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According to a poll of 1,476 renters by SpareRoom the ongoing housing crisis (85%) tops the list of key priorities to...

Some of the biggest names in the trade, lending and advisory sectors have produced a report outlining the vast significance that...

Some 89% of higher-rate and 100% of lower-rate taxpaying landlords who sell will see their Capital Gains Tax bill rise in...

Landlords play a crucial role in providing safe and comfortable housing for tenants while also managing rental properties effectively. Staying informed...

Landlords seeking capital appreciation will be encouraged from two new housing market surveys - one showing a surprise rise in house...

Two new build household names often favoured by landlords buying investment properties have announced a merger. Barratt has reached a £2.5 billion...

Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...

A merger of two of the biggest names in the lettings agency world will mean the combined group managing 152,000 rental...

Many landlords say they’re set to expand investments in 2024 despite facing up to 80 per cent higher costs in the...

A respected financial body is warning that landlords face rising costs of up to 80 per cent in the next two...

I recently attended the NRLA’s annual conference in Birmingham and a theme that still dominates discussion in the industry is the...

Activist’s Twitter war of words continues  It appears as if Suella Braverman is not the only figure making a personal attack in...

A third of landlords who own rental property in their personal name are planning to incorporate their portfolio into a limited...

Recent data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show that 24,260 households served a valid Section 21 notice...

Over the past year, we have witnessed an increase in the proportion of landlords opting to acquire properties through limited companies.  This...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has still not given a new date for the publication of the Renters...

As landlords face losses as high as £7,500 this year – thanks to increased mortgage and living costs alongside a tax overhaul...

An unlikely location heads the latest league table purporting to show the highest returns on property investment. Aldermore’s Buy To let City...

A rogue landlord who created false identities and fake lcompanies as part of an elaborate web of misinformation designed to exploit...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has praised tenants in the capital for using a register that names and shames rogue landlords -...

There’s been a big rise in the number of companies set up to hold buy to lets, according to a survey...

Campaigning charity Shelter has backed a call by consumer organisation Citizens Advice to seek government pledges that a £400 energy bill...

HM Revenue & Customs has named and shamed a string of landlords who, it claims, have collectively avoided many millions of...

The Welsh Government, which recently pushed back its so-called rental revolution until December, has nonetheless published extensive new guidelines about the...

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

The Mirror newspaper has launched a campaign to “make rented homes safer”. It says its campaign - called Safe As Houses -...

Has there ever been a better time to buy-to-let?  Zoopla just last week revealed that demand and rent prices, especially in city...

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

A record number of companies were set up last year to hold buy to let property.   In total there were 47,400 new...

The Welsh Government has set out how the housing law in that country is set to change significantly from July 15...

The majority of the buy to let community want the name ‘landlord’ dropped and replaced by something like ‘small housing provider’ That’s...

The long-running saga of unscrupulous landlords taking advantage of lone tenants to suggest a ‘sex for rent’ arrangement continues with a...

The government has launched a survey of private tenants in which it asks them whether they would like to be given...

The steps landlords need to take to improve their own image and enhance their reputation in the eyes of consumers was...

Private and commercial bank Arbuthnot Latham has set out what it considers to be the 10 easy mistakes which some landlords...

Home appliances are often an area that can be overlooked when it comes to finalising kitchen designs, but having quality machines...

Internet searches for ‘how to become a landlord’ have increased by 22 per cent according to Sheards Accountants, a chartered accountancy...

Only 39 rogue landlords and letting agents have been hit with banning orders in the first three years of their existence. The...

It might be thought that banks have made significant mistakes of their own in the recent past - including triggering the...

A Labour MP is demanding action against unscrupulous predator landlords who demand sex from tenants in lieu of rent. The Daily Mail...

A law firm says landlords being obliged to conduct checks on the immigration status of potential tenants is encouraging and even...

Generation Rent activists are back on the warpath, this time accusing councils of not doing enough - and sometimes nothing -...

London remains one of the biggest property investment destinations in the world, attracting a wide range of national and international investors.  But...

The newly formed National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has announced Ben Beadle as its new chief executive.  Beadle will become the organisation’s...

Introducing a ‘rogue landlords’ database without better enforcement would be a pointless exercise, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA). A rogue...

Metro Bank has announced that it will no longer prevent buy-to-let landlords from letting property to tenants in receipt of benefits. The...

Portico has expanded its client offering with the launch of Portico Finance, a mortgage broker and protection service, designed to offer...

An online petition calling on Rightmove to ban ‘No DSS’ wording in rental adverts has attracted more than 40,000 signatures. The petition...

Three rogue directors of a letting agency in London who conned at least landlords and tenants out of more than £105,000 were...

Headline mortgage rates are misleading borrowers and could be costing them thousands of pounds, according to Property Master. It may initially seem...

Tenants will be offered access to the government’s rogue landlord database under fresh plans unveiled by Theresa May. The Prime Minister was...

A buy-to-let landlord who rented out a converted British Telecom station in Osterley without consent has been ordered to pay over...

The introduction of the EU-wide General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a little over three months away, and the legislation will...

A major cannabis farm was discovered over the weekend at a house in Plymouth city centre after two police community support...

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...

The Welsh minister for housing and regeneration, Rebecca Evans AM, will address the RLA’s Future Renting Wales conference in Cardiff today.  The Future...

The new blacklist of rogue agents and landlords, introduced as part of the Housing and Planning Bill, will go a long...

Private landlords offering accommodation to students who are planning to go to the University of Newcastle this September are being targeted...

A major new contract that will apparently ‘change the perception of the rental sector’, by setting a new standard of offering...

A charity that receives thousands of pounds in housing benefit to accommodate vulnerable people, including the homeless with addiction problems, has...

Buy-to-let Landlords will descend on London's ExCel on April 28 and 29 for the annual Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, which...

While many will agree that 2016 was not the best year for buy-to-let, as the government introduced a raft of anti-landlord...

A fraudster who posed as a letting agent with the sole intention of stealing from landlords and tenants has been jailed...

Newham Council has prosecuted what it called a “group of criminals” running a dodgy letting business with an estimated income of...

In less than seven years Sawyer & Co has become the fastest growing Lettings Agents in Brighton & Hove. Silver winners of...

The complexity of the Government’s plans to turn landlords into border police is seeing lawful tenants being refused housing, according to...

The tiny number of landlord convictions is no deterrent to the worst landlords, Generation Rent has said, as it calls on...

The Guardian has named and shamed a North London landlord after she topped a list of letting agents and landlords who have...

Stay tuned tomorrow evening at 9pm for the first in a six-part Channel 5 series about subletting. ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’ follows...