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The abolition of the furnished holiday lettings tax regime - confirmed earlier this week - will punish local economies, according to...

Understanding Article 4 is crucial for HMO landlords and one legal expert says there is a big difference between HMO licensing...

A council has thanked private landlords who have helped it cope with a homelessness crisis - but it says it wants...

As a homeowner in the UK, navigating the complex landscape of taxes and regulations enforced by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)...

Mortgage lenders are continuing a mix of cutting rates and changing criteria in a bid to woo buy to let investors. Precise...

Managing rental properties, whether you have a few or a dozen, can be a juggling act. Tenancy management, bills, payments, and...

A council has fined a landlord £17,500 for failing to license two of his properties in the area. However, the identify of...

A council is looking to work with more private landlords to help reduce homelessness. Over the past few years Shropshire council has...

New research from specialist lender Aldermore shows that 69% of private tenants feel they have a ‘good landlord’.  This bucks the traditional...

A council is warning landlords and tenants after one landlord was ordered to pay more than £4,700 in fines and costs...

A council is asking landlords to sign a document declaring they are letting safe and compliant properties. Dorset council has launched the...

The government has confirmed that Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment (MTD for ITSA) will cost landlords both extra money...

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

A landlord who failed to provide a council with information about one of his properties when served notices requiring him to...

A business consultancy claims the HMNRC Self-Assessment helpline - set up to assist those compiling and filing tax returns as the...

Good news for landlords earning under £30,000 a year - they will not have to use the HMRC’s Making Tax Digital...

Buried in the small print of the Autumn Statement paperwork is a boost for digital technology and PropTech. In the documentation released...

The Office for Budget Responsibility - a Treasury department operating independently from the government - released its central forecast for the...

The Renters Reform Bill could end up with landlords going bankrupt, a housing law specialist is warning. Des Taylor, director of compliance...

Lendlord, a platform for the property investment space, has launched a Tenants App to streamline the way renters communicate with landlords. The...

A Labour council claims to have a pioneering scheme to get refunds from law breaking landlords. Local media in York say the...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned any further publication of an advertisement for holiday homes that made them appear to be...

Sheffield council has prosecuted a rogue landlord for a second time after he was failing to provide appropriate documentation to a...

A prominent lawyer says the use of Section 8 eviction powers as envisaged under the Renters Reform Bill could lead to...

Data from the English Housing Survey suggests that the number of English owners of second homes in Europe has fallen again. The...

A council has taken a landlord to court over a paperwork dispute - but the fine for the buy to let...

A council has prosecuted a landlord operating a property firm for not producing the right paperwork. Luton local authority has prosecuted Poplar...

The government has published the findings of a review into the operation of Right To Rent by private landlords and letting...

Landlords making self-assessment tax returns may already be starting to sweat - the deadline is midnight on January 31. Overall - landlords...

A council has issued formal cautions to two local landlords who illegally evicted their tenants. Both landlords gave their tenants incorrect paperwork...

Sheffield City Council has prosecuted Uttoxeter-based landlord Gunes Ata for failing to provide information about the insurance of the building he...

Managing property finances can be hard work, long-winded and stressful. With regulation changes and market volatility, keeping on top of your...

Who are you? My name is Jason Harris-Cohen and I am the Managing Director of Open Property Group. What is your company and...

Two tenants who were amongst a group of activists in a battle with their landlord have written in a left-wing journal...

Two landlords have been fined £3,000 and ordered to pay more than £6,000 in costs for failing to provide documents to...

A council has imposed fines on five landlords for licensing breaches. Doncaster’s Selective Licensing scheme was introduced - so the council claims...

All-inclusive rents have exploded in popularity in the student rental sector over the past few years, but the rampant surge in...

Sarah Coles, senior personal finance analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, writes: The government has announced extra breathing space for anyone who hasn’t...

Private and commercial bank Arbuthnot Latham has set out what it considers to be the 10 easy mistakes which some landlords...

New forms have been posted which must be used by landlords and letting agents from October 1. New legislation regarding eviction notices...

A landlord has been refused a lettings licence by a local council because he failed to keep fire safety alarm records...

A landlord has set out why he helped a refugee family resettle through renting one of his properties. The landlord - who...

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

Activist group Generation Rent are telling tenants to use the slightest documentation error by landlords to avoid eviction. It claims as many...

Landlords in a Midlands city are being asked to help find safe places to live for homeless individuals and families. The council...

Landlords are being warned of an urgent change to the arrears process thanks to the launch of the government’s Breathing Space...

Oliver Andrews, editor at Property Claim Assist, outlines why it’s vitally important for landlords to keep record during the current Covid...

Two landlords have been handed hefty fines after pleading guilty to renting out shared houses without the correct paperwork. The owner of...

A bank says it can provide a formal mortgage offer to a buy to let investor in just 48 hours. Shawbrook says...

It might be thought that banks have made significant mistakes of their own in the recent past - including triggering the...

Over 330 rental properties have been incorporated into a single company - thought to be the largest single incorporation in the...

There’s a warning today that landlords need to move quickly and selectively if they are intending to purchase a property ahead...

There is growing momentum for local councils to freeze their plans for landlord licensing while the pandemic continues. Lettings agency trade body...

The Rent Smart Wales quango, now five years old, has been sharply criticised by the National Residential Landlords Association.  A report commissioned...

A lettings trade body says expensive council licensing schemes could force landlords to sell, making vulnerable tenants homeless or obliged to...

One hidden aspect of the recent cladding controversy has been that many landlords have been unable to sell or remortgage flats...

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

Private renters who contract coronavirus should be able to live rent-free for up to three months, according to a leading tax...

Carter Jonas, Marsh & Parsons and James Pendleton have become the latest letting agents to sign up to the Zero Deposit guarantee,...

It’s becoming more and more popular for landlords in the UK to buy properties through limited companies, rather than as individuals....

On the one hand “if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it”, seems like common-sense advice, especially when making a change and...

The letting agent you instruct for your buy-to-let property could have a major impact on your landlord experience. While a decent letting...

A new online property management service has been launched by Rentora and comes with a suite of easy management tools to...

Property investors often debate on how best to improve their properties. Whether that is undergoing big property renovations or improving their...

Landlords are taking advantage of first-time student renters by failing to carry out repairs, according to a new poll. A fresh report...

Online letting agent Upad has pledged to challenge landlords’ ‘expectations’ with the revamp of its ‘UPay On Success’ product which means...

Landlord Gas Safety Certificate: How to Keep Your Tenants Safe There are plenty of safety considerations when renting out a property. Arguably,...

More than three months on from the introduction of a selective licensing scheme in Nottingham, thousands of landlords remain unlicensed because...

Building and managing a property portfolio can be daunting, but Arthur Online claims that it has made property management simpler by...

Deposit-free renting provider Flatfair has signed a partnership with the UK's largest independent estate agency Spicerhaart which has 100 letting branches...

A new tenant app, designed to improve the communications between landlords and tenants, has been launched by property management software firm,...

The buy-to-let property market is currently experiencing a wave of reforms, with the government looking to alter the way in which...

A free mortgage advice clinic has been launched by The Happy Tenant Company in conjunction with the mortgage broker Lee Grandin...

A London based letting company has been fined £20,000 after issuing false documents that gave tenants no protection from landlords or...

Landbay, the specialist buy-to-let mortgage lender, has joined forces with financial services giant Legal & General to launch Landbay Insurance, a...

Recently I caught up with the Alex Lubinsky CEO of Rentberry, the app that allows a tenant to place a bid...

A landlord from Sheffield has been fined more than £1,000 for failing to comply with new licensing regulations for properties in...

Buy-to-let landlords can now carry out Right to Rent checks securely in a simple cloud based environment online following the introduction...

Private landlord Pierce Mullally has been ordered to repay more than £3,000 for operating in Burnley without a proper licence. He admitted...

When it comes to a debate between renting and buying you’d think that the investors would firmly come down on the...

Eviction specialist Landlord Action has claimed that courts call centres run by inexperienced temporary staff are slowing down possession claims. A year...

Q: Who Are Go Commercial Finance & why did you set up Go Commercial Finance? Go Commercial Finance is a true, whole...