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The National Residential Landlords Association says it’s met with new housing minister Matthew Pennycook to discuss improving standards in the rental...

Propertymark has come out in strong support of Andy Burnham’s new ‘Good Landlord Charter’ - and it wants letting agents included...

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

A call has come from the Welsh Government  to conduct an evaluation of Rent Smart Wales and its objectives.  There has been...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Lee O’Brien, Managing Director of iad UK. In your experience,...

A prominent solicitors’ firm says the failure of the Renters Reform Bill to become law may have attracted headlines but the...

In the buy to let market, success goes beyond the transaction of paying rent. Ultimately, fostering a healthy landlord-tenant relationship can...

The Labour Party has committed to extending a crackdown on social housing landlords who fail to fix mouldy homes, to include...

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

There is to be no comparable law for private landlords, following the introduction of Awaab’s Law. Earlier this week the Department of...

New plans to clamp down on rogue social landlords who fail to provide safe homes have been announced today. This is part...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

The government has launched a public consultation on a radical new UK home energy rating system to replace the long-standing Standard...

A recycling company says landlords should do more to encouraging HMO tenants to boost recycling. The firm - First Mile - suggests...

The government claims that millions of homeowners in England and Wales will be given greater rights, powers, and protections over their...

Lost in the noise of the King’s Speech, the general pledge to reform the leasehold system, and the subsequent political turmoil...

Next month Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, will be one of the experts at an Agent...

The launch of a new landlord database, proposed by the Renters Reform Bill, could provide HMRC with a gold mine of...

A key figure in the inventory sector says the Renters’ Reform Bill - scheduled for publication this week - must make...

A campaign group claims that current MPs in the House of Commons make as much as £2m a year. 38 Degrees, which...

Landlords who feel recent laws have singled them out may be interested to know that one group of property owners appears...

Cycles of growth and housing market crashes, new technology, and, most recently, the pandemic-fuelled push to escape the city in search...

Activist group Generation Rent has started a petition calling on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to freeze private rents this winter. As part...

Landlord and letting agent fears over the impact of rental reform could be eased if only the industry used rigorous and...

Soaring energy prices will force more tenants to consider living in HMOs, says a lettings business.  When a recent increase in utility...

The mystery as to why so many MPs appear anti-landlord deepens with the news that at least 17 per cent of...

The long Jubilee Weekend celebration may be almost upon us but landlords are being urged respond to a major property tax...

As the government continues to assess the future state of building regulation in the UK, developers and leaseholders continue to remain...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants the government to put a stop to the capital being used for international money...

Property insurers have forced “crippling costs” on to residents of medium and high-rise apartment blocks in the aftermath of the Grenfell...

The live launch of a roundtable event hosted by rental payments platform PayProp takes place tomorrow – and landlords can still...

The steps landlords need to take to improve their own image and enhance their reputation in the eyes of consumers was...

A new maintenance management app connecting landlords, agents and property managers to their tenants allows the tracking of repairs. Refectio compiles tenants’...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m David Hackett, Head of Business Development for The DPS    What...

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

Landlords with leasehold properties should be able to enjoy reduced costs and red tape when they wish to extend their leases,...

The coronavirus crisis has hit the UK's economic outlook, and many buy-to-let landlords are understandably worried about their post-lockdown rental property...

Who are you? David Alexander What does it say on your business card? Joint Manager Director What is apropos? Apropos is a revolutionary...

Who are you? Neil Newstead What does it say on your business card? Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, sounds pretty important, but...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does it...

There has been much debate in recent days about deposit-free renting and whether letting agents have been mis-selling deposit alternative products,...

Hamilton Fraser has announced the launch of its own in-house deposit alternative brand, Ome.  The new product, which is the latest to...

Shawbrook Bank has made changes to its buy-to-let product range and criteria across all loan-to-value (LTV) bandings.  The specialist lender has cut...

Bunk has teamed up with Nationwide Building Society to strengthen its service with a view to strengthening its landlord service to...

More needs to be done to improve transparency and standards in the private rented sector, according to the Royal Institute Of...

flatfair, a fintech scale-up allowing tenants to instantly rent a home with no deposit, has raised $11m (£9.1bn) in a funding...

A new online platform dedicated to the buying and selling of income-generating properties has been launched. Powered by Experience Invest, yieldbase allows...

From tomorrow, it will be illegal for tenants in England to be charged letting fees, with deposits capped at five weeks’...

The Tenant Fees Act 2019, banning landlords and agents from charging fees to tenants, will come into effect on Saturday in...

When it comes to letting a property, it is important that landlords and renters have faith in their agent.   To many renters,...

New guidance for landlords and letting agents has been released by the government. The Tenant Fees Act 2019, which applies to England...

New technology has been launched in an attempt to improve gas safety accountability in the private rental sector. The existing system makes...

On April 1 2019, the rental sector shifted into a new era of even greater professionalisation with the introduction of mandatory...

A new property management platform, which is launching soon, is looking for landlords to sign up and test its systems for...

Buy-to-let landlords should not be deterred from acquiring leasehold properties, but rather target homes with ‘high service charges’, and then set...

For landlords, experiencing occasional void periods is inevitable and often out of your control. If a tenant’s circumstances change, they could...

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

The Tenant Fees Bill, banning landlord and agents from charging fees to tenants, has become an Act of Parliament after being...

The ban on fees charged by landlords and letting agents will be introduced in June after the Tenant Fees Bill passed...

The introduction of a ban on fees charged by landlords and letting agents look set to finally come into force on...

A new property management portal claims to be on a mission to raise the standard of the property industry by establishing...

The government’s plan to introduce a ban on fees charged by landlords and letting agents is likely to come into force...

Just 0.85% of all tenancies ended in a dispute over the tenancy deposit in the 12 months to March 2018, according...

Tenant Fees Bill that will ban most charges set by landlords and letting agents to tenants in England will continue its...

MyHomeGroup has launched a new property management service aimed at landlords looking for an alternative to what it says are the...

The government’s attempts to clampdown on rogue landlords have been branded ‘weak and pathetic’, partly due to the vast and complex...

The next stage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill through Parliament will be a Second Reading in the House of Lords this...

Buy-to-let landlords in Scotland are being reminded that new rules have been introduced which affect the way letting agencies are able...

Most private landlords would oppose the idea of arbitrary checks of their rental properties by local authorities, but that has not...

Propio Properties has launched a new online property investment platform that it hopes will appeal to buy-to-let investors looking for a...

Landlords and letting agents could soon be banned from charging fees to private tenants in Wales under plans for a new...

Automated payment systems can help to reduce letting agency fraud, it has been claimed. PropTech firm PayProp says that automating rental payment...

The government’s Tenant Fees Bill now introduced to the Commons is a ‘missed opportunity’ to make quicker and more lasting improvements in...

Who are you? We are Home Counties: an independent agency in Potters Bar established by me, Richard Lowry. I’m passionate about property...

First introduced in November 2015, The Welsh government’s Rent Smart Wales (RSW) scheme was designed to drive up standards in the...

A new rental auction platform was officially launched at an event at The Shard last night. LetsBid4Lets’ software is now available to...

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

​Silicon Valley fintech investor Ribbit Capital is backing a new property technology venture designed to transform the private rental market.  Proptech startup...

After announcing planned rate reductions and new DSCR requirements last week, Shawbrook’s commercial mortgages team has confirmed that these changes are...

A new Fair Fees Forum has been launched by the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) in order to help prevent excessive...

A new crowdfunding campaign has been launched today with a view to raising £200,000 through Crowdcube to help tackle rogue landlords...