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A local authority is reported to have said that a controversial new policy will reduce house values by five per cent. Gwynedd...

A survey suggests that landlords want to improve the energy efficiency of their properties as soon as possible - despite a...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has pledged to publish “shortly” revised timetables for the implementation of further energy efficiency targets for the...

A charity is reported to be claiming that increasing numbers of landlords use security guards dressed as bailiffs to help evict...

A consultation has been launched on changes to planning policy for HMOs in Exeter. The city council has a restriction in place...

Many landlords have welcomed the zero deposit insurance concept - but is this being damaged by the pressure-selling techniques of some...

A senior figure at the right wing magazine The Spectator has slammed landlords for blatant profiteering. The magazine’s assistant online editor says...

Purplebricks has denied speculation that it’s selling off its rental division and moving landlord clients to a new agency.  A company statement...

A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...

A right wing think tank has published a blog post suggesting that while rent controls appear a popular help for current...

A Midlands city is starting consultation on a major extension of powers over HMOs. Leicester council wants to have an extended Article...

The Daily Mail is reporting that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to let his Oxfordshire cottage out - and he’s taking...

Some policies towards landlords show how the government has lost its conservative ethos of supporting businesses and being the party of low taxes.  Rosalind...

The current extension to the eviction ban in England and Wales is “more balanced” than some past examples according to a...

The campaigning charity Shelter is offering private rental sector tenants advice on how to negotiate a rent reduction during the remaining...

A Labour activist claiming to represent tenants is putting the squeeze on party members who are also landlords. An article on the Labour...

Buy-to-let landlords have been accused of “routinely and illegally” withholding deposits from tenants and subjecting many people living in private rented...

The government is being urged by the National Landlords Association (NLA) to repeal the fee that councils can now charge when...

Lord Flight, a former Conservative Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has once again slammed his own party’s buy-to-let tax changes,...