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

Another house price index has indicated a gentle rise in capital appreciation coming through at the end of 2023. Richard Sexton, director...

New research from a construction professional body shows a large proportion of people would not buy a newly built property due...

Cash and mortgage housing market data show average prices decline by an annual 4.6 per cent says e.surv. But the monthly trend...

A new survey of over 1,000 landlords has revealed that just over half would consider leaving the market due to the...

Average house prices are now falling 2.9 per cent annually in England and Wales according to the monthly e.surv index. Yorkshire and...

A pressure group claims the threat of being evicted makes tenants age more quickly.  Generation Rent claims there is a study by...

The latest Rental Demand Index from the Barrows and Forrester agency has revealed that rental demand has surged during the third...

The latest rental market snapshot from lettings agency Barrows and Forrester has revealed the hottest location for tenant demand. It says Dorset...

Police in North Yorkshire have given landlords a list of danger signs following a surge in cannabis farms. Rental properties in the...

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

A new law is being considered to crack down on predatory landlords exploiting vulnerable people for sex in return for free...

Activist group Generation Rent has thrown its weight behind the initiative by Home Secretary Suella Braverman to clampdown on so-called ‘sex...

The landlord of a former hotel with no working kitchen, unusable toilets, blocked drains, and rats, has been ordered to pay...

Generation Rent has returned to the threat of rent-for-sex as it claims 200,000 female tenants could be offered discounted rent in...

A maverick landlord who has hit the headlines countless times in recent years has lost his latest bid to sue the...

Home buying agency Spring has analysed which parts of the country have the dubious distinction of having the most rental homes...

Many landlords who do not want to commit to high levels of expenditure to improve the energy efficiency of their homes,...

A landlord has been hit with a huge £23,000 fine for failing to properly maintain two HMOs. Landlord Lystra Dorval from Ilford...

A new analysis by a lending company has revealed the average rent secured on a holiday let in 21 areas of...

Citizens Advice wants landlords and tenants in a specific part of the country to help inform government about improving the uptake...

New research from animal welfare charity Battersea - the new name for the Battersea Cats and Dogs Home - claims 50...

Bristol’s Labour council has made a name for itself with policies shifting power from landlords to tenants. Earlier this year the Mayor,...

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

Government plans to ban Section 21 evictions could push up rents and reduce rental stock, a property dispute expert is warning. Lee Pearce...

Cabinet minister Michael Gove and junior minister Eddie Hughes - architects of the pro-renter White Paper issued last month - are staying...

An activist group that campaigns against landlords has accused some of discriminating against tenants on the ground of their sexual orientation. Baroness...

A landlord has been jailed for a year after making a homeless woman perform sexual favours for him in return for...

A landlord has been accused of a “disgusting offence” after installing a camera in the bathroom of a house he let...

A council has served improvement notices on a number of properties owned by the Salvation Army and let to private tenants...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that in one part of the UK alone, some 75,000 tenants have been discriminated against by landlords. The...

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants rogue landlords to pay bigger fines and more compensation to tenants. He is also introducing...

The long-running saga of unscrupulous landlords taking advantage of lone tenants to suggest a ‘sex for rent’ arrangement continues with a...

A landlord has been fined and sentenced to a 12-month community order for failing to maintain gas appliances at a rental...

A planning inspector has ordered a rogue landlord to comply with enforcement notices after being found to be illegally renting two...

An agency says its bizarre list of items left behind by departing tenants shows how many renters actually appear to keep pets...

A local authority participating in a government scheme designed to protect Afghan personnel employed by UK armed forces is seeking help...

An online student accommodation platform has identified where demand from students is strongest as they prepare for the next academic year. UniHomes...

A new analysis of government figures shows major changes in Britain’s families and the ‘home unit’ between 2015 and 2020. This may be...

Another council in the south of England is asking landlords and letting agents in its area how the Coronavirus crisis has...

A Labour MP is proposing legislation which would mean that landlords who offer accommodation in exchange for sexual favours could be...

A cluster of councils in the south of England want to know how Covid-19 has impacted landlords and letting agents in...

Shelter and tenants’ group in a major city have mobilised to set up a campaign called Fair Renting. The campaign is focussed...

A lettings agency is telling landlords to take more tenants claiming housing benefits. The agency in question says it’s wrong that some...

The activists group Acorn, which has staged several anti-landlord demonstrations including some outside homes, is opposing a new Bill going through...

A landlord has admitted voyeurism and has been handed a suspended prison sentence and placed on the sex offenders’ register for...

A tenant organisation has written to almost 130 politicians asking them to do more to protect renters - especially lone females -...

Both Labour and the Scottish National Party have spoken out over online platforms carrying advertisements from landlords seeking sexual favours in...

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 Labour MP is demanding action against unscrupulous predator landlords who demand sex from tenants in lieu of rent. The Daily Mail...

A landlord who failed to properly look after two HMOs has been fined £70,500 by an Essex council. Lystra Dorval, of Ilford,...

Mark Horsey, a landlord who has been convicted of voyeurism, has now been banned from continuing to work in the financial...

Landlords and tenants in Chelmsford, Essex, are being warned that a local letting agent appears to be trading, despite being expelled from...

Buy-to-let rental yields have remained largely flat, increasing by just 0.1% over the past 12 months, according to Sourced Capital. The research...

Landlords should be aware that eight estate and letting agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme (TPO), which means...

Who are you? Ian Wiggett What does it say on your business card? Managing Director of Henry Adams Lettings and Henry Adams...

An amendment is urgently required to the Renters’ Reform Bill to prosecute “sex for rent” landlords and reassure victims that they...

Who are you? Cole Harding is a community based estate agent, who offers maximum exposure on all the online portals and social...

If you have recently entered the buy-to-let market for the first time, here are a few tips to help you ensure...

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...

Ilford-based Kingsman Property has gone out of business after being expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme owing a landlord almost...

There was a 73% increase in the number of landlords and letting agents that signed up to the TDS' custodial scheme during 2018-19,...

A buy-to-landlord in Worcester has been ordered to pay almost £3,000 for failing to install adequate safety measures.  Mohammed Rafiq, who was...

A private landlord in the Scottish Borders has been accused of sending a number of videos of him performing an explicit...

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

A man has been jailed for a six years and three months for stabbing his landlord in an unprovoked attack. Ainars Jozans,...

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

Barclays has launched a new range of fee-free buy-to-let mortgage products. The bank has also reduced rates on a selection of buy-to-let...

Two landlords who let substandard properties in Lancing and Southwick have had their appeals against Civil Penalty Notices (CPNs) rejected. Adur District...

Buy-to-let landlords will need to pay £1,200 for a licence to rent their properties in Bristol as part of the local...

There has been significant rise in the number of landlords selling up in the capital due to buy-to-let tax changes, according...

Portico has expanded its client offering with the launch of Portico Finance, a mortgage broker and protection service, designed to offer...

Another tenancy deposit replacement insurance scheme has been launched – this time by Goodlord. The property technology firm is offering the deposit...

A tenant who was found guilty of deliberately burning down a property he was renting four years ago was sentenced to...

Buy-to-let mortgage activity remained subdued in January with landlord investors taking out just 5,500 new buy-to-let home purchase mortgages, down 1.8%...

With a growing number of young families choosing to rent instead of buy, more landlords are now accepting tenants with young...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay a fine of £2,646, costs of £2,000 and a victim surcharge of £170...

The chancellor Philip Hammond has once again failed to deliver for private landlords, with yesterday’s rather low-key Spring Statement yet another...

A new pilot has been launched by TrustMark, the government endorsed quality scheme, in partnership with East Sussex Trading Standards, to...

Residential properties in London are being wrongly valued due to outdated measurement techniques used to measure floor space, it has been...

Investing in residential properties can be a great way to accumulate wealth. But before parting with your cash, an investment strategy...

With a growing number of Londoners renting property outside the capital, where affordability is stretched, more buy-to-let landlords are now looking...

Landlords and tenants will continue to be able to claim back the entire amount of money that has been lost or...

An unscrupulous landlord who converted three family homes into houses in multiple occupation (HMO) without planning consent has been jailed for...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), one of three government-backed tenancy deposit protection (TDP) schemes, has appointed a new external independent complaints...

Buy-to-let landlords with properties in Hampshire and Sussex, may be keen to learn that local lettings and property management specialist, LetCo,...

Thousands of landlords and lettings agents across the country could be flouting equality laws by rejecting housing benefit claimants, according to...

Private renting has more than doubled over the past 20 years, and young people are by far the most likely age...

The High Court has shut down a Ponzi scheme operated by a property investment firm after ruling that it was misusing...

A new landlord reward scheme designed to increase the stock of private rented accommodation in the marketplace in Rochford, Essex, has...

A landlord in Ilford, Essex, who allowed 23 people to live in overcrowded conditions has been fined £7,500. Tenants in a house...

There has been a notable increase in the number of people wanting to step off the property ladder and rent in...

The government is once again being urged to introduce fresh legislation to outlaw the ‘despicable’ practice of sex-for-rent deals. Speaking in the...

A disgusting landlord has been ordered to pay a £5,000 fine plus £500 in costs, and handed 100 hours of unpaid...

A now former landlord has been fined £20,000 for putting the lives of five residents at risk after a broke out...

Two buy-to-let landlords who allegedly offered an undercover journalist rent-free accommodation in exchange for sex are now the subject of a...

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined £2,525 after failing to obtain a license for a shared house in Thurrock, Essex. Adeola Makinde was...

Luton and Colchester have been named among the best places for buy-to-let investors in the existing market, based on rental yields. The...

The government has been urged to introduce new legislation to outlaw the “scandalous” and “immoral” practice of sex for rent deals. Liz...