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According to the most recent statistics there are 676,452 vacant properties in England, nearly half a million of which have been...

A free service has been launched by the Nationwide to help landlords manage properties and get through the maze of laws and...

Oliver Andrews, editor at Property Assist Claim, sets out how landlords can find the ideal tenants for their rental homes.  If you...

Damage caused by water, fire, explosion and theft have been identified as the primary reasons that buy-to-let landlords make insurance claims, but there...

A tenant who was found guilty of deliberately burning down a property he was renting four years ago was sentenced to...

Short-term letting providers, including landlords who list properties on Airbnb, are not adequately protected by major insurance providers, according to a...

Hamilton Fraser has acquired the National Landlords Association’s (NLA) Tenancy Deposit Solutions Ltd (TDSL) shares, enabling the firm to take full...

A new campaign has been launched to help make cheap insurance available to those who own property in flood-risk areas following...

The scorching heatwave across much of the country means that now more than ever, landlords really must attend to seasonal maintenance...

Rogue landlords who break the law and exploit vulnerable tenants often make headlines, but spare a thought for landlords who are...

Can claiming on your landlord insurance be a false economy? In some cases the answer appears to be yes, particularly when...

Often the best way for a landlord to protect themselves, their property and indeed their tenants is to take out appropriate...

When a landlord rented out a property in a quiet residential area in Plymouth Hoe last year, he had little cause...

According to official figures, more than 200,000 homes in England were empty for at least six months during 2016. In London,...

As a buy-to-let property owner, the last thing you want is for your investment to be sitting empty. But it’s not...

As a landlord, you should know exactly who a potential tenant is before you hand over the keys to your property...

Since 2004, the private rental sector has almost doubled in size to 4.5 million households. This may be good news, but this...

Damage caused by storms, burst pipes and from break-ins were listed in a report earlier this year as the primary reasons that...

Berkeley Alexander has launched a new buy-to-let landlord insurance that not only helps more landlords properly protect themselves and their investment...

A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are becoming ‘self-sufficient’ by letting and managing their own rental properties, new analysis from Simple...

Landlords that make insurance claims could see the cost of their cover increase by as much as 20%, even if it...