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There wasn’t much by way of good news in the Spring Budget for landlords and property investors last month. Although some rumours...

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

There’s been a bevvy of buy to let mortgage deal changes this week. Shawbrook has made a series of reductions across its...

The Labour-led government in Wales has issued a consultation proposing the abolition of Land Transaction Tax Multiple Dwelling Relief from June...

An activist group says any future Labour government should introduce a beefed-up version of the Renters Reform Bill - whether or...

The National Residential Landlords Association has partnered with GetGround, a property investment platform for buy-to-let landlords looking to find, structure, and...

The NRLA says it is “profoundly disappointing” that the government has chosen to hike court fees for landlords at exactly the...

A private landlord from Bridlington has been ordered to pay £1,500 for putting tenants into a dangerous property, thereby breaching a...

Landlords and renters’ activists are at either end of the spectrum reacting to a controversial report on the private rental sector. Yesterday...

Law firm Bishop & Sewell is hosting a webinar to give leaseholders information and advice about the Right to Manage, a...

According to a poll of 1,476 renters by SpareRoom the ongoing housing crisis (85%) tops the list of key priorities to...

The government has committed to returning the amended Renters Reform Bill to the House of Commons in mid-April. MPs return from their...

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

The UK government's long awaited Spring Budget announced some key changes for the property market in an effort to stimulate activity...

The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Amendments...

There have been more changes to buy to let mortgage ranges from lenders. Coming into effect today, The Mortgage Works will be...

Trading Standards has defended the introduction of ‘material information’ requirements on details of properties for sale, after a conveyancer warned landlords...

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

Landlords quitting the sector could have to spend hundreds of pounds more when selling their home owing to new Trading Standards...

Landlords who paid Capital Gains Tax at 28% - before the Chancellor reduced it to 24% in this month’s Budget -...

An all-party House of Commons committee is calling on Local Housing Allowance to be updated automatically and annually. LHA rates have been...

Some of the biggest names in the trade, lending and advisory sectors have produced a report outlining the vast significance that...

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

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer and the party’s controversial Mayor of London Sadiq Khan are at loggerheads over rent controls. Khan has...

Seasonality is returning to the prime London lettings market after three tumultuous years.  The pandemic meant the market was initially flooded with...

A new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...

Some 40% of residential landlords with a mortgage - fixed, tracker or discount - are due to renew their mortgage rate...

Uttlesford District Council's annual Landlord Forum, in partnership with the National Residential Landlords Association will take place on Tuesday May 14...

Neath Port Talbot council plans to host a free event, providing what it calls “support and funding advice for landlords.” The Private...

In September the Prime Minister announced that landlords will no longer be required to meet the minimum EPC minimum energy rating...

The latest index, from the Halifax, shows house prices rose 0.4 per cent in February – the fifth consecutive monthly increase....

Nearly a third of landlords predict that the retail sector will see the highest level of negative growth over the next...

An activist group is demanding that the lower Capital Gains Tax should apply only to landlords who sell with sitting tenants. In...

A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their views...

A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...

The National Residential Landlords Association has slammed yesterday’s lacklustre Budget as a missed opportunity. Yesterday’s announcements - like to be the last...

One piece of good news to come out of the small print documents accompanying the Budget concerns capital appreciation. The Office for...

In a final call on the Chancellor to help the private rental sector in today’s Budget, the National Residential Landlords Association...

Almost a million private rented households reliant on Universal Credit experience a shortfall between the benefit payments they receive and the...

A controversial proposal for a £300m tax grab on landlords appears to closely follow a policy suggestion put forward by activists...

UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in February, says the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal effects.  This resulted in...

A leader of the Renters Reform Coalition activist lobby has made a specific targeted attack on the motives and honesty of...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the private rental sector according to a report this morning...

The National Residential Landlords Association says it wants a speedy implementation of the Renters Reform Bill to avoid uncertainty - and...

A prominent lawyer has stepped up her criticisms of Housing Secretary Michael Gove and his attacks on buy to let and...

Rental sector and property industry views are split over the controversial idea of allowing first time buyers to put down a...

The Generation Rent group has thrown its weight behind a ban on mortgages for holiday homes buyers - and its chief...

The government’s proposal to introduce a new one per cent deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder...

One of the biggest parts of buying a holiday home is securing a holiday let mortgage which can differ substantially to...

Reversing the tax penalties imposed on buy to let landlords in recent years would reduce the impact of short lets on...

Another council has set up an advice session for private rental landlords in the area. This even will take place at Neath...

The National Residential Landlords Association will jointly host a networking and information session with homelessness charity Crisis. It will take place on...

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...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning announced wholesale changes to planning and regulations surrounding short lets. His proposals include: - planning permission...

Airbnb has given its backing to a proposal from Housing Secretary Michael Gove to introduce a mandatory register of short let...

Two new forums to forge closer bonds between council and landlords in North Yorkshire are to take place in the coming...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a group of organisations including Shelter and Generation Rent - has again written to Housing Secretary...

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

A council has prosecuted a landlord after a family of nine were discovered living in an outbuilding. Tariq Khan of Peterborough was...

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

Private landlords and letting agents are being offered free advice and information at a networking event hosted by Cumberland council.  Property owners...

Landlords seeking capital appreciation will be encouraged from two new housing market surveys - one showing a surprise rise in house...

Confidence has returned to the mortgage market, with sentiment improving steadily month by month in the last quarter of 2023, according...

One of the MPs behind the disastrous mini-Budget - which directly led to soaring interest rates - is to stand down...

The Building Research Establishment - which undertakes research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards-setting for the housing sector - is calling...

Landlords and agents are being invited to attend a free event aimed at providing updates on new housing legislation and industry...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

The National Residential Landlords Association has teamed up with a provider of so-called ‘smart property protection technology’. This means that landlords can...

A majority of Buy to Let landlords have been focused on growing property portfolios in the last 12 months, and not...

Increasing the supply of homes for private rent would boost government finances by £10 billion, says the National Residential Landlords Association. The...

A flamboyant property in Oxford which has been the subject of a decades-long planning dispute has been removed from Airbnb by...

Landlords are being invited to a forum organised by a council’s own private lettings service and the National Residential Landlords Association. The...

A range of specialist buy to let mortgage products covering multi-occupancy properties, mixed-use or part-commercial properties, and expat investors, has been...

A new study by the National Residential Landlords Association suggests some landlords wanting to quit the private rental sector have deferred...

The capital gains tax allowance will be cut on April 6 from £6,000 to £3,000, so more people will pay CGT. The...

The National Residential Landlords Association is urging MPs to back what it describes as “pragmatic” changes to the Renters Reform Bill...

The housing minister and the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association are amongst 60 speakers named for an upcoming...

The Office for National Statistics says private rents in England experienced a 6.1 per cent rise in 2023, the sharpest annual...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests that between 800,000 and one million more homes are required to meet...

Proposals for a ‘good landlord’ scheme in Greater Manchester have won the personal backing of the chief executive of the National...

Direct Line is highlighting the importance of residential landlords having their properties inspected regularly, with research revealing 83 per cent of...

As the Renters Reform Bill heads towards the House of Lords, a free webinar is targeting landlords operating in the student...

The National Residential Landlords Association haas revealed two new appointments which it says “will enhance the service to its members as...

The Penrith Building Society has scrapped mortgage application fees for all buy to let and residential  products, including further advances, until...

A building society says it is considering ending its policy of lending to buyers of holiday lets. Martese Carton, the director of...

The National Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a consultation proposal by Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham. Burnham’s Greater Manchester Good Landlord...

The National Residential Landlords Association wants to show the government that some local councils still advise tenants served with a valid...

HM Treasury has opened its representations portal, meaning landlords - and anyone else - can submit their ideas for the next...

The controversial activist group Acorn has made a formal public apology to the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association. On...

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

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 -...

Both sides of the rental divide have criticised Conservative proposals to boost housing demand while doing nothing about supply. Over the New...

New data from HM Revenue and Customs reveals a 22 per cent annual drop in residential transactions in the year to...

A local authority is calling for emergency legislation to help it and other councils stop the spread of Airbnbs and other...

Citra Living, the Build To Rent arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has announced another new scheme. It is a 95-flat development at...

The Renters Reform Bill in its latest amended version now runs to 15 pages, and is available on the Parliament website. The...

Almost two thirds of private landlords expect to see their mortgage payments increase over the next 12 months with warnings that...

A local authority is hosting a free event for local landlords which will give them insights into latest developments in the...

The latest RICS Residential Survey, out today, points to an improved outlook for the housing market, with the more optimistic sentiment...

The National Residential Landlords Association has created two template email letters for landlords to use to urge MPs to minimise damage...