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Environmental health officers are making a last ditch bid to save local council licensing. The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health reckons that...

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

Homes Under The Hammer property expert Lucy Alexander is fronting a new campaign to identify empty homes and bring them back...

A landlord who failed to provide a council with information about one of his properties when served notices requiring him to...

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

Some 74 per cent of buy to let landlords are optimistic about the property market in the next 12 months, it’s...

In the ever-evolving landscape of property investments, one strategy continues to stand the test of time and prove its worth: property...

Activist’s Twitter war of words continues  It appears as if Suella Braverman is not the only figure making a personal attack in...

A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipates stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...

A survey of thousands of landlords, agents and tenants has provided new evidence of buy to let investors quitting in droves. Over...

Landlords don’t believe Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s planning reforms will help build a million new homes in England, claims a buy-to-let...

A housing trust says landlords fed up with higher taxes and red tape should not sell up but instead lease their...

This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...

The government is proposing to slash the regulations on HMOs used to house asylum seekers.  Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004...

A PropTech entrepreneur is advising landlords worried about red tape to use letting agents. Neil Cobbold, managing director of rental payment service...

A quarter of holiday let owners are very worried about the potential of new regulations or fees being enforced following the...

Over a third of a million landlords may quit the private rental sector as a result of being penalised by tax...

It appears that the government has finally woken up to the fact that there are too few rental homes to meet...

Brokers say that more than a quarter of their landlord clients plan to sell properties as a result of the red...

AirBnb owners are leaving the market for long term lettings following changes to the regulations in Scotland according to a leading...

There is no real prospect of improved rental supply in the near term as private landlords continue to sell off homes...

Landlord numbers may have dropped in recent months but a longer term analysis shows the reverse. Total Landlord Insurance analysed the current...

A review of the mortgage system would ensure that tenants’ records in paying rent would contribute towards their ability to secure...

The Welsh Government, which recently pushed back its so-called rental revolution until December, has nonetheless published extensive new guidelines about the...

Don’t pick on landlords - that’s the message from a leading tax and advisory consultancy. Blick Rothenberg warns that the government needs...

Landlords who have mortgages from the Yorkshire Building Society have been told that they do not need to inform the lender...

Tax experts have warned HMRC not to add to the burden of red tape already falling on landlords. The Chartered Institute of...

The connection between rising volumes of red tape in the private rental sector and landlords quitting as a consequence appears to...

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

Landlords are hesitant about buying more property according to a new study by Simply Business. The study of 560 landlords from across...

Half of landlords are positive about the future but new regulations and tax changes are causing concern, according to new research...

Another report has highlighted how landlords feel intimidated into putting investment plans on ice because of red tape in the private...

Outspoken landlord Fergus Wilson, who has reportedly become a millionaire through his buy to let investments, has been hit with a...

Landlords facing upcoming changes to Right To Rent procedures should invest in automation to ease the red tape burden. That’s the call...

Landlords with leasehold properties should be able to enjoy reduced costs and red tape when they wish to extend their leases,...

A landlord leader has hit out at a council’s selective licensing scheme, suggesting it is “bureaucracy for bureaucracy’s sake” and nothing...

Courts are now introducing Review Hearings to prioritise eviction cases during lockdown, adding more red tape for anxious landlords. The purpose of...

Buy-to-let landlords are becoming more frustrated by tax and regulatory changes in the private rented sector, according to fresh research from...

Proposals for a national register of landlords have been rejected by the government.  A report on the joint research project between the...

Earlier this month the Tenant Fee Ban was introduced, after much fanfare from the Government. However, it is not the only...

The UK is facing a critical rental shortage as many landlords continue to offload properties due to recent tax a change,...

One in five landlords in this country entered the buy-to-let sector without even planning to, finding themselves with a property ‘accidentally’...

In the UK, we have a chronic shortage of housing. Apparently we need 200,000 new houses a year but last year...

Our new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, looks like a considered man and one hopes that he will be able to ‘kick away’...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has once again defended the private rented sector (PRS) after Shelter’s latest analysis of housing trends...

A high profile letting agent has urged politicians to lay off the private rented sector and stop overloading it with confusion. Lisa...