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New research from Direct Line reveals thousands of landlords in England are facing increasing costs due to selective licensing schemes imposed...

The recent unveiling by several London councils of selective licensing schemes should raise concerns among private sector landlords - especially 'amateur'...

All private landlords in four areas of Islington in north London - where the council claims there are particular problems with...

Landlords in London are benefitting from double digit increases in rents, outdoing every other region of Great Britain.  London rents increased by...

New data from flat share website SpareRoom has revealed what it calls “the up-and-coming London rental hotspots” with properties further away...

A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...

A newly-nominated candidate in this spring’s London Mayoral election has vowed to lower private rents if he wins. Serge Crowbolder, currently a...

A local authority in London is to buy back over 300 properties it built and sold off years ago under Right...

Landlords of more than 5,000 homes must register for a license and ensure their tenants have good quality housing or face...

New data appears to show that the number of active short lets is lower - and not higher - than in...

A new 100-unit Build To Rent scheme in Manchester called The Quarters is being marketed as “pet friendly”. The company behind it,...

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

There’s mixed news for investors with properties in prime areas of London - although overall it appears demand to purchase property...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan wants private landlords letting ex-council properties to consider selling the properties to local councils.  Since launching in...

Islington Council in London has prosecuted a landlord who repeatedly failed to comply with licensing regulations, including refusal to provide a...

Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...

Prime central London may not seem to most obvious part of the UK for buy to let investors but a leading...

A Labour city council that has already called for powers to impose rent controls has now extended its existing landlord licensing...

New research has produced a league table of locations where capital appreciation in the past year has exceeded the average wage...

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

Rents in Greater London are up an annualised 25 per cent, with much of the increase attributed to the stock of...

A landlord has been found guilty of a series of fire safety failings which left residents with only one option to...

The number of new tenancies started in September in prime areas of London was the highest monthly total in the last...

Rental affordability in the capital has improved markedly during the pandemic according to London lettings agency Benham and Reeves.  The firm analysed...

A property development firm says it’s to spend up to £500m in land acquisitions over the next three years, as part...

Two landlords have been fined over £100,000 after 35 people were found living in what a judge called “criminally improper conditions.” Arun...

A lettings market monitor says the Greater London rental sector has in recent months switched from one of scarcity of properties...

Buy-to-let landlords face having to reduce rents by at least 5% over the next five years as a growing number of...

Property search data from Rightmove over the past 12 months has been analysed to reveal the most sought-after areas for a...

With the number of renters across the UK more than doubling since 2001, there has been a sharp rise in the...

A buy-to-let landlord in north London has been ordered to pay more than £13,000 after breaching fire safety regulations and failing...

With savers continuing to receive poor returns from banks and building societies, many people continue to turn to residential property as...

Property search data from Zoopla over the past 12 months has been analysed to reveal the most sought-after areas for a...

A growing number of young professionals and students are choosing to house share, driving up the average cost of renting room...

As an income investment, buy-to-let continues to look attractive, especially compared to low savings rates and stock market swings, but when...

Three rogue directors of a letting agency in London who conned at least landlords and tenants out of more than £105,000 were...

At least 19 landlords and tenants have been left £105,000 out of pocket by unscrupulous letting agents who ran London-based letting...

Private landlords across the UK collectively earned £33.8bn from their buy-to-let investments in the year from 5 April 2017 to 2018,...

Rental yields in London have increased over the past 12 months and the signs are that they could rise further moving...

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan yesterday launched a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ dodgy landlords and letting...

A landlord who was caught renting out a damp garage in north London, which had no gas, electrify or running water,...

Some buy-to-let landlords are bracing themselves for smaller profits over the coming years as a result of the new mortgage interest...

A buy-to-let landlord who failed to obtain a license for a property in London has been ordered to repay close to...

Significantly more homes urgently need to be developed for the private rented sector to curb rising rental values in London, according...

A company has been handed a hefty fine by Islington Council for letting an unlicensed flat in the north London borough. Landhouse...

LendInvest’s latest Buy-to-Let Index has revealed that you will stand to profit most from buy-to-let in London than anywhere else in...

Two north London landlords who breached planning regulations by converting a house into seven studio flats have been ordered to pay...

An Islington landlord has been ordered to pay more than £7,000 after failing to licence a house in multiple occupation (HMO). Christos...

Police are hunting for a man who posed as the landlord of the apartment he was renting in London, in order...

Two private landlords have been fined for failing to tackle sub-standard conditions in their properties after successful prosecutions by Islington Council. In...