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Private rental properties are now “far safer” than before thanks to recent legislation, according to the charity Electrical Safety First. Since five-year...

A pioneering project is matching private landlords with tenant management skills in a local housing association. Salford council and the Irwell Valley...

What looks suspiciously like a government leak to the Daily Mail says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will be unveiled...

Shelter - for so long an outspoken critic of private rental landlords and letting agencies - has now turned its fire...

Failing social housing landlords could face unlimited fines and Ofsted-style inspections, under the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill being introduced into Parliament...

It’s been confirmed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to announce plans to extend the Right To Buy to housing associations. Under...

The clearest indication of the rate at which the private rented market is shrinking is revealed in new research by Propertymark. It...

Brand new ‘property passports’ would help landlords prove their homes are compliant and assist tenants to identify decent and safe housing,...

The Regulator of Social Housing has named and shamed a London council for its failure to provide assurance that it consistently...

Two of the country’s leading Conservative MPs have spoken at a Shelter conference which claimed millions of private renters were being...

An industry trade body is alerting landlords that new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm rules are likely to be introduced soon -...

EU citizens returning to the UK following the disruptions of the pandemic and Brexit May be the biggest losers from rental...

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

Some landlords of rental properties can now apply for grants to contribute towards the cost of installing Electric Vehicle chargers. To access...

Trade unions in Scotland are demanding that local council candidates sign a pledge to support “urgent” rent controls in that country. The...

The government says it’s going to name and shame what it considers to be bad social landlords, using social media to...

A council is launching a Private Tenants Charter which it says will set standards for landlords and private rental sector organisations...

The government could benefit to the tune of £10 billion and the rental market could have soaring supply if stamp duty...

A Labour MP in the westcountry appears to be winning support for a campaign he has launched called First Homes, Not...

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

A prominent lettings agent says politicians wanting an open door policy for refugees from Ukraine do not explain how they will...

Renters are finding it tough to locate a new home because of the continuing shortage of supply according to the National...

A prominent country property expert has issued an urgent appeal to rural landlords to become involved in the consultation process which...

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...

Six times as many social renters in one part of the UK are dissatisfied with their homes compared to private renters...

A poll of Conservative voters shows strong majorities for higher taxes on second homes and empty properties, and tougher demands on...

A London council chief is asking for help from private landlords.  The leader of Kingston council in the south west of the...

Campaigning charity Shelter says the government’s rental reform programme is “a crucial step forward”.  The Levelling Up White Paper insists landlords ensure...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper includes a dramatic reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction powers will be...

Letting agents’ trade group ARLA Propertymark is raising the alarm over what it believes is a particular shortage of landlords in...

A lettings sector trade body is calling for action now by landlords and agents ahead of laws extending the need for...

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

A House of Lords report claims that the private rental sector has become ”increasingly unaffordable” and says out welcomes the proliferation...

Bromsgrove is a classic rental market. The Worcestershire market town is enveloped by green space but is just a thirty-minute commute...

A senior figure in a newly-enlarged agency that wants to become a national force in lettings has thrown his weight behind...

The charity Crisis has identified the end of the eviction ban as one of the factors directly leading to homelessness over...

Private landlords get it in the neck for allegedly-high rents but 4.75m families living in social housing in England are facing...

A report by the National Audit Office has sharply criticised the government and councils for not doing enough to help tenants...

The government has announced that carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted in all private rental properties with fixed appliances such as...

Some 6,000 signatures have so far been added to an online petition calling on the Welsh Parliament to “address” the issue...

Private landlords, tenants and letting agents are being asked to give their views on a Labour council’s tenancy strategy in London.  The...

The scrapping of Section 21 and other provisions expected in the government’s White Paper on rental reform have been delayed until...

The head of a building body says landlords and home owners need a replacement for the defunct Green Homes Grant to...

The government should factor in the property market’s huge regional variations when offering landlords incentives to become more energy efficient. That’s the call...

A landlord has taken to the local media in his area to express outrage that a council has failed to find...

A call has gone out to shift tens of thousands of the poorest tenants in the private rental sector into social...

£223.7 billion. That’s how much better off UK landlords are than five years ago when you do the maths on the...

A small proportion of private landlords grab the spotlight because of their poor treatment of tenants and properties - yet figures...

A company behind a fire safety initiative has surveyed tenants in both the private and social rental sectors, and claims shortcomings...

Dorset council is the latest to appeal to landlords to house Afghan refugees who are in this country having helped UK...

Labour councils in London have backed the initiative from Mayor Sadiq Khan to buy back ex-council houses now in the private...

A council leader has criticised landlords in a tourist hotspot for evicting long term tenants and switching to higher paying Airbnb...

Landlord Today readers will be more than aware that legal changes happen often these days, and it can be understandably challenging...

A Conservative MP claims there is a major power imbalance between tenants and landlords and widespread reforms are required to stop...

A think-tank, UK Onward, has called for radical rental reform. In a statement released to coincide with today’s Queen’s Speech, the think-tank...

A council has agreed to set aside £30,000 to pay for private rental deposits as a cheaper alternative to bed and breakfast accommodation. The ruling...

There’s a new call on the government to get its act together on the Green Homes Grant, which has failed to live...

The eviction ban may have made life less stressful for tenants but a housing lawyer claims otherwise. David Renton, writing in the...

A lettings agency is issuing general guidance to the landlord community ahead of changes to Electrical Safety Standards in April. Helen Hollingsworth,...

An appeal has gone out to private landlords to lease their properties to a council seeking to boost its supply of...

Social renters have the lowest life satisfaction and experience the greatest anxiety according to analysis by a property management firm.  Lettings company...

An insurance firm says landlords should “educate” their tenants on the apparent need to get increased insurance cover. Paymentshield claims that a...

The government’s announcement at the end of next week that almost no evictions would be possible before January 11 at the...

A prominent Conservative supporter and expert in the private rental sector has posed an interesting question - is Boris Johnson trying...

With new regulations and rules now in place for landlords, our in-house property experts outline their 10 essential safety requirements for...

Campaigning charity Shelter is back on the warpath against private landlords, criticising how much of the country’s temporary accommodation budget for...

Industry leaders are calling on the government to provide urgent support for young people living in private rented housing.  As the chancellor...

Buy-to-let landlords could be banned from evicting private tenants in Scotland for up to six months if the Scottish government’s plans...

The government is being urged to fund a bailout to help social landlords avoid a £10bn bill to fix fire safety...

Next month's Budget is a golden opportunity to reform Britain's broken housing market and get the country moving again, according to...

A proposed Bill to protect private sector tenants by introducing measures to limit rent increases could drive many buy-to-let landlords out...

Buy-to-let landlords are demanding change in next week’s Scottish Budget to help ensure rental price growth eases.  The number of tenants experiencing...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has welcomed the Welsh government's plans to increase spending on housing in their draft budget for...

With just one day until voting day, each of the main political parties has outlined its plans for the country, including for...

Thursday’s general election presents the main political parties with an opportunity to address voters’ concerns about housing, and not just focus...

The main political parties have laid out their blueprints for government ahead of what is likely to be one of the...

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

Boris Johnson launched the Conservative Party manifesto yesterday with a promise to “Get Brexit done”, and although the document was rather...

Affordability continues to be a concern for a number of renters north of the border, according to a fresh report from...

Landlords’ confidence in the buy-to-let sector has collapsed, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA). Confidence in landlords’ business expectations has tumbled...

An Airbnb host who rented out his council flat in central London has been fined £100,000 and evicted by Westminster City...

Vulnerable tenants and those at higher risk of rent arrears are likely to suffer most as a result of the government’s...

Universal credit is not working in its existing form, with households on the benefit significantly more likely to have housing debt than...

Housing charity Shelter has launched a £600,000 fund in Greater Manchester today with a view to finding real-life solutions to the...

The widening gap between housing benefit rates and market rents means that many buy-to-let landlords are now forced to rely on...

Buy-to-let landlords collectively contribute £16.1bn to the British economy through pre-tax spending, which is almost double the estimated £8.5bn a decade...

New tenant packs designed to help landlords raise awareness of fire and carbon monoxide dangers have been launched by Aico Ltd. Aico,...

The proportion of income spent on rent in the private rented sector has fallen from 35.4% in 2010/11 to 32.9% in...

A new multi-housing report reveals five trends that are set to dominate the private rented sector between now and 2025.   The...

The proportion of income spent by private tenants on rents in England has continued to fall, according to an official report...

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan is developing rent control proposals as part of his 2020 re-election bid in the hope...

We all know that buy-to-let investors provide a vital service for people looking for housing, and yet an article in The...

A shortage of housing supply will push up rents up by an average of 13.7% over the next five years, according...

Buying a property is cheaper than renting in every area of the UK, a recent study found, and yet a growing...

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

Private landlords are being offered money to help encourage them to restore their empty homes in the London borough of Barnet.  Empty...

The government has released the first tranche of an estimated £400m to fund the removal and replacement of unsafe cladding on...

The Chancellor Philip Hammond may have only announced last week that the Autumn Budget will take place on Monday 29 October,...

The government remains committed to building more new homes, but their target of 300,000 a year is unlikely to be met. Sky-high...

While most private renters in the UK aspire to buy property, the reality is that many people simply cannot afford to...

Landlords generally believe that many recent regulation changes have gone too far and want to see the government rethink the swathes...

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

Free gas and electrical checks are among the incentives being offered to landlords with properties in Barrow-in-Furness in a bid to...

A pilot scheme has been launched with a view to improving property standards, increasing awareness, boosting engagement and increasing housing supply...

Plans to introduce new tougher electrical safety standards in the private rented sector aimed at protecting tenants by reducing the risk...

Tougher electrical safety standards for rented properties north of the border are needed to protect private tenants, according to a leading...

Private landlords provide an increasingly vital source of affordable and flexible accommodation for many people and the government should do more...

Seven in ten prospective tenants registered with MovingSoon.co.uk, a website that advertises affordable housing for renters, believe deposit-free renting is a...

Gedling Borough Council yesterday voted to approve plans to impose selective licensing charges on private landlords in the Nottinghamshire district. Following a consultation...

All letting agents should be regulated and required to have minimum training qualifications in order to reduce the number of rogue...

Labour’s symbolic victory over the rollout of universal credit on Wednesday night will have been welcomed by many buy-to-let landlords. Tory MPs were...

The Scottish government is being urged to set a higher benchmark for the energy efficiency of private rented homes to help...

Private landlords of high-rise buildings in Wales are being encouraged to take up an offer of free cladding safety checks following...

With only a few hours left of voting in the general election, the balance of power will have a major impact...

The Conservatives have announced a range of housing policies designed to help them win the general election, including pledging to build...

A growing number of private landlords are ‘finally waking up’ to the fact they could be pushed in to a higher...

More private landlords are needed to house the high number of tenants being thrown out of social housing in Hull, new...

The policy focus of the upcoming election will be on Brexit, but political parties will do well to remember that housing...

Q: About the Caridon Group?  Caridon Group provides exceptional, end-to-end residential property solutions throughout the UK, from property development and management to...

New proposals to ensure all privately rented homes north of the border meet a minimum standard of energy efficiency have been...

Labour MP and gas safety campaigner George Howarth has tabled an early day motion (EDM) calling on landlords and social housing...

The residential property market has needed a shake-up for decades, and although the housing White Paper, published earlier this month, is...

Over the past two years we have seen a drastic shake up in the buy-to-let sector. Starting with rental tax changes announced...

Many private sector landlords see social housing tenancies as a higher risk than traditional rentals, and rising rents in the open...

Rents across the UK are set to rise considerably faster than house prices over the next three years, according to the...

Significantly more homes urgently need to be developed for the private rented sector to curb rising rental values in London, according...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has hit back at accusations made by Jeremy Corbyn in his Labour conference speech that private...

There has been a significant increase in the amount of tenancy deposits taken on assured shorthold tenancies in England and Wales...

The Homelessness Reduction Bill, which was published by the Communities and Local Government Select Committee last week, has received backing from...

Private landlords pocketed in the region of £9.3bn in housing benefit last year – double the amount they received a decade...

Andy Burnham, former Labour leadership candidate and now the party's candidate for Greater Manchester Mayor, has put forward a number of...

With record high rents in London outstripping wages in every borough and a chronic shortage of new affordable homes being developed,...

High property prices and a  lack of affordable homes continues to lock many would-be buyers out of the property market leaving...

MPs will offer their reaction to Lords amendments to the Housing and Planning Bill this afternoon, which may take a while given...

Specialist mortgage lender Paragon has called on the Chancellor to make no further changes to the taxation of landlords in today's...

Two million homes have changed tenure in the last decade, either switching from home owners to landlords or vice versa when...

The number of households renting from private landlords has more than doubled in the past thirty years.  Some 22% of households now...

House price rises and a shortage of social housing means that one in four households will be renting by 2015. That’s the...

Chancellor George Osborne is presenting the “summer budget” tomorrow with rumours circulating that he will give in to calls to close...

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

Private sector landlords are facing discrimination as the government rolls out Universal Credit, according to the Residential Landlords Association. The Department for...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling for urgent discussions with ministers following a ruling by the European Court of Justice...

Work of council fraud investigators in Barnet to expose tenancy fraud has led to almost 50 council houses being re-let to...

Q: What does it say on your business card?  Director of Operations – South Q: Who are Orchard and Shipman?  Orchard and Shipman is...

Local councils are offering landlords cash payments of up to £4,000 to accommodate homeless families as a shortage of social housing...