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Generation Rent and the Citizens Advice Bureau are offering up to £500 in incentives for renters to complete a questionnaire. Social media...

Members of the union UNISON who participate in round-table discussions with activist group Generation Rents are to receive gift vouchers for...

A survey of thousands of landlords, agents and tenants has provided new evidence of buy to let investors quitting in droves. Over...

A survey of some 2,000 landlords, agents and others in the private rental sector show renewed concern over Section 21 and...

The University of Dundee and letting agents’ body Propertymark want to understand more about the future plans of landlords.  This is happening...

The country’s main student body is calling on the government to implement a cap on student rents. The National Union of Students...

The Scottish Government’s dramatic immediate introduction of a rent freeze and eviction ban could mark the beginning of the end of the...

A new survey suggests large numbers of tenants are worried about the risk of falling behind with the rent or even...

PropTech companies Goodlord and Vouch have come together to call for input for their State Of The Lettings Industry report. And with...

The head of a building body says landlords and home owners need a replacement for the defunct Green Homes Grant to...

There are a huge array of products and services covering the entire journey of lettings, from prospecting all the way through to...

Growing numbers of landlords are quitting the sector, prompting a supply shortage and rent rises according to a market snapshot by...

A new report to be released on Wednesday reveals that far from the pandemic building up arrears, it significantly reduced them. A...

The government’s Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme - which left thousands of landlords in the lurch when it collapsed earlier this...

It appears that the government is considering a replacement for the ill-fated Green Homes Grant, which was to have helped thousands...

Labour has called for what it describes as a Green New Deal to replace the axed government scheme which had been...

Tenant activist group Generation Rent says it’s working with five councils to find out more about private renters in those areas. The...

Tenant activist group Generation Rent is working with a council on a new consultation process - with a chance to win...

A logistics software company with clients across the property spectrum has become the latest critic of the government’s axing of the...

An analysis of the Green Homes Grant applications show exactly which areas will be hit most when the scheme comes to...

The landlords’ trade body has urged the government to think more strategically about energy efficiency in the private rental sector, and...

The government is axing the Green Homes Grant scheme from 5pm on March 31 - putting a much criticised scheme out...

There’s a new call on the government to get its act together on the Green Homes Grant, which has failed to live...

The landlords’ trade body says the tax system needs reforming to support energy improvements in the private rental sector. The intervention by...

The chaos surrounding the government’s Green Homes Grant, which was to have helped thousands of landlords and owner occupiers, appears to...

The government’s Green Homes Grant has been slammed by MPs for its snail’s pace progress, complications and poor delivery. The all-party Environmental...

The Green Homes Grant scheme is set to fail according to MPs, who claim the current slow roll-out means it would...

PropTech company Reposit has launched a product allowing properties to be let on a deposit-free basis whilst ensuring landlords are protected...

Landlords now have another year to apply for the government’s Green Homes Grant scheme. The 12 months extension, announced last evening, follows...

A property specialist at Perrys Chartered Accountants has issued new advice for landlords on how they can reap the benefits of...

Revised guidance from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy outlines how landlords and other applicants can handle Green Homes...

The Green Homes Grant scheme went live on September 30 2020, offering landlords and investors the chance to apply for £5,000...

Just under half of landlords say they intend to make energy efficiency improvements to properties as part of the government's Green Homes Grant...

With just a few weeks remaining until the opening of the Green Homes Grant, many buy-to-let landlords are preparing to take...

As new details regarding the new Green Homes Grant emerge, landlords should hopefully be in a better position to assess whether...

With just a few weeks remaining until the opening of the Green Homes Grant, the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) is...

With just over a month until the opening of the Green Homes Grant, buy-to-let landlords in England should be in a...

The new £2bn grant scheme in England for projects such as insulation, unveiled yesterday by the chancellor Rishi Sunak as part...

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devasting impact on the short-term let industry, with nearly all those short-letting their property seeing the...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association’s (STAA) is lobbying the government for an emergency support package to help the short-term rental...

A new campaign to find “Britain’s Most Beautiful Garden” has been launched by Just Landlords, with entrants competing to win a...

Traditional tenant referencing is dead as it uses old and slow systems, has little technology support, and is grossly overpriced, according...

Renting a property is now more expensive than buying in nine out of ten of the largest British cities, fresh data...

We all know that landlords must carry out a series of vigorous checks on prospective tenants before letting a property, as...

Buy-to-let landlords across the UK are being invited to have their say on what they think of letting agents and other...

Whilst landlords often get a bad reputation for providing sub-standard accommodation, dodgy tenancy agreements or a multitude of other problems, there...

Home ownership is increasingly out of reach for young people without the bank of Mum and Dad, according to a new...

Hands up who’s put their heating on already? Autumn seems to have crept up on us so quickly this year that...

Living in London has been busy painting the town pink in the lead up to its 15th Anniversary, and it’s finally...

You’ve been shopping and shopping, and you’ve just about found something for everyone, but have you bought Christmas gifts for your...