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A new analysis by campaigning housing organisation Shelter claims the changes within the private rental sector could indirectly lose the next...

Specialist buy to let lender LendInvest has looked at 105 postcodes across England and Wales to find the best (and worst)...

Belvoir has announced what it calls “a significant acquisition” by one of its franchisees, which is set to add almost £1m...

The Welsh Government’s housing minister has tweeted that the results of a formal consultation process on a ban on agents’ fees...

Letting agents who act on landlords’ instructions to refuse tenants claiming benefits may be breaking the law. A legal case recently found...

An agency operating in London and Essex has launched an online petition to oppose the ban on credit and debit card...

A buy to let investor who failed to purchase a £542 licence for his HMO has been ordered to pay almost...

Trade organisatons have reacted predictably to the government’s latest announcements and publications concerning the private rental sector. Yesterday the Department of Communities...

A rogue landlord in Corby has been ordered to pay over £20,000 and sign up to a Criminal Behaviour Order which...

The Welsh Government is now kicking off a similar consultation process to that conducted by the Department for Communities and Local...

Reports from Australia suggest some of the country’s leading letting agencies have inserted clauses into their tenancy contracts to ban renters...

The Liberal Democrats want a raft of additional controls on the private rented sector aimed at addressing what it describes as...

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £17,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty at St Albans Magistrates'...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

A buy to let mortgage lender claims that five out of six areas affected by the long-running spate of strikes on...

  Industry groups have warned that the government’s ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants in England will backfire, with most...

The controversial Renters’ Rights Bill, which wants to sharply reduce the ability of letting agents to levy charges on tenants and...

Rent4sure is pleased to announce we are now working with Home Telecom to give your tenants fast, flexible and unlimited broadband plus...

The typical deposit paid when a tenant moves to a new property in England and Wales is set to break the...

The details of 12,000 buy to let landlords - posted online by a council following a Freedom of Information request -...

A letting agency that has been the subject of a BBC investigation and has gone into liquidation in controversial circumstances has...

The Housing and Planning Bill returns to the House of Commons tomorrow when the remaining stages of the legislation resume after...

A survey of one Home Counties area shows that out of about 40 letting agents some 24 appear not to be...

A group of estate agents have teamed up with a local fire and rescue service to launch an initiative aimed at...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a radio advertisement for Direct Line Landlord Insurance because it has been judged to be...

The National Landlords’ Association has set out a table of where the political parties stand on issues of lettings sector reform...