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

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

A controversial council claims that HMRC is working with its enforcement team because many landlords who avoid licensing schemes are also...

A national trade body is calling for more regulation to shield people from the dangers of damp and mould in homes. The...

Invasive plant species such as Japanese knotweed are developing much earlier in 2024 due to the warm, wet winter, a plant...

Just days after suggesting rent controls of any kind were off the table, it now appears Labour may be considering them...

A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...

Inflation for the year to October has fallen to 4.6 per cent. That’s a big fall from 6.7 per cent in September...

A landlord has been found guilty of operating eight unlicensed HMOs and a range of breaches of the HMO Management Regulations. Northampton...

A survey by a finance firm suggests not all landlords are passing their higher mortgage costs on to tenants. Octane Capital has...

A local authority is reported to have said that a controversial new policy will reduce house values by five per cent. Gwynedd...

One of Britain's best known DJs has taken to social media to highlight what she sees as the unfair government policy...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and activist group Generation Rent have issued a joint appeal for rent controls in the capital. Khan’s...

When life is impossibly expensive, it’s not a surprise to see a rise in financial abuse. And to make matters worse,...

The north of England has a home energy efficiency mountain to climb, with poorly insulated homes costing tenants at least £680...

Comparison service Uswitch has created a new app which connects to a home smart meter - meaning, according to the firm,...

A landlord has been jailed for a year after making a homeless woman perform sexual favours for him in return for...

The Covid pandemic has had a significant impact on the economy, with long term consequences that are still not fully appreciated....

A Midlands city is starting consultation on a major extension of powers over HMOs. Leicester council wants to have an extended Article...

The people behind a new smart system for controlling electric heating and household appliances claim it has the potential to save...

A tenant organisation has written to almost 130 politicians asking them to do more to protect renters - especially lone females -...

Two property investment companies and an associated business have all been closed down “in the public interest” by the government’s Insolvency...

A major cannabis farm was discovered over the weekend at a house in Plymouth city centre after two police community support...

The Home Office is hoping to drive up standards in the private rented sector in Bristol by handing £321,750 to Bristol...

A rogue landlord who forced susceptible women into prostitution and sexually assaulted others while ruling his £16m property empire has been...

LendInvest’s latest Buy-to-Let Index has revealed that you will stand to profit most from buy-to-let in London than anywhere else in...

A HMO landlord whose HMO was closed down by the local council has been left with a court bill of nearly...