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There's good news for the buy to let sector as mortgage product availability is showing signs of stability, according to the...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

Propertymark has used its website and link with a property inspection service to urge letting agents to work with private tenants...

The excessive enforcement of council rules on private landlords while social housing is so poorly run will be ‘the next Post...

Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...

Two thirds of private renters have experienced a problem with the quality or condition of their property in the past six...

Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

Britain is in the grip of a new mould crisis, a leading property association has warned.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

An agency has issued its rental market forecast for 2024. Chestertons says rents are forecast to have increased by 6.5 per cent...

Some 48 per cent of tenants are currently living with one or more housing disrepair issues, it’s being claimed. The problems include...

Harlow council says it wants to take a harder line against agents and landlords who knowingly let unsafe and substandard properties...

Parents and pet owners are paying as much as £460 per month more for rent and bills, it’s claimed. The claim comes...

New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords and their letting agents to take responsibility for...

The company which owned and was responsible for a five-storey block of rented flats in Bridlington has been ordered to pay...

Letting agents and landlords operating in South Warwickshire are being encouraged to take part in the next industry forum on Wednesday...

Landlords of more than 5,000 homes must register for a license and ensure their tenants have good quality housing or face...

A Liberal Democrat council leader says all properties - even those in properly established lettings businesses - should be charged council...

The Nationwide Foundation - a charitable foundation founded by the Nationwide Building Society - says the Renters Reform Bill should be...

The pro-tenant anti-landlord Renters Reform Bill has at last been published by the government which first promised it in 2019. It has...

An activist group claims that 54 per cent of students are currently living with damp and mould. The group - Students Organising...

An online newspaper has named the lettings agency at the heart of a high profile dispute with tenants over mould. The i...

A think tank claims one in six young people live in poor quality housing, often in the private rental sector. The claim...

Lloyds Banking Group and homelessness charity Crisis have joined forces in a new two-year partnership including the establishment of a so-called...

A prominent business analyst has given a bleak warning about the prospects for property investors and other home owners in 2023. Sarah...

Jo Eccles, director of London-focussed buying agency and property consultancy Eccord, says she is witnessing some landlords willing to quit the...

The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...

The agency and landlord responsible for letting a two-bedroom flat in Dagenham have been found guilty in court for providing extremely...

A combination of regular inspections and pro-active installation of ventilation can help to reduce the risk of dangerous damp and mould...

New analysis of the English Housing Survey by the Building Research Establishment has found that excessively cold homes in England could...

Citizens Advice is the latest charity to argue for improved housing standards in the private rental sector. It claims that its research...

An estate agency has been prosecuted and ordered to pay £35,000 for falling foul of property licensing rules. Green House Estate Agents...

A national campaign warning about the dangers of damp and mould could help save lives, a property industry insider says. A recent...

Demand for rental property has grown by 57 per cent since 2018 when Propertymark records began, the trade body has revealed.  At...

A high profile lettings agency has backed a petition demanding the reinstatement of tax relief for landlords. Benham and Reeves says it...

A former lettings agent who now helps tenants take legal action against landlords says 25 per cent of the complaints he...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is being asked to take urgent action over housing conditions across social and private rental sectors.  Following the...

Following the recent inquest into the tragic death of two-year old Awaab Ishak in Rochdale, agents are being offered free awareness...

Propertymark has given its backing to a clampdown by Housing Secretary Michael Gove on private landlords - although landlords themselves appear...

The Bank of England has increased its base rate from 2.25 per cent to 3.0 per cent. This is the largest hike...

A property management company with a portfolio of over 130 properties in the Telford area has been fined £5,100 for failing...

A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...

A lettings agent who also acts on behalf of tenants against landlords and agents claims to have received 1,000 enquiries from...

Buy To Let lending is set to fall back this year, after a hectic 2021. That’s the forecast from the Intermediary Mortgage...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has written an open letter to all landlords and agents in England, telling them how to enact the...

The classic winter time arguments between tenants and agents over what is damp and what is mildew can be resolved by...

Property is fast becoming a preferred investing option for advocates of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, an investment company claims.  Sequire Property Investment...

Home appliances are often an area that can be overlooked when it comes to finalising kitchen designs, but having quality machines...

Shelter claims the health of one in five renters in England is harmed by poor housing, and says grants covering Covid-related...

A lettings agent has taken the unorthodox approach of advising tenants to take their landlords to court in a bid to...

A controversial lettings agent who has set up a business to sell rental insurance has accused landlords of not taking their...

A lettings agent who wants tenants to take out policies to fund complaints against agencies and landlords has branded the social...

With winter gone and spring now in full bloom, there’s no better time to inspect your property to check for damage...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests it was reducing in size for some years before the pandemic. Nationwide’s specialist...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

A Labour councillor in Yorkshire claims letting agents are not showing the actual properties available to rent when they use virtual...

Liverpool's mayor Joe Anderson has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation. Anderson has been an outspoken...

A lettings expert claims that many agents are failing to comply with appropriate legislation, rendering their landlord clients liable for legal...

Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...

A new survey has highlighted what prospective renters and buyers are likely to miss during a property viewing. The study, by the...

A major north of England local authority wants to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live, following analysis...

Shelter has returned to the attack on the private rental sector. In a new report it claims a third of tenants in England...

A £5,000 fine has been handed to five landlords in London for failing to license HMOs.  One of the properties, a four-bedroom HMO in...

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

The controversial Labour-led council in Liverpool has started a lengthy consultation process over its latest proposals for landlord licensing. The authority was...

The council in Liverpool is likely to propose a scaled-back private rental licensing scheme after its original suggestion was rejected by...

Nearly half of households in the private rental sector have regrets about their home according to a survey by the HomeOwners...

Liverpool’s Labour council, which was prevented by the government from extending its city-wide licensing scheme for another five years, is seeking...

It’s easy to forget in the Coronavirus frenzy but from tomorrow, Friday March 20, all tenancies are to become subject to...

An online student publication is urging readers who are tenants to “go lawsuit crazy” when the full provisions of the Homes...

The private rental sector has come under attack for its conditions and costs to tenants in a report looking into health...

A buy to let investor has been hit with a bill of almost £9,500 after being accused of allowing a tenant...

A council in a leafy area of south east England has issued an emergency prohibition order to a buy to let...

One of the country’s leading buying agencies says buy to let is changing in prime central London, as corporate structures replace...

The owner of a Derbyshire property must pay out more than £3,000 after being found guilty of failing to comply with...

An overwhelming proportion of letting agents - 84 per cent - say rents will rise next year, well up on the...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

A rogue landlord has been fined more than £150,000 after failing to rectify safety hazards in a property he let. Latif Rehman...

The normally-sedate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued an unusually stark warning to government, telling it to “stop meddling” in...

A rented home in Mansfield was found to have serious health and safety hazards, including a leaking roof and a lack of smoke...

A statement from Hackney council in north east London says those who break its licensing provisions for the private rental sector...

As winter is coming, it’s time to think about how to protect your property from damp and mould. This silent assassin...

Enfield wants to be the latest London council to introduce large-scale additional and selective licensing schemes which would affect most private rented...

A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...

A leading trade body is urging the candidates to lead the Conservative Party to adopt a more positive approach to the...

A managing agent and several landlords have been fined almost £5,000 after forcing tenants to live in unacceptable conditions in a...

A prominent consumer group claims that one in 10 tenants currently renting say they have at some point been evicted “for...

A study claims as many as a fifth of private renters in the UK have developed an illness due to issues...

A compliance company has accused “thousands” of buy to let investors of failing to address major household hazards which render properties...

A rogue lettings agent has been fined over £72,000 after being found guilty of 15 separate offences relating to three illegally established houses...

Sub-standard homes remain a key weakness in the private rental sector, which needs to get its house in order in the...

A survey of mortgage experts conducted by one of the largest specialist buy to let lenders suggests that Brexit is hitting...

Another major franchise agency says its preparation work ahead of the June 1 tenants fees ban mean the impact of the...

The council at Brighton & Hove has won an extra £34,820 in public money from the government to help it build...

Buy to let investor Changhaiz Ishaq has been ordered to pay a £8,510 fine for defying a prohibition order on his...

A council in the north of England has issued its first-ever Civil Penalty Notice on a landlord - and it involved...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

A landlord has been hit with more than £5,500 of fines and costs after he allowed a family with three young...

There have been “significant leaps forward” in the standards of the private rental sector in the past four years, but safety...

Last week Shelter and the National Housing Federation took a swipe at lettings agents, and now Citizens Advice has joined the...