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Landlords in Carlisle are being urged to put in place safety measures to protect their tenants with the local council join...
19 August 2022
From: Breaking News

A new political party called Breakthrough is campaigning for radical reform of the rental sector and housing in general. The party -...
18 August 2022
From: Breaking News

A local council is working with energy company E.ON to offer private landlords in the local patch up to £10,000 worth...
18 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Mortgage activity is forecast to fall by six per cent by year-end as the market feels the brunt of interest rate...
17 August 2022
From: Breaking News

A 10 week consultation by Portsmouth council on proposals for new HMO licensing has finished with 1,050 responses. Licences are required for...
17 August 2022
From: Breaking News
16 August 2022
From: Breaking News

A new analysis by a lending company has revealed the average rent secured on a holiday let in 21 areas of...
16 August 2022
From: Breaking News

A new survey suggests large numbers of tenants are worried about the risk of falling behind with the rent or even...
16 August 2022
From: Breaking News

The housing chief of the Scottish Government says that all homes in that country - irrespective of tenure - must hit...
15 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords may be alarmed at Rightmove’s latest asking price market snapshot which shows an average 1.3 per cent fall this month. But...
15 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Citizens Advice wants landlords and tenants in a specific part of the country to help inform government about improving the uptake...
15 August 2022
From: Breaking News

New government figures show 3,405 households in the private rented sector were evicted by bailiffs in England between April and June this year...
15 August 2022
From: Breaking News

A landlord has pleaded guilty of four counts of breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order and told to expect to pay “a...
15 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Amateur landlords have fallen out of favour. Buy-to-let properties – once the darling of budding investors looking for stable, long-term returns...
13 August 2022
From: Agent Advice

The UK government’s ban on the sale of new combustion cars from 2030 is fuelling a surge in Electric Vehicle adoption....
13 August 2022
From: The Big Issues

ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan wants private landlords letting ex-council properties to consider selling the properties to local councils. Since launching in...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Existing homes have risen some eight per cent in value in the past year while the price of a typical new...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News

A pilot scheme described as helping “tenants threatened with eviction to stay in their homes” has been extended after Cornwall Council...
11 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent is promoting another rent freeze campaign. In a short series of tweets, and in relation to the predicted energy price...
11 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Tenant demand is surging in Outer London areas according tones research undertaken on behalf of specialist buy to let lender Paragon...
11 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Hounslow council in London has introduced new measures for conversions of family homes into HMOs for three to six tenants. Investors will...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Refusing to have a professional inventory on a property could be a false economy for landlords. That’s the view of the Association...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News

House prices fell marginally by 0.1 per cent in July – the first decrease since June 2021, says the Halifax. Annual rate...
08 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Conservative party leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak says he wants today’s renters, along with young adults obliged to live at home with...
08 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords interested in improving energy efficiency in their investment properties can see and hear tips on how to do it at...
08 August 2022
From: Breaking News

In June, the government finally released its long-awaited White Paper ‘A Fairer Private Rented Sector’. You will almost certainly have seen...
06 August 2022
From: Rental Reform

In the drive for the UK to be net zero by 2050, residential landlords are facing costly green refurbishments. Already, landlords...
06 August 2022
From: Tax & Finance

Industry supplier the Lettings Hub has brought together industry leads from across the lettings and pet sectors to discuss how to...
06 August 2022
From: The Big Issues

Homes in the rental sector are more likely to have old and inefficient appliances for tenants to use in order to...
05 August 2022
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New research from animal welfare charity Battersea - the new name for the Battersea Cats and Dogs Home - claims 50...
05 August 2022
From: Breaking News

A council in a second home and short let hotspot is making a desparate plea to private landlords for help. Torbay Council,...
05 August 2022
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has announced that base rate is rising from 1.25 to 1.75 per cent. The rate is now...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. It says the average...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News

With a month to go until a new licensing scheme for private rented homes starts, Oxford council is urging landlords to...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Annual house price growth in the UK accelerated to 11 per cent last month, a smidgeon up on June’s 10.7 per...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Today’s rental market is unsustainable according to a leading industry supplier. HomeLet’s latest monthly market snapshot says the average rent in the...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Who are you? My name is Jason Harris-Cohen and I am the Managing Director of Open Property Group. What is your company and...
02 August 2022
From: 60 Second Interview

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

A council in Wales is warning landlords that enforcement action is on its way for those who fail to meet Minimum...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Zoopla’s latest house price index suggests capital appreciation will rumble into next year despite the slowdown. Levels of price growth will return...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Renters are being placed at unnecessary risk due to a delay in reforms that would allegedly give them greater protection, it’s...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Shelter has again linked private rental evictions to the rising levels of homelessness. The campaigning charity says government figures released show 74,230...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News

A building society will no longer lend for the purchase of second homes, saying they reduce the stock available for first...
01 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords have been warned they risk fixed penalty notices and the loss of HMO licences if students leave rubbish in public...
01 August 2022
From: Breaking News
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A review of the mortgage system would ensure that tenants’ records in paying rent would contribute towards their ability to secure...
01 August 2022
From: Breaking News

A charity, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, wants a form of Right To Buy to be given to private tenants. Right To Buy...
29 July 2022
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association is asking all landlords - not just its members - to contribute to a consultation on...
29 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Fresh government data shows that over 2021-22, some 12,965 rental properties were repossessed - a huge increase on the previous year,...
29 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A new £71m Build To Rent scheme is on its way to commuter hotspot Leatherhead. BTR operator Get Living and developer Watkin...
29 July 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s second home and holiday let hotspots has been told it will be unable to levy extra council...
28 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A group of health and safety experts has created a guide to help landlords understand major rental reform being introduced in...
28 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is warning landlords and other sellers that properties with poor levels of energy efficiency may have to sell with a discount. The...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Letting agents have come out with figures to back up an argument that landlords have been making for some time -...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A new rent-to-own scheme means some tenants can save a slice of their rent to help build a deposit to buy. Financial...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A property investment platform is to spend £1 billion buying and retrofitting thousands of homes in the private rental sector, The...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A digital platform that claims it will “finally bring renting into the modern age” says it has secured £4.5m in funding. A...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A council says it’s going to introduce stricter regulations for HMOs - and it hasn’t yet even finished its formal consultation. Hounslow...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s a gulf in the amount that landlords are willing to pay to meet proposed new EPC requirements and what they...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A council is offering a £3,000 cash incentive to any landlord of a three or four bedroom property available for immediate...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News

New analysis from Rightmove reveals that first-time buyer asking prices and equivalent asking rents have risen three times faster compared with...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News

The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...
23 July 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance

So the heatwave is over - well, at least this week's heatwave is over. But who would bet against another with...
23 July 2022
From: The Big Issues

A new analysis of household energy consumption has found that a combination of green technologies could reduce bills by up to...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Yet another committee of MPs has launched a ‘call for evidence’ as it starts an investigation into the private rental sector. The...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News

As the providers of housing for tenants, landlords are responsible for ensuring the property is safe for those living in it. Various...
21 July 2022
From: Legislation, Regulation & Compliance

Landlords in London contributed to an extraordinary £440m in stamp duty paid on purchases in the first six months since the...
21 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Bricks and mortar have become one of the best investment classes over the past year, according to new research. The Stripe Property...
21 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Labour wants to bring in a UK-wide licensing system for holiday lets to preserve the “spirit” of costal and rural communities. The...
20 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent, which typically attacks all landlords and especially those involved in buy to let, has instead focussed its latest social...
20 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A national newspaper has backed a scheme by a council to purchase private properties and them let them out to lower...
20 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A good broadband connection is one of the main amenities tenants expect from a rental property and something you, as a...
19 July 2022
From: Property Investment & Strategy

Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Simply Business is one of the UK’s biggest providers of small business and landlord insurance. Insuring over 350,000 landlords has given...
18 July 2022
From: Property Investment & Strategy

Any restrictions on Airbnb and other short lets platforms will hit millions in the UK, according to the people behind new...
18 July 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest Rightmove asking price market snapshot represents more good news for landlords relying on capital appreciation. The average price of property...
18 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Rental growth rates slipped back slightly during the early part of summer according to an analysis by the Hamptons lettings agency,...
18 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Unintended consequences. Let’s face it, they happen across lots of different areas of our lives. We start out with the best...
16 July 2022
From: Rental Reform

The latest rentals market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors gives the now-familiar story of how demand is far...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News

The next Prime Minister must address the supply crisis in the private rented sector if homeownership ambitions are to become a...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Three projects are underway investigating how a tourist tax, including a levy on holiday let renters, could apply in Wales. The three...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association has identified five key areas for its campaigning in the short term, as the Conservatives elect...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A Conservative MP who has already suggested a 25 mile limit around some rental properties to reserve them for people with...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News

The continuing rent rises seen across much of the country are outpacing increases in interest rates, it’s been claimed. Property website Home,...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Heat pumps - central to a government energy efficiency drive started under Boris Johnson - could save 20 per cent higher...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News

New selective licensing measures are to be introduced across three parts of Leicester in a new clampdown on landlords. The combined areas...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A council says it’s offering private sector landlords an opportunity to lease their vacant property and help support local residents who...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A quarter of TikTok influencer videos claiming to offer guidance or advice on property investment have been found to be misleading. The...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A council says it’s launching a rolling programme of inspections of all 29,000 rental properties in its selective licensing scheme. The scheme...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A residential investment loan has been relaunched with the aim of incentivising investors to invest in energy efficient homes. The Green Investment...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest English Housing Survey report on the private rental sector gives the lie to the perception that most tenants are...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been fined and must pay compensation after being involved in an illegal eviction. The landlord - Tahir Aziz - was...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A park home specialist is claiming that this property niche is better suited than conventional rental or owned homes for energy...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
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Our politics seems pretty broken to me and whilst I don’t wish to take a side between one flavour or the...
09 July 2022
From: Agent Advice

Lack of rental stock is now the biggest challenge facing letting agents today. That is what every agent I’ve spoken to...
09 July 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
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With speculation about what happens next in Westminster at fever pitch, now isn’t the time to make predictions as to how...
09 July 2022
From: The Big Issues

Startling new housing market data has been interpreted as “torment for tenants” according to a business analyst. The latest Halifax house price...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News

The proportion of landlords who plan to purchase their next buy to let property through a limited company has hit the...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords and owners of empty homes iare being invited to a free event next week to find out more about help...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Councils will be able to control numbers of second homes and holiday lets under new plans unveiled by the Welsh Government. There...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A national lettings agency chain is offering what it calls “first-of-its-kind EPC+” to landlords. Connells says this will provide landlords with better...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords considering selling up because of the tighter regulations and larger tax bills forced on the rental sector may be alarmed...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Research commissioned by a mortgage lender suggests that 74 per cent of key workers believe they may never own their own...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Recent research shows an 18 per cent increase in the number of Green mortgages available in just a six month period. Financial...
05 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Unscrupulous landlords in the ‘exempt rental’ niche will be driven out by a new clampdown, the government insists. The exempt sector provides...
05 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Rents rose by an average of 2.8 per cent during June, taking the average cost of a rental property in England...
04 July 2022
From: Breaking News

In its latest plans, the government is hoping to make the leasehold system fairer for leaseholders through a brand new Reform...
02 July 2022
From: The Big Issues

The government only has itself to blame for the explosion in AirBnb and other short lets properties. That’s the view of the...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Annual house price growth slowed slightly last month, dipping to 10.7 in June from 11.2 per cent in May, according to...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News

The early bird discount period for what many regard as the country’s most controversial landlord licensing scheme has been extended. The discount...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A review into the effect of short-term lets has been launched by the government. The government says future policies could involve physical...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News

An activist group that campaigns against landlords has accused some of discriminating against tenants on the ground of their sexual orientation. Baroness...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A re-offending landlord housed himself and five tenants in what has been described as a death trap property. The rogue Harrow landlord...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News

An organisation that helps promote the Build To Rent sector says BTR should take credit for many of the changes proposed...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News

An MP has introduced a Private Member’s Bill which, if successful, would reduce what she calls the “nightmare” of Airbnb party...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A utilities advice service has come up with a list of measures which it says can reduce expenditure by tenants and...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News

East Lothian council has launched a survey about the operation of the private rented sector and its role in meeting housing...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The public at large are not falling behind the government’s proposals for private rental sector reforms, it seems. A survey conducted by...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The great rent rise continues according to new data from ARLA Propertymark. The trade body says while there has been a long...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A survey of 12,000 tenants suggests that over three-quarters are concerned about the impact of the cost of living crisis on...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News
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Leading rental payment platform PayProp has welcomed the added protections for landlords and renters outlined in the UK government’s rental reform...
25 June 2022
From: Rental Reform

Ofgem has announced that the energy price cap will further rise from £1,971 to £2,800 in October this year, amid an...
25 June 2022
From: The Big Issues

A new survey claims to show the rent differences between furnished and unfurnished homes to let in various cities. For example London...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News

New research suggests that a like-for-like comparison shows short lets earning 21 per cent more than the same home let out...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News

New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Rents are up year-on-year across all regions, according to the property website Home. The mix-adjusted average rise across the UK is a...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News

New figures released this morning show that buy to let investors and second home buyers now pay almost half of the...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Down-sizing, once the preserve of retired home owners, is now a phenomenon in the rental market too. That’s the claim of Sarah...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The number of households taking lodgers has declined in recent years according to new research. The number of homes taking one lodger...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent London council wants rental properties to be included in the government’s Flood Re reinsurance scheme. Westminster council says the current...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Energy bills have increased for around 22 million energy consumers – and they’re expected to escalate again later this year when...
21 June 2022
From: Legislation, Regulation & Compliance

The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News
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A new survey has painted a daunting picture of how much it may cost a landlord to remedy damage from pets. Amidst...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News

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

A pioneering project is matching private landlords with tenant management skills in a local housing association. Salford council and the Irwell Valley...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are relied on to make the letting process easier for landlords and tenants. As a landlord, there is a long...
20 June 2022
From: Legislation, Regulation & Compliance

A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Thank goodness the uncertainty is over - but is it all too skewed towards tenants? That’s the worry of suppliers as Daniel...
18 June 2022
From: Rental Reform

One of the highest profile advocates of widespread reform in the private rental sector has been Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of...
18 June 2022
From: Rental Reform

The architects of the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper have been housing minister Eddie Hughes MP, Housing Secretary Michael Gove...
18 June 2022
From: Rental Reform

The campaigning charity Shelter - once a critic of government policies over letting agents and landlords - has given a ringing...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
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The Deposit Protection Service has given landlords tips on how to prepare their homes for pets because, it says, the single...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords and owner occupiers alike could lose the most financially from rent controls according to a prominent rentals expert. The claim comes...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency claims to have identified which boroughs in the capital offer the best prospects for buy to let investors...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association says the devil is in the detail when it comes to the...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News

What looks suspiciously like a government leak to the Daily Mail says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will be unveiled...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government, which recently pushed back its so-called rental revolution until December, has nonetheless published extensive new guidelines about the...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A campaign to stop new build homes being sold to second home buyers for holiday lets has won a decisive victory...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News

New data from Rightmove suggests that rental demand is cooling in some areas where the market was busiest during the pandemic. And...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News

An online rental platform suggests almost a third of rental homes may be deemed unaffordable. Ocasa, using Office for National Statistics data,...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Landmark Auctions, a new property auctioneer has launched its services offering residential and commercial property, development, investment and land through in-house,...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News

London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to know the views of individuals on letting out homes in the capital via short...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent energy industry organisation has just issued a new guide for landlords to improve their properties. The Energy Saving Trust -...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The John Lewis Partnership is to offer short- and long-term lets when it builds flats to rent at three locations in...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Don’t pick on landlords - that’s the message from a leading tax and advisory consultancy. Blick Rothenberg warns that the government needs...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The number of adults living at home with parents has increased 20 per cent in the past 10 years, it’s been...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News

HMO minimum space standards may be changed by council A council has launched a six week consultation on proposals to change size...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords are in danger of losing the narrative again. With rental inflation hitting record levels, much of the noise we see in...
11 June 2022
From: The Big Issues

Whether it’s increasing the amount we recycle, choosing sustainable products, or reducing our carbon footprint by limiting the amount we travel,...
11 June 2022
From: Rental Reform

Property owners who have a building or disused piece of land by a high traffic road can make a significant profit...
11 June 2022
From: Lettings PropTech

New research shows that, since 2016, the average stamp duty payment on buy to let homes has increased by £11,848 in...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A council is offering a no-commission rent guarantee service to private landlords. A statement from Elbridge council claims that it offers not...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A business analyst at a prominent consultancy says landlords who resist the temptation to quit the sector are “in a position...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The government is today launching a consultation on a policy obliging landlords to make changes to communal spaces outside disabled tenants’...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for the illegal eviction and harassment of a tenant, and has been...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The housing market is showing signs of cooling, says the Halifax, as its latest index shows growing caution. The lender says that...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News

It’s been confirmed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to announce plans to extend the Right To Buy to housing associations. Under...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Financial Times columnist and radio presenter James Max has made a strong case for opposing rent controls. Appearing on the Jeremy Vine...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News

There has been an angry response by some politicians in Wales to the decision by the Labour administration to delay implementation...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News

An insurance chief with expertise in the holiday lets sector has stood up for owners who let their properties to holidaymakers...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The clearest indication of the rate at which the private rented market is shrinking is revealed in new research by Propertymark. It...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News

May saw a slight slowing in the rate of annual house price growth to 11.2 per cent from 12.1 per cent...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A London council is relaunching an appeal for private landlords to help house homeless people with mobility issues. Landlords in Camden and...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords have welcomed the latest delays to radical rental reforms which were due to be implemented next month. Ben Beadle, chief executive...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s embarrassment all round for the Labour-run Welsh Government as it reveals a late delay to its much-hyped rental reform. The reform...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News

No it’s not an April Fool - some tenants in Wales are experimenting with an alternative to radiators and heat pumps....
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A bank is forecasting that almost one in 10 rented homes in the UK within the next decade could be a...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A new Selective Licensing scheme for private landlords in Nottingham has been approved by the city council and now goes for...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A council has imposed fines on five landlords for licensing breaches. Doncaster’s Selective Licensing scheme was introduced - so the council claims...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The architect of one of the largest rental reform initiatives in the UK is set to address landlords at a webinar...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News

We know that Section 21 and so called ‘no fault’ evictions, are definitely going to be abolished as part of the...
28 May 2022
From: The Big Issues

The popularity of staycations is set to continue into 2022, with bookings for UK holiday lets reportedly up 22 per cent compared...
28 May 2022
From: Agent Advice

The cost of living crisis and soaring fuel bills mean landlords may have to rethink the concept of all-inclusive rents. That’s the...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A PropTech company which aims its products at landlords, claim that over 600,000 landlords are breaking the rules when it comes...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The importance of improved energy efficiency in the private rented and owner occupied sectors has led to a surge in interest...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The Baroness leading the Generation Rent campaign group is accusing many landlords of failing to sell - despite having said they...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News

It’s now daggers-drawn between the National Residential Landlords Association and Oxford’s Labour-run council over a huge new licensing scheme. Government approval of...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords are being advised not to panic buy ahead of what may be more difficult lending conditions as the cost of...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A market research company is to go door-to-door to seek residents’ views as part of a council’s consultation on landlord licensing. MEL...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A furniture firm which supplies to some Build To Rent operators has told buy to let landlords to up their game...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Brand new ‘property passports’ would help landlords prove their homes are compliant and assist tenants to identify decent and safe housing,...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News

New analysis by Rightmove is tracking first-time buyer affordability over the last 10 years - and it shows why so many...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords work harder to ensure properties are suitable for their preferred tenant type, more than they do to achieve maximum profits. That’s...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A report in a government-supporting newspaper suggests that a proposal to cut Capital Gains Tax for landlords who sell to first...
24 May 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

Analysis by Rightmove suggests that capital appreciation remains strong for landlords and owner occupiers alike, despite the recent flurry of interest...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News

As a landlord, you will know and recognise that your inventory is one of the most important pieces of documentation that...
21 May 2022
From: Top tips & guides

The house price inflation facing first time buyers is “frankly frightening” according to a new analysis which suggests typical FTB house...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The abolition of Section 21 eviction notices could lead to a surge in evictions by private landlords anxious to sell before...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Activists in Generation Rent have repeated once again their call for a rent freeze and yet another eviction ban. “Rents have been...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Demand for apartment living across much of Britain has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels despite a move back to normality...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Airbnb’s general manager is claiming that there is no fact-based evidence to link the proliferation of short lets across the UK...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Details have been released of a scheme seeking to encourage private landlords to lease their properties to local councils. The scheme in...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A business analyst has given an interesting interpretation of the soaring rental market - and says it keeps the wider sales...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Landowners are claiming that the negative stereotype given to private landlords in recent years by government contributes to the overall housing...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform says it’s giving landlords the opportunity to spread their management fees and marketing costs across the duration of...
18 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

The cost of a newly let home rose 9.8 per cent over the last 12 months to £1,125 pcm, marking the...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News

An online property platform says it expects May’s sales figures for new build searches to be slightly below expectations. This is as...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The property industry has this week remonstrated at the video that housing charity Shelter has published and in which they portray...
14 May 2022
From: Agent Advice

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

A survey of over 600 landlords by a business insurance service has found that 55 per cent have still to make...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made a sweeping attack on the conditions of homes run by private landlords. In a statement backing...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Research by a rental platform suggests there are currently over 65,000 short let properties being advertised in London alone. The platform, Rentd,...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Activists have expressed their delight that the government has “listed to the voice of renters” in its provisions for widespread reform...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News

This is the entirety of the detail given by the government about the Renters’ Reform Bill, confirmed in yesterday’s Queen’s Speech. --- Renters Reform...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been jailed for a year after making a homeless woman perform sexual favours for him in return for...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
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The Queen’s Speech has confirmed that a radical re-shaping of the rental sector in England is being pushed ahead by the...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Are you a landlord with an EPC rating of D or below? Newable Finance has launched EPC Finance – a range of...
10 May 2022
From: Sponsored Content

Labour’s London Mayor - buoyed up after the party’s successes in the capital in last week’s elections - has renewed his...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords have enjoyed more capital appreciation with the average UK house price rising again in April, up by 1.1 per cent...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Activists from pressure groups and London-focussed tenants’ bodies have handed in a letter to 10 Downing Street asking the Prime Minister...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Voters in Bristol have decided to abolish the city’s directly elected mayor following a referendum. The city was given the choice of...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News

PropTech firm Canopy says four out of five tenants have never missed a rent payment and that this should give them...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News
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A report from the Public Accounts Committee on the regulation of the private rented sector (PRS) was issued with little notice...
07 May 2022
From: Rental Reform

What are the main causes of tension and disagreements between tenants and landlords ahead of the Rental Reform Bill, which is expected to...
07 May 2022
From: Rental Reform

For many years now developers, freeholders and landlords have been engaged in the practice of utilising ground rents as lucrative investments...
07 May 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
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The UK’s largest listed provider of private rental homes, Grainger, is proposing pet-friendly ‘stay as long as you like up to...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A trade union has called on the government to “look at all forms of rent control” as a way of combatting...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Taxes on buy to let investment are fuelling a supply crisis, hiking rents and making homeownership more difficult to afford. That’s the...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,091 after a 1.2 per cent increase in the...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency is to hold free events to support landlords ahead of what it calls a “landmark transformation” in rental...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The National Association of Property Buyers says soaring numbers of landlords are looking to sell homes - slashing stock and therefore...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest attack on landlords by Generation Rent director Baroness Alicia Kennedy concerns insulation and household warmth. She claims a quarter of...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association has hit back at allegations made by Shelter, accusing the charity of sensationalising the way landlords...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords are being hit with more stamp duty as they expand their portfolios, thanks to the house price surge pushing homes...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings market snapshot prepared each month by PropTech firm Goodlord claims there has been a dramatic rise in the typical...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Grainger, the UK’s largest listed provider of private rental homes, is launching its first Build To Rent development in Derby. It is...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Gatehouse Bank is the latest mortgage lender to try to woo landlords with preferential rates for buy to let properties with...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The Building Safety Bill has become law - and while it does offer help to leaseholder landlords with one or two...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A new kind of property investor is evolving. They’ve enjoyed the fruits of their labours, creating UK investments in property but...
30 April 2022
From: The Big Issues

Here are five top tips worth considering if you’re an aspiring or ambitious property entrepreneur. 1. Take Your Time to Find the...
30 April 2022
From: Top tips & guides

With the rising cost of living and the UK’s inflation crisis creating financial uncertainty, many are looking to make more secure...
30 April 2022
From: Agent Advice

Activists in the Generation Rent group have made seven demands on government including a rent freeze, the clearing of tenants’ arrears,...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

All private rented homes in Oxford will need a licence from this September, following a green light from the government. Some 49.3...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Another council has revealed it’s won funding from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy to boost the EPCs of...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A new league table of capital values in seaside locations shows the affordability challenge of investing in areas with guaranteed holiday...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A rental platform forecasts that within 12 months the average UK tenant could be paying £800 more a year in rent...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords seeking capital appreciation from a recovering prime London market have been provided with a league table by a debt advisory...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Renters without a property to sell are likely to be the worst demographic sector affected by the cost of living crisis...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that a private renter in England is handed a Section 21 eviction every seven minutes. In a new...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent is calling for a national rent freeze in the private sector for an unspecified period “for the duration of...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter - but some tenants are paying above the going rate to...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Are fixer-uppers really the cheap and cost-effective investment many believe? They are popular amongst landlords but research by lettings agency Benham and...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News
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Bizarre but true - a tenant has undergone a pseudo-marriage ceremony with her cat in a bid to get around any...
26 April 2022
From: Breaking News

It looks as if landlords have enjoyed further capital appreciation with the latest housing market index showing still-rising asking prices for...
26 April 2022
From: Breaking News

New data from the Savills agency shows how difficult it will be for typical landlords with mid- to low-value houses and...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The government has announced that its ban on charging ground rent on new leases in England and Wales comes into force...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Whether you own a leasehold or freehold property, if you’re an HMO landlord who rents out rooms, individual flats or even...
23 April 2022
From: The Big Issues

The recent energy price cap increase implemented has prompted households across the UK to consider ways to make their home more...
23 April 2022
From: Top tips & guides

Looking after rental property is more complicated and more important than it was 20 years ago according to a leading lettings...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A council has served improvement notices on a number of properties owned by the Salvation Army and let to private tenants...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords are being invited to let the BBC know what it believes lies behind the current rental market stock shortage. The corporation...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
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Two of the country’s leading Conservative MPs have spoken at a Shelter conference which claimed millions of private renters were being...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The proportion of landlords reporting increasing tenant demand has hit an all-time high of 62 per cent. Research undertaken on behalf of...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News

An industry trade body is alerting landlords that new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm rules are likely to be introduced soon -...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A points-based system of rent controls is being advocated by activists associated with a controversial pro-tenant group. Living Rent, which is calling...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Politicians in a city with one of the UK’s most frenzied short lets markets are pledging to return Airbnb style units...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Another council is offering landlords financial assistance in improving energy efficiency in their investment properties. North Norfolk District Council has won £3.85m...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News
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A leading lettings industry figure is warning politicians that they risk shrinking the size of the private rental sector if they...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Analysis by property portal Boomin claims that rental properties on cycle lanes in London are showing premium returns above those of...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Walton and I am the Managing...
14 April 2022
From: 60 Second Interview

The homelessness charity Step By Step is demanding that rival bidding on rental property be outlawed to give the poorest prospective...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the leaders of the Generation Rent group claims it can be “an uphill struggle for private renters to get...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Prime central London may not seem to most obvious part of the UK for buy to let investors but a leading...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The government says major house builders have agreed to spend £2 billion on fixing the dangerous cladding on their own buildings,...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association has backed a far-reaching report by a group of MPs which has condemned the quality of...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords who have mortgages from the Yorkshire Building Society have been told that they do not need to inform the lender...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A controversial PropTech rental platform has issued a list of questions and issues to check when tenants rent from a landlord...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Rental activists have made clear that they are not going to stop when their objective to scrap Section 21 eviction powers...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News

EU citizens returning to the UK following the disruptions of the pandemic and Brexit May be the biggest losers from rental...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Buy to let landlords are increasingly looking to the highest yielding areas of the country as a way to maximise their...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A Labour city council that has already called for powers to impose rent controls has now extended its existing landlord licensing...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Let’s face facts, landlords and the private rented sector have a reputation problem. Perceived to be the poor relation of housing provision, the sector is...
09 April 2022
From: The Big Issues

As the weather begins to warm up, many will be starting to think about giving their homes a seasonal spring clean....
09 April 2022
From: Tax & Finance

Capital appreciation for landlords has seen another surge according to the latest house price index, just released by the Halifax. It shows...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank says landlords are in the driving seat in the prime rental market across London and the Home Counties. Low supply...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Representatives of holiday let landlords say they hope to capitalise on the increased number of staycations for economic-conscious holidaymakers. They claim the...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News

New research has produced a league table of locations where capital appreciation in the past year has exceeded the average wage...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A campaign group wants local candidates fighting elections in London next month sign up to a set of policies including rent...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The Home Office has issued yet another update of its Right To Rent guidance for landlords and tenants. It advises them on...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Local media in Sheffield are reporting that the activist group Acorn must pay just under £100,000 in costs and damages to...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings platform that operates for female tenants has announced enhancements to its service. Her Roomies differentiates itself by being a female-focused...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Letting agent Barrows and Forrester has identified how eco-improvements can add value to properties. Insulation - Upgrading a home’s insulation, specifically solid wall...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The Tenancy Deposit Service API has now integrated with Yaris, a cloud-based property management software provider. The integration allows landlords, agents and operators...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Renters are amongst the three groups likely to suffer worst as the cost of living crisis unfolds, an analyst has warned. Sarah...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A surprising call has come from a major industry supplier - it wants landlords to set up standing orders with their...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Eddie Hughes MP has met with activists to discuss the government’s reform proposals for the private rental sector. They were...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The increased energy price cap could mean bills for the average band G home hit almost £5,000 a year, up £145...
02 April 2022
From: The Big Issues
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I hope you weren’t holding your breath for the Chancellor to announce a package of help for landlords in his Spring...
02 April 2022
From: Agent Advice

Even before the pandemic, we were seeing dramatic changes across the buy-to-let landscape with holiday lets steadily increasing in appeal –...
02 April 2022
From: Top tips & guides

It’s not an April Fool - capital appreciation of homes really is running at 14.3 per cent a year according to...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Campaigning charity Shelter claims renters’ pockets are being hit the hardest of any demographic group in Britain in terms of the...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Rooms-to-rent platform Ministry of Rooms has launched a new initiative to make it easier for Ukrainian refugees to connect with landlords...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The government has indirectly given away early details of its long-expected National Landlord Register - but it still appears to be...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News

More than 50 per cent of private tenants who rely on Universal Credit to pay their rent have a shortfall between...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A report by a business campaign group claims Build To Rent is key to helping solve the housing crisis in London. Who...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Trade unions in Scotland are demanding that local council candidates sign a pledge to support “urgent” rent controls in that country. The...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The government says it’s going to name and shame what it considers to be bad social landlords, using social media to...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The staycation craze has made holiday lets a far more attractive proposition to many would-be landlords, according to a new survey. Research...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Homes headed by a person over the age of 45 will account for at least half of all privately renting households...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A council is telling private tenants to inform on their landlords if the properties they are renting having an unacceptable EPC. Hastings...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News

For investors who keep their buy to lets for substantial periods - up to 25 years in some cases - a...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016 - but...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Rental affordability is deteriorating in parts of England. The research by rental platform Rentd looked at the current average income of a...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Letting agency Bramleys has canvassed the opinions of its clients to produce a league table of the biggest bugbears identified by...
26 March 2022
From: Agent Advice

Property consultancy JLL says it’s identified one hitherto-unfashionable part of London as an area set to outperform the rest of the...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A council is launching a Private Tenants Charter which it says will set standards for landlords and private rental sector organisations...
25 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

Specialist but to let lender Keystone Property Finance has pledged to help UK landlords who want to house Ukrainian refugees. There have...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The Renters’ Reform Coalition, a combination of some 20 groups of activists wanting to transform the lettings sector, has set its...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Plans to extend tenants’ rights that were introduced as an emergency measure during pandemic will have a ‘devastating’ effect on the...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A new report claims new builds have typical energy bills some £400 a year less than other properties. The Home Builders’ Federation...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A council in one of the remote parts of the UK is appealing for registered landlords who might be able to...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Fifteen businesses which had bought freeholds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The Mirror newspaper has launched a campaign to “make rented homes safer”. It says its campaign - called Safe As Houses -...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
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Oxford’s Labour-run council has called on private renters to join a new tenants union. A statement from the authority says some private...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Talk is getting louder about restrictions surrounding Airbnb and other short let platforms - and nowhere is the volume greater than...
19 March 2022
From: The Big Issues

As we approach what is commonly the busiest month of the year, there is one question many in the sector many...
19 March 2022
From: Agent Advice

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has given £650,000 to one town to clampdown on rogue landlords. A statement...
18 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 independent Office for Tax Simplification wants to know how it can make landlords’ tax issues simpler - and it’s started...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The threat of rent controls in two parts of the country may now be so severe that buy to let landlords...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A major think tank is calling for a radical reform of the private rental sector. A report from the cross-party independent Social...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Applications open later this week for one of the country’s largest and most controversial landlord licensing schemes - in Liverpool. The new...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s most respected property lawyers is to discuss changes to rental processes live at a webinar tomorrow. David Smith,...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The significant majority of private renters are happy with their properties, status and their landlords according to a new survey. A report...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The government could benefit to the tune of £10 billion and the rental market could have soaring supply if stamp duty...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The government has issued revised guidelines for the possession process in the private and social rented sectors in the light of...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A Labour MP in the westcountry appears to be winning support for a campaign he has launched called First Homes, Not...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Husband-and-wife landlords Robin and Susan Kirstein have been landed with a massive fine for letting a home that was deemed by...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News

It goes without saying that any decent landlord wants to provide their tenants with a safe and secure home and to...
12 March 2022
From: The Big Issues

Buy-to-let lending hit its highest ever level last year, spurred on by record levels of tenant demand, the Stamp Duty Holiday...
12 March 2022
From: Tax & Finance
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In this weekend feature, Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) and the managing director of Home...
12 March 2022
From: Rental Reform
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A Labour Mayor and a former Labour baroness have teamed up to call for rent freezes in London, claiming they slash...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that in one part of the UK alone, some 75,000 tenants have been discriminated against by landlords. The...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The programme of selling off council houses pioneered by Margaret Thatcher has been a strategic failure adding to inequality in Britain. That’s...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A Devon council is promoting a scheme to lease properties from private landlords to provide homes for those in need. In exchange...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The Generation Rent activist group has launched a lobbying campaign, giving a template letter for people to send to MPs ahead...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The Chartered Institute of Housing says it’s concerned about the rapidly rising gas and home heating oil prices and the impact...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Eden council in Cumbria says it needs private landlords’ help to solve its housing problems - and there “may” be financial...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent lettings agent says politicians wanting an open door policy for refugees from Ukraine do not explain how they will...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A new calculation suggests London needs almost 85,000 new private rented homes a year to meet its housing needs. And it adds...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News

With the housing market showing little sign of a slowdown, interest in auction properties also signals a busy year ahead. Here's my...
05 March 2022
From: Top tips & guides

As the government continues to assess the future state of building regulation in the UK, developers and leaseholders continue to remain...
05 March 2022
From: The Big Issues

New research suggests that some landlords are now deliberately choosing to buy properties with weak EPCs in order to upgrade and...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A private landlord has been fined £1,760 and ordered to pay £1,000 costs after failing to properly licence four properties in...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent provider Wise Living is to deliver 90 new homes in two small schemes alongside an existing development of...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Giles Atkinson and I’m one part of...
03 March 2022
From: 60 Second Interview

Annual house price growth accelerated to 12.6 per cent in February, up from 11.2 per cent in January and the strongest...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government has announced an increase to the maximum level of council tax premiums for second homes, as well as...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A player in the rental insurance field is warning landlords that the growing cost of living crisis makes it more important...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords of HMOs are being faced with a revaluation of their properties by HMRC which could result in many suffering tax...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Birmingham’s Labour controlled council is writing to Housing Secretary Michael Gove for consent to apply a new licensing scheme over 25...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A Labour activist has written to the government urging a ban on what she calls ‘heartless’ Section 21 evictions. Milton Keynes councillor...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Airbnb says it will offer free short-term housing to up to 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine. These stays will be funded by Airbnb...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association is calling for clarity on how the private rental sector can help Ukraine. Home Secretary Priti Patel...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The connection between rising volumes of red tape in the private rental sector and landlords quitting as a consequence appears to...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A council is calling on landlords of empty properties to take the necessary actions to get their homes back into use...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A specialist company is warning landlords that the recent spate of named storms across the UK may have heightened the risk...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Russia sending tanks into Ukraine sounds terrifying, but it also sounds a long way away. Unfortunately, in a world of global...
26 February 2022
From: The Big Issues

In this feature article, Stuart Kerr from Restorations UK sets out why this could be the worst winter yet for mould...
26 February 2022
From: Top tips & guides

In this guest piece, Josh Barber from Flooring Superstore sets out why landlords must pay attention to flooring when it comes...
26 February 2022
From: The Big Issues

Landlords wanting to let out via Airbnb and other short let platforms in Edinburgh will have to apply for planning consent...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s been yet another deadline change for the revised Right To Rent rules. Temporary checks introduced at the height of the pandemic...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Renters are finding it tough to locate a new home because of the continuing shortage of supply according to the National...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A protest by Welsh nationalists has called for a new Property Act to be passed by the Welsh Parliament, which would...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A landlord who harassed tenants and left them in dangerous accommodation hit has been branded “atrocious” and has been hit with...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords with large budgets and who are seeking a surprising discount, even in today’s market, could be tempted by research which...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A council is inviting landlords to an event at which it will both launch a new accreditation scheme and offer guidance...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent property website, which monitors the lettings market, suggests that rent controls would drive a proportion of rental stock to...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Experts are predicting that the exclusion of large scale landlords from cladding relief may lead to significant delays in some safety...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A council says it’s going to clampdown on landlords who are “keeping deposits unnecessarily” and agents “charging unpermitted fees.” The pledge comes...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants rogue landlords to pay bigger fines and more compensation to tenants. He is also introducing...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Airbnb says its short lets business is back almost to 2019 pre-Covid levels in cities, and it reports many work-from-home renters...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News

An MP is calling on the authorities to investigate how 15 so-called ‘super landlords’ allegedly dominate the rental market in one...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The mayor of Labour-controlled Bristol council is teaming up with local anti-landlord activists to look at how to introduce local rent...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The government is calling on landlords with suitable properties to submit Afghan resettlement offers through a relaunched housing portal. Landlords are being...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Legal & General’s Retirement Institutional division has announced a massive £2.5 billion investment to deliver as many as 7,000 Build To...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent country property expert has issued an urgent appeal to rural landlords to become involved in the consultation process which...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The draconian new rules governing EPC targets are driving some landlords to favour new build properties when expanding their portfolios. That appears...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Renters are much less likely than homeowners to have at least a moderate income in retirement according to business consultancy Hargreaves...
15 February 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

Wealthier tenants will benefit from stiffer affordability criteria as stock levels fall and demand increases according to DJ Alexander Ltd, part...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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In recent days we have heard Michael Gove trumpet his plans to ‘level up’ the UK. We knew that he would be...
12 February 2022
From: The Big Issues

Last October, stakeholders across the private rented sector were told by ministers that the Government needed extra time to create a...
12 February 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance

The number of private rental homes has increased by 18,610 in the last five years - defying those suggesting an exodus...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The government has issued new Right To Rent guidance for landlords. It makes only minor modifications to previous versions but the latest...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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The government’s pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords and agents is “the worst form of gesture politics in...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Six times as many social renters in one part of the UK are dissatisfied with their homes compared to private renters...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A poll of Conservative voters shows strong majorities for higher taxes on second homes and empty properties, and tougher demands on...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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The new housing minister is a landlord - and has already attracted criticism from some sections of the media. Yesterday Chris Pincher...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A new fixed-rate platform has been launched that says it will save landlords thousands of pounds in management fees. Rentd claims to...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent claims private rental sector tenants are set to be most disadvantaged by the 54 per cent rise in the...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A national newspaper says the current ratings of the Energy Performance Certificate are under review by the Department for Business, Energy...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A London council has secured banning orders against four rogue landlords after they were found to be letting an unlicensed and...