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The rise of platforms such as Airbnb has opened up new possibilities to generate extra income by renting out spaces.  From spare...

A Labour MP has expressed concern at the speed of progress on the Renters Reform Bill - pushing Leader of the...

The National Landlord Investment Show’s summer spectacular takes place in London on July 4. A statement from the organisers says: “With the...

The head of residential research at a prominent estate agency says the signs look ominous that “the housing market is headed...

The future of the private rented sector in England has been back under the Westminster spotlight in the last two weeks...

The government has once again declined to give any meaningful timetable for the introduction of the Renters Reform Bill. At the end...

The MPs Natalie Elphicke and Lloyd Russell-Moyle are to lead a debate today in the House of Commons on the private rental...

House prices fell marginally by 0.1 per cent in July – the first decrease since June 2021, says the Halifax. Annual rate...

The housing market is showing signs of cooling, says the Halifax, as its latest index shows growing caution.  The lender says that...

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

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

The Property Investor Show is back for its 20th year with 100 property sector experts and exhibitors in London this week. The...

Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, is to sit on a new Lettings sector body set up...

The Property Investor Show returns to London’s Excel Centre next month – the first major UK property event to go ‘face...

A former member of Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet has thrown his weight behind Generation Rent’s latest campaign. Lloyd Russell-Moyle - chair of...

A tax expert is warning professional and amateur landlords that if they switch from conventional rentals to Airbnb-style short lets for...

Areas boasting Russell Group universities - considered the best in the UK - have the highest rents but disappointing yields.  Returns from a...

A tax specialist says HM Revenue & Customs is mobilising its teams to probe Airbnb hosts - and he warns ‘the clock...

A landlord says he feared for his safety and locked himself in his bedroom following a drunken rampage by a tenant. The...

The UK housing market is in growth mode as the recovery gathers pace, the latest figures show.  According to Rightmove, the post-lockdown...

Student property will remain a very profitable asset class giving robust return despite the existing disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic,...

The average UK house price dropped by 0.6% in April compared with the previous month as market activity ground to a...

The property market had enjoyed a boost thanks to the outcome of the general election in December, but now the market faces...

Who are you? Rolitex was Established in 1995, we are based in Greenford and a leading residential property company in the UK,...

Increasingly property investors are turning to short-term finance to bridge a gap. Findings from the most recent ‘Bridging Trends’ report show...

The former owner of an estate agency in Ipswich which went bust owing landlords and tenants just over £28,000 after being...

A letting agent who failed to safeguard £28,000 worth of tenants’ deposits and rent destined for landlords has been handed a...

A significant number of people renting in the UK say they will never be able to afford a home, according to...

A private landlord who was reported to police for sending what has been described as a “threatening letter” to a letting...

Lettings of London Ltd has been ordered to pay more than £50,000 after pleading guilty to 18 offences largely relating to...

The gap between the cost of buying and renting is down 59%, its lowest level in nine years, according to the...

Many tenants face the uncertainty of potentially having to find a new home as a result of a change in ownership,...

Almost fourth-fifths of renters do not want to move property due to a change in ownership, a fresh study shows. The research,...

Philip Hammond has once again failed to reverse the previous chancellor George Osborne’s deeply unpopular tax reforms that have had far-reaching...

More than £500m worth of rental income is lost annually in this country because buy-to-let landlords are often encouraged to sell...

A landlord who burnt his tenant’s possessions has been ordered to pay £12,000 compensation. Buy-to-let investor Tyrone Holmes, of Kensington Grove in...

Up to 12% of people retiring in 2018 have not made any financial provision for their retirement, according to fresh research...

Many buy-to-let landlords are reluctant to sell a tenanted property because it can increase the chances of the sale falling through...

A rogue landlord in Newmarket who exposed tenants to ‘significant risk’ has been ordered to pay almost £33,000 after being found...

The government introduced a draft bill to parliament yesterday to ban letting agents and landlords from charging introductory fees to tenants...

Plans have been unveiled for a development of 375 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes, as part of the proposed redevelopment...

The proposed ban on any letting fees charged to tenants by landlords and letting agents is widely viewed as a draconian...

Construction of a unique south London housing scheme has got underway in a factory in Shropshire. The modular construction by Elements Europe,...

The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an appeal in which it was argued that, where private sector residential landlords seek to evict...

Experts warn that rents will rise after Chancellor George Osborne announced a cut in tax relief to landlords in the summer...

The British Property Federation (BPF) has announced the creation of a new committee that will focus on promoting the emerging build-to-rent...