Archive

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service has prosecuted a landlord for failing to comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005,...

Blackburn with Darwen council in Lancashire is consulting on a new selective licensing regime covering 1,266 properties on 42 streets.  Running to...

Citra Living, part of Lloyds Banking Group, is to bring more than 150 new family homes to the rental market in...

Estate agency data shows that the average time it takes for a landlord other vendor to sell a house has dropped...

A fire and rescue service has successfully prosecuted a landlord for failing to comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order...

HSBC bank is working with Shelter on housing campaigns. A statement from the charity says: “With support from partners including HSBC UK,...

Cash and mortgage housing market data show average prices decline by an annual 4.6 per cent says e.surv. But the monthly trend...

The latest Rental Demand Index from the Barrows and Forrester agency has revealed that rental demand has surged during the third...

A landlord has been given a £20,000 fine for failing to carry-out badly needed repairs on a property in Lancashire.  The fixed...

A north of England council has released figures on the number of complaints it has received about private landlords. Pendle council in...

Home buying agency Spring has analysed which parts of the country have the dubious distinction of having the most rental homes...

A politician says the long-running series of bans on private rental evictions during the worst of the Covid crisis could be...

The house price inflation facing first time buyers is “frankly frightening” according to a new analysis which suggests typical FTB house...

An agency and law firm, Coulters, has produced a league table of where landlords are most likely to make a loss...

A man who tried to frame his landlord’s partner as being involved in the Westminster terrorist attack has been jailed. Gerald Banyard,...

A former tenant who tried two frame his landlord’s partner as being involved in the Westminster terrorist attack has been convicted...

An expert assessment of the average cost of damage caused by rogue tenants growing cannabis suggests landlords will typically pay almost...

Members of a wealthy Blackburn family of landlords with a portfolio of properties have been sentenced for defrauding the Department for...

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

A private landlord who put the lives of his tenants at risk has been ordered to pay a £20,000 fine and...

A shocked letting agent found a cannabis farm in of one of his landlord’s houses while filming for a Channel 5...

The average cost of renting a room in the UK has increased by £15 per calendar month (pcm) over the past...

Prince William has expressed concern at the ‘slum’ conditions faced by some private renters following a trip to Blackpool where he...

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

Hackney in east London has recorded the fastest growth in rents on a typical two-bedroom home over the past decade, according...

The average buy-to-let investor who sold their rental property in 2017 did so for £86,651 more than they paid for it,...

The North West of England has been named the top buy-to-let hotspot for 2017, according to new figures from Rightmove. The property...

The ESTAS, a kite mark of excellent service for property professionals, has announced the winners of the Letting Agents of the...

The north of England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has already attracted a lot of investment, particularly from...

After forcing Burnley Council to hold a referendum on a directly-elected mayor, a disgruntled buy-to-let landlord has now vowed to do...

A private landlord has been jailed for almost four years after being found guilty of stealing money from more than 100...

Buy-to-let landlords are increasingly looking to move out of central London to more affordable suburbs where higher yielding property investments are...

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

Buy-to-let landlords will be left with little alternative but to raise rents or sell their properties due to the government’s punitive...

While buying property in London has proved to be a lucrative move for many buy-to-let landlords for capital gains in recent...

A landlord who continued to rent out a house to tenants despite being warned that it posed serious health and a...

A landlord in Bolton, Lancashire, has been fined £1,500 at Bolton Magistrates Court after a fire at one of his properties...

New research by Gocompare.com claims that first-time buyers need on average a minimum household income of £50,000 to purchase a house...

Three landlords have been fined in Hyndburn, Lancashire – the first to be prosecuted under the local council's selective licensing scheme. Suzanne...