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Zoopla’s latest House Price index shows a housing market steadily recovering from higher mortgage rates with prices rising slowly. But it...

England’s dwindling social housing stock is poised to plummet by an additional 189,000 properties through the controversial Right to Buy scheme...

New data from flat share website SpareRoom has revealed what it calls “the up-and-coming London rental hotspots” with properties further away...

A landlord who left his tenants homeless after breaking into their house at night with a hammer has been prosecuted by...

Activist group Generation Rent is demanding that the government tighten regulations on damp and mould - and is tying this to...

An unlikely location heads the latest league table purporting to show the highest returns on property investment. Aldermore’s Buy To let City...

A landlord has been sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court after she had previously been found guilty of illegal eviction. Dr Amy Eskander,...

A joint venture has been announced to deliver 1,000 sustainable zero-carbon homes - and they will be factory-made. Legal & General Modular...

The leader of the Generation Rent activist group says that the shortage of homes to rent means no private sector tenant...

A rogue landlord has been fined £2,814 for failing to license an HMO in Wolverhampton. Dudley Magistrates Court found Maciej Piotr Zaremba...

A new survey claims to show the rent differences between furnished and unfurnished homes to let in various cities. For example London...

A rogue landlord that put tenants at risk has been fined for £4,808 for breaking housing regulations on a property in...

The government has indirectly given away early details of its long-expected National Landlord Register - but it still appears to be...

In recent days we have heard Michael Gove trumpet his plans to ‘level up’ the UK.  We knew that he would be...

The dynamic of the private rental market has been changing in recent years. There's been a decline in private landlords, yet almost...

A council has gone on record saying it’s trying to stop a rogue landlord from letting out any property anywhere, ever...

A tenant was put at risk from a ceiling that partially collapsed and was left unable to use her shower after...

An 83-year-old landlord who let a property through collapsed agency Homepoint says he is being pursued for nearly £2,400 by liquidators. Homepoint...

Two landlords have spoken out about their losses and treatment from a lettings agency which has collapsed. Last month we reported that...

A lettings agency being put into liquidation owes landlords almost £500,000 in unpaid rent.  Local media in the Midlands report that the...

A landlord has been fined £6,000 for failing to licence a house in multiple occupation. Wolverhampton council prosecuted Aunberin Saddique after it...

The locations that saw the biggest house price increases in the last year have been unveiled by the Post Office Money.  The...

An unscrupulous landlord has been ordered to pay more than £150,000 after failing to fix several safety hazards in his property. Officers from...

Top-flight football returns this weekend, with Liverpool preparing for tonight’s Premier League opener versus Norwich City, but what team should landlords...

There has been a notable rise in the number of buy-to-let landlords offloading properties in recent month due to buy-to-let tax...

An estate agency in the West Midlands has shut down leaving clients demanding their cash. Landlords and tenants who dealt with the...

A private landlord in Telford has been ordered to pay £29,000 in costs and fines for harassing two tenants out of...

Colchester has been identified as the number one place to currently invest for buy-to-let, based on rental yields. The LendInvest BTL Index...

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined almost £34,000 for putting tenants at risk. Harbhajan Singh Dhami pleaded guilty to not one, but 32...

Tenants are spending an increasing proportion of their earnings on rent, new figures have revealed. Fresh research undertaken by rentals platform CreditLadder...

A private landlord who converted several houses into bedsits without planning consent has been ordered to pay more than £340,000. Latif Rehman,...

Some buy-to-let landlords are bracing themselves for smaller profits over the coming years as a result of the new mortgage interest...

A landlord who was convicted of multiple building regulation offences and for failing to disclose information in relation to ownership of...

A landmark court case heard in the Midlands is believed to be the first to issue a Criminal Behaviour Order on...

A self-styled property investor known as “HMO Daddy” has been the subject of an enforcement notice by the local council after...

The legislative system dealing with rogue landlords is ‘unfit for purpose’ and should be replaced with a national database covering all...

Two landlords in Wolverhampton have pleaded guilty to several housing failures. The landlords, Joginder and Rashpal Bains, who own 100 properties in...