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Renting out your driveway can seem like a hassle-free way to earn extra income. With the rise of platforms dedicated to...

With the General Election just one week away, a new poll shows the top landlord priorities when it comes to voting...

New data from flat-sharing platform SpareRoom shows what it calls “the staggering financial impact of cleaning-related deposit deductions on renters.” It claims...

Landlords and managing agents in South Warwickshire are being encouraged to take part in an industry forum on Tuesday May 21...

Court fees levied on landlords are rising 10% from Wednesday - the result of a consultation process held shortly before Christmas. The...

National Landlord Investment Show has announced that the former Leader of the Conservative Party, the Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith,...

In the recent landlord sentiment survey conducted by the Property Redress Scheme, it came as no surprise to me to discover...

The management of BTL properties, whether it's a modest collection of three units or a more sizable portfolio of fifteen, can...

A prominent Green Party politician is arguing for rent controls - and accuses Labour of watering down its commitment to the...

Liverpool council and Merseyside Police have secured the eviction of a private tenant making life ‘a nightmare’ for the local community. The...

A landlord has quit the private rental sector after a battle with his council over why his properties were put into...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

Knight Frank says that the Bank of England base rate is likely to stay unchanged at 5.25 per cent for at...

Speculation continues apace over the likely measures in next month’s Budget, especially after what is seen by political analysts as a...

A prominent lettings agency has hit out at the latest changes to safety regulations that private landlords must comply with or...

The Housing Ombudsman has ordered Yorkshire Housing to pay £3,780 after it found three findings of severe maladministration for how it...

One might immediately answer 'no' to this question, but does the HMO property industry possess adequate understanding of this delicate subject...

The yo-yo economic news is now casting doubt on whether the Bank of England will cut base rate as quickly as...

Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...

Average new seller asking prices rose 1.3 per cent between December and January - the biggest rise at this time of...

Letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has issued a warning to the rental sector about scams based on energy efficiency measures.  An increase...

An analysis of homes that have returned to the market after failing to find a buyer in 2023 suggests that sellers...

Rightmove claims that a new record number of sellers came to market on Boxing Day, with a 26 per cent increase...

A spokesperson for the Citizens Advice charity has claimed at a public meeting that private landlords serve Section 21 notices on...

Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - and has looked back on the past 12 months. This year, 2023, ends with...

It’s emerged that Housing Secretary approved yet another vast landlord licensing system just days before Christmas. On December Gove gave approval to...

The controversial Renters Reform Coalition - a band of campaigners including the Acorn and Generation Rent ginger groups - claims public...

The Renters Reform Bill in its latest amended version now runs to 15 pages, and is available on the Parliament website. The...

Christmas goodwill towards landlords seems in short supply from activist group Generation Rent.  It has this week issued a statement saying the...

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

A local authority is introducing charges for the issuing of Improvement Notices to landlords - and has chosen to announce it...

Rightmove is building the hype ahead of its much-vaunted Boxing Day listing of new properties to the market. The portal claims that...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter is blaming “skyrocketing rents” for a crisis of homelessness. As part of an appeal for...

Campaigning charity Shelter is nearing a controversial signature threshold in its petition about the Renters Reform Bill. It now has over 123,000 of...

Housr, a student living start-up, says it’s started its second year by adding 45,000 properties to its platform ahead of the...

Campaigning charity Shelter has welcomed the decision by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance - but it wants it...

When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets to his feet on Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement, he should consider offering support to...

It’s not just the weather that’s wet and dreary – the outlook looks bleak for landlords too as we head towards...

The asking price of homes coming to the market this month is down 1.7 per cent on October according to Rightmove.  The...

Lenders’ trade body UK Finance says there were 11,540 buy to let mortgages in arrears of 2.5 per cent or more of...

A major council has declared a Housing Emergency for its city, attributing part of the problem to rising private rents. A statement...

Rental activists are up in arms because Housing Secretary Michael Gove failed to mention the Renters Reform Bill during his keynote...

A Conservative politician has named an individual who he claims is responsible for high rent rises and increasing homelessness. Murdo Fraser, the...

A landlord has been prosecuted for the unlawful eviction of a tenant from privately rented accommodation in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. Leading up...

Today's inflation figures effectively seal the fate of the housing market for the rest of this year - including the crucial...

Spiralling interest rates, soaring inflation and rocketing mortgages have created a “perfect storm” which will result in another five per cent...

It appears that there may be months more uncertainty over new energy efficiency rules for the private rental sector. A statement from...

A typical two-year fixed mortgage deal now has an interest rate of more than 6.0 per cent for the first time...

There’s news for tenants on a budget - it may now cost less to be a lodger in a house than...

The National Residential Landlords Association has reacted angrily to the latest UK government to flirt with adopting the Scottish example of...

This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...

Recently the government once again committed to banning 'no-fault' evictions, with the new government housing minister Rachel Maclean promising the ban on...

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...

A private landlord has been prosecuted after a family, including a baby and two older children, were left without water or adequate...

The asking-to-achieved price gap has widened to its largest for five years according to new data from Zoopla.  While sales volumes have...

A rant about rent controls by London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan appears to have backfired. Khan - who has repeatedly demanded that...

Two Members of the Scottish Parliament have broken rank with their own party to query the motivation behind a new property...

New data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals that rents reached an all-time high in Q4 2022, with the average UK room...

House prices are likely to fall every month until the Summer but could then creep back up, a housing expert claims. Jonathan...

January 9 this year, the first working Monday after the Christmas Break, has been dubbed Divorce Day. This is typically when enquiries...

Residents in social and affordable housing are being given the chance to buy a share in their home for the first...

Landlords are not “contributing anything useful to society” a politician has claimed. Over the Christmas and New year break Ross Greer, a...

Propertymark has come out in favour of private landlords being allowed to follow the example of social landlords in agreeing an...

Foxtons says London’s market is finally cooling - at least a little - for the Christmas period. November followed the seasonal downward...

The trade body representing hosts and suppliers to the short let industry is calling on people to defray cost of living...

The government is under new pressure to introduce a last minute eviction ban to avoid private renters facing homelessness over Christmas. Liberal...

Figures from across the private rental sector have written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt...

Tenant activists have turned on the bosses of Shelter - just as the charity wants to maximise income from its annual Christmas...

A new market snapshot shows that tenants in London have seen bigger rent price increases than anywhere else in the UK...

Research by the National Residential Landlords Association reveals that of those private landlords who have served a repossession notice, half have...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that last month 482,000 private renters were behind on their rent. It also claims that 504,000 people have...

Despite a string of pledges on rental sector reform delivered in recent days by government ministers, including Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...

Rightmove says the average price of newly-marketed homes dipped 1.1 per cent this month - the equivalent of £4,159 - to...

Campaigning charity Shelter is warning this winter could be one of the toughest yet - and it claims high rents are...

Zoopla has now joined Knight Frank and Lloyds Bank in forecasting a price drop in 2023. The property website’s executive director, Richard...

Landlords, private tenants and owner occupiers in Warwick are encouraged by their council to apply for funding to improve energy efficiency...

Winter can put a strain on our homes and so preparing ahead of the colder, wetter months is a smart move...

Government plans to reform the private rented sector risk becoming a charter for anti-social behaviour without urgent changes, a landlord leader...

A leading financial analyst says what are generally called “period properties” are set to become financial nightmares for landlords or owner...

A campaign by the government-backed Smart Energy GB not-for-profit organisation is promoting the use of smart meters amongst private tenants who...

There is still time for landlords to influence the specific provisions of the Renters Reform Bill according to one of the...

The government has developed an insurance scheme which may help landlords who want to see flats in high rise blocks.  Following the...

An MP has introduced a Private Member’s Bill which, if successful, would reduce what she calls the “nightmare” of Airbnb party...

The campaigning charity Shelter - once a critic of government policies over letting agents and landlords - has given a ringing...

The Welsh Government, which recently pushed back its so-called rental revolution until December, has nonetheless published extensive new guidelines about the...

Two respected figures in the lettings sector want landlords and tenants to consider the future of the eviction process. Paul Shamplina -...

Lettings agency and property management consultancy Bramleys has revealed the most common landlord complaints, and has provided suggestions as to how...

A council has served improvement notices on a number of properties owned by the Salvation Army and let to private tenants...

A lettings platform that operates for female tenants has announced enhancements to its service.  Her Roomies differentiates itself by being a female-focused...

Even before the pandemic, we were seeing dramatic changes across the buy-to-let landscape with holiday lets steadily increasing in appeal –...

The Property Investor Show is back for its 20th year with 100 property sector experts and exhibitors in London this week. The...

As we approach what is commonly the busiest month of the year, there is one question many in the sector many...

Airbnb entered the realm of holiday lettings in 2009, but it wasn’t until 2016 that it really started to gain traction...

Buy to let mortgage rates will rise “very quickly” this year according to a leading broker. Last week base rate was increased...

With Christmas and the New Year now over, landlords, investors and property experts are back to questioning what the coming twelve...

New preliminary figures released by CBRE reveal that a record £4.1 billion was invested in the UK’s Build to Rent sector...

There are numerous reasons as to why renting is the way forward and how it can bring just as much, if...

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

A senior figure in a newly-enlarged agency that wants to become a national force in lettings has thrown his weight behind...

Labour is the latest political party to call for rent controls following similar pleas from the Green Party and the Scottish Nationalists. Paul...