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The Housing Ombudsman has ordered Yorkshire Housing to pay £3,780 after it found three findings of severe maladministration for how it...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
New research from a construction professional body shows a large proportion of people would not buy a newly built property due...
30 December 2023
From: Top tips & guides
The substantial majority of landlords lack any optimism about their sector as they enter 2024. That’s the result of a new sentiment...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
By Luke Lightfoot, Regional Director of Asset Management at Sigma Capital As the fastest growing sub-sector in the UK rental market, it’s...
23 December 2023
From: Top tips & guides
The National Residential Landlords Association says the Renters Reform Bill won’t win the support of landlords in its present form. The Bill...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
There is a real difficulty for Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party at the moment. After 14 years in power, any failings land squarely...
07 October 2023
From: Agent Advice
A body called the Landlord Leaders Community - and appearing at first sight a little like a new trade group - is...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Over the past year, we have witnessed an increase in the proportion of landlords opting to acquire properties through limited companies. This...
15 July 2023
From: Tax & Finance
Location Location Location star Phil Spencer - a former buying agent - says he’s “particularly worried” about the private rental sector. He...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Two key figures jumped out at me from the National Residential Landlords Association’s (NRLA) excellent recent report on the private rented...
11 February 2023
From: The Big Issues
A substantial majority of agents say sellers are being unrealistic about the asking prices of their homes This includes landlord sellers quitting...
24 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Cycles of growth and housing market crashes, new technology, and, most recently, the pandemic-fuelled push to escape the city in search...
10 December 2022
From: Lettings PropTech
In today’s world, where people can make money from something as simple as posting a photo of themselves wearing a new...
05 November 2022
From: The Big Issues
In an ideal world, home ownership would be the accepted way for everyone to live, with people enjoying the security, warmth,...
27 August 2022
From: Agent Advice
The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...
23 July 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
The latest English Housing Survey report on the private rental sector gives the lie to the perception that most tenants are...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Thank goodness the uncertainty is over - but is it all too skewed towards tenants? That’s the worry of suppliers as Daniel...
18 June 2022
From: Rental Reform
Landlords work harder to ensure properties are suitable for their preferred tenant type, more than they do to achieve maximum profits. That’s...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Landowners are claiming that the negative stereotype given to private landlords in recent years by government contributes to the overall housing...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
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...
09 April 2022
From: The Big Issues
Talk is getting louder about restrictions surrounding Airbnb and other short let platforms - and nowhere is the volume greater than...
19 March 2022
From: The Big Issues
Our housing market needs a long-term vision, and one which is co-ordinated across government and the wider industry. And it is...
22 January 2022
From: The Big Issues
Automated rental payment platform PayProp recently held a webinar, attended by well over 100 people, in which a condensed video of...
20 November 2021
From: The Big Issues
The sleaze allegations engulfing the government have moved to those MPs letting out their London homes while claiming money from taxpayers...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A survey claims that 80 per cent of prospective tenants would consider energy efficiency as one of the critical items determining...
02 September 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
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
There has never been a harder time to be a landlord in the UK. The pressures that the last six months...
28 August 2020
From: Sponsored Content
The Airbnb revolution has widely changed perceptions of short lets, opening up a potentially lucrative market for buy-to-let investors. For landlords, short...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News
With the slump in house price growth in London slowing, a growing number of property investors believe that now is a...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Short-term letting providers, including landlords who list properties on Airbnb, are not adequately protected by major insurance providers, according to a...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Investing in residential properties can be a great way to accumulate wealth. But before parting with your cash, an investment strategy...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Many national and international high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) who currently invest in the UK’s property market plan to add to their property...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) today unveiled its modernised branding to reflect what it describes as its ‘new corporate identity, as...
05 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Rental yields remain steady, and yet many buy-to-let landlords are losing confidence in their ability to rely on rental income, a...
08 August 2017
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords are being encouraged to improve the standard of their rental properties by keeping them free from damp, condensation and...
11 July 2017
From: Breaking News
There has been a significant increase in the number of people renting homes when they retire over the past decade, according...
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News
Let’s face it - landlords have a bad reputation. While that reputation is largely undeserved, the landlord bashing articles often featured...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News
A major new contract that will apparently ‘change the perception of the rental sector’, by setting a new standard of offering...
02 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Many private sector landlords see social housing tenancies as a higher risk than traditional rentals, and rising rents in the open...
10 February 2017
From: Breaking News
Organisations that support private landlords and tenants are being invited to apply for a share of a £70,000 funding pot from...
12 July 2016
From: Breaking News
In less than seven years Sawyer & Co has become the fastest growing Lettings Agents in Brighton & Hove. Silver winners of...