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A rogue landlord who divided his three-bedroom home in central London into eight flats has ended up with a bill of...

A landlord who failed to provide information regarding a buy to let property has been fined £2,080.  Tenants contacted Colchester council in...

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

The most controversial local council rental licensing scheme in the country has been deemed a success - at least by the...

The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...

Utilities management service Tenant Shop says demographic changes leading to more families and older individuals renting privately represent an opportunity for...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has taken legal advice on what can be charged to tenants for so-called ‘contractual damages’. ARLA...

New research from an international law firm shows that the rental sector in major cities is now changing its demographic make-up...

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

Housing minister Esther McVey has hinted that the government may finally decide as soon as next month on whether to introduce...

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

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

There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...

Some of the private rental sector’s most experienced and respected experts believe it’s almost inevitable that a housing market crash is...

A specialist lettings agency claims it is the first in the UK to only use renewable energy in the accommodation it...

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

With the country in febrile election mode, it’s perhaps unsurprising that the Association of Residential Letting Agents has got in on...

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

The most reliable indicator of rental trends in the UK As the largest provider of deposit protection in the UK, our database...

Universal Credit is causing tenants to fall behind with their rent according to lettings sector trade body the Residential Landlords Association. It...

It may seem as if governments and councils are falling over themselves to change the private rental sector to win the...

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

There should be open-ended tenancies with reduced rent for long-term contracts and any rent increase tied only to inflation. This dramatic reform...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents made a short sharp attack on the government last night, over freedom of movement and...

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...

The Guild of Property Professionals has received confirmation that the government’s proposed changes to Section 21 will not be retrospective. “What this...

One of the key players in the ultra-competitive deposit alternative sector has announced a massive and new $11m investment. Flatfair says that...

Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rising by 1.3...

A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...

Do you know how much your deposits should be? Since June 1 of this year, the government has capped deposits at...

The first ‘state of the industry’ report on the lettings agency sector since the introduction of the fees ban suggests individual...

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

A Labour council which has become famous for its critical approach to the private rental sector has now been given almost £200,000...

Lettings professionals should do more to raise awareness of the need to reduce moving stress for tenants and landlords. Industry supplier Tenant...

The government has blocked a council rolling out selective licensing across no fewer than 3,000 homes in its patch.  Under Stoke on...

Private tenants are being disadvantaged because of the government’s focus on boosting homeownership. According to the latest figures from the Royal Institution...

The Ministry of Justice says it takes private landlords an average of 22.5 weeks from making a repossession claim to the...

A man who claimed he needed a council house but was actually a landlord has been ordered to pay back more...

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

A rogue landlord who housed more than 25 tenants in a rundown property has been found guilty of serious housing and...

The vast majority of letting agents and private landlords with experience of using the courts to repossess properties say the system...

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

Legal & General has exchanged contracts to complete the largest privately funded development in Wales, Cardiff Central Square, which will include...

A council tenant has been fined £100,000 and evicted because he let out his flat via Airbnb.  The Times reports that Toby...

If the government follows through with its plan to scrap Section 21 there could be more work for agents as a...

The right wing Adam Smith Institute is the latest organisation to voice its strong opposition to Labour’s proposed rent controls for...

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

London is growing in its importance as a Build To Rent market according to new research released today. International property consultancy JLL...

Legal & General, one of the largest specialist builders of so-called retirement communities for the over-55s, is now going to let...

The Ministry of Justice has announced that body-worn cameras must be worn by bailiffs recovering debt from individuals. The ministry adds that...

Over-regulation of short-term let accommodation in some areas of rural Scotland could pose a risk to rural tourism, a business organisation...

Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...

There’s been a sceptical response to news leaked from government over the weekend suggesting that a database of rogue landlords would...

Data from Rightmove suggests that demand from tenants looking for a new home has soared seven per cent since the Tenants...

Vulnerable tenants suffering a higher risk of rent arrears will be hit hardest by plans to change the way landlords can...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

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

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Care for Older People has sharply criticised the PRS as being ill-equipped to cater...

A leading industry trade body says the latest English Housing Survey report proves that criticisms of the private rental sector’s costs...

Portsmouth council is the latest local authority to offer to rent properties from private landlords to let out to the homeless.  The...

A PropTech supplier specialising in rent passports and tenancy deposit replacement has launched an advanced version of its primary product, on...

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

The Welsh Government has started a formal consultation on proposals that include extending the minimum notice period applicable to a section...

The chairman of Hunters estate agency, who is also a Conservative MP, has hit out at the government over its handling...

In the past 18 months more than 200 landlords from across Scotland have been found to be in breach of a...

Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...

A managing agent has been convicted by a local council for failing to properly license his property. Leon Hill, of Leighton Buzzard,...

Media reports in London suggest that Labour’s hyper-active housing spokesman on the Greater London Assembly may be under threat from Jeremy...

A trade association has called for a 'moratorium' on any further government intervention in the buy-to-let sector in order to stop...

The Welsh government is planning to make changes to the notice period for eviction which would see tenants given 12-month contracts...

Tenants on state benefits could be the 'biggest casualties' of the government's 'ill-thought-out' plans to scrap the Section 21 evictions process,...

A survey of landlords has found that 39% would like to see a fast track housing tribunal introduced if and when...

Junior housing minister Heather Wheeler MP has written to Hull City Council to express her concerns about the authority's controversial accreditation...

The government is considering the idea of a deposit passport for use by tenants when they move from one property to...

Weak regulation of private renting is leaving hundreds of thousands of tenants living in hazardous homes in England, claims Citizens Advice. A...

An independent review into selective licensing in the private rental sector makes a series of recommendations to tighten processes, with the...

A trade body has accused the government of going back on its promise not to introduce a national register of landlords. The...

A specialist student accommodation lettings and property management company says it’s preparing to grow through a series of strategic acquisitions. Bankers have...

A European law firm has set out a critique of the driving forces behind Build To Rent - and it says...

A rent guarantor service says it’s already chosen 25 lettings agents to take part in a trial of what it calls...

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...