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Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...

A charity is calling for landlord licensing schemes which cost enough to fund annual inspections, and the issuing of “sentencing guidelines”...

Landlords can benefit from a wealth of free training, courtesy of a north of England council. Cumberland council is providing the training...

A council says it’s offering “fundamental training” to private landlords via an online day-long course on March 8. The training covers pre-tenancy...

New additional and selective licensing schemes are to be considered by the controversial Bristol city council. The council’s Labour Mayor - Marvin...

Four landlords are contemplating seeking a judicial review of a council’s proposed licensing scheme extension. Middlesbrough council is consulting on extending its...

Stockton-on-Tees is the latest council seeking people's views on the introduction of Selective Licensing for private rented housing. It launched a consultation...

Next month Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, will be one of the experts at an Agent...

New research has uncovered what the organisations behind it call “shocking discrimination towards migrant communities” while they try to find places...

Details are emerging about a new Landlords Database, which is one of the major provisions of the Renters Reform Bill. Within the...

Six in 10 landlords support minimum property standards for the private rented sector, Paragon Bank research has found. The government has pledged...

A new initiative offering private landlords £5,000 to £25,000 to let their properties through a council has been given the go...

A landlord has been hit with a huge £23,000 fine for failing to properly maintain two HMOs. Landlord Lystra Dorval from Ilford...

A furniture firm which supplies to some Build To Rent operators has told buy to let landlords to up their game...

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

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is spending £100,000 on a feasibility study to investigate the setting up of...

A resolution service set up last summer for landlords is extending its remit to cover a much wider range of disputes. TDS...

A selective licensing regime is being considered by a westcountry council following an enquiry into private rental sector conditions. Cornwall Council says 50...

Following the recent addition of the Fitness for Human Habitation Bill and the amendments this has made to the existing Landlord...

A pilot scheme has been launched with a view to improving property standards, increasing awareness, boosting engagement and increasing housing supply...

The Welsh minister for housing and regeneration, Rebecca Evans AM, will address the RLA’s Future Renting Wales conference in Cardiff today.  The Future...

As the letting fees ban looms ahead, it is clear that however it plays out we are seeing more and more...

There has been a sharp rise in the number of landlords in Manchester offloading buy-to-let properties at auction due to tougher...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has announced that the Welsh cabinet secretary responsible for housing policy, Carl Sargeant, will be the...

A new licensing system in the West London neighbourhoods of Hammersmith, Shepherd’s Bush, Fulham, Chiswick and Ealing aims to protect landlords...

The first disqualification order against a private landlord north of the border has been granted by a court in Fife. The man,...

Landlords and letting agents are being invited to attend a free drop-in event taking place next month that will provide information about...

Andy Burnham, former Labour leadership candidate and now the party's candidate for Greater Manchester Mayor, has put forward a number of...