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The government is ruling out any U-turn on the tax changes regarding furnished holiday lettings - despite substantial complaints from Tory...

Back in 2019, the Government promised a ban on so-called no-fault evictions. Section 21 was to be outlawed. While some housing...

The government has been accused of mismanaging reforms to no-fault evictions saying: “It’s created uncertainty upon uncertainty”. Theresa May first made the...

Jonathan Rolande is a property industry and housing market commentator, and is founder of the National Association of Property Buyers.  It’s almost...

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

Three webinars next week will cover key aspects of deposit disputes between landlords and tenants. They’re organised by the Deposit Protection Service...

A leading business analyst is firmly blaming interest rates for the see-saw in house prices seen in recent indices. The latest, from...

Activists are beginning to pile pressure on London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan, claiming the public will be disappointed if he toes...

A newspaper reports that Housing Secretary Michael Gove is willing to rely on Labour votes to pass the Renters Reform Bill...

The Chancellor has rendered hundreds of lettings businesses unviable overnight as a result of his Budget tax clampdown. That’s the view of...

The management of BTL properties, whether it's a modest collection of three units or a more sizable portfolio of fifteen, can...

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...

The buy to let mortgage sector has seen fixed rates fall to their lowest point since September 2022, according to analysis...

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

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

Generation Rent has launched a double-pronged attack on landlords and the government. The activist group claims that the latest possession statistics from...

The Tenant Farmers Association says its latest survey of tenant farmers paints a bleak picture of the relationships between landlords and...

The identify of the service running the upcoming Private Rental Sector Ombudsman scheme has been thrown into doubt once more. The Renters...

Analysts have warned landlords and others interested in the housing market from celebrating too much following the latest Halifax index figures. The...

The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...

Consumer Price Inflation in November was 3.9 per cent - significantly lower than the 4.4 per cent expected by many analysts. It’s...

The government has launched a public consultation on a radical new UK home energy rating system to replace the long-standing Standard...

Controversial online agency Purplebricks claims landlords and other home owners can sell their properties for free “as part of a progressive...

Melton council in Leicestershire has prosecuted a resident who pleaded guilty of failing to comply with a planning contravention notice which...

The Office for Budget Responsibility - a Treasury department operating independently from the government - released its central forecast for the...

When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets to his feet on Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement, he should consider offering support to...

The new Housing Minister is Lee Rowley - who was a former housing minister in the short lived premiership of Liz...

Scotland’s Court of Session has come down in favour of the Scottish Government when it comes to rent controls. A case against...

An agency chain is urging the Tories to stop in-fighting at their party conference and instead increase supply in the private...

Housing associations are urged to urgently check building specifications for the use of Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete or RAAC. RAAC is the...

Trade bodies and short let landlords have made a last-ditch appeal to politicians to stop new rules which could see the...

Making an investment in a country with a different currency introduces exchange rate risk. Ideally, a UK investor would buy the...

The next National Landlord Investment Show is taking place in London next month. It’s on September 27 at DoubleTree Hilton London Elstree...

Today's inflation figures effectively seal the fate of the housing market for the rest of this year - including the crucial...

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

The Green Party’s co-leader Carla Denyer has branded the government’s Right To Buy scheme as a “slum landlord’s charter”.  Denyer made the...

One in 10 landlords plan to exit the sector following the absence of any government help in the Budget. That’s the claim...

The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the outgoing director of Generation Rent, is angry with Jeremy Hunt. The Baroness claims “the cost of living crisis...

The Regulator of Social Housing has warned landlords in that sector to take immediate action over damp and mould. And the regulator...

Landlords are not “contributing anything useful to society” a politician has claimed. Over the Christmas and New year break Ross Greer, a...

Yes, it’s that time again when the property hoi polloi impose their predictions for the following year on us and so,...

I think 2022 can be summarised as ‘unsettling’ to say the least. With three prime ministers in less than six months,...

The large majority of players in the lettings industry wants the rental reform programme outlined by the government, an agent claims. Laura...

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

It’s disappointing to say, but once again the rhetoric from both the Labour and Conservative party conferences towards the private rented...

Increasing demand for homes in cities was the driving force behind the rapid house price inflation witnessed earlier this year, with...

It is a fundamental principle of a functioning democracy that parties, when in power, should pay at least lip service to...

Organisers of next year's Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool are telling fans and suppliers not to book short let accommodation at...

Buy to let broker Mortgages for Business is seeking to reassure landlords worries that the values of their properties will crash. The...

GetGround - which until now has been a service to help landlords form companies - has launched GetProperty, a service guiding...

The new Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke for only 25 minutes but effectively turned the recent history of British tax policy...

MPs are to have another opportunity to debate possible restrictions on the number of so-called party houses let from AirBnb and...

* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Agents are warning that...

A major lettings agency in London says the imbalance between the number of tenants and available rental properties continues to cause...

The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...

New research showed a large month-on-month increase in the cost of typical buy to let fixed rate mortgages popular with landlords.   Online...

Landlord leaders are calling for a change to the Tenant Fees Act to allow renters to be charged for pet damage. Some...

An MP has introduced a Private Member’s Bill which, if successful, would reduce what she calls the “nightmare” of Airbnb party...

Landlords should not be downbeat about the scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers as proposed in the rental reform White Paper. That’s...

One of the highest profile advocates of widespread reform in the private rental sector has been Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of...

There has been an angry response by some politicians in Wales to the decision by the Labour administration to delay implementation...

The National Residential Landlords Association has hit back at allegations made by Shelter, accusing the charity of sensationalising the way landlords...

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

I hope you weren’t holding your breath for the Chancellor to announce a package of help for landlords in his Spring...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement was something - but not enough. That’s the view of Ben Beadle - chief executive of the...

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

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

The choice of buy to let mortgage deals for first time landlords has soared according to the independent market monitor Moneyfacts.  “Our...

Purplebricks claims that its failure to comply with tenant deposit legislation last year is now in the past and was merely...

Covid-19 has undoubtedly shifted the way new landlords will be looking to invest in 2022, and our ranking makes it clear...

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

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

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

Earlier this week Zoopla released some rather healthy statistics on the UK rental market. In recent months, the rental market has been...

Landlords, letting agents and tenants in South Yorkshire are being warned about an increase in rental fraud. Local police there say they...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has said No to a plea by a south east council to renew...

A landlord trade body says the lengthening of notice periods during the pandemic have made matters worse for tenants, not better. John...

A row has blown up in Cheshire over a claim by a student tenant that she pays more rent than the college’s...

The landlords' main trade body wants a tapering down of notice periods for Section 8 and Section 21. The government has already...

The Momentum group on the left of the Labour Party has outlined a three-stage campaign to secure a longer term ban on...

The landlords’ trade body has backed a call from MPs demanding a clear exit strategy at the end of the latest...

Wales has extended its eviction ban from March 31 until the end of June - but it is more severe than...

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

No news is good news, they say - and the absence of any announcement about Capital Gains Tax in thre Budget...

This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...

A local council has let it be known that it’s in a pilot mediation scheme set up by the government -...

A councillor has criticised an MP who came out in favour of landlords in a dispute over licensing. Earlier this week Landlord Today...

The government’s Green Homes Grant has been slammed by MPs for its snail’s pace progress, complications and poor delivery. The all-party Environmental...

It’s feared that the government’s latest funding to solve the cladding crisis will leave thousands of landlords with loans and unsellable...

Insurance company CIA landlord has prepared a league table of the most and least profitable locations for buy to let landlords. It’s...

The changes to Mortgage Interest Tax Relief and impact on your wallet Before April 2017 landlords with a mortgage on their buy-to-let...

A former tenant has been fined for sending racially offensive messages to his former landlord over three years after being evicted...

A move to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms operating in Scotland has received a hostile welcome from a countryside...

A warning has been issued that a bid to curb private rental sector rents in Scotland could well backfire with more...

The number of buy to let mortgages for landlords has dropped to 1,792 - and in comparison to last year that’s...

Tenant software supplier Bunk says the media’s writing off of the student accommodation rental market is misplaced - and it claims...

A new survey shows almost two thirds of prospective first time buyers regard it as ‘impossible’ to get on the property...

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed so many things for so many people. For international real estate agents in Spain, it has...