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New figures from the Housing Ombudsman - who presides over social housing - suggests 47% of the cases he has determined...

The UK’s largest corporate landlord, Grainger plc, has spent £31m to buy an existing 135-home Build To Rent scheme in Manchester...

The government has been warned by a charity not to weaken its commitment to scrapping Section 21 by allowing ‘backdoor evictions’...

Academics in a leading university have set up a project to probe so-called bidding wars in the private rental sector.  Two figures...

A new index shows that only one in eight potential first-time buyers can purchase the average FTB home in their area. The...

The London borough of Wandsworth is the latest council to trigger a consultation for more licensing.   It’s inviting tenants, landlords, property...

Enfield council in North London is running a consultation on its proposals for a licensing scheme for small, shared HMOs in...

A Labour council is warning landlords to get licensing or face hefty fines or prosecution.  Brent council in north London says it...

Rents in London have dropped for the second consecutive quarter (Q1 and Q2 2024) new data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals. The...

In the prime London lettings market both supply and demand slowed last month according to property data consult icy LonRes.  Annual rental...

Prime London rental growth picked up in Q2 (0.7% from 0.3% in Q1), according to the latest index results from Savills,...

The latest e.surv index shows that house prices in England and Wales are, on average, still some 1.6% below the level...

The National Residential Landlords Association has congratulated Labour on its landslide election win and has extended the hand of cooperation for...

UK house prices stayed relatively flat for the third successive month in June, according to figures released over the weekend by...

Rightmove says the government elected today must build 120,000 homes to help return rents to what it believes are normal levels,...

A prominent industry figure has criticised politicians for leaving all sides of the private lettings sector with uncertainty - and allowing...

Knight Frank is warning that as supply increases and demand drops back to normal levels, so the pressure to drop rents...

Rents in June 2024 rose by 6.7% year-on-year, according to the latest figures from the Goodlord Rental Index.  The Index, which analyses...

Price growth in high-value prime areas has been put on hold given uncertainty surrounding the General Election, according to the latest...

The recent unveiling by several London councils of selective licensing schemes should raise concerns among private sector landlords - especially 'amateur'...

A new analysis of property sales expenses suggests that landlords who sell now are paying up to 21% more in estate...

A move by one London council to refer itself to the Regulator of Social Housing should be seen as a 'national...

Mortgage industry research on affordability estimates that the cumulative shortfall in first-time buyer numbers since the financial crisis reached 3.1m by...

Half of HMO landlords say their property or portfolio is their sole source of income. Just under 30% of landlords who took...

A new first-time buyer study from Rightmove reveals that the average first-time buyer mortgage payment has risen by 61% since the...

Speculation is growing ahead of the General Election around how first-time buyers will fair, and if they’ll receive the support they...

“When it comes to housing policy, there is little difference between the two major parties” says Aneisha Beveridge, head of research...

A letter from a coalition of pro-tenant groups has been sent to the leaders of the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Reform...

Energy Performance Certificates can be riddled with inaccuracies and give unhelpful advice to property owners. That’s the view of consumer service...

Rental growth seems to be stabilising, says lettings agency Hamptons.   It says the cost of a newly let home in Great Britain...

Labour’s manifesto commitment to empower renters to challenge unreasonable rent increases has been slammed because it “would leave millions trapped in...

Rightmove says that while much of the housing market is carrying on regardless, some higher end potential vendors are now sitting...

The year to March 2024 saw the fewest new housing sites consented than during any 12-month period since the data collection...

So Sadiq Khan has succeeded in winning a third term as Mayor of London – albeit with a smaller majority than...

The owners of a large HMO in London have been fined £13,500 after failing to repair multiple hazards within their property. A...

The Conservatives have set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and related issues.  Here...

The Conservatives say they will scrap Capital Gains Tax for landlords who sell to sitting tenants, if they win the General...

A lettings industry figure has let rip at politicians pitching for votes at next month’s General Election. HomeLet and Let Alliance chief...

An investigation by Sky News and a housing campaigner have revealed that there are some 33,993 vacant council properties in England...

The ink was hardly dry on Labour’s plan for a mortgage guarantee scheme for first time buyers before some left wing...

Average house prices remained broadly stable in May, down just 0.1% on a monthly basis. This actually took the annual rate of...

The Generation Rent activist group has issued a statement appearing sharply critical of Labour’s first new policy on housing in the General...

Shock new figures from Zoopla show that although rental demand has softened over the last year there are still 15 people...

From July 1 most privately rented properties in Lewisham, south London, will need a property licence.  With one in four households in...

A Labour councillor who has wanted restricted rights for buy to let landlords and short let hosts has been dropped as...

Nearly half of landlords intend to buy property in the next 12 months, claims another optimistic survey by specialist lender Landbay. Forty...

The Times recently calculated that recent tax and regulation changes made it unviable for many landlords to continue in the sector. We...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims social rents are 64% more affordable than private rents, with social tenants in England having to pay...

A couple who are portfolio landlords in the London borough of Haringey have been ordered to pay £10,000 after failing to...

A Labour MP who served in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow administration and has spent much of his Parliamentary career criticising the private...

A council which this week announced that it would charge landlords almost £1,000 for a licence, is now being accused of kicking...

Higher borrowing costs have created a mood of hesitancy in property markets. Rising mortgage rates mean UK residential sales are increasingly...

Figures publicised in a new House of Commons report suggests there’s been a huge rise in the number of short lets...

England’s dwindling social housing stock is poised to plummet by an additional 189,000 properties through the controversial Right to Buy scheme...

Average UK private rents were up 8.9% in the year to April according to the Office for National Statistics. This is a...

An agency that works with over 170 councils is promising rent guarantees and insurance cover to landlords who volunteer their properties...

London councils have slammed government plans for regulating the short-term and holiday lets sector. In a letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...

All private landlords in four areas of Islington in north London - where the council claims there are particular problems with...

Landlords in London are benefitting from double digit increases in rents, outdoing every other region of Great Britain.  London rents increased by...

Labour-controlled Lambeth council in south London is introducing a Selective Licensing Scheme at almost £1,000 per property. A statement from the council...

Just days after suggesting rent controls of any kind were off the table, it now appears Labour may be considering them...

Grainger, the Stock Market listed corporate landlord, has been targeted by protesters over rent levels. A protest outside Grainger’s London HQ marks...

Research by PropTech firm APRAO has asked whether London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has delivered on new homes for the capital. On...

New figures from the Ministry of Justice show how hard interest rate rises are hitting landlords. Compared to the same quarter in...

A study by property software firm APRAO shows new-build house price premiums at their highest in a decade. The supplier analysed existing...

The fragile peace between different groups in the Renters Reform Coalition has ended in a dispute about a Labour-commissioned report on...

Seventeen London boroughs wasted over £2m in the last five years fighting rejected planning applications that were subsequently approved on appeal,...

Over 40% of council houses and flats sold under the long-standing Right To Buy scheme are now owned by private landlords. That’s...

New data from flat share website SpareRoom has revealed what it calls “the up-and-coming London rental hotspots” with properties further away...

Sadiq Khan, newly elected for a third term as London Mayor, is already under pressure from the Labour Left to be...

The latest RICS UK Residential Survey results shows the recent recovery in buyer demand has mellowed slightly, with the market impacted...

Buy to let landlords with properties inside controversial ‘Low Traffic Neighbourhoods’ or LTNs may be in for a windfall. That’s because new...

Airbnb has ripped into politicians in Scotland who have implemented restrictions on short lets. The former SNP-Green coalition government allowed local councils...

A London council has revealed that a social housing tenant claimed their property was a private one, and fraudulently sub-let it...

The research head of Knight Frank is warning that a new batch of landlords are preparing to sell up and leave...

The chief executive of Generation Rent is one of the speakers at the launch of a review of the private rental...

New market analysis by peer-to-peer investment platform easyMoney has identified 10 areas of the nation on track for growth of more...

Demand is still way ahead of supply min he private rental sector, a Rightmove survey has round. The property portal says there...

More landlords predict Scotland will attract the most residential property investment outside of London and the South East in the next...

Agents’ trade group Propertymark is demanding London Mayor candidates tackle what it calls “the unique housing challenges that the capital experiences.” Londoners...

The latest Rental Index from Goodlord reveals that rents are now up by 5.7% over the year.  The price per property over...

The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...

The average advertised rent of new properties coming onto the market hits a 17th consecutive record, with the average price of...

Labour London Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to install ‘mould sensors’ in thousands of rental homes across the capital. In a pledge ahead...

The government has been accused of mismanaging reforms to no-fault evictions saying: “It’s created uncertainty upon uncertainty”. Theresa May first made the...

Detached homes in Wales are the slowest property types to sell across the UK and take an average of 92 days...

Jonathan Rolande is a property industry and housing market commentator, and is founder of the National Association of Property Buyers.  It’s almost...

Only 2% of current properties listed for sale in London have a tenant in situ, according to lettings agency Benham and...

The coalition of 20-plus groups which have previously spoken enthusiastically about the Renters Reform Bill has now changed its mind. On April...

The Renters Reform Bill returns to the House of Commons today with activist groups critical of amendments put forward to reach...

A property industry group wants to restrict the private letting of properties bought in the future via the Right To Buy...

An online lettings platform claims to have launched the first “end-to-end self-service lettings platform” which could save landlords around £3,800. Hello Neighbour...

If you’re moving home and have either plenty of equity or savings you can use for a deposit, plus a decent...

The latest official government rent index shows that average private rents across the UK as a whole increased by 9.2% in...

Rental growth in Britain has slowed says lettings agency Hamptons, with the average newly let rent rising 6.7% over the past...

National Landlord Investment Show has announced that the former Leader of the Conservative Party, the Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith,...

A small number of activists have tried to erect a four metre high mock eviction notice on one of Housing Secretary...

An activist group says any future Labour government should introduce a beefed-up version of the Renters Reform Bill - whether or...

A London council has prosecuted landlord Syed Shah, owner of an HMO, for a string of  breaches that posed significant risks...

A comprehensive new survey gives the lowdown on buy to let in the UK. The study, by Uswitch, is lengthy and covers...