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The Queen’s Speech has confirmed that a radical re-shaping of the rental sector in England is being pushed ahead by the...

For many years now developers, freeholders and landlords have been engaged in the practice of utilising ground rents as lucrative investments...

The Building Safety Bill has become law - and while it does offer help to leaseholder landlords with one or two...

The government has announced that its ban on charging ground rent on new leases in England and Wales comes into force...

Whether you own a leasehold or freehold property, if you’re an HMO landlord who rents out rooms, individual flats or even...

Labour MP Hilary Benn has spoken out in favour of buy to let landlords currently expected to pay towards remediation work...

The government says major house builders have agreed to spend £2 billion on fixing the dangerous cladding on their own buildings,...

The government says it’s going to name and shame what it considers to be bad social landlords, using social media to...

Fifteen businesses which had bought freeh­olds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...

A cross-party group of MPs has opposed government plans to make many buy to let landlords pay for the replacement of...

As the government continues to assess the future state of building regulation in the UK, developers and leaseholders continue to remain...

A property described as London’s smallest flat allegedly has a rental yield of 10 per cent - yet it cannot be...

The government has been accused of basing its policy to solve the cladding crisis on the assumption that landlords are Property...

A last ditch bid is underway to include the properties of all landlords in the programme of financial help to remove...

Experts are predicting that the exclusion of large scale landlords from cladding relief may lead to significant delays in some safety...

Last October, stakeholders across the private rented sector were told by ministers that the Government needed extra time to create a...

The government has hit back at claims from the National Residential Landlords Association that buy to let landlords are being left...

Government plans to rectify dangerous cladding are riddled with confusion and risk needless delays to addressing the problem. That’s the warning from...

Property insurers have forced “crippling costs” on to residents of medium and high-rise apartment blocks in the aftermath of the Grenfell...

The campaign to ensure that landlords are included in the government’s measures to alleviate the problem of dangerous cladding is gathering...

The National Residential Landlords Association is seeking clarification from gov ernment about whether landlords are included in the latest measure to...

A leasehold expert says existing owners - including landlords - are expected to be more proactive in 2022 as they seek...

The government has issued new guidance for landlords and tenants concerning the possession process as applied to those on an Assured...

A free one-hour legal webinar tomorrow aims to identify the so-called “missing landlords”. Leaseholders in particular are invited to gain insights from...

Perhaps unsurprisingly, landlords formed the bulk of the complainants about letting agents in the 2020 calendar year according to The Property...

Camden council in north London has become the first local authority to secure an anti-social behaviour injunction against a landlord in...

Landlords directly affected by the cladding scandal - because they own units in low and medium-rise blocks - have some good...

The government claims its new Building Safety Bill, published yesterday, will create “lasting generational change” after Grenfell and the cladding crisis...

Yet another lettings agency says the private rental sector would be wise to encourage tenants with pets. Earlier this week it was...

A new government-created committee is considering the introduction of the new Commonhold tenure. Commonhold is a form of freehold ownership, largely for...

The Competition and Markets Authority is to probe property investment companies that have purchased freeholds from developers and that go on...

It’s feared that the government’s latest funding to solve the cladding crisis will leave thousands of landlords with loans and unsellable...

Landlords with leasehold properties should be able to enjoy reduced costs and red tape when they wish to extend their leases,...

The government is establishing a Commonhold Council - a partnership of leasehold groups, industry and government - that will prepare landlords,...

The unknown number of landlords with properties in blocks caught in the cladding crisis may be able to benefit from a...

Property auctions help to minimise the chances of complications in the homebuying process. However, there are still measures you will need...

When it comes to conveyancing for landlords and investors, the purchasing process itself doesn’t differ that much from residential conveyancing, there...

Landlords with leasehold property within their portfolio, as well as their advisors, will be aware of the difficulty and delay a...

A series of recommendations recently published by the Law Commission of England and Wales could soon transform the future of home...

West One has launched two limited edition buy-to-let mortgage products, which both benefit from West One’s ‘no credit scoring’ approach, with...

Potential reforms to the leasehold system could lead to a sharp rise in the number of freeholders looking to sell their...

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) dealt with 2,518 letting complaints last year, according to the organisation’s 2019 annual report, which shows continued...

Rendered insulation could be a bigger issue for scores of tower blocks with flammable cladding, according to Andrews Property Group.  Almost three...

After two elections and three years of intense debate and hostility, the general election in December seemed to offer the political...

The Mortgage Lender has amended its buy-to-let criteria by increasing its lending threshold from £2.5m to £5m, while also removing the...

With just one day until voting day, each of the main political parties has outlined its plans for the country, including for...

Thousands of landlords trapped in developer contracts with spiraling costs could be entitled to compensation, according to legal experts.  Around 100,000 homeowners...

FirstPort, one of the largest managers of residential property in the UK, has taken over the operational management of an additional...

A new 10-point manifesto designed to drive forward leasehold reform has been published by a prominent leasehold reform campaigner, following the...

Most landlords are wary of the potential damage, smells and noise complaints that can come with accommodating a tenant with pets....

When it comes to buying, selling, letting or renting a property, you will likely be faced with words, phrases, acronyms and...

The Airbnb revolution has widely changed perceptions of short lets, opening up a potentially lucrative market for buy-to-let investors.  For landlords, short...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has proposed that the maximum fee a landlord can charge a leaseholder...

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...

The government has set up a £200m fund to replace unsafe Grenfell Tower-style cladding on around 170 private high-rise residential buildings...

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

Leasehold property ownership has come under yet more fire today after a new report laid bare the scale of mis-selling in...

As a landlord, you may have purchased a flat for the purposes of subletting, but are you actually allowed to rent...

Buy-to-let landlords should not be deterred from acquiring leasehold properties, but rather target homes with ‘high service charges’, and then set...

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has published a report calling for wide ranging reforms to the leasehold system in...

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee is due to publish its report into Leasehold Reform today, which is designed to...

Assertions made by UK Finance that the leasehold system is not in need of major reform have been rejected by Leasehold...

The government has released the first tranche of an estimated £400m to fund the removal and replacement of unsafe cladding on...

New plans to raise standards across the property agent sector have been unveiled by the housing minister Heather Wheeler. A new working...

The government has launched new online information designed to help renters and landlords know their rights. The rental guides, published by the...

We have seen a significant amount of publicity recently surrounding the sale of leasehold houses and the imposition of significant ground...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has in conjunction with HM Land Registry launched a new survey as part of an informal consultation...

InventoryBase has announced that it is supporting the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) in their bid for mandatory inventories for...

A new petition has been launched calling for independent inventory reporting to become a compulsory requirement. The petition, which has been created...

The Landlord team at Tozers Solicitors act for a wide variety of landlords, from social landlords with a mixed portfolio of...

Southwark council in south London is warning local leaseholders to refrain from renting out properties via short term holiday rental sites,...

A tenant forgot to claim back a deposit of £5,250 and eventually only did so after being tracked down by staff...

The government will not force landlords of leasehold properties to belong to a redress scheme, despite growing pressure from conveyancers pushing...