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The abolition of Section 21 eviction notices could lead to a surge in evictions by private landlords anxious to sell before...

Activists in Generation Rent have repeated once again their call for a rent freeze and yet another eviction ban.  “Rents have been...

Housing minister Eddie Hughes - the politician leading for the government own the renters’ Reform Bill - will be the keynote...

Airbnb’s general manager is claiming that there is no fact-based evidence to link the proliferation of short lets across the UK...

Contrary to recent figures from Zoopla and others, pointing to double-digit rental inflation in the past year, official statistics show the...

A business analyst has given an interesting interpretation of the soaring rental market - and says it keeps the wider sales...

Landowners are claiming that the negative stereotype given to private landlords in recent years by government contributes to the overall housing...

A PropTech platform says it’s giving landlords the opportunity to spread their management fees and marketing costs across the duration of...

A new PropTech link up pledges to be a win-win for agents, landlords and tenants. Muuvo, a platform which is free to...

Another council is conducting a consultation process aimed at renewing its existing landlord licensing for a further five years. Sefton council has...

Energy regulator Ofgem is suggesting that the energy price cap be updated quarterly rather than every six months.  This is only a...

A rogue landlord prosecuted for illegally squashing seven flats into a development with planning permission for six must pay around £250,000.  In...

Landlords are being warned by the Fire Protection Association of major changes ahead for those letting properties in Wales. The Fitness for...

A safety organisation is warning of a “tragedy waiting to happen” because three quarters of fire doors fail to meet the...

Consultation events are to be held this week to gauge the reaction to a possible compulsory register for all Airbnb and...

The cost of a newly let home rose 9.8 per cent over the last 12 months to £1,125 pcm, marking the...

A Midlands council is the latest to introduce an additional licensing regime for HMOs - but it’s based on a consultation...

An online property platform says it expects May’s sales figures for new build searches to be slightly below expectations. This is as...

The property industry has this week remonstrated at the video that housing charity Shelter has published and in which they portray...

One in five properties in the UK could benefit from new government grants to help fund electric vehicle home charging points...

If rising energy costs are your immediate concern, it may not be feasible to invest in new solutions for your home...

A survey of over 600 landlords by a business insurance service has found that 55 per cent have still to make...

The independent expert advisers to government on tax simplification, the OTS, says there has been a strong response to its consultation...

The Regulator of Social Housing has named and shamed a London council for its failure to provide assurance that it consistently...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made a sweeping attack on the conditions of homes run by private landlords. In a statement backing...

The Health and Safety Executive is urging landlords to check the credentials of gas fitters following a case heard recently in...

Landlords renting out to holidaymakers could be in with a chance of winning £10,000 as part of a nationwide search for...

Activists have expressed their delight that the government has “listed to the voice of renters” in its provisions for widespread reform...

This is the entirety of the detail given by the government about the Renters’ Reform Bill, confirmed in yesterday’s Queen’s Speech. --- Renters Reform...

A landlord has been jailed for a year after making a homeless woman perform sexual favours for him in return for...

The number of HMOs in England has fallen as a result of government intervention in the market. In 2018 new regulations were...

The Queen’s Speech has confirmed that a radical re-shaping of the rental sector in England is being pushed ahead by the...

Are you a landlord with an EPC rating of D or below? Newable Finance has launched EPC Finance – a range of...

Labour’s London Mayor - buoyed up after the party’s successes in the capital in last week’s elections - has renewed his...

A cleaning crisis caused by Brexit and Covid could threaten the well-being of the buy to let sector according to a...

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...

A consultation is underway into the extension of yet another private landlord licensing scheme for a further five years. Since March 2018...

Landlords have enjoyed more capital appreciation with the average UK house price rising again in April, up by 1.1 per cent...

Activists from pressure groups and London-focussed tenants’ bodies have handed in a letter to 10 Downing Street asking the Prime Minister...

Voters in Bristol have decided to abolish the city’s directly elected mayor following a referendum. The city was given the choice of...

The lack of stock available to rent continues to limit lettings activity and drive rents higher in areas of prime London,...

PropTech firm Canopy says four out of five tenants have never missed a rent payment and that this should give them...

A report from the Public Accounts Committee on the regulation of the private rented sector (PRS) was issued with little notice...

What are the main causes of tension and disagreements between tenants and landlords ahead of the Rental Reform Bill, which is expected to...

For many years now developers, freeholders and landlords have been engaged in the practice of utilising ground rents as lucrative investments...

A trade union has called on the government to “look at all forms of rent control” as a way of combatting...

Taxes on buy to let investment are fuelling a supply crisis, hiking rents and making homeownership more difficult to afford. That’s the...

A legal challenge has been launched on a local authority accused of charging “disproportionate” sums for repair work on a block...

A lettings agency is to hold free events to support landlords ahead of what it calls a “landmark transformation” in rental...

The National Association of Property Buyers says soaring numbers of landlords are looking to sell homes - slashing stock and therefore...

A new version of PropTech platform Yuno claims to solve the problem of how a landlord should decide what is the...

The government has given the green light to two selective licensing schemes in areas of Burnley. The previous five-year schemes expired at...

The latest attack on landlords by Generation Rent director Baroness Alicia Kennedy concerns insulation and household warmth. She claims a quarter of...

The National Residential Landlords Association has hit back at allegations made by Shelter, accusing the charity of sensationalising the way landlords...

A lettings market snapshot prepared each month by PropTech firm Goodlord claims there has been a dramatic rise in the typical...

The government is reported to be considering extending the Right To Buy from just council tenants in England to housing association...

Gatehouse Bank is the latest mortgage lender to try to woo landlords with preferential rates for buy to let properties with...

House prices rose less than expected last month after expanding at the fastest rate for almost two decades.  The Nationwide says annual...

Gedling council in Nottinghamshire is the latest local authority to resume consultations on Selective Licensing after putting initial proposals on ice...

The Building Safety Bill has become law - and while it does offer help to leaseholder landlords with one or two...

A new kind of property investor is evolving. They’ve enjoyed the fruits of their labours, creating UK investments in property but...

Here are five top tips worth considering if you’re an aspiring or ambitious property entrepreneur. 1. Take Your Time to Find the...

With the rising cost of living and the UK’s inflation crisis creating financial uncertainty, many are looking to make more secure...

In this guides and tips piece, Kerry Barber, head of Compliance at Goodlord, and Leanne McCarthy, claims facilitator at Goodlord, discuss why this month's...

Eviction specialist Landlord Action says it’s seen a sharp rise in landlords seeking to use its debt recovery service against tenants...

Activists in the Generation Rent group have made seven demands on government including a rent freeze, the clearing of tenants’ arrears,...

All private rented homes in Oxford will need a licence from this September, following a green light from the government. Some 49.3...

Another council has revealed it’s won funding from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy to boost the EPCs of...

A new league table of capital values in seaside locations shows the affordability challenge of investing in areas with guaranteed holiday...

Shelter’s latest accusations about private landlords and evictions have been slammed as “scaremongering.” The charity claims that a private renter in England...

A rental platform forecasts that within 12 months the average UK tenant could be paying £800 more a year in rent...

Buy To Let may have had a resurgence in the past year but long-term lending patterns suggest landlords have been hit...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that a private renter in England is handed a Section 21  eviction every seven minutes.  In a new...

Generation Rent is calling for a national rent freeze in the private sector for an unspecified period “for the duration of...

Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter - but some tenants are paying above the going rate to...

The National Residential Landlords Association has teamed up with a property sales management firm to offer a new service to landlords...

It looks as if landlords have enjoyed further capital appreciation with the latest housing market index showing still-rising asking prices for...

A warning has been issued by a business consultancy that renters are set to feel particularly vulnerable this year because of...

A local authority is staging a webinar which focuses on hoarding and what landlords can do if they have a tenant with...

Airbnb, so often criticised for operating in the largely-unregulated short lets market, has called on the UK government to scrap Section...

New data from the Savills agency shows how difficult it will be for typical landlords with mid- to low-value houses and...

A landlord has been accused of a “disgusting offence” after installing a camera in the bathroom of a house he let...

Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina says he anticipates the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper may now be delayed further, possibly until...

Renting is changing. That’s what we keep being told by the Government as it prepares the ground for its renters’ reform...

Whether you own a leasehold or freehold property, if you’re an HMO landlord who rents out rooms, individual flats or even...

The recent energy price cap increase implemented has prompted households across the UK to consider ways to make their home more...

Looking after rental property is more complicated and more important than it was 20 years ago according to a leading lettings...

A council has served improvement notices on a number of properties owned by the Salvation Army and let to private tenants...

Landlords are being invited to let the BBC know what it believes lies behind the current rental market stock shortage.  The corporation...

Labour MP Hilary Benn has spoken out in favour of buy to let landlords currently expected to pay towards remediation work...

A new and huge landlord licensing scheme has launched in County Durham. A total of at least 29,000 properties, or 42 per...

Two of the country’s leading Conservative MPs have spoken at a Shelter conference which claimed millions of private renters were being...

A survey by the activist group Generation Rent is asking a series of detailed questions of private tenants in the constituency...

The proportion of landlords reporting increasing tenant demand has hit an all-time high of 62 per cent. Research undertaken on behalf of...

The National Residential Landlords Association has scooped three top accolades at an awards event, including the prestigious National Association of the...

A long-term shortage of stock means the rental sector is “massively underperforming” according to the property analytics service TwentyCi. It says in...

An industry trade body is alerting landlords that new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm rules are likely to be introduced soon -...

A council is considering imposing Banning Orders on unregulated and ‘informal’ landlords who have no lettings background and who advertise on...

A points-based system of rent controls is being advocated by activists associated with a controversial pro-tenant group. Living Rent, which is calling...

Politicians in a city with one of the UK’s most frenzied short lets markets are pledging to return Airbnb style units...

Landlords will be breathing a sigh of relief following a Supreme Court decision delivered just before the Easter holiday. The court refused...

Newspapers have been told by the government that next month’s Queen's Speech will include dramatic measures to bring empty retail units...

A leading lettings industry figure is warning politicians that they risk shrinking the size of the private rental sector if they...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Walton and I am the Managing...

The homelessness charity Step By Step is demanding that rival bidding on rental property be outlawed to give the poorest prospective...

One of the leaders of the Generation Rent group claims it can be “an uphill struggle for private renters to get...

The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...

Prime central London may not seem to most obvious part of the UK for buy to let investors but a leading...

The government says major house builders have agreed to spend £2 billion on fixing the dangerous cladding on their own buildings,...

A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...

Landlords could lose up to £9,500 a year if they are unable to make changes to the energy efficiency of their...

The National Residential Landlords Association has backed a far-reaching report by a group of MPs which has condemned the quality of...

Landlords who have mortgages from the Yorkshire Building Society have been told that they do not need to inform the lender...

Room rents in most major UK urban locations are now at a record high according to flatshare service SpareRoom.  Some 41 out...

A controversial PropTech rental platform has issued a list of questions and issues to check when tenants rent from a landlord...

Rental activists have made clear that they are not going to stop when their objective to scrap Section 21 eviction powers...

EU citizens returning to the UK following the disruptions of the pandemic and Brexit May be the biggest losers from rental...

There’s been a remarkable 15 per cent leap in average rents achieved in prime central London over the past year, according...

Almost 70 per cent of private tenants in the North East relying on Universal Credit to pay their rent have a...

Buy to let landlords are increasingly looking to the highest yielding areas of the country as a way to maximise their...

Some landlords admit to increasing their rents directly as a result of being taxed more through the various fiscal changes introduced...

Growing concerns over inflation and the cost of living are changing the way landlords interact with their tenants, it’s being claimed. A...

A Labour city council that has already called for powers to impose rent controls has now extended its existing landlord licensing...

A landlord has been fined in one of the first cases in England, for failing to comply with Electrical Safety Standards. Regulations...

Let’s face facts, landlords and the private rented sector have a reputation problem. Perceived to be the poor relation of housing provision, the sector is...

Landlords are many people’s favourite pantomime villains, on the hunt to hike rents and squeeze profits. The reality, however, is proven...

An online specialist mortgage broker claims that lenders are getting quicker at passing in interest rate rises to landlords. Property Master says...

Representatives of holiday let landlords say they hope to capitalise on the increased number of staycations for economic-conscious  holidaymakers. They claim the...

A pressure group of campaigners highly critical of landlords and letting agents is organising protests at cities this weekend. Acorn - which...

New research has produced a league table of locations where capital appreciation in the past year has exceeded the average wage...

A campaign group wants local candidates fighting elections in London next month sign up to a set of policies including rent...

Local media in Sheffield are reporting that the activist group Acorn must pay just under £100,000 in costs and damages to...

A lettings platform that operates for female tenants has announced enhancements to its service.  Her Roomies differentiates itself by being a female-focused...

Proposals to make rental properties greener by enforcing a minimum energy performance certificate rating of C, is causing widespread confusion throughout...

The Tenancy Deposit Service API has now integrated with Yaris, a cloud-based property management software provider. The integration allows landlords, agents and operators...

Buy to let landlords claimed a record £18.5 in tax relief in the year to April 2021, the most recent data...

There’s been a big rise in rents in the past month according to PropTech supplier Goodlord. They are now at their highest...

There’s a new warning that the cost of living crisis facing landlords and tenants could get sizeably worse thanks to yet...

Renters are amongst the three groups likely to suffer worst as the cost of living crisis unfolds, an analyst has warned.  Sarah...

Thousands of landlords are to be quizzed to establish the true cost of damages to rental accommodation by tenants. The “What’s the...

A surprising call has come from a major industry supplier - it wants landlords to set up standing orders with their...

Housing minister Eddie Hughes MP has met with activists to discuss the government’s reform proposals for the private rental sector.  They were...

A study by the Tenancy Deposit Service has found that garden maintenance remains one of the most common reasons behind deposit...

The increased energy price cap could mean bills for the average band G home hit almost £5,000 a year, up £145...

I hope you weren’t holding your breath for the Chancellor to announce a package of help for landlords in his Spring...

Even before the pandemic, we were seeing dramatic changes across the buy-to-let landscape with holiday lets steadily increasing in appeal –...

It’s not an April Fool - capital appreciation of homes really is running at 14.3 per cent a year according to...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims renters’ pockets are being hit the hardest of any demographic group in Britain in terms of the...

Rooms-to-rent platform Ministry of Rooms has launched a new initiative to make it easier for Ukrainian refugees to connect with landlords...

The great imbalance between tenant demand and available stock continues, according to the latest market snapshot from the letting agencies’ trade...

Some landlords of rental properties can now apply for grants to contribute towards the cost of installing Electric Vehicle chargers. To access...

More than 50 per cent of private tenants who rely on Universal Credit to pay their rent have a shortfall between...

Trade unions in Scotland are demanding that local council candidates sign a pledge to support “urgent” rent controls in that country. The...

The government says it’s going to name and shame what it considers to be bad social landlords, using social media to...

The Deposit Protection Service is warning landlords not to delay discussions about damp and mould until the end of the tenancies. DPS...

The staycation craze has made holiday lets a far more attractive proposition to many would-be landlords, according to a new survey. Research...

Homes headed by a person over the age of 45 will account for at least half of all privately renting households...

A council is telling private tenants to inform on their landlords if the properties they are renting having an unacceptable EPC. Hastings...

For investors who keep their buy to lets for substantial periods - up to 25 years in some cases - a...

PropTech supplier Canopy has launched a new service to help tenants affected by the pandemic.  Last year Canopy was awarded a grant...

A new report from the Social Market Foundation and sponsored by the Paragon Bank has thrown new light on what today’s...

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

There’s been a large rise in the number of buy to let green mortgages as the push for greater energy efficiency...

The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016 - but...

Private landlords who let out properties in Central West Bromwich are being urged to check if they need to apply for...

Rental affordability is deteriorating in parts of England. The research by rental platform Rentd looked at the current average income of a...

Letting agency Bramleys has canvassed the opinions of its clients to produce a league table of the biggest bugbears identified by...

Horrendous price rises are set to hit hard this year. The Spring Statement laid out plans to mitigate the pain of...

A property company director is telling landlords to show compassion when they consider rent rises, because of the cost of living...

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of “stacking the economy against private renters who...

Property consultancy JLL says it’s identified one hitherto-unfashionable part of London as an area set to outperform the rest of the...

A council is launching a Private Tenants Charter which it says will set standards for landlords and private rental sector organisations...

The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...

A question mark has been raised over the suitability of a scheme starting next month to encourage the switch from gas...

Specialist but to let lender Keystone Property Finance has pledged to help UK landlords who want to house Ukrainian refugees.  There have...

The Renters’ Reform Coalition, a combination of some 20 groups of activists wanting to transform the lettings sector, has set its...

Tax experts have warned HMRC not to add to the burden of red tape already falling on landlords. The Chartered Institute of...

Shock figures suggest that Airbnb owners are charging up to 600 per cent more to stay at their properties during major...

A landlord has been hit with a bill of almost £25,000 for allegedly exposing vulnerable tenants to serious fire risks in...

A landlord has been fined £6,250 for failing to make a series of improvements to the property he lets out in...

Plans to extend tenants’ rights that were introduced as an emergency measure during pandemic will have a ‘devastating’ effect on the...

A new report claims new builds have typical energy bills some £400 a year less than other properties.  The Home Builders’ Federation...

A council in one of the remote parts of the UK is appealing for registered landlords who might be able to...

Fifteen businesses which had bought freeh­olds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...

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

The National Residential Landlords Association is trying to head off the growing clamour for rent controls by setting out its own...

Oxford’s Labour-run council has called on private renters to join a new tenants union. A statement from the authority says some private...

All-inclusive rents have exploded in popularity in the student rental sector over the past few years, but the rampant surge in...

Talk is getting louder about restrictions surrounding Airbnb and other short let platforms - and nowhere is the volume greater than...

As we approach what is commonly the busiest month of the year, there is one question many in the sector many...

A London council is urging private sector landlords with properties in their patch to sign a pledge urging their tenants to...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has given £650,000 to one town to clampdown on rogue landlords. A statement...

The independent Office for Tax Simplification wants to know how it can make landlords’ tax issues simpler - and it’s started...

The threat of rent controls in two parts of the country may now be so severe that buy to let landlords...

Another council is urging private landlords to check the Energy Performance Certificate ratings on their properties to ensure they comply with...

The Deposit Protection Service is hosting two webinars this Spring to help landlords and letting agents reduce the chances of deposit...

A major think tank is calling for a radical reform of the private rental sector. A report from the cross-party independent Social...

In a surprise move, a local authority has suspended a consultation process into a proposed selective licensing scheme following criticisms.  The leader...

Applications open later this week for one of the country’s largest and most controversial landlord licensing schemes - in Liverpool. The new...

One of the country’s most respected property lawyers is to discuss changes to rental processes live at a webinar tomorrow.  David Smith,...

A second-offence landlord has received fines totalling £5,259.75 after council officers found nine different safety violations at a single property. The building...

The significant majority of private renters are happy with their properties, status and their landlords according to a new survey. A report...

The government could benefit to the tune of £10 billion and the rental market could have soaring supply if stamp duty...

The government has issued revised guidelines for the possession process in the private and social rented sectors in the light of...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says landlords should wise-up by using a letting agent to improve yields, rather than sell-up because of...

A new voluntary redress scheme has been launched to help landlords and tenants solve disputes.  The scheme - by the National Residential...

A prominent lettings agency says the rental growth seen in the past year will not be repeated in 2022, as tenants...

Husband-and-wife landlords Robin and Susan Kirstein have been landed with a massive fine for letting a home that was deemed by...

It goes without saying that any decent landlord wants to provide their tenants with a safe and secure home and to...

Buy-to-let lending hit its highest ever level last year, spurred on by record levels of tenant demand, the Stamp Duty Holiday...

In this weekend feature, Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) and the managing director of Home...

A Labour Mayor and a former Labour baroness have teamed up to call for rent freezes in London, claiming they slash...

PropTech firm Kamma says 11 new discretionary licensing schemes for landlords are set to launch in April - a record. This is the...

The programme of selling off council houses pioneered by Margaret Thatcher has been a strategic failure adding to inequality in Britain. That’s...

Landlords now have to pay as much as £40 extra per property because of interest rate rises. That’s the calculation of online...

A strong rental market means fewer and shorter void periods - and that’s exactly what’s happening now. Rental platform Rentd analysed the...

Buy to let landlords are increasingly targeting smaller, secondary towns and cities rather than big urban centres. Data from Paragon Bank shows...

The Chartered Institute of Housing says it’s concerned about the rapidly rising gas and home heating oil prices and the impact...

Capital appreciation for landlords is running at an average double-digit strength in seven regions of the UK according to the Halifax. Its...

Another council has started consultations about stiffer controls on HMOs. Walsall council is proposing additional licensing to improve conditions and management of...

A prominent lettings agent says politicians wanting an open door policy for refugees from Ukraine do not explain how they will...

Trading Standards has approved a new alternative dispute resolution body for the private rental sector. It’s The Dispute Service Ltd, and it...

A new calculation suggests London needs almost 85,000 new private rented homes a year to meet its housing needs. And it adds...

With the housing market showing little sign of a slowdown, interest in auction properties also signals a busy year ahead. Here's my...

Buy to let is complicated - and getting more so by the week, as regulations and restrictions abound. Keeping track of this,...

As the government continues to assess the future state of building regulation in the UK, developers and leaseholders continue to remain...

New research suggests that some landlords are now deliberately choosing to buy properties with weak EPCs in order to upgrade and...

The National Landlord Investment Show is back in London next week with a pledge that it will be the most spectacular...

Around half of the Nightingale courts set up in 2020 at the height of the pandemic are to close, with the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Giles Atkinson and I’m one part of...

New figures show that buy to let landlords quitting the sector or at least reducing their portfolios have helped the government...

Annual house price growth accelerated to 12.6 per cent in February, up from 11.2 per cent in January and the strongest...

The Welsh Government has announced an increase to the maximum level of council tax premiums for second homes, as well as...

A player in the rental insurance field is warning landlords that the growing cost of living crisis makes it more important...

Landlords of HMOs are being faced with a revaluation of their properties by HMRC which could result in many suffering tax...

Birmingham’s Labour controlled council is writing to Housing Secretary Michael Gove for consent to apply a new licensing scheme over 25...

A Labour activist has written to the government urging a ban on what she calls ‘heartless’ Section 21 evictions. Milton Keynes councillor...

Airbnb says it will offer free short-term housing to up to 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine.  These stays will be funded by Airbnb...

The National Residential Landlords Association is calling for clarity on how the private rental sector can help Ukraine. Home Secretary Priti Patel...

Many first time landlords do not have the credit records that accord with lenders’ algorithms, denying them finance unreasonably. That’s the view...

The connection between rising volumes of red tape in the private rental sector and landlords quitting as a consequence appears to...

A council is calling on landlords of empty properties to take the necessary actions to get their homes back into use...

It’s been reported by local media that a controversial landlord licensing scheme introduced by a council may now be investigated by...

A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...

Private landlords in a major UK city must now provide an emergency out-of-hours contact number for dealing with anti-social behaviour, the...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer and more transparent - but...

Russia sending tanks into Ukraine sounds terrifying, but it also sounds a long way away. Unfortunately, in a world of global...

In this feature article, Stuart Kerr from Restorations UK sets out why this could be the worst winter yet for mould...

In this guest piece, Josh Barber from Flooring Superstore sets out why landlords must pay attention to flooring when it comes...

Landlords wanting to let out via Airbnb and other short let platforms in Edinburgh will have to apply for planning consent...

A London council has prosecuted a builder - Valeriu Sandu, of Valmic Properties Limited - for lying about fitting sufficiently fireproof...

A private landlord has been slapped with a £400 fine for allowing a tenant’s waste to be fly-tipped on the site...

There’s been yet another deadline change for the revised Right To Rent rules. Temporary checks introduced at the height of the pandemic...

A prominent Conservative has branded the rush towards rent controls by some politicians as “heavy-handed and economically illiterate”. Janet Finch Saunders, an...

A proposal that landlords be fined up to 36 months rent has been put forward in a consultation paper. The Scottish Government’s...

Almost exactly a quarter of landlords questioned in a survey admit to being baffled by the constantly changing regulations surrounding the...

Renters are finding it tough to locate a new home because of the continuing shortage of supply according to the National...

A protest by Welsh nationalists has called for a new Property Act to be passed by the Welsh Parliament, which would...

A landlord who harassed tenants and left them in dangerous accommodation hit has been branded “atrocious” and has been hit with...

Auction House London has sold the highest number of lots in one sale in over a year, at its first auction...

The government has been accused of basing its policy to solve the cladding crisis on the assumption that landlords are Property...

Landlords are likely to be obliged to supply agents with additional details in future, before their properties are listed to let...

A council is inviting landlords to an event at which it will both launch a new accreditation scheme and offer guidance...

A local authority says the fact that it has conducted no prosecutions against private landlords despite over 1,100 complaints from tenants...

A group of MPs has unveiled a scathing report about the inadequacies of HM Revenue & Customs, with a particular reference...

A prominent property website, which monitors the lettings market, suggests that rent controls would drive a proportion of rental stock to...

A last ditch bid is underway to include the properties of all landlords in the programme of financial help to remove...

New research from insurance provider Paymentshield has found that over one in five UK tenants have experienced a negative property event...

A non-profit organisation called Justice For Tenants has spearheaded a campaign which has ultimately led to a Rent Repayment Order being...

Covid-19 has upended most industries, at least for a short while, over the past two years. But the tourism sector has...

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

Airbnb entered the realm of holiday lettings in 2009, but it wasn’t until 2016 that it really started to gain traction...

A London council is urging landlords in the area to check whether they require a license ahead of a new regime...

Nearly one in three British adults think property will be the best performing investment in 2022, making it the top pick...

Nobody wants to have to end a tenancy with deductions from a tenancy deposit! Here we share our expert tips for landlords to pass...

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants rogue landlords to pay bigger fines and more compensation to tenants. He is also introducing...

A prominent Welsh politician says rent controls should be introduced across that country to “make landlordism less financially attractive.” The Welsh nationalist...

Airbnb says its short lets business is back almost to 2019 pre-Covid levels in cities, and it reports many work-from-home renters...

The mayor of Labour-controlled Bristol council is teaming up with local anti-landlord activists to look at how to introduce local rent...

One of the driving forces behind a summit being held to consider rent controls in a major city says she is...

Legal & General’s Retirement Institutional division has announced a massive £2.5 billion investment to deliver as many as 7,000 Build To...

A prominent country property expert has issued an urgent appeal to rural landlords to become involved in the consultation process which...

The draconian new rules governing EPC targets are driving some landlords to favour new build properties when expanding their portfolios. That appears...

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...

A rental app which was pitched to landlords and tenants as “making renting a seamless and transparent experience” appears to have...

Renters are much less likely than homeowners to have at least a moderate income in retirement according to business consultancy Hargreaves...

The government has issued a new guide to ensure landlords do not discriminate while enforcing the Right To Rent regulations.  It applies...

A new Build To Rent scheme in London has received lavish praise from a local council. Railpen, the investment manager for the...

A landlord has been fined for failing to ensure that gas fittings, appliances and associated flues were checked for safety. Edinburgh Sheriffs...

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