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A landlord who has repeatedly flouted housing rules has been fined a further £36,000 following a prosecution brought by a council.  Giuseppe...

National Landlord Investment Show has announced that the former Leader of the Conservative Party, the Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith,...

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

A council has prosecuted a landlord for letting out two HMOs without a licence and failing to comply with HMO Management...

Burnley council says it’s considered the findings of a six-week public consultation and is set to increase planning controls over the...

Co-living developments are a type of purpose-built rental housing, under the same principle as Build To Rent (BTR) but offering smaller size...

A new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...

The number of new rental instructions in February was 20 per cent higher year-on-year, says London-focused agency Foxtons. Average rent achieved rose...

A London council has successfully prosecuted two landlords who failed to comply with a planning enforcement notice originally issued against substandard...

Yet another council is consulting on whether to continue a selective licensing scheme. The scheme applies to several areas of Burnley and...

Dorset councillors have approved proposals for a council tax premium on second homes and a tightening up on its existing premium...

A private landlord has been prosecuted for failing to carry out works to make his rented property safe . David Almond of...

Tenants faced with eviction must have legal aid, the Law Society of England and Wales claims. Recently published statistics from the Ministry...

A council has prosecuted a landlord after a family of nine were discovered living in an outbuilding. Tariq Khan of Peterborough was...

Calling all landlords, Investors and property professionals: National Landlord Investment Show returns to Olympia London on 6th March for its first...

Landlord Action founder Paul Shamplina says landlords are still being hit by unacceptable delays in regaining possession of their properties. Shamplina has...

A think tank claims that the government will pay landlords in the private sector six times the expected spend on new affordable homes in the five-year period between 2021 and 2026. The New...

A Manchester-based solicitors’ firm that incorrectly prosecuted a London council over a private rental case has been ordered to pay thousands...

Some local authorities are quick to criticise private landlords for trying to avoid rent arrears but it appears councils themselves have...

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on migrating away from the emergency rent controls introduced in September 2022 and extended...

Two new reports - from lettings agency Foxtons and data consultancy LonRes - show London’s rental market returning to pre-pandemic normality. Foxtons...

Newham council in London has won what it calls a landmark case against a convicted rogue landlord. The court has dismissed the...

A prominent analyst says the threat of rising inflation caused by the Red Sea shipping attacks - on top of this...

The yo-yo economic news is now casting doubt on whether the Bank of England will cut base rate as quickly as...

Another house price index has indicated a gentle rise in capital appreciation coming through at the end of 2023. Richard Sexton, director...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

New data from HM Revenue and Customs reveals a 22 per cent annual drop in residential transactions in the year to...

Monthly interest costs have surged by 283 per cent since 2021 for landlords using interest-only mortgages, research shows. Octane Capital compared rates...

Gedling council in Nottinghamshire is launching a consultation to renew yet another selective licensing scheme. The scheme was launched in 2018 and...

The latest RICS Residential Survey, out today, points to an improved outlook for the housing market, with the more optimistic sentiment...

A group of Conservative MPs has organised a lobby of the government to demand a clampdown on Airbnbs and other short...

Over a third of current renters believe they will never be able to buy a home in future.  And only 29 per...

UK house prices rose for the second month in a row in November, boosted by a shortage of properties, says the...

A surprising one in seven lettings agents is now reporting a fall in rents rather than a rise. Although far more agents...

The government’s Office for National Statistics is introducing a new way of measuring rent rises from the spring. It will double the...

UK house prices rose an average of 0.2 per cent month on month in November - prompting the Nationwide to call...

The short-term holiday letting industry has significantly expanded in recent years, but this could all change with the introduction of a...

Markets are saying the UK - and for that matter the US and mainland Europe - have all hit peak interest...

There may be tax cuts in today’s Autumn Statement if government-fuelled rumours are to be believed - but there’s been a...

Lost in the noise of the King’s Speech, the general pledge to reform the leasehold system, and the subsequent political turmoil...

Inflation for the year to October has fallen to 4.6 per cent. That’s a big fall from 6.7 per cent in September...

The asking price of homes coming to the market this month is down 1.7 per cent on October according to Rightmove.  The...

Average house prices rose by 1.1 per cent in October, compared to a fall of 0.3 per cent in September says...

A landlord who repeatedly failed to comply with a Planning Enforcement Notice has received a hefty fine. Sultan Mahmood, of Woking, was...

October saw a surprise 0.9 per cent rise in UK house prices according to the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal...

Rents saw an autumn dip in October, following three months of rapidly escalating prices across England.  According to PropTech firm Goodlord the...

HM Revenue and Custoims is running a series of webinars aimed primarily at those new to earning income from property of...

The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from the Financial Times...

The average new seller asking price has increased by just 0.5 per cent in the past month - the smallest increase...

A tenants’ union has developed an app which it claims makes it easy to complain about short lets. Living Rent - a...

It’s the number of homes changing hands rather than their price that’s bearing the brunt of the slowdown say research chiefs...

Next weekend sees a crash course event for landlords to bring them up to date with the 160 pieces of legislation...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says a new How To Rent guide will be issued today, October 2. Private...

Activists in the Generation Rent group are running what they call Renters’ Rights Awareness Week in the second half of October.   “Whether...

Over the last 15 years, the HMO market has been transformed.  Back in the ‘90s, multi-lets were mainly student housing or cheap...

Rental sector organisations have been given an indication by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that a new How...

Rental value growth in prime London postcodes declined further in August as supply built and demand cooled.  That’s the view of high...

A countryside property organisation has added its voice to the calls for an extension to a licensing scheme for Airbnbs and...

The Renters Reform Bill is not scheduled for debate this week in Parliament - and time is running out for it...

Research by Quickmove Properties estimate that, despite changes to stamp duty thresholds implemented last September designed to save homebuyers money, the...

Trade bodies and short let landlords have made a last-ditch appeal to politicians to stop new rules which could see the...

While there has been a shortage of all types of rental accommodation across the UK for several years now, the student...

Landlords will be able to let Housing Secretary Michael Gove know exactly what they think of his policies in October. Gove will...

In an unusual move, London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says home owners in dire financial difficulties should be able to switch...

A trio of Cambridge landlords have been fined more than £8,000 between them, after three separate HMOs were found to be...

HMRC has prepared a guide to landlords’ and other property professionals’ self-assessment.  Here’s the guide in its entirety. - The year is flying by...

A landlord has been given a £20,000 fine for failing to carry-out badly needed repairs on a property in Lancashire.  The fixed...

The death of a 27-year-old man was not caused by the mould in the private rental property he occupied. That was the verdict...

The next National Landlord Investment Show is taking place in London next month. It’s on September 27 at DoubleTree Hilton London Elstree...

Owners of short-term let properties are being urged to apply for a licence under Scotland’s short-term licensing scheme before the October...

The number of property transactions fuelled by the mortgage sector has fallen by 42 per cent so far this year. Britain’s more...

Mulberry Real Estate Ltd, and its director, David Bryant, who are landlords of properties in Cardiff, have been fined for a...

A third year law student has successfully challenged her landlord over a repair bill.  Obioma Ibe, whose landlord unlawfully tried to claim...

A landlord has been ordered to pay over £44,000 after a court found him guilty of a serious housing offence. Giuseppe Sutera,...

A typical two-year fixed mortgage deal now has an interest rate of more than 6.0 per cent for the first time...

A landlord who left his tenants homeless after breaking into their house at night with a hammer has been prosecuted by...

A plan to regulate short lets such as Airbnbs has been ruled unlawful by a judge before it even comes into...

A Labour pressure group wants the party to campaign on housing at the next General Election, including railing against what it...

The Scottish Government looks set to extend its rent cap for yet another six months - despite widespread opposition from the...

An unnamed landlord has been fined more than £3,500 after an HMO in Cambridge was found to have been unlicensed. After receiving...

There’s uncertainty over whether the latest inflation figure - showing an annualised drop from 10.1 per cent last month to 8.7...

One of the country’s largest landlord licensing regimes has expanded even more this week. Some 700 more private sector homes in Manchester...

Research from Propertymark highlights a growing concern for the private rental sector in Scotland. As the Scottish National Party lurches from crisis...

After a hectic period of rent rises it appears that the lettings market is at a standstill according to PropTech firm...

Many indices suggest house prices have already dipped, at least slightly, but “forward-looking indication don’t look brilliant either” according to one...

The average price of property coming to the market rises by 0.8 per cent this month to £365,357, reports Rightmove. This is...

A much-hyped government proposal to introduce a Rental Mediation Service to resolve disputes, sustain tenancies and reduce pressure on the courts...

It looks like the buy to let mortgage market has bounced back after the disastrous mini-Budget. Moneyfacts, an independent mortgage monitor, says...

A council launching a new selective licensing regime admits that three quarters of the applicants so far have omitted to provide...

The rental market is firing on all cylinders again according to the latest market snapshot from PropTech firm Goodlord. It says void...

The better-than-expected sales market has been a surprise to investors, owners, buyers and sellers alike, says Rightmove. In its latest monthly snapshot...

The government has published the findings of a review into the operation of Right To Rent by private landlords and letting...

The chief executive of Shelter claims that Section 21 evictions are a leading cause of homelessness. Polly Neate was making her remarks...

The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...

There are now 173 more mortgage options on the market for holiday let landlords than there were just three months ago,...

Foxtons says London’s market is finally cooling - at least a little - for the Christmas period. November followed the seasonal downward...

Figures from across the private rental sector have written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt...

The latest rental market index from Goodlord shows rents down over the past month, with voids inching up.  All seven English regions...

Capital values are set to fall “further and faster” between now and the spring, a property expert predicts. Mortgage lender figures have...

Purplebricks has detailed the price it is paying for a lettings compliance blunder first spotted last year. It predicts that, at worst,...