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

The Generation Rent activist group is placing its hopes for pro-renter policies on newly-elected Metro Mayors, who will be elected on...

There are now fewer than 35 days until self employed workers - including many landlords - will need to submit their...

Over half of letting agents say they are uncertain as to whether they want to remain in their jobs for the...

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

Homelessness charities often berate private landlords for putting income before service to tenants. But a bitter dispute at one organisation has apparently revealed...

The North East was England’s most affordable region to privately rent last year, Paragon Bank analysis has revealed. In the North East...

New market analysis by lettings and sales agency Hamptons suggests that landlords are the largest group likely to sell up over...

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has announced that base rate is rising from 1.25 to 1.75 per cent. The rate is now...

The Airbnb market in the UK is booming.  Before the pandemic there was over 223 thousand active listings on Airbnb in the...

A leading market monitor suggests voids are increasing but otherwise states the rental market is in good health, one year on from...

The government insists that its ban on bailiff-enforced evictions “protects the most vulnerable renters” during the pandemic. The claim comes in the...

The latest survey from PropTech platform Goodlord suggests the lettings landscape is relatively stable entering 2021 - but with the prospect...

The government has rejected a call for landlords to have powers to evict tenants who fall 14 days into arrears. Property investor...

Labour wants to see a tenant loans scheme in England similar to one now operating in Wales. Easington Labour MP Grahame Morris...

The majority of medium and large companies pay higher wage rates to men than to women, according to the latest government...

A number of MPs are currently earning rental income from properties let to private tenants, including eight ministers in Boris Johnson’s...

High rents mean young people are less likely to move to UK cities where average salaries are higher, a new report...

The government’s decision to ban tenant fees is clearly designed to shift the costs to landlords, according to Property Personnel. The estate...

There has been a steady increase in the percentage of rental properties available over the past 12 months and data for...

Bootle in Merseyside has been named the best place to currently be a buy-to-let landlord, based on a number of key...

A big-hearted landlord is prepared to lower the rent of his one-bedroom property in Wycombe for a tenant who works in...

Fresh research using a combination of house prices, salaries and rental prices suggest that Stoke-on-Trent is the best destination to invest...

More than half of renters do not believe they will ever be able to afford to buy their own home, a...

For many investors in London and the South East, the relentless pressure on buy-to-let income means that the numbers no longer add...

With just a few hours until polls close in London, housing remains the main issue that may help determine who gets to run the...

A website has claimed that rising rents and deposit requirements mean even the rental market will soon be out of reach...

Britain’s private renters are getting a rough ride in contrast to their European counterparts, new analysis by the National Housing Federation...