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28 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Liverpool is a key investment hot spot for buy to let landlords according to a new report. It shows that, for example,...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent agency has revised its market forecast for the rest of 2022 and says prices will rise more and for...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A survey of 12,000 tenants suggests that over three-quarters are concerned about the impact of the cost of living crisis on...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A new survey claims to show the rent differences between furnished and unfurnished homes to let in various cities. For example London...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News

New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Another landlord has been hit with a substantial fine for failing to licence an HMO. Ryan Antony Otto, a director of Otto...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent may win a lot of publicity but it’s still largely unknown outside London according to new research. BTR completions...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News

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...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent London council wants rental properties to be included in the government’s Flood Re reinsurance scheme. Westminster council says the current...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency claims to have identified which boroughs in the capital offer the best prospects for buy to let investors...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A local authority in London is threatening landlords with enforcement action if they don’t pay up for a new license. Lewisham’s Labour...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings and estate agency has revealed a location where it says 50 per cent of its sales this year have...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News

New data from Rightmove suggests that rental demand is cooling in some areas where the market was busiest during the pandemic. And...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News

An online rental platform suggests almost a third of rental homes may be deemed unaffordable. Ocasa, using Office for National Statistics data,...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News

London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to know the views of individuals on letting out homes in the capital via short...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The John Lewis Partnership is to offer short- and long-term lets when it builds flats to rent at three locations in...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Don’t pick on landlords - that’s the message from a leading tax and advisory consultancy. Blick Rothenberg warns that the government needs...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Some 820,000 private rented households in Britain are routinely hit by a shortfall between their housing benefit and their monthly rents...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News

It’s been confirmed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to announce plans to extend the Right To Buy to housing associations. Under...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Who are you? My Name is Alec Chohan, and I am a senior finance broker within the Newable Finance team based in...
07 June 2022
From: 60 Second Interview

A prominent auction house says bids are fewer in number than before - a sign that the market is softening, presenting...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A group delivering tenant relations training claims thousands of illegal evictions are made possible because many local councils have no trained...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A London council is relaunching an appeal for private landlords to help house homeless people with mobility issues. Landlords in Camden and...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A new survey by Zoopla suggests the average property price has hit £250,200 for the first time - but a slowdown...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords with larger portfolios are more likely to increase rent than small-scale landlords. A poll by The Landlord Works shows that 75...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A man has been sentenced to 33 years after murdering his landlords at their property in south London. Daniel Briceno Garcia was...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The cost of living crisis and soaring fuel bills mean landlords may have to rethink the concept of all-inclusive rents. That’s the...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The house price inflation facing first time buyers is “frankly frightening” according to a new analysis which suggests typical FTB house...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The abolition of Section 21 eviction notices could lead to a surge in evictions by private landlords anxious to sell before...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Demand for apartment living across much of Britain has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels despite a move back to normality...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A private tenant who stabbed his landlords to death has been convicted of murder. Daniel Garcia unleashed what an Old Bailey trial...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A business analyst has given an interesting interpretation of the soaring rental market - and says it keeps the wider sales...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform says it’s giving landlords the opportunity to spread their management fees and marketing costs across the duration of...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord prosecuted for illegally squashing seven flats into a development with planning permission for six must pay around £250,000. In...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The highest rental growth since the Global Financial Crisis, coupled with the cost of living crisis, is putting increased pressure on...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The cost of a newly let home rose 9.8 per cent over the last 12 months to £1,125 pcm, marking the...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The Regulator of Social Housing has named and shamed a London council for its failure to provide assurance that it consistently...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Research by a rental platform suggests there are currently over 65,000 short let properties being advertised in London alone. The platform, Rentd,...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The Health and Safety Executive is urging landlords to check the credentials of gas fitters following a case heard recently in...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The number of HMOs in England has fallen as a result of government intervention in the market. In 2018 new regulations were...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Labour’s London Mayor - buoyed up after the party’s successes in the capital in last week’s elections - has renewed his...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The strong fundamentals of a rental market with a chronic undersupply are attracting a growing amount of institutional capital says Knight...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Activists from pressure groups and London-focussed tenants’ bodies have handed in a letter to 10 Downing Street asking the Prime Minister...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The lack of stock available to rent continues to limit lettings activity and drive rents higher in areas of prime London,...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,091 after a 1.2 per cent increase in the...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest attack on landlords by Generation Rent director Baroness Alicia Kennedy concerns insulation and household warmth. She claims a quarter of...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings market snapshot prepared each month by PropTech firm Goodlord claims there has been a dramatic rise in the typical...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The Building Safety Bill has become law - and while it does offer help to leaseholder landlords with one or two...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A rental platform forecasts that within 12 months the average UK tenant could be paying £800 more a year in rent...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords seeking capital appreciation from a recovering prime London market have been provided with a league table by a debt advisory...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter - but some tenants are paying above the going rate to...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Are fixer-uppers really the cheap and cost-effective investment many believe? They are popular amongst landlords but research by lettings agency Benham and...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The proportion of landlords reporting increasing tenant demand has hit an all-time high of 62 per cent. Research undertaken on behalf of...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The continuing shortage of supply in the lettings market is not only producing record high asking rents, but is also pushing demand...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Analysis by property portal Boomin claims that rental properties on cycle lanes in London are showing premium returns above those of...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Prime central London may not seem to most obvious part of the UK for buy to let investors but a leading...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Room rents in most major UK urban locations are now at a record high according to flatshare service SpareRoom. Some 41 out...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A controversial PropTech rental platform has issued a list of questions and issues to check when tenants rent from a landlord...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s been a remarkable 15 per cent leap in average rents achieved in prime central London over the past year, according...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Buy to let landlords are increasingly looking to the highest yielding areas of the country as a way to maximise their...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank says landlords are in the driving seat in the prime rental market across London and the Home Counties. Low supply...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A pressure group of campaigners highly critical of landlords and letting agents is organising protests at cities this weekend. Acorn - which...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News

New research has produced a league table of locations where capital appreciation in the past year has exceeded the average wage...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A campaign group wants local candidates fighting elections in London next month sign up to a set of policies including rent...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The head of a guaranteed rent business has been given an 11-year ban for scamming £6.7m from property investors. Sam Eustace, 36,...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings platform that operates for female tenants has announced enhancements to its service. Her Roomies differentiates itself by being a female-focused...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s been a big rise in rents in the past month according to PropTech supplier Goodlord. They are now at their highest...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Annual rental growth in prime London reached 11.1 per cent in the first quarter of this year, following a 3.4 increase...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been fined £5,000 for letting an unlicensed HMO in London. The fine was issued by Haringey council after the...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The government has indirectly given away early details of its long-expected National Landlord Register - but it still appears to be...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News

More than 50 per cent of private tenants who rely on Universal Credit to pay their rent have a shortfall between...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A report by a business campaign group claims Build To Rent is key to helping solve the housing crisis in London. Who...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The government says it’s going to name and shame what it considers to be bad social landlords, using social media to...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The staycation craze has made holiday lets a far more attractive proposition to many would-be landlords, according to a new survey. Research...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News

For investors who keep their buy to lets for substantial periods - up to 25 years in some cases - a...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The Property Investor Show is back for its 20th year with 100 property sector experts and exhibitors in London this week. The...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Rental affordability is deteriorating in parts of England. The research by rental platform Rentd looked at the current average income of a...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Property consultancy JLL says it’s identified one hitherto-unfashionable part of London as an area set to outperform the rest of the...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The former Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer says rent controls are a vital part of a four-pronged ‘Radical Recovery Programme’. John McDonnell has...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A London landlord has been fined £5,000 for letting an unlicensed HMO. The fine was issued after the landlord ignored repeated warnings...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A London council is urging private sector landlords with properties in their patch to sign a pledge urging their tenants to...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent lettings agency is warning its own and all other landlords that they are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The threat of rent controls in two parts of the country may now be so severe that buy to let landlords...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A £5,000 fine handed to a landlord for not having an HMO licence has been slashed by 50 per cent. The landlord...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent lettings agency says the rental growth seen in the past year will not be repeated in 2022, as tenants...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Husband-and-wife landlords Robin and Susan Kirstein have been landed with a massive fine for letting a home that was deemed by...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let lending hit its highest ever level last year, spurred on by record levels of tenant demand, the Stamp Duty Holiday...
12 March 2022
From: Tax & Finance
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A Labour Mayor and a former Labour baroness have teamed up to call for rent freezes in London, claiming they slash...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A strong rental market means fewer and shorter void periods - and that’s exactly what’s happening now. Rental platform Rentd analysed the...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Buy to let landlords are increasingly targeting smaller, secondary towns and cities rather than big urban centres. Data from Paragon Bank shows...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Capital appreciation for landlords is running at an average double-digit strength in seven regions of the UK according to the Halifax. Its...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A new calculation suggests London needs almost 85,000 new private rented homes a year to meet its housing needs. And it adds...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The National Landlord Investment Show is back in London next week with a pledge that it will be the most spectacular...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Giles Atkinson and I’m one part of...
03 March 2022
From: 60 Second Interview

A player in the rental insurance field is warning landlords that the growing cost of living crisis makes it more important...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A London council has prosecuted a builder - Valeriu Sandu, of Valmic Properties Limited - for lying about fitting sufficiently fireproof...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A property described as London’s smallest flat allegedly has a rental yield of 10 per cent - yet it cannot be...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Renters are finding it tough to locate a new home because of the continuing shortage of supply according to the National...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A landlord who harassed tenants and left them in dangerous accommodation hit has been branded “atrocious” and has been hit with...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Research by rental portal Rentd suggests improved London yields this year after being in the doldrums during the pandemic. Rentd analysed the...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Auction House London has sold the highest number of lots in one sale in over a year, at its first auction...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords with large budgets and who are seeking a surprising discount, even in today’s market, could be tempted by research which...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent property website, which monitors the lettings market, suggests that rent controls would drive a proportion of rental stock to...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A non-profit organisation called Justice For Tenants has spearheaded a campaign which has ultimately led to a Rent Repayment Order being...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Experts are predicting that the exclusion of large scale landlords from cladding relief may lead to significant delays in some safety...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A London council is urging landlords in the area to check whether they require a license ahead of a new regime...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants rogue landlords to pay bigger fines and more compensation to tenants. He is also introducing...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A new Build To Rent scheme in London has received lavish praise from a local council. Railpen, the investment manager for the...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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In recent days we have heard Michael Gove trumpet his plans to ‘level up’ the UK. We knew that he would be...
12 February 2022
From: The Big Issues

The number of private rental homes has increased by 18,610 in the last five years - defying those suggesting an exodus...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants the government to put a stop to the capital being used for international money...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A new fixed-rate platform has been launched that says it will save landlords thousands of pounds in management fees. Rentd claims to...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A London council has secured banning orders against four rogue landlords after they were found to be letting an unlicensed and...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The Halifax is suggesting that while capital values are still high - in fact running at a record - growth is...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News

With Christmas and the New Year now over, landlords, investors and property experts are back to questioning what the coming twelve...
05 February 2022
From: Agent Advice

It’s a familiar story from PropTech supplier Goodlord as it releases its latest rental market snapshot - a lack of stock...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A London council chief is asking for help from private landlords. The leader of Kingston council in the south west of the...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper includes a dramatic reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction powers will be...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Letting agents’ trade group ARLA Propertymark is raising the alarm over what it believes is a particular shortage of landlords in...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s been a bounce back in confidence amongst London landlords - although they remain more pessimistic than their peers elsewhere in...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency says renters must pay an average of up to 77 per cent of their monthly household income to...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Last month, I wrote about what’s in store for the private rented sector in 2022 and, like most commentators in our...
29 January 2022
From: The Big Issues

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...
29 January 2022
From: Agent Advice

Foxtons has issued a wide-ranging snapshot of the London private rental market. Overall some 27 per cent of Londoners are now privately...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Newly published rental yield from Rightmove reveals that the average yield across Great Britain is 5.5 per cent. This is the highest...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the most respected buying agents in London says buy to let in the capital is losing its appeal for...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
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Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves says Labour would increase tax on buy to let properties and on investment income for landlords. Reeves was...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Covid-19 has undoubtedly shifted the way new landlords will be looking to invest in 2022, and our ranking makes it clear...
22 January 2022
From: Tax & Finance

Rents are rising at around twice the level of a year ago according to the latest market snapshot by lettings agency...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Official government data suggests that rents are rising by 1.8 per cent a year - but a prominent analyst has gone...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A large scale survey of over 4,000 private and social tenants suggests that a significant proportion would like to buy their...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A government housing minister says the Boris Johnson administration wants to shift the balance of power in the rental sector favour...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A record number of companies were set up last year to hold buy to let property. In total there were 47,400 new...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News

New preliminary figures released by CBRE reveal that a record £4.1 billion was invested in the UK’s Build to Rent sector...
15 January 2022
From: The Big Issues

The New Year is typically a time for people to take stock of their finances and ensure that they’re on strong...
15 January 2022
From: Top tips & guides

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Paul Wootton, Director of The Landlord Works, a new...
13 January 2022
From: 60 Second Interview

High end agency Savills and a London developer have launched apartments in a new Build To Rent scheme costing tenants up...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Rents in Greater London are up an annualised 25 per cent, with much of the increase attributed to the stock of...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A little-known law unearthed by a lettings agency may be bad news because it means some private renters are likely to...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech platform that claims to make buy to let investment simpler, faster and more accessible than ever before, is...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A House of Lords report claims that the private rental sector has become ”increasingly unaffordable” and says out welcomes the proliferation...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A London landlord has been ordered to pay over £64,000 for breaking housing regulations. In July last year Sumon Miah was found...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The UK Build To Rent sector recorded a total of £2.1 billion of investment in the final three months of 2021...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords adopting a strategy of buying cheap in search of high yields are having a tougher task in finding the right...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords fearing a fall in income and a rise in voids over the festive period have nothing to fear - it...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the major lettings market indices has produced figures showing how much rents rose in 2021. HomeLet says the average rent...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the UK’s most prestigious agencies claims that deals to buy the country’s dearest homes have been negotiated using asset-backed...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank has given an end of year assessment of the prime London lettings and says rents in the enclave are...
31 December 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News

The charity Crisis has identified the end of the eviction ban as one of the factors directly leading to homelessness over...
29 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Rental price growth in London’s commuter belt cities and towns have outperformed villages and rural areas over the past year, says...
24 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A company that works with private landlords to supply homes to ease London councils’ homeless issues, has won funds to secure...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Over half of private landlords responding to a new survey say recent tax changes in the rental market have had a...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Private landlords get it in the neck for allegedly-high rents but 4.75m families living in social housing in England are facing...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News

The dusk of 2021 is upon us and, as is customary in property circles at this juncture, we look forward to...
18 December 2021
From: The Big Issues

Rogue landlords in one area of London could face unlimited fines, criminal convictions and bans from letting out properties. The measures are...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been found guilty of a series of fire safety failings which left residents with only one option to...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A London council has prosecuted a rogue landlord after a 30 month saga regarding the condition of an apartment. Richmond council received a...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Airbnb can make life easier for UK landlords by increasing yields, simplifying the rental process and providing peace of mind against...
11 December 2021
From: The Big Issues

A Labour council in London has announced plans to expand its crackdown on what it calls “shoddy landlords.” Southwark council says the...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A new website has been set up by a council purely for private rental sector tenants in one part of London. The...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Investors seeking capital appreciation in the country’s most expensive residential markets have been given new data by a leading agency. Bective has...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Lewisham council in London is introducing a new licensing scheme for all Houses of Multiple Occupancy - claiming it will improve...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Demand for private rental housing is at an all time high according to new research by the National Residential Landlords Association. A...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A large scale survey of tenants suggests there’s a real enthusiasm for them to leave major cities and relocate elsewhere, so...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News

In recent years, letting property has become more challenging due to a range of tax and regulation changes and since March...
25 November 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Landlords are benefitting from widespread rent rises across the UK - with even London seeing a turnaround. This is according to lettings...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A local council has prosecuted a rogue landlord for illegally evicting a young couple from their accommodation in Cheltenham. The landlord -...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Fines on landlords and letting agents that fall foul of London council regulations have risen dramatically in the past month alone. Research...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A new deal between a trade body and a high profile industry supplier means landlords can now hire assistants to handle...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords in the heart of the London commuter belt are being asked to come forward if they can provide accommodation for...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords with family properties are in the pound seats when it comes to rent increases, according to data from lettings agency...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Lewisham council in south London is introducing a new licensing scheme for all HMOs in the borough. It claims this will help...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Earlier this week Zoopla released some rather healthy statistics on the UK rental market. In recent months, the rental market has been...
20 November 2021
From: Top tips & guides

A couple have been fined over £13,000 after they were found guilty of unlawfully evicting four tenants and breaching management regulations...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News

After two years in the doldrums and high levels of over supply, prime central London is at last a landlord’s rental...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Acute tenant demand over the third quarter of 2021 has propelled UK rental growth to its highest level for over a...
16 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The sleaze allegations engulfing the government have moved to those MPs letting out their London homes while claiming money from taxpayers...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Despite dire warnings from Generation Rent, Shelter and other campaigners, it appears that the end of the eviction ban did NOT...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The Home property website has identified locations where rents have risen by up to 38 per cent in the past 12...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The relationship between the overwhelming number of good landlords and local authorities tends to be limited or possibly non-existent. With the far...
13 November 2021
From: Industry Views

A lettings sector trade body is blasting local authorities for their poor record on trying to eliminate rogue landlords. The National Residential...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A London council is consulting on what it claims to be “a groundbreaking property licensing scheme.” Newham council says its licensing of more...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Many agencies give their forecasts for the following year or years in the late autumn, but one of the most detailed...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A firm of solicitors claims that private and social sector tenants face long delays for repairs to be addressed - and...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A series of online interviews with landlords suggests far fewer of them have been seriously impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic than...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Rogue landlords who create portfolios of overcrowded, unregulated and unsafe properties - including the infamous beds in sheds - now face...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News
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Labour has echoed campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction powers,...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News
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Private landlords, tenants and letting agents are being asked to give their views on a Labour council’s tenancy strategy in London. The...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent is recovering well from the pandemic across the UK according to a survey. Construction sites across the UK ground...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A planning inspector has ordered a rogue landlord to comply with enforcement notices after being found to be illegally renting two...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News

New figures from the National Home Building Council suggests the popularity of detached properties has soared during the pandemic - prompting...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Two married landlords from Southall have been ordered to pay over £290,000 after failing to comply with a planning enforcement notice. Kartar and...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Tenant demand across the private rental sector is at a record high according to buy to let specialist the Paragon Bank. A...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A Labour-controlled local authority with a reputation for clampdowns on rogue landyhas issued a statement celebrating its successes. Tower Hamlets council in...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News

London lettings agency Chestertons says the number of tenants in the capital is now at an annual high. The agency’s latest market...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News

After lengthy periods in the doldrums, prime London’s rental market is looking up at last according to data consultancy LonRes -...
19 October 2021
From: Breaking News

£223.7 billion. That’s how much better off UK landlords are than five years ago when you do the maths on the...
16 October 2021
From: Industry Views

A London landlord has been ordered to pay almost £275,000 for failing to comply with an existing planning enforcement notice. Mrs Anja...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News

New research shows that the average rental yield in Britain has remained at roughly 4.2 per cent throughout the pandemic. Regionally, the...
14 October 2021
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Letting agency Knight Frank has identified an opportunity for landlords to cash in on a supply shortage - but only if...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent says a new HMO licensing regime in one of London’s highest profile boroughs will reduce the number of rental...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A new league table of investment potential has given a ringing endorsement to buy to let in cities. Select Property Group has...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A national accountancy firm says HM Revenue & Customs has discovered huge numbers of landlords avoiding paying tax - as many as...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Average annual rental growth across Britain hit 8.0 per cent in September, the third fastest annual rate of growth recorded this...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The number of new tenancies started in September in prime areas of London was the highest monthly total in the last...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The government has been told to raise the landlord cost cap to £10,000 to increase the number of private rental sector...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Some student rents have increased by over 25 per cent in the past five years according to new research. Specialist rental industry...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A survey of over 500 property investors claims to have uncovered the UK’s hotspots for the coming year. It says some 44...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A remarkable four year court battle has ended with £190,000 in fines for a rogue landlord couple who falsely claimed they...
04 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A London council has prosecuted a rogue landlord and his associated property firm for letting unsafe properties and being unlicensed -...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News

More landlords are quitting the sector and bringing properties to the sales market, according to research from Zoopla. In its latest snapshot...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A local council is one of the first to be offering new Go Green Grants to landlords to improve energy efficiency...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News

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

A landlord who built extensions and converted them into flats and bedsits all without planning permission has been given a record...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News

For the second month running the number of prospective tenants registered per lettings agency branch has shown a big jump, Data from...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Rents across Britain continue to bounce back according to the Hamptons agency. The average rent of a new let rose 7.4 per...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Some tenants are effectively “professional crooks” taking advantage of Coronavirus law changes to avoid paying landlords, a leading letting agent says. Benham...
20 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading agent is warning that any additional tax on landlords could lead to property sell-offs and a further supply shortage. Dominic...
20 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The Property Investor Show returns to London’s Excel Centre next month – the first major UK property event to go ‘face...
20 September 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s good news for landlords who anticipate holding on to their property investments at least until 2031 - capital values are...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
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A London council is urging landlords to check whether their properties require licensing under a new scheme introduced this month. Enfield’s new...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A mortgage expert who is a prominent sceptic about the lettings market has stepped up his criticisms, saying renting is no...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A new league table has been prepared showing the average costs of listings on Airbnb - and London features outside the...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The UK rental market has revved up amidst a sharp rise in demand for city living, driving the highest rate of...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Celebrations amongst landlords and home owners over the latest record house price figures mask growing disadvantages for renters, claims a mortgage...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Demand for private rented housing in the South East is the second highest in England - and it is thought to be...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord suggests that the market is still strong as we head into autumn...
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords must pay well over £700 for entry into what is now the UK’s largest ever HMO licensing scheme, at Westminster...
02 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Letting agents have reported huge surges in demand for pet-friendly properties. Richard O’Neill, managing director at Romans Lettings, says: “There has certainly...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The Generation Rent group has renewed its attack on landlords who let properties to holidaymakers rather than long term tenants. The group...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The SpareRoom online service has drawn up what it calls an affordability guide, which is effectively a league table of room...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Post-Covid economic recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert. Martha Peyton, managing director and...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Demand for private rented housing has reached a five year high says the National Residential Landlords Association. In the association’s survey of...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent giant Grainger says east London’s lettings sector is seeing improvements thanks to returning office workers as the pandemic...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The popular belief that homes in close proximity to shops inevitably pushes up the rent is being challenged by new research. The...
19 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A local newspaper’s investigation has revealed that a London council flouted its own policies to maximise the number of landlords it...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The Hamptons lettings agency says the rate of annual rental growth is slowing slightly - but there’s no suggestion of a...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News

High end lettings agency Strutt & Parker says the outlook for Prime Central London is improving slightly with more activity reported...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Rental yields on student lets are climbing steadily across England according to a new analysis by Goodlord. In good news for landlords,...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A new analysis by a London lettings agency has assessed the relative investment merits of residential and commercial property. Benham and Reeves...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A new table of UK city affordability offers some guidance for landlords looking for urban properties in some of the least...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Estate agency Savills has upgraded its forecasts for the UK’s prime housing markets - good news for investors in this niche. The...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A private landlord operating an unlicensed and overcrowded property in London has been hit with a fine of more than £21,000. Brent...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord has overturned a council fine for letting her flat without a licence - and it’s the same local authority...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords wanting to break into London buy to let have been provided with a guide to boroughs with the most discounted...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords with student tenants, as well as the growing number of institutional landlords of purpose built student accommodation, appear to be...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Fines for landlords and lettings agents in Greater London have soared from just £22,000 in May to a huge £139,146 in...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News

New research by a property investment consultancy has revealed which regions of England present the most promising opportunities for buy to...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Redbridge council in east London has undertaken its toughest ever clampdown on buy to let, visiting 171 properties in a week. The...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Voids are at their lowest level since August 2019 while rents are on the rise, according to the latest Goodlord snapshot...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The London rental market may be in for a boom as figures show Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside the capital...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A tracking study, conducted in partnership with the UK Short Term Accommodation Association, shows exactly how well Airbnb and other short...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A private landlord operating an unlicensed and overcrowded property in London has been hit with a fine of more than £21,000. The...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The buy to let pipeline for one of the sector’s main mortgage lenders is now £911.4m some 39.9 per cent up...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The magazine produced by the National Residential Landlords Association has won a prestigious award. The publication - called Property - has been...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Camden council in north London has become the first local authority to secure an anti-social behaviour injunction against a landlord in...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest rental market snapshot released by ARLA Propertymark shows a little of the heat coming out of the rental market...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Lettings agency JLL says improved interest in East London’s lettings market is being accelerated by the expected surge in demand from...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords with houses in their portfolios will have seen a dramatic increase in their capital value according to Zoopla. It says demand...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The Property Investor Show is back and in person, rather than virtual. It’s been announced that it will take place at London’s...
28 July 2021
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A London news website has lifted the lid on speculation surrounding a councillor who appears to have been booted out of...
22 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A one-time promoter of The Rolling Stones was so busy on the road that he forgot to get an HMO licence...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord who allowed vulnerable tenants to live in conditions without windows, proper washing facilities or fire safety measures at...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News

London based landlord and property developer Richard Leahy has agreed to hand over assets worth almost £2m. This settles a civil recovery...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News

London Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to buy back former council houses now in the private rental sector. Right to Buy, part of...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Labour councils in London have backed the initiative from Mayor Sadiq Khan to buy back ex-council houses now in the private...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Private sector rents are falling in real terms according to government figures. Data from the Office for National Statistics show that private...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The best buy to let yields can be found in the North East of England according to new research. The region as...
14 July 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
13 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The lettings agency Hamptons has declared the bottom of the rental market for Inner London, saying it’s now on the way...
13 July 2021
From: Breaking News
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London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, and the Baroness leading the Generation Rent campaign have called for powers to control rents. Khan claims...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A buy to let consultancy has identified those parts of the country where there’s been the biggest swing towards renting when...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News

An online student accommodation platform has identified where demand from students is strongest as they prepare for the next academic year. UniHomes...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A prominent PropTech supplier to the lettings sector predicts that as summer continues and Covid restrictions reduce, so more tenants will...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Fines totalling more than £250,000 were issued to rogue landlords in Barking and Dagenham last year. Offences included failing to have a...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The controversy over whether pets should be allowed in the private rental sector continues apace with one major agency coming down...
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The London international rental market, a long-term victim of the pandemic and travel restrictions, appears to be improving at last. High profile...
25 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Investment consultancy Thirlmere Deacon says serviced apartments, typically for visitors, can provide an attractive option for investors right now. Thirlmere Deacon director...
22 June 2021
From: Breaking News

After months in the doldrums thanks to tenants moving away and an excess of supply, London’s rental sector is recovering. The Home...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent specialist Ascend Properties says latest data on the sector shows that across the UK some 36,054 BTR units...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News

If you are furnishing your long-term let or holiday let, a new guide to the best value second hand furniture may...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News

For the first time in seven years it’s now cheaper to rent a home than buy one. So says the Hamptons lettings...
15 June 2021
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The government has taken the unusual step of denying a local council its request for an extended term for a landlord...
14 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Rental growth accelerated in May to reach a new record high according to Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons. Last month the average cost...
14 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A Labour Party pressure group has tweeted the message: “All landlords are bastards.” The tweet, from Labour Tenants United, is the latest...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A London council has prosecuted a landlord for renting out an unauthorised and unsafe House in Multiple Occupation. Daniella Mbachu, who owns...
10 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Airbnb says it’s working to consider new approaches to short-term letting and the burgeoning holiday lets sector - and this has...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank has identified part of central London which it describes as being historically overlooked but likely to be transformed in...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News

There are just three weeks left for landlords to respond to one of the largest consultations undertaken by a council in...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A council says it’s “on the side of tenants” against landlords. The London borough of Tower Hamlets has renewed its Selective Licensing...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A Build To Rent operator, Kooky, has launched a 39-unit scheme within a new Taylor Wimpey housing estate. The estate is Oakleigh...
03 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Former Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has spoken out against what he calls “the greed of the mega-landlords.” The veteran MP -...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Lettings platform Mashroom has pulled together what it suggests are the most influential landlords using the social media service TikTok. For the...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The umbrella group representing London councils wants the government to use taxpayer money to help private tenants with Covid-related arrears. The call...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Tenant activist group Generation Rent says it’s working with five councils to find out more about private renters in those areas. The...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A London lettings agency says that despite its four year delay, Crossrail still presents opportunities for buy to let investors. Benham and...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s a warning that there’s been a huge rise in fraudulent tenant applications since the start of the pandemic. In terms of...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A man who tried to frame his landlord’s partner as being involved in the Westminster terrorist attack has been jailed. Gerald Banyard,...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A London council is inviting landlords and others to respond to a consultation on changes to its licensing regime. Ealing council claims...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Private sector tenants are leaving London in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, changing the rental market fundamentally. According to new research, landlords...
19 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Lettings agency Hamptons says that across Great Britain rents rose 5.9 per cent annually in April, the fastest rate since January...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A Build To Rent operator is introducing “signature scents” into its properties “to lift moods and enhance the rental experience.” Fig, orange...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News

An expert assessment of the average cost of damage caused by rogue tenants growing cannabis suggests landlords will typically pay almost...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Chinese and Asian investment and marketing service Juwai IQI UK has revealed where in this country property investors from those locations...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A new academic report suggests that more than 400,000 private tenants may be in significant rent arrears by the end of...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest HomeLet market index shows that the average rent in the UK is now at a record high of £996...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Investment advisers Sterling Wealth Associates says the north of England is the go-to spot in the UK for property investment. It says...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News

An operator in the co-living rental niche in London has recorded an average 44 per cent annual growth over the past...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords looking mostly long-term capital appreciation rather than yields may have to invest in an unlikely location which topped a league...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A London council has taken a landlord company to court after complaints of poor housing conditions in five of its rented...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Flatfair has revamped its deposit alternative service, claiming its new offer gives twice the protection of a traditional deposit scheme. From this...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A mortgage lender specialising in high net worth clients has identified those areas outside London seeing the most prime purchases. Enness Global...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News

An online corporate rental platform says Covid 19 has led to a six-fold increase in demand for medium-term rentals in this...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Rental affordability in the capital has improved markedly during the pandemic according to London lettings agency Benham and Reeves. The firm analysed...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News

New figures released by Rightmove this morning show that 65 per cent of London locations now have lower rent levels than...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the leading consultancies involved in prime London lettings says 86 per cent of new tenancies in Q1 2021 were...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Reduced demand and falling rents continue throughout the London prime flats market, with values down in all areas except the south west...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Two landlords of a property in East London have been ordered to pay costs and fines totalling £61,057.05 after they were prosecuted...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A Scandinavian company is bidding to create a short lets rival to Airbnb and has announced it is opening in the UK...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News

An economist at a right-leaning think tank says Berlin - often regarded as a model for state-regulated private renting - has...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News

New data from lettings agency Hamptons suggests that despite the slew of challenges thrown at the private rental sector, the number...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News

New figures suggest a large average rise in rents over the past year in almost every region outside of London. According to...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The main landlords’ trade body has hit out at a bid by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to impose private...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord that refused to make safety improvements at two of her properties in Folkestone has been fined nearly £5,000. Madeleine Scott,...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A pressure group for tenants wants the next Mayor of London to win powers from the government to reduce rents, through a...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News

New research shows that monthly payments for the mortgage are likely to be cheaper than rent for a comparable home -...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Only 39 rogue landlords and letting agents have been hit with banning orders in the first three years of their existence. The...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest Goodlord rental index shows a buoyant lettings market over the past month. March brought a boost in average income for...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Few landlords deal in the rarified surroundings of the central London market, and new figures from lettings agency Knight Frank show...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency estimates that the number of overseas landlords owning property in the UK has hit a five-year high -...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News

An analysis of the Green Homes Grant applications show exactly which areas will be hit most when the scheme comes to...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Two landlords have been handed hefty fines after pleading guilty to renting out shared houses without the correct paperwork. The owner of...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A group of activists at the centre of campaigns for renters’ rights has claimed the police help landlords commit illegal acts. The London...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the most respected and experienced agents in Prime Central London has given an insight into the lettings market in...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News

London-focussed lettings agency Portico has drawn up highly localised hotspots within the capital for landlords seeking the best yields. According to the...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Areas boasting Russell Group universities - considered the best in the UK - have the highest rents but disappointing yields. Returns from a...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency has suggested that the typical landlord could lose as much as £24,000 if the government increases Capital Gains...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News

With buy to let and traditional commercial property both under challenge thanks to government regulations and Coronavirus, the government is now...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News

High level research shows that since the start of the pandemic - March 2020 - some 300,000 fewer properties have come...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A tenant who sub-let a property by falsely claiming to be its owner has been given a criminal record. Sonia Nascimento rented...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Activists are aiming to make the eviction ban a central theme in this spring’s local elections. In early May there are elections...
11 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord who illegally turned a London property into 13 flats has been hit by nearly £200,000 in fines, costs and...
11 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Letting agents in London say there's more interest from prospective tenants now the vaccine and Coronavirus roadmap suggest something like normality...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings platform specialising in student accommodation has a new way to spot locations with excess supply. UniHomes says Southampton, Portsmouth and...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A senior Anglican priest has stood up for renting as a concept, and suggests Britain is too pre-occupied with home ownership. Angela...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Around 840,000 private renters in England and Wales have built up rent arrears since lockdown measures began and one in five...
03 March 2021
From: Property Investment & Strategy

A Crown Court judge has ordered a landlord to pay back almost £750,000 in illicit earnings made from overcrowded properties in...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News

People are bored of working from home and want to return to the "comfort" of office work and city centre socialising. That’s...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has joined forces with tenant activists to demand the Chancellor gives financial support...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Owners of apparently empty or under-utilised properties in a prime London area are being asked to bring them into use to...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords are exiting the office on greater numbers since the government called for a review of Capital Gains Tax last year, claims...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A London council is running what it describes as “an innovative project” to help private tenants reclaim rent from landlords who...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Two landlords have to pay almost £8,000 for letting their flats in defiance of a Prohibition Order. The order came into force...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A London authority wants to extend its licensing regime for HMOs and landlords have just over two weeks left to respond. Lambeth...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The owner of a property used for an illegal party has been fined by a London council for breaking lockdown. Police were called...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is to keep a call for rent controls in the capital as a major plank of his...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest rental market snapshot from the property website Home talks of “a nightmare scenario for London landlords”. Firstly, it says rents...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A property development firm says it’s to spend up to £500m in land acquisitions over the next three years, as part...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Plummeting inner London rents mean the gap between central and outer areas of the capital is now far less than before. Data...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Two landlords who illegally let a London property without providing proper washing facilities or tackling serious fire hazards have been taken to...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Despite talk of increased arrears and wider economic concerns, it appears tenants are increasingly worried about the long-term effects of poor credit...
12 February 2021
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A tax barrister has restructured his way of working and is appealing to buy to let and other property investors as...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Rents have risen gently across most regions of the UK but worries are growing over the longer-term economic landscape. HomeLet’s latest lettings...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News

There is substantial investment going in to the private rental sector by individual landlords, according to evidence from the latest edition...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News

New research out this morning suggests that Coronavirus continues to change the lettings landscape, with houses now renting more quickly than a...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Two men have been ordered to pay almost £8,000 for letting out flats in defiance of regulations designed to keep tenants...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association is calling on the Chancellor to scrap the three per cent stamp duty levy on the...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News

On top of the rush to beat the stamp duty holiday deadline and changes to Help To Buy - both with cliff...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading market monitor suggests voids are increasing but otherwise states the rental market is in good health, one year on from...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords have only until February 11 to respond to the licensing proposals of the London council with the largest private rental...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News

There is growing momentum for local councils to freeze their plans for landlord licensing while the pandemic continues. Lettings agency trade body...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms - a critical issue for landlords in light of recent legislation - are back in the...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News

An analysis of the rental market in England has revealed a dramatic drop in the number of EU nationals taking up...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Research by lettings agency Keller Williams suggests the Coronavirus crisis has led to dip in rents across the UK - but...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Insurance company CIA landlord has prepared a league table of the most and least profitable locations for buy to let landlords. It’s...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Two property investment companies and an associated business have all been closed down “in the public interest” by the government’s Insolvency...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Momentum is building against councils pushing ahead with licensing schemes despite the pandemic. Earlier this week ARLA Propertymark, the letting agents’ trade...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Around half of renters are worried about financial security thanks to Coronavirus - and many are concerned their landlords will sell up. Aldermore Bank,...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord who let out a former bank vault as an illegal flat described by the local council as “dangerous” has...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Figures from investment consultancy London Central Portfolio show how vulnerable the capital’s rental market is to Brexit and Coronavirus - but...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News

New research suggests there’s been a rush amongst landlords to set up companies through which to manage or purchase buy to...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests a drop in landlord activity across the UK. RICS does...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency says there is very large scale support amongst tenants for the extension to the current bailiff-enforced eviction ban,...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Rents across much of England and Wales are performing strongly according to a new market analysis - and in some areas...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Activists in a rental reform coalition say court possession hearings should be halted as well as bailiff-led evictions. They say the stress...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called for an extension of the eviction ban and a two year rent freeze in the...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest survey from PropTech platform Goodlord suggests the lettings landscape is relatively stable entering 2021 - but with the prospect...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

It appears that a London borough council’s two licensing schemes have expired at the turn of the year, with no alternative...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

London agency Dexters says the number of lettings applicants rose 50 per cent in 2020 with a particular surge in November...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent, the lobby group that tells the government how it thinks the lettings industry should operate, appears to have a...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A Labour MP is demanding action against unscrupulous predator landlords who demand sex from tenants in lieu of rent. The Daily Mail...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A property development consultancy is tipping five regeneration areas in England as potential good investments for the coming year. SevenCapital says they...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan wants a £3 billion one-off windfall tax on private developers to fund replacement cladding on affected...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The roll-out of a vaccine for Coronavirus could dramatically change the poor rental market performance in prime London in the coming...
30 December 2020
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A Labour housing politician is accusing the government of using Coronavirus as an excuse for dragging its feet over scrapping Section...
23 December 2020
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Landlords with London properties have a short-term opportunity to list and let them for free - but they’ll have to be...
23 December 2020
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Landlords with properties in the Havering area have until January 24 to submit a selective licence application, giving them a 50...
23 December 2020
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Staff are being recruited by a coalition of groups campaigning for widespread restrictions on landlord powers in 2021. Called the Renters Reform...
22 December 2020
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Seven per cent of private tenants now have arrears built up during the Coronavirus period. A survey of tenants for the National...
22 December 2020
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One of the candidates for next year’s London Mayoral election wants to put pet-friendly tenancies for the private rental sector as...
17 December 2020
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The Labour-controlled Greater London Authority and 18 other groups of activists, charities and students have formed a new pro-renter coalition. Called the...
16 December 2020
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The number of UK landlords has risen 49 per cent in the last five years to an all-time high of 2.7m...
16 December 2020
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No fewer than 15 per cent of all sales agreed in November went to landlords, the highest figure for four years. The data...
14 December 2020
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The average monthly private sector rent in England over the 12 months to September was £725. The figure, released over the weekend,...
14 December 2020
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A London lettings agency is offering landlords the opportunity to list and let properties for free this month. The offer comes from...
11 December 2020
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The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the vast majority of respondents expect rents in...
10 December 2020
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A London council has confirmed its right to refuse licenses to criminal landlords - even reformed ones. A story in the East...
08 December 2020
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An analysis by a lettings management service has identified those parts of London with the strongest yields and capital growth in...
07 December 2020
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The latest HomeLet rental index suggests that the average rent in the UK is now £974 after a 2.9 per cent...