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An influential consumer body is demanding a complete overhaul of Energy Performance Certificates. Which? says that with millions of households across the...

A Labour member of the House of Lords is warning that a new law could allow landlords’ bank accounts to be...

Agents’ trade group Propertymark is demanding London Mayor candidates tackle what it calls “the unique housing challenges that the capital experiences.” Londoners...

The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...

Nick Woodward, director of lettings at Essential Living, gives insights into why renting may be the best option for many. 1. Responsibility...

The latest official government rent index shows that average private rents across the UK as a whole increased by 9.2% in...

Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...

Scotland’s new Housing Bill - introducing a laborious eviction process and rent caps across the country - will ‘compound the mistakes’...

Four years after the first Covid restrictions, new research by Centre for Cities shows Londoners’ escape to the country during the...

A new additional HMO licensing scheme is about to hit landlords in part of London.  Haringey council claims its initiative aims to...

Buy to let lender Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton...

The Government quietly announced population projections towards the end of January that could have major implications for the types of homes...

The letting agents’ trade body has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically decided...

According to Haslams lettings agency’s latest House Price Index, a new hotspot has emerged for private rental sector investors. It claims Reading...

Two thirds of landlords say the demand for private rented housing is continuing to increase, according to new research commissioned by...

I’m not especially political and certainly carry no candle for one flavour or another. I might argue that they’re all pretty...

Urgent action is needed by government to protect tenants who live in poor quality private rented homes, MPs have demanded. A report...

There will be long term pressure on housing affordability and the private rental sector if demographic forecasts from a range of...

Despite inflationary and mortgage volatility over the last 12 months, a mortgage lender claims over a third of commercial landlords are...

Generation Rent says it’s worked out what rent levels will be in two years’ time. The activists say rents will rise 14...

Britain’s top 100,000 taxpayers footed an average income and capital gains tax bill of £559,000 each in 2021/22. That’s up by 18...

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

Almost one in five UK adults has missed a payment in the past 12 months - and for seven per cent...

Residents across part of London are invited to give their thoughts on yet another new rental licensing scheme. This is a new...

Almost four fifths of landlords favour raising the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for private rental properties, a think tank claims. The Social...

It’s not just the weather that’s wet and dreary – the outlook looks bleak for landlords too as we head towards...

The growth of private renting in the past decade has given renters more political power, an activist group claims. Generation Rent’s analysis...

A controversial ‘housing emergency’ declared by a city council is the result of decades of low investment in social housing according...

A new analysis has given one of the most detailed breakdowns of landlords in England. Using a range of government and industry...

This is back-to-school season and for the majority of university students who choose to move away from their family home during...

A new analysis suggests homes in England are less affordable and in worse conditions than in most other developed nations. The Home...

A new study has revealed the top 10 UK areas with the greatest rental yield making them ideal for a buy-to-let. Confused.com...

The Renters Reform Bill is the latest of many factors leaving little choice for some private buy-to-let landlords but to sell...

A new poll from the StepChange Debt Charity claims that over a third of private renters have used some form of...

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities has announced a £50m fund to help older and disabled people in England,...

Making an investment in a country with a different currency introduces exchange rate risk. Ideally, a UK investor would buy the...

Authoritative new research suggests that there’s been a 91,000 rise in student numbers to 2.3m - yet in major student cities...

A leading agent in an area set to be hit by draconian planning restrictions on holiday lets is warning that the...

Recent years have seen a surge in the holiday lettings sector with the popularity of digital platforms like Air BnB.  It...

New data from the Office for National Statistics, based on the 2021 Census results, show growth in the number of holiday...

A council is launching a bid to make the use of a home for a holiday let subject to a mandatory...

The Generation Rent activist group claims holiday homes are eroding the supply of available properties in key tourist areas.  It claims 80...

One of the country’s most popular destinations for both visitors and short let accommodation is likely to be hit with a...

A charity claims that private renters are about twice as likely as the general population to be in problem debt. StepChange, via...

I have read a great deal in the media recently about a mass landlord ‘exodus’. The story goes along the lines of...

A campaign group claims that current MPs in the House of Commons make as much as £2m a year. 38 Degrees, which...

The managing director of a major holiday lets firm is urging landlords to make their properties dog friendly if they want...

Landlord Today receives a number of unsolicited contributions from readers. These are always welcome but few are as well argued and...

The Housing Ombudsman has released its special investigation into Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, the social housing provider which supplied accommodation to Awaab...

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out ways in which mortgage lenders can help customers struggling with payments - but landlords...

A business consultancy says the high cost of renting is ruining the retirement dreams of different groups, such as single people...

Two key figures jumped out at me from the National Residential Landlords Association’s (NRLA) excellent recent report on the private rented...

A new rental market analysis has revealed where in the UK has the highest proportion of private landlords.  Benham and Reeves analysed...

Four former Conservative housing ministers have backed a think-tank’s proposals for more housebuilding as a way to resolve the UK’s supply...

Specialist mortgage lender Aldermore has named what it believes to be the five best cities for landlords to invest in for...

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

Renters have higher rates of anxiety than home owners, it’s been claimed by a think tank. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation says that...

The so-called emergency rent freeze and eviction ban in Scotland “can serve as a Europe-wide template for protecting tenants rights” according...

It is a fundamental principle of a functioning democracy that parties, when in power, should pay at least lip service to...

A think tank says that whatever Prime Minister Liz Truss may say, by 2025 most people will be paying £2 extra...

The National Residential Landlords Association has renewed calls for stamp duty cuts on homes to let out. The NRLA initially made the...

Propertymark has welcomed a pledge by the new Housing Secretary to boost housing supply. After he was appointed last week, Simon Clarke...

In an ideal world, home ownership would be the accepted way for everyone to live, with people enjoying the security, warmth,...

ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...

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

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

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

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

A veteran lettings agency chief says future economic growth in part of the UK is under threat from a radical reform...

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

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper includes a dramatic reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction powers will be...

The Covid pandemic has had a significant impact on the economy, with long term consequences that are still not fully appreciated....

Bromsgrove is a classic rental market. The Worcestershire market town is enveloped by green space but is just a thirty-minute commute...

A prominent Conservative has complained that her party, and others, have failed to do anything about a housing market in which...

A senior figure in a newly-enlarged agency that wants to become a national force in lettings has thrown his weight behind...

Shelter claims that women are impacted by homelessness more than men, and says rising private rents are a contributory factor. In a...

The charity Crisis has identified the end of the eviction ban as one of the factors directly leading to homelessness over...

The demise of the buy to let market has been much predicted over recent years. Major tax changes, a three per...

The UK government’s target to reach net zero emissions by 2050 has necessitated the introduction of initiatives aimed at reducing fossil...

A social landlord is selling a home on the open market but says it should go only to a first time...

A new league table of investment potential has given a ringing endorsement to buy to let in cities. Select Property Group has...

A national accountancy firm says HM Revenue & Customs has discovered huge numbers of landlords avoiding paying tax - as many as...

A council says the private rental market is “out of control” and he wants rent controls - but nonetheless is asking...

Post-Covid economic recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert.  Martha Peyton, managing director and...

New research by a property investment consultancy has revealed which regions of England present the most promising opportunities for buy to...

The London rental market may be in for a boom as figures show Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside the capital...

A website has lifted the lid on how many MPs in the current parliament are landlords. Open Democracy - which describes itself...

Tenant activist group Generation Rent says it’s working with five councils to find out more about private renters in those areas. The...

The pandemic-related debts of tenants and landlords should be top of the in tray of the new housing minister in Wales. That’s...

A new analysis suggests that as many as 40 per cent of people in the UK are at last considering moving...

The Department for Education has announced that its to make available an additional £15 million in hardship funding to support those students...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players says the government should incentivise working from home and the use of...

A company is offering Sharia-compliant bridging finance for property investors. Sharia compliance in the finance world means for savers and borrowers, instead...

Demand for student accommodation is greater than ever, a specialist online platform suggests. This is despite high supply of new purpose built...

The proportion of the population in the private rented sector in England has risen three per cent in the past decade. Research...

The government has published official guidance for landlords on how they should operate in the new Tier 4 locations. Since Boxing Day,...

Citizens Advice says the government should prioritise tenants with rent arrears who are the most significant victims of the financial fallout...

A ‘city tracker’ operated by a specialist buy to let mortgage company has outlined the best - and worst - places...

One in 10 landlords wants to buy another investment property in the coming year according to a new survey.  This compares to...