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To achieve government’s EPC targets by 2035, landlords across the country may be forced to take action at a time when...

Citra Living, part of Lloyds Banking Group, is launching 40 new homes - some Build To Rent - to the Nottingham...

With Labour’s election victory, a new EPC target has been announced. In mid-July, the new Secretary of State for Energy Security and...

A man has pleaded guilty to tenancy fraud after unlawfully subletting his council flat  by advertising it for rent via Airbnb. Birmingham...

Landlords and managing agents with responsibility for residential properties in Thanet are invited to an event on Friday September 27. The all-day...

The choice of holiday let deals is on the rise.  According to analysis by Moneyfactscompare the mortgage choices for borrowers looking at...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan appears to have lost his years-long fight to win the power to improve rent controls. Media reports over...

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

Safe Suffolk Renters will be holding another conference for private sector landlords in the county this October. The organisers say they are...

A building society says the combination of the UK Labour government’s housing proposals and a regional plan for 20,000 low-carbon homes...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a collection of some 20 groups, fronted by Generation Rent - has announced that it is...

A Treasury minister in the new government is to be investigated by the Parliamentary standards watchdog over here failure to register...

Housing has been a priority since day one of the new Labour government, with its promised 1.5m new homes getting a good...

A new agency - which describes itself as a “disruptor company” - says it will charge an all-in lettings and management...

A new index shows that only one in eight potential first-time buyers can purchase the average FTB home in their area. The...

The government has released more information on its new Renters Rights Bill, which is expected to be launched into Parliament in...

Lloyds Bank - already a player of growing importance in the Build To Rent niche - is now to publish what...

A group of 20 major local authorities - the biggest social landlords in England - have sent an open letter to...

A landlord has been convicted for the illegal eviction and harassment of a tenant. St Albans Magistrates Court heard how Olufemi Forseythe,...

The average price of a home coming to the market for sale has dipped 0.4% in the past month says Rightmove.  This...

The National Residential Landlords Association has set out what it calls “three key asks” of the new government to protect and...

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

A prominent economic analyst warns that many of the rental policies advocated by the major political parties in the General Election...

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

PropTech platform Goodlord has partnered with safety certificate provider Safe2 to offer compliance work for the lettings sector.  Safe2 - recently acquired...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims social rents are 64% more affordable than private rents, with social tenants in England having to pay...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he cannot say for sure whether the Renters Reform Bill will be ‘waved through’ into law...

Newly re-elected Greater Manchester Labour Mayor Andy Burnham is to spend £600,000 of council tax payers’ cash on a clampdown on...

Propertymark has issued a guide to tenants about their rights to have a pet.  A statement from trade body Propertymark says that...

A group of energy professionals in the property sector are taking issue with a claim by consumer organisation Which? over the...

Data gathered by the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) shows that less than half the fines levied against rogue landlords have...

Buy to let landlords have been savagely attacked by the country’s biggest investment company - which just happens to be a...

The Eco Experts have come up with four ways to improve a home’s Energy Performance Certificate. 1. Add an insulating jacket to...

The Generation Rent activist group has once again repeated its demand for a series of reforms surrounding the scrapping of Section...

The National Residential Landlords Association has taken the unusual step of extending an olive branch to the activists who run the...

Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to boost enforcement of rental standards in the private sector. That’s the view...

Spain’s Minister for Housing, Isabel Rodríguez, says the country is taking the first steps to eliminate the Golden Visa.  This visa was...

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

A prominent lettings sector expert is blaming the media for anti-landlord sentiment and a rise in tenancy disputes. Gina Peters, Head of...

Three webinars next week will cover key aspects of deposit disputes between landlords and tenants. They’re organised by the Deposit Protection Service...

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

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

A new housing deal will provide another 92 Build To Rent units run by Legal & General. The properties will be two,...

A landlord referred to only as ‘Mr Gurung’ has been named by two councils as being penalised £3,000 for an overcrowded...

Slowing inflation may - just may - lead the way for reduced interest rates. The headline inflation rate is now just 3.4%,...

Homes Under The Hammer property expert Lucy Alexander is fronting a new campaign to identify empty homes and bring them back...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer and the party’s controversial Mayor of London Sadiq Khan are at loggerheads over rent controls. Khan has...

Lots and lots, is the short answer. I think the more you know, the more you're armed with information and knowledge,...

The chief executive of a short lets service says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is wrong to think penalising landlords will help solve...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark has called for equal parity between short-term lets and the private rented sector to ensure they meet...

Landlords are being accused by academics of under-estimating the cost of allowing pets, and under-estimating their financial benefits. A new report commissioned...

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

An analysis of government data suggests that potential first time buyers have failed to take advantage of literally hundreds of millions...

The National Residential Landlords Association will jointly host a networking and information session with homelessness charity Crisis. It will take place on...

Airbnb has given its backing to a proposal from Housing Secretary Michael Gove to introduce a mandatory register of short let...

Calling all landlords, Investors and property professionals: National Landlord Investment Show returns to Olympia London on 6th March for its first...

Two new build household names often favoured by landlords buying investment properties have announced a merger. Barratt has reached a £2.5 billion...

The National Landlord Investment Show returns to Olympia London on March 6 for its first show of the 2024 calendar. Now in...

Painful tax traps have been set for millions of people this year. Your pay may not even have kept pace with...

An energy industry supplier claims that the housing sector in the UK offers too little help for those wanting to live...

HSBC bank is working with Shelter on housing campaigns. A statement from the charity says: “With support from partners including HSBC UK,...

A new study by the National Residential Landlords Association suggests some landlords wanting to quit the private rental sector have deferred...

The identify of the service running the upcoming Private Rental Sector Ombudsman scheme has been thrown into doubt once more. The Renters...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

There will be long term pressure on housing affordability and the private rental sector if demographic forecasts from a range of...

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

Despite inflationary and mortgage volatility over the last 12 months, a mortgage lender claims over a third of commercial landlords are...

A building society is calling upon politicians, government, the Bank of England and local councils and other bodies to cooperate on...

A Labour-controlled council is inviting private rental sector representatives to a round-table event which it pledges will not be a talking...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 -...

There’s no prospect of a rapid recovery for the housing market in 2024 despite some green shoots appearing. The warning comes from...

There are now fewer than 35 days until self employed workers - including many landlords - will need to submit their...

Airbnb is changing the way prospective tenants can pay.  The launch is part of a phased global roll-out which will see Klarna...

The Nationwide says 2023 has seen a surprisingly-resilient housing market but there will be no full scale recovery in 2024 -...

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

A campaign by a UK government to help landlords retrofit their properties with energy efficient amenities has had almost zero impact,...

As the dark nights draw in, condensation issues start to emerge, bringing with it the possibility of mildew and mould forming...

A landlord has been hit with an £11,800 fine for operating an HMO without a licence. Stoke-on-Trent council launched an investigation into...

A panel of experts forecast house prices will fall as much as 10 per cent by Autumn 2024. Financial website Finder brought...

A rent guarantor service says the recent Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill has intensified scrutiny on the challenges faced...

October saw a surprise 0.9 per cent rise in UK house prices according to the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal...

Battersea, the charity behind the Pet Friendly Properties campaign, says the Renters Reform Bill must become law as soon as possible. Battersea...

Landlords need to work “proactively” with tenants if and when bed bug cases emerge, an industry figure claims. Jonathan Rolande of the...

The latest rent rise figure produced by the government has triggered an angry response from one of Britain’s top agents. Greg Tsuman,...

A group of 30 charities and non-profit organisations, led by campaigners at Shelter, have urged the government to get a move...

Average house prices are now falling 2.9 per cent annually in England and Wales according to the monthly e.surv index. Yorkshire and...

Another council is advertising a package of incentives for private landlords to help solve its housing shortage. Exeter council is aiming to...

How to Achieve Low Season Holiday Let Bookings This year, with families across the UK facing a squeeze to their budgets, we’ve...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Louis Musgrove – Group Managing Director   What is Southernbrook Lettings and...

Middleton Advisors commissions ongoing research to investigate key trends and structural changes in prime UK housing markets.  Our latest research considers the...

A property entrepreneur is seeking up to 200 portfolio landlords or developers to invest in his company.  Jamie Lester says the offer to...

The Daily Telegraph appears to have uncovered a catch in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s apparent boiler grant giveaway. Last week he announced...

Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...

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

Unpaid rent can cause significant financial problems for commercial landlords. Thankfully, there are several options available to address the issue.  Simon Smith,...

August saw a further softening in house prices which are now 5.3 per cent down on a year ago. The Nationwide says...

Homelessness charities often berate private landlords for putting income before service to tenants. But a bitter dispute at one organisation has apparently revealed...

Average house price fell by 0.3 per cent in July, a fourth consecutive monthly decline, according to the Halifax. This means property...

As UK homeowners commit to more sustainable sources of energy, the number of homes installing rooftop solar panels reached its highest...

A finance house says it’s seeing an increase in tenants offering to buy their properties off their landlords. James Briggs, head of...