The much-publicised and long-awaited Good Landlords Charter for the Greater Manchester area has at last been launched. A statement from the local...
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![Activists send “warning” letter to Major Party Leaders](/upload/images/shutterstock_2288021991.jpg)
A letter from a coalition of pro-tenant groups has been sent to the leaders of the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Reform...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Over 40 tenants compete for every Gumtree rental in key towns](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Over55Tenant-400x310.png)
Some locations in the UK are seeing as many as 40-plus prospective tenants racing for the keys of every available rental...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Has Labour’s secret rent control plan been revealed by accident?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Just days after suggesting rent controls of any kind were off the table, it now appears Labour may be considering them...
20 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour Mayor splashes council tax cash on landlord clampdown](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
Newly re-elected Greater Manchester Labour Mayor Andy Burnham is to spend £600,000 of council tax payers’ cash on a clampdown on...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Anger as figures show how many Right To Buy homes are now privately let](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Over 40% of council houses and flats sold under the long-standing Right To Buy scheme are now owned by private landlords. That’s...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Re-elected Labour Mayor pledges crackdown on rogue landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The newly re-elected Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester - Andy Burnham - wants to end Right To Buy on new-build homes...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill U-turn by tenant activists](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
The coalition of 20-plus groups which have previously spoken enthusiastically about the Renters Reform Bill has now changed its mind. On April...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![NRLA accused of putting landlord profits before society’s interests](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A leader of the Renters Reform Coalition activist lobby has made a specific targeted attack on the motives and honesty of...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![“Seize bad landlords' properties” Generation Rent demands](/upload/images/shutterstock_1929449678.jpg)
Activists in the Generation Rent campaign says big city Mayors should “tackle the worst landlords and seize their properties.” It also wants...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![NRLA boss backs Labour Mayor’s clampdown on rogue landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
Proposals for a ‘good landlord’ scheme in Greater Manchester have won the personal backing of the chief executive of the National...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour Mayor’s landlord clampdown backed by Build To Rent group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
The Build To Rent trade body, the UK Apartment Association, is backing the proposals outlined to clampdown on rogue landlords put...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![NRLA welcomes Labour Mayor’s ‘get tough on landlords’ consultation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a consultation proposal by Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham. Burnham’s Greater Manchester Good Landlord...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour plan to give tenants a right to demand Property Checks](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
Labour’s Mayor of Greater Manchester and former Cabinet minister Andy Burnham says this year is when he will ”get serious” about...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Councils charge landlords thousands of pounds for “officer time”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Councils in Greater Manchester admit to charging landlords over £14,000 for “officer time” involved in licensing schemes. There are currently eight selective...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Nationalise private rental homes, demands new manifesto](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
A collection of pressure groups, fronted by Generation Rent, wants all private rental homes going on sale to be offered first...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Legal verdict means costs of ‘waking watches’ may fall on landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Property-court-400x310.png)
The Fire Protection Association says a recent First-Tier Tribunal decision and appeal dismissal highlight the responsibilities that landlords hold in relation...
03 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Law student wins deposit court case against landlord](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
A third year law student has successfully challenged her landlord over a repair bill. Obioma Ibe, whose landlord unlawfully tried to claim...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour plan to seize unsafe or poor homes from rogue landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, says he is demanding the powers to seize usage or poor quality homes...
28 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![More Airbnbs in big cities than households on waiting lists - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
19 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![First council signs up to Labour Mayor’s ‘Good Landlord’ scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
Trafford council is believed to be the first to have signed up to a scheme created by Greater Manchester Labour Mayor...
10 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - where capital appreciation was greatest (and least) in 2022](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/remortgage_400x310.png)
New data from Rightmove reveals the areas which have seen the largest price jumps in the past year. It says that Eastwood...
09 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Could Starmer’s local devolution mean rent controls?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HappyLandlord-400x310.png)
Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has set out a radical programme of devolution to local authorities at city and county level...
06 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour Mayor recruits 10 to enforce ‘Good Landlord Scheme’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Labour’s Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, is recruiting 10 people to enforce a new initiative he’s calling his ‘Good Landlord...
23 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Activists turn on “derisory” Shelter management](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Tenant activists have turned on the bosses of Shelter - just as the charity wants to maximise income from its annual Christmas...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![‘Government acts to protect tenants’ says Gove in landlord clampdown](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAdvice-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made an announcement overnight that “the government will always act to protect tenants.” The claim comes as...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour criticises Budget for not including rent freeze](/upload/images/library/RentalMarketImage-1-400x310.jpg)
The mini-Budget was always billed as a tax-cutting, growth-generating affair - and so it proved - but Labour has criticised it...
26 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Activist campaign to limit homes used for Airbnb-style short lets](/upload/images/library/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
A new campaign has been launched calling for the regulation of Airbnb and other short lets in England. Action on Short Term...
01 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Licensing on the march - another city goes to consultation](/upload/images/library/LandlordLicensing-4-400x310.jpg)
Salford is the latest city to launch a consultation seeking views on plans to expand its selective licensing scheme - claiming...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Another bank enters rental sector with plan for 2,500 homes](/upload/images/library/PiggyBank-House-400x310.jpg)
A retail bank has announced the launch of a £500m project to fund the construction of up to 2,500 suburban, purpose-built...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Council in talks with landlords to buy back empty homes](/img/default/llt.png)
Bury council is to spend £1m buying empty homes from landlords and other owners. The council says it will shortly identify which...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Capital appreciation index shows unexpected house price winner](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords looking mostly long-term capital appreciation rather than yields may have to invest in an unlikely location which topped a league...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![New landlord charter is Labour’s big idea for Mayor election](/img/default/llt.png)
Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham, wants to introduce a £1.5m Good Landlord Charter This would work in partnership with the city’s...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Shock as council reveals new HMO licensing will costs over £1,000](/img/default/llt.png)
Salford council in Greater Manchester is to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live - and the...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlords told they should take more benefit claimant tenants](/img/default/llt.png)
A lettings agency is telling landlords to take more tenants claiming housing benefits. The agency in question says it’s wrong that some...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Another council offering £10k refurb grants to private landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Jail for landlord and shop owner after death of tenant](/img/default/llt.png)
Two men - one a landlord, the other a shopkeeper- have been jailed after being found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter. Mushtaq...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Extend the eviction ban! Senior Labour politician leads call](/img/default/llt.png)
One of the country’s best known Labour politicians wants the eviction ban extended yet again. Currently there is a moratorium on bailiff-enforced evictions...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Evictions effectively halted across much of England and Wales](/img/default/llt.png)
Bailiffs have agreed to a government request not to enforce court orders against tenants in Tier 2 and Tier 3 locations. This...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Most pet-friendly UK postcodes revealed](/img/default/llt.png)
Tenants who own at least one pet will often struggle to find pet-friendly accommodation, and yet despite efforts to encourage more...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![These areas offer properties with ‘potentially good mid-term investments’](/img/default/llt.png)
The locations that saw the biggest house price increases in the last year have been unveiled by the Post Office Money. The...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Cannabis farms are responsible for a quarter of all electricity stolen in UK](/img/default/llt.png)
There has been a notable increase in landlord insurance claims where properties have been damaged by people using them to grow...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Shelter launches £600k fund to help vulnerable renters in Greater Manchester](/img/default/llt.png)
Housing charity Shelter has launched a £600,000 fund in Greater Manchester today with a view to finding real-life solutions to the...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Almost £2.4m for councils to crack down on rogue landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
Close to £2.4m of additional funding designed to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords will be made available for more than 50 councils...
15 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Corrupt lawyer jailed for helping fraudster build a £10.8m BTL property empire](/img/default/llt.png)
Dodgy solicitor Ross McKay, who helped a fraudster create a £10.8m property empire with the help of Tameside’s criminal underworld, has...
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-let investors ripped off by unscrupulous developers](/img/default/llt.png)
Six directors have been banned for a total of 54 years after misleading more than 300 investors who collectively invested at...
02 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Which University towns and cities make the best buy-to-let investment hotspots?](/img/default/llt.png)
It is common knowledge (and common sense) that university towns and cities are full of people who are natural renters. This...
28 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Where is best to invest in Manchester?](/img/default/llt.png)
Residential popery prices in Manchester have increased significantly in recent years, with research showing that the city outperformed all other core...
07 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landlord fined after letting out flat with no heating](/img/default/llt.png)
A landlord from Greater Manchester has been fined for letting out a flat which had no heating during winter. North Staffordshire Justice...
12 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landlords benefit from falling mortgage rates](/img/default/llt.png)
The average two-year buy-to-let fixed mortgage deal at 75% loan-to-value (LTV) has fallen to a record-low of 2.47%, as many landlords...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: Britain’s top 10 buy-to-let hotspots](/img/default/llt.png)
Liverpool, Nottingham and Cardiff are among the latest hotspots for buy-to-let investors looking for the best returns. The latest edition of Private...
26 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Greater Manchester mayor vows to clamp down on rogue landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
A cap on rents and more stringent regulations are among the proposals put forward by the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy...
26 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Liverpool’s thriving rental market named number one hotspot for buy-to-let yields](/img/default/llt.png)
Liverpool has been identified as the UK’s number one buy-to-let hotspot, with landlords who own property in the city achieving rental...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Air your views on selective licensing in Manchester and Salford](/img/default/llt.png)
There could soon be no fewer than eight separate selective licensing areas in Manchester and Salford if proposed schemes are approved,...
11 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Work on Manchester’s largest PRS scheme set to start in August](/img/default/llt.png)
Construction work on the largest fully funded Build to Rent scheme in Manchester is set to get underway in August after...
20 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Where are rents rising fastest?](/img/default/llt.png)
Rents in the residential property sector are continuing to rise across many parts of the UK with no fewer than 20...
13 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-let: hotspots for 2017 revealed](/img/default/llt.png)
If rental yields form a crucial part of your property investment strategy in 2017, look no further than the North West...
12 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property investors target UK’s northern cities](/img/default/llt.png)
Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...
29 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Andy Burnham reveals string of proposals for Manchester PRS](/img/default/llt.png)
Andy Burnham, former Labour leadership candidate and now the party's candidate for Greater Manchester Mayor, has put forward a number of...
19 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Don’t let your property investments go to pot](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords are being reminded to remain attentive when viewing or inspecting rental homes in order to weed out tenants that may...
11 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Low ownership rates fuels rental demand](/img/default/llt.png)
Home ownership has fallen to its lowest level for 30 years in England, with rising prices leaving many people with little...
03 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Top Ten Best Places to Invest in Property in the UK](/img/default/llt.png)
The North West of England tops the charts as the best place to invest for high annual rental yields, whereas the...