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The National Landlord Investment Show is heading to Bristol next month. It’s at Ashton Gate, the home of Bristol City Football Club,...

The activists who were so influential in steering the shape of the Renters Reform Bill under the old Conservative government are...

Plaid Cymru, the party of Wales, has issued a manifesto with a clampdown on the private rental sector as one of...

Shock new figures from Zoopla show that although rental demand has softened over the last year there are still 15 people...

The Times recently calculated that recent tax and regulation changes made it unviable for many landlords to continue in the sector. We...

Over 40% of council houses and flats sold under the long-standing Right To Buy scheme are now owned by private landlords. That’s...

The chief executive of Generation Rent is one of the speakers at the launch of a review of the private rental...

The head of lettings agency Benham and Reeves has made an outspoken attack on stamp duty. The agency analysed data from the...

A charity is calling for landlord licensing schemes which cost enough to fund annual inspections, and the issuing of “sentencing guidelines”...

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

Activist group Generation Rent has described the latest homelessness data from the government as showing “a whole new level of horror.” It...

Research by Zero Deposit, a deposit alternative service, claims that under-30s face an almost impossible task when it comes to current...

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

A new analysis has produced a league table of the most and least affordable rental locations in England. The findings placed Rutland...

A landlord and a property management company have been found guilty of putting tenants at risk after a council probe. Kensington and...

It’s taken some time but one of London’s biggest lettings agencies says a ‘traditional’ lettings market has returned to the capital.  Last...

The Scottish Government says rent controls - already existing as a so-called emergency measure - will become permanent. Scottish First Minister Humza...

Families opt to rent so they can move fast to buy a home close to London’s top schools, according to a...

The latest research by London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has revealed the uphill struggle facing those in search of a...

New figures from London-focussed agency Foxtons show applicant demand up 19 per cent in June, as the capital enters the peak...

The BBC says discussions are underway to extend the Renters Reform Bill to specifically outlaw any rental listing banning families and benefit recipients...

A leading buying agent says changing planning priorities amongst London councils are likely to mean that large lateral apartments will maintain...

New data appears to show that the number of active short lets is lower - and not higher - than in...

The Generation Rent campaign has given its support to a call by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to be given powers to...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants new powers to impose higher tax on empty homes - and even seize them...

2023 could be a landmark year for the private rented sector if Michael Gove succeeds in his pursuit of reforming the...

The government has back-tracked on its decision to publish the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill this week. The Mirror newspaper reports this morning that...

A newspaper report claims that some Conservative MPs are unhappy at the anti-landlord tone of the Renters Reform Bill which is...

The government response to a Freedom of Information request has shed light on the increasing number of homes in England and...

I often use this column to discuss the reputation of landlords and the broader private rented sector which, as we all...

The future of the private rented sector in England has been back under the Westminster spotlight in the last two weeks...

Propertymark’s head of policy and campaigns, Timothy Douglas, will explain how investment in the private rented sector can be better incentivised when...

It is a fundamental principle of a functioning democracy that parties, when in power, should pay at least lip service to...

A bank boss says landlords are facing a crisis of affordability when it comes to meeting strict new energy efficiency targets...

Many landlords who do not want to commit to high levels of expenditure to improve the energy efficiency of their homes,...

Speculation is growing that next week there will be an Emergency Budget - or a ‘fiscal event’ as new Prime Minister...

An emergency rent freeze in the private and public sectors has been announced this afternoon in Scotland. It will last until...

Bristol’s Labour council has made a name for itself with policies shifting power from landlords to tenants. Earlier this year the Mayor,...

Letting agents have come out with figures to back up an argument that landlords have been making for some time  -...

With speculation about what happens next in Westminster at fever pitch, now isn’t the time to make predictions as to how...

Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...

A prominent London council wants rental properties to be included in the government’s Flood Re reinsurance scheme. Westminster council says the current...

Housing has always been one of the most sensitive political issues, meaning that legislation in this area is unusually sensitive to...

Research by a rental platform suggests there are currently over 65,000 short let properties being advertised in London alone. The platform, Rentd,...

Labour’s London Mayor - buoyed up after the party’s successes in the capital in last week’s elections - has renewed his...

A trade union has called on the government to “look at all forms of rent control” as a way of combatting...

Landlords seeking capital appreciation from a recovering prime London market have been provided with a league table by a debt advisory...

New research has produced a league table of locations where capital appreciation in the past year has exceeded the average wage...

Research by rental portal Rentd suggests improved London yields this year after being in the doldrums during the pandemic. Rentd analysed the...

Covid-19 has undoubtedly shifted the way new landlords will be looking to invest in 2022, and our ranking makes it clear...

Rents in Greater London are up an annualised 25 per cent, with much of the increase attributed to the stock of...

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

A leading market analyst says the looming threat of rent controls may be deterring landlords entering the buy to let sector,...

A lettings agent says a new HMO licensing regime in one of London’s highest profile boroughs will reduce the number of rental...

Landlords must pay well over £700 for entry into what is now the UK’s largest ever HMO licensing scheme, at Westminster...

A petition has been launched on the Channel Island of Jersey to prevent landlords banning pets from the local private rental...

Protesters in a part of the UK with high numbers of holiday lets will stage a demonstration next week demanding cheaper...

Landlords wanting to break into London buy to let have been provided with a guide to boroughs with the most discounted...

After months in the doldrums thanks to tenants moving away and an excess of supply, London’s rental sector is recovering. The Home...

A charity claims it’s seen increasing numbers of private tenants seeking help, just as the bailiff enforced eviction ban has ended...

A man who tried to frame his landlord’s partner as being involved in the Westminster terrorist attack has been jailed. Gerald Banyard,...

A former tenant who tried two frame his landlord’s partner as being involved in the Westminster terrorist attack has been convicted...

A website claims an average £1,621 has been ‘wasted’ by each student on accommodation they haven't used this academic year -...

Landlords have only until February 11 to respond to the licensing proposals of the London council with the largest private rental...

The latest HomeLet rental index suggests that the average rent in the UK is now £974 after a 2.9 per cent...

The government’s former homelessness guru has criticised the Boris Johnson administration for risking the country entering a period of destitution, with...

A new strategy has been launched today by Westminster City Council to help raise standards for tenants who rent privately.  Westminster, which...

Buy-to-let landlords face having to reduce rents by at least 5% over the next five years as a growing number of...

Rishi Sunak has distanced himself from reports that he is looking at increasing capital gains tax to help pay for the...

The cost of renting in England since the tenant fee ban was introduced has increased by almost a quarter in some...

Those who rent out homes short-term in either the London borough of Camden or Westminster could soon face fresh restrictions. Both councils...

Rental yields in the private rented sector have dipped marginally since the introduction of the ban on tenant fees in June...

After two elections and three years of intense debate and hostility, the general election in December seemed to offer the political...

Towards the end of last year, I wrote an article for Landlord Today outlining the difficulties many landlords in the UK...

The next government should urgently reduce VAT on maintenance and improvement works to people’s homes to help boost investment in the...

The worst served city for rental stock is Newport in Wales where just 13.5% of properties listed are to rent, according...

Many tenants who own at least one pet have struggled to find pet-friendly accommodation, and yet despite efforts to encourage more...

To say that the buy-to-let sector has had a tough time of it in recent years would be one hell of...

More than £1.25bn has been spent acquiring property in London to make way for High Speed Rail 2 (HS2), according to...

It is not always possible for an individual or company to improve its image beyond that of its industry, and that is...

An Airbnb host who rented out his council flat in central London has been fined £100,000 and evicted by Westminster City...

A rogue landlord who made almost £130,000 in illegal rent after converting his three-bedroom house in east London into two flats...

Nationwide were among a small group of mortgage lenders asked to give evidence at a select committee yesterday on restrictions around...

A new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has been launched with a view to looking into short-term lets. The new group, which...

A growing number of young professionals and students are choosing to house share, driving up the average cost of renting room...

Life just doesn’t get any easier for Theresa May. No sooner had her Brexit withdrawal plan been rejected by a record-breaking...

There are growing signs of confidence returning to the London market, with a resurgence in house prices being anticipated owed in...

More buy-to-let landlords are adopting a more professional approach to running their property business, as reflected by the number of people...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has warned that growing speculation the mayor of London Sadiq Khan is considering introducing rent controls...

Private landlords across the UK collectively earned £33.8bn from their buy-to-let investments in the year from 5 April 2017 to 2018,...

Private tenants who pay their rent on time are set to benefit from better credit scores, after Experian said it was...

If you own a house or flat in London, there is a fair chance that you may have heard of, and...

Rents for residential properties fell across parts of London in quarterly terms as the supply of properties coming on to the...

The UK is facing a critical rental shortage as many landlords continue to offload properties due to recent tax a change,...

With the number of people living in private rented accommodation continuing to grow, more tenants are seeking permission to keep pets...

Two letting agents have been hit with £14,000 fines for unlicensed shared properties in Camden, north London. The two rogue letting agents...

An increasing number of buy-to-let landlords are likely to exit Scotland’s private rented sector or reduce the size of their property...

Tenants in London are now required to pay up to £8,650 just to move into a rented home, it has been...

A Private Members’ Bill put forward by Labour MP, Karen Buck, which offers tenants the legal right to take action against...

PayProp has added its voice to growing calls for rent payments to be added to a tenant’s credit score. The automated rental...