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The publication yesterday of Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, confirming that landlords and building managers will...

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme has released its latest annual report revealing an increase in the number of consumers contacting the...

The north-south gap in rental prices is narrowing, as rent hikes ease in the north but pick up in the south...

Two letting agents have been hit with £14,000 fines for unlicensed shared properties in Camden, north London. The two rogue letting agents...

A new build development of eight luxury flats has come on to the rental market in Shoreditch, east London. The new homes,...

As the National Landlord Investment Show prepares to celebrate its fifth anniversary at Aston Villa Football Club on Wednesday May 16th,...

The buy-to-let market in London and the South East has seen stronger levels of activity since the start of the year...

Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has purchased a Private Rented Sector (PRS) build-to-rent development on East Street, an...

There has been a sharp rise in the number of overseas investors investing in UK crowdfunding development projects, including buy-to-let schemes,...

With the outlook for savers looking dismal, many people continue to invest in the tried and tested route of bricks and...

It is undoubtedly a buyer’s market in London at the moment, with those who are looking to buy property in the...

Rental prices increased by 1.5% in April compared to the corresponding month a year earlier, according to the latest HomeLet Rental...

Located in a central position of the UK, Nottingham is a fantastic city with a population of more than 350,000 people,...

HMO properties produced the highest yields in the first quarter of 2018, at 7.1% - 1.3% above the market average, according...

Buy-to-let landlords in central London were the most likely to have reduced rents in England in the past 12 months, fresh...

A buy-to-let landlord in North West London has been ordered to pay more than £10,000 for licensing breaches in connection with...

London now has significantly more Airbnb listings than ever before, with a growing number of buy-to-let landlords turning to the holiday letting...

A Labour councillor tasked with clamping down on rogue landlords has found herself in hot water after failing to declare a...

The growing housing crisis in London is forcing employees to quit their jobs and making it harder for firms to recruit...

With demand from tenants gathering pace, at a time when there has been a reduction in the number of new properties...

No landlord wants to experience excessive or lengthy void periods as that can significantly impact the viability of their investment, and...

There has been a sharp rise in demand for rental accommodation, according to the latest report from haart. Data from the letting...

Investing in buy-to-let property can be a great way to make money. But before parting with your cash, an investment strategy...

A new productivity tool designed to help landlords, property managers, agents and tenants better manage their day-to-day tenancy communications has been...

High house prices and years without real-terms wages growth have prompted a growing number of young people to abandon the idea...

There has been an improvement in the letting market, according to board company Agency Express. The number of new rental property listings...

Low levels of activity in the sluggish housing market are forcing many homeowners to accept offers well below asking price, making...

A majority of buy-to-let landlords see the UK’s vote to leave the EU as a threat to their property business, with...

The Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, the UK’s most comprehensive property exhibition, takes place at London ExCeL tomorrow and Saturday and...

Tenant referencing provides all the background information on prospective tenants, helping landlords and letting agents make an educated choice about who...

In recent years, cites within the north of England have attracted more property investors targeting high yields, but new research shows...

With savers receiving miserable returns, many shrewd investors are turning to the buy-to-let sector as a means of supplementing their income,...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal wedding has caused a major tourism boost for areas surrounding London and Windsor as illustrated...

An ‘unsafe’ house in multiple occupation (HMO) in north London has been uncovered by enforcement officers from Brent Council following a...

The number of landlords remortgaging in order to raise funds to improve their properties has reached an all-time high, new figures...

Over the past year, the government has introduced 3% Stamp Duty levy, new stress tests for portfolio landlords and started to...

Who are you? I am Director of Remax Key Properties, West Kensington. How long have you been trading? I’ve worked in property since graduating...

The buy-to-let market continues to see a marginal rise in residential rental prices, and this trend appears to be fuelled by...

Wealthy foreigners are prepared to spend up to £50,000 a week renting luxury homes in London, and this now risks sending...

The landlord of a north London property where two men died of a suspected carbon monoxide leak on Sunday faces a...

Void periods are inevitable. But no landlords wants to experience excessive or lengthy void periods as that can significantly impact the...

Demand for property in the private rental market is showing no signs of slowing down, and this is placing upward pressure...

Despite the changes to the buy-to-let sector in recent years, there still remains a desire among many to become a landlord,...

Almost two-fifths of landlords are feeling positive about the future of the rental market, and are thinking about buying more properties...

A new TV show called ‘Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords’, a companion series to ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’, starts today. Following the success...

Rents in prime central London increased by 0.2% between February and March, the first monthly rise since September 2015, according to...

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

Colchester has been named the best place for buy-to-let investors in today’s market, based on a combination of capital value growth,...

Rents increased 3% annually in February to £857 per month on average helping to offset recent tax hikes for landlords, new...

A Conservative councillor has been ordered to pay more than £57,000 after being taken to court by his own council for...

Hackney in east London has recorded the fastest growth in rents on a typical two-bedroom home over the past decade, according...

Buy-to-let landlords who own properties in London that look set to be empty over the Easter bank holiday weekend are being...

Unscrupulous landlords in Hackney, east London, who leave tenants living in substandard conditions, will be forced to improve the condition of...

Tenants in London are now required to pay up to £8,650 just to move into a rented home, it has been...

A north London council is being encouraged to take a tough stance on reported Airbnb and equivalent style rentals in an...

While rental growth may have slowed in London over recent months, the appetite to invest in HMO properties across the capital...

In recent times, Birmingham has widely been considered as one of the very best places to invest in, throughout the whole...

Deposit protection scheme, TDS, has announced 20 new dates for its ‘Academy’ training events running over the next year across England...

The average buy-to-let investor who sold their rental property in 2017 did so for £86,651 more than they paid for it,...

The average tenancy deposit paid by tenants in Britain’s largest cities now stands at £1,057, with deposits for properties in London and...

Rental prices increased by 1.2% in February compared to the corresponding month a year earlier, the latest HomeLet Rental Index shows. The...

There was a significant decline in rental stock coming on to the market in the final quarter of 2017, placing greater...

The Northern Powerhouse cities of Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool have been identified as global property investment hotspots. According to the research from...

Average rents in the prime central London (PCL) residential lettings market fell 2.1% in the year to February 2018, the same...

It has been just over a year since the opening of the rental development be:here Hayes in west London, delivered by...

The National Landlord Show arrives at Olympia on Thursday 15 March to give advice via complimentary seminars, leading suppliers and two...

Buy-to-let landlords are being advised to turn to the North West of England in a bid to increase their annual yields following the...

Three tenants who sub-let a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Kingsbury, north-west London, to 35 men have been fined more than 23,000. The residents...

Registration is now live for the National Landlord Investment Show which will take place at London Olympia next month.  Hundreds of buy-to-let landlords...

With residential property prices in super prime London continuing to fall, an increasing number of would-be purchasers are turning to luxury...

Plans to introduce new licensing schemes for privately rented homes across parts of North West London have been given the go-ahead by...

A third of property professionals in this country are set to add to their portfolios this year as appetite for opportunistic...

A proposal to introduce a new licensing scheme for privately rented homes in Nottingham has been given the green light by...

Private rental prices paid by tenants continued to slow last month suggesting that rent controls may leave tenants worse off. Rent paid...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay £7,400 after failing to obtain a license to rent out a property in...

Rental values in prime London increased by 2.5% in the final quarter of 2017, up 1.2% on the corresponding period in...

Buy-to-let landlords looking for an impressive return on investment in the capital through Airbnb stays should look to invest in East...

Who are you? Will Handley, CEO of HomeRenter What does it say on your business card? CEO and Co-founder What is HomeRenter? HomeRenter’s mission is to...

Recently named as the most rapidly improving locations in the UK – investment in the UK’s second city shows no sign...

A company and the manager of a house of multiple occupation (HMO) in South Hampstead, north-west London, have been hit with...

The average cost of renting a home is now increasing across every UK region for the first time in 19 months,...

Weaker demand from tenants has resulted in rental price falls in parts of the capital, as some landlords are being forced...

An unscrupulous individual pretending to be a private landlord in order to scam more than £10,000 from unsuspecting tenants before going...

With 65,000 affordable new homes planned to be built in London per year, it would appear that the capital is offering...

Criminal landlords who crammed up to 40 migrants inside their semi-detached townhouse in north-west London face losing hundreds of thousands of...

Landlord licensing, a database of rogue landlords and improved rent controls are among some of the primary measures proposed by renters...

According to official figures, more than 200,000 homes in England were empty for at least six months during 2016. In London,...

Buy-to-let investors seeking the best returns should look at investing in key northern cities where the gap between asking and achieved...

Average rents in prime central London recorded a fall of 3.1% over the course of 2017, but the rate of decline...

A but-to-let landlord in south east London has been penalised for allowing his elderly tenants to live in a property that...

With tenants privately renting from a landlord now typically paying more than half of their income in rent, a growing number...

The housing crisis is the greatest challenge London faces. Years of not building enough new homes, including affordable housing, mean many...

The number of properties letting agents managed in December reached a record-high, according to ARLA Propertymark’s December Private Rented Sector (PRS) report. The 200 properties...

Auctions are a great way to acquire property competitively, with a wide range of great investment deals often going under the...

The phasing out of mortgage interest relief from last April will soon start to make it harder for buy-to-let landlords to make...

The average rent in England and Wales hit £850 a month in December, up 2.2% year-on-year, led by gains in the...

Rental arrears – or the potential for rent arrears – are the bane of every landlord’s life, to the degree that...

Rogue landlords are profiting from the housing benefit system by enticing desperate local authorities to place single homeless people into small...

Who are you?   Arthur Jones, I’m Glide’s London Business Development Manager. I joined Glide in November 2016 to head up London. My...

London continued to be the worst performing region in Britain when it comes to house prices, with values falling by 0.8%...

Rent paid by tenants to private landlords in Britain rose by 1.2% in the year to December, the Office for National...

With house prices increasingly steady outside of London and the South East, the housing market across many parts of the country...

Ex-Big Brother TV star Heavy D was humiliated on ITV daytime show Judge Rinder yesterday after having a case against his...

The proportion of homes bought by a landlord fell to a nine-year low of just 12.5% last year, as higher taxes...

The average asking rent across the UK, excluding London, increased by 0.7% in 2017, which is the lowest rate of growth...

Buy-to-let landlords will still benefit from £16.7bn worth of tax relief, based on claims from the latest year’s tax returns, even...

UK rents grew by 0.56% in 2017, led by gains in London commuter hotspots, according to the latest rental price index...

The market in London started to slow about three years ago, with property prices at the upper to high end of...

The phasing out of mortgage interest relief and tougher mortgage lending conditions contributed to what was a rather difficult 2017 for...

Uncertainties over Brexit will continue to hit property investor sentiment in prime central London (PCL), according to a leading letting agent. While...

With the plans for the Northern Powerhouse in full flow and the housing market in London currently being outperformed by other...

With the new year almost upon us, now is a good time to think about your property investment strategy and potentially...

A landlord in Ilford, Essex, has been sentenced to four months in jail for continuing to rent out his property despite...

A buy-to-let landlord who used to live in his car is offering his flat for free to homeless people over the...

The mayor of London’s decision to launch a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ rogue landlords and letting agents...

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan yesterday launched a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ dodgy landlords and letting...

Annual rental price growth in the UK slowed to just 0.7% in November, down from 0.9% a month earlier, HomeLet’s latest...

Residential property prices across England and Wales increased in November for the first time in eight months, supported in part by...

Whilst it has been a challenging year for private landlords, the buy-to-let sector continues to offer plenty of investment opportunities, but...

Millennials renting in this country will have spent more than £110,000 in rent by the time they are finally in a...

Haringey Council has launched a public consultation on plans to introduce two new Selective Landlord Licensing schemes in the London borough. The...

Buy-to-let landlords who let out their properties as short-term holiday lets should be hit with fresh taxes to deter them from...

There was a symbolic decline in UK rents last month, new figures show. The average UK rent dropped by 0.01% in November, and...

First-time buyers will no longer have to own a residential property in order to access finance from Barclays to invest in...

A slower sales market in the south of England has revived the accidental landlord as more people chose to rent their...

A property firm with assets in the Virgin Islands has paid a £8,000 civil penalty to Brent Council after two tenants...

Private landlords could be charged up to 50% more for an emergency repair call out over the Christmas period, compared to...

Rents are forecast to see strong growth between 2018 and 2022, according to the latest residential property forecast from Knight Frank. The...

Singer Lily Allen has sparked an angry online backlash after claiming on Twitter that she is set to be homeless for...

International investors’ interest in the UK buy-to-let market is starting to increase once more, according to a new Liquid Expat Mortgages...

A landlord who failed to provide his tenants with adequate living conditions has been sent to jail. Majid Saniinejad, of Stoke Newington,...

Remortgaging activity has increased significantly in recent months, helped in no small part by record low mortgage rates and continued house...

The average rent in England and Wales hit £845 a month in October, up 2.4% year-on-year, which is down from 4.8%...

A continuous increase in the number of cranes, hoardings and skyscraper frames around Manchester’s inner ring road is visual proof of...

Buy-to-let landlords can still expect to achieve double-digit yields when investing up north, fresh research shows. A new survey by TotallyMoney provides...

Football legend turned property magnate Robbie Fowler, estimated to be worth more than £30m, is behind free advice on how to...

Over 450 buy-to-let landlords and property investors attended the Olympia Conference Centre in London last week where they were able to...

Private rental prices paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 1.5% in the 12 months to October, but this was...

It is a statutory duty for letting agents to fully publicise the fees they charge to landlords and tenants, and yet...

The world's ‘most successful’ Airbnb landlord is based in London and currently makes £11.9m a year in rental income, renting out...

The proportion of landlords acquiring properties in cash has reached an all-time high of 65%, according to fresh data from Countrywide. The...

Annual rental price growth slowed between September and October with the cost of the average new let in Great Britain increasing...

Annual rental price growth in the UK slowed to just 0.9% in October, which was less than half the 2.1% increase...

A new student lettings app has been launched by SPCE that will potentially make it easier for landlords to find student...

More than 500 landlords attended Brent Council’s latest Landlord Forum in north London last week where they were given presentations from...

A landlord has been fined just over £12,000 after repeatedly ignoring warnings from council planning enforcement officers not to carry on...

Buy-to-let landlords and property enthusiasts will descend on the Olympia Conference Centre in London today where they will be able to...

A young man has been discovered paying £250 a month for a sleeping space in a cupboard under the stairs, measuring...

Over the past couple of years, private landlords have suffered some disappointing blows compared with other investors, such as the scrapping...

dLighted, the insurance backed deposit-free renting solution, is once again trying to persuade more landlords and tenants to use its service...

When letting a property, many of us turn to letting agents for help, and as many of you will know, not...

There has been a significant increase in the number of students living in purpose-built student accommodation across Britain, making it harder...

Rogue landlords in Hackney face heavy fines after the local council gained new powers to issue penalties of up to £30,000.  Landlords...

Together teamed up with second charge master broker Smart Money to provide a landlord with much needed funding within 24 hours. The...

In most cases, a tenant needs their landlord’s consent before they can sublet their home, otherwise they risk breaking the term...

A scheme requiring landlords to check the immigration status of new tenants is fuelling a ‘black market in forged Ids’, a...

A furious tenant who sprayed offensive comments, such as ‘racist’, ‘Arab’ and ‘no means no’, across her landlord’s car after she...

A Camden councillor who was prosecuted last year by the council he works for in north west London after failing to...

Plans to introduce an additional licensing scheme across 12 wards in Havering, east London, have been approved. Local councillors met on Wednesday...

Paul Cooney's sales team has had a flying start. Opened only six months ago and modelled on Horton and Garton's successful...

At Horton and Garton, our message to West London is simple: we want to make a difference. Not just to the...

A new licensing system in the West London neighbourhoods of Hammersmith, Shepherd’s Bush, Fulham, Chiswick and Ealing aims to protect landlords...

Local authorities now have greater powers to control properties rented out in their areas, thanks to changes in the mandatory HMO...

New rules making it compulsory for landlords to apply for planning consent if they wish to convert properties in the Royal...

There are growing signs of recovery in the prime central London buy-to-let market as rental values dipped by just 0.1% in...

The average cost of renting a property in the UK rose by 2.1% in September, while tenants in the capital faced...

Plans to introduce an additional licensing scheme across 12 wards in Havering, east London, look set to be approved tomorrow. Local councillor will...

Asking rents are continuing to drop as the supply of property to let increases, according to a new report. Historically, asking rents...

With the benefit of hindsight we always know, with painful clarity, which investments we should have bought and which we should...

Following the news that Transport for London has privately warned that Crossrail 2 could be delayed by a decade, to the...

A former north London letting agent who stole thousands of pounds worth of cash and belongings from rental homes by tricking...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) will continue to offer buy-to-let landlords across the country special training on tenancy deposit schemes, as...

A landlord in east London will have to cough up more than £100,000 or face going to jail for illegally converting...

With all the doom and gloom in the press about the poor performance of the property market as a whole, landlords...

A low supply of rental homes on the market continues to push rents up across England, Wales and Scotland, new figures...

Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to give cities the power to introduce rent controls under a Labour government. Yesterday was the last day...

Two landlords have been fined more than £85,000 for illegally cramming tenants into a rental property in Leytonstone, east London, and...

The owner of a three-bedroom house in Queensbury, north-west London, where 35 men were living in rooms full of mattresses has threatened to...

The number of new rental property listings increased by 2.4% during August compared to the same month a year ago, the...

Brent Council has once again vowed to clamp down on rogue landlords in the local area after 35 men we found...

Renters in London face a five year delay in buying a home of their own if they leave savings in cash,...

The rental market remains firm despite the various economic and political headwinds the sector has faced recently, the latest data shows.  Newly...

The scare tactics adopted by the government to keep Britain in the EU ahead of last year’s Brexit referendum saw the...

The number of buy-to-let landlords in the UK has fallen by 154,000 since 2015 despite the volume of rented homes increasing...

Buy-to-let landlords looking to invest in London’s rental market may wish to consider investing in the capital’s outer boroughs where the...

A rogue landlord who rented out squalid flats, which breached council planning laws and failed to meet basic living standards, has...

Activity levels in prime central London’s buy-to-let sector remains relatively sluggish, despite a pick up in the wider housing market in...

Landlords have identified what they believe to be London’s next buy-to-let hotspots, which includes the likes of Woodford, Leytonstone and Redbridge. North...

A growing number of landlords are selling off properties and increasing rents in response to regulatory changes and political uncertainty after...

More than 130,000 homes have potentially been taken out of the long term private rented sector as more buy-to-let landlords list...

A landlord has been fined after being found guilty of letting out a student property in Selly Oak which had a...

Tenants are now adopting a longer-term view to renting property, reflected in the average assured shorthold tenancy length which is now...

A London based letting company has been fined £20,000 after issuing false documents that gave tenants no protection from landlords or...

In an attempt to improve standards in the private rented sector, a London-based letting agent is calling on buy-to-let landlords to adopt...

Four landlords in Peterborough have become the first to have been fined for not holding a licence under a new city...

Rents are likely to rise in the third quarter of year as fewer rental homes come on to the market because...

Average rents continued to fall across many parts of London during the second quarter of the year despite the fact that...

Borough wide selective licensing could soon be coming to Brent if the the local council gets its way. Brent Council wants the...

A London council has been working with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to identify landlords that have failed to declare their...

A run of eight consecutive months of falling rents in London came to an end last month, according to Countrywide. The UK's...

A generation is being priced out of the housing market with homeownership levels set to fall further as younger people are...

Rents look set to increase further in the coming months, as the supply-demand imbalance continues to grow. With landlords facing increasing pressure...

Rental yields remain steady, and yet many buy-to-let landlords are losing confidence in their ability to rely on rental income, a...

A London-based sales and letting agent has launched an Airbnb interior styling service that it hopes will enable more buy-to-let landlords...

UK rental prices returned to growth in July, the first rise recorded for three months, according to the latest HomeLet Rental...

With significantly more new homes urgently needed to help plug the housing shortage in this country, the government views the Build...

A high number of buy-to-let investors prioritise rental rents over capital gains when making property purchase decisions, and with that in...

The number of overseas investors with buy-to-let properties has dropped sharply after a tax and regulatory clampdown, reducing the number of...

A growing number of young British adults are giving up hope of ever owning their own property, fresh research shows. A startling...

  For many years, rent has been called “dead money” and young people have been urged to “get on the housing ladder”...

Q: What is No Agent?   No Agent is a complete property management service. We have combined the experience of property experts with...

No Agent’s innovative technology and in-house property experts offers landlords a simpler, flexible and low-fee way to manage everything from start...

After a lifetime with the parents, students naturally want to let their hair down before the serious study starts, and that...

A crowdfunding page has been set up by concerned tenants who are looking to pay for an independent fire safety inspection...

Rogue landlords who target vulnerable people for sex by posting online classified adverts offering accommodation in exchange for other services, could...

Landlord confidence declined across all key indicators during the second quarter of the year, the latest quarterly index from BM Solutions...

Rental values across the residential property market in England and Wales held firm between May and June despite the uncertainty caused...

There is a direct correlation between licensed rental properties and a reduction in anti-social behaviour, according to a north London based...

We all know that investing in buy-to-let property is a potentially great way to supplement our income, and so it is...

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

With a growing number of would-be buyers turning to luxury rentals while they wait out political and economic uncertainty, activity in...

UK rental prices paid by private tenants rose by 1.8% in the 12 months to June 2017, fresh figures from the...

There has been a notable decline in the proportion of overseas based landlords in the UK as a growing number of...

After lobbying Tower Hamlets Council for three years, private renters in the east London district have finally been granted a new...

The London Borough of Redbridge has from today introduced new selective licensing schemes in the wards of Valentines and Clementswood. The...

Millions of people are being priced out of buying a property due to high house prices, the latest figures suggest. A dearth...

The average rental value of a new letting in the UK increased by just 0.24% in the first six months of...

A landlord has been fined almost £1,300 for dumping rubbish at the rear of his rental property in Grays. Ardon Jardine, who...

Asking rents outside London continue to hold up despite an increase in the number of rental homes on the market, according...

More private landlords with rental homes in the London borough of Havering may soon have to apply for a license after...

Buy-to-let landlords in London have increased rents by 45% on average over the past decade, as the cost of renting in...

The government’s decision to increase taxes for landlords over the past 18 months or so have been described as ‘profoundly wrongheaded’...

The stamp duty hike and mortgage tax relief cuts simply do not add up for buy-to-let landlords, leaving many with little...

Barclays has reduced rates on buy-to-let and residential products, as part of a wider revamp of its product range, with BTL...

Most buy-to-let landlords could soon be required to licence their properties in the London borough of Brent if the government agrees...

A landlord in London faces a backlash after posting an advert for a room inviting potential tenants to apply as long...

The proposed ban on any letting fees charged to tenants by landlords and letting agents is widely viewed as a draconian...

There has been a major slump in the number of homes for rent over the past six years, fresh figures show. There...

Very few of us enjoy filling in a tax return. But here are a few suggestions put forward by London based...

Rental market activity bounced back in May, defying fears that a slowdown had struck the market, following a slump the previous...

With landlords’ purse strings being tightened by tax changes and a mortgage squeeze, a growing number of buy-to-let investors are choosing...

Southwark council in south London is warning local leaseholders to refrain from renting out properties via short term holiday rental sites,...

The rental market in prime central London is showing signs of improvement, as reflected by the latest data from Knight Frank...

Fresh research using a combination of house prices, salaries and rental prices suggest that Stoke-on-Trent is the best destination to invest...

London has been identified as the most expensive region in Britain to be a landlord, according to fresh research by Kent...

Buy-to-let landlords from across the UK are being invited to join a post-election panel debate on the afternoon of Thursday 13...

Property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market may wish to consider buying property in Luton, which currently offers the...

The fire that engulfed a 24-storey tower block in west London yesterday, tragically killing several people when flames tore through the...

A landlord who was caught renting out a damp garage in north London, which had no gas, electrify or running water,...

Rents have flat-lined across most of the UK, as a growing number of landlords refrain from asking for rental increases, new...

The number of properties coming on to the private rental market continues to fall, driving up rents across many parts of...

The number of buy-to-let landlords registering to buy property fell last month by 3.7% in England and Wales compared with the...

UK rental prices fell for the first time in eight years in May, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. The figures...

A rogue landlord who forced susceptible women into prostitution and sexually assaulted others while ruling his £16m property empire has been...

Having long provided mega double-digit returns for investors, investment in buy-to-let has outperformed all major asset classes in recent years. But...

Living in London is thrilled to announce it has won the New Starter award and been ‘Highly Commended’ in the Office...

Liverpool has been identified as the UK’s number one buy-to-let hotspot, with landlords who own property in the city achieving rental...

Landlords renting out properties in the London borough of Brent have been ordered to pay fines totalling more than £500,000 over...

The North West of England has been named the top buy-to-let hotspot for 2017, according to new figures from Rightmove. The property...

Landlords seeking the highest buy-to-let yields in England and Wales may wish to consider buying property in the North East, where...

  The average tenancy deposit paid by tenants in England and Wales now stands at £967.84, with deposits of properties with a...

The government is putting the overall housing market at risk by “squeezing” the buy-to-let sector with higher stamp duty, new mortgage...

Rental operator Get Living has announced that it is to abolish tenancy deposits for new residents from July and return existing...

The number of rental homes available in London dropped sharply in April, while only increasing marginally across the rest of the...

Most single tenants renting privately in the capital are now paying more than half of their monthly salary on average to...

Private landlords in the capital are starting to feel the pinch from weaker tenant demand, with some landlords being forced to...

When a tenant paid his initial one month’s rent in addition to a tenancy deposit in exchange for the keys to...

Landlords can earn attractive returns when buying property near a university, but only if they are shrewd about where they purchase,...

Over the past year, the buy to let market has experienced some substantial changes, most recently the new taxation laws which...

The UK’s largest and arguably most controversial buy-to-let landlord who banned ‘coloured people’ from renting his properties because ‘they make them...

The ESTAS, a kite mark of excellent service for property professionals, has announced the winners of the Letting Agents of the...

Recent tax changes mean that investing in buy-to-let property will no longer deliver the returns it once did for many landlords,...

Complaints against letting agents often make the headlines, but the reality is that most tenants and landlords are happy with the...

Q: About the Caridon Group?  Caridon Group provides exceptional, end-to-end residential property solutions throughout the UK, from property development and management to...

Article 50, the starting gun for the UK to leave the European Union was triggered six weeks ago and now the UK...

A new telephone service to help landlords resolve property matters more promptly and economically has been launched by a legal firm...

Young private renters are facing staggering new hurdles to simply live alone and make a decent wage, new research shows.   Those attempting...

Rents in London have recorded their first annual drop for eight years, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. In April, the...

Investec Private Banking is hoping to attract more high-net-worth individuals actively looking to invest in the buy-to-let market with the launch...

First it was the change in Stamp duty and Landlord Taxation taking a large chunk of Investors out of the buying...

The owner of a rental property in west London, which was described by a judge as a “deathtrap”, has been told...

Across the whole of England and Wales the average rent in the PRS stood at £800 in March, up £2 compared...

There has been a sharp fall in the number of landlords looking to expand their buy-to-let portfolios, according to the latest...

Since the twin onslaughts of George Osborne’s Section 24 tax raid and the wholly unfounded negative hype surrounding Brexit, the talk...

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan has vowed to crackdown on criminal landlords by ensuring that they are ‘named and shamed’...

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

For both parties, a good landlord-tenant relationship is great for everyone involved, but that rapport can sometimes be ruined by ‘dishonest...

Recently I caught up with the Alex Lubinsky CEO of Rentberry, the app that allows a tenant to place a bid...

Rental price growth in the UK remains sluggish, the latest HomeLet Rental Index shows. The annual rate of rental price inflation reached...

The Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, the UK’s most comprehensive property exhibition, takes place at London ExCeL this week – 28...

A landlord has been ordered to pay in excess of £235,000 for renting out illegal bedsits in east London after pleading...