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Three newly-elected Labour MPs have shot into the list of the top five landlords in the House of Commons. The Financial Times...

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

New research from Direct Line reveals thousands of landlords in England are facing increasing costs due to selective licensing schemes imposed...

A local authority has taken the unusual step of order a home owner to stop short-letting their property, claiming its use...

Rents in London have dropped for the second consecutive quarter (Q1 and Q2 2024) new data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals. The...

A landlord deemed to be unfairly profiting from properties has been fined a total of £5,825.27. Greenwich council prosecuted Anna Yang, an...

An insurance firm has identified locations which, according to current portal listings, have the highest proportion of dog-friendly rental properties. The league...

An unlikely location heads the latest league table purporting to show the highest returns on property investment. Aldermore’s Buy To let City...

The landlord of a former hotel with no working kitchen, unusable toilets, blocked drains, and rats, has been ordered to pay...

Specialist mortgage lender Aldermore has named what it believes to be the five best cities for landlords to invest in for...

A local politician says the quality of the private rental sector appears to be more important in cities than in towns. Ian...

Conservative opposition councillors have derailed a local authority’s plan to introduce a landlord licensing scheme this week. Southend council is run by...

Former Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has spoken out against what he calls “the greed of the mega-landlords.” The veteran MP -...

The Momentum movement on the left wing of the Labour Party is staging a series of protests this weekend targeting landlords...

A landlord in his 70s who claims he was just ‘helping people’ has been handed a suspended prison sentence. That’s because he...

A councillor has criticised an MP who came out in favour of landlords in a dispute over licensing. Earlier this week Landlord Today...

A Conservative MP is weighing in, in support of landlords arguing against a £700 licensing fee by the local council.  James Duddridge,...

An argument is brewing with landlords angry at the wording of a council licensing consultation. Southend council wants landlords to pay a...

Generation Rent activists are back on the warpath, this time accusing councils of not doing enough - and sometimes nothing -...

Private renters naturally have rights and responsibilities,  but it would appear that uncertainty presented by the outbreak of Covid-19 has left...

The locations that saw the biggest house price increases in the last year have been unveiled by the Post Office Money.  The...

A buy-to-let landlord in South Ockendon has been ordered to pay more than £7,000 after failing to provide acceptable living conditions...

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

Landlords currently looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas should consider locations with a high student population, with yields of up...

An unscrupulous landlord whose tenants were living in degrading and hazardous conditions has been banned from renting out his property. Several complaints...

Luton and Colchester have been named among the best places for buy-to-let investors in the existing market, based on rental yields. The...

When it comes to investing in property, it pays to know about the latest property hotspots and up-and-coming areas, not just...

Colchester has been named the best place for buy-to-let investors in today’s market, based on a combination of capital value growth,...

Property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market may wish to consider buying property in Luton, which currently offers the...

We all know that buy-to-let investors face a challenging time, but what are the key issues affecting landlords? Karen Bennett looks...

A new study which looked at coastal towns across England and Wales has found that Hull offers landlords the highest average rental...

The North West of England tops the charts as the best place to invest for high annual rental yields, whereas the...

A landlord in Southend has been slapped with a £39,000 fine for breaching regulations for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs). Chelmsford Magistrates’...

A landlord who let tenants sleep in an outbuilding in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex has been fined nearly £6,000. Syed Junid Ul Hassan Shah...

Rents for three-bedroom properties are rising faster than any other property type, increasing by 4.6% annually.  The average figure for all UK...