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The rising cost of living - especially housing - remains the top issue on Londoners’ minds for the second year in...

A council’s version of a private lettings agency is inviting landlords to an event co-organised by the National Residential Landlords Association. Ashford...

A house building firm claims more people want to move to increasingly energy-efficient homes.  A survey by Redrow shows that 26 per...

Airbnb is launching a new Sustainability Hub to help its landlord hosts in the UK retrofit and improve the energy efficiency...

Landlord confidence has rebounded strongly in recent months according to a survey by a leading buy to let-focussed bank. All aspects of...

The trade publication Inside Housing says a 20,000-home housing association has apologised after saying it would take enforcement action against a...

A landlord has been hit with an £11,800 fine for operating an HMO without a licence. Stoke-on-Trent council launched an investigation into...

Affordability limits have been reached in several regions of the UK, the Home property website suggests. While some regions are still recording...

London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan wants 10,000 private homes in the capital to be brought into the social rental sector within...

Labour’s shadow housing secretary and deputy leader Angela Rayner says her party will scrap Section 21 on its first day in...

The two most aggressively pro-tenant activist bodies have accused landlords without mortgages of “cashing in.” According to a poll of more than...

A slew of MPs who are members of the Renters Reform Bill committee receive money from letting out rooms or properties...

Homes situated close to new electricity pylons and sub-stations could receive up to £1,000 a year off energy bills, for up...

A senior Labour MP associated with the moderate wing of the party says private rental properties should be confiscated from serial...

Landlord confidence has improved over the course of the past quarter according to a respected quarterly sentiment survey. The Q3 2023 BVA...

Shelter has issued new claims about homelessness triggered in part by private rents, as it prepares for its annual festive fundraising...

No fewer than 88 per cent of portfolio landlords have added to their portfolios in the last six months, despite market...

Landlords in Reading are being offered the chance to attend a free information event to help them keep up to date...

A new study claims that two thirds of privately rented homes require urgent energy efficiency improvements - and that landlords need...

A prominent lettings agent says he can see why tenants have lost faith in the government following delays in the banning...

Landlords have been urged to protect their properties against bed bugs with regular inspections. Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent...

A charity is suggesting that if only the government got on with abolishing S21 eviction powers, homelessness would be eased. Crisis -...

The growth of private renting in the past decade has given renters more political power, an activist group claims. Generation Rent’s analysis...

Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...

Court Reform first, then scrap Section 21 - landlord leader tells MPs Rental reforms will not work unless the government reforms the...

Inflation for the year to October has fallen to 4.6 per cent. That’s a big fall from 6.7 per cent in September...

The UK’s Office for National Statistics will soon have access to data on short-term lets listed on Airbnb, Booking .com and...

Activist’s Twitter war of words continues  It appears as if Suella Braverman is not the only figure making a personal attack in...

Winkworth's chief executive says next week’s Autumn Statement must see the reinstatement of Mortgage Interest Tax Relief for investors. Dominic Agace says...

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

Shelter and other campaigning organisations have spoken out in dismay at the latest ‘housing minister revolving door’. Yesterday Rachel Maclean was sacked...

MPs today begin the so-called Committee Stage of the Renters Reform Bill’s passage through the House of Commons. Organisations and individuals with...

The asking price of homes coming to the market this month is down 1.7 per cent on October according to Rightmove.  The...

A clampdown has found 18 council homes were being unlawfully sublet on Airbnb and other short let platforms. The investigation led by...

The new Housing Minister is Lee Rowley - who was a former housing minister in the short lived premiership of Liz...

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

Housing Secretary MIchael Gove is reported to be pressing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to increase Local Housing Allowance in next week’s...

A third of landlords have suggested they are considering retiring or quitting the sector because of attacks and obstacles in the...

Landlords have been selling more homes than they bought in every year since 2016 when a raft of tax and regulatory...

The leader of Landlord Action has commended the efforts of MP Theresa Villiers for raising issues surrounding court delays which must...

New data shows it takes over half a year for courts to process legitimate possession claims made by private landlords. According to...

New Ministry of Justice data shows that between July and September 8,399 landlords in England started Section 21 no fault eviction...

Lenders’ trade body UK Finance says there were 11,540 buy to let mortgages in arrears of 2.5 per cent or more of...

Almost 60,000 Londoners in the private rented sector are likely to become homeless over the next six years if the government...

A council is running a pilot project to manage litter issues associated with HMOs. All homes in parts of Coventry were given...

A panel of experts forecast house prices will fall as much as 10 per cent by Autumn 2024. Financial website Finder brought...

Minority ethnic people are more likely to be ignored when searching for private rental homes, a pressure group claims. Generation Rent claims...

A controversial ‘housing emergency’ declared by a city council is the result of decades of low investment in social housing according...

Owners of London HMOs rarely put them up for sale, meaning investors likely need to convert a residential home into an...

Stockton-on-Tees is the latest council seeking people's views on the introduction of Selective Licensing for private rented housing. It launched a consultation...

A landlord and a property management company have been found guilty of putting tenants at risk after a council probe. Kensington and...

Savills is warning that the average UK house price is projected to fall by a further 3.0 per cent in 2024...

The government has agreed a pledge with five insurance brokers which could mean thousands of leaseholders in buildings with identified fire...

A prominent estate agency says there’s a stronger case for a stamp duty cut now than there was during the pandemic. Knight...

Average house prices rose by 1.1 per cent in October, compared to a fall of 0.3 per cent in September says...

An Airbnb survey first reported last week on Landlord Today has exploded into a national newspaper controversy. Airbnb claims that almost 80...

A third of landlords who own rental property in their personal name are planning to incorporate their portfolio into a limited...

The chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association has bagged a prestigious leadership award  Ben Beadle won Gold in the Association...

A landlord who repeatedly failed to comply with a Planning Enforcement Notice has received a hefty fine. Sultan Mahmood, of Woking, was...

A council has prosecuted a private landlord who rented out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King was initially fined £4,000...

The government's Office for National Statistics has revealed that it conducts an exercise to assess the likelihood that landlords will increase...

A major council has declared a Housing Emergency for its city, attributing part of the problem to rising private rents. A statement...

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

A think tank that describes itself as “centre right” praises the Renters Reform Bill and claims the fear of landlords selling...

Two new forums for landlords and others serving the private rental sector are being held this month. The North Yorkshire council initiative...

Scotland’s Court of Session has come down in favour of the Scottish Government when it comes to rent controls. A case against...

The Housing Ombudsman - who presides over social housing landlords - has issued his report on what he calls the “deeply...

A range of grants, including new and enhanced schemes, are available to help landlords improve the energy efficiency of homes and...

The latest edition of the HomeLet Rental Index shows a near double-digit average annual rent rise across the UK. Renters can now...

Just days after the government revealed it was not scrapping Section 21 until court possession processes had been overhauled, so the...

The Bank of England has left its base interest rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent. Its Monetary Policy Committee, which decides the...

New guidance has been launched on how to conduct thorough electrical safety checks on private rentals, and how to report any...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health gas come out in support of a legal challenge to the government’s draft regulations exempting...

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

A rent guarantor service says the recent Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill has intensified scrutiny on the challenges faced...

October saw a surprise 0.9 per cent rise in UK house prices according to the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal...

Claims on social media by a leader of the Renters Reform Coalition - who is also a contributor to a Labour-supporting website...

Rents saw an autumn dip in October, following three months of rapidly escalating prices across England.  According to PropTech firm Goodlord the...

The best way to judge the UK housing market is to check on what’s happening in Parliament, not the price indices...

A new study by a price comparison platform suggests that many younger Britons are waiting to inherit before buying a home. In...

Landlords and letting agents are being invited to attend a free event aimed at providing updates on new housing legislation and...

The Deposit Protection Service is the latest part of the industry to try to quantify how many landlords are implementing rent...

A north of England council says it’s reviewing the fees for its selective licensing scheme “in terms of potential impact on...

The breakthrough on council tax and HMOs, announced just before the weekend, may not be all that it seems. That’s the view...

A new but small survey by a compensation consultancy claims there are serious mould and damp issues amongst private rental properties. Some...

A housing analyst says student rent increases should be capped in the same way as social housing rents are. Rory Hughes, writing...

Airbnb says the large majority of private tenants want to boost their income, including through sub-letting rooms in their homes. In a...

It’s being forecast that there are likely to be major changes made to the Renters Reform Bill during its next stage...

A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £50,000 for failing to adhere to licensing legal requirements on several rental properties,...

Zoopla is warning that there will be further house price falls in 2024 on top of the 4.5 per cent drop...

Renters in shared housing stand to save up to £1,000 - and the National Residential Landlords Association says it is the...

The respected engineering institution the Building Research Establishment says the government must row back from its recent U-turn on rental property...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove says a healthy private rented sector is a “critical” part of the housing market. The comments came as he addressed...

A council’s new selective property licensing scheme for rented properties will be live and open for applications from Wednesday November 1. Ilford...

Specialist lender Landbay has issued another upbeat assessment of the buy to jet sector, bucking the trend of most market reports. It...

Finance firm Creditfix is blaming “soaring rents” for growing debt amongst tenants. It claims there’s been a significant rise in the number...

The Renters Reform Bill could end up with landlords going bankrupt, a housing law specialist is warning. Des Taylor, director of compliance...

The property investment service BuyAssociation has changed the wording of an advertisement after intervention by the Advertising Standards Authority. The ASA says: “A...

The average asking price across the UK based on the available stock is now £1,829 per month according to property consultancy...

Landlords need greater support from mortgage advisers in order to navigate the best course through the current economic climate. That’s according to...