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One in five (20 per cent of) landlords plans to reducing their buy to let holdings according to a new survey. The...

Many households are struggling with rising costs, while renters in particular continue to struggle with low quality housing, the Resolution Foundation...

House prices may fall by up to four per cent in 2024 the Halifax is warning. Its Outlook for 2024 report says...

Paragon Bank has launched new five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages with nil product fees. Rates start at 5.80 per cent and there is...

Gedling council in Nottinghamshire is launching a consultation to renew yet another selective licensing scheme. The scheme was launched in 2018 and...

A London lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for not paying compensation to a landlord following a failure...

The chief executive of the Generation Rent ginger group has called on his former employer to make a case against landlords,...

A local authority is introducing charges for the issuing of Improvement Notices to landlords - and has chosen to announce it...

A local authority is hosting a free event for local landlords which will give them insights into latest developments in the...

Landlords providing much-needed private rented accommodation in part of Merseyside are to fall under an expanded  licensing regime.  Wirral councillors have voted...

A council is to spend £10m to buy homes on the open market to house local people - some at risk...

The latest RICS Residential Survey, out today, points to an improved outlook for the housing market, with the more optimistic sentiment...

The National Residential Landlords Association has created two template email letters for landlords to use to urge MPs to minimise damage...

A council has secured a banning order against a landlord, taking effect almost immediately. The order is against Grzegorz Surminski, a landlord...

Rightmove is building the hype ahead of its much-vaunted Boxing Day listing of new properties to the market. The portal claims that...

The government has launched a public consultation on a radical new UK home energy rating system to replace the long-standing Standard...

Private tenants are being encouraged by a local council to report damp and mould issues to their landlords. Shropshire council says private...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter is blaming “skyrocketing rents” for a crisis of homelessness. As part of an appeal for...

Landlords Shaun and Laraine Etherington have pleaded guilty to four offences of breaching Prohibition Orders against human habitation at their properties...

Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has campaigned for a selective licensing regime in her Leeds constituency. She joined the city council leader...

Michael Gove has written to 10 social housing providers - housing associations and councils - slamming them after findings of severe...

Controversial online agency Purplebricks claims landlords and other home owners can sell their properties for free “as part of a progressive...

Generation Rent says it’s worked out what rent levels will be in two years’ time. The activists say rents will rise 14...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has given a warm welcome to many of the provision in the Renters Reform Bill...

Cash and mortgage housing market data show average prices decline by an annual 4.6 per cent says e.surv. But the monthly trend...

A prominent tax consultancy says landlords who transferred their rental properties in a company in 2017/18 are being targeted by HMRC. It’s...

Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - but just as it has done this, it’s revealed asking prices have dropped...

Newcastle council is seeking new members of its Landlord Accreditation Scheme, which it claims recognises and rewards “reputable landlords who offer...

London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons.   The average rent...

A council has prosecuted a private landlord who let out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King of Kings Langley was...

A landlord who used a fake name to evade detection has been hit with £485,000 in fines after illegally renting out...

Councils in Greater Manchester admit to charging landlords over £14,000 for “officer time” involved in licensing schemes. There are currently eight selective...

Campaigning charity Shelter is nearing a controversial signature threshold in its petition about the Renters Reform Bill. It now has over 123,000 of...

A landlord in London has been ordered to refund 12 months’ rent to tenants after failing to license their HMO. The fine...

The Mortgage Works is reducing rates on products for new and existing landlord customers by up to 0.40 percentage points, with...

Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...

A group of Conservative MPs has organised a lobby of the government to demand a clampdown on Airbnbs and other short...

A respected financial body is warning that landlords face rising costs of up to 80 per cent in the next two...

Over a third of current renters believe they will never be able to buy a home in future.  And only 29 per...

UK house prices rose for the second month in a row in November, boosted by a shortage of properties, says the...

More than a quarter of private landlords plan to increase the size of their property portfolios in the next year, compared...

Almost all landlords letting out properties in a London borough will soon be legally required to have a selective license. It’s one...

A recycling company says landlords should do more to encouraging HMO tenants to boost recycling. The firm - First Mile - suggests...

New research suggests that an influx of older renters has increased congestion in the rental market. Some 39 per cent of renters...

Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina has endorsed a new PropTech tool aimed at stopping landlords falling victim to fraud. Title Guardian claims...

Two landlords who let their two-bedroom flat in Tower Hamlets to as many as 22 people, have pleaded guilty to nine...

A think tank claims that four in 10 households renting privately that moved within the last year are paying an average...

The Labour Party says it will outlaw rental bidding wars if it wins the next General Election. The party's shadow housing minister,...

A countryside body is blaming the government’s failure to provide affordable housing and the rise in short lets for a homelessness...

The Renters Reform Bill’s proposal to replace Assured Shorthold Tenancies with rolling ‘periodic’ lets could put landlords’ properties at risk, it’s...

A surprising one in seven lettings agents is now reporting a fall in rents rather than a rise. Although far more agents...

Generation Rent and London Mayor Sadiq Khan have jointly slammed landlords who do not improve the EPCs of their private rental...

One in four people don’t have enough savings to cover a 25 per cent drop in earnings - and that rises...

Tenants value location, flexibility and direct landlord relationships according to new research from specialist lending bank OSB Group.  The Future Tenant Standard...

The government’s Office for National Statistics is introducing a new way of measuring rent rises from the spring. It will double the...

London’s ultra-prime rental market has returned this year to pre-Covid levels for the first time, an agency claims. Beauchamp Estates - using...

Almost one in five UK adults has missed a payment in the past 12 months - and for seven per cent...

The National Residential Landlords Association says the Renters Reform Bill won’t win the support of landlords in its present form. The Bill...

A mortgage lender survey suggests landlords are returning to fixed rate mortgages. Landbay says more investors are opting for five-year fixed mortgages...

UK house prices rose an average of 0.2 per cent month on month in November - prompting the Nationwide to call...

Some £2m of government money has been channeled into a brand new country cil Taskforce aimed at identifying and clamping down...

Landlords will have to include many more specific points about their properties when they list them in future - whether directly...

The proportion of private landlords who report increased demand for rental properties has more than tripled compared with demand for properties...

New research shows that a significant number of buyers will pay more for a home with a good EPC rating. The study,...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the leader of activist group Generation Rent have teamed up for an anti-damp and mouldy...

A council statement announcing a complex new licensing regime for the local private rental sector claims “landlords and agents who are...

A controversial licensing scheme is due to come into force tomorrow - just as the council administering it has declared itself...

The government has insisted that its commitment to reform the courts process to help deal with evictions more effectively is not...

A BBC News report claims that increasing numbers of renters aged over 30 are moving to cheaper areas as rents have...

Melton council in Leicestershire has prosecuted a resident who pleaded guilty of failing to comply with a planning contravention notice which...

Residents across part of London are invited to give their thoughts on yet another new rental licensing scheme. This is a new...

Any hope of a near-term drop in interest rates appears to have been wiped out by a statement by Bank of...

The property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the third quarter of 2023. The...

A new rental website which claims to list “all available homes for young people in one place” has raised well over...

There are some 141,245 second homes in England and Wales, new figures show.  Flats are the most common type of second home,...

Housr, a student living start-up, says it’s started its second year by adding 45,000 properties to its platform ahead of the...

The latest lettings market forecast from Savills says average UK rents to end 2023 at up 9.5 per cent year on...

House prices fell 1.2 per cent in the past year, according to a new Zoopla report out today, with average discounts...

A campaign by a UK government to help landlords retrofit their properties with energy efficient amenities has had almost zero impact,...

Markets are saying the UK - and for that matter the US and mainland Europe - have all hit peak interest...

The government claims that millions of homeowners in England and Wales will be given greater rights, powers, and protections over their...

New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...

A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...

Many landlords have dropped plans to improve the energy efficiency of their homes following the U-turn by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. In...

Almost four fifths of landlords favour raising the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for private rental properties, a think tank claims. The Social...

The first meeting has been held of the Housing Coalition, a new group including a number of local and regional landlord bodies...

The National Residential Landlords Association wants the government to commit to annual uprating of the Local Housing Allowance. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced...

Good news for landlords earning under £30,000 a year - they will not have to use the HMRC’s Making Tax Digital...

Campaigning charity Shelter has welcomed the decision by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance - but it wants it...

The energy price cap is to rise to an annual average of £1,928 from January. Regulator Ofgem says a typical household paying...

The government should tax property ‘hoarders’ cashing in on the UK housing market says a left-leaning think tank. A report by the New Economics...

Buried in the small print of the Autumn Statement paperwork is a boost for digital technology and PropTech. In the documentation released...

The Office for Budget Responsibility - a Treasury department operating independently from the government - released its central forecast for the...

Many have welcomed the move by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance - but some tenant activists say...

Large upfront costs are deterring landlords and other home owners from making their homes more energy efficient, according to Lloyds Bank...

Britain’s largest listed residential landlord, Grainger, has struck a long-term deal with =Network Rail and the property developer Bloc Group to...

A council in Wales is making changes to the system it uses to encourage private landlords to lease their properties to...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry.  The Local Housing Allowance is...

A leader of the pro-tenant activist group Acorn has told MPs that “one man bands” are more likely to exploit tenants...

There may be tax cuts in today’s Autumn Statement if government-fuelled rumours are to be believed - but there’s been a...