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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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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....

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...

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...

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...