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Charity Shelter is advertising for the post of ‘Assistant Director: Activism and Advocacy’ - with the postholder charged with supporting “...

Nick Woodward, director of lettings at Essential Living, gives insights into why renting may be the best option for many. 1. Responsibility...

The UK government's long awaited Spring Budget announced some key changes for the property market in an effort to stimulate activity...

An all-party House of Commons committee is calling on Local Housing Allowance to be updated automatically and annually. LHA rates have been...

Some of the biggest names in the trade, lending and advisory sectors have produced a report outlining the vast significance that...

Homes Under The Hammer property expert Lucy Alexander is fronting a new campaign to identify empty homes and bring them back...

The Chancellor has rendered hundreds of lettings businesses unviable overnight as a result of his Budget tax clampdown. That’s the view of...

Lots and lots, is the short answer. I think the more you know, the more you're armed with information and knowledge,...

The management of BTL properties, whether it's a modest collection of three units or a more sizable portfolio of fifteen, can...

Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...

A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...

Airbnb has released new figures showing that the typical host landlord makes a modest £5,500 a year by sharing their space...

Generation Rent has yet again come out for rent control over the private sector - and wants it to be an...

I’m not especially political and certainly carry no candle for one flavour or another. I might argue that they’re all pretty...

The yo-yo economic news is now casting doubt on whether the Bank of England will cut base rate as quickly as...

A Labour-controlled council is inviting private rental sector representatives to a round-table event which it pledges will not be a talking...

According to a London property management company, the profile of renters in prime London is varying hugely.  Glenfield Property Management says that...

A council is to spend £10m to buy homes on the open market to house local people - some at risk...

A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...

The housing market remains a buyers’ market, with 80 per cent more homes for sale than in September 2021 according to...

Over half of letting agents say they are uncertain as to whether they want to remain in their jobs for the...

Over a third of homes in England are at high risk of overheating as summer temperatures of 40oC and above apparently...

One in three Britons could be facing poverty in retirement according to Scottish Widows - with renters amongst the most vulnerable. The...

A survey of 2,000 tenants in England and Wales shows that some 23 per cent claim to be struggling to pay...

The head of online room-matching service SpareRoom says tenants are putting their lives on hold because rents are so high. Matt Hutchinson,...

A fishing organisation is blaming landlords for contributing to a housing crisis which, they say, means locals cannot live in coastal...

Licensing for Airbnbs and similar short lets should be targeted in priority areas only and not the subject of blanket rules. That’s...

The Housing Ombudsman - a service which deals with social housing - says it’s found severe maladministration in how Leeds council...

A top Tory who is chair of the Conservative backbench Treasury Committee and a member of the Treasury Select Committee says...

The Generation Rent campaign group is advertising for a new director - the role held in recent years by Alicia Kennedy,...

The relationship between landlord and tenant is not purely a business one, or at least it shouldn’t be. The landlord is...

There are many misconceptions about the private rented sector, but a common one I hear is that it is the tenure...

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill did not even warrant a mention in a key speech yesterday by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

When life is impossibly expensive, it’s not a surprise to see a rise in financial abuse. And to make matters worse,...

A joint venture has been announced to deliver 1,000 sustainable zero-carbon homes - and they will be factory-made. Legal & General Modular...

A holiday lettings agency has taken the unusual step of speaking out in favour of higher council tax for second home...

The government has announced plans for a £1 billion scheme - called ECO+ - which will see hundreds of thousands of...

The freezing of Housing Benefit at 2020 levels, announced in the small print accompanying the Autumn Statement yesterday, risks leading to...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his long-awaited Autumn Statement - the fiscal event which he says will lead to “all of...

In today’s world, where people can make money from something as simple as posting a photo of themselves wearing a new...

The mini-Budget was always billed as a tax-cutting, growth-generating affair - and so it proved - but Labour has criticised it...

Birmingham council has been granted permission by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to introduce a massive Selective Licensing...

It may sound a small sum compared to many landlords’ experiences, but a new survey suggests a landlord spends an average...

A new survey suggests large numbers of tenants are worried about the risk of falling behind with the rent or even...

A job at the Generation Rent campaign group is being advertised on a site dedicated to jobs working for MPs. The post...

Labour wants to bring in a UK-wide licensing system for holiday lets to preserve the “spirit” of costal and rural communities. The...

A good broadband connection is one of the main amenities tenants expect from a rental property and something you, as a...

The latest rentals market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors gives the now-familiar story of how demand is far...

An insurance chief with expertise in the holiday lets sector has stood up for owners who let their properties to holidaymakers...

The cost of living crisis and soaring fuel bills mean landlords may have to rethink the concept of all-inclusive rents. That’s the...

The government has indirectly given away early details of its long-expected National Landlord Register - but it still appears to be...

Property consultancy JLL says it’s identified one hitherto-unfashionable part of London as an area set to outperform the rest of the...

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

In this feature article, Stuart Kerr from Restorations UK sets out why this could be the worst winter yet for mould...

In recent days we have heard Michael Gove trumpet his plans to ‘level up’ the UK.  We knew that he would be...

An alliance of 25 major charities have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak, calling for urgent action...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

Build To Rent apartment brand Essential Living is giving its tenants five New Year’s Resolutions for 2022. 1. Create Home Working Space:...

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

£223.7 billion. That’s how much better off UK landlords are than five years ago when you do the maths on the...

Private renters and landlords face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefits, says a leading...

A mortgage expert who is a prominent sceptic about the lettings market has stepped up his criticisms, saying renting is no...

The government’s Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme - which left thousands of landlords in the lurch when it collapsed earlier this...

The SpareRoom online service has drawn up what it calls an affordability guide, which is effectively a league table of room...

A nationwide buy to let consultancy says it believes one specific area of the country is on the verge of a...

Post-Covid economic recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert.  Martha Peyton, managing director and...

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

There’s a new call for all Section 24 evictions to be suspended until the passing of the Rental Reform Act -...

One of the leading figures in the lettings industry says landlords are not the bad guys of the pandemic, as some...

Investment advisers Sterling Wealth Associates says the north of England is the go-to spot in the UK for property investment.  It says...

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

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

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players says the government should incentivise working from home and the use of...

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

Areas boasting Russell Group universities - considered the best in the UK - have the highest rents but disappointing yields.  Returns from a...

The government’s latest extension for the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions - taking it up until the end of May - is...

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

Shelter says it expects the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions to be extended until at least the end of the present...

A group of anti-landlord activists has used an incident involving an estate agency publicity leaflet as a reason to accuse all...

Former Labour leader Ed Miliband, now the shadow energy secretary, says the green homes grant scheme is in chaos. Media reports in...

The changes to Mortgage Interest Tax Relief and impact on your wallet Before April 2017 landlords with a mortgage on their buy-to-let...

Eviction guru and lettings sector expert Paul Shamplina has made an impassioned plea for government help for the rental sector. The founder...

A property development consultancy is tipping five regeneration areas in England as potential good investments for the coming year. SevenCapital says they...

Covid-19 restrictions in force across the country for the foreseeable future means landlords must remain cautious in 2021 - and they...

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

Landlords who frequently have to change locks after tenants leave are being warned to be on their guard against rogue locksmiths...

Landlords could be in line for another huge tax burden - a doubling of Capital Gains Tax.  A report commissioned by the government...

Airbnb claims a proposal to regulate short lets could put 17,000 jobs at risk and take almost £1m a day out...

A visiting professor and accountancy academic claims landlords are not carrying their fair share of the financial burden caused by the...

A think tank is calling for landlords to consider rent reductions and is also suggesting the return of an eviction ban...

The furlough scheme has been extended for a month and while it’s being replaced eventually by a less generous scheme, there is...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce government spending plans for the next 12 months on November 25 - and he already has...

Who are you? Craig Hayward How do you help landlords and property investors? With over 10 years’ experience we have been helping landlords and...

A London council is writing to thousands of private landlords in its borough urging them not to evict people. Southwark council says this...

The government’s former homelessness guru has criticised the Boris Johnson administration for risking the country entering a period of destitution, with...

Labour wants to see a tenant loans scheme in England similar to one now operating in Wales. Easington Labour MP Grahame Morris...

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

The number of residential property sales agreed have surged in the month since the chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday, with...

A new online property management platform has been launched by Herddle.  The new service, which combines proprietary technology and traditional property management...

With just over a month until the opening of the Green Homes Grant, buy-to-let landlords in England should be in a...