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Kreston Reeves accountancy firm has this guidance for landlords letting furnished holiday accommodation. - Draft legislation and associated guidance has now been published...

The property industry establishment representing agents, surveyors and the volume house builders, has piled in to praise the planning reforms proposed...

A new Renters' Rights Bill is to be introduced into Parliament, it's been confirmed today. The announcement was made in the King's...

The National Residential Landlords Association has congratulated Labour on its landslide election win and has extended the hand of cooperation for...

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

The Conservatives have set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and related issues.  Here...

The Conservatives say they will scrap Capital Gains Tax for landlords who sell to sitting tenants, if they win the General...

The Liberal Democrats have set out a predictable set of pledges in their manifesto for next mon this election, centred on...

A prominent solicitors’ firm says the failure of the Renters Reform Bill to become law may have attracted headlines but the...

Housing costs - rents and mortgages - are rising by about 3.6% a year according to a Barclays Bank assessment. This figure...

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

The ban on the sale of new leasehold homes is welcome but there can be no further delay in announcing ground...

Trading Standards has defended the introduction of ‘material information’ requirements on details of properties for sale, after a conveyancer warned landlords...

Landlords quitting the sector could have to spend hundreds of pounds more when selling their home owing to new Trading Standards...

Landlords are selling up in significant volumes these days - partly to cash in on capital appreciation, but mostly thanks to...

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...

Labour’s shadow housing secretary and deputy leader Angela Rayner says her party will scrap Section 21 on its first day in...

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

The new Housing Minister is Lee Rowley - who was a former housing minister in the short lived premiership of Liz...

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

Holding deposits head the list of complaints about the private rental sector, says the man at the top of the Property...

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

The National Residential Landlords Association is meeting with the Department of Education to consider how, if at all, private landlords can...

There’s been a large increase in the number of complaints registered with The Property Ombudsman - with lettings agents in the...

New laws mean commercial property must now have an energy efficiency rating of at least E before a new lease or...

The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service kicks in tomorrow - it offers early legal advice, free of charge, to anyone...

A Labour MP wants the government to include private landlords in the Building Safety Act’s leaseholder protections scheme.  The government introduced the...

A Labour pressure group wants the party to campaign on housing at the next General Election, including railing against what it...

All landlords need to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), with few exemptions. As a property writer, landlord and Domestic Energy...

Landlords are exiting the market in droves. According to an accountancy firm who analysed HMRC data, 70,000 buy-to-let landlords left the sector...

The Competition and Markets Authority is launching a three month probe into the workings of the private rental sector. It says the focus...

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

A new crowdfunding platform says it’s opening up property investing to “a whole new generation.” Allbricks claims it’s disrupting “the antiquated mortgage...

Accused variously of being a “snake” and a “betrayer”, Michael Gove has not always been popular with his ex-boss (Boris Johnson)...

As many buy-to-let landlords continue to question their place in the market with ever increasing legislation, finance and management costs, one...

Amended legislation means that landlords will not be able to prevent broadband firms from upgrading their service in blocks of flats. Previously,...

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

Over 5,000 leaseholders – some of them private landlords – could get refunds on their ground rent after the Competition and...

A council now consulting on a huge licensing scheme for private landlords has been slammed - over its own record as...

Landlords are being invited to join the advisory council of the country’s largest lettings redress scheme. The Property Redress Scheme covers more...

In its latest plans, the government is hoping to make the leasehold system fairer for leaseholders through a brand new Reform...

The government's ban on charging ground rent on leases in England and Wales comes into force today.  Only a peppercorn ground rent...

The government is today launching a consultation on a policy obliging landlords to make changes to communal spaces outside disabled tenants’...

The Queen’s Speech has confirmed that a radical re-shaping of the rental sector in England is being pushed ahead by the...

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

The Building Safety Bill has become law - and while it does offer help to leaseholder landlords with one or two...

The government has announced that its ban on charging ground rent on new leases in England and Wales comes into force...

Whether you own a leasehold or freehold property, if you’re an HMO landlord who rents out rooms, individual flats or even...

Labour MP Hilary Benn has spoken out in favour of buy to let landlords currently expected to pay towards remediation work...

The government says major house builders have agreed to spend £2 billion on fixing the dangerous cladding on their own buildings,...

The government says it’s going to name and shame what it considers to be bad social landlords, using social media to...

Fifteen businesses which had bought freeh­olds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...

A cross-party group of MPs has opposed government plans to make many buy to let landlords pay for the replacement of...

As the government continues to assess the future state of building regulation in the UK, developers and leaseholders continue to remain...

A property described as London’s smallest flat allegedly has a rental yield of 10 per cent - yet it cannot be...

The government has been accused of basing its policy to solve the cladding crisis on the assumption that landlords are Property...

A last ditch bid is underway to include the properties of all landlords in the programme of financial help to remove...

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

Last October, stakeholders across the private rented sector were told by ministers that the Government needed extra time to create a...

The government has hit back at claims from the National Residential Landlords Association that buy to let landlords are being left...

Government plans to rectify dangerous cladding are riddled with confusion and risk needless delays to addressing the problem. That’s the warning from...

Property insurers have forced “crippling costs” on to residents of medium and high-rise apartment blocks in the aftermath of the Grenfell...

The campaign to ensure that landlords are included in the government’s measures to alleviate the problem of dangerous cladding is gathering...

The National Residential Landlords Association is seeking clarification from gov ernment about whether landlords are included in the latest measure to...

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

The government has issued new guidance for landlords and tenants concerning the possession process as applied to those on an Assured...

A free one-hour legal webinar tomorrow aims to identify the so-called “missing landlords”. Leaseholders in particular are invited to gain insights from...

Perhaps unsurprisingly, landlords formed the bulk of the complainants about letting agents in the 2020 calendar year according to The Property...

Camden council in north London has become the first local authority to secure an anti-social behaviour injunction against a landlord in...

Landlords directly affected by the cladding scandal - because they own units in low and medium-rise blocks - have some good...

The government claims its new Building Safety Bill, published yesterday, will create “lasting generational change” after Grenfell and the cladding crisis...

Yet another lettings agency says the private rental sector would be wise to encourage tenants with pets. Earlier this week it was...

A new government-created committee is considering the introduction of the new Commonhold tenure. Commonhold is a form of freehold ownership, largely for...

The Competition and Markets Authority is to probe property investment companies that have purchased freeholds from developers and that go on...

It’s feared that the government’s latest funding to solve the cladding crisis will leave thousands of landlords with loans and unsellable...

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,...

The unknown number of landlords with properties in blocks caught in the cladding crisis may be able to benefit from a...

Property auctions help to minimise the chances of complications in the homebuying process. However, there are still measures you will need...

When it comes to conveyancing for landlords and investors, the purchasing process itself doesn’t differ that much from residential conveyancing, there...

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

A series of recommendations recently published by the Law Commission of England and Wales could soon transform the future of home...

West One has launched two limited edition buy-to-let mortgage products, which both benefit from West One’s ‘no credit scoring’ approach, with...

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

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) dealt with 2,518 letting complaints last year, according to the organisation’s 2019 annual report, which shows continued...

Rendered insulation could be a bigger issue for scores of tower blocks with flammable cladding, according to Andrews Property Group.  Almost three...

After two elections and three years of intense debate and hostility, the general election in December seemed to offer the political...

The Mortgage Lender has amended its buy-to-let criteria by increasing its lending threshold from £2.5m to £5m, while also removing the...

With just one day until voting day, each of the main political parties has outlined its plans for the country, including for...

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...

Most landlords are wary of the potential damage, smells and noise complaints that can come with accommodating a tenant with pets....

When it comes to buying, selling, letting or renting a property, you will likely be faced with words, phrases, acronyms and...

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

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has proposed that the maximum fee a landlord can charge a leaseholder...

Just days after Landlord Today and sister publication, Estate Agent Today, published stories outlining the lack of government response to our...