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![Generation Rent demands Labour make “all evictions discretionary”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
New demands from the Generation Rent group go much further than the original Renters Reform Bill in removing landlords’ rights. The group...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Huge surge in Right To Rent checks as non-compliance fines soar](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
There’s been a surge in Right to Rent checks - up 577% year on year. Under the Right to Rent Scheme, civil...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants want Rental Reform... but can't name the Housing Minister](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
According to a poll of 1,476 renters by SpareRoom the ongoing housing crisis (85%) tops the list of key priorities to...
06 April 2024
From: Rental Reform
![Working From Home adds to pressure to raise rents - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1708606831.jpg)
Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Population Projections have repercussions for Private Rental Sector](/upload/images/shutterstock_2410369003.jpg)
The Government quietly announced population projections towards the end of January that could have major implications for the types of homes...
02 March 2024
From: The Big Issues
![Guidance for landlords: 5 top tips for navigating responsibilities](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/The%20Mortgage%20Works/Company%20Director.jpg)
Landlords play a crucial role in providing safe and comfortable housing for tenants while also managing rental properties effectively. Staying informed...
01 March 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Free information forum for landlords will include NRLA, police and DWP](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
Private landlords and letting agents are being offered free advice and information at a networking event hosted by Cumberland council. Property owners...
09 February 2024
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
![HMO landlord in court after Gangmasters investigation](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CourtCase-400x310.png)
A landlord responsible for the management of an HMO has been fined a total of £5,000. The penalties were imposed by Boston...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Right To Rent landlord fines to be massively increased](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
Landlords who allow rental properties to be let to migrants who do not have the right to be in the UK...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Asylum Seekers in HMOs - government to slash red tape for landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy(F)Landlord-400x310.png)
The government is proposing to slash the regulations on HMOs used to house asylum seekers. Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Right To Rent - new guide for landlords in government ‘bundle’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HappyLandlord-400x310.png)
The government has pulled together the latest guidance on Right To Rent, appropriate to landlords, lettings agents and home owners who...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lodging - a guide to an unusual form of landlordism](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyFinancing-400x310.png)
Many first-time landlords don’t know where to begin when deciding to take in a lodger. Money.co.uk has provided top tips: 1. Check...
29 October 2022
From: Agent Advice
![Brexit threat to cleaning could hurt private landlords - claim](/upload/images/library/Brexit-People-400x310.jpg)
A cleaning crisis caused by Brexit and Covid could threaten the well-being of the buy to let sector according to a...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Right To Rent Changes: new deadline for landlords](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Passport-400x310.png)
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
![Anti-discrimination guide for landlords issued by government](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/IdentityChecks-1-400x310.jpg)
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
![Confirmed - new ID technology can be used in Right To Rent](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Identification-400x310.jpg)
The Home Office has confirmed that landlords, letting agents and employers will be able to use certified new technology to digitally...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Updated Right To Rent user guide for landlords launched](/upload/images/library/ID-Checks-400x310.jpg)
The Home Office has launched a new User Guide for Right To Rent, aimed at landlords and tenants. This guidance provides information...
13 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government issues formal change to Right To Rent guidance](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Immigration-checks400x310.png)
The government has updated its formal guidance to landlords and letting agents on Right To Rent. This sets out the continuation of...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Top Labour MP speaks out against “greed of the mega-landlords”](/img/default/llt.png)
Former Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has spoken out against what he calls “the greed of the mega-landlords.” The veteran MP -...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![New tenancy forms - landlords must use now or risk possessions being invalid](/img/default/llt.png)
The government has released new forms for secure and assured tenancies - and agents who fail to use them risk having...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Full details of Notice and Eviction changes](/img/default/llt.png)
The government has announced changes to tenancy notice periods in line with the phased easing of the pandemic restrictions. Whilst some notice...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Banning Orders flop - average of just 13 issued a year](/img/default/llt.png)
Only 39 rogue landlords and letting agents have been hit with banning orders in the first three years of their existence. The...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Eviction Ban given yet another extension by government](/img/default/llt.png)
The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Activists create crib-sheet to influence licensing consultation](/img/default/llt.png)
The Acorn group of rental activists has created a detailed crib sheet of responses to a council consultation on landlord licensing. Acorn,...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Inventory clerks may rescue landlords from Right To Rent backlog](/img/default/llt.png)
A possible backlog of Right To Rent checks created by new Home Office rules could be alleviated by inventory clerks. Since March,...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Landlords “facilitating race discrimination” claims law firm](/img/default/llt.png)
A law firm says landlords being obliged to conduct checks on the immigration status of potential tenants is encouraging and even...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Government warned on Right To Rent - landlords can't meet guidelines](/img/default/llt.png)
The government is being warned landlords won’t be able to meet new guidelines being set for Right To Rent once the Coronavirus...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Right to Rent changes – are landlords up to speed?](/img/default/llt.png)
In March 2020, the Home Office made a number of changes to the Right to Rent scheme to make it easier...
04 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Right To Rent checks to be easier for landlords (well, that’s the theory)](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![New six-month notice period is introduced](/img/default/llt.png)
Buy-to-let landlords must now provide tenants with at least six months’ notice period prior to seeking possession through the courts in...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Appeal against ruling on Right to Rent judicial review](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Right to Rent immigration checks adjusted to make it easier for landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
Right to Rent checks has been temporarily adapted due to coronavirus, to make it easier for landlords to carry them out. Effective immediately,...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Landlord who crammed 15 tenants into three-bed house ordered to pay £430k](/img/default/llt.png)
A rogue landlord who squeezed 15 people into a modest home in west London has been ordered to pay more than...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Lib Dem manifesto presents a mixed bag for BTL landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
The Liberal Democrats have launched their 2019 election manifesto, which sets out the polices the party aims to introduce should it...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tenants: what are the most common general election issues?](/img/default/llt.png)
Brexit, climate change and the environment, and education are the top three issues for tenants as they prepare to cast their...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fresh government guidance ‘could leave landlords open to prosecution’](/img/default/llt.png)
Buy-to-let landlords are being urged by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) not to follow new guidance from the government on its...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![PM Johnson urged to ‘reinvigorate buy-to-let’ by introducing tax changes](/img/default/llt.png)
Boris Johnson is being to urged to do more to support investment in the private rented sector, as research shows that...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlords look set to influence the future of the Right to Rent scheme](/img/default/llt.png)
Private landlords will have a major say in a court case considering the future of the government’s Right to Rent scheme. The...
10 July 2019
From: Rental Reform
![Tory leadership candidates urged to scrap controversial Right to Rent scheme](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![New post-Brexit Right to Rent guidance issued by the government](/img/default/llt.png)
New guidance on Right to Rent checks for EU citizens after Britain leaves the European Union has been published by the...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Top tips for first-time landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
We all know that investing in a buy-to-let (BTL) property is a huge responsibility, but for those of you who are...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit and the Right to Rent for EU nationals](/img/default/llt.png)
Few people familiar with the UK property market would dispute the fact that the Right to Rent scheme has been deeply...
02 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![BTL landlords are simply not prepared for Brexit, says RLA](/img/default/llt.png)
EU citizens may face problems getting rented accommodation in the UK after Brexit due to a lack of guidance for landlords...
08 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Letting fees ban set to be introduced in Wales](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords and letting agents will soon be banned from charging fees to private rental tenants in Wales after a Bill banning...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Can you let out your BTL flat? - The problem with leasehold](/img/default/llt.png)
As a landlord, you may have purchased a flat for the purposes of subletting, but are you actually allowed to rent...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Right to Rent branded ‘a farce’ by RLA](/img/default/llt.png)
The controversial Right to Rent scheme, which requires landlords in England to check the immigration status of their tenants, has been...
22 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Home Office to review Right to Rent checks following High Court ruling](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Government urged to abolish controversial Right to Rent policy](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Future Right to Rent system must be ‘reliable’ and treat people ‘fairly’](/img/default/llt.png)
The government’s long-awaited White Paper on post-Brexit immigration policy, published last week, unveiled plans for a single, skills-based immigration system applying...
24 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landlords give preference to white people with British passports, court told](/img/default/llt.png)
A number of buy-to-let landlords are discriminating against prospective tenants based on their nationality and ethnicity due to the impact that...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![High Court review of Right to Rent policy begins today](/img/default/llt.png)
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 ban on letting fees will have a ‘significant impact’ on the PRS in Wales](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords and letting agents could be banned from charging fees to private rental tenants in Wales under plans for a new...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![It’s time to suspend ‘unfair’ Right to Rent scheme, says RLA](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Landlord to be prosecuted after 31 beds found in ‘appalling’ three-bedroom house](/img/default/llt.png)
A landlord faces prosecution after police found he had squeezed 31 beds into a very overcrowded three-bedroom house that had just...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![EU citizens could be evicted from their rental homes in Britain, warns RLA](/img/default/llt.png)
Thousands of EU nationals could inadvertently lose their rental homes due uncertainty about their status post-Brexit, according to the Residential Landlords...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Right to Rent legal challenge date set for December](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Government faces High Court challenge over Right to Rent scheme](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Landlords’ immigration checks ‘creating a hostile environment’, says RLA](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Right to Rent to be challenged in court this week](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![New banning orders will ensure tenants live in ‘safe and good quality’ homes](/img/default/llt.png)
Unscrupulous landlords who rent out substandard properties face being driven out of the private rented sector as new banning orders are...
06 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Right to Rent is a ‘failing policy’ that uses landlords as ‘scapegoats’](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Legal challenges launched against Right to Rent policy](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Over four in 10 landlords are reluctant to rent to those without a British passport](/img/default/llt.png)
Some 42% of private landlords say the Right to Rent scheme has made them less likely to let to those without...
18 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Letting fees crackdown may deter many landlords from using agents](/img/default/llt.png)
The government’s plan to ban letting agents in England from charging fees to tenants will deter up to 30% of buy-to-let...
30 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Why Right to Rent imperfections shouldn’t concern pragmatic landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
The findings of the BBC investigation into ID fraud linked to Right to Rent checks will come as no surprise to...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Landlord immigration checks fuelling ‘black market’](/img/default/llt.png)
A scheme requiring landlords to check the immigration status of new tenants is fuelling a ‘black market in forged Ids’, a...
17 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rogue landlords slammed for ‘knowingly renting property to illegal migrants’](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Council receives fresh funds to tackle rogue landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
The Home Office is hoping to drive up standards in the private rented sector in Bristol by handing £321,750 to Bristol...
10 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Britons with no passport struggling to rent due to immigration checks](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Right to Rent – what landlords need to know](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Government threatened with legal action over landlord immigration checks](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Boost for renters as poll shows little public support for tenant fees](/img/default/llt.png)
The government’s proposed ban on letting agents charging tenant fees has gained significant support from members of the general public, while...
04 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Free Right to Rent insurance for all RLA members](/img/default/llt.png)
All members of the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) can now expect to receive free Right to Rent legal expenses when they...
11 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Tenant fees ban could leave landlords facing lengthy void periods](/img/default/llt.png)
Changes to letting agent fees could lead to increased rent arrears and higher repossessions as a consequence of a potential reduction...
28 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Letting fees crackdown will not deter landlords from using agents](/img/default/llt.png)
The government’s plan to ban letting agents in England from charging fees to tenants will not deter the vast majority of...
21 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Student rental market hampered by political uncertainty surrounding Brexit](/img/default/llt.png)
The announcement yesterday that prime minister Theresa May will officially trigger Article 50 next week to leave the European Union is creating huge...
21 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Right to Rent causing landlords to discriminate against foreign students](/img/default/llt.png)
Many landlords are being left with little alternative but to discriminate against international students as a result of the government’s Right...
16 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Around half of landlords refuse to let to those without a UK passport](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Letting fees crackdown will have a ‘negative impact’ on the rental market](/img/default/llt.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has reiterated its call for the government to reconsider banning letting agents in England...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Enforcement is ‘fundamental’ to ensure criminal landlords are prosecuted](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Buy-to-let landlords likely to increase rents to offset higher costs](/img/default/llt.png)
There are growing fears that tenants will end up bearing the cost of the government’s decision to ban letting agents' fees...
29 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Scrapping agent fees set to lead to higher rents](/img/default/llt.png)
Letting agents in England will be banned from charging fees to tenants under plans announced by the chancellor in his Autumn...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Almost half of landlords refuse to let to those without a UK passport](/img/default/llt.png)
Britons without a passport are struggling to rent due to immigration checks introduced for earlier this year, according to a new survey. The...
19 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Anyone looking inside this landlord’s house of horrors will think it is Halloween](/img/default/llt.png)
An unscrupulous landlord who failed to fix a toilet which had became detached from the soil pipe, leaking all over the...
31 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Landlords need support to deal with changing ‘illegal immigrants’ legislation](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Buy-to-let landlord on course to make £200m profit](/img/default/llt.png)
The UK’s largest private landlord has sold almost half of his entire portfolio of around 900 residential properties, according to the...
14 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Letting agent takes to Twitter to answer your questions](/img/default/llt.png)
The historic referendum vote in favour of leaving EU raises questions over what impact this will have on the UK private...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Government needs to restore confidence in rental investment market](/img/default/llt.png)
New Prime Minister Theresa May will undoubtedly have a number of things to do on her to-do list, but among the...
15 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Brexit turmoil hits landlord’s attempt to offload 900 homes](/img/default/llt.png)
One of the UK’s largest and most controversial private landlords has seen his attempts to sell his entire portfolio of around...
29 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Landlords need to prepare for post Brexit changes in the immigration laws](/img/default/llt.png)
So, Britain voted out of the European Union. What are the implications for UK landlords, from the immigration laws point of...
27 June 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Fixed-rate mortgages ‘likely to get even cheaper’ following Brexit](/img/default/llt.png)
A fall in gilt yields will reduce the cost for lenders of longer term funding and hence open the door for...
27 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Landlords facing constant onslaught of stress](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Right to Rent checks made easy](/img/default/llt.png)
Buy-to-let landlords can now carry out Right to Rent checks securely in a simple cloud based environment online following the introduction...
27 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![MPs approve Immigration Bill changes](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Right to Rent guidance to change](/img/default/llt.png)
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) understands the Government is planning to update its Right to Rent guidance following the roll out...
21 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Will changes to the immigration bill protect landlords?](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords will no longer be immediately criminalised for failing to pick up illegal tenants, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The...
04 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![More concerns raised over Right To Rent](/img/default/llt.png)
A recent judgment in a court case may significantly reduce the Government’s ability to enforce its ‘right to rent’ policy, according...