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Landlord Action founder Paul Shamplina says the government must set a date for Section 21 abolition to give all sides of...

Julian Richer - the founder of Richer Sounds, the UK's largest hi-fi retailer - says he may set up a landlord...

Trading Standards has defended the introduction of ‘material information’ requirements on details of properties for sale, after a conveyancer warned landlords...

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

A landlord has quit the private rental sector after a battle with his council over why his properties were put into...

A controversial proposal for a £300m tax grab on landlords appears to closely follow a policy suggestion put forward by activists...

A leader of the Renters Reform Coalition activist lobby has made a specific targeted attack on the motives and honesty of...

The Housing Ombudsman has found severe maladministration by One Housing Group in its record keeping following the its failure to conduct...

Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina has given Landlord Today readers a unique insight into the complexity of court reform before the...

An Airbnb survey first reported last week on Landlord Today has exploded into a national newspaper controversy. Airbnb claims that almost 80...

HMRC has contacted Landlord Today to draw attention to new guidance it has issued over a tax avoidance scheme aimed at...

A website claims that Banning Orders on private landlords have not been served because of local government funding shortfalls. Open Democracy says...

Debate is raging over whether there will be a 15th successive interest rate rise when the Bank of England’s monetary policy...

Homelessness charities often berate private landlords for putting income before service to tenants. But a bitter dispute at one organisation has apparently revealed...

A council in the south east of England says it is “exploring the possibility” of introducing a huge landlord licensing scheme. Councillors...

An angry reader has contacted Landlord Today with a letter from housing minister Rachel Maclean - which the recipient has branded...

An angry landlord has contacted Landlord Today to show what she calls the “twaddle” response she has received from the Department...

HMRC has contacted Landlord Today to make a direct appeal to readers to explain the benefits of submitting their 2022 to...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has still not given a new date for the publication of the Renters...

Landlord Today receives a number of unsolicited contributions from readers. These are always welcome but few are as well argued and...

Housing minister Rachel Maclean is quoted as saying her government’s policies are NOT driving landlords out of the private rental sector. The...

A council at the heart of a controversial scheme claims to be “pleased” with the interest shown by private landlords. Leasing Scheme...

Labour controlled Nottingham council is introducing a new licensing scheme - and tells landlords not to raise rents to pay the...

A property company owns over 140 rental units and has analysed its costs, and shared them with Landlord Today. The units owned...

Many landlords have welcomed the zero deposit insurance concept - but is this being damaged by the pressure-selling techniques of some...

Two groups of activists who campaign for rent controls and reform of the private lettings sector have turned on each other. Acorn...

HMRC has contacted Landlord Today to make a direct appeal to readers to complete accurate and timely tax returns. A spokesperson says:...

Landlord Today has been approached by researchers at the University of York and University of Bristol doing a study on tenant...

There will be no Landlord Today newsletter or updates on Monday September 19 as a mark of respect for the state...

* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - The landlords’ main trade...

* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Agents are warning that...

* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - A council is offering...

* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - The latest lettings market...

* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - A landlord has been...

There is still time for landlords to influence the specific provisions of the Renters Reform Bill according to one of the...

The cost of living crisis is arguably impacting on the private rental tenant more than almost any other demographic. Is there...

Thank goodness the uncertainty is over - but is it all too skewed towards tenants? That’s the worry of suppliers as Daniel...

Those wondering why Airbnb is accused of contributing to the shortage of long term rental stock may be interested in seeing...

A new version of PropTech platform Yuno claims to solve the problem of how a landlord should decide what is the...

Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina says he anticipates the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper may now be delayed further, possibly until...

Looking after rental property is more complicated and more important than it was 20 years ago according to a leading lettings...

Buy to let is complicated - and getting more so by the week, as regulations and restrictions abound. Keeping track of this,...

Yesterday Landlord Today reported that there was now a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage...

A tenant has received what has been described as a “grovelling” apology from the Connells lettings agency after it switched her...

The team at Landlord Today and our publisher, Angels Media, wish all agents a very prosperous New Year.  Thank you for your...

Landlord Today would like to wish all landlords and their families and colleagues a wonderful Christmas 2021. It’s been an exhausting year...

A leading experts on the private rental sector predicts it will take three years for the government to scrap Section 21...

The dusk of 2021 is upon us and, as is customary in property circles at this juncture, we look forward to...

Purplebricks is refusing to say how many landlords were affected by its failure to comply with the law requiring tenants’ deposits to...

Automated rental payment platform PayProp recently held a webinar, attended by well over 100 people, in which a condensed video of...

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

Only six per cent of brokers questioned in a survey have ever sold a green mortgage, despite the high public profile...

The live launch of a roundtable event hosted by rental payments platform PayProp takes place tomorrow – and landlords can still...

The steps landlords need to take to improve their own image and enhance their reputation in the eyes of consumers was...

There’s more evidence of councils clamping down on landlords fly tipping - Landlord Today has run a series of reports on...

We hope you enjoy our Breaking News service each weekday - and from tomorrow we have additional weekend features too. Each weekend...

We hope you enjoy our Breaking News service each weekday - and from this Saturday we have additional weekend features too. Each...

A controversial PropTech service that proposes agents charge prospective tenants £30 or more simply to view a property on the market,...

Landlord Today readers will be more than aware that legal changes happen often these days, and it can be understandably challenging...

A Labour Party pressure group has tweeted the message: “All landlords are bastards.” The tweet, from Labour Tenants United, is the latest...

Oliver Andrews, editor at Property Assist Claim, sets out how landlords can find the ideal tenants for their rental homes.  If you...

A councillor has criticised an MP who came out in favour of landlords in a dispute over licensing. Earlier this week Landlord Today...

Many of us will be glad to see the back of 2020 for obvious reasons. For landlords the Coronavirus crisis has been...

We’re delighted that landlords will be starting their Christmas break - and it’s rarely been more deserved after an immensely difficult...

The family of an 80-year-old landlord fined for failing to maintain a block of flats in Wisbech has stepped in to...

Anti-eviction campaigners have confronted two landlords over an alleged planned eviction.  Members of the Living Rent tenants union are pictured by the...

The leading landlords trade body is accusing the government of rewarding rent dodgers with its latest restrictions on eviction. The National Residential...

An industry service supplier has revealed the scale of the backlog in possession cases which cannot be pursued to eviction because of...

The growth in the number of landlords and property investors in the UK has been astonishing over the last three decades....

A new study of over 2,000 landlords reveals that only a quarter of them instruct agents to fully manage their investment properties...

There’s a new editor of Landlord Today - Graham Norwood, currently editor of sister publications Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent...

Dear Readers, Today is my last day as editor of Landlord Today. Following more than four years in the role, I have...

The practice of refusing to rent homes to those in receipt of housing benefit has been ruled unlawful this week, but...

Towards the end of last year, I wrote an article for Landlord Today outlining the difficulties many landlords in the UK...

After yet another year dominated by Brexit uncertainty, political instability, tax, and regulatory changes, most buy-to-let landlords will be looking for...

The team at Landlord Today would like to wish you all the very best for the festive season. We would like to...

There is a lot of focus on helping landlords better protect themselves and their property from potential claims from tenants, but...

Hundreds of buy-to-let landlords have expressed concerns for the future of the buy-to-let industry if Labour comes into power.  Boris Johnson is...

Choices Estate Agents will launch a new Advanced Rent Option (ARO) product later this month, which enables landlords to receive their...

The majority of landlords in the UK’s private rented sector do not believe that new Prime Minister Boris Johnson has a...

Just days after Landlord Today and sister publication, Estate Agent Today, published stories outlining the lack of government response to our...

Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

The Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, the UK’s most comprehensive property exhibition, takes place at London ExCeL tomorrow and Saturday and...

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate Agent Today,...

Following a year dominated by Brexit uncertainty, political instability, higher interest rates and more stringent mortgage regulations, many buy-to-let landlords will...

The team at Landlord Today would like wish you all the very best for the festive season. Thank you to all our...

The organisers of the National Landlord Investment Show have announced the shortlist for the 2018 National LIS Awards. The team at Landlord...

Landlord Today is a proud media partner of the National LIS Awards, brought to you by the organisers of the National...

Landlord Today has been rated as one of the UK’s top websites for buy-to-let landlords, according to Feedspot, a content reader built...

Elaine Kellington from Kelso in the Scottish Borders has been named ‘Landlord of the Year’ at the HomeProtect Landlord of the...

The Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, the UK’s most comprehensive property exhibition, takes place at London ExCeL tomorrow and Saturday and...

Home insurance provider, HomeProtect, has embarked on a quest to find the UK’s best landlord. Their first ever Landlord of the Year...

A buy-to-let landlord who was convicted of nine counts of breaching regulations for a house in multiple occupation (HMO) that he...

What a year it’s been! There was an unanticipated snap general election, the unexpected result, and consequently what we have now...

The team at Landlord Today would like wish you all the very best for the festive season. We would like to say...

Q: What is No Agent?   No Agent is a complete property management service. We have combined the experience of property experts with...

The Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, the UK’s most comprehensive property exhibition, takes place at London ExCeL this week – 28...

Despite the government’s decision to introduce a number of measures to curb the growth of buy-to-let landlords, prompting concern that the...

Looking for a buy-to-let mortgage? There are some excellent deals available – provided you know where to look. The number of buy-to-let...