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21 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The first case of a landlord breaching new tenancy rules in Scotland has resulted with him being issued a ‘Wrongful Termination...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord who failed to improve his rental property, leaving his tenants in dangerous conditions, has been fined. Haroon Karim from Nottingham...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News

In this article, the experts at Good Move give their top tips for dealing with damp in your home. Damp is something...
20 January 2021
From: Legislation, Regulation & Compliance

Police in Devon say they will be cracking down on holiday homes let by landlords in contravention of Coronavirus lockdown rules...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A council that put a selective licensing scheme consultation on pause because of the pandemic has resumed the exercise. Oldham council says...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A comparison website is warning owners to check whether their insurance policies cover damage from extreme weather events such as the...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Some tenants will spend years living in temporary Airbnb-style short let accommodation after the Coronavirus crisis ends, a lettings platform claims. The...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading utilities supplier to the rental sector says landlords should consider switching to smart meters, as tenants spend more time at...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A survey conducted for a mortgage broker suggests one in six landlords is unaware that 2019-2020 - tax assessments for which...
19 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 government has set out details of its new Debt Respite Scheme - also known as Breathing Space - which comes...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The current extension to the eviction ban in England and Wales is “more balanced” than some past examples according to a...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The Financial Conduct Authority is extending the ban on repossessions by two months until April 1, in light of the pandemic...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord who committed 33 offences at a property he owns has been issued with civil penalties totalling £50,500. Zaheer Uddin Babar,...
18 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

Popular buy to let lender Fleet Mortgages’ latest rental yield index shows the consequences of increasing property prices in many regions...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Over two thirds of student renters are worried about their ability to pay rent with around a quarter having been unable...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Retirement rental specialist Girlings says the phenomenon of later life renting is growing in popularity. It says independent research from Paragon Bank...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

HousingAnywhere, an internet lettings platform that calls itself Europe’s largest online rental accommodation marketplace for young professionals and international students, has...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The changes to Mortgage Interest Tax Relief and impact on your wallet Before April 2017 landlords with a mortgage on their buy-to-let...
14 January 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Junior housing minister Kelly Tolhurst says the government will introduce the controversial Renters Reform Bill “very soon.” This Bill is the one which...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Social renters have the lowest life satisfaction and experience the greatest anxiety according to analysis by a property management firm. Lettings company...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Advice from a tax software consultancy suggests that landlords must declare Coronavirus grants in future tax returns, including the next self-assessment...
14 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

A trade body says the current national lockdown may make it harder for the lettings industry to conform with an approaching deadline...
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

A landlord has been hit with what a local authority calls a record £66,000 fine after being found guilty of letting...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Britain’s holiday rental market is preparing for a busy year ahead, as many travellers are expected to opt for staycations over...
12 January 2021
From: Property Investment & Strategy

A landlord has opened up to a news website about the difficulties trying to accommodate student tenants during the lockdown. Elizabeth Hunter is...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The Rent Smart Wales quango, now five years old, has been sharply criticised by the National Residential Landlords Association. A report commissioned...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The government insists that its ban on bailiff-enforced evictions “protects the most vulnerable renters” during the pandemic. The claim comes in the...
11 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

The government’s ban on bailiff-enforced evictions is just a “sticking plaster” and not a long-term answer for landlords and tenants. That’s the view...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions for private renters has been extended in England and Wales. This will be until February 21 “at...
08 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

It’s regarded as extremely likely that Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick will announce an extension to the eviction ban in England today. Pleas...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords with leasehold properties should be able to enjoy reduced costs and red tape when they wish to extend their leases,...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The government is establishing a Commonhold Council - a partnership of leasehold groups, industry and government - that will prepare landlords,...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News

With unusually cold weather even by winter standards expected later this month, Aviva has issued guidance for landlords and other home...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Martin Lewis, the celebrity consumer rights campaigner behind MoneySavingExpert, has called upon the government to extend the current ban on bailiffs...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association says the latest stays report on students under the Coronavirus lockdown is unlikely to have an...
07 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

The landlords’ trade body says it welcomes a change of heart by the government over details of the Green Homes Grant scheme. Until now...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Two thirds of people who have experienced mould are tenants in private, social or student housing according to a new survey. Comparison...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Eviction guru and lettings sector expert Paul Shamplina has made an impassioned plea for government help for the rental sector. The founder...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News

While there is optimism over Coronavirus vaccines, it’s likely that Covid-19 will continue to change tenants’ traditional aspirations in 2021 says...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Private renting is now “a future-forward choice, seen by many conscious consumers to be a cool and connected way of accessing...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Activists from Shelter and Generation Rent have led the charge for a renewed eviction ban in the light of the latest...
05 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 philanthropist claims the difficulty some younger people have in getting on the property ownership ladder is caused by Baby Boomers...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The Liberal Democrats want Airbnb to ensure its landlords offer free accommodation to victims and survivors of domestic abuse in Tier 3...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

An estate agency that bucks the industry trend by selling only tenanted properties to landlords says it’s had a record year. Portfolio,...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A councillor has called for all new HMOs to be created with en suite bathrooms, and not shared bathrooms. The call came during...
31 December 2020
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

Many of us will be glad to see the back of 2020 for obvious reasons. For landlords the Coronavirus crisis has been...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Insecure tenancies, poor housing conditions and overcrowding lead to health problems and worsen risks in the pandemic, a think tank claims. The...
30 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
From: Breaking News

Covid-19 restrictions in force across the country for the foreseeable future means landlords must remain cautious in 2021 - and they...
29 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has published official guidance for landlords on how they should operate in the new Tier 4 locations. Since Boxing Day,...
29 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Consumer service Which? says it anticipates landlords choosing short term mortgages in the coming year, rather than five year options. The service...
29 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Demands for ever-more energy efficient properties could drive landlords out of the sector, the government has been warned. In a response to...
24 December 2020
From: Breaking News

We’re delighted that landlords will be starting their Christmas break - and it’s rarely been more deserved after an immensely difficult...
24 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A Labour housing politician is accusing the government of using Coronavirus as an excuse for dragging its feet over scrapping Section...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has rejected a call for landlords to have powers to evict tenants who fall 14 days into arrears. Property investor...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords with properties in the Havering area have until January 24 to submit a selective licence application, giving them a 50...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

There’s been a howl of disgust from the UK’s major landlord group following the Welsh Government’s shock increase in stamp duty. Landlord...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord who breached a court order not to harass or evict his tenants has been given a prison sentence. Saakib Khan,...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A BBC investigation into ‘No DSS’ statements on two prominent landlord websites has provoked campaigning charity Shelter into an attack on the...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The unknown number of landlords with properties in blocks caught in the cladding crisis may be able to benefit from a...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Newcastle city council claims to be the first local authority in the UK to launch the rent-to-buy scheme allowing tenants to...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

An investigation by the BBC has found that 80 per cent of advertisements on two websites used by landlords say people...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News

An accountancy firm claims that buy to let landlords who admit evading tax on their rental income have underpaid to HMRC...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Senior MPs have been told by the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association that they must provide financial assistance...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest attack on landlords by the Generation Rent group of activists is from its deputy director and concerns mould. It comes in...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The coronavirus pandemic has brought instability to the UK rental market, with tenants struggling to pay rents and landlords battling to...
16 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content

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
From: Breaking News

A leading officer in a Labour council which has in the past taken landlords to court says this process is so...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Wales is the latest part of the UK to follow the example of England and suspend evictions until January 11 as...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Citizens Advice says the government should prioritise tenants with rent arrears who are the most significant victims of the financial fallout...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A move to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms operating in Scotland has received a hostile welcome from a countryside...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A county council and the local Citizens Advice service are asking private landlords in their area to reach out to tenants...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Two players in the domestic energy industry are warning landlords that it will be an expensive exercise to meet predicted future...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

This Thursday, December 17, sees The Great Tax Debate webinar aimed at helping landlords prepare for a year of change in 2021. The...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A virtual show about pest control is being targeted at landlords because of the strong links between pests and housing in...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The government is reported to be considering applying VAT to the use of Airbnb and other short let platforms in a...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association has released its manifesto for the 2021 Welsh Parliament elections - and it makes the case...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has issued a new How To Rent Guide - the critical document that landlords or their agents have to...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Gas boilers may be the next big issue for the private rental sector as an influential committee has called for them...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A warning has been issued that a bid to curb private rental sector rents in Scotland could well backfire with more...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the vast majority of respondents expect rents in...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A new app is targeting tenants and says it allows them “to sort any issues at the click of a button.” The...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay £3,928.44 after failing to licence two properties he has been letting out in Nottingham. Jaswinder...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Insurance provider Berkeley Alexander has launched a Landlord Legal Expenses and Rent Guarantee product for use under Covid-19 restrictions. The company claims that...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A tax specialist says the HMRC has amended its guidance on stamp duty in such a way as to suggest many...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A London council has confirmed its right to refuse licenses to criminal landlords - even reformed ones. A story in the East...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords considering taking advantage of the government’s new Green Homes Grant are being warned of a surge in cowboy building works. Sheffield...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Havering council has agreed to the extension of its landlord licensing scheme. It currently covers 12 wards and will be rolled out ...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News
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The government has launched an unexpected consultation which may indirectly highlight a new opportunity for landlords and other investors - converting...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Members of a wealthy Blackburn family of landlords with a portfolio of properties have been sentenced for defrauding the Department for...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The Acorn group of rental activists has created a detailed crib sheet of responses to a council consultation on landlord licensing. Acorn,...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The campaigning charity Shelter is offering private rental sector tenants advice on how to negotiate a rent reduction during the remaining...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings trade body says expensive council licensing schemes could force landlords to sell, making vulnerable tenants homeless or obliged to...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

An eviction ban has been introduced by the Scottish Government to take effect until well into the New Year. Because of the...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association has admitted in a newspaper article that some landlords do misuse their...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest HomeLet rental index suggests that the average rent in the UK is now £974 after a 2.9 per cent...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A possible backlog of Right To Rent checks created by new Home Office rules could be alleviated by inventory clerks. Since March,...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of buy to let mortgages for landlords has dropped to 1,792 - and in comparison to last year that’s...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

An online quiz with 4,000 landlord participants suggests that landlords are well informed - they scored an average 70 per cent...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A tenant hardship loan fund is to open next week in Scotland - and many rental bodies in England and Wales...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Private landlords are setting out a manifesto of radical changes for the rental sector, starting with more repossession rights. The demands are...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A new league table from comparison website Rentround shows how the lockdown has impacted yields around the country. The site has analysed...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Councils in North Wales want to find out how the Coronavirus pandemic is affecting private tenants. Nearly one in five households in...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

When 2020 began one of the biggest issues most landlords faced was the ending of tax relief introduced over four years...
01 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Courts are now introducing Review Hearings to prioritise eviction cases during lockdown, adding more red tape for anxious landlords. The purpose of...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Labour politicians, union leaders and Shelter are amongst those writing to Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon demanding an eviction ban. The protest...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been renewed media spotlight on landlords who register their holiday lets as businesses, and can thus claim a key grant. The...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords are being supported by letting agencies as the Coronavirus fall-out continues, according to the president of agents’ trade body ARLA...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The Leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg, says the government has sympathy for the plight of many landlords during...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of overseas landlords admitting tax avoidance has risen 65 per cent in five years according to an accountancy firm. Moore,...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey of over 2,000 tenants by a specialist buy to let lender shows that contrary to the popular belief, most...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A cluster of owner occupiers living near a city centre are demanding that landlords win planning consent before operating HMOs. The Gloucestershire...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A London landlord must pay over £280,000 in three months after housing eight people in a flat deems illegal for even...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...
26 November 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

Landlords have sharply criticised Chancellor Rishi Sunak for cutting the amount tenants relying on benefits will be able to claim to...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Research by an insurance firm has identified the high costs incurred by landlords on emergency call-outs. Whilst inevitably promoting the merits of...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News

An international consultancy specialising in investors’ residency and citizenship has lifted the lid on the huge tax savings open to overseas...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The findings of a survey conducted with 2,000 tenants give an insight into what renters want now, eight months on from...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A property industry accreditation service is asking whether it’s now time for the government to offer grants to help landlords through...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News

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

A leading housing market analyst suggests that the implementation of a Capital Gains Tax change could actually mean landlords paying less...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A ‘city tracker’ operated by a specialist buy to let mortgage company has outlined the best - and worst - places...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Anti-eviction campaigners have confronted two landlords over an alleged planned eviction. Members of the Living Rent tenants union are pictured by the...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

There may be new and stricter legal requirements on the way for private landlords with regards to carbon monoxide alarm installation...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech company Reposit has launched a product allowing properties to be let on a deposit-free basis whilst ensuring landlords are protected...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Airbnb’s UK operation is under scrutiny by the City watchdog over fears it could be exploited for money laundering purposes Although there...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Labour MP Steve McCabe has introduced a 10 Minute Rule Bill into the House of Commons to address the problems of HMO’s being...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A property investment firm has given tips to landlords who may feel m threatened by the prospect of a hike in Capital Gain...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Pressure groups attacking landlords and letting agents are usually on the other side of the fence from property industry professionals but...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords now have another year to apply for the government’s Green Homes Grant scheme. The 12 months extension, announced last evening, follows...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The trading standards team charged with policing lettings and estate agents is to investigate whether a new guideline on referral fees...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched a new tool for tenants to check on their landlords - and possibly claim...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A £4,550 fine has been upheld after an appeal by the landlord was rejected by a property tribunal. Fenland council served five...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Rents rose 1.4 per cent in the year to October, a drop from the 1.5 per cent growth recorded in September...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you? Radim Rezek, 31 years old entrepreneur who founded his first real estate company when studying the first year at...
18 November 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

The leading landlords trade body is accusing the government of rewarding rent dodgers with its latest restrictions on eviction. The National Residential...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News

An insurance firm says landlords should “educate” their tenants on the apparent need to get increased insurance cover. Paymentshield claims that a...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A rental property consultancy says its experience this year convinces it that the Coronavirus crisis has led to more stable tenancies. Apropos...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent, which has predominantly focussed on secondary sites in major city centres, is branching out to the suburbs. One of...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News

From today possession cases with severe rent arrears will be exempt from the effective ban on evictions applying to the England...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A financial planner is advising landlords on how to minimise their current Capital Gains Tax liability ahead of possible change. Chancellor Rishi...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A legal challenge has been started to the government’s current ‘ban’ on bailiff-enforced evictions in the private rental sector. High profile property...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A new survey shows almost two thirds of prospective first time buyers regard it as ‘impossible’ to get on the property...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Renters are quitting London and heading for the regions in search of more space and bigger homes and gardens. That’s the claim...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord who failed to properly look after two HMOs has been fined £70,500 by an Essex council. Lystra Dorval, of Ilford,...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A new survey gives an insight into problems involving tenants who share apartments and houses - and how those difficulties could...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A property expert in the Home Counties has launched a dispute resolution service to avoid evictions. Julie Ford - who’s been in...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The HMO market is buoyant, not over-saturated, and it can survive suspicions from tenants worried about Coronavirus. That’s the view of Stephanie...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a modest increase in deposit protections across England and Wales in the past year. Data from the Tenancy Deposit Service...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord body says some tenants will have little choice but to increase their risk of contracting Coronavirus because of inadequate...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A research project funded by the Nationwide Foundation has revealed widespread tenant satisfaction with small-scale landlords in Scotland. The project, RentBetter, looks...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords could be in line for another huge tax burden - a doubling of Capital Gains Tax. A report commissioned by the government...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has confirmed its long-standing intention to scrap Section 21 eviction powers which currently sit with landlords - but the appropriate...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a significant slump in the number of new enquiry levels from landlords seeking property management and tenant-related services, according...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A property specialist at Perrys Chartered Accountants has issued new advice for landlords on how they can reap the benefits of...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A new survey by rental sector PropTech supplier Fixflo asks landlords and agents how they have been impacted by the pandemic. The...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

An industry service supplier has revealed the scale of the backlog in possession cases which cannot be pursued to eviction because of...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A league table of UK cities where it takes the longest for first time buyers to save for a deposit may...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech company claims to have created a Covid-friendly app for landlords in London, challenging traditional agents’ models for finding tenants. Rentd, which...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords have been told they face another invisible threat beyond Coronavirus - it’s under-insurance, which is apparently rife in the private...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed so many things for so many people. For international real estate agents in Spain, it has...
10 November 2020
From: Overseas Property
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HMOs are an important part of the UK housing market as they offer students and young professionals affordable accommodation. There is...
10 November 2020
From: Property Investment & Strategy

A leading property law firm says the government’s ‘eviction ban by the back door’ means many buy to let properties are...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

One in 10 landlords wants to buy another investment property in the coming year according to a new survey. This compares to...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla says it’s a two-tier market with London trailing badly trailing the rest of the country. UK rents outside London are up...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Airbnb in the UK has imposed stark restrictions on bookings during the current England lockdown period. Until December 2 those who are...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Auctioneers are keener than ever to vie for the attention of buy to let purchasers in the current competitive market. Auction House...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Mark Horsey, a landlord who has been convicted of voyeurism, has now been banned from continuing to work in the financial...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The government’s announcement at the end of next week that almost no evictions would be possible before January 11 at the...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A webinar being held tomorrow will consider whether mediation is a valid way of addressing tenant arrears during the Coronavirus pandemic. A...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Revised guidance from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy outlines how landlords and other applicants can handle Green Homes...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been confirmed that during the current one month lockdown in England there will be no enforcement of possession orders except...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A new report makes searing claims about the performance and quality of landlords and their homes in the private rental sector. Almost...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A trade body has told MPs the government must ensure work done to make homes energy efficient is ‘future-proofed’ to accept...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Research from a deposit replacement scheme, Ome, suggests the first lockdown was sharply followed by a surge in tenancies - begging...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent says there should be a reinstatement of the eviction ban immediately, and appears to have been stung into the...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been confirmed that a new online system allowing landlords to check the Right to Rent status of prospective tenants will...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A new survey suggests that one in five individual and multi-property landlords felt unprepared when they first started letting properties -...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The former leader of the Labour Party in Scotland has joined the board of Shelter, the campaigning charity that has often...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

In March 2020, the Home Office made a number of changes to the Right to Rent scheme to make it easier...
04 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content

A prominent Conservative supporter and expert in the private rental sector has posed an interesting question - is Boris Johnson trying...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Airbnb claims a proposal to regulate short lets could put 17,000 jobs at risk and take almost £1m a day out...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A new rent arrears protection service has launched to cater specifically for settings with tenants renting rooms rather than entire apartments or...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A visiting professor and accountancy academic claims landlords are not carrying their fair share of the financial burden caused by the...
03 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has this week revealed temporary changes to the way landlords can check documents required for Right To Rent. There have...
03 November 2020
From: Breaking News

An analysis of the private rental sector by the London School of Economics suggests there could be three times the current...
03 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Over 40 seminars will be held today at the latest Landlord Investment Show, which will also host a lively debate on...
03 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The growth in the number of landlords and property investors in the UK has been astonishing over the last three decades....
02 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Generation Rent is calling for a furlough-type scheme aimed at helping tenants. The group says that following news of the four week...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A local authority is thought to be the first in the country to be offering a Coronavirus lifeline to hard-pressed landlords. Leicester...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A think tank is calling for landlords to consider rent reductions and is also suggesting the return of an eviction ban...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

If you are dreaming of buying a property in Spain, there is so much to think about and many things to...
30 October 2020
From: Overseas Property

No matter if you have a property abroad, a holiday home, or rent a place long-term, 2020 has definitely been a...
30 October 2020
From: Overseas Property

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, many of the countries worse hit – reliant on tourism and outward investment...
30 October 2020
From: Overseas Property

Property auctions are fast becoming a popular method of buying and selling properties. This is down to the speed of sale,...
30 October 2020
From: Property Auctions

Property auctions help to minimise the chances of complications in the homebuying process. However, there are still measures you will need...
30 October 2020
From: Property Auctions

The coronavirus crisis has hit the UK's economic outlook, and many buy-to-let landlords are understandably worried about their post-lockdown rental property...
30 October 2020
From: Conveyancing, Mortgages, Tax & Finance

Summer 2020 saw changes to the 30-day Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rule come into force and talk of a CGT increase...
30 October 2020
From: Conveyancing, Mortgages, Tax & Finance

A key member of the Regulation of Property Agents working party says the licensing of private landlords is “on the horizon”...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading property lawyers says he’s willing to act for landlords to take the government to judicial review over its latest...