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Prime central London may not seem to most obvious part of the UK for buy to let investors but a leading...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Giles Atkinson and I’m one part of...

Rents in Greater London are up an annualised 25 per cent, with much of the increase attributed to the stock of...

Fines on landlords and letting agents that fall foul of London council regulations have risen dramatically in the past month alone. Research...

The relationship between the overwhelming number of good landlords and local authorities tends to be limited or possibly non-existent. With the far...

Landlords wanting to break into London buy to let have been provided with a guide to boroughs with the most discounted...

High end lettings agency Carter Jonas has offered landlords a series of tips to renting out their properties quickly and successfully. They...

Landlords looking mostly long-term capital appreciation rather than yields may have to invest in an unlikely location which topped a league...

Rental affordability in the capital has improved markedly during the pandemic according to London lettings agency Benham and Reeves.  The firm analysed...

The Momentum movement on the left wing of the Labour Party is staging a series of protests this weekend targeting landlords...

Two landlords have been handed hefty fines after pleading guilty to renting out shared houses without the correct paperwork. The owner of...

A lettings agency is telling landlords to take more tenants claiming housing benefits. The agency in question says it’s wrong that some...

Labour MP Stephen Timms has asked Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to commit to five measures to tighten controls on the private...

The Generation Rent campaign wants public cash in a Covid Rent Debt Fund to clear rent arrears for tenants who have run...

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

Landlords have sharply criticised Chancellor Rishi Sunak for cutting the amount tenants relying on benefits will be able to claim to...

Activists in Generation Rent claim that a fifth of families in the lettings sector suffer a shortfall between benefits and rent. Using selected data...

Renters are quitting London and heading for the regions in search of more space and bigger homes and gardens. That’s the claim...

The ‘No DSS’ issue has been effectively settled by a landmark court case, but a new document for MPs says ‘affordability...

Buy-to-let landlords face having to reduce rents by at least 5% over the next five years as a growing number of...

The government’s decision not to remove the cap on Universal Credit for all claimants and increase housing benefit to cover local...

A BTL landlord has proved to be a big social media hit after issuing his tenants with a bonus when returning...

The government is being urged to increase housing benefits and remove the benefit cap to help support more tenants, especially in...

Draker Lettings is celebrating its 10th anniversary with the launch of its ‘let for free’ initiative aimed at landlords with properties...

There has been a notable drop in the number of private landlords letting to tenants in receipt of local housing allowance...

Around 900,000 people across the UK could see their housing benefit payments increase by around £120 a year from April after...

Property search data from Rightmove over the past 12 months has been analysed to reveal the most sought-after areas for a...

Labour has launched its general election manifesto, promising to “transform” the UK with what some commentators view as the most ambitious...

Three-quarters of people across the UK believe housing benefit should increase in line with rents to help combat homelessness, new research...

The government is being urged to restore the levels of housing benefit, otherwise known as Local Housing Allowance (LHA), so they...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) is calling on local authorities to take much firmer action against rogue letting agents that tarnish...

A private landlord in Lincoln has been warned that he could be given a prison sentence of up to 15 months...

Property search data from Zoopla over the past 12 months has been analysed to reveal the most sought-after areas for a...

Rental values in prime London remain firm on the back of greater demand from tenants, as continued political uncertainty continues to...

Portico has expanded its client offering with the launch of Portico Finance, a mortgage broker and protection service, designed to offer...

The widening gap between housing benefit rates and market rents means that many buy-to-let landlords are now forced to rely on...

A growing number of young professionals and students are choosing to house share, driving up the average cost of renting room...

There are growing signs of confidence returning to the London market, with a resurgence in house prices being anticipated owed in...

Private landlords across the UK collectively earned £33.8bn from their buy-to-let investments in the year from 5 April 2017 to 2018,...

Government benefit changes, including cuts to housing benefit, are to blame for increasing levels of homelessness from private rented housing, according...

Rental yields in London have increased over the past 12 months and the signs are that they could rise further moving...

If you own a house or flat in London, there is a fair chance that you may have heard of, and...

Rents for residential properties fell across parts of London in quarterly terms as the supply of properties coming on to the...

A buy-to-let landlord in Immingham, near Gimsby, has been ordered to pay £1,380 after being found guilty of renting an unlicensed...

At Horton and Garton, our message to West London is simple: we want to make a difference. Not just to the...

A new licensing system in the West London neighbourhoods of Hammersmith, Shepherd’s Bush, Fulham, Chiswick and Ealing aims to protect landlords...

Local authorities now have greater powers to control properties rented out in their areas, thanks to changes in the mandatory HMO...

Some buy-to-let landlords are bracing themselves for smaller profits over the coming years as a result of the new mortgage interest...

Landlords with family size homes in East Devon are being urged to rent their properties to vulnerable Syrian refugees after East...

A lack of affordable rented homes are contributing to rising levels of homelessness, according to a new report from the national...

Many private sector landlords see social housing tenancies as a higher risk than traditional rentals, and rising rents in the open...

Property licensing seminars will be held in London to help landlords and letting agents make sense of what is required when...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

Success in the letting industry hinges largely on the ability to find good tenants. And while it may be obvious what...

Homeowners and prospective landlords across the Deepings and Bourne districts of Lincolnshire are being offered grants of up to £5,000 to...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) says it is 'entirely supportive' of today's regulation change which requires landlords to install...

Living in London is something many of us dream of; it really is a city that never sleeps and you can...