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Propertymark has come out in strong support of Andy Burnham’s new ‘Good Landlord Charter’ - and it wants letting agents included...

The much-publicised and long-awaited Good Landlords Charter for the Greater Manchester area has at last been launched. A statement from the local...

A letter from a coalition of pro-tenant groups has been sent to the leaders of the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Reform...

Some locations in the UK are seeing as many as 40-plus prospective tenants racing for the keys of every available rental...

Just days after suggesting rent controls of any kind were off the table, it now appears Labour may be considering them...

Newly re-elected Greater Manchester Labour Mayor Andy Burnham is to spend £600,000 of council tax payers’ cash on a clampdown on...

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

The newly re-elected Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester - Andy Burnham - wants to end Right To Buy on new-build homes...

The coalition of 20-plus groups which have previously spoken enthusiastically about the Renters Reform Bill has now changed its mind. On April...

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

Activists in the Generation Rent campaign says big city Mayors should “tackle the worst landlords and seize their properties.” It also wants...

Proposals for a ‘good landlord’ scheme in Greater Manchester have won the personal backing of the chief executive of the National...

The Build To Rent trade body, the UK Apartment Association, is backing the proposals outlined to clampdown on rogue landlords put...

The National Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a consultation proposal by Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham. Burnham’s Greater Manchester Good Landlord...

Labour’s Mayor of Greater Manchester and former Cabinet minister Andy Burnham says this year is when he will ”get serious” about...

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

A collection of pressure groups, fronted by Generation Rent, wants all private rental homes going on sale to be offered first...

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

A third year law student has successfully challenged her landlord over a repair bill.  Obioma Ibe, whose landlord unlawfully tried to claim...

The Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, says he is demanding the powers to seize usage or poor quality homes...

A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...

A Good Landlord Charter - described as the first of its kind in the UK - is being created by a...

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

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

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

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

Tenant activists have turned on the bosses of Shelter - just as the charity wants to maximise income from its annual Christmas...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made an announcement overnight that “the government will always act to protect tenants.” The claim comes as...

The mini-Budget was always billed as a tax-cutting, growth-generating affair - and so it proved - but Labour has criticised it...

A new campaign has been launched calling for the regulation of Airbnb and other short lets in England. Action on Short Term...

Salford is the latest city to launch a consultation seeking views on plans to expand its selective licensing scheme - claiming...

A retail bank has announced the launch of a £500m project to fund the construction of up to 2,500 suburban, purpose-built...

Bury council is to spend £1m buying empty homes from landlords and other owners. The council says it will shortly identify which...

Landlords looking mostly long-term capital appreciation rather than yields may have to invest in an unlikely location which topped a league...

Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham, wants to introduce a £1.5m Good Landlord Charter This would work in partnership with the city’s...

Salford council in Greater Manchester is to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live - and the...

A lettings agency is telling landlords to take more tenants claiming housing benefits. The agency in question says it’s wrong that some...

A council says grants of up to £10,000 are available to landlords to refurbish homes which could ensure vulnerable people in...

Two men - one a landlord, the other a shopkeeper- have been jailed after being found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter. Mushtaq...

One of the country’s best known Labour politicians wants the eviction ban extended yet again. Currently there is a moratorium on bailiff-enforced evictions...

Bailiffs have agreed to a government request not to enforce court orders against tenants in Tier 2 and Tier 3 locations. This...

Tenants who own at least one pet will often struggle to find pet-friendly accommodation, and yet despite efforts to encourage more...

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

There has been a notable increase in landlord insurance claims where properties have been damaged by people using them to grow...

Housing charity Shelter has launched a £600,000 fund in Greater Manchester today with a view to finding real-life solutions to the...

Close to £2.4m of additional funding designed to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords will be made available for more than 50 councils...

Dodgy solicitor Ross McKay, who helped a fraudster create a £10.8m property empire with the help of Tameside’s criminal underworld, has...

Six directors have been banned for a total of 54 years after misleading more than 300 investors who collectively invested at...

It is common knowledge (and common sense) that university towns and cities are full of people who are natural renters. This...

Residential popery prices in Manchester have increased significantly in recent years, with research showing that the city outperformed all other core...

A landlord from Greater Manchester has been fined for letting out a flat which had no heating during winter. North Staffordshire Justice...

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...

Liverpool, Nottingham and Cardiff are among the latest hotspots for buy-to-let investors looking for the best returns. The latest edition of Private...

A cap on rents and more stringent regulations are among the proposals put forward by the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy...

Liverpool has been identified as the UK’s number one buy-to-let hotspot, with landlords who own property in the city achieving rental...

There could soon be no fewer than eight separate selective licensing areas in Manchester and Salford if proposed schemes are approved,...

Construction work on the largest fully funded Build to Rent scheme in Manchester is set to get underway in August after...

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

If rental yields form a crucial part of your property investment strategy in 2017, look no further than the North West...

Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...

Andy Burnham, former Labour leadership candidate and now the party's candidate for Greater Manchester Mayor, has put forward a number of...

Landlords are being reminded to remain attentive when viewing or inspecting rental homes in order to weed out tenants that may...

Home ownership has fallen to its lowest level for 30 years in England, with rising prices leaving many people with little...

The North West of England tops the charts as the best place to invest for high annual rental yields, whereas the...

On 9 June Ceyam Rahman, 24, of Whalley Range, pleaded guilty to seven offences and was hit with fines and costs...