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A rogue landlord prosecuted for illegally squashing seven flats into a development with planning permission for six must pay around £250,000.  In...

Landlords are being warned by the Fire Protection Association of major changes ahead for those letting properties in Wales. The Fitness for...

A west country council is the latest to launch an initiative aimed at helping landlords meet the new Minimum Energy Efficiency...

The cost of a newly let home rose 9.8 per cent over the last 12 months to £1,125 pcm, marking the...

One in five properties in the UK could benefit from new government grants to help fund electric vehicle home charging points...

A survey of over 600 landlords by a business insurance service has found that 55 per cent have still to make...

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

Research by a rental platform suggests there are currently over 65,000 short let properties being advertised in London alone. The platform, Rentd,...

Landlords renting out to holidaymakers could be in with a chance of winning £10,000 as part of a nationwide search for...

The number of HMOs in England has fallen as a result of government intervention in the market. In 2018 new regulations were...

Are you a landlord with an EPC rating of D or below? Newable Finance has launched EPC Finance – a range of...

A consultation is underway into the extension of yet another private landlord licensing scheme for a further five years. Since March 2018...

Landlords have enjoyed more capital appreciation with the average UK house price rising again in April, up by 1.1 per cent...

The lack of stock available to rent continues to limit lettings activity and drive rents higher in areas of prime London,...

The UK’s largest listed provider of private rental homes, Grainger, is proposing pet-friendly ‘stay as long as you like up to...

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

A legal challenge has been launched on a local authority accused of charging “disproportionate” sums for repair work on a block...

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

Landlords are being hit with more stamp duty as they expand their portfolios, thanks to the house price surge pushing homes...

The government is reported to be considering extending the Right To Buy from just council tenants in England to housing association...

Gatehouse Bank is the latest mortgage lender to try to woo landlords with preferential rates for buy to let properties with...

Gedling council in Nottinghamshire is the latest local authority to resume consultations on Selective Licensing after putting initial proposals on ice...

The Building Safety Bill has become law - and while it does offer help to leaseholder landlords with one or two...

With the rising cost of living and the UK’s inflation crisis creating financial uncertainty, many are looking to make more secure...

In this guides and tips piece, Kerry Barber, head of Compliance at Goodlord, and Leanne McCarthy, claims facilitator at Goodlord, discuss why this month's...

Another council has revealed it’s won funding from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy to boost the EPCs of...

Landlords seeking capital appreciation from a recovering prime London market have been provided with a league table by a debt advisory...

Buy To Let may have had a resurgence in the past year but long-term lending patterns suggest landlords have been hit...

Are fixer-uppers really the cheap and cost-effective investment many believe? They are popular amongst landlords but research by lettings agency Benham and...

The National Residential Landlords Association has teamed up with a property sales management firm to offer a new service to landlords...

Bizarre but true - a tenant has undergone a pseudo-marriage ceremony with her cat in a bid to get around any...

It looks as if landlords have enjoyed further capital appreciation with the latest housing market index showing still-rising asking prices for...

Landlords are being invited to attend an online meeting with local authority and Welsh Government officers to learn about changes in...

Airbnb, so often criticised for operating in the largely-unregulated short lets market, has called on the UK government to scrap Section...

New data from the Savills agency shows how difficult it will be for typical landlords with mid- to low-value houses and...

Whether you own a leasehold or freehold property, if you’re an HMO landlord who rents out rooms, individual flats or even...

The recent energy price cap increase implemented has prompted households across the UK to consider ways to make their home more...

A council has served improvement notices on a number of properties owned by the Salvation Army and let to private tenants...

Labour MP Hilary Benn has spoken out in favour of buy to let landlords currently expected to pay towards remediation work...

A new and huge landlord licensing scheme has launched in County Durham. A total of at least 29,000 properties, or 42 per...

A survey by the activist group Generation Rent is asking a series of detailed questions of private tenants in the constituency...

The proportion of landlords reporting increasing tenant demand has hit an all-time high of 62 per cent. Research undertaken on behalf of...

A long-term shortage of stock means the rental sector is “massively underperforming” according to the property analytics service TwentyCi. It says in...

A council is considering imposing Banning Orders on unregulated and ‘informal’ landlords who have no lettings background and who advertise on...

A points-based system of rent controls is being advocated by activists associated with a controversial pro-tenant group. Living Rent, which is calling...

Politicians in a city with one of the UK’s most frenzied short lets markets are pledging to return Airbnb style units...

Another council is offering landlords financial assistance in improving energy efficiency in their investment properties.  North Norfolk District Council has won £3.85m...

Landlords will be breathing a sigh of relief following a Supreme Court decision delivered just before the Easter holiday. The court refused...

The continuing shortage of supply in the lettings market is not only producing record high asking rents, but is also pushing demand...

Analysis by property portal Boomin claims that rental properties on cycle lanes in London are showing premium returns above those of...

The homelessness charity Step By Step is demanding that rival bidding on rental property be outlawed to give the poorest prospective...

The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...

Prime central London may not seem to most obvious part of the UK for buy to let investors but a leading...

The government says major house builders have agreed to spend £2 billion on fixing the dangerous cladding on their own buildings,...

A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...

Landlords could lose up to £9,500 a year if they are unable to make changes to the energy efficiency of their...

A controversial PropTech rental platform has issued a list of questions and issues to check when tenants rent from a landlord...

Rental activists have made clear that they are not going to stop when their objective to scrap Section 21 eviction powers...

There’s been a remarkable 15 per cent leap in average rents achieved in prime central London over the past year, according...

Almost 70 per cent of private tenants in the North East relying on Universal Credit to pay their rent have a...

Some landlords admit to increasing their rents directly as a result of being taxed more through the various fiscal changes introduced...

Growing concerns over inflation and the cost of living are changing the way landlords interact with their tenants, it’s being claimed. A...

A Labour city council that has already called for powers to impose rent controls has now extended its existing landlord licensing...

A landlord has been fined in one of the first cases in England, for failing to comply with Electrical Safety Standards. Regulations...

Landlords are many people’s favourite pantomime villains, on the hunt to hike rents and squeeze profits. The reality, however, is proven...

Capital appreciation for landlords has seen another surge according to the latest house price index, just released by the Halifax. It shows...

A lettings platform that operates for female tenants has announced enhancements to its service.  Her Roomies differentiates itself by being a female-focused...

Proposals to make rental properties greener by enforcing a minimum energy performance certificate rating of C, is causing widespread confusion throughout...

Letting agent Barrows and Forrester has identified how eco-improvements can add value to properties. Insulation - Upgrading a home’s insulation, specifically solid wall...

The Tenancy Deposit Service API has now integrated with Yaris, a cloud-based property management software provider. The integration allows landlords, agents and operators...

Buy to let landlords claimed a record £18.5 in tax relief in the year to April 2021, the most recent data...

There’s been a big rise in rents in the past month according to PropTech supplier Goodlord. They are now at their highest...

Annual rental growth in prime London reached 11.1 per cent in the first quarter of this year, following a 3.4 increase...

The increased energy price cap could mean bills for the average band G home hit almost £5,000 a year, up £145...

Even before the pandemic, we were seeing dramatic changes across the buy-to-let landscape with holiday lets steadily increasing in appeal –...

The great imbalance between tenant demand and available stock continues, according to the latest market snapshot from the letting agencies’ trade...

Some landlords of rental properties can now apply for grants to contribute towards the cost of installing Electric Vehicle chargers. To access...

More than 50 per cent of private tenants who rely on Universal Credit to pay their rent have a shortfall between...

A council is telling private tenants to inform on their landlords if the properties they are renting having an unacceptable EPC. Hastings...

PropTech supplier Canopy has launched a new service to help tenants affected by the pandemic.  Last year Canopy was awarded a grant...

The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016 - but...

New research by the Mortgages for Business brokerage suggests that just under a quarter of landlords’ properties have an Energy Performance...

Private landlords who let out properties in Central West Bromwich are being urged to check if they need to apply for...

Letting agency Bramleys has canvassed the opinions of its clients to produce a league table of the biggest bugbears identified by...

A property company director is telling landlords to show compassion when they consider rent rises, because of the cost of living...

A council is launching a Private Tenants Charter which it says will set standards for landlords and private rental sector organisations...

A question mark has been raised over the suitability of a scheme starting next month to encourage the switch from gas...

Shock figures suggest that Airbnb owners are charging up to 600 per cent more to stay at their properties during major...

A new report claims new builds have typical energy bills some £400 a year less than other properties.  The Home Builders’ Federation...

A council in one of the remote parts of the UK is appealing for registered landlords who might be able to...

The Mirror newspaper has launched a campaign to “make rented homes safer”. It says its campaign - called Safe As Houses -...

The National Residential Landlords Association is trying to head off the growing clamour for rent controls by setting out its own...

All-inclusive rents have exploded in popularity in the student rental sector over the past few years, but the rampant surge in...

Talk is getting louder about restrictions surrounding Airbnb and other short let platforms - and nowhere is the volume greater than...

As we approach what is commonly the busiest month of the year, there is one question many in the sector many...

A London council is urging private sector landlords with properties in their patch to sign a pledge urging their tenants to...

A prominent lettings agency is warning its own and all other landlords that they are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has given £650,000 to one town to clampdown on rogue landlords. A statement...

The independent Office for Tax Simplification wants to know how it can make landlords’ tax issues simpler - and it’s started...

The threat of rent controls in two parts of the country may now be so severe that buy to let landlords...

Another council is urging private landlords to check the Energy Performance Certificate ratings on their properties to ensure they comply with...

A major think tank is calling for a radical reform of the private rental sector. A report from the cross-party independent Social...

Applications open later this week for one of the country’s largest and most controversial landlord licensing schemes - in Liverpool. The new...

A second-offence landlord has received fines totalling £5,259.75 after council officers found nine different safety violations at a single property. The building...

The significant majority of private renters are happy with their properties, status and their landlords according to a new survey. A report...

The government could benefit to the tune of £10 billion and the rental market could have soaring supply if stamp duty...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says landlords should wise-up by using a letting agent to improve yields, rather than sell-up because of...

A Labour MP in the westcountry appears to be winning support for a campaign he has launched called First Homes, Not...

A prominent lettings agency says the rental growth seen in the past year will not be repeated in 2022, as tenants...

In this weekend feature, Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) and the managing director of Home...

A fledgling trade group its holding an online PropTech conference later this month. The Portfolio Landlords Action Network - PLAN - is...

PropTech firm Kamma says 11 new discretionary licensing schemes for landlords are set to launch in April - a record. This is the...

A Devon council is promoting a scheme to lease properties from private landlords to provide homes for those in need.  In exchange...

There’s more evidence of ex-pats re-entering the buy to let and holiday let markets. The Cambridge Building Society has introduced three buy...

Local media in Scotland report that no fewer than seven landlords have been struck off the register of landlords operating in...

Eden council in Cumbria says it needs private landlords’ help to solve its housing problems - and there “may” be financial...

A senior Labour MP has written to the Housing Secretary Michael Gove seeking reassurances that landlords will not keep council tax...

A prominent lettings agent says politicians wanting an open door policy for refugees from Ukraine do not explain how they will...

Trading Standards has approved a new alternative dispute resolution body for the private rental sector. It’s The Dispute Service Ltd, and it...

A new calculation suggests London needs almost 85,000 new private rented homes a year to meet its housing needs. And it adds...

With the housing market showing little sign of a slowdown, interest in auction properties also signals a busy year ahead. Here's my...

Buy to let is complicated - and getting more so by the week, as regulations and restrictions abound. Keeping track of this,...

New research suggests that some landlords are now deliberately choosing to buy properties with weak EPCs in order to upgrade and...

A private landlord has been fined £1,760 and ordered to pay £1,000 costs after failing to properly licence four properties in...

Build To Rent provider Wise Living is to deliver 90 new homes in two small schemes alongside an existing development of...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Giles Atkinson and I’m one part of...

The Welsh Government has announced an increase to the maximum level of council tax premiums for second homes, as well as...

Landlords of HMOs are being faced with a revaluation of their properties by HMRC which could result in many suffering tax...

Birmingham’s Labour controlled council is writing to Housing Secretary Michael Gove for consent to apply a new licensing scheme over 25...

The National Residential Landlords Association is calling for clarity on how the private rental sector can help Ukraine. Home Secretary Priti Patel...

A council is calling on landlords of empty properties to take the necessary actions to get their homes back into use...

A specialist company is warning landlords that the recent spate of named storms across the UK may have heightened the risk...

A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...

Private landlords in a major UK city must now provide an emergency out-of-hours contact number for dealing with anti-social behaviour, the...

In this feature article, Stuart Kerr from Restorations UK sets out why this could be the worst winter yet for mould...

In this guest piece, Josh Barber from Flooring Superstore sets out why landlords must pay attention to flooring when it comes...

Landlords wanting to let out via Airbnb and other short let platforms in Edinburgh will have to apply for planning consent...

A London council has prosecuted a builder - Valeriu Sandu, of Valmic Properties Limited - for lying about fitting sufficiently fireproof...

Renters are finding it tough to locate a new home because of the continuing shortage of supply according to the National...

A landlord who harassed tenants and left them in dangerous accommodation hit has been branded “atrocious” and has been hit with...

The government has been accused of basing its policy to solve the cladding crisis on the assumption that landlords are Property...

Landlords are likely to be obliged to supply agents with additional details in future, before their properties are listed to let...

Landlords with large budgets and who are seeking a surprising discount, even in today’s market, could be tempted by research which...

A council is inviting landlords to an event at which it will both launch a new accreditation scheme and offer guidance...

A prominent property website, which monitors the lettings market, suggests that rent controls would drive a proportion of rental stock to...

A last ditch bid is underway to include the properties of all landlords in the programme of financial help to remove...

Covid-19 has upended most industries, at least for a short while, over the past two years. But the tourism sector has...

Airbnb entered the realm of holiday lettings in 2009, but it wasn’t until 2016 that it really started to gain traction...

Experts are predicting that the exclusion of large scale landlords from cladding relief may lead to significant delays in some safety...

A London council is urging landlords in the area to check whether they require a license ahead of a new regime...

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants rogue landlords to pay bigger fines and more compensation to tenants. He is also introducing...

An MP is calling on the authorities to investigate how 15 so-called ‘super landlords’ allegedly dominate the rental market in one...

The government is calling on landlords with suitable properties to submit Afghan resettlement offers through a relaunched housing portal. Landlords are being...

A prominent country property expert has issued an urgent appeal to rural landlords to become involved in the consultation process which...

The draconian new rules governing EPC targets are driving some landlords to favour new build properties when expanding their portfolios. That appears...

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

A rental app which was pitched to landlords and tenants as “making renting a seamless and transparent experience” appears to have...

Wealthier tenants will benefit from stiffer affordability criteria as stock levels fall and demand increases according to DJ Alexander Ltd, part...

A landlord has been fined for failing to ensure that gas fittings, appliances and associated flues were checked for safety. Edinburgh Sheriffs...

The majority of local authorities in England do not accurately record the number of private rented sector tenure complaints which they...

A major supplier to the lettings industry has just acquired a pet referencing company and suggests that greater due diligence could...

The number of private rental homes has increased by 18,610 in the last five years - defying those suggesting an exodus...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants the government to put a stop to the capital being used for international money...

There is no evidence of a mass exodus of landlords from the sector despite the new regulations and slashed tax benefits...

A poll of Conservative voters shows strong majorities for higher taxes on second homes and empty properties, and tougher demands on...

A new fixed-rate platform has been launched that says it will save landlords thousands of pounds in management fees. Rentd claims to...

A bank is establishing a working group of industry professionals, landlords and policy makers to see how the private rental sector...

Generation Rent claims private rental sector tenants are set to be most disadvantaged by the 54 per cent rise in the...

A national newspaper says the current ratings of the Energy Performance Certificate are under review by the Department for Business, Energy...

Almost a quarter of landlords say their properties are currently rated D or below for energy efficiency, according to a new...

The Portfolio Landlords Action Network - PLAN - is to hold its first tech exhibition with five companies explaining their benefits...

Manchester council has launched its own building company - called This City - to construct affordable and market homes to rent. The...

The latest research from NatWest and IHS Markit has revealed that just seven per cent of homeowners with a gas boiler are...

Landlords are targeting semi-detached homes over terraced houses for the first time, but with limited stock availability and strong competition from...

It’s a familiar story from PropTech supplier Goodlord as it releases its latest rental market snapshot - a lack of stock...

A London council chief is asking for help from private landlords.  The leader of Kingston council in the south west of the...

An MP has lobbied Chancellor Rishi Sunak about what he calls “tax avoiding absentee landlords” who have moved into the holiday...

The National Residential Landlords Association says the government has chosen the wrong benchmark against which to judge property conditions. Responding to proposals...

Campaigning charity Shelter says the government’s rental reform programme is “a crucial step forward”.  The Levelling Up White Paper insists landlords ensure...

New selective licensing schemes are now live in areas of north and east Manchester covering more than 1,400 properties.  This means compulsory...

The specialist holiday let market is becoming increasingly attractive to ex-pat investors - and another mortgage lender has entered the sector...

The activist group Generation Rent says it’s celebrating a victory in its campaign to secure a national mandatory landlord register. Newspaper leaks...

The government is expected to announce the introduction of a national landlord register in England on Wednesday as part of its...

Government plans to rectify dangerous cladding are riddled with confusion and risk needless delays to addressing the problem. That’s the warning from...

A lettings sector trade body is calling for action now by landlords and agents ahead of laws extending the need for...

Complaints from the public about rubbish left in front of a house have led to a landlord being hit with a...

With over 40m Airbnb users across Europe and the US, and approximately 250,000 listings in the UK alone, the short-term accommodation...

For landlords looking to find tenants fast, London-based lettings agency Douglas & Gordon has put together a 12 tip guide to ensure landlords have a smooth letting process – perfect for...

A prominent buy to let mortgage provider is advising landlords to ensure they check EPCs and energy efficiency issues on properties...

Foxtons has issued a wide-ranging snapshot of the London private rental market. Overall some 27 per cent of Londoners are  now privately...

A council is making an urgent appeal to private landlords with vacant, or soon-to-be vacant, three or four-bedroom family homes for...

Newly published rental yield from Rightmove reveals that the average yield across Great Britain is 5.5 per cent. This is the highest...

Approaching one in four private landlords have suffered income losses as a result of the pandemic. As a result the sector’s trade...

A personal finance app says it’s teamed up with a new technology firm to provide a service helping landlords prepare for...

Landlords believe that energy efficiency upgrades required to comply with Net Zero regulations may cost up to £10,400 per property. From 2025...

A lettings agent who also acts on behalf of tenants against landlords claims to have received 1,000 enquiries from frustrated private...

A landlord has been fined £3,607 over properties that were so dangerous tenants’ lives were at risk. North Lincolnshire council brought a...

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves says Labour would increase tax on buy to let properties and on investment income for landlords.  Reeves was...

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

Almost 10 per cent of private landlords letting properties to Universal Credit claimants have experienced at least one tenant having difficulties...

A specialist lettings agency is holding a series of webinars for landlords who may fell they need help navigating some 170-plus...

A landlord must demolish two penthouse apartments by mid July - or else go to jail. It’s being reported that a case...

Official government data suggests that rents are rising by 1.8 per cent a year - but a prominent analyst has gone...

A relatively optimistic sentiment survey of landlords suggests many remain upbeat about the prospects for the sector.  According to the Shawbrook Bank...

The Scottish private rental market is facing shortages according to one of that country’s most prominent lettings experts.  David Alexander, head of...

Almost three quarters of landlords have experienced an escape of water incident in their properties over the last five years, according...

Cotswold council, using cash from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, is targeting properties that fall below the minimum...

The Council for the Protection of Rural England is the latest body to blast Airbnb and other short lets for their...

A record number of companies were set up last year to hold buy to let property.   In total there were 47,400 new...

A tourism chief has stood up in favour of closing what the government calls a tax loophole for landlords letting out...

A local authority in Scotland is calling on private landlords to get in touch if they have suffered hardship as a...

The Welsh Government has set out how the housing law in that country is set to change significantly from July 15...

New preliminary figures released by CBRE reveal that a record £4.1 billion was invested in the UK’s Build to Rent sector...

There are numerous reasons as to why renting is the way forward and how it can bring just as much, if...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Paul Wootton, Director of The Landlord Works, a new...

Suffolk Building Society has just become one of the few lenders to consider applications from landlords who intend to market and...

Rents in Greater London are up an annualised 25 per cent, with much of the increase attributed to the stock of...

Landlords will have to foot the bill for the government’s energy efficiency proposals without any apparent tax or grant help. That’s the...

A new PropTech platform that claims to make buy to let investment simpler, faster and more accessible than ever before, is...

Landlords who let out holiday properties as businesses may have to fork out as much as £1,000 more per year as...

A landlord who let out a property that raised serious concerns for the safety of 18 residents, including six children, has...

Landlords who make tax returns on their investment properties via VAT-registered companies must sign up to the HMRC’s Making Tax Digital...

Only 15 per cent of landlords say they are fully aware of changes to laws surrounding Energy Performance Certificates in the...

The government looks set to clamp down on holiday rentals and will this year formally consult on the concept of a...

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

1. Outdoor space: After nearly two years of restrictions, 2022 will see renters continuing to prioritise outdoor space. For residents of...

Landlords adopting a strategy of buying cheap in search of high yields are having a tougher task in finding the right...

Landlords fearing a fall in income and a rise in voids over the festive period have nothing to fear - it...

A leasehold expert says existing owners - including landlords - are expected to be more proactive in 2022 as they seek...

Northumbria Law School and the Open University are conducting research into whether private landlords rent to tenants with pets and the...

A local council is inviting landlords within its boundaries to take up funding from a £49,057 pot it has to improve...

A new bank - Recognise - has entered the buy to let market in a bid to win landlords and investors. Its...

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

One of the UK’s most prestigious agencies claims that deals to buy the country’s dearest homes have been negotiated using asset-backed...

A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...

Knight Frank has given an end of year assessment of the prime London lettings and says rents in the enclave are...

A council has obtained a banning order on a landlord in a ruling that is the first of its kind in...

The year is ending with void periods dropping across England as demand for rental properties continues apace.  According to the latest Goodlord...

Another council is encouraging landlords and tenants to get help to improve the energy efficiency of rented properties. Shropshire Council says there...

A company that works with private landlords to supply homes to ease London councils’ homeless issues, has won funds to secure...

Over half of private landlords responding to a new survey say recent tax changes in the rental market have had a...

Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...

A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...

Proposals to force landlords to pay up to £10,000 to improve energy efficiency of rental properties require a rethink, according to...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has written an open letter to all landlords in England, telling them how to enact the government’s...

Landlord confidence remains high with a third of those questioned in a surveying plan to expand their portfolio in the next...

As we enter 2022 the private rented sector can look back on a year which marked the start of its recovery...

Rogue landlords in one area of London could face unlimited fines, criminal convictions and bans from letting out properties. The measures are...

Bristol-based lettings management company Iletpro Ltd has been ordered to pay a total of £2,700.06 in fines and costs for failing...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has given his prediction as to what the big issues will be in the 2022 lettings...

High profile MP Caroline Lucas has told a newspaper that the government turns a blind eye to bad landlords. “This government, like previous...

It’s being reported in the mainstream press that the government may give landlords an extra year to make rental homes more energy efficient. This...

A lettings platform claims a substantial number of tenants spend over £1,000 on decorating their landlord’s property.  Flatshare platform SpareRoom claims that...

The trade body representing Airbnb and other short let providers and sector suppliers says the short let industry is best placed...

Every year there is an influx of students that hate renting, and I was one of them.  Students should be excited about...

Airbnb can make life easier for UK landlords by increasing yields, simplifying the rental process and providing peace of mind against...

Households across the country are seeing their energy costs going up, so it is more important than ever that landlords do...

A report by the National Audit Office has sharply criticised the government and councils for not doing enough to help tenants...

ARLA Propertymark is expressing concern at the latest figures showing a fall in the size of the private rental sector. The latest...

A  council is set to ask local landlords of rental properties to join an accreditation scheme to improve standards and deliver...

The BBC Radio 4 consumer affairs programme You and Yours says 4,746 rental scams have been reported to the police and...

Tenants, landlords and those living or working near houses in multiple occupation in Portsmouth are being urged to share their experiences...

Landlords with properties in part of Lincolnshire could benefit from Government funding secured by North East Lincolnshire Council and its regeneration...

A Labour council in London has announced plans to expand its crackdown on what it calls “shoddy landlords.” Southwark council says the...

Detectives are urging landlords to remain cautious following to discovery of a number of cannabis farms in rented properties. In the past...

The government has approved a vast landlord licensing scheme in Liverpool - but even including 45,000 homes it is still much...

Landlords in the west country struggling with high fuel bills are being urged to take advantage of a free money-saving advice...

With currently less than four years before all new tenancies need to be in properties rated EPC ‘C’ or above, there...

It’s probably in the interest of landlords as much as tenants to slash energy bills now, even before new EPC ratings...

A council is consulting over a range of private rental sector measures.  Leicester council is proposing a range of measures requiring landlords...

Landlords have welcomed an initiative to provide £30m to work with the private rental sector to end homelessness. Local authorities in Wales...

A council says it’s going to contact local landlords to remind them of legal restrictions concerning energy efficiency. Caerphilly council says it’s...

More than half of landlords with properties rated EPC D or below are considering selling because of stringent energy efficiency rules...

A cross-party survey of MPs shows that they want to scale up the installation of renewable heating technologies in existing homes,...

Lewisham council in London is introducing a new licensing scheme for all Houses of Multiple Occupancy - claiming it will improve...

The Welsh Government has announced a £30m pot from which councils can pay for easing properties from private landlords. Under the Welsh Government’s...

Two landlords who jointly own a property to let in Wrexham have been fined for failing to licence it appropriately. Christopher Tye...

Councillors in a second home hotspot will be asked to decide on the level of council tax premium for the next...

A private landlord who failed to carry out essential safety work has been fined for ignoring an Emergency Prohibition Order. Mohammed Deryo,...

A lettings agent claims progress on climate change and energy efficiency is likely to be undermined by what he calls “dodgy...

The government has announced that carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted in all private rental properties with fixed appliances such as...

Over half of tenants who have stayed at short let home-based properties via Airbnb or similar platforms have broken or damaged...

A new deal between a trade body and a high profile industry supplier means landlords can now hire assistants to handle...

Landlords in the heart of the London commuter belt are being asked to come forward if they can provide accommodation for...

Landlords with family properties are in the pound seats when it comes to rent increases, according to data from lettings agency...

Lewisham council in south London is introducing a new licensing scheme for all HMOs in the borough. It claims this will help...

A council in a largely-rural area of Suffolk is the latest to have won additional funding to push landlords into making...

A leading politician in Wales has spoken out in favour of second homeowners, who are under increasing scrutiny in that country...

Salford is the latest city to launch a consultation seeking views on plans to expand its selective licensing scheme - claiming...

Recognise Bank has entered the rental market with a new product designed for professional landlords and investors with portfolios of at least...