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Landlords have been urged to seek advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties after a landmark tribunal case. A...

A call by Shelter for England to adopt Scotland’s model of indefinite tenancies in the private rented sector has been attacked...

Two housing organisations have come together to fund a major research programme to improve standards in the private rental sector. They are...

A leading housing market analyst says the sales market is increasingly determined by the acts of buy to let and other...

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

The government says thousands of families could benefit from changes to mortgage rules announced by Metro Bank. Currently the bank prevents landlords...

A London council has successfully prosecuted a so-called “dodgy operator” landlord for failing to comply with fire safety regulations and carry...

A statement issued by short lets management firm Hostmaker about its controversial advertising campaign has been branded “disgusting” by a campaign...

A trade body has hit out at government policy following a think tank’s claims that young people are less mobile because of...

A think tank is blaming high rents for apparently stopping Millennials moving to better paying parts of the country. A report from...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...

A property management chief is arguing that rent controls would restrict mortgage loans to buy to let investors and drive existing...

Airbnb and short let management service Hostmaker - at the centre of a dispute involving a landlord trade body and the...

Agents have reacted angrily to the way in which the government released a new set of rental documents updated to include...

The government has agreed that a council in London where all 51 councillors are Labour should go ahead with a five...

The Tenant Fees Act comes into effect in England tomorrow - but a senior lettings expert is questioning whether it will...

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

A company appearing to call on landlords to abandon tenants and instead let their properties to short-let visitors is now trying...

A lettings agency chief in Scotland says the upcoming ban on agents levying fees on tenants - to be introduced in...

A Midlands MP says he has spoken with housing minister Kit Malthouse about the case of a two-branch lettings agency that...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of the two government-backed redress operators for the lettings and sales service, has outlined its work...

The Mayor of London is under pressure to pull advertisements calling on landlords to stop providing homes for Londoners and move...

There’s been another major industry survey revealing that a high number of lettings agents and landlords may quit the private rental...

A PropTech platform launched three years ago acting as a search system for students wanting purpose-built accommodation is evolving into a...

There’s been another call on the government to rethink its plans to change the Section 21 eviction process.  The founder of Landlord...

A council claims that its decision to set up its own lettings agency has prevented homelessness for almost 50 families and...

The agency handling the largest volume of student accommodation in Lincoln is celebrating its fourth birthday by opening a second office...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on two adjacent sites in south London to deliver its largest Built To Rent scheme...

An estate agency that describes itself as a ‘social enterprise’ says it will spend its profits on the homeless and related...

A rent guarantor provider claims that deposits which prospective tenants are required to pay are often reduced if such a service...

Housing minister Heather Wheeler has pledged that the government will make changes to the court repossession process alongside its plans to...

Letting agents are being urged to consider how they can reduce their administrative workload, following huge growth in the size of...

The operations director of letting agency haart has told landlords not to 'stress too much' over Brexit. Paul Sloan says it's easy...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has urged the government to 'fix' the court system before it goes ahead with its plan...

Housing charity Shelter has announced the launch of a £600,000 fund it is hosting, with the aim of improving the private...

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

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

Letting agents across England have been accused of potentially breaching consumer law by demanding deposits before tenants even see a contract. The...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

Two rogue landlords have been convicted of failing to comply with a Prohibition Order on the rental property they owned. Sandeep Jarjapu...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  My name is Daniel and I’m a director at...

A trade union says the government’s intention to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is “a huge victory” - but...

How is Inadash revolutionising the rental market? Searching for a new rental property can be a stressful, time-consuming and frustrating process, but...

The Mayor of London is calling on government to introduce a new registration system for anyone wishing to rent out a...

Senior lettings agency figures are amongst those who will this morning give evidence to a committee of MPs investigating so-called ‘DSS...

The official government consultation period on the scrapping of Section 21 eviction begins shortly, but now a leading lettings sector trade...

A husband and wife must pay joint fines, penalties and costs totalling over £8,000 after complaints about a bungalow they owned...

Figures calculated by Rightmove suggest that even when the Fees Ban and Deposit Caps kick in on June 1, some deposits...

Startling figures released this morning by Rightmove suggest that rents have risen 8.2 per cent in London in the past year...

The scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers has been welcomed by the London Assembly - but apparently it doesn’t go far...

A Freedom of Information request by The Guardian newspaper has produced the startling admission from government that not even one landlord...

Rightmove has fallen in line with Zoopla and is banning the term ‘No DSS’ from its lettings agents’ listings from the...

The government’s wish to use a modified Section 8 as an alternative to Section 21 for landlords seeking possession of their...

The government consultation process which fuelled its decision to axe Section 21 eviction powers and move towards longer tenancies received only...

The government’s plan to scrap Section 21 is personally backed by the Prime Minister and will begin formal consultations today. If the...

A buy to let investor has received a hefty fine “for endangering the lives of his tenants by failing to meet...

The government has beefed up its support for councils identifying and prosecuting rogue landlords. Yesterday the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local...

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

A lettings sector trade body says EU citizens may face problems getting private rented accommodation after Brexit. And the body - the...

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

A housing minister has pledged that more key reforms for the private rental sector will be revealed soon, despite Brexit political...

A buy to let investor has been hit with a £4,000 fine plus costs of over £5,000 after failing to license...

A new survey suggests that long-term renting could be substantially less expensive than a mortgage. The study, for Ocean Finance, has analysed...

Figures given through a Parliamentary answer have revealed just how bad councils in England are at policing and enforcement action against...

It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...

The council for one of the wealthiest areas in the country says it will be “educating and advising letting agents” on...

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

Leicester is the latest council to begin consultations on selective licensing in six parts of the city - with the threat...

A postgraduate’s study of people who live in cars and vans on Bristol’s streets says they make the choice to do...

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...

Today the long-awaited Homes (Fitness For Human Habitation) Act comes into force, pioneered by Labour MP Karen Buck and giving people...

TrustMark, the government-backed quality kite mark scheme for tradespeople, is launching a pilot with Trading Standards to improve the quality and...

The Residential Landlords Association has given its backing to Zoopla’s ban on agents and landlords advertising properties to rent as ‘No...

Zoopla says it’s introducing new measures to minimise the presence of what it calls “blanket restrictions” imposed on tenants who receive...

Rent in London is the most expensive in Europe for expats, new research shows. The UK capital’s rent averages US$7,189 - that’s...

A PropTech firm says buy to let investors should not respond to the slowing market by selling up, but should instead...

A Scottish mediation company and the SafeDeposits Scotland Trust are to create eight workshops aiming to improve relationships between agents, landlords,...

Labour’s proposal to introduce indefinite tenancies along the lines in a bid to emulate the German model reveals the party’s “fundamental...

The government says it is still considering applications to operate Client Money Protection schemes from April, despite approving five schemes so...

Hull council has won a legal case in the High Court against a local trade body, the Humber Landlords Association. The claim...

An accreditation scheme has been launched for the fast-growing sector of short lets and home sharing.  The UK Short Term Accommodation Association,...

Haringey council is the latest local authority in the capital to create a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for HMOs. It claims the...

Independent inventory reporting is the perfect complement to the government’s proposed housing reforms. That’s the view of the UK’s largest provider of...

The government has issued guidelines for the implementation of the new Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act which comes into effect...

Momentum is building in the campaign to end ‘No DSS’ discrimination against private rental sector tenants in receipt of housing benefit. Late...

The gap between the cost of buying and renting is down 59 per cent to its lowest level in nine years...

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

The government has announced that over £19.5m is to be spent on paying deposits or paying the first month’s rent for...

The High Court has ruled that the government’s Right to Rent scheme breaches human rights law. Under the Right to Rent landlords are...

New figures from a leading trade body suggest that councils across England have cut by a quarter the amount they are...

Doncaster council has paid £100,000 to a private landlord who threatened to take it to court over alleged slander.  Local media outlets say...

Just when you thought there could not be any more rival licensing or accreditation systems in the private rental sector, a...

Another controversial scheme licensing landlords who let their homes out may face legal challenge. Middlesbrough council’s formal consultation on the introduction of...

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has produced figures showing, indirectly at least, exactly why buy to let and property investment...

New research on private renting and mental health in Wales has concluded that more support is required.  The research was undertaken for...

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

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

March 19 has been set as the next date for the Welsh equivalent of the Tenant Fees Ban Bill to be...

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...

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

A senior Labour politician claims that “unscrupulous” letting agents are hammering tenants with higher-than-usual charges between now and June 1 when...

You may be forgiven for thinking that rent takes up an ever-greater proportion of tenants’ income - but new figures out...

The Tenants’ Fees Bill has now become law, receiving formal Royal Assent yesterday afternoon - and within minutes, the government issued...

Hounslow council wants its additional licensing scheme for HMOs - due to expire in May 2019 - to be extended for...

A free-to-use ‘Housing Early Prevention Service’ runs by a council on the south coast has been deemed such a success it...

A lettings sector trade body has put the blame firmly on government for the scale of poverty amongst those who privately...

Council enforcement officers have raided a house in Wembley, north London, and found 19 tenants paying a landlord £1,000 a week. Brent council’s...

The Residential Landlords Association says the government’s changes to Universal Credit don’t go far enough to prevent rent arrears. The RLA says...

The BBC’s Reality Check service, respected for giving a more realistic assessment of many politicians’ promises, has looked at London mayor...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank is predicting that £75 billion of investment will be committed to the Build To Rent sector...

The chief executive of a still-to-be-launched property portal says Christmas may have come early for letting agents because of the “huge...

A rental platform says it welcomes government plans to overhaul redress for tenants and others in the housing system but it...

Private rental sector tenants in England stay an average of 4.1 years in their property - casting doubt over the justification...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it backs the stricter rules on mandatory electricity checks in rental properties announced by...

New rules are to be introduced to ensure mandatory electrical inspections on private rental properties are carried out by competent and...

The government’s new redress system, announced last week and to be implemented later this year, must be free for renters to...

The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...

There’s been broad support from the lettings sector for the wide-ranging reform of the redress system announced yesterday by housing secretary...

A new Build To Rent developer brand, Core Living, has been launched by development and investment company Godwin Group. Godwin is targeting...

Another council has been given the go ahead to ban To Let boards in part of a city - with government...

A buy to let investor who let out a converted attic room despite it being the subject of a council prohibition...

A leading PropTech exponent is supporting the government’s Housing Court initiative, suggesting it could make redress for agents, landlords and tenants...

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

A new study suggests that rental properties now account for 40 per cent of the available housing stock.  Looking at the final...

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

A lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests asking rents in London are now increasing at an annual rate not seen for...

More than 50 councils across the country will share nearly £2.4m of extra government funding to crack down on rogue landlords. Among...

Today’s vote in the House of Commons on Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal may be dominating the headlines but it’s the...

Councils have been accused of routinely pursuing the most serious enforcement option open to them if they find a local licensing...

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

A council has prosecuted a buy to let investor for not making necessary improvements to his property. The landlord, Balwinder Singh Chandi,...

The government has been accused of not helping thousands of landlords who may have inadvertently granted assured tenancies instead of the...

The number of people renting a home aged between 35 and 54 has risen by 15 per cent in the last...

A new property management portal is being launched with the familiar aim of revolutionising the lettings industry - and it will...

Three brothers and a property management company have received fines and a confiscation order, and must pay costs, following what a...

Agents have under three weeks left to respond to the government’s proposals to introduce a Housing Court to settle disputes in...

The government says it will shortly respond to over 8,700 responses it received about its suggestions for longer standard tenancies in...

The government says it will not reveal an implementation date for the banning on agents’ fees on tenants in England until...

There’s been a broad welcome from the industry to new guidance on room sizes on rented homes. The guidance was released just...

The government has made the controversial claim that the ban on the levying of fees on tenants will not produce “significant...

A local authority has taken the unusual step of issuing a celebratory press release stating that it issued penalty notices adding...

As 2018 ticks away and 2019 beckons, it’s time for everyone at Letting Agent Today to wish you, your family and...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has revealed that it will shortly choose which local authority will be the...

Home ownership rates for families aged 25 to 34 are rising for the first time in 30 years but high barriers...

JLL has been appointed by Aberdeen Standard Investments to manage Aireside, a Build To Rent scheme of 107 apartments in Leeds. The...

The owner of a buy to let property already shut by police has been fined by a court in Devon.  In June...

A local authority claims that a court decision may set a legal precedent for other councils across the UK using the...

Embattled London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan says he wants rent controls to be introduced in the capital’s private rental sector, but...

Labour claims it was the driving force behind the government’s decision to cap tenants’ security deposits from six weeks to five...

Some 79 per cent of landlords are only servicing the interest on their mortgages, not paying down their loans, according to...

The charity Shelter, which regularly campaigns against lettings agencies and landlords, is bracing itself for a strike next week - and...

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

A lettings agency says proposals for landlords to pay more council tax on homes they leave empty could indirectly help the...

The government has this afternoon confirmed that the amount tenants have to pay up front to secure a home will be...

There has been widespread Industry anger at news of a possible U-turn by the government over the proposed cap on security...

The private rental sector in Wales could be offered incentives and other support to house those most in need, the Welsh...

Letting Agent Today can reveal that the agency at the centre of the scandal over alleged charges for viewings has been...

New figures show why the rental market is seeing such strong demand. The data shows that some 28 per cent of Britons...

Two thirds of local authorities in England and Wales brought no prosecutions against private landlords in 2017/18 according to research by the...

The private rental sector can help reduce smoking according to a report from Action on Smoking and Health, a pressure group. The...

A pressure group that in the past has protested outside letting agency branches has staged more direct action - this time against...

A government minister says the phrase ”rogue landlord” is too “cuddly” and he wants buy to let investors who broke the...

Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...

A substantial study by university academics suggests that changes to the benefit system lie behind the long-term rise in homelessness from...

A London property firm must repay no less than £60,000 in rent after a council obtained a Rent Repayment Order against...

The head of a buy to let specialist mortgage broker insists the sector remains a solid investment despite the slew of...

A call has been made for the government to review the section 8 possession process as part of its call for...

The private rental sector is not fit for purpose when it comes to housing vulnerable tenants, claims debt charity StepChange which...

The government is consulting on the proposal for a specialist Housing Court which, if it goes ahead, would be a “single...

A lettings trade body has welcomed extra government funding for English councils to clamp down on criminal landlords. But the Residential Landlords...

An online toolkit for tenants on how to best navigate the rental system has been launched by Shelter Scotland with funding...

Local authorities across the UK are to get another £2m to crack down on rogue operators in the buy to let...

One of the country’s leading buy to let experts has given her reasoning behind the surge in the number of people...

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

The countryside lettings sector will be badly hit by new energy efficiency rules being introduced by the government next year. That’s the...

Figures drawn up for the London region of the GMB union claim that across the capital’s 33 boroughs private rents have...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

Buy to let investors in England and Wales who own particularly cold homes are being targeted by new regulations. Since April this...

The Labour MP who chairs the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee in the House of Commons is pressing the government...

The industry’s first property management franchise scheme, SDL Property Partners, has been given a presentation on how members could be key...

Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to pay awards. One is OJ Residentials Limited trading...

A council says it has been preparing prosecution and penalty notices “for hundreds of private landlords that have failed to apply...

The Republic of Ireland has adopted new policies requiring owners in 'high housing demand areas' to secure planning consent if they...

The heavy-handed administration of selective licensing schemes is driving out buy to let investors. That’s the claim from David Kirwan of Kirwans...

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

Two property companies which failed to follow a local council’s lettings sector licensing scheme have been fined a combined £32,000. Owners of...

Industry bodies have given their support to a wide ranging review of safety regulations governing the private rental sector. The government announced...

Rightmove is reporting that average asking rents outside London have topped £800 per month for the first time, fuelled by a...

A landlord had been ordered to give back almost £4,000 that was paid to him while operating without a licence. The case...

The government is to undertake a wide-ranging review of health and safety regulations for the private rental sector. In an announcement this afternoon...

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

A council-run lettings agency looks likely to be scrapped after it apparently lost some £53,000 - even though it manages only...

Urgent action is needed to tackle discrimination against benefit claimants by buy to let mortgage providers according to a leading trade...

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

A managing agent who used ‘ghost tenants’ as a front so that she could cram 16 people into one overcrowded house...

Trade bodies have welcomed a government initiative to get more homeless people, as well as those at risk of becoming homeless,...

New research may explain why the government and Labour appear to be competing with each other to attack landlords and letting...

Croydon council is reported to have become the first local authority to back the scrapping of Section 21 of the 1988...

The Home Secretary has been asked by a leading lettings sector trade organisation to ensure hard copy documents are given to...

The Tenant Fees Bill is back in Parliament this week when it goes for its Second Reading in the House of...

A PropTech entrepreneur says all agents would benefit from the introduction of more automation, but that those with student tenants may...

A London local authority which is part way through its five year additional HMO licensing scheme wants lettings agents to give their...

The head of a lettings agency has refused to sign a pledge document put to him by a protest group - and...

The first of the industry trade bodies to issue a series of demands for this month’s Budget is the National Landlords Association...

A row appears to be brewing over the decision of a Labour MP to attend next week’s Conservative conference to discuss...

Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...

More than 77,000 UK landlords will be shelling out a combined £95 million this month, as new occupancy laws come into...

An overcrowded property let by an unlicensed company with inadequate fire precautions and unheated rooms has led to a £46,620 fine...

A lettings agent described as ‘rogue’ by a London council, along with two lettings companies, have been heavily fined for operating...

Rent-to-rent operator Residently says area with high volumes of tech company employees are leading the lettings market’s growth in London. The firm...

An investment trust has been launched and looks likely to be competing for individual investors who may see it as an...

A landmark report on private renting provides the opportunity to stop blaming letting agents and landlords for the sector’s problems, a...

Some industry observers say letting agents and Build To Rent are daggers drawn, but one agency in the Midlands is having...

It’s been announced that the next stage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill through Parliament will be its Second Reading in the...

Shadow housing minister John Healey has given his backing to a Labour MP’s attempt to introduce a mandatory national register for...

The National Landlords Association is the latest trade body to back what is being described as a landmark review of the...

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

The policy director of the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling on local councils to use the 'extensive powers' they have...

MPs have proposed a series of amendments to the Tenant Fees Bill as part of its Report Stage and Third Reading...

Reports have emerged this week that the government is planning a U-turn on its proposals to introduce mandatory three-year minimum tenancies...

A London council has fined a letting agency over £10,000 for failing to install smoke alarms in a rental property. Waltham Forest...

A leading letting agent argues that the UK housing market is not prepared to deal with a growing number of lifetime...

The government's director of rented housing is set to address the industry at an upcoming event open to letting agents and...

A top London letting agent working for Knight Frank has commented on the 'irony' that the government's series of tax changes...

An Essex council claims it is one of the first to be granted a rent repayment order - part of legislation...

The popular belief that equity release damages the housing market is being challenged by claims from ER company Retirement Advantage. It claims...

Generation Rent, the controversial pressure group campaigning alongside Shelter and others for the scrapping of landlords’ rights to evict under Section...

OneSavings Bank, the parent organisation of specialist buy to let lender Kent Reliance, has given a warning on the possible impact...

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

A trade body says it has been assured by the government that there will be no premature announcement introducing longer tenancies...

Belvoir says more landlords are selling up and fewer newcomers are investing in the private rental sector because of increased legislation...

The ongoing debate over some letting agents and landlords allegedly refusing to accept tenants in receipt of housing benefit has now...

Lettings agents for or against the government’s proposals for longer tenancies have only a very short time left to respond to...

The National Approved Lettings Scheme has issued a sharp rebuke to Shelter and the National Housing Federation following their controversial ‘End...

Lettings agents’ representatives have hit back at an accusation of discrimination made against the industry. A report by Shelter and the National...

The campaign group Generation Rent is back on the warpath in opposition of Section 21, which it describes as “the leading...

The council behind a controversial private rental sector licensing scheme is trying to justify its introduction on health and safety grounds. On...

One of the lettings industry’s senior figures has welcomed the introduction of mandatory five yearly inspections of electrical installations in private...

The government has outlined increases in powers it wants to give social housing tenants - but no details of increases in social housing building. The...

Agents and landlords are being advised to check the status of their HMO licenses in the London Borough of Harrow following...

A leading trade body says EU citizens living in the UK run the risk of losing their rental homes without swift...

The Residential Landlords Association has told another council that its plans to introduce selective licensing in areas of its town are...

There are now only eight weeks left for agents to apply to join a new statutory register which comes into effect...

Negative media portrayals of the buy to let sector could help to tip Britain into a housing crisis, claims an online...

A buy to let investor has been fined £1,750 because of his alleged “aggressive practices”.  Shafaqat Ali Sadiq, of Derby, has been...

A newspaper in warning that the beleaguered buy to let sector may be under attack yet again with the government considering...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says lettings agents should be more vocal in providing the government with feedback on council rental licensing...

The government’s announcement that it will bring in mandatory electrical checks in the private rented sector has been welcomed - perhaps...

The government has produced new guidelines on setting up client money protection schemes for the private rented sector. They are evidently aimed...

It’s been a difficult summer for Airbnb and other short-let platforms operating in the UK. Recently the European Commission gave Airbnb until the...

The Residential Landlords’ Association says proposals from Great Yarmouth council to introduce selective licensing in one part of the town contains...

Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...

Buy to let is still an attractive investment compared to other asset classes but to make the best of the opportunity...

A tenant who was ripping off other tenants in an overcrowded bungalow "death trap" has been fined tens of thousands of...

Campaigning group Generation Rent has secured over 20,000 signatures for a petition it says will “end unfair evictions”. The petition, on the...

All privately-let homes must have electrical installations checked every five years under new rules announced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities...

Councillors in Stockton-on-Tees are under pressure to rethink plans to introduce Selective Licensing of private rented housing in two areas of...

A trade body is backing a call by a parliamentary committee for the government to fund certain fire safety improvements in...

The latest LendInvest buy to let report, which ranks 105 postcode areas around England and Wales based on a combination of...

There are now well over 125 pieces of legislation and regulations - most introduced in modern times - governing the private...

A large majority of private sector tenants, 84 per cent, are satisfied with their housing according to the English Housing Survey...

A gas safety engineer has pleaded guilty with a landlord of falsifying gas safety certificates for a string of private rental...

The government has suggested that it is at least considering changing the terms of its Rent A Room system which could...

Yet another leading lettings agent has hit out at the government over its proposals for three year tenancies being the norm...

Two senior London politicians are backing a campaign to scrap the powers of agents and landlords to evict tenants under Section...

Three agencies have been heavily fined after a property in London was being used for multiple occupation with 11 people living...

Rural landlords say the government’s idea of making three year tenancies the norm across the private rental sector would damage the...

The government should scrap the tax on new homes which is punishing those in need of a home to rent, the...

We’re all for an optimistic interpretation of events but a new tool from comparison website GoCompare lists the UK’s top buy...

Tenants, landlords and buy to let investors are the targets for new online rental guides introduced by the Ministry of Housing,...

Buy to let landlords are on the way out and Build To Rent will dominate the sector in the foreseeable future.  That’s...

A head tenant who changed the locks on a property that was illegally sublet to no fewer than 35 men has...

Letting agents and others in the private rental sector have responded to the latest government intervention - a review into how...

The government has announced a review to assess how selective licensing is used and find out how well it is working...

A city council is to investigate the impact of Airbnb and other short let online platforms on the local housing market...

The Independent online newspaper says Conservative MP Gary Streeter will tomorrow meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and urge her to...

The government has written to two senior MPs in a bid to clarify two detailed provisions in the Tenants Fees Bill,...

A buy to let investor has ended up with a bill for thousands of pounds after being found guilty of breaching...

The lettings industry has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals to ban agents’ fees levied on tenants. A Bill was put...

Letting agents and landlords could be missing out on £61m of rent every month because families in temporary and emergency accommodation...

A Bill which is likely to end up banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants in Wales has been introduced into...

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

A council leader in London, so outraged after a bust of a rogue lettings property, has asked: “What kind of monster...

A prominent PropTech startup is questioning whether long-term tenants need to go through the traditional referencing process when moving between rental...

A rent guarantor service based in London and previously aiming itself at the UK market is expanding into the Republic of...

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

A trade body is claiming that armed service personnel who let out their homes whilst stationed away are being hit by...

Over 70% of Conservative councillors and housing leads have indicated that £2 billion pledged for affordable housing is not enough to...

John Lewis has announced details of a partnership with rental app Canopy to provide employees with the opportunity to have their rent payments...

This week marks a major milestone in Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's efforts to crack down on the capital's rogue letting...

London landlords and letting agents could be missing out on up to £111 million of short-term rental revenue each year, according...