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Landlords interested in improving energy efficiency in their investment properties can see and hear tips on how to do it at...

London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed credit for many of the measures contained in the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector...

Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. It says the average...

Renters opting for a shared property under the co-living model are older than ever before, according to new data from a...

Today’s rental market is unsustainable according to a leading industry supplier. HomeLet’s latest monthly market snapshot says the average rent in the...

It’s comforting to think that the UK has a well-established and effective judicial system. If we are wronged we can turn...

A new £71m Build To Rent scheme is on its way to commuter hotspot Leatherhead. BTR operator Get Living and developer Watkin...

A landlord and owner who failed to repair a serious water leak have been fined £4,000 after their tenants’ bathroom ceiling...

A new rent-to-own scheme means some tenants can save a slice of their rent to help build a deposit to buy. Financial...

Capital values in Prime Central London have increased according to the latest market snapshot from investment service London Central Portfolio. House have...

A London landlord has been fined £1,000 for letting an unlicensed HMO in Tottenham. Having ignored numerous requests and failing to renew...

Landlords who take advantage of the annual Edinburgh festival by charging high fees for Airbnb-sale short lets have been accused of...

Average rental prices across the UK rose at the highest level since 2016 in June, government figures show.  Even so that annual...

Landlords in London contributed to an extraordinary £440m in stamp duty paid on purchases in the first six months since the...

An asset management operation has launched a new service to guarantee consistent income for investors with multiple properties.  ‘Holland Assurance’ from Holland...

A new league table shows landlords the cities across the UK where the highest average Airbnb nightly prices are charged. The data,...

Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...

Rental growth rates slipped back slightly during the early part of summer according to an analysis by the Hamptons lettings agency,...

A London council has boasted of its success in working with a landlord to remedy problems on a rental property served...

Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...

The continuing rent rises seen across much of the country are outpacing increases in interest rates, it’s been claimed.  Property website Home,...

A fake landlord who made over £2,500 a month letting out a London that he didn’t own has been taken to...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been packed with MPs loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as...

Properties are still in high demand say auctioneers at Auction House London with no drop in the number of lots selling...

Two tenants who were amongst a group of activists in a battle with their landlord have written in a left-wing journal...

Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...

Landlords are still enjoying substantial capital appreciation - but the latest Zoopla house price index reveals the lowest rate of monthly...

London-focussed lettings agency Douglas & Gordon gives its rundown on what new landlords should know to get the most out of...

Annual house price growth slowed slightly last month, dipping to 10.7 in June from 11.2 per cent in May, according to...

A review into the effect of short-term lets has been launched by the government.  The government says future policies could involve physical...

A prominent financial analyst says the fast-rising costs of renting mean tenants are becoming less financially resilient - and this applies...

Liverpool is a key investment hot spot for buy to let landlords according to a new report. It shows that, for example,...

A prominent agency has revised its market forecast for the rest of 2022 and says prices will rise more and for...

A survey of 12,000 tenants suggests that over three-quarters are concerned about the impact of the cost of living crisis on...

A new survey claims to show the rent differences between furnished and unfurnished homes to let in various cities. For example London...

New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...

Another landlord has been hit with a substantial fine for failing to licence an HMO. Ryan Antony Otto, a director of Otto...

Build To Rent may win a lot of publicity but it’s still largely unknown outside London according to new research. BTR completions...

Rents are up year-on-year across all regions, according to the property website Home.   The mix-adjusted average rise across the UK is a...

A prominent London council wants rental properties to be included in the government’s Flood Re reinsurance scheme. Westminster council says the current...

A lettings agency claims to have identified which boroughs in the capital offer the best prospects for buy to let investors...

A local authority in London is threatening landlords with enforcement action if they don’t pay up for a new license. Lewisham’s Labour...

A lettings and estate agency has revealed a location where it says 50 per cent of its sales this year have...

New data from Rightmove suggests that rental demand is cooling in some areas where the market was busiest during the pandemic. And...

An online rental platform suggests almost a third of rental homes may be deemed unaffordable. Ocasa, using Office for National Statistics data,...

London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to know the views of individuals on letting out homes in the capital via short...

The John Lewis Partnership is to offer short- and long-term lets when it builds flats to rent at three locations in...

Don’t pick on landlords - that’s the message from a leading tax and advisory consultancy. Blick Rothenberg warns that the government needs...

Some 820,000 private rented households in Britain are routinely hit by a shortfall between their housing benefit and their monthly rents...

It’s been confirmed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to announce plans to extend the Right To Buy to housing associations. Under...

Who are you? My Name is Alec Chohan, and I am a senior finance broker within the Newable Finance team based in...

A prominent auction house says bids are fewer in number than before - a sign that the market is softening, presenting...

A group delivering tenant relations training claims thousands of illegal evictions are made possible because many local councils have no trained...

A London council is relaunching an appeal for private landlords to help house homeless people with mobility issues. Landlords in Camden and...

A new survey by Zoopla suggests the average property price has hit £250,200 for the first time - but a slowdown...

Landlords with larger portfolios are more likely to increase rent than small-scale landlords. A poll by The Landlord Works shows that 75...

A man has been sentenced to 33 years after murdering his landlords at their property in south London. Daniel Briceno Garcia was...

The cost of living crisis and soaring fuel bills mean landlords may have to rethink the concept of all-inclusive rents. That’s the...

The house price inflation facing first time buyers is “frankly frightening” according to a new analysis which suggests typical FTB house...

The abolition of Section 21 eviction notices could lead to a surge in evictions by private landlords anxious to sell before...

Demand for apartment living across much of Britain has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels despite a move back to normality...

A private tenant who stabbed his landlords to death has been convicted of murder. Daniel Garcia unleashed what an Old Bailey trial...

A business analyst has given an interesting interpretation of the soaring rental market - and says it keeps the wider sales...

A PropTech platform says it’s giving landlords the opportunity to spread their management fees and marketing costs across the duration of...

A rogue landlord prosecuted for illegally squashing seven flats into a development with planning permission for six must pay around £250,000.  In...

The highest rental growth since the Global Financial Crisis, coupled with the cost of living crisis, is putting increased pressure on...

The cost of a newly let home rose 9.8 per cent over the last 12 months to £1,125 pcm, marking the...

The Regulator of Social Housing has named and shamed a London council for its failure to provide assurance that it consistently...

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...

Research by a rental platform suggests there are currently over 65,000 short let properties being advertised in London alone. The platform, Rentd,...

The Health and Safety Executive is urging landlords to check the credentials of gas fitters following a case heard recently in...

The number of HMOs in England has fallen as a result of government intervention in the market. In 2018 new regulations were...

Labour’s London Mayor - buoyed up after the party’s successes in the capital in last week’s elections - has renewed his...

The strong fundamentals of a rental market with a chronic undersupply are attracting a growing amount of institutional capital says Knight...

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...

Activists from pressure groups and London-focussed tenants’ bodies have handed in a letter to 10 Downing Street asking the Prime Minister...

The lack of stock available to rent continues to limit lettings activity and drive rents higher in areas of prime London,...

The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,091 after a 1.2 per cent increase in the...

The latest attack on landlords by Generation Rent director Baroness Alicia Kennedy concerns insulation and household warmth. She claims a quarter of...

A lettings market snapshot prepared each month by PropTech firm Goodlord claims there has been a dramatic rise in the typical...

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

A rental platform forecasts that within 12 months the average UK tenant could be paying £800 more a year in rent...

Landlords seeking capital appreciation from a recovering prime London market have been provided with a league table by a debt advisory...

Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter - but some tenants are paying above the going rate to...

Are fixer-uppers really the cheap and cost-effective investment many believe? They are popular amongst landlords but research by lettings agency Benham and...

The proportion of landlords reporting increasing tenant demand has hit an all-time high of 62 per cent. Research undertaken on behalf of...

The continuing shortage of supply in the lettings market is not only producing record high asking rents, but is also pushing demand...

Analysis by property portal Boomin claims that rental properties on cycle lanes in London are showing premium returns above those of...

The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...

Prime central London may not seem to most obvious part of the UK for buy to let investors but a leading...

A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...

Room rents in most major UK urban locations are now at a record high according to flatshare service SpareRoom.  Some 41 out...

A controversial PropTech rental platform has issued a list of questions and issues to check when tenants rent from a landlord...

There’s been a remarkable 15 per cent leap in average rents achieved in prime central London over the past year, according...

Buy to let landlords are increasingly looking to the highest yielding areas of the country as a way to maximise their...

Knight Frank says landlords are in the driving seat in the prime rental market across London and the Home Counties. Low supply...

A pressure group of campaigners highly critical of landlords and letting agents is organising protests at cities this weekend. Acorn - which...

New research has produced a league table of locations where capital appreciation in the past year has exceeded the average wage...

A campaign group wants local candidates fighting elections in London next month sign up to a set of policies including rent...

The head of a guaranteed rent business has been given an 11-year ban for scamming £6.7m from property investors. Sam Eustace, 36,...

A lettings platform that operates for female tenants has announced enhancements to its service.  Her Roomies differentiates itself by being a female-focused...

There’s been a big rise in rents in the past month according to PropTech supplier Goodlord. They are now at their highest...

Annual rental growth in prime London reached 11.1 per cent in the first quarter of this year, following a 3.4 increase...

A landlord has been fined £5,000 for letting an unlicensed HMO in London. The fine was issued by Haringey council after the...

The government has indirectly given away early details of its long-expected National Landlord Register - but it still appears to be...

More than 50 per cent of private tenants who rely on Universal Credit to pay their rent have a shortfall between...

A report by a business campaign group claims Build To Rent is key to helping solve the housing crisis in London. Who...

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

The staycation craze has made holiday lets a far more attractive proposition to many would-be landlords, according to a new survey. Research...

For investors who keep their buy to lets for substantial periods - up to 25 years in some cases - a...

The Property Investor Show is back for its 20th year with 100 property sector experts and exhibitors in London this week. The...

Rental affordability is deteriorating in parts of England. The research by rental platform Rentd looked at the current average income of a...

Property consultancy JLL says it’s identified one hitherto-unfashionable part of London as an area set to outperform the rest of the...

The former Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer says rent controls are a vital part of a four-pronged ‘Radical Recovery Programme’. John McDonnell has...

A London landlord has been fined £5,000 for letting an unlicensed HMO. The fine was issued after the landlord ignored repeated warnings...

A London council is urging private sector landlords with properties in their patch to sign a pledge urging their tenants to...

A prominent lettings agency is warning its own and all other landlords that they are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

The threat of rent controls in two parts of the country may now be so severe that buy to let landlords...

A £5,000 fine handed to a landlord for not having an HMO licence has been slashed by 50 per cent. The landlord...

A prominent lettings agency says the rental growth seen in the past year will not be repeated in 2022, as tenants...

Husband-and-wife landlords Robin and Susan Kirstein have been landed with a massive fine for letting a home that was deemed by...

Buy-to-let lending hit its highest ever level last year, spurred on by record levels of tenant demand, the Stamp Duty Holiday...

A Labour Mayor and a former Labour baroness have teamed up to call for rent freezes in London, claiming they slash...

A strong rental market means fewer and shorter void periods - and that’s exactly what’s happening now. Rental platform Rentd analysed the...

Buy to let landlords are increasingly targeting smaller, secondary towns and cities rather than big urban centres. Data from Paragon Bank shows...

Capital appreciation for landlords is running at an average double-digit strength in seven regions of the UK according to the Halifax. Its...

A new calculation suggests London needs almost 85,000 new private rented homes a year to meet its housing needs. And it adds...

The National Landlord Investment Show is back in London next week with a pledge that it will be the most spectacular...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Giles Atkinson and I’m one part of...

A player in the rental insurance field is warning landlords that the growing cost of living crisis makes it more important...

A London council has prosecuted a builder - Valeriu Sandu, of Valmic Properties Limited - for lying about fitting sufficiently fireproof...

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

Renters are finding it tough to locate a new home because of the continuing shortage of supply according to the National...

A landlord who harassed tenants and left them in dangerous accommodation hit has been branded “atrocious” and has been hit with...

Research by rental portal Rentd suggests improved London yields this year after being in the doldrums during the pandemic. Rentd analysed the...

Auction House London has sold the highest number of lots in one sale in over a year, at its first auction...

Landlords with large budgets and who are seeking a surprising discount, even in today’s market, could be tempted by research which...

A prominent property website, which monitors the lettings market, suggests that rent controls would drive a proportion of rental stock to...

A non-profit organisation called Justice For Tenants has spearheaded a campaign which has ultimately led to a Rent Repayment Order being...

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

A London council is urging landlords in the area to check whether they require a license ahead of a new regime...

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants rogue landlords to pay bigger fines and more compensation to tenants. He is also introducing...

A new Build To Rent scheme in London has received lavish praise from a local council. Railpen, the investment manager for the...

In recent days we have heard Michael Gove trumpet his plans to ‘level up’ the UK.  We knew that he would be...

The number of private rental homes has increased by 18,610 in the last five years - defying those suggesting an exodus...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants the government to put a stop to the capital being used for international money...

A new fixed-rate platform has been launched that says it will save landlords thousands of pounds in management fees. Rentd claims to...

A London council has secured banning orders against four rogue landlords after they were found to be letting an unlicensed and...

The Halifax is suggesting that while capital values are still high - in fact running at a record - growth is...

With Christmas and the New Year now over, landlords, investors and property experts are back to questioning what the coming twelve...

It’s a familiar story from PropTech supplier Goodlord as it releases its latest rental market snapshot - a lack of stock...

A London council chief is asking for help from private landlords.  The leader of Kingston council in the south west of the...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper includes a dramatic reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction powers will be...

Letting agents’ trade group ARLA Propertymark is raising the alarm over what it believes is a particular shortage of landlords in...

There’s been a bounce back in confidence amongst London landlords - although they remain more pessimistic than their peers elsewhere in...

A lettings agency says renters must pay an average of up to 77 per cent of their monthly household income to...

Last month, I wrote about what’s in store for the private rented sector in 2022 and, like most commentators in our...

For landlords looking to find tenants fast, London-based lettings agency Douglas & Gordon has put together a 12 tip guide to ensure landlords have a smooth letting process – perfect for...

Foxtons has issued a wide-ranging snapshot of the London private rental market. Overall some 27 per cent of Londoners are  now privately...

Newly published rental yield from Rightmove reveals that the average yield across Great Britain is 5.5 per cent. This is the highest...

One of the most respected buying agents in London says buy to let in the capital is losing its appeal for...

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves says Labour would increase tax on buy to let properties and on investment income for landlords.  Reeves was...

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...