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“When it comes to housing policy, there is little difference between the two major parties” says Aneisha Beveridge, head of research...

Law firm Bishop & Sewell is hosting a webinar to give leaseholders information and advice about the Right to Manage, a...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

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

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

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

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

Arun council has prosecuted a Littlehampton landlord for failing to comply with an improvement notice. The case was heard at Worthing Magistrates...

The current Housing Ombudsman, who presides over redress within the social housing sector, says private landlords should not fear the extension...

A London landlord must pay over £6,000 after a tribunal upheld Hillingdon council's decision to fine him for numerous safety risks...

Over the last few years, the property industry has been focusing on the need to provide more information to buyers ‘up...

The freeholders to a block of maisonettes have been ordered to pay more than £22,000 after failing to carry out repairs...

For many years now developers, freeholders and landlords have been engaged in the practice of utilising ground rents as lucrative investments...

Local media in Scotland report that no fewer than seven landlords have been struck off the register of landlords operating in...

Experts are predicting that the exclusion of large scale landlords from cladding relief may lead to significant delays in some safety...

A leasehold expert says existing owners - including landlords - are expected to be more proactive in 2022 as they seek...

Over 330 rental properties have been incorporated into a single company - thought to be the largest single incorporation in the...

Landlords with leasehold properties should be able to enjoy reduced costs and red tape when they wish to extend their leases,...

The government is establishing a Commonhold Council - a partnership of leasehold groups, industry and government - that will prepare landlords,...

Landlords with leasehold property within their portfolio, as well as their advisors, will be aware of the difficulty and delay a...

A letting agent in north London has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) after receiving a complaint from a landlord...

Potential reforms to the leasehold system could lead to a sharp rise in the number of freeholders looking to sell their...

Thousands of landlords trapped in developer contracts with spiraling costs could be entitled to compensation, according to legal experts.  Around 100,000 homeowners...

FirstPort, one of the largest managers of residential property in the UK, has taken over the operational management of an additional...

A new 10-point manifesto designed to drive forward leasehold reform has been published by a prominent leasehold reform campaigner, following the...

The Airbnb revolution has widely changed perceptions of short lets, opening up a potentially lucrative market for buy-to-let investors.  For landlords, short...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

Leasehold property ownership has come under yet more fire today after a new report laid bare the scale of mis-selling in...

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has published a report calling for wide ranging reforms to the leasehold system in...

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee is due to publish its report into Leasehold Reform today, which is designed to...

Assertions made by UK Finance that the leasehold system is not in need of major reform have been rejected by Leasehold...

With many landlords finding it harder to secure a mortgage since the Prudential Regulation Authority’s changes were introduced last year, some...

We have seen a significant amount of publicity recently surrounding the sale of leasehold houses and the imposition of significant ground...

A number of buy-to-let landlords are taking measures to check the fire safety of their buy-to-let properties in the wake of...

The average length of tenancy in the private rented sector has increased by 300% over the last two years, from 16...