Activist group Generation Rent has produced a report in tandem with a trades union, focusing on key worker tenants - and...
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![Starmer names minister to steer through Rental Reform Legislation](/upload/images/1%20shutterstock_1197102829.jpg)
Labour MP Matthew Pennycook has been named as the principal housing minister in the new government. He was shadow housing minister when...
06 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Yes, it really DOES still pay to be a landlord](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
The Times recently calculated that recent tax and regulation changes made it unviable for many landlords to continue in the sector. We...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Why Inventories Are Important - everything landlords should know](/upload/images/shutterstock_1640440078.jpg)
What is a property inventory? A property inventory is a detailed document that records the condition of a property and its contents...
01 June 2024
From: The Big Issues
![Corbynite Rental Reform MP stopped from standing in election](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A Labour MP who served in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow administration and has spent much of his Parliamentary career criticising the private...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants want Rental Reform... but can't name the Housing Minister](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
According to a poll of 1,476 renters by SpareRoom the ongoing housing crisis (85%) tops the list of key priorities to...
06 April 2024
From: Rental Reform
![The Truth - landlords add billions to economy, and house millions of people](/upload/images/shutterstock_2177546571.jpg)
Some of the biggest names in the trade, lending and advisory sectors have produced a report outlining the vast significance that...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax Shock - did the Budget REALLY reduce Capital Gains Tax?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Some 89% of higher-rate and 100% of lower-rate taxpaying landlords who sell will see their Capital Gains Tax bill rise in...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Guidance for landlords: 5 top tips for navigating responsibilities](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/The%20Mortgage%20Works/Company%20Director.jpg)
Landlords play a crucial role in providing safe and comfortable housing for tenants while also managing rental properties effectively. Staying informed...
01 March 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Big Housing Market Boost from two new snapshots](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
Landlords seeking capital appreciation will be encouraged from two new housing market surveys - one showing a surprise rise in house...
08 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![New homes giants merge to form UK’s biggest house builder](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/ConstructionWorkers-400x310.png)
Two new build household names often favoured by landlords buying investment properties have announced a merger. Barratt has reached a £2.5 billion...
08 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax nightmare for landlords leads to huge rise in buy to let companies](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings Super-Agency manages over 150,000 tenanted properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
A merger of two of the biggest names in the lettings agency world will mean the combined group managing 152,000 rental...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage Chiefs forecast better days for landlords in 2024](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
Many landlords say they’re set to expand investments in 2024 despite facing up to 80 per cent higher costs in the...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlord Warning - many face 80 per cent sky-rocketing costs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
A respected financial body is warning that landlords face rising costs of up to 80 per cent in the next two...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax and Landlords - the issue that won’t go away](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
I recently attended the NRLA’s annual conference in Birmingham and a theme that still dominates discussion in the industry is the...
02 December 2023
From: Tax & Finance
![Activist’s Twitter war of words continues](/upload/images/shutterstock_1208129407.jpg)
Activist’s Twitter war of words continues It appears as if Suella Braverman is not the only figure making a personal attack in...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax threat to buy to let forces investors to set up companies](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
A third of landlords who own rental property in their personal name are planning to incorporate their portfolio into a limited...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Will the Renters Reform Bill REALLY reduce homelessness?](/upload/images/shutterstock_629082041.jpg)
Recent data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show that 24,260 households served a valid Section 21 notice...
04 November 2023
From: Rental Reform
Over the past year, we have witnessed an increase in the proportion of landlords opting to acquire properties through limited companies. This...
15 July 2023
From: Tax & Finance
![Gove’s pledge: “We will bring forward legislation very shortly”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has still not given a new date for the publication of the Renters...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech study paints bleak picture of landlord sentiment](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Software-400x310.png)
As landlords face losses as high as £7,500 this year – thanks to increased mortgage and living costs alongside a tax overhaul...
12 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Unlikely location heads landlords’ capital growth league table](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
An unlikely location heads the latest league table purporting to show the highest returns on property investment. Aldermore’s Buy To let City...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlord strikes deal with council to plead guilty to offences](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
A rogue landlord who created false identities and fake lcompanies as part of an elaborate web of misinformation designed to exploit...
13 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour Mayor demands 'name and shame' UK rogue landlord database](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/AgentOnline-400x310.png)
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has praised tenants in the capital for using a register that names and shames rogue landlords -...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let incorporations soar - until Corporation Tax rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
There’s been a big rise in the number of companies set up to hold buy to lets, according to a survey...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter backs Citizens Advice concern over landlords passing on rebate](/upload/images/library/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter has backed a call by consumer organisation Citizens Advice to seek government pledges that a £400 energy bill...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![HMRC shock - many landlords named and shamed over tax](/upload/images/library/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
HM Revenue & Customs has named and shamed a string of landlords who, it claims, have collectively avoided many millions of...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Massive red tape of new rental laws revealed in guidelines](/upload/images/library/Documents-400x310-min.jpeg)
The Welsh Government, which recently pushed back its so-called rental revolution until December, has nonetheless published extensive new guidelines about the...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Over 100 experts to woo landlords at investment show this week](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HomeInHands-400x310.jpg)
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
![Newspaper campaign to scrap Section 21 and clamp down on landlords](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Eviction2-400x310-min.jpeg)
The Mirror newspaper has launched a campaign to “make rented homes safer”. It says its campaign - called Safe As Houses -...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![First-time Landlords: key tips to remember in buy to let](/upload/images/library/LettingAgent-400x310.png)
Has there ever been a better time to buy-to-let? Zoopla just last week revealed that demand and rent prices, especially in city...
19 February 2022
From: Top tips & guides
![Levelling Up Is A Fantasy](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove2-400x310.png)
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
![Tax-efficient landlords rush to set up companies for buy to lets](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/New%20Rental%20Index-400x310.png)
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 landlord contracts with tenants explained by government](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/TenancyContract-400x310.jpg)
The Welsh Government has set out how the housing law in that country is set to change significantly from July 15...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Don’t call me ‘Landlord’ - is the title discredited?](/upload/images/library/Millennials-Handshake-400x310.jpg)
The majority of the buy to let community want the name ‘landlord’ dropped and replaced by something like ‘small housing provider’ That’s...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sex For Rent landlords to be discussed in the House of Lords](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/house%20of%20lords_jpg%20400%20x%20310.png)
The long-running saga of unscrupulous landlords taking advantage of lone tenants to suggest a ‘sex for rent’ arrangement continues with a...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government asks tenants if they want to see landlord contact details](/upload/images/library/ContactIcons-400x310.jpg)
The government has launched a survey of private tenants in which it asks them whether they would like to be given...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Transparency in lettings – how can landlords improve their reputation?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgent-400x310.jpg)
The steps landlords need to take to improve their own image and enhance their reputation in the eyes of consumers was...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![10 easy mistakes by landlords - do you agree with this bank?](/upload/images/library/MillennialAgent-Tech-400x310.jpg)
Private and commercial bank Arbuthnot Latham has set out what it considers to be the 10 easy mistakes which some landlords...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why quality matters](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/AO/Why_Quality_Matters_360x280.png)
Home appliances are often an area that can be overlooked when it comes to finalising kitchen designs, but having quality machines...
18 October 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Top Tips for new landlords to optimise their tax position](/upload/images/library/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
Internet searches for ‘how to become a landlord’ have increased by 22 per cent according to Sheards Accountants, a chartered accountancy...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Banning Orders flop - average of just 13 issued a year](/img/default/llt.png)
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 10 biggest mistakes a landlord could make (according to a bank)](/img/default/llt.png)
It might be thought that banks have made significant mistakes of their own in the recent past - including triggering the...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Sex-For-Rent: Landlords named and shamed in newspaper sting](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Landlords “facilitating race discrimination” claims law firm](/img/default/llt.png)
A law firm says landlords being obliged to conduct checks on the immigration status of potential tenants is encouraging and even...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Activists accuse councils of doing nothing to stop retaliatory evictions](/img/default/llt.png)
Generation Rent activists are back on the warpath, this time accusing councils of not doing enough - and sometimes nothing -...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Top places to invest near London in 2020](/img/default/llt.png)
London remains one of the biggest property investment destinations in the world, attracting a wide range of national and international investors. But...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![NRLA names Ben Beadle as new chief executive](/img/default/llt.png)
The newly formed National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has announced Ben Beadle as its new chief executive. Beadle will become the organisation’s...
24 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rogue landlords database may be a pointless exercise, warns NLA](/img/default/llt.png)
Introducing a ‘rogue landlords’ database without better enforcement would be a pointless exercise, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA). A rogue...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Metro Bank is the latest lender to remove restrictions on letting to DSS tenants](/img/default/llt.png)
Metro Bank has announced that it will no longer prevent buy-to-let landlords from letting property to tenants in receipt of benefits. The...
12 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![New mortgage and protection service launched by Portico](/img/default/llt.png)
Portico has expanded its client offering with the launch of Portico Finance, a mortgage broker and protection service, designed to offer...
02 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Petition against ‘No DSS’ Rightmove listings hit 40,000 signatures](/img/default/llt.png)
An online petition calling on Rightmove to ban ‘No DSS’ wording in rental adverts has attracted more than 40,000 signatures. The petition...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rogue letting agents jailed for conning landlords and tenants](/img/default/llt.png)
Three rogue directors of a letting agency in London who conned at least landlords and tenants out of more than £105,000 were...
28 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlords urged to look beyond product fees and factor in extra mortgage costs](/img/default/llt.png)
Headline mortgage rates are misleading borrowers and could be costing them thousands of pounds, according to Property Master. It may initially seem...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rogue landlord database to be made freely available, says PM](/img/default/llt.png)
Tenants will be offered access to the government’s rogue landlord database under fresh plans unveiled by Theresa May. The Prime Minister was...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rogue landlord fined more than £20k for renting out converted BT Station](/img/default/llt.png)
A buy-to-let landlord who rented out a converted British Telecom station in Osterley without consent has been ordered to pay over...
26 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![How does GDPR affect small landlords?](/img/default/llt.png)
The introduction of the EU-wide General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a little over three months away, and the legislation will...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Cannabis farm discovered at rented property in Plymouth](/img/default/llt.png)
A major cannabis farm was discovered over the weekend at a house in Plymouth city centre after two police community support...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rogue landlord database ‘will save lives’ says LFB](/img/default/llt.png)
The mayor of London’s decision to launch a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ rogue landlords and letting agents...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![New database leaves rogue landlords with ‘nowhere to hide’](/img/default/llt.png)
The mayor of London Sadiq Khan yesterday launched a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ dodgy landlords and letting...
20 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Welsh housing minister to address Future Renting Wales conference today](/img/default/llt.png)
The Welsh minister for housing and regeneration, Rebecca Evans AM, will address the RLA’s Future Renting Wales conference in Cardiff today. The Future...
30 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![New blacklist will be a ‘valuable tool in protecting tenants’](/img/default/llt.png)
The new blacklist of rogue agents and landlords, introduced as part of the Housing and Planning Bill, will go a long...
11 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Student landlords warned about potential scam](/img/default/llt.png)
Private landlords offering accommodation to students who are planning to go to the University of Newcastle this September are being targeted...
11 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![New PRS contract is a key moment for the ‘wider private rental sector’](/img/default/llt.png)
A major new contract that will apparently ‘change the perception of the rental sector’, by setting a new standard of offering...
02 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK’s most prosecuted landlord unveiled](/img/default/llt.png)
A charity that receives thousands of pounds in housing benefit to accommodate vulnerable people, including the homeless with addiction problems, has...
08 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Free landlord and property investor event to be held at EcXel](/img/default/llt.png)
Buy-to-let Landlords will descend on London's ExCel on April 28 and 29 for the annual Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, which...
29 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Strong start to the year for buy-to-let market](/img/default/llt.png)
While many will agree that 2016 was not the best year for buy-to-let, as the government introduced a raft of anti-landlord...
20 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Bogus letting agent jailed for ripping off landlords and tenants](/img/default/llt.png)
A fraudster who posed as a letting agent with the sole intention of stealing from landlords and tenants has been jailed...
02 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Rent-to-rent gang fined](/img/default/llt.png)
Newham Council has prosecuted what it called a “group of criminals” running a dodgy letting business with an estimated income of...
24 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Award-winning Sawyer & Co, the fastest growing lettings company in Brighton & Hove](/img/default/llt.png)
In less than seven years Sawyer & Co has become the fastest growing Lettings Agents in Brighton & Hove. Silver winners of...
16 February 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Right to rent seeing lawful tenants refused housing](/img/default/llt.png)
The complexity of the Government’s plans to turn landlords into border police is seeing lawful tenants being refused housing, according to...
08 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent: Criminal landlords are not being brought to justice](/img/default/llt.png)
The tiny number of landlord convictions is no deterrent to the worst landlords, Generation Rent has said, as it calls on...
27 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Guardian names UK’s worst landlord](/img/default/llt.png)
The Guardian has named and shamed a North London landlord after she topped a list of letting agents and landlords who have...