Begum...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A Build To Rent operator is introducing “signature scents” into its properties “to lift moods and enhance the rental experience.” Fig, orange...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A logistics software company with clients across the property spectrum has become the latest critic of the government’s axing of the...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News

An analysis of the Green Homes Grant applications show exactly which areas will be hit most when the scheme comes to...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The landlords’ trade body has urged the government to think more strategically about energy efficiency in the private rental sector, and...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News

In the first anniversary of the initial ban on repossessions, it appears the move has backfired spectacularly. Research for the National Residential...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association says it backs a report by MPs sharply criticising EPCs and urging more effective modern energy...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The landlords’ trade body wants more co-operation between the private rental sector and local councils as tenants’ needs change thanks to...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A prominent lettings agency chief says tenants are becoming more eco-conscious, putting increased emphasis on landlords to meet expectations. Mike Cook -...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s a new call on the government to get its act together on the Green Homes Grant, which has failed to live...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A charity warns today that 150,000 private renters are at risk of eviction when restrictions are lifted because of mounting Covid-related...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The Budget has received short shrift from landlords and tenants, as Chancellor Rishi Sunak appeared to miss out the private rental...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has joined forces with tenant activists to demand the Chancellor gives financial support...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A call has gone out for the overhaul of the Green Homes Grant scheme, which so far has left thousands of...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A council says grants of up to £10,000 are available to landlords to refurbish homes which could ensure vulnerable people in...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The chaos surrounding the government’s Green Homes Grant, which was to have helped thousands of landlords and owner occupiers, appears to...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The government has announced yet another ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in the private rental sector. The existing ban was due to expire...
14 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A council has launched a pilot scheme involving private landlords willing to lease their properties to the authority for five years. Cardiff...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Advice from a tax software consultancy suggests that landlords must declare Coronavirus grants in future tax returns, including the next self-assessment...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The landlords’ trade body says it welcomes a change of heart by the government over details of the Green Homes Grant scheme. Until now...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Activists from Shelter and Generation Rent have led the charge for a renewed eviction ban in the light of the latest...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The Generation Rent campaign wants the government to write off private renters’ arrears built up during the pandemic. And it has repeated...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Senior MPs have been told by the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association that they must provide financial assistance...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Citizens Advice says the government should prioritise tenants with rent arrears who are the most significant victims of the financial fallout...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association has released its manifesto for the 2021 Welsh Parliament elections - and it makes the case...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords considering taking advantage of the government’s new Green Homes Grant are being warned of a surge in cowboy building works. Sheffield...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been renewed media spotlight on landlords who register their holiday lets as businesses, and can thus claim a key grant. The...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A property industry accreditation service is asking whether it’s now time for the government to offer grants to help landlords through...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A property expert in the Home Counties has launched a dispute resolution service to avoid evictions. Julie Ford - who’s been in...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Revised guidance from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy outlines how landlords and other applicants can handle Green Homes...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News

An analysis of the private rental sector by the London School of Economics suggests there could be three times the current...
03 November 2020
From: Breaking News

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, many of the countries worse hit – reliant on tourism and outward investment...
30 October 2020
From: Overseas Property

The Green Homes Grant scheme went live on September 30 2020, offering landlords and investors the chance to apply for £5,000...
29 October 2020
From: Property Investment & Strategy

With new regulations and rules now in place for landlords, our in-house property experts outline their 10 essential safety requirements for...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

Just under half of landlords say they intend to make energy efficiency improvements to properties as part of the government's Green Homes Grant...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s no shortage of advice for landlords as winter approaches - the latest comes from the Deposit Protection Service. Here’s its four...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Tweaks being made to the Right To Rent system should make it easier for landlords to complete the controversial process. The government...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm has drawn up a list of those regions with the highest proportion of rental properties with EPC rating...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News

As has been broadcast widely in the news the government has been going to extraordinary lengths to enforce their message that...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News

There has never been a harder time to be a landlord in the UK. The pressures that the last six months...
28 August 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Following the decision to extend the tenant eviction ban until 20 September, apropos is calling on the government to show the...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News

With just a few weeks remaining until the opening of the Green Homes Grant, many buy-to-let landlords are preparing to take...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News

As new details regarding the new Green Homes Grant emerge, landlords should hopefully be in a better position to assess whether...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News

In recent years, there has been considerable controversy over the use of ‘no DSS’ in homes being listed for let, with...
29 July 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Activists are calling on tenants to withhold their payments to landlords, in an attempt to generalise a growing rent strike movement. The...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
19 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The controversial Right to Rent scheme, which requires landlords in England to check the immigration status of their tenants, often leads...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News

An unscrupulous landlord who illegally rented out properties in Fife has been sentenced to two years in prison after failing to...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News

MPs are being encouraged to ensure EU citizens with settled status can continue to rent a property in this country and...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The government’s decision to invest an additional £4m in funding for local councils to tackle criminal landlords and letting agents has...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A man who rented hundreds of properties that he sub-let to criminal gangs running brothels and cannabis farms has been jailed...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The two candidates for Conservative leader are being urged to make a public commitment to abolishing the controversial Right to Rent...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Manchester City Council will hold a couple of HMO drop-in events over the next few days for private landlords and letting...
15 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The Home Office has announced that it plans to reassess its Right to Rent scheme that requires landlords in England to...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The government faces growing pressure to scrap Right to Rent, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, after the...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent policy, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, will...
18 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A 50% council tax increase could be on the way for owners of empty properties across many parts of the country...
07 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Private landlords are being offered money to help encourage them to restore their empty homes in the London borough of Barnet. Empty...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News

It is estimated that around 160,000 properties will be affected by the new rules governing Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO), which...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The Home Office is to reconvene its Private Rented Sector (PRS) stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. The government plans to take...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The government’s controversial Right to Rent scheme, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, is to be challenged in...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Brent Council insists that it wants to build better relationships with private landlords after successfully winning close to 150 prosecution cases...
25 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The High Court has given the go-ahead for a legal review to be launched into the government’s Right to Rent policy. The...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The controversial Right to Rent scheme requiring landlords to check the immigration status of new tenants is fuelling discrimination and should...
05 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The government is facing a High Court challenge this week to stop it forcing buy-to-let landlords to check the immigration status of...
04 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords have been fined on average just over £654 each by the Home office for failing to meet their obligations...
04 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The government’s Right to Rent' policy has been slammed by a government inspector for failing “to demonstrate its worth” by encouraging...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Criminal landlords who crammed up to 40 migrants inside their semi-detached townhouse in north-west London face losing hundreds of thousands of...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Two separate legal challenges have been launched against government's 'Right to Rent' policy. The scheme, which requires landlords to check the immigration...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Many property owners agree to electronic communications operators, such as mobile phone companies, installing aerials and other equipment, for example on...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News

When a landlord let his property in Hartlepool to two cousins, he did not expect them to be sent to jail...
24 October 2017
From: Breaking News

At Horton and Garton, our message to West London is simple: we want to make a difference. Not just to the...
12 October 2017
From: Sponsored Content

The Charitable Foundation of TDS, the deposit protection scheme, has announced that it made just over £94,000 in awards in its...
28 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords allowing illegal immigrants to live in their properties may face jail after hundreds of people suspected of not having...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News

There has been a sharp decline in the number of in EU nationals looking to move to the UK following the...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Almost half of private landlords say the Right to Rent scheme has made them less likely to let to those without...
16 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Steve Wood, Wales and West chairman of the Council of the Certificated Enforcement Agents Association, offers a guide to the 'Right...
10 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The government is facing a legal challenge over its controversial Right to Rent scheme, which effectively forces buy-to-let landlords to act...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The first disqualification order against a private landlord north of the border has been granted by a court in Fife. The man,...
08 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents in the private rented sector rose by an average of 2% in Britain in the 12 months to March 2017,...
14 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The rental market north of the border remains strong, but demand fell across all regions, especially in areas with high numbers...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The UK government’s Affordable Warmth Scheme (AWS) has been in place since 2013, as part of the Energy Companies Obligation (ECO). The...
16 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The 2015 Energy Efficiency Regulations, passed in March 2015, set out minimum energy efficiency standards (MEES) for England and Wales. These...
11 March 2017
From: Breaking News

As the government prepares to invoke Article 50 to leave the EU, very few experts forecast that Brexit will have an...
10 March 2017
From: Breaking News

An initiative designed to promote equality and diversity in the private rented sector in Wales has been awarded a £249,425 lottery...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Foreign nationals and Britons without a passport are struggling to rent due to immigration checks introduced last year, according to a...
13 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A new private landlord service has been set up to assist buy-to-let landlords across West Cheshire by providing them with a...
06 January 2017
From: Breaking News

With the new EPC changes coming into force in April 2018, landlords should already be considering which energy efficient measures to...
29 December 2016
From: Breaking News

New measures under the Immigration Act 2016, which came into play yesterday, will only be welcomed by those operating in the...
02 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Owners of vacant homes in the Rochford district in Essex are being offered grants of up to £1,000 by Rochford District...
04 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) wants to see more ‘support and information’ offered to landlords to help ensure that they properly...
08 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Students are currently exempt from paying council tax and student accommodation is currently exempt from business rates, but that could soon...
23 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Landlords in Cumbria are being offered grants to install gas or oil fuelled central heating systems in their homes for free...
05 August 2016
From: Breaking News

No fewer than 31 people were found to be living in cramped conditions in a four bedroom house in north-west London...
28 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Ever mounting issues such as regulation, rent arrears, handling tenant complaints, immigration checks, tax and inland revenue are causing many landlords...
13 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Homeowners and prospective landlords across the Deepings and Bourne districts of Lincolnshire are being offered grants of up to £5,000 to...
03 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Members of Parliament have approved measures that will give greater protection to landlords wanting to evict illegal immigrants. Changes to the Immigration...
28 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A recent judgment in a court case may significantly reduce the Government’s ability to enforce its ‘right to rent’ policy, according...
19 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The controversial Right to Rent scheme has affected fresh criticism on the day it goes live. From today, 1 February, landlords are...
01 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The government has announced new funding to crack down on rogue landlords and tackle 'beds in sheds'. Communities secretary Greg Clark said...
13 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland has spoken out against the Right to Rent scheme which will require landlords to...
28 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The complexity of the Government’s plans to turn landlords into border police is seeing lawful tenants being refused housing, according to...
08 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Following several days of outrage and confusion over the clampdown on letting to illegal migrants, the National Landlords Association (NLA) has...
05 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Plans to force landlords to act as border control and potentially be jailed if they house illegal immigrants have met with...
04 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Landlords could face a prison sentence for breaching the Government’s ‘Right to Rent’ checks in a series of measures to tackle...
03 August 2015
From: Breaking News

New information has come to light about the Government’s plans to licence landlords. In a speech last week, Prime Minister David Cameron...
29 May 2015
From: Breaking News

Serious questions hang over the Prime Minister’s plans to clamp down on illegal immigration, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). In...
28 May 2015
From: Breaking News

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