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

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

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

Labour deputy leader and shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner says she is not ashamed to have brought her council house at...

Labour says there’s a link between Section 21 powers granted to landlords and what it claims is a total of 4,400...

New research published by Lloyds Banking Group during Energy Saving Week has revealed the lack of confidence and skills gaps landlords...

An insurance firm claims landlords shopping for a new mortgage deal may be expected by lenders to prepare personal guarantees. Purbeck claims...

A new analysis of discounts available to cash buyer suggests they can save tens of thousands of pounds on some property...

Help2Rent, a social housing platform that matches housing list tenants with available homes, has made a desperate plea to private landlords. An...

One of the first forecasts for the rental market for 2024 suggests that strong growth will continue. Property consultancy JLL says that...

A new survey suggests that over three fifths of landlords say private renting is becoming less attractive as an investment option. The...

Our generations-old obsession with home-ownership may be waning for the first time in recent memory. The introduction of the Housing Act in...

A new personal guarantee insurance protection service has been launched for professional landlords - triggered by a surge  in incorporation. Purbeck Personal...

Landlords grappling with tax returns have been given some advice - file them sooner, rather than later. Data analysed by business consultancy...

The number of interest-only (750,000) and part-interest-only (245,000) mortgages has halved since 2015, new Financial Conduct Authority analysis has found.  The fall...

While there has been a shortage of all types of rental accommodation across the UK for several years now, the student...

A website claims that Banning Orders on private landlords have not been served because of local government funding shortfalls. Open Democracy says...

Authoritative new research suggests that there’s been a 91,000 rise in student numbers to 2.3m - yet in major student cities...

When a popular Dorset pub was devastated several years ago, thanks to a huge chimney fire, the owners were left with...

A mortgage chief has accused local authorities of treating private landlords like cash machines. Justin May, chief executive of EHF Mortgages, makes...

One of the property industry’s most respected bodies says Build To Rent won’t solve the lettings supply shortfall. The claim comes in...

Four former Conservative housing ministers have backed a think-tank’s proposals for more housebuilding as a way to resolve the UK’s supply...

A business analyst has given a colourful assessment of the shortfall of homes to let, describing the current rental market as...

The freezing of Housing Benefit at 2020 levels, announced in the small print accompanying the Autumn Statement yesterday, risks leading to...

There’s been a significant drop in the number of students passing referencing. It’s down from 50 to 40 per cent this autumn...

* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - The landlords’ main trade...

Zoopla is warning that low-income renters across England are facing a ‘housing black hole’ due to soaring rents and the freeze...

Rising numbers of young people going to university and a relatively low supply of new student housing means that by 2025...

Some 820,000 private rented households in Britain are routinely hit by a shortfall between their housing benefit and their monthly rents...

The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...

Almost 70 per cent of private tenants in the North East relying on Universal Credit to pay their rent have a...

More than 50 per cent of private tenants who rely on Universal Credit to pay their rent have a shortfall between...

In this weekend feature, Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) and the managing director of Home...

A new calculation suggests London needs almost 85,000 new private rented homes a year to meet its housing needs. And it adds...

A new survey has revealed the scale of financial losses incurred by landlords during the early period of the pandemic. The study of...

A stinging attack on Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been made by the National Residential Landlords Association. The trade body has produced a...

Investment bank and wealth management consultancy Arbuthnot Latham predicts the next big growth area for buy to let will be Houses...

A property industry accreditation service is asking whether it’s now time for the government to offer grants to help landlords through...

Activists in Generation Rent claim that a fifth of families in the lettings sector suffer a shortfall between benefits and rent. Using selected data...

Landlords have been told they face another invisible threat beyond Coronavirus - it’s under-insurance, which is apparently rife in the private...

Electrical Safety First is calling for the introduction of mandatory electrical safety checks as part of the Scottish government’s plan to...

Labour’s proposals to introduce rent controls risks reducing the number of private homes available for rent, as landlords look to exit...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has proposed that tenants should be permitted to transfer a deposit between landlords when moving property.  The...

More than half the people claiming Universal Credit are in rent arrears, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). It reports that 54% of...

With the government consistently missing its housebuilding targets, Britain’s housing shortage has now reached crisis point, with the number of prospective...

Birmingham has experienced an incredible transformation over recent years. Shaking off its previously industrial image. The UK’s second city has emerged...

Short-term letting providers, including landlords who list properties on Airbnb, are not adequately protected by major insurance providers, according to a...

As the Chancellor prepares to deliver his Budget today, research from Aldermore has revealed the measures prospective first-time buyers want put...

There was a marginal decline in bridging lending in the second quarter of the year, with bridging lending falling by 6.6%...

Rents are forecast to see strong growth over the next five years, according to the latest residential property forecast from the...

The government’s plans to change the rules on its ‘rent-a-room’ scheme, which allows people to earn up to £7,500 a year...

If you’re a landlord who is currently out of work or unemployed who wishes to buy a new BTL property or...

If you’re a landlord and wish to raise finance against an existing buy to let property and don’t have proof of...

Mansfield Building Society has launched a new family buy-to-let mortgage that enables landlords to let out their property to a close...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has announced that it is now assessing like-for-like buy-to-let remortgages using a lower reference rate and...

At Horton and Garton, our message to West London is simple: we want to make a difference. Not just to the...

Natwest has announced an overhaul of its underwriting processes for portfolio landlords ahead of September’s regulatory changes for complex buy-to-let, but...

Having long provided mega double-digit returns for investors, investment in buy-to-let has outperformed all major asset classes in recent years, but...

Tenants will not benefit from the government’s ban on letting agent fees - because the costs will be passed on in...

We all know that buy-to-let investors face a challenging time, but what are the key issues affecting landlords? Karen Bennett looks...

The Bank of England’s decision to crack down on buy-to-let lending through the introduction of tighter borrowing rules and stricter affordability...

Students are currently exempt from paying council tax and student accommodation is currently exempt from business rates, but that could soon...

Barclays has become the latest lender to impose more stringent checks on landlords looking for mortgages. From 26 May, the bank will...

Get Living London has become the first Institutional Investor backed organisation to become a Licensed Member of the Association of Residential...

Half (52%) of private sector tenants on housing benefit have experienced delays over its payment from their local council, according to...