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Covid-19 has undoubtedly shifted the way new landlords will be looking to invest in 2022, and our ranking makes it clear...

Rents are rising at around twice the level of a year ago according to the latest market snapshot by lettings agency...

Official government data suggests that rents are rising by 1.8 per cent a year - but a prominent analyst has gone...

A large scale survey of over 4,000 private and social tenants suggests that a significant proportion would like to buy their...

A government housing minister says the Boris Johnson administration wants to shift the balance of power in the rental sector favour...

A record number of companies were set up last year to hold buy to let property.   In total there were 47,400 new...

New preliminary figures released by CBRE reveal that a record £4.1 billion was invested in the UK’s Build to Rent sector...

The New Year is typically a time for people to take stock of their finances and ensure that they’re on strong...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Paul Wootton, Director of The Landlord Works, a new...

High end agency Savills and a London developer have launched apartments in a new Build To Rent scheme costing tenants up...

Rents in Greater London are up an annualised 25 per cent, with much of the increase attributed to the stock of...

A little-known law unearthed by a lettings agency may be bad news because it means some private renters are likely to...

A new PropTech platform that claims to make buy to let investment simpler, faster and more accessible than ever before, is...

A House of Lords report claims that the private rental sector has become ”increasingly unaffordable” and says out welcomes the proliferation...

A London landlord has been ordered to pay over £64,000 for breaking housing regulations. In July last year Sumon Miah was found...

The UK Build To Rent sector recorded a total of £2.1 billion of investment in the final three months of 2021...

Landlords adopting a strategy of buying cheap in search of high yields are having a tougher task in finding the right...

Landlords fearing a fall in income and a rise in voids over the festive period have nothing to fear - it...

One of the major lettings market indices has produced figures showing how much rents rose in 2021. HomeLet says the average rent...

One of the UK’s most prestigious agencies claims that deals to buy the country’s dearest homes have been negotiated using asset-backed...

Knight Frank has given an end of year assessment of the prime London lettings and says rents in the enclave are...

This year, landlord and owner-occupier Londoners purchased 112,780 homes outside the capital, the highest number since 2007. New data, from Connells-owned agency...

The charity Crisis has identified the end of the eviction ban as one of the factors directly leading to homelessness over...

Rental price growth in London’s commuter belt cities and towns have outperformed villages and rural areas over the past year, says...

A company that works with private landlords to supply homes to ease London councils’ homeless issues, has won funds to secure...

Over half of private landlords responding to a new survey say recent tax changes in the rental market have had a...

Private landlords get it in the neck for allegedly-high rents but 4.75m families living in social housing in England are facing...

A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...

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

Rogue landlords in one area of London could face unlimited fines, criminal convictions and bans from letting out properties. The measures are...

A landlord has been found guilty of a series of fire safety failings which left residents with only one option to...

A London council has prosecuted a rogue landlord after a 30 month saga regarding the condition of an apartment.  Richmond council received a...

Airbnb can make life easier for UK landlords by increasing yields, simplifying the rental process and providing peace of mind against...

A Labour council in London has announced plans to expand its crackdown on what it calls “shoddy landlords.” Southwark council says the...

A new website has been set up by a council purely for private rental sector tenants in one part of London. The...

Investors seeking capital appreciation in the country’s most expensive residential markets have been given new data by a leading agency. Bective has...

Lewisham council in London is introducing a new licensing scheme for all Houses of Multiple Occupancy - claiming it will improve...

Demand for private rental housing is at an all time high according to new research by the National Residential Landlords Association. A...

A large scale survey of tenants suggests there’s a real enthusiasm for them to leave major cities and relocate elsewhere, so...

In recent years, letting property has become more challenging due to a range of tax and regulation changes and since March...

Landlords are benefitting from widespread rent rises across the UK - with even London seeing a turnaround.  This is according to lettings...

A local council has prosecuted a rogue landlord for illegally evicting a young couple from their accommodation in Cheltenham.  The landlord -...

Fines on landlords and letting agents that fall foul of London council regulations have risen dramatically in the past month alone. Research...

A new deal between a trade body and a high profile industry supplier means landlords can now hire assistants to handle...

Landlords in the heart of the London commuter belt are being asked to come forward if they can provide accommodation for...

Landlords with family properties are in the pound seats when it comes to rent increases, according to data from lettings agency...

Lewisham council in south London is introducing a new licensing scheme for all HMOs in the borough. It claims this will help...

Earlier this week Zoopla released some rather healthy statistics on the UK rental market. In recent months, the rental market has been...

A couple have been fined over £13,000 after they were found guilty of unlawfully evicting four tenants and breaching management regulations...

After two years in the doldrums and high levels of over supply, prime central London is at last a landlord’s rental...

Acute tenant demand over the third quarter of 2021 has propelled UK rental growth to its highest level for over a...

The sleaze allegations engulfing the government have moved to those MPs letting out their London homes while claiming money from taxpayers...

Despite dire warnings from Generation Rent, Shelter and other campaigners, it appears that the end of the eviction ban did NOT...

The Home property website has identified locations where rents have risen by up to 38 per cent in the past 12...

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

A lettings sector trade body is blasting local authorities for their poor record on trying to eliminate rogue landlords. The National Residential...

A London council is consulting on what it claims to be “a groundbreaking property licensing scheme.” Newham council says its licensing of more...

Many agencies give their forecasts for the following year or years in the late autumn, but one of the most detailed...

A firm of solicitors claims that private and social sector tenants face long delays for repairs to be addressed - and...

A series of online interviews with landlords suggests far fewer of them have been seriously impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic than...

Rogue landlords who create portfolios of overcrowded, unregulated and unsafe properties - including the infamous beds in sheds - now face...

Labour has echoed campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction powers,...

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

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £1,059, down a tiny 0.2 per cent from a month ago. However, the...

Build To Rent is recovering well from the pandemic across the UK according to a survey. Construction sites across the UK ground...

A planning inspector has ordered a rogue landlord to comply with enforcement notices after being found to be illegally renting two...

New figures from the National Home Building Council suggests the popularity of detached properties has soared during the pandemic - prompting...

Two married landlords from Southall have been ordered to pay over £290,000 after failing to comply with a planning enforcement notice. Kartar and...

The government should factor in the property market’s huge regional variations when offering landlords incentives to become more energy efficient. That’s the call...

Tenant demand across the private rental sector is at a record high according to buy to let specialist the Paragon Bank. A...

A Labour-controlled local authority with a reputation for clampdowns on rogue landyhas issued a statement celebrating its successes. Tower Hamlets council in...

London lettings agency Chestertons says the number of tenants in the capital is now at an annual high.  The agency’s latest market...

After lengthy periods in the doldrums, prime London’s rental market is looking up at last according to data consultancy LonRes -...

£223.7 billion. That’s how much better off UK landlords are than five years ago when you do the maths on the...

A London landlord has been ordered to pay almost £275,000 for failing to comply with an existing planning enforcement notice. Mrs Anja...

New research shows that the average rental yield in Britain has remained at roughly 4.2 per cent throughout the pandemic. Regionally, the...

Letting agency Knight Frank has identified an opportunity for landlords to cash in on a supply shortage - but only if...

A lettings agent says a new HMO licensing regime in one of London’s highest profile boroughs will reduce the number of rental...

A new league table of investment potential has given a ringing endorsement to buy to let in cities. Select Property Group has...

A national accountancy firm says HM Revenue & Customs has discovered huge numbers of landlords avoiding paying tax - as many as...

Average annual rental growth across Britain hit 8.0 per cent in September, the third fastest annual rate of growth recorded this...

The number of new tenancies started in September in prime areas of London was the highest monthly total in the last...

The government has been told to raise the landlord cost cap to £10,000 to increase the number of private rental sector...

Some student rents have increased by over 25 per cent in the past five years according to new research. Specialist rental industry...

A survey of over 500 property investors claims to have uncovered the UK’s hotspots for the coming year. It says some 44...

A remarkable four year court battle has ended with £190,000 in fines for a rogue landlord couple who falsely claimed they...

A London council has prosecuted a rogue landlord and his associated property firm for letting unsafe properties and being unlicensed -...

More landlords are quitting the sector and bringing properties to the sales market, according to research from Zoopla.  In its latest snapshot...

A local council is one of the first to be offering new Go Green Grants to landlords to improve energy efficiency...

Rents and capital appreciation will both rise next year - but to a significantly lesser degree than in 2021. That’s the verdict...

A landlord who built extensions and converted them into flats and bedsits all without planning permission has been given a record...

For the second month running the number of prospective tenants registered per lettings agency branch has shown a big jump, Data from...

Rents across Britain continue to bounce back according to the Hamptons agency.  The average rent of a new let rose 7.4 per...

Some tenants are effectively “professional crooks” taking advantage of Coronavirus law changes to avoid paying landlords, a leading letting agent says. Benham...

A leading agent is warning that any additional tax on landlords could lead to property sell-offs and a further supply shortage. Dominic...

The Property Investor Show returns to London’s Excel Centre next month – the first major UK property event to go ‘face...

There’s good news for landlords who anticipate holding on to their property investments at least until 2031 - capital values are...

A London council is urging landlords to check whether their properties require licensing under a new scheme introduced this month. Enfield’s new...

A mortgage expert who is a prominent sceptic about the lettings market has stepped up his criticisms, saying renting is no...

A new league table has been prepared showing the average costs of listings on Airbnb - and London features outside the...

The UK rental market has revved up amidst a sharp rise in demand for city living, driving the highest rate of...

Celebrations amongst landlords and home owners over the latest record house price figures mask growing disadvantages for renters, claims a mortgage...

Demand for private rented housing in the South East is the second highest in England - and it is thought to be...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord suggests that the market is still strong as we head into autumn...

Landlords must pay well over £700 for entry into what is now the UK’s largest ever HMO licensing scheme, at Westminster...

Letting agents have reported huge surges in demand for pet-friendly properties.  Richard O’Neill, managing director at Romans Lettings, says: “There has certainly...

The Generation Rent group has renewed its attack on landlords who let properties to holidaymakers rather than long term tenants.  The group...

The SpareRoom online service has drawn up what it calls an affordability guide, which is effectively a league table of room...

Post-Covid economic recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert.  Martha Peyton, managing director and...

Demand for private rented housing has reached a five year high says the National Residential Landlords Association. In the association’s survey of...

Build To Rent giant Grainger says east London’s lettings sector is seeing improvements thanks to returning office workers as the pandemic...

The popular belief that homes in close proximity to shops inevitably pushes up the rent is being challenged by new research. The...

A local newspaper’s investigation has revealed that a London council flouted its own policies to maximise the number of landlords it...

The Hamptons lettings agency says the rate of annual rental growth is slowing slightly - but there’s no suggestion of a...

High end lettings agency Strutt & Parker says the outlook for Prime Central London is improving slightly with more activity reported...

Rental yields on student lets are climbing steadily across England according to a new analysis by Goodlord.  In good news for landlords,...

A new analysis by a London lettings agency has assessed the relative investment merits of residential and commercial property. Benham and Reeves...

A new table of UK city affordability offers some guidance for landlords looking for urban properties in some of the least...

Estate agency Savills has upgraded its forecasts for the UK’s prime housing markets - good news for investors in this niche. The...

A private landlord operating an unlicensed and overcrowded property in London has been hit with a fine of more than £21,000. Brent...

A landlord has overturned a council fine for letting her flat without a licence - and it’s the same local authority...

Landlords wanting to break into London buy to let have been provided with a guide to boroughs with the most discounted...

Landlords with student tenants, as well as the growing number of institutional landlords of purpose built student accommodation, appear to be...

Fines for landlords and lettings agents in Greater London have soared from just £22,000 in May to a huge £139,146 in...

New research by a property investment consultancy has revealed which regions of England present the most promising opportunities for buy to...

Redbridge council in east London has undertaken its toughest ever clampdown on buy to let, visiting 171 properties in a week. The...

Voids are at their lowest level since August 2019 while rents are on the rise, according to the latest Goodlord snapshot...

The London rental market may be in for a boom as figures show Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside the capital...

A tracking study, conducted in partnership with the UK Short Term Accommodation Association, shows exactly how well Airbnb and other short...

A private landlord operating an unlicensed and overcrowded property in London has been hit with a fine of more than £21,000.  The...

The buy to let pipeline for one of the sector’s main mortgage lenders is now £911.4m some 39.9 per cent up...

The magazine produced by the National Residential Landlords Association has won a prestigious award.  The publication - called Property - has been...

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

The latest rental market snapshot released by ARLA Propertymark shows a little of the heat coming out of the rental market...

Lettings agency JLL says improved interest in East London’s lettings market is being accelerated by the expected surge in demand from...

Landlords with houses in their portfolios will have seen a dramatic increase in their capital value according to Zoopla. It says demand...

The Property Investor Show is back and in person, rather than virtual. It’s been announced that it will take place at London’s...

A London news website has lifted the lid on speculation surrounding a councillor who appears to have been booted out of...

A one-time promoter of The Rolling Stones was so busy on the road that he forgot to get an HMO licence...

A rogue landlord who allowed vulnerable tenants to live in conditions without windows, proper washing facilities or fire safety measures at...

London based landlord and property developer Richard Leahy has agreed to hand over assets worth almost £2m. This settles a civil recovery...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to buy back former council houses now in the private rental sector. Right to Buy, part of...

Labour councils in London have backed the initiative from Mayor Sadiq Khan to buy back ex-council houses now in the private...

Private sector rents are falling in real terms according to government figures. Data from the Office for National Statistics show that private...

The best buy to let yields can be found in the North East of England according to new research.  The region as...

There's more good news about the rental market across the country, with rents rising 8.5 per cent year-on-year. The data comes from...

The lettings agency Hamptons has declared the bottom of the rental market for Inner London, saying it’s now on the way...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, and the Baroness leading the Generation Rent campaign have called for powers to control rents. Khan claims...

A buy to let consultancy has identified those parts of the country where there’s been the biggest swing towards renting when...

An online student accommodation platform has identified where demand from students is strongest as they prepare for the next academic year. UniHomes...

A prominent PropTech supplier to the lettings sector predicts that as summer continues and Covid restrictions reduce, so more tenants will...

Fines totalling more than £250,000 were issued to rogue landlords in Barking and Dagenham last year. Offences included failing to have a...

The controversy over whether pets should be allowed in the private rental sector continues apace with one major agency coming down...

The London international rental market, a long-term victim of the pandemic and travel restrictions, appears to be improving at last. High profile...

Investment consultancy Thirlmere Deacon says serviced apartments, typically for visitors, can provide an attractive option for investors right now. Thirlmere Deacon director...

After months in the doldrums thanks to tenants moving away and an excess of supply, London’s rental sector is recovering. The Home...

Build To Rent specialist Ascend Properties says latest data on the sector shows that across the UK some 36,054 BTR units...

If you are furnishing your long-term let or holiday let, a new guide to the best value second hand furniture may...

For the first time in seven years it’s now cheaper to rent a home than buy one. So says the Hamptons lettings...

The government has taken the unusual step of denying a local council its request for an extended term for a landlord...

Rental growth accelerated in May to reach a new record high according to Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons.   Last month the average cost...

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

A London council has prosecuted a landlord for renting out an unauthorised and unsafe House in Multiple Occupation. Daniella Mbachu, who owns...

Airbnb says it’s working to consider new approaches to short-term letting and the burgeoning holiday lets sector - and this has...

Knight Frank has identified part of central London which it describes as being historically overlooked but likely to be transformed in...

There are just three weeks left for landlords to respond to one of the largest consultations undertaken by a council in...

A council says it’s “on the side of tenants” against landlords. The London borough of Tower Hamlets has renewed its Selective Licensing...

We’re on track for a bumper summer of lettings according to one of the sector’s most authoritative rental market monitors. Goodlord’s latest...

A Build To Rent operator, Kooky, has launched a 39-unit scheme within a new Taylor Wimpey housing estate. The estate is Oakleigh...

Former Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has spoken out against what he calls “the greed of the mega-landlords.” The veteran MP -...

Lettings platform Mashroom has pulled together what it suggests are the most influential landlords using the social media service TikTok. For the...

The umbrella group representing London councils wants the government to use taxpayer money to help private tenants with Covid-related arrears. The call...

Tenant activist group Generation Rent says it’s working with five councils to find out more about private renters in those areas. The...

A London lettings agency says that despite its four year delay, Crossrail still presents opportunities for buy to let investors. Benham and...

There’s a warning that there’s been a huge rise in fraudulent tenant applications since the start of the pandemic. In terms of...

A man who tried to frame his landlord’s partner as being involved in the Westminster terrorist attack has been jailed. Gerald Banyard,...

A London council is inviting landlords and others to respond to a consultation on changes to its licensing regime.  Ealing council claims...

Private sector tenants are leaving London in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, changing the rental market fundamentally. According to new research, landlords...

Lettings agency Hamptons says that across Great Britain rents rose 5.9 per cent annually in April, the fastest rate since January...

A Build To Rent operator is introducing “signature scents” into its properties “to lift moods and enhance the rental experience.” Fig, orange...

An expert assessment of the average cost of damage caused by rogue tenants growing cannabis suggests landlords will typically pay almost...

A little-known group called Labour Tenants United has criticised the party’s new housing spokeswoman. Initially the group welcomed the appointment to the role...

Chinese and Asian investment and marketing service Juwai IQI UK has revealed where in this country property investors from those locations...

A new academic report suggests that more than 400,000 private tenants may be in significant rent arrears by the end of...

The latest HomeLet market index shows that the average rent in the UK is now at a record high of £996...

Investment advisers Sterling Wealth Associates says the north of England is the go-to spot in the UK for property investment.  It says...

An operator in the co-living rental niche in London has recorded an average 44 per cent annual growth over the past...

Landlords looking mostly long-term capital appreciation rather than yields may have to invest in an unlikely location which topped a league...

A London council has taken a landlord company to court after complaints of poor housing conditions in five of its rented...

Flatfair has revamped its deposit alternative service, claiming its new offer gives twice the protection of a traditional deposit scheme. From this...

A mortgage lender specialising in high net worth clients has identified those areas outside London seeing the most prime purchases. Enness Global...

An online corporate rental platform says Covid 19 has led to a six-fold increase in demand for medium-term rentals in this...

Rental affordability in the capital has improved markedly during the pandemic according to London lettings agency Benham and Reeves.  The firm analysed...

New figures released by Rightmove this morning show that 65 per cent of London locations now have lower rent levels than...

One of the leading consultancies involved in prime London lettings says 86 per cent of new tenancies in Q1 2021 were...

Reduced demand and falling rents continue throughout the London prime flats market, with values down in all areas except the south west...

Two landlords of a property in East London have been ordered to pay costs and fines totalling £61,057.05 after they were prosecuted...

A Scandinavian company is bidding to create a short lets rival to Airbnb and has announced it is opening in the UK...

An economist at a right-leaning think tank says Berlin - often regarded as a model for state-regulated private renting - has...

New data from lettings agency Hamptons suggests that despite the slew of challenges thrown at the private rental sector, the number...

New figures suggest a large average rise in rents over the past year in almost every region outside of London. According to...

The main landlords’ trade body has hit out at a bid by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to impose private...

A landlord that refused to make safety improvements at two of her properties in Folkestone has been fined nearly £5,000. Madeleine Scott,...

A pressure group for tenants wants the next Mayor of London to win powers from the government to reduce rents, through a...

New research shows that monthly payments for the mortgage are likely to be cheaper than rent for a comparable home -...

Only 39 rogue landlords and letting agents have been hit with banning orders in the first three years of their existence. The...

The latest Goodlord rental index shows a buoyant lettings market over the past month.  March brought a boost in average income for...

Few landlords deal in the rarified surroundings of the central London market, and new figures from lettings agency Knight Frank show...

A lettings agency estimates that the number of overseas landlords owning property in the UK has hit a five-year high -...

An analysis of the Green Homes Grant applications show exactly which areas will be hit most when the scheme comes to...

Two landlords have been handed hefty fines after pleading guilty to renting out shared houses without the correct paperwork. The owner of...

A group of activists at the centre of campaigns for renters’ rights has claimed the police help landlords commit illegal acts. The London...

One of the most respected and experienced agents in Prime Central London has given an insight into the lettings market in...

London-focussed lettings agency Portico has drawn up highly localised hotspots within the capital for landlords seeking the best yields.  According to the...

Areas boasting Russell Group universities - considered the best in the UK - have the highest rents but disappointing yields.  Returns from a...

A lettings agency has suggested that the typical landlord could lose as much as £24,000 if the government increases Capital Gains...

With buy to let and traditional commercial property both under challenge thanks to government regulations and Coronavirus, the government is now...

High level research shows that since the start of the pandemic - March 2020 - some 300,000 fewer properties have come...

A tenant who sub-let a property by falsely claiming to be its owner has been given a criminal record.  Sonia Nascimento rented...

Activists are aiming to make the eviction ban a central theme in this spring’s local elections. In early May there are elections...

A landlord who illegally turned a London property into 13 flats has been hit by nearly £200,000 in fines, costs and...

Letting agents in London say there's more interest from prospective tenants now the vaccine and Coronavirus roadmap suggest something like normality...

A lettings platform specialising in student accommodation has a new way to spot locations with excess supply. UniHomes says Southampton, Portsmouth and...

A senior Anglican priest has stood up for renting as a concept, and suggests Britain is too pre-occupied with home ownership. Angela...

Around 840,000 private renters in England and Wales have built up rent arrears since lockdown measures began and one in five...

A Crown Court judge has ordered a landlord to pay back almost £750,000 in illicit earnings made from overcrowded properties in...

People are bored of working from home and want to return to the "comfort" of office work and city centre socialising. That’s...

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has joined forces with tenant activists to demand the Chancellor gives financial support...

Owners of apparently empty or under-utilised properties in a prime London area are being asked to bring them into use to...

Landlords are exiting the office on greater numbers since the government called for a review of Capital Gains Tax last year, claims...

A London council is running what it describes as “an innovative project” to help private tenants reclaim rent from landlords who...

Two landlords have to pay almost £8,000 for letting their flats in defiance of a Prohibition Order.  The order came into force...

A London authority wants to extend its licensing regime for HMOs and landlords have just over two weeks left to respond. Lambeth...

The owner of a property used for an illegal party has been fined by a London council for breaking lockdown. Police were called...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is to keep a call for rent controls in the capital as a major plank of his...

The latest rental market snapshot from the property website Home talks of “a nightmare scenario for London landlords”. Firstly, it says rents...

A property development firm says it’s to spend up to £500m in land acquisitions over the next three years, as part...

Plummeting inner London rents mean the gap between central and outer areas of the capital is now far less than before. Data...

Two landlords who illegally let a London property without providing proper washing facilities or tackling serious fire hazards have been taken to...

Despite talk of increased arrears and wider economic concerns, it appears tenants are increasingly worried about the long-term effects of poor credit...

A tax barrister has restructured his way of working and is appealing to buy to let and other property investors as...

Rents have risen gently across most regions of the UK but worries are growing over the longer-term economic landscape. HomeLet’s latest lettings...

There is substantial investment going in to the private rental sector by individual landlords, according to evidence from the latest edition...

New research out this morning suggests that Coronavirus continues to change the lettings landscape, with houses now renting more quickly than a...

Two men have been ordered to pay almost £8,000 for letting out flats in defiance of regulations designed to keep tenants...

The National Residential Landlords Association is calling on the Chancellor to scrap the three per cent stamp duty levy on the...

On top of the rush to beat the stamp duty holiday deadline and changes to Help To Buy - both with cliff...

A leading market monitor suggests voids are increasing but otherwise states the rental market is in good health, one year on from...

Landlords have only until February 11 to respond to the licensing proposals of the London council with the largest private rental...

There is growing momentum for local councils to freeze their plans for landlord licensing while the pandemic continues. Lettings agency trade body...

Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms - a critical issue for landlords in light of recent legislation - are back in the...

An analysis of the rental market in England has revealed a dramatic drop in the number of EU nationals taking up...

Research by lettings agency Keller Williams suggests the Coronavirus crisis has led to dip in rents across the UK - but...

Insurance company CIA landlord has prepared a league table of the most and least profitable locations for buy to let landlords. It’s...

Two property investment companies and an associated business have all been closed down “in the public interest” by the government’s Insolvency...

Momentum is building against councils pushing ahead with licensing schemes despite the pandemic. Earlier this week ARLA Propertymark, the letting agents’ trade...

Around half of renters are worried about financial security thanks to Coronavirus - and many are concerned their landlords will sell up. Aldermore Bank,...

A landlord who let out a former bank vault as an illegal flat described by the local council as “dangerous” has...

Figures from investment consultancy London Central Portfolio show how vulnerable the capital’s rental market is to Brexit and Coronavirus - but...

New research suggests there’s been a rush amongst landlords to set up companies through which to manage or purchase buy to...

The latest sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests a drop in landlord activity across the UK. RICS does...

A lettings agency says there is very large scale support amongst tenants for the extension to the current bailiff-enforced eviction ban,...

Rents across much of England and Wales are performing strongly according to a new market analysis - and in some areas...

Activists in a rental reform coalition say court possession hearings should be halted as well as bailiff-led evictions. They say the stress...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called for an extension of the eviction ban and a two year rent freeze in the...

The latest survey from PropTech platform Goodlord suggests the lettings landscape is relatively stable entering 2021 - but with the prospect...

It appears that a London borough council’s two licensing schemes have expired at the turn of the year, with no alternative...

London agency Dexters says the number of lettings applicants rose 50 per cent in 2020 with a particular surge in November...

Generation Rent, the lobby group that tells the government how it thinks the lettings industry should operate, appears to have a...

A Labour MP is demanding action against unscrupulous predator landlords who demand sex from tenants in lieu of rent. The Daily Mail...

A property development consultancy is tipping five regeneration areas in England as potential good investments for the coming year. SevenCapital says they...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan wants a £3 billion one-off windfall tax on private developers to fund replacement cladding on affected...

The roll-out of a vaccine for Coronavirus could dramatically change the poor rental market performance in prime London in the coming...

A Labour housing politician is accusing the government of using Coronavirus as an excuse for dragging its feet over scrapping Section...

Landlords with London properties have a short-term opportunity to list and let them for free - but they’ll have to be...

Landlords with properties in the Havering area have until January 24 to submit a selective licence application, giving them a 50...

Staff are being recruited by a coalition of groups campaigning for widespread restrictions on landlord powers in 2021. Called the Renters Reform...

Seven per cent of private tenants now have arrears built up during the Coronavirus period. A survey of tenants for the National...

One of the candidates for next year’s London Mayoral election wants to put pet-friendly tenancies for the private rental sector as...

The Labour-controlled Greater London Authority and 18 other groups of activists, charities and students have formed a new pro-renter coalition. Called the...

The number of UK landlords has risen 49 per cent in the last five years to an all-time high of 2.7m...

No fewer than 15 per cent of all sales agreed in November went to landlords, the highest figure for four years. The data...

The average monthly private sector rent in England over the 12 months to September was £725. The figure, released over the weekend,...

A London lettings agency is offering landlords the opportunity to list and let properties for free this month.  The offer comes from...

The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the vast majority of respondents expect rents in...

A London council has confirmed its right to refuse licenses to criminal landlords - even reformed ones. A story in the East...

An analysis by a lettings management service has identified those parts of London with the strongest yields and capital growth in...

The latest HomeLet rental index suggests that the average rent in the UK is now £974 after a 2.9 per cent...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan says landlords in the capital could  discriminate against EU citizens living in the UK capital if those...

An operator of co-living rental units in London has linked with a PropTech platform to reward tenants for their loyalty.  Built Asset...