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A local council has unveiled a new support service for private landlords and tenants. Telford & Wrekin council has appointed two so-called...

Shelter’s controversial management appears to have given in to pay demands in order to end a high-profile strike by the campaigning...

A local landlord body has given money to three good causes to start the new year. The Wrekin Landlord Association was set...

The government says it’s reviewing landlord guidance on the health risks of damp and mould following the death of two year...

Airbnb has gone into battle against mortgage lenders opposed to their customers letting out their homes. The short let platform is calling...

There are early signs that the controversial private rental sector rent freeze in Scotland could be made permanent. The freeze, along with...

The Generation Rent campaign group is advertising for a new director - the role held in recent years by Alicia Kennedy,...

After two months of falls, the average price of property coming to the market for sale rises again by 0.9 per...

New data produced this morning by the Nationwide suggests prospective first time buyers are having a tough time - and many...

A rogue landlord who created false identities and fake lcompanies as part of an elaborate web of misinformation designed to exploit...

A new survey by PropTech firm Goodlord has the unsurprising conclusion that the biggest worry for tenants is that their rent...

Campaigners often like to portray relations between tenants and landlords as poor, but a new survey suggests this is far from...

New rental stock accounts for just 16 per cent according to fresh figures released about the lettings market. Property company Ocasa has...

The Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority is telling lenders to exercise more scrutiny on loans for buy to let properties. In...

Bristol councillors who are landlords have been told they cannot speak in a debate on rent controls.  Earlier this week we explained...

Improving yields throughout 2023 may stop more landlords quitting - and, in addition, rental reforms are unlikely to be as bad as...

The local media in Yorkshire says Labour’s Rachel Reeves - the Shadow Chancellor - is campaigning for the introduction of a...

Typical household disposable incomes for working-age families are on track to fall by three per cent this financial year, and by...

The Hargreaves Lansdown business consultancy is forecasting a 10.4 per cent drop in house prices from their peak, to take place...

Amended legislation means that landlords will not be able to prevent broadband firms from upgrading their service in blocks of flats. Previously,...

Landlords have been told that time is running out to apply for funding to improve the energy efficiency of their homes...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that “at least” 271,000 are homeless in England alone. The figure - compiled from a Freedom of Information...

A council is reminding residents they have only a week left to comment on empty private homes.  Caerphilly council’s draft ‘Private Sector...

A survey of some 2,000 landlords shows that more than four in 10 want recent changes to Capital Gains Tax allowances...

Trafford council is believed to be the first to have signed up to a scheme created by Greater Manchester Labour Mayor...

Plans to improve the energy efficiency of private rented housing have no hope of being met following the government’s failure to...

Research from Midlands lettings agency Barrows and Forrester shows the volume of homes entering the market for sale has almost halved...

A council is reminding landlords that they have only until the end of the month to comment on a proposed scheme...

A Labour council is being tipped to vote tomorrow to introduce rent controls for the private sector, even though it has...

Although most property sellers in the past year made a substantial gain, a new analysis shows that flat sellers - many...

New data from Rightmove reveals the areas which have seen the largest price jumps in the past year. It says that Eastwood...

The average house price fell a further 1.5 per cent in December according to the Halifax - and that comes on...

A new initiative offering private landlords £5,000 to £25,000 to let their properties through a council has been given the go...

A new study by insurance firm CIA Landlords has analysed rental prices of properties across the UK to discover possible revenue...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has set out a radical programme of devolution to local authorities at city and county level...

A poll suggests that 58 per cent of tenants would be less likely to look at a rental property if they...

House prices are likely to fall every month until the Summer but could then creep back up, a housing expert claims. Jonathan...

The rental market remained relatively steady in recent weeks, according to the latest index from PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods have remained...

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill did not even warrant a mention in a key speech yesterday by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

A Conservative controlled council in the Cotswolds has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, urging him to implement rental reform legislation. The...

January 9 this year, the first working Monday after the Christmas Break, has been dubbed Divorce Day. This is typically when enquiries...

The National Residential Landlords Association has launched a new partnership with YourRepair, a provider of flexible boiler and emergency cover. NRLA member landlords...

A Build To Rent developer has released the first phase of apartments at what it describes as its flagship scheme -...

New research has found that nearly half of landlords feel it’s harder being a landlord now compared to the start of...

The petition to secure government action over the Section 24 tax issue affecting landlords has passed the 16,500 benchmark but has...

A newspaper has discovered that over 1,500 warnings for damp or mould have been issued to landlords by just one city...

Residents in social and affordable housing are being given the chance to buy a share in their home for the first...

Prime Central London’s ultra-prime housing market for multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers has risen by 30 per cent according to a prominent...

Landlords are not “contributing anything useful to society” a politician has claimed. Over the Christmas and New year break Ross Greer, a...

December saw a further sharp slowdown in annual house price growth to 2.8 per cent from 4.4 per cent in November...

Specialist mortgage lender Aldermore has named what it believes to be the five best cities for landlords to invest in for...

Price growth for flats remains sluggish despite the pandemic trends favouring houses slipping away over time. The Halifax says it has continued...

A landlord has been sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court after she had previously been found guilty of illegal eviction. Dr Amy Eskander,...

Propertymark has come out in favour of private landlords being allowed to follow the example of social landlords in agreeing an...

A petition calling on the government to reverse the section 24 tax change has passed a key threshold - but still has...

A London council says it’s been given the go ahead by Housing Secretary Michael Gove for an “unprecedented” third five-year term. The...

January 9 is the date from which a range of mortgage lenders are honouring their commitment to ensure flats in blocks...

Three more social housing landlords have been ‘named and shamed’ by Housing Secretary Michael Gove. The trio - two of which are...

Activist groups say landlords are being pressured by their letting agents into increasing rents. Generation Rent, led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy, and...

The share of Londoners purchasing property outside of the capital slowed in 2022, back towards pre-Covid norms.   That’s the view of lettings...

Students face chaos as government plans to reform the rental market threaten to cause widespread uncertainty as to whether housing will...

One of the UK’s leading letting agents has told landlords that they should permit pets because “it’s the right and proper...

The top end of the UK’s residential market is experiencing a growing divergence between heavily mortgaged and equity-rich owners, according to...

There’s a warning that the next 12 months could be even worse than the last for the private rental sector in...

Oxford council is proclaiming its citywide licensing scheme as a success - and claims it is processing more than 10,000 licence...

The mood music surrounding the housing market downturn appears to have become less dramatic with news from the Nationwide that there...

A new analysis of the market released by Rightmove shows that this year has been the most competitive on record.  At its...

Landlords are being encouraged to sign a petition calling on the government to reverse the section 28 tax change which had...

Labour’s Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, is recruiting 10 people to enforce a new initiative he’s calling his ‘Good Landlord...

The agents’ trade body Propertymark says it wants the Welsh Government to do more to support landlords letting in tourist hotspots. The...

Foxtons says London’s market is finally cooling - at least a little - for the Christmas period. November followed the seasonal downward...

A council is telling private tenants in its area to make contact if they believe their mould-related problems are not being...

A property company owns over 140 rental units and has analysed its costs, and shared them with Landlord Today. The units owned...

Over two thirds of tenants are satisfied with their private rented accommodation, a new survey shows. The finding comes in the results...

A new study claims to show where landlords should invest in 2023, based on recent profits. The website Money has looked at...

The Welsh Government has opened a three month consultation on changes in regulations for holiday let landlords. The Welsh Government - a...

A landlord has been ordered to pay over £10,000 at Cardiff Magistrates' Court for a catalogue of failures relating to a...

Half of private renters have faced a rent increase in the last year, it’s claimed.  Activists in Generation Rent claims of those...

A buy to let investment site has used Artificial Intelligence to identify 10 top property investment opportunities in 2023.  Based on analysis...

The Building Societies Association says housing market sentiment remains close to the all-time low. In a sentiment survey some 47 per cent...

Prime Central London will bounce back in 2023 according to national consultancy Carter Jonas - and it’s thanks to the poorly...

The director of an auction house says the market has taken “a massive hit” with tough times ahead in 2023. Andrew Binstock...

The trade body representing hosts and suppliers to the short let industry is calling on people to defray cost of living...

The government has accepted arguments put forward by landlords and accountancy groups, and delayed a key deadline for compulsory digital tax returns. A...

The Halifax has released a snapshot of the housing market as the year ends - with the cost of living crisis...

The next Budget, setting out government tax and spending plans, will be held on March 15 next year. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says...

A strike by members of Unite, employed by the charity Shelter, has been suspended pending a ballot on a new pay...

The new editor of an influential newspaper property supplement has come up with a way of solving what she calls “the...

The Generation Rent campaign group says the latest English Housing Survey shows that 23 per cent of private rented homes fail...

Three quarters of landlords in the UK have now used a limited company to invest in at least one of their...

A local authority has issued a statement with advice to landlords and tenants about how to identify and tackle mould. North East...

The government is under new pressure to introduce a last minute eviction ban to avoid private renters facing homelessness over Christmas. Liberal...

The government has been told it should should think again about its plans to make it compulsory for landlords and self-employed...

A council says it is looking to work with more private landlords to help reduce homelessness. Over recent years Shropshire council says...

Would-be first time buyers may have to settle for renting for longer and putting their ownership aspirations on ice, following the...

As the cost of living crisis bites and inflation continues to soar, new research reveals that people aged 18 to 34...

The UK’s largest property auctioneer says it is witnessing more investor-owned stock going under the hammer than at any time in...

The Bank of England has increased base rate by 0.5 per cent to 3.5 per cent. This is the ninth consecutive base...

They have taken differing views on Section 21 powers but now the National Residential Landlords Association and homelessness charity Crisis have...

Figures from across the private rental sector have written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt...