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A council has banned a rogue landlord from letting properties - either directly or through the agencies that he runs -...

The latest inflation figures mean there’s no excuse for the Bank of England to keep interest rates at their current high,...

Members of the union UNISON who participate in round-table discussions with activist group Generation Rents are to receive gift vouchers for...

Analysts have warned landlords and others interested in the housing market from celebrating too much following the latest Halifax index figures. The...

Consumer Price Inflation in November was 3.9 per cent - significantly lower than the 4.4 per cent expected by many analysts. It’s...

A BBC News report claims that increasing numbers of renters aged over 30 are moving to cheaper areas as rents have...

A new but small survey by a compensation consultancy claims there are serious mould and damp issues amongst private rental properties. Some...

It’s hardly surprising that the property auction market has seen an increase in activity in recent years, with buyers looking to...

Another PropTech innovation claims it will disrupt part of the rental market - this time, the student accommodation sector. Housemates Connect API...

Two law partners at a legal firm have outlined a five-step process which tenants can use to complain to their landlords...

The winners have been revealed in a nationwide search for the UK and Ireland’s best holiday lets. The awards, which were organised...

* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Agents are warning that...

It is thought that a new Housing Secretary to replace Greg Clarke may be named within hours, if as expected Liz...

A franchise lettings agent has written a new guide for landlords. Mike Jones, co-owner of Belvoir’s Basingstoke office, has drawn on his...

A new £71m Build To Rent scheme is on its way to commuter hotspot Leatherhead. BTR operator Get Living and developer Watkin...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been packed with MPs loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as...

The Guardian newspaper has given an aggrieved tenant the opportunity to explain how he and other renters took a landlord to...

In recent years, letting property has become more challenging due to a range of tax and regulation changes and since March...

A firm of solicitors claims that private and social sector tenants face long delays for repairs to be addressed - and...

A solicitors’ practice claims repairs initiated by landlords take an average of 41 days to be completed after a tenant complains...

The Build To Rent sector continues to grow, with the news that a 650-home scheme in the city of Bath has...

A local authority is appealing directly to landlords to join a scheme rehousing Afghan refugee families. Wrexham council says the families will...

Landlord Today readers will be more than aware that legal changes happen often these days, and it can be understandably challenging...

The total value of tax relief declared as a result of the government’s Rent a Room Scheme has soared 187 per...

Airbnb management company Houst is expanding its service into a new area. Houst has identified Kent as an area expecting one of...

The number of second homes in the UK has risen 30 per cent over the last five years, according to a...

A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are looking to take advantage of cheaper borrowing rates, growing demand from renters, and the...

A buy-to-let landlord has been sentenced after failing to maintain gas appliances at a rental property he owns in Plymouth.  Plymouth Crown...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has announced that the Welsh cabinet secretary responsible for housing policy, Julie James, will be the...

Portsmouth City Council is controversially planning to introduce a landlord licensing scheme in the city without potentially allowing around half of...

Buy-to-let landlords are being driven out of the private rented sector and will soon start looking for more profitable alternative investments. That...

PLATFORM_ has been awarded planning consent to build just over 200 homes on the site of the former Browning Jones &...

A buy-to-let landlord in Doncaster has been ordered to pay more than £5,000 in fines and costs following a successful prosecution...

Panoramic views of London, little noise pollution, three generous sized bedrooms and the prospect of a near 9% gross rental yield...

Investors have long turned to residential property as a means of supplementing their income, supported by strong demand from tenants and...

The government’s review into building and fire safety regulations is ‘missing the opportunity’ to assess fire safety regulations across all types...

Who are you? Peter Jones, an estate agent, dad, husband, poor golfer and snowboarder. How long have you been trading? I’ve been in the...

Councils cannot use selective licensing conditions to impose new standards on private rented homes, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday. The case...

Who are you?   Arthur Jones, I’m Glide’s London Business Development Manager. I joined Glide in November 2016 to head up London. My...

Hundreds of thousands of buy-to-let landlords will be required to pay a ‘green tax’ of up to £2,500 per property upfront...

People living in high rise tower blocks across the UK are being let down by a system in which it is...

A private landlord from Cornwall has been given a 12-month prison sentence suspended for 24 months, fined £5,000, and ordered to...

A buy-to-let landlord in Ilfracombe, a seaside resort on the North Devon coast, has been given a suspended prison sentence for...

A buy-to-let landlord in Newport has become the first to be prosecuted for breaching new laws demanding that all private landlords...

Unlicensed landlords with properties in Wales are being urged to register ‘to avoid legal action’, regardless of where they are based...

An investigation has been launched after details of hundreds of landlords who have not yet registered on a Wales-wide scheme were...

A buy-to-let landlord in Plymouth put the lives of his tenants at risk of a gas explosion after carrying out gas...

UK homeowners are more than twice as likely as buy-to-let landlords to be in arrears, according to Computershare, a major servicer of...

ChaseBlue Loans and Together have completed a £785,000 second charge buy-to-let mortgage in a complex deal which was completed in under...

The government’s policy to improve the energy efficiency of the UK’s housing stock will almost certainly place upward pressure on rents...

A Shropshire-based landlord has been accused of stealing goods belong to his tenants after they refused to pay the rent or...

Up to 330,000 buy-to-let landlords will be required to pay a “green tax” of up to £5,000 to make their properties...

Rents in the private rented sector will increase as a result of the planned introduction of energy efficiency targets, a leading...

The RLA has submitted an official response to a Government consultation into future flood prevention. Swathes of the UK were left devastated...

A blog post by eviction specialists Landlord Action has exposed bad tenants who can clearly afford to pay the rent but...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has appointed leading housing lawyer David Smith as its new policy director.  Smith succeeds long-standing RLA board...