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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...

Buy-to-let Landlords will descend on London's ExCel on April 28 and 29 for the annual Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, which...

The UK government’s Affordable Warmth Scheme (AWS) has been in place since 2013, as part of the Energy Companies Obligation (ECO).   The...

With interest rates at a record low level, competition among mortgage providers, somewhat unsurprisingly, continues to hot up, with lenders shaving...

Private landlords who use Rentr, the property management app, can now take full advantage of a new complete maintenance reporting solution...

Given the financial issues that landlords can experience when they rent their property out to a nightmare tenant, especially those that...

Next year is likely to be a challenging time for buy-to-let landlords in the UK and perhaps even tougher than 2016,...

The team at Landlord Today wish you all the very best for the festive season. Thanks to you all for your support...

The Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, the UK’s most comprehensive property exhibition, takes place at London ExCeL this week – 7...

Investors, landlords and property enthusiasts will descend on London's ExCel on October 7 and 8 for the annual Property Investor &...

Buy-to-let landlords seeking high returns should consider investing in Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) which continue to outperform standard buy-to-let properties,...

A letting agent who closed his New Malden firm leaving 17 landlords some £27,000 out of pocket has been jailed for...

Proposals by the Bank of England to curb buy-to-let lending are “premature” according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). As Landlord Today...

Thanks to everyone for their support in 2015. Landlord Today is now taking a break - but is back on Monday January...

The government is poised to launch a consultation document which is expected to advocate further restrictions on buy-to-let mortgage lending. The formal...

Mystery surrounds the redress scheme membership status of a letting agent expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO). Bruten & Co Ltd, an agent...

Police say a man has been arrested on suspicion of fraud following the closure of east of England letting agency Kirby...

A critic of the suggestion that buy-to-let landlords could set up companies to ‘beat’ the ending of tax breaks has renewed...

Mystery surrounds the apparent closure of a Cambridgeshire letting agent. The Cambridge News has reported that Kirby Property Management in Cambourne appears...

Stay tuned tomorrow evening at 9pm for the first in a six-part Channel 5 series about subletting. ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’ follows...

A survey of private landlords conducted by Landlord Today shows that only 39 per cent says they have heard of OnTheMarket.  Of...

The Today property sites – Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today, Landlord Today, Property Investor Today and Introducer Today – have...

Labour’s plans for private rented sector rent controls have been widely condemned by housing and landlord groups. Landlord Today reported yesterday how...