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A Landon council has helped prosecute two rogue landlords renting out a property without a licence in West Kensington. Francesco Grasso and...

Our data reveals a striking trend: landlords buying property are getting younger.  The average age of landlords purchasing with a buy-to-let mortgage...

Over 1.5m people own property abroad. Relocation experts 1st Move International have researched the most sought-after countries for homebuyers worldwide, based on internet...

A landlord has been sentenced after failing to comply with the requirements of a Breach of Condition Notice that had been...

A Build To Rent provider claims that its new scheme - where prices for the smallest units begin at £1,240 pcm...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan appears to have lost his years-long fight to win the power to improve rent controls. Media reports over...

A survey claims tenants pay 20% more per month on average for a furnished apartment compared to unfurnished. And as the average...

Yesterday’s inflation rise from 2.0% to 2.2% may have dealt a sharp blow to hopes of a Bank of England base...

A Hastings landlord has been fined £10,000 after failing to provide a satisfactory Electrical Safety Installation Certificate to the town council. The...

HM Revenue & Customs has contacted Landlord Today to share this guidance on self-assessment tax filing.  ----- For many self-employed workers Self Assessment...

A council has won an appeal to enforce two Financial Penalty Notices that were served on the same landlord who let...

The new Labour government is to bring in so-called ‘hardship tests’ to make it tougher to evict tenants, a newspaper claims...

Buy To Let insurance company Alan Boswell Group has identified the 10 most expensive repairs that could hit landlords - and...

The boss of a rental flatshare agency claims tenants are sacrificing summer holidays because of high rents. Matt Hutchinson, director of the...

Paragon Bank is offering four new limited edition buy to let mortgages, with two products suitable for landlords with three or...

Landlords purchased just 10% of homes sold across Britain during the first half of this year - the lowest share for...

Increasing numbers of savvy buyers are snapping up property at auction but it’s important people should do their homework first or...

Understanding Article 4 is crucial for HMO landlords and one legal expert says there is a big difference between HMO licensing...

A council has thanked private landlords who have helped it cope with a homelessness crisis - but it says it wants...

TV property guru Phil Spencer says landlords would be wise to make long-term investments despite their strong position in the current...

A survey claims that 86 per cent of freehold landlords with a suitable property would install an electric vehicle (EV) charge...

A landlord must pay £24,000 for failing to comply with an Improvement Notice issued to him.  Landlord Lakhbir Singh Rakhra was reported...

The deputy chief executive of Generation Rent claims to have suffered “horrendous exploitation” at the hands of lettings agents.  Dan Wilson Craw...

Rent prices tend to rise in the 12 months immediately after a General Election, by an average of 1.96%, according to...

Somerset council last year successfully prosecuted a Taunton landlord for bfailing to licence their various properties.  The landlord since appealed their conviction...

Mortgage lenders are continuing a mix of cutting rates and changing criteria in a bid to woo buy to let investors. Precise...

Nigel Farage has pledged that his Reform UK party would reverse the Section 24 landlord tax changes within 100 days. Section 24...

Mortgage experts have criticised the Reform UK housing and tax policies as being superficially appealing but risking a return to the...

The Conservatives have set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and related issues.  Here...

The days of simply listing your property on Airbnb and waiting for the bookings to roll-in are sadly over. With the...

Two lenders are making a pitch for landlord borrowers as the buy to let mortgage market continues to be highly competitive. Buy...

A lettings agency has issued a statement seeking to woo landlords  and says the “forthcoming legislative changes such as the Rental...

HMRC is appealing to landlords to file Self Assessment tax returns early - and claims there are benefits to doing so. In...

A landmark ruling about the invasive plant Japanese knotweed has been over-turned - with implications for landlords and other property owners.  In...

Seventeen London boroughs wasted over £2m in the last five years fighting rejected planning applications that were subsequently approved on appeal,...

Landlord Alert: Section 21 appeal may have far-reaching consequences  A case being considered by the Court of Appeal could have far reaching...

Brand new data from online mortgage broker Mojo Mortgages has revealed significant differences in the types of properties the average UK house...

A London council has revealed that a social housing tenant claimed their property was a private one, and fraudulently sub-let it...

Only 2% of current properties listed for sale in London have a tenant in situ, according to lettings agency Benham and...

A landlord faces a hefty jail sentence unless she finds over £50,000 in the next three months - and on top...

A tribunal case has ended with fines imposed on two landlords - Nigel William Harry Hobbs and James Robert Hobbs -...

Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...

A council is looking to work with more private landlords to help reduce homelessness. Over the past few years Shropshire council has...

Co-living developments are a type of purpose-built rental housing, under the same principle as Build To Rent (BTR) but offering smaller size...

A charity is calling for landlord licensing schemes which cost enough to fund annual inspections, and the issuing of “sentencing guidelines”...

Anonymous reports of energy theft have skyrocketed by 62% since 2021, Crimestoppers’ figures reveal.  In 2023 alone, the charity received 11,552 reports...

A landlord who illegally converted a property into six flats has been ordered to pay more than £220,000. A previous unlawful change...

Cardiff council is proposing new measures to help bring long-term empty houses back into use. Tomorrow it’s considering introducing a council tax...

Buy to let lender Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton...

A leader of the Renters Reform Coalition activist lobby has made a specific targeted attack on the motives and honesty of...

Building on the momentum of 2023, the North West is poised for continued growth in rental and property prices. Early investment...

A property finance consultancy claims that unmortgageable properties can be snapped up with a discount of 27 per cent. Apex Bridging says...

A council is asking landlords to sign a document declaring they are letting safe and compliant properties. Dorset council has launched the...

Deciding on a residence in the bustling city of London is no small feat, especially when faced with the dichotomy of...

A solicitors’ firm is warning that a County Court case could be used to allow more tenants to defend Section 21...

A council has won an appeal concerning two Civil Penalty Notices imposed on a landlord. The landlords had been issued two fines...

A council has won an appeal to enforce a Financial Penalty Notice that was served on a landlord who let out...

A property expert claims capital values on properties should drop significantly if they are not considered appropriately energy efficient. “Homes which aren’t...

If you're thinking of investing in a holiday home this year, there can be a lot to consider. From gathering insight to...

A flamboyant property in Oxford which has been the subject of a decades-long planning dispute has been removed from Airbnb by...

An energy industry supplier claims that the housing sector in the UK offers too little help for those wanting to live...

Newham council in London has won what it calls a landmark case against a convicted rogue landlord. The court has dismissed the...

Landlords, being key players in the housing sector, can make a significant impact by fostering a greener mindset among their tenants....

As the Renters Reform Bill heads towards the House of Lords, a free webinar is targeting landlords operating in the student...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help tnavigate legislative...

A local authority is calling for emergency legislation to help it and other councils stop the spread of Airbnbs and other...

By Luke Lightfoot, Regional Director of Asset Management at Sigma Capital As the fastest growing sub-sector in the UK rental market, it’s...

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...

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

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

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

Lost in the noise of the King’s Speech, the general pledge to reform the leasehold system, and the subsequent political turmoil...

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

How to Achieve Low Season Holiday Let Bookings This year, with families across the UK facing a squeeze to their budgets, we’ve...

A council has been slammed for its “absolutely outrageous” failure to stop the eviction of up to 80 tenants - a...

A bizarre situation has arisen with a Labour council securing a banning order on a landlord - who now has to...

Who are you, and what does it say on your business card? I'm Ashley Day, the Director of Bristol Property Centre.   What is...

This is back-to-school season and for the majority of university students who choose to move away from their family home during...

A property entrepreneur is seeking up to 200 portfolio landlords or developers to invest in his company.  Jamie Lester says the offer to...

The Fire Protection Association says a recent First-Tier Tribunal decision and appeal dismissal highlight the responsibilities that landlords hold in relation...

As the ‘big buy-to-let’ sell off gathers momentum, we take a look ways you can guestimate the value of your rental...

Rental markets near London’s Crossrail stations have seen premiums emerge, a new survey suggests.  Areas which have benefitted from the largest reductions...

Zoopla says a buy to let property sold off by a landlord is “typically priced 25 per cent lower than the...

If you live in a rented home, you’ll know the struggles of wanting to make your home feel like your own...

Landlords are being advised to be on their guard and not be duped by social media messages urging them to flout...

Yearly returns on the average buy-to-let property in the UK were over £4000 lower in June 2023, compared to the same...

Trade bodies and short let landlords have made a last-ditch appeal to politicians to stop new rules which could see the...

A council is appealing to landlords to work with the local authority and the Probation Service to help ex-offenders fit accommodation...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and activist group Generation Rent have issued a joint appeal for rent controls in the capital. Khan’s...

A prominent buying agent operating at the high end of the prime London market has given an interesting insight into how...

Property investment dates back centuries – millennia, even. As a fundamental necessity for post-nomadic humanity, residential and commercial real estate have...

When a popular Dorset pub was devastated several years ago, thanks to a huge chimney fire, the owners were left with...

Another council is looking for privately rented accommodation of all sizes to resettle refugees. Since 2016, Stratford-on-Avon council has resettled many refugee...

Recent years have seen a surge in the holiday lettings sector with the popularity of digital platforms like Air BnB.  It...

A sports team has made the unusual move of issuing a direct appeal to private landlords to help it find accommodation...

An appeal has gone out to recruit new landlords to work in partnership with a council. South Kesteven council in Lincolnshire claims...

The property market is always changing, leaving investors on the constant lookout for their next big opportunity. With housing prices continuing...

A landlord who was banned from letting properties after repeatedly failing to meet the required standards, has lost an appeal to...

Some 11 per cent of the homes on sale right now are owned by landlords quitting the private rental sector. That’s the...

HMRC has contacted Landlord Today to make a direct appeal to readers to explain the benefits of submitting their 2022 to...