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![NRLA slams politicians for complete silence on key private rental issue](/upload/images/shutterstock_2410117505.jpg)
The NRLA has slammed politicians in all major parties for their silence on one of the biggest issues for the private...
01 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Private Tenants pay three times as much for same space - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_2402649443.jpg)
A think tank claims that when it comes to space within a home, private rental sector tenants pay three times as...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Politicians’ house building targets will fail without more cash - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_2466866641.jpg)
The Resolution Foundation - which describes itself as an independent think tank, and whose chief executive resigned this month to become...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Has Labour’s secret rent control plan been revealed by accident?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Just days after suggesting rent controls of any kind were off the table, it now appears Labour may be considering them...
20 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Official - Labour will NOT introduce rent controls if it wins election](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
The Labour Party will not introduce rent controls if it wins the election. A spokesperson for the party is quoted on today’s...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Up-and-Coming London Rental Hotspots revealed in new analysis](/upload/images/shutterstock_2075780113.jpg)
New data from flat share website SpareRoom has revealed what it calls “the up-and-coming London rental hotspots” with properties further away...
11 May 2024
From: The Big Issues
![Labour Rental Sector Review launch with Generation Rent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
The chief executive of Generation Rent is one of the speakers at the launch of a review of the private rental...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Coming Soon - “Bold” new proposals for private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
An influential Labour website says a raft of proposed reforms for the private rental sector will be unveiled next month -...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![MPs want Local Housing Allowance and other benefits updated annually](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
An all-party House of Commons committee is calling on Local Housing Allowance to be updated automatically and annually. LHA rates have been...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![How Technology is Transforming Property Management](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/lendlord/Lendlord%20Article%201%2090x70.png)
The management of BTL properties, whether it's a modest collection of three units or a more sizable portfolio of fifteen, can...
15 March 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Budget Must Fix Housing Benefit, says NRLA](/upload/images/shutterstock_640959901(2).jpg)
Almost a million private rented households reliant on Universal Credit experience a shortfall between the benefit payments they receive and the...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![The Rich Embrace Renting Over Selling](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
Deciding on a residence in the bustling city of London is no small feat, especially when faced with the dichotomy of...
17 February 2024
From: Agent Advice
![Over 1.5m private tenants to be better off thanks to LHA move](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
An estimated 1.6m private renters are set to receive an uplift to their housing support for 12 months from April 2024,...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent lifts lid on what high-end tenants expect…and what they get](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Section%2021%20use%20found%20to%20be%20overstated.jpg)
According to a London property management company, the profile of renters in prime London is varying hugely. Glenfield Property Management says that...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activists say they know rent levels two years from now](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Generation Rent says it’s worked out what rent levels will be in two years’ time. The activists say rents will rise 14...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords want Local Housing Allowance uprated annually](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association wants the government to commit to annual uprating of the Local Housing Allowance. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter wants Local Housing Allowance rise now, not in April](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter has welcomed the decision by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance - but it wants it...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hunt’s dramatic Local Housing Allowance move not enough for activists](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Many have welcomed the move by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance - but some tenant activists say...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax and Benefit Changes to impact landlords - Autumn Statement details](/upload/images/shutterstock_1749204629.jpg)
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry. The Local Housing Allowance is...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Chancellor Should Provide Targeted Support for Landlords and Tenants](/upload/images/shutterstock_1255441363.jpg)
When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets to his feet on Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement, he should consider offering support to...
18 November 2023
From: Tax & Finance
![Charity repeats claim scrapping S21 will reduce homelessness](/upload/images/shutterstock_629082041.jpg)
A charity is suggesting that if only the government got on with abolishing S21 eviction powers, homelessness would be eased. Crisis -...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gove presses Sunak to increase Local Housing Allowance next week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary MIchael Gove is reported to be pressing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to increase Local Housing Allowance in next week’s...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![London Renters at risk of homelessness without government action - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_629082041.jpg)
Almost 60,000 Londoners in the private rented sector are likely to become homeless over the next six years if the government...
10 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Will Labour end “travesty” of frozen Housing Allowance?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent_Freeze2-400x310.png)
The ongoing freeze on housing benefit rates is a travesty that needs reversing immediately, the National Residential Landlords Association is warning. The...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour activists' call to buy 500,000 private rental properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
A pressure group within the Labour Party wants a future government to provide £15 billion over 10 years to allow half...
17 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![The NRLA Demands Change in the Private Rental Sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
Across the country landlords and renters are struggling as mortgage costs soar, tax hikes bite and uncertainty remains about the impact...
08 July 2023
From: Tax & Finance
![London’s private rental sector slashed - new figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
New research shows a 41 per cent reduction in the number of London properties available for private rent since the Covid-19...
05 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets Bonanza - high end units in demand in London](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
A property management company is forecasting that Prime Central London’s short-lets summer is set to be record breaking. Glenfield Property Management says...
26 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords guide to making the right decisions in 2023](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Open%20Property%20Group/making%20decisions.png)
This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...
02 June 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Should benefits be increased to help poorest tenants?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/NewHomeowners1-400x310.png)
Propertymark has told a group of MPs that many benefit recipients are excluded from the private rented sector due to the...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government minister clueless about tenants who cannot afford rent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/StressedTenant-2-400x310.png)
The government has made no estimate of the number of people unable to meet housing costs due to the freeze on...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour to launch major review of private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter makes new claims on arrears and eviction threats](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter claims that last month 482,000 private renters were behind on their rent. It also claims that 504,000 people have...
01 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why Are Landlords Reluctant To Let To Benefit Claimants?](/upload/images/library/HappyLandlord-400x310.jpg)
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
![Investor bargains to be had in parts of London, admits agent](/upload/images/Locations/Central-London400x310.png)
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
![Giles Atkinson, Director of Atkinson McLeod](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/Atkinson%20McLeod/Giles-Atkinson-400-310.jpg)
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
![Rents skyrocketing in London according to latest index](/upload/images/library/BPS-LondonAerial-400x310.jpg)
Rents in Greater London are up an annualised 25 per cent, with much of the increase attributed to the stock of...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ker-ching! - Councils in the money as fines on landlords ramp up](/upload/images/library/Fine_360x280.png)
Fines on landlords and letting agents that fall foul of London council regulations have risen dramatically in the past month alone. Research...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Capital Letters - can landlords and councils really work together?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Millennials-Handshake-400x310.jpg)
The relationship between the overwhelming number of good landlords and local authorities tends to be limited or possibly non-existent. With the far...
13 November 2021
From: Industry Views
![Landlord Tip-Off - where to find discounted homes in London](/upload/images/library/BPS-LondonAerial-400x310.jpg)
Landlords wanting to break into London buy to let have been provided with a guide to boroughs with the most discounted...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agent’s top tips for letting properties quickly](/img/default/llt.png)
High end lettings agency Carter Jonas has offered landlords a series of tips to renting out their properties quickly and successfully. They...
01 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Capital appreciation index shows unexpected house price winner](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords looking mostly long-term capital appreciation rather than yields may have to invest in an unlikely location which topped a league...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![It's a Renter's Market - London affordability improves during pandemic](/img/default/llt.png)
Rental affordability in the capital has improved markedly during the pandemic according to London lettings agency Benham and Reeves. The firm analysed...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stand by for weekend of protests by anti-eviction campaigners](/img/default/llt.png)
The Momentum movement on the left wing of the Labour Party is staging a series of protests this weekend targeting landlords...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![London landlords fined in council clampdown](/img/default/llt.png)
Two landlords have been handed hefty fines after pleading guilty to renting out shared houses without the correct paperwork. The owner of...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlords told they should take more benefit claimant tenants](/img/default/llt.png)
A lettings agency is telling landlords to take more tenants claiming housing benefits. The agency in question says it’s wrong that some...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Labour MP demands Covid rent arrears to be paid by public funds](/img/default/llt.png)
Labour MP Stephen Timms has asked Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to commit to five measures to tighten controls on the private...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Activists demand Covid Rent Debt Fund to wipe out 100% of arrears](/img/default/llt.png)
The Generation Rent campaign wants public cash in a Covid Rent Debt Fund to clear rent arrears for tenants who have run...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rental Income Taxation: A Landlord Impact Analysis](/img/default/llt.png)
The changes to Mortgage Interest Tax Relief and impact on your wallet Before April 2017 landlords with a mortgage on their buy-to-let...
14 January 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Landlords blast Sunak for making rent payments harder](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords have sharply criticised Chancellor Rishi Sunak for cutting the amount tenants relying on benefits will be able to claim to...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent demands more public cash for renting families](/img/default/llt.png)
Activists in Generation Rent claim that a fifth of families in the lettings sector suffer a shortfall between benefits and rent. Using selected data...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Some London rents down near 30% while other regions prosper](/img/default/llt.png)
Renters are quitting London and heading for the regions in search of more space and bigger homes and gardens. That’s the claim...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![No DSS: MPs warned affordability checks likely to increase](/img/default/llt.png)
The ‘No DSS’ issue has been effectively settled by a landmark court case, but a new document for MPs says ‘affordability...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Landlords’ losses to hit £5.7bn by 2024 as rents look set to fall](/img/default/llt.png)
Buy-to-let landlords face having to reduce rents by at least 5% over the next five years as a growing number of...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Thousands of vulnerable Londoners face ‘the threat of eviction’](/img/default/llt.png)
The government’s decision not to remove the cap on Universal Credit for all claimants and increase housing benefit to cover local...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Landlord's kind gesture for his tenants goes viral on Twitter](/img/default/llt.png)
A BTL landlord has proved to be a big social media hit after issuing his tenants with a bonus when returning...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Reforms to housing benefits ‘are needed urgently’](/img/default/llt.png)
The government is being urged to increase housing benefits and remove the benefit cap to help support more tenants, especially in...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Letting agent launches ‘let for free’ initiative to celebrate 10th anniversary](/img/default/llt.png)
Draker Lettings is celebrating its 10th anniversary with the launch of its ‘let for free’ initiative aimed at landlords with properties...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Fewer landlords are letting to tenants in receipt of housing benefit](/img/default/llt.png)
There has been a notable drop in the number of private landlords letting to tenants in receipt of local housing allowance...
15 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Government to end Local Housing Allowance rate freeze](/img/default/llt.png)
Around 900,000 people across the UK could see their housing benefit payments increase by around £120 a year from April after...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![The most popular rental areas unveiled](/img/default/llt.png)
Property search data from Rightmove over the past 12 months has been analysed to reveal the most sought-after areas for a...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Labour manifesto: Right to Rent, Section 21, rent controls, licensing](/img/default/llt.png)
Labour has launched its general election manifesto, promising to “transform” the UK with what some commentators view as the most ambitious...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Government urged to invest in housing benefit so it 'reflects real costs of renting'](/img/default/llt.png)
Three-quarters of people across the UK believe housing benefit should increase in line with rents to help combat homelessness, new research...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Restore levels of housing benefit to ‘end homelessness for good’ - Crisis](/img/default/llt.png)
The government is being urged to restore the levels of housing benefit, otherwise known as Local Housing Allowance (LHA), so they...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Local authorities ‘failing’ to stop agents that ‘poison’ landlord-tenant relationship](/img/default/llt.png)
The National Landlords Association (NLA) is calling on local authorities to take much firmer action against rogue letting agents that tarnish...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlord ordered to repay £52,000 within three months or face prison](/img/default/llt.png)
A private landlord in Lincoln has been warned that he could be given a prison sentence of up to 15 months...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Top 10 most popular rental areas in London unveiled](/img/default/llt.png)
Property search data from Zoopla over the past 12 months has been analysed to reveal the most sought-after areas for a...
09 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Prime London letting market is ‘strong and stable’](/img/default/llt.png)
Rental values in prime London remain firm on the back of greater demand from tenants, as continued political uncertainty continues to...
04 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![New mortgage and protection service launched by Portico](/img/default/llt.png)
Portico has expanded its client offering with the launch of Portico Finance, a mortgage broker and protection service, designed to offer...
02 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Many landlords now rely on council incentives to house homeless people](/img/default/llt.png)
The widening gap between housing benefit rates and market rents means that many buy-to-let landlords are now forced to rely on...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: how the cost of renting a room varies across London](/img/default/llt.png)
A growing number of young professionals and students are choosing to house share, driving up the average cost of renting room...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![‘Green shoots’ of recovery emerging in London’s buy-to-let sector](/img/default/llt.png)
There are growing signs of confidence returning to the London market, with a resurgence in house prices being anticipated owed in...
21 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![BTL landlords earned £34bn in rental income last year](/img/default/llt.png)
Private landlords across the UK collectively earned £33.8bn from their buy-to-let investments in the year from 5 April 2017 to 2018,...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Government benefit cuts fuel surge in homelessness from rented housing](/img/default/llt.png)
Government benefit changes, including cuts to housing benefit, are to blame for increasing levels of homelessness from private rented housing, according...
21 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Where in London has seen the biggest surge in rental returns over the past year?](/img/default/llt.png)
Rental yields in London have increased over the past 12 months and the signs are that they could rise further moving...
11 October 2018
From: Breaking News
11 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Increasing housing supply offers tenants ‘more power to negotiate lower rents’](/img/default/llt.png)
Rents for residential properties fell across parts of London in quarterly terms as the supply of properties coming on to the...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landlord fined for breaching HMO rules](/img/default/llt.png)
A buy-to-let landlord in Immingham, near Gimsby, has been ordered to pay £1,380 after being found guilty of renting an unlicensed...
30 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Horton and Garton: Committed to charity and the community](/img/default/llt.png)
At Horton and Garton, our message to West London is simple: we want to make a difference. Not just to the...
12 October 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![New licensing for private landlords in West London](/img/default/llt.png)
A new licensing system in the West London neighbourhoods of Hammersmith, Shepherd’s Bush, Fulham, Chiswick and Ealing aims to protect landlords...
12 October 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![New HMO changes good for tenants, and landlords too](/img/default/llt.png)
Local authorities now have greater powers to control properties rented out in their areas, thanks to changes in the mandatory HMO...
12 October 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![Where can you achieve the highest rental yields?](/img/default/llt.png)
Some buy-to-let landlords are bracing themselves for smaller profits over the coming years as a result of the new mortgage interest...
14 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Council offers five-year tenancy agreements to house Syrian refugees](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords with family size homes in East Devon are being urged to rent their properties to vulnerable Syrian refugees after East...
23 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Significantly more ‘truly affordable rented homes’ needed to reduce homelessness](/img/default/llt.png)
A lack of affordable rented homes are contributing to rising levels of homelessness, according to a new report from the national...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Council seeks to work with private landlords for housing solutions](/img/default/llt.png)
Many private sector landlords see social housing tenancies as a higher risk than traditional rentals, and rising rents in the open...
10 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property licensing seminars launched in London](/img/default/llt.png)
Property licensing seminars will be held in London to help landlords and letting agents make sense of what is required when...
25 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Lifting the Lid on Deposit Disputes](/img/default/llt.png)
Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...
05 August 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Who’s renting where in London?](/img/default/llt.png)
Success in the letting industry hinges largely on the ability to find good tenants. And while it may be obvious what...
07 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Cash incentives to help bring empty properties back into use](/img/default/llt.png)
Homeowners and prospective landlords across the Deepings and Bourne districts of Lincolnshire are being offered grants of up to £5,000 to...
03 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agents support CO and smoke alarm rules but criticise government deadline](/img/default/llt.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) says it is 'entirely supportive' of today's regulation change which requires landlords to install...