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A new survey gives an indication of how quickly properties with poor Energy performance Certificates are falling out of favour in...

A Conservative MP is suggesting that there could be a ’25 mile limit’ imposed around certain rental properties to ensure they...

A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...

The Queen’s Speech has confirmed that a radical re-shaping of the rental sector in England is being pushed ahead by the...

The average HMO is worth a third more than a comparably sized house according to new research. The typical HMO now costs...

New research from holiday lettings agency Classic Cottages shows that 2021 was a record year in one of the country’s staycation...

Energy efficiency is the hot topic in the lettings sector right now with new minimum EPC levels expected to be introduced...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Alex Gibbs, Co-Founder and Director of Built Asset Management...

A council says it’s considering introducing criminal record checks on individuals who apply to run HMOs as part of a wide-ranging...

The chief executive of an online mortgage broker is warning that yesterday’s base rate rise announced by the Bank of England...

Agents, landlords and tenants alike face the prospect of higher bills because of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. In terms of energy costs, an...

Politicians across the UK appear to be growing more vocal in their support for rent controls. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru...

Another council is considering dramatic moves to limit the numbers of houses in multiple occupation. A public consultation is being planned this...

Figures obtained by ITV News suggest that one of the country's most popular tourist locations has as many Airbnbs listed as...

A new property management platform seeking support form letting agents claims to be the ‘Airbnb for shared living’. Vann Vogstad, the entrepreneur...

Semi-detached houses have overtaken terraced homes as the preferred property type landlords plan to buy, reflecting growing tenant demand for larger...

One of the leading lettings agencies in Liverpool has issued a warning about the city’s controversial new licensing scheme. The Labour council...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent operators, Legal & General, has acquired a new scheme from volume housebuilders Countryside....

The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...

A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents has lifted the lid on how buy to let came about,...

A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...

The desire for more living space, a key feature of the pandemic, has driven up rents on larger properties faster than...

New figures from the National Home Building Council suggests the popularity of detached properties has soared during the pandemic - prompting...

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

Rents for detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK properties during Q3 2021 says the Deposit...

‘Room wanted’ ads are currently outnumbering ads for ‘rooms available’ on flatshare site SpareRoom for only the third time in six...

A new call has come for government action to stop the hemorrhage of properties shifting from long term rental to Airbnb...

The rush for space to work and relax at home will still dominate the rental market for the short term at...

New data released by franchise agency Winkworth showed that the rental market so far this year has been divided between house...

An auctioneer says the strong interest of investors from around the world shows how Buy To Let has a second wind...

A council has written to Housing Minister Chris Pincher calling for a new approach to the short lets issue. Oxford council leader...

There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...

New rules out for consultation concerning block management aim to improve professionalism across the sector, root out rogue agents, and increase...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heidi Shackell, CEO of The Lettings Hub. How has your...

The Property Ombudsman and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors are seeking views of agents, landlords and tenants on a new...

Flats, so long the favourite of buy to let investors, still constitute 15 per cent of all homes purchased according to...

Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...

A Labour council leader has hit after being attacked for his support for buy to let and property investment. Last week we...

A Bill is being introduced into both Houses of Parliament this week which will ramp up the pressure on the private...

I want you to ask yourself a question, what is your reputation? By that I mean your personal reputation and your...

For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic rents across all prime London regions saw a return to positive...

A leading trade body says the rental sector must not discriminate against tenants on benefits - and has told government it...

The Oxfordshire based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients.   Peter Grant,...

Ringley Group has secured the UK’s largest apartment complex to be managed by leaseholders as a franchisee client.  The Century Wharf Estate...

Research by the British Property Federation shows that 6,937 new Build To Rent homes won full planning permission in the first...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

A leading banking and wealth management company says a growth area for the rental sector in the years to come will...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says there’s been a huge loss of houses available for renters in prime London in the...

A letting agent has been fined £11,500 for breaking HMO houses and fire safety rules at a property he manages. Agent Benjamin...

Knight Frank is this year’s headline sponsor of the LandAid Sleep Out, one of the causes many in the industry support. This...

One of the London boroughs synonymous with wealth has revealed that 44 per cent of its housing stock is now actually...

An agency has been hit with a £330,000 bill after being found guilty of poor management of an HMO. Magistrates have found...

Marketing platform TheHouseShop says letting agents can secure over £300 per property listed as it is “redefining the relationship between agents...

A landlord who persistently broke residential lettings rules has been banned from operating in a landmark legal ruling. Julie Stoddern, of Camborne,...

There’s been another fall in the proportion of new-builds sold off-plan. Data from Hamptons says 33 per cent of new home completions...

A senior buying agent is warning that new regulations over the length of notice given to tenants is having an unexpected...

Another major agency operating in central London confirms that the fall-out from the pandemic continues to produce a glut of units...

A Midlands not-for-profit student lettings agency is giving a rent discount to students who live in its leased houses. The offer comes from Sulets,...

Earlier this week ARLA branded local councils pursuing private rental licensing during the pandemic as “socially irresponsible” - but one of...

ARLA Propertymark has hit out at a growing number of local councils introducing licensing schemes, calling it “socially irresponsible” to do...

The number of tenants that moved home in London in December was double that of December 2019, according to an agency...

Lambeth council is consulting agents, landlords and others on its latest licensing proposals for Houses in Multiple Occupation. The new proposals would...

The Guild of Property Professionals has issued tips for agents and other industry professionals having to cope with working from home...

Airbnb has unveiled a set of restrictions which it is operating across the UK - and the rest of western Europe...

High end agency Savills says it’s raised over £270m in nine auctions this year, with an average sold price of over...

A lettings agency specialising in managing Build To Rent developments says it’s collected 99 per cent of all invoiced rent during...

One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...

An MP claims the proliferation of short lets via Airbnb and similar online platforms is indirectly pricing local people out of...

The Welsh Government wants to reform compulsory purchase powers - meaning any landlord with a long-term empty property in the region...

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

A lettings management company has been selected by a Far Eastern developer to manage units on a new 756 home scheme...

Asking rents outside London have hit a new high according to Rightmove’s latest market snapshot. The pressure comes from record demand from...

One of the country’s first specialist residential property fund managers has named the agency to handle its latest Build To Rent...

New research from Countrywide brand Hamptons International suggest tenants are joining vendors in a trend towards leaving cities and heading for more...

A private rental licensing consultancy has spotted that an additional licensing scheme run by a London borough council has now lapsed...

A new private rental licensing regime in a London borough is being described as “a major step forward in improving living...

A London council is telling its private rental sector residents to use a new tool to check whether they may be...

A landlord taken to court by a council has ended up with a bill in excess of £20,000.  Dennis Goodwin of Highbury...

Now may be the time for buy to let investors to consider incorporation - putting their property portfolios into a limited...

Tenants who want to pop downstairs to the shop may soon be able to do so - thanks to the John...

The BBC has shone a spotlight on lockdown parties being held in contravention of social distancing rules at properties advertised on...

A westcountry landlord is only the second in England to have received a banning order preventing him from letting or managing...

Research from franchise giant Belvoir is the latest to show what may be rapidly changing aspirations from private tenants. “The results confirm...

Agents and landlords of private rented homes are urging the Scottish Government to continue work on improving the energy efficiency of...

The so-called King and Queen of Buy To Let, the controversial husband and wife team of Fergus and Judith Wilson, are...

A buy to let investor who kept a group of men as slaves – making them work 90-hour weeks in return...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

An economist who previously suggested tenants should live rent-free for three months during the Coronavirus crisis has revised his thinking -...

Franchise giant Winkworth has expanded its presence in Reading with the acquisition of a local independent lettings agency. It’s snapped up AMPM,...

A buy to let investor has been found guilty of letting out poor quality living accommodation that was said to pose...

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

The controversial Acorn group of anti-letting agent activists has been accused of intimidation of female staff during a protest outside and...

A row is erupting in Swansea over the number of HMOs in the city. Council leaders in the city want to implement...

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...

New regulations mean highest risk rental properties may not have legally binding electrical safety cover for a prolonged period of time. That’s...

A newspaper claims that a short lets management firm that handles properties let on Airbnb and similar platforms is scrambling for...

A survey by lettings agency Carter Jonas has revealed what the firm calls the top priorities for tenants as the 2020s...

One of Ed Sheeran’s first massive hits was Lego House. And now, not many years later, it’s been revealed that he’s...

Airbnb is reported to have banned under-25s in Canada from booking whole properties in their local areas to prevent potentially-violent house...

New regulations governing HMOs are coming into effect in a north of England council. Landlords and developers will now need planning permission...

A London council tenant who for a period of seven years failed to disclose that he owned three houses, has been...

New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...

Officers from a local council simultaneously staged 10 dawn raids on properties owned by unlicensed landlords. All the terraced homes, in Slough,...

A council is lobbying the government to ask for landlords using Airbnb and other short let platforms to be charged business...

Birmingham’s Labour-led council is to introduce a city-wide Article 4 Direction from June, which means a planning application must be submitted for...

A landlord has been banned for two and half years after repeatedly putting tenants’ lives at risk by letting unsafe housing. This...

The National Landlords’ Association says the new Conservative government must do two things in its early phase in office. The NLA, which...

A compliance consultant has explained why a local council’s penalty on a rogue landlord - initially £31,499 - was slashed to...

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...

Just over a fifth of lettings agents questioned in a major industry survey are concerned that may not be complying with...

The government has given an extra £3.8m to councils to come up with ways of catching rogue landlords - and in...

A trade body says the private rental sector is facing a major crisis - more landlords are selling properties than buying...

The government has this week published a learning toolkit for local authorities to help them with enforcement against rogue landlords and...

A senior Labour politician in Sheffield and the campaign group Acorn have both expressed support for a selective licensing scheme to...

A leading PropTech chief says there is nothing inherently wrong with private tenants being given the right to buy their property,...

A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...

It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...

Data published by specialist lender Precise Mortgages suggests that over a fifth of landlords are planning to expand their portfolio with...

It can be done - a council has U-turned on plans for a licensing scheme for landlords. The move by Hounslow council...

More details have emerged about Labour’s controversial proposal to allow private rental tenants that right to buy their landlord’s property, at...

As the row over Labour’s proposal rumbles on the think tank Centre for Policy Studies - which has previously argued that...

A council has used a drone with a thermal imaging camera to identify illegal ‘sheds’ where tenants are being rented beds...

A joint operation between Avon and Somerset Police and North Somerset council has uncovered a string of issues connected with rental...

A London-focused PropTech startup has just won another £7m in funding. Residently manages houses and flats for landlords, letting them directly to...

A husband and wife pair of buy to let investors have been prosecuted after letting out a property that contained serious...

A local council says it has now successfully prosecuted a landlord for flouting the law that protects the health and safety...

The housing association Cadwyn is calling for private sector landlords with properties in Cardiff to lease their houses to those on...

Manchester-based agency Ascend has revealed it’s now taken over the management of a Build To Rent fund’s portfolio of almost 1,000...

The Mirror newspaper says eight members of the new Boris Johnson-led Cabinet are buy to let investors - and it accuses...

A local authority in Manchester is pioneering a ban to prevent buyers of homes at a new development from selling them to private...

Another local authority has announced that it wants to introduce another selective licensing scheme and designate its entire patch for HMO...

An investment company has revealed that it’s acquired land in the north of England to create a Build To Rent scheme. Godwin...

A tenant pretending to be landlord has been ordered to pay more than £21,000 after he carved up five family homes...

An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...

While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...

Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...

A senior Labour politician has claimed that there is a city in the UK where two out of every 13 residential...

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

Local authority officers have found three tenants living inside a shed in the garden of a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Brent,...

Private landlords are being asked to consider letting out their properties through the local council.  Slough council is looking for flats and...

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has been put on the spot by the person many consider to be the country’s most...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is threatening Oxford Council with a judicial review of its landlord and letting agent accreditation scheme. The...

Revenue raised by landlord licensing schemes should be used to enforce rental sector regulation, according to PayProp. It says that the money...

A local authority has written to purchasers of former council houses and apartments warning them against illegally letting them out -...

A rogue letting agent has been ordered to pay £42,596 in fines and costs of £10,626 after pleading guilty to a...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says it backs a new Trading Standards-led body which will enforce the Fees Ban starting  on...

Savills has launched a new residential lettings service in one of the country’s most successful buy to let and investment locations...

The owner of a buy to let HMO has been found guilty of six offences but has received a fine of...

The rapid growth of Airbnb-style short lets could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displacement of long-term residents...

Agents and prospective buy to let investors keen to grab a slice of the capital’s growing lettings market now have a...

One of the most pro-licensing local authorities in the country has extended its own scheme to include the entire centre of...

Fergus Wilson - the controversial buy to let landlord who with his wife once owned 1,000 homes - has named his...

A dawn raid on unlicensed HMOs in north London last week were the latest sign of a crackdown on rogue operators...

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

The government says it wants “an immediate change” in the policy of some letting agents and landlords who advertise ‘No DSS’...

Another London local authority is proposing to insist HMOs require planning permission in future.  Currently in Croydon multi-bedroom properties can be converted...

Belvoir says a survey of its franchisees shows that Brexit is having what it calls “a significant impact” on the rental...

A buy to let investor who converted three family homes to HMOs without securing planning permission has been jailed for falsifying...

A landlord has been ordered to pay over £5,000 in fines and costs in a licensing dispute with a local council.  Almas...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is demanding 'property MOTs' to help landlords trying to meet new energy efficiency targets. The government’s...

A council accused of paying over £500,000 to a landlord it had already ruled as unfit to rent out property is...

There has been a massive surge in the volume of lettings properties under construction for the burgeoning Built To Rent sector. Data...

The man who is arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord - Fergus Wilson - is likely to be issuing up to 90...

A report claims that England has just 825 homes for every 1,000 families as a result of two decades of house...

One of the buy to let sector’s main mortgage lenders, Paragon, has refreshed its range of mortgages with new products which...

Online lettings platform HomeRenter says its property listings are now more detailed and more compelling thanks to a new ‘property creation flow’...

A court has ordered a husband and wife pair of buy to let investors to pay back £322,282 in illegal income. A...

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

New data from online buy to let agency Yieldit claims to give an insight into which property types produce the best...

A London-focussed ‘rental brand’ called Residently has just secured £2.5m in funding.  Residently manages houses and flats for landlords, letting them directly...

The website TheHouseShop says it aims to recruit some 30 per cent of the country’s letting agents by the end of...

We regularly carry stories about fines for landlords and letting agents who have apparently broken council or national laws - but...

An advertisement on a property management firm’s website suggesting that rental income would be guaranteed to landlords has been banned by...

Luton landlord Mervyn Kupshik has been ordered to pay nearly £30,000 to the Local council - and if he doesn’t do...

A lettings agency in Oxford has diversified into marketing car parking spaces as well as apartments and houses. Scottfraser Summertown has told...

Havering council in London has issued £261,750 in penalty notices to what it calls ‘criminals’ operating in the private rental sector.  Between...

Fergus Wilson, frequently labelled Britain’s biggest individual landlord, says he is stopping letting out properties because of a shortage of East...

Two private landlords have been found guilty of managing Houses in Multiple Occupation with dangerous and sub-standard conditions, following a successful...

There’s less than a week to go to the introduction of new rules broadening the range of houses including in mandatory HMO...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a reminder to the industry of the need to understand and abide by...

It is now just three weeks until licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) is extended. The new rules, which will require...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has this week launched a new Training Academy which aims to help landlords, agents and property...

There’s more evidence today that the largest buy to let investment yields are coming from the north of England and the...

An online property platform that last year said tenants prefer to deal directly with landlords has returned to the theme with...

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...

The Nationwide has bucked the trend of many industry organisations by insisting that the private rental market is still in good...

Many agents are missing out on significant time saving opportunities when it comes to their floor plans say Landmark, parent of...

Two rogue letting agents in London have been fined thousands of pounds as part of a council campaign to clean up...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

A survey has revealed that with over 145 individual laws and more than 400 regulations to follow, it’s dangerous for landlords...

Over half of mortgage brokers say they have been approached by buy to let investors seeking to diversify their portfolios within...

Build To Rent operator and long-term volume landlord organisation Grainger says it is pioneering five-year leases “in a bid to overhaul...

A property management company has been landed with a legal bill of almost £2,000 after admitting that it failed to keep...

Spotahome, a London-based student lettings platform, has acquired another platform aimed at students, Erasmusu, in a bid to expand its international...

Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has launched a scheme of 29 two, three and four bedroom houses aimed...

Bristol council is consulting on a licensing scheme which could see buy to let investors paying £1,660 for a five year...

The city council in Nottingham claims it has taken action against no fewer than 561 unauthorised To Let boards under powers...

A lettings agency apparently trying to get around HMO regulations has been prosecuted for licensing and housing offences.  Easy Let Agency let...

The chief operating officer of a leading PropTech company says government proposals to increase mandatory licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation...

A survey from a specialist rental insurance firm suggests that contrary to popular belief, landlords care more than a little about...

Latest lettings findings from franchise agency Belvoir shows that in the third quarter of this year average rents were just £3 a...

A database of rogue letting agents and landlords and new banning orders, first promised in the Housing and Planning Act announced...

A senior housing official at Bristol city council says the increasing popularity of Airbnb has had the effect of taking “hundreds”...

Tenants are expecting to find and move in to new rental accommodation in ever-shorter periods of time.  Data from property website TheHouseShop.com...

It is 50 years since the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 became law and now a firm speciaising in enfranchisement extension wants the government...

The typical rent of a prime Home Counties property rose by 1.2 per cent in the third quarter of this year,...

A lettings insurance specialist company is warning that students moving into private rental accommodation may pose a greater-than-average risk of fire. Total...

Greenwich is the latest council to make it compulsory for planning consent to be given before converting homes into Houses in...

A property company and a landlord have been fined over £200,000 after being accused of putting tenants’ lives in danger by...

A buy to let investor reported to be receiving rental income of £150,000 a year must pay over £340,000 after illegally...

Greenwich is licensing all Houses in Multiple Occupation from October 1 - just the latest London council to tighten its private...

A league table drawn up by a rental sector insurance specialist claims private rental accommodation in university locations can produce yields...

The agent behind London’s newest letting opportunity says it’s the most luxurious property in the capital’s most presigious neighbourhood - and...

Q: What does it say on your business card? Tim Wright, Product Director, KeyAGENT Q: What does KeyAGENT do? We’re a team of multi-award...

The substantial majority of landlords could soon be required to licence their properties in one London borough if the government agrees...

The controversial Right To Rent, which obliges letting agents and landlords to check the right of prospective tenants to live in...

Letting and estate agencies in Brighton and Hove have agreed to voluntary restrictions on the erection of To Let and For...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has agreed a partnership with property marketplace TheHouseShop. The website is now one of the NLA's recognised...

A growing agency has appointed a new lettings team and is aiming to compete with its successful residential sales division. Heywoods, the...

Property marketplace TheHouseShop.com has announced a partnership with home services marketplace Plentific. Users of TheHouseShop will now be able to use Plentific’s...

A management firm and corporate landlord have been hit with a £250,000 fine after a “potentially lethal” flat blaze in London -...

A private landlord in Saffron Walden has been fined for letting what the local council describes as “poor and potentially dangerous...

A survey conducted for a property sales platform shows a very substantial majority of the public against any agents' fees being...

A Liberal Democrat spokesman has used a lettings sector trade body website to outline his party’s support for a range of...

Airbnb, until now regarded as a platform used mainly by holidaymakers, is now preparing a tool that will identify apartments and...

A well known specialist mortgage lender for the buy to let sector, Paragon, has refreshed its offering in the light of...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks is advising letting agents and landlords to be wary of any tenant seeking to ‘game’...

A landlord who exposed tenants to “miserable” living conditions because of fire safety hazards has been prosecuted by a local authority.    The...

The Scottish Government has opened formal consultation on its attempts to introduce minimum standards of energy efficiency for the private rented...

A body representing 370 councils in England and Wales wants the government to close a legal loophole which allows the conversion...

Data from the first three months of this year suggests that investors are increasingly purchasing smaller, cheaper properties. Specialist lender Mortgages for...

Just over a quarter of all tenants across private and public housing would not say if they had caused significant damage...

New legislation coming into force today gives local authorities in England tough new powers to crack down on rogue agents and...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

An advice website claims that more than half of the privately rented properties in the selective licensing area imposed by a...

Organisers of the Future:PropTech2017 conference on May 4 have revealed new sponsors involved with the event - including Angels Media, publisher...

Tenant demand for private rented accommodation is continuing to rise according to a market report from specialist lender Paragon Mortgages.    While a...

Sigma Capital, one of the earliest investors in the UK Build To Rent sector, is creating a new brand called Simple...

A landlord and letting agency have been fined more than £26,000 after being found guilty of housing offences at two properties...

Paragon Bank, one of the country’s leading specialist buy to let mortgages houses, almost halved its lending to landlords in the...

A new task group is being set up to explore how a council can tackle what it calls “problems with private...

A property investment financing specialist says an increasing number of buy to let investors are converting properties into Houses in Multiple...

The couple believed to be the owners of Britain’s largest buy to let portfolio have defended sending letting agents an 11-point...

No fewer than 14 ‘pop up brothels’ have been discovered in one seaside town in six months, with all of them...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is warning the government that some of its proposed changes to regulations governing HMOs may...

The local council in Nottingham wants to introduce a city-wide licensing scheme of all landlords across its estimated 43,000 private rental...

A letting agent whose office closure prompted a police investigation has issued a statement saying she has had a stroke.   The agency, Drake...

Unsafe gas appliances have been found in 21 per cent of privately-rented flats and houses according to Gas Safe Register.   Investigation data...

A plentiful supply of freehold properties in our cities may become a thing of the past as urban areas become increasingly...

It is feared that Cardiff council will later this week severely restrict the number of new shared houses in two popular...

Canterbury is the latest council to consider setting up its own letting agency. The authority hopes to tempt private landlords with promises...

This week those working in the Private Rented Sector are being reminded of the importance of fire doors in rental properties. Fire...

The owner of a series of flats to let in Cardiff has been fined £3,500 and ordered to pay £200 costs...

London agency Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings says student rents have risen by 55.5 per cent over the past 20 years,...

Belvoir says the majority of franchise owners in its 170-strong network are reporting a shortage of family housing as one opf...

Two more student houses in Brighton have been ordered to close by a government planning inspector. There have now been four such...

An east London council is changing its planning rules, bringing in Article 4 consent before homes in key areas are converted...

A consumer group dedicated to reducing tax says recent fiscal changes introduced by the government will end up hurting private rental...

A new scheme governing the letting out of residential property above retail premises is to be launched in September in the London borough of...

Burnley Council has brought a series of prosecutions against people responsible for unlicensed rented houses in the borough. The council has introduced...

What does it say on your business card? Just ‘Director’ – I’m involved in every area of the business at the moment. What...

A legal tribunal has ruled that a landlord must refund his tenants rent totalling £2,934 because he housed them in unlicensed...

A letting agent and his landlord client have been fined thousands of pounds for a number of offences relating to what...

Speculation is mounting that other European cities including London could follow the example of Berlin in effectively banning short-lets through online...

Landlords are increasingly favouring Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and more 'complex property types' due to the often higher yields available.  Mortgages...

Landlords predict that one-bedroom flats will be the property type to increase most in value over the next year.  Meanwhile, two-bedroom flats...

Q: What does it say on your business card? Director of Business Development Q: Who are PayProp? PayProp is an automated payment and reconciliation...

Developers of major London developments, including Battersea Power Station, may be considering 'downsizing' apartments that can't sell to make them more suitable...

A letting agent and four landlords face bills totalling more than £20,000 after being prosecuted by Islington Council for operating unlicensed...

A trio of criminals have been jailed for 18 years after using the cover of a lettings agency to allow them...

A private landlord aged 72 must pay £4,800 after pleading guilty to 11 offences of breaching the Licensing and Management of...

Data from the Halifax suggested that the average price of a flat has increased by £86,474 (£1,029 per month) since property prices...

Lettings companies and an organised group of criminals described as a “gang of chancers” have been hit with fines and costs...

A council has asked agents in its area to tell landlords of additional planning powers taken by the authority which may...

A London lettings has tweeted that it does not share the view of one of its own branch managers who said...

A new online offering wants to allow people to let out what it calls ‘dead space’ - in other words, the...

A property company managing an HMO in prime central London has been £47,900. The fine is in relation to 24 charges under...

Ealing Council in London is undergoing a formal consultation about a proposal that all houses in multiple occupation within its boundaries...

The government should rein in its plans to transform the way Houses in Multiple Occupation are licensed. That is the view of...

We look at a few of the best ways to make your property stand out from the crowd. In a market...

The rural agency team at Bidwells says it is concerned the Conservative government may - by accident or design - be...

A former president of the Association of Taxation Technicians has made a strong defence of buy to let investors who, she...

A landlord has been fined £6,160 by St Helens magistrates after he admitted failing to tidy up two properties he owned. The...

An energy supply company that specialises in the lettings market has announced deals with three major businesses that allows it to...

A landlord who did not remedy a string of safety concerns about a property he was letting has been ordered to...

There’s been a call to ban letting boards from streets near a university campus. Councillors in York say the boards which go...

One council’s attempt to crack down on rogue landlords has been branded a "complete failure" because half of its HMOs are...

One of Britain’s largest local authorities has beefed up its powers so it can issue fines of up to £5,000 on...

The specialist eviction company Landlord Action says it is in full support of the government’s latest proposal to crack down on...

A landlord man has been fined more than £20,000 after admitting renting out substandard houses to 30 people without obtaining a...