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1. Extra mortgage costs While anyone who owns a property runs the risk of not being able to pay their mortgage, the...

An association run by a local council with the involvement of private landlords is marking its 10th anniversary. The Partnership Accreditation for...

Prominent buy to let service the Mortgage Advice Bureau has announced a new partnership that should allow landlords to arm themselves...

Shelter - for so long an outspoken critic of private rental landlords and letting agencies - has now turned its fire...

A cleaning crisis caused by Brexit and Covid could threaten the well-being of the buy to let sector according to a...

The great imbalance between tenant demand and available stock continues, according to the latest market snapshot from the letting agencies’ trade...

Purplebricks has denied speculation that it’s selling off its rental division and moving landlord clients to a new agency.  A company statement...

Every year there is an influx of students that hate renting, and I was one of them.  Students should be excited about...

Private landlords, tenants and letting agents are being asked to give their views on a Labour council’s tenancy strategy in London.  The...

Landlords have frequently not had obligatory ID checks conducted on them by letting agents, an industry supplier is claiming.  Blinc UK says...

This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...

An anarchist group has admitted that protests against landlords and letting agencies present opportunities for disruption. The Solidarity Federation says it aims to “advance...

A group of anti-landlord activists has used an incident involving an estate agency publicity leaflet as a reason to accuse all...

Landlords are being supported by letting agencies as the Coronavirus fall-out continues, according to the president of agents’ trade body ARLA...

A specialist property litigation firm is warning buy-to-let landlords not to discriminate against benefit claimants, following a recent landmark ruling that...

In recent years, there has been considerable controversy over the use of ‘no DSS’ in homes being listed for let, with...

There has been a notable increase in the number of rental properties now making late rent payments, according to a survey...

A new form enabling landlords to claim for rent payments, from tenants in receipt of Universal Credit, to be paid directly...

A new online system to allow rent payments, from tenants in receipt of Universal Credit, to be paid directly to private...

The squeeze on supply, coupled with continued demand for properties from tenants, is likely to lead to continued rental increases across...

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

A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are charging what has been described as a ‘pet rent’ of up to £50 a...

Marks Out Of Tenancy, a letting review website, has launched ‘Tenants’ Tools’ for tenants to securely keep any tenancy-related images and...

Another tenancy deposit replacement insurance scheme has been launched – this time by Goodlord. The property technology firm is offering the deposit...

A new fire safety campaign urging private sector landlords and letting agents to always abide by the law and install smoke...

Three rogue directors of a letting agency in London who conned at least landlords and tenants out of more than £105,000 were...

As landlords increasingly feel the squeeze, with their reduction in yields principally due to increased regulation and tax changes, they are questioning...

At least 19 landlords and tenants have been left £105,000 out of pocket by unscrupulous letting agents who ran London-based letting...

Buy-to-let landlords in Scotland are being reminded that new rules have been introduced which affect the way letting agencies are able...

Automated payment systems can help to reduce letting agency fraud, it has been claimed. PropTech firm PayProp says that automating rental payment...

A landlord in North West London who failed to deal with noisy pigeons nesting at one of its properties has been...

A number of buy-to-let landlords currently do not use letting agents to find or manage properties, and it has been suggested...

No fewer than 16 men were found to be living in a one-bedroom flat filled with bunk beds made out of...

You may have heard about the welfare reform changes that started in 2013. Many existing benefits are being abolished and replaced...

A new digital letting service that aims to save landlords up to £1,600 per year has been launched.  NoAgent.co.uk uses technology to...

A fraudster who posed as a letting agent with the sole intention of stealing from landlords and tenants has been jailed...

Nearly 20% of renters say that when they hand over their deposit cheque, they never expect to see all the money...

Landlords and letting agents are being urged to help tackle “modern slavery” by Thames Valley police. Modern slavery is a growing issue...

The Green Party has launched its manifesto which contains what the National Landlords Association (NLA) described as a “one-sided view of...