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

A landlord law expert has criticised four social housing providers for avoiding serious financial penalties themselves, while simultaneously levying big fines...

A Green councillor in a city which has a Green MP is calling for the local authority to require planning consent...

Shock new figures from Zoopla show that although rental demand has softened over the last year there are still 15 people...

A Labour MP who served in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow administration and has spent much of his Parliamentary career criticising the private...

Over 40% of council houses and flats sold under the long-standing Right To Buy scheme are now owned by private landlords. That’s...

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

Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...

Tenant referencing provider Canopy has released data from a  rental affordability index, which claims most tenants are at the very limit...

A prominent Green Party politician is arguing for rent controls - and accuses Labour of watering down its commitment to the...

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

The controversial activist group Acorn has made a formal public apology to the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association. On...

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

A council is telling landlords that its new selective licensing fee is so low it should be entirely tax deductible and...

One in eight tenants admit to letting out part or all of their rented property - and that rises to a...

A council has issued a stern warning to landlords that the current situation in which hundreds of homes have non-compliant EPC...

Landlords are exiting the market in droves. According to an accountancy firm who analysed HMRC data, 70,000 buy-to-let landlords left the sector...

An immediate private sector rent freeze and eviction ban for the duration of the cost of living crisis is the key...

A landlord who failed to provide a fire detection and alarm system in an HMO has been fined a total of...

A local authority controlled by the Green Party says it’s issued 550 per cent more fines against landlords in the past...

An unlikely location heads the latest league table purporting to show the highest returns on property investment. Aldermore’s Buy To let City...

A Wirral landlord has become the first in the region to be served with a Banning Order, which will prohibit him...

Two groups of activists who campaign for rent controls and reform of the private lettings sector have turned on each other. Acorn...

The MPs Natalie Elphicke and Lloyd Russell-Moyle are to lead a debate today in the House of Commons on the private rental...

A 10 week consultation by Portsmouth council on proposals for new HMO licensing has finished with 1,050 responses. Licences are required for...

Landlords in London contributed to an extraordinary £440m in stamp duty paid on purchases in the first six months since the...

A new league table shows landlords the cities across the UK where the highest average Airbnb nightly prices are charged. The data,...

A new survey claims to show the rent differences between furnished and unfurnished homes to let in various cities. For example London...

Another council is conducting a consultation process aimed at renewing its existing landlord licensing for a further five years. Sefton council has...

A consultation is underway into the extension of yet another private landlord licensing scheme for a further five years. Since March 2018...

A pressure group of campaigners highly critical of landlords and letting agents is organising protests at cities this weekend. Acorn - which...

Covid-19 has undoubtedly shifted the way new landlords will be looking to invest in 2022, and our ranking makes it clear...

New preliminary figures released by CBRE reveal that a record £4.1 billion was invested in the UK’s Build to Rent sector...

High profile MP Caroline Lucas has told a newspaper that the government turns a blind eye to bad landlords. “This government, like previous...

Activists in the Acorn pro-tenant movement have sharply criticised the Green Party which runs Brighton council for allegedly failing to prosecute...

A Labour councillor in a Green Party-controlled local authority wants the body to name and shame rogue landlords on a publicly-available...

The SpareRoom online service has drawn up what it calls an affordability guide, which is effectively a league table of room...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has confirmed that the definition of ‘substantial arrears’ for the purposes of possession orders and evictions will...

Insurance company CIA landlord has prepared a league table of the most and least profitable locations for buy to let landlords. It’s...

A Labour MP is demanding action against unscrupulous predator landlords who demand sex from tenants in lieu of rent. The Daily Mail...

A ‘city tracker’ operated by a specialist buy to let mortgage company has outlined the best - and worst - places...

A league table of UK cities where it takes the longest for first time buyers to save for a deposit may...

Generation Rent activists are back on the warpath, this time accusing councils of not doing enough - and sometimes nothing -...

Renting out a property as a short-term let or holiday home has proved extremely profitable for some property investors, and a...

Brighton has been named the most profitable city to invest in for buy-to-let landlords in the UK.  Landlords investing in Brighton’s buy-to-let...

A new online calculator highlighting how much more rent landlords can make by letting to holidaymakers via Airbnb across a range...

The locations that saw the biggest house price increases in the last year have been unveiled by the Post Office Money.  The...

Despite the recent tax and regulatory changes, buy-to-let continues to look an attractive income investment at a time of low-interest rates...

An HMO landlord’s attempt to rent out bedrooms smaller than the national minimum size has been thwarted after his legal case...

With the summer holiday season in full swing, UK coastal districts are seeing a boom in staycation bookings. Cornwall was discovered to...

Top-flight football returns this weekend, with Liverpool preparing for tonight’s Premier League opener versus Norwich City, but what team should landlords...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £7,000 for neglecting the garden at one of his properties and allowing to become...

Legal & General has been granted planning permission to develop the Longley Industrial Estate into Brighton’s first Build to Rent (BTR)...

Four in ten buy-to-let landlords are planning to expand their portfolio this year, according to new research. With buy-to-let continuing to deliver...

A number of buy-to-let landlords prefer to rent out property on a room by room basis instead of renting the whole...

Property website Zoopla is trialling a new Property Valuation Report (PVR) in nine areas across the country ahead of a broader...

A private landlord who illegally modernised an historic house in Brighton has been told by a judge to pay out more...

Brighton and Hove Council has given the go-ahead for new selective landlord licensing to be introduced across 12 wards in the...

A now former landlord has been fined £20,000 for putting the lives of five residents at risk after a broke out...

One in three renters never intend to buy their own home, mainly because they are happy living in the private rented sector,...

Colchester has been named the best place for buy-to-let investors in today’s market, based on a combination of capital value growth,...

The average tenancy deposit paid by tenants in Britain’s largest cities now stands at £1,057, with deposits for properties in London and...

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating 200 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Brighton as part...

The average two-year buy-to-let fixed mortgage deal at 75% loan-to-value (LTV) has fallen to a record-low of 2.47%, as many landlords...

Tenants are spending an increasing proportion of their earnings on rent, new figures have revealed. Fresh research undertaken by rentals platform CreditLadder...

UK rents grew by 0.56% in 2017, led by gains in London commuter hotspots, according to the latest rental price index...

Ever since Margaret Thatcher declared her belief in a ‘property-owning democracy’ and introduced Right to Buy in 1980, the UK was...

Buy-to-let landlords can still expect to achieve double-digit yields when investing up north, fresh research shows. A new survey by TotallyMoney provides...

There has been a significant increase in the number of students living in purpose-built student accommodation across Britain, making it harder...

Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to give cities the power to introduce rent controls under a Labour government. Yesterday was the last day...

A tenant who has won a legal case permitting him to pay cheap rent for life has panned his landlord for...

Maintaining your property is one of the most important aspects of being a homeowner or landlord, and that includes giving your...

Rogue landlords who target vulnerable people for sex by posting online classified adverts offering accommodation in exchange for other services, could...

Fresh research using a combination of house prices, salaries and rental prices suggest that Stoke-on-Trent is the best destination to invest...

Some rogue landlords are targeting young, vulnerable people for sex by posting online classified adverts offering accommodation in exchange for other...

A landlord has been fined more than £45,000 after 12 people were found living in slum-like conditions in a four storey...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is urging landlords to lobby their local MP over taxation changes announced by the now former...

Rents in the residential property sector are continuing to rise across many parts of the UK with no fewer than 20...

The Southern Rail strikes which have caused disruption for commuters have started to have an impact on rental price growth in...

The supply of homes listed on the market to let has fallen sharply now that pretty much all of the buy-to-let...

Student rents have increased by as much as 10% over the past 12 months amid a severe housing shortage across the...

Buy-to-let landlords seeking high rental yields should consider buying properties to let to students in the north of England, research suggests.  Of...

The most lucrative university cities in the UK, based on house prices, rents and growth in local housing markets, have been...

There has been a notable increase in the number of people wanting to step off the property ladder and rent in...

A new study which looked at coastal towns across England and Wales has found that Hull offers landlords the highest average rental...

British pensioners are increasingly choosing a rent a home by the seaside when they retire because the cost of buying property...

In less than seven years Sawyer & Co has become the fastest growing Lettings Agents in Brighton & Hove. Silver winners of...

Data from Homelet shows that Brighton, Bristol, Edinburgh and Newcastle showed the highest rental increases in 2015. HomeLet’s annual review of the...

Two Brighton & Hove landlords of shared houses have been prosecuted for failing to license their properties as Houses in Multiple...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has hit out at claims made by the new Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell.   During his speech...

Wakefield, Coventry, Brighton, Nottingham and Greater London top the list of hotspots where tenants new to the area account for the...

Q: What does it say on your business card?  Director of Operations – South Q: Who are Orchard and Shipman?  Orchard and Shipman is...