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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...