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Covid-19 restrictions in force across the country for the foreseeable future means landlords must remain cautious in 2021 - and they...

With courts now prepared to hear rental property repossession cases again following the end of the ban on evictions, there will...

The recent decision to abolish The Fair Rents (Scotland) Bill demonstrates the difficulty of introducing lettings regulation amid ongoing uncertainty, while...

Buy-to-let landlords are being urged to prepare for a spike in rent arrears ahead of changes to the furlough scheme this...

Residential property prices increased across the UK by an average of 2.1% in the year to March, up from 2% in...

Rents continued to increase during the first quarter of the year, owed in part to a lack of supply and increasing...

Payprop is urging landlords and letting agents to have robust payment systems in place to implement and potentially track changes to payments...

Rishi Sunak's first Budget included new taxes for overseas property buyers, funding to remove unsafe cladding, fresh funds to support the...

The squeeze on supply, coupled with continued demand for properties from tenants, is likely to lead to continued rental increases across...

Letting agents are being urged to do more to protect buy-to-let landlords by preparing now for the government’s plans to scrap Section...

When investing in the buy-to-let sector it is important to have a good relationship with your tenants, and that often requires...

Letting agents are being urged to do more to raise consumer awareness about rogue operators in the industry by demonstrating their...

Boris Johnson is being to urged to do more to support investment in the private rented sector, as research shows that...

When renting a property out, landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant and place it...

Tenants living in sub-standard rented accommodation need greater support, according to Neil Cobbold, chief operating officer of PayProp UK, who has...

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As landlords increasingly feel the squeeze, with their reduction in yields principally due to increased regulation and tax changes, they are questioning...

Unfortunately some renters appear to view owing their landlord money as a cheap loan - a debt with 0% interest no...

Trading standards will almost certainly need help from consumers to help police the ban on letting fees, according to PayProp. As part...

There have been fresh calls for new restrictions on Airbnb and other short-term letting websites in this country, just days after...

Philip Hammond has once again failed to reverse the previous chancellor George Osborne’s deeply unpopular tax reforms that have had far-reaching...

The government’s decision to review how selective licensing is used across the private rental sector presents an ideal opportunity to look...

Most private landlords would oppose the idea of arbitrary checks of their rental properties by local authorities, but that has not...

Automated payment systems can help to reduce letting agency fraud, it has been claimed. PropTech firm PayProp says that automating rental payment...

PayProp has added its voice to growing calls for rent payments to be added to a tenant’s credit score. The automated rental...

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

It is currently a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government prompting concern that...

Private landlords are being urged to only instruct letting agents that adopt a modern approach to rent payments so that they...