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A couple from east London who illegally converted a town centre office block into 14 flats have been ordered to pay...

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

The death of the high street agency is a familiar headline, but PropTech can lower costs for bricks-and-mortar agencies and help...

New rules to protect rent paid by tenants to letting agents will fail to provide adequate protection for landlords, a trade...

Tenants know very little about their rights and responsibilities as renters according to a new survey produced by TotallyMoney. Some 97 per...

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...

Shock figures released by an insurance company suggest that councils are woefully unable to police new regulations regarding mandatory HMO licensing. Figures...

Continued political and economic uncertainty is likely to fuel increased tenant demand in the private rented sector, says Haart.  The company’s latest...

Agents and landlords have united against what is being seen as the latest attack on the private rental sector by the...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has published the latest version of its Effective Enforcement Toolkit - aimed at helping councils clamp...

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

Rent increases seen in London this year are likely to continue in 2019 because of the diminishing supply of homes to...

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 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...

A lettings agency owner in Norfolk has been arrested on suspicion of fraud and theft following a newspaper probe. Earlier this year...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has put together a brief summary of the 2018 rental market. In figures, the supply of...

One of London’s most enthusiastic councils for additional and selective licensing has pushed back the date for enforcement action against landlords...

Online lettings agency Upad says it’s to offer landlords a proprietary system to collect rental payments via Direct Debit. Its system, called...

The average rent across Scotland is now running at £573 per calendar month - but that figure hides wide variations in...

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...

There’s been a large jump in the number of tenants successfully negotiating rent reductions according to the Association of Residential Letting...

London agency giant Kinleigh Folkard and Hayward is the latest to offer its tenant clients a no-deposit service.  It's going to use...

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

The first-ever pet think tank has launched to address what is claimed to be a lack of pet-friendly rental accommodation in...

Rents are rising very gently across almost all of England and Wales with only London and East Anglia showing falls in...

The head of a lettings agency has launched a petition in opposition to a bid by a local council to extend...

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...

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

Private landlords have to wait an average of over five months to regain possession of a property when applying to the...

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

Nottingham council - which recently introduced one of the largest and most controversial selective licensing schemes in the country - now...

More landlords will leave the private rented sector in the next year as annual rental price growth has been flat or...

A buy to let investor has been forced to close down two rat infested homes he owns in Rotherham after they...

Tenant deposit protection scheme TDS will be in London in February to host a ‘hands-on’ half-day workshop for agents and landlords. Part...

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

Salford-based student-focussed lettings agency Student Haus has been acquired by the Mistoria Group, which runs Mistoria Estate Agents in the north...

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

One of Britain's highest profile landlords is to be sentenced on December 11 - and she must show the court details of...

A growing number of tenants say they want to stay put in their rented home even if the landlord sells up. A...

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

A former lettings agent in Plymouth has finally admitted taking hundreds of thousands of pounds from tenants and landlords - the...

Local press reports say that one of the country’s most controversial buy to let licensing schemes has seen thousands of applications...

A controversial review website which says it can be used to identify “good (and bad) letting agents” has won the backing...

Darlington lettings agency My Property Box has signed a new deal to let properties in the area on behalf of developer...

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...

The chief executive of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker is warning that mortgages for landlords are likely to become...

The number of lettings listings in prime central London fell 18 per cent in the year to September, says Knight Frank. The...

Somerset agency Mark Templer Residential has acquired independent company Wrington Vale Lettings. Husband and wife team John and Vanessa Webb with business...

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

The government has unveiled the spectre of a ‘global immigration system’ to be introduced from the end of 2020 - but...

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

It should perhaps come as no surprise that this week’s tightening up of the energy efficiency regulations for the private rental...

The power held by tenants is growing across the UK, as new research indicates 61 per cent of buy to let...

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

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 Residential Landlords Association is threatening a council with a judicial review because of unresolved concerns over the authority’s selective licensing...

A warning has gone out to the lettings sector to check that rental properties are ‘Gas Safe’ as the colder weather...

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

A property management firm is launching with a claim that its charges are under a third of some rivals.  Online service ManageMyHome...

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

Rental sector experts are expressing growing fears that the relatively low-key Budget announcements made on Monday could herald something more dramatic...

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has made a clear pledge to tighten regulations surrounding the private rental sector. In an interview with The...

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...

Good tenant referencing should include awareness of would-be renters’ social media history according to RentalStep - but it says more thorough...

The former owner of a lettings agency has admitted charges of fraud, false accounting and theft involving some hundreds of thousands...

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

Tenants are now a step closer to being able to sue landlords if they do not properly maintain their properties. The Commons...

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...

MPs in the House of Commons will today debate the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by a Labour backbencher...

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

The Guardian says the government is committed to making a datebase of rogue letting agents and landlords available to tenants. The newspaper quotes...

The number of tenants seeing their rents rise continues to go up according to the latest market snapshot produced by the...

The number of buy to let lenders lending to limited companies has risen by 47 per cent over the past year,...

A PropTech provider of inventory services says its new tool will significantly cut pre-tenancy admin for letting agents and landlords. No Letting...

The proportion of buy to let investors looking to remortgage is now at an all-time high according to respected specialist mortgage...

After reporting record summer figures from its lettings division, Chestertons says it’s on the acquisition trail and looking for agencies to...

An insurance firm has conducted research showing that not all landlords are heartless - in fact, quite the reverse.  The study by...

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

One of London’s most respected lettings agencies says it’s recorded its best-ever quarter for business - defying claims from some that...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £452 after he breached the terms of his licence in an area of County...

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

A poll of 1,250 landlords suggests that far from being concerned about the profitability of buy to let, almost 80 per...

Since one London local authority introduced private rental sector licensing in 2013 an extra £5,002,203 in council tax has been collected...

Zero Deposit, one of the insurance-based schemes offering an alternative to traditional tenancy deposits, has signed up its first independent agency...

A lettings agent says the fees ban expected to be introduced next year may end up indirectly helping to save the...

PropTech repairs service Fixflo has published its latest annual report on the industry, based on information from over 400 lettings professionals...

Some 1.5m tenants could be at risk of losing their deposits, claims a campaigner for insurance-based alternatives to deposits. Ajay Jagota, head...

A London agency has been fined for the second time in 11 months. Local media in Barking, east London, report that Primelodge...

The growth in tenancies agreed in London’s super-prime sector has slowed sharply from 20 per cent earlier this year to just...

New data from Countrywide’s luxury brand agency Hamptons International says the average price of a home bought by a landlord in...

A newspaper claims landlords who ‘game’ the current tax regime for short term lets and lodging may be in the firing...

Countrywide says landlords spent £12.1 billion buying rental properties in the first half of this year - a full 30 per...

Brexit is causing concern among landlords, according to HomeLet. The initial results of HomeLet’s annual landlord survey says nine out of 10...

Around two thirds of private landlords with tenants receiving Universal Credit have experienced rent arrears according to new research. Based on responses...

The head of the online lettings agency recently scooped up by Emoov says traditional lettings agents have made a rod for...

A call has been made for the Tenants’ Fees Bill to be made even stricter following a claim that over a...

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...

A new quarterly overview of the UK lettings sector reveals three key trends: viewings are rising and more tenancies are being...

With an average rental return of 7.69 per cent Ireland has been named as the top location in Europe for buy to...

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

A post on a landlord website suggests that a new trade body is being set up to challenge the dominance of...

The head of an online lettings agency says tenants are now left confused by what she calls “ill thought-out policy changes”...

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

Rental platform Goodlord - which in January made around 40 staff redundant in a restructuring move - has now announced that...

There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...

Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...

The shock findings of a new survey suggest that 32 per cent of landlords would be less likely to buy new...

North west lettings and student accommodation specialist Mistoria Group has purchased an independent with 200 properties under management across Greater Manchester.  The...

The Deposit Protection Service says almost a quarter of students lost part of their tenancy deposit when they left their accommodation...

Knight Frank says the annual rental value growth has returned to prime central London due to declining supply levels - the...

New research has attempted to quantify the number and scale of rent rises that are likely to take place as landlords...

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

A major property platform says London’s rental and sales market may well be on the road to recovery - but that...

A comparison website claims that over 1.5m tenants know their landlord has not placed their deposits into a government-backed deposit protection...

Lettings agents, landlords and consumers are being warned about a growing number of ‘for-profit’ companies claiming to be independent inventory trade...

Two new PropTech services launched, targeting the lettings industry. Tenancy referencing firm FCC Paragon has launched MyMoveIn, an online platform that supports...

The Association of Residential Letting Agencies has set up a course - for non-members as well as members - on Ending...

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...

Changes to the Section 21 Notice come into force for letting agents and landlords on Monday.  This will require all Assured Shorthold...

The latest rental figures produced by Your Move for Scotland have prompted a claim that the country now has better yields...

The Haart agency is calling on the government to give the private rental sector a break in the autumn Budget, as...

Three London lettings sub-markets performed relatively weakly according to data just released by Knight Frank. Wimbledon’s rental values fell 1.5 per cent...

The Labour-led local authority in Hackney has issued a statement pledging fines or even bans if landlords fail to get appropriate...

One of Scotland’s top lettings agents is warning of “an air of criminality” in the rental industry north of the border. His...

Online lettings agency Upad has drastically overhauled its product range, introducing a ‘pick and mix’ option allowing landlords to choose services...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has released details of its response to the government’s official consultation on possible three year...

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

There has been a furious response from landlords and tenants to a police letter which says a local force is not...

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

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

Latest government figures show that private rents paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 0.9 per cent in the 12...

The number of available properties to rent is falling at an alarming rate, particularly in Greater London, according to property platform...

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

Two more lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman as a result of unpaid awards following disputes involving landlords...

Liquidators Grant Thornton says funds found in the accounts of a Guernsey lettings agent are likely to be sufficient to pay...

An agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman after receiving over 100 separate complaints, and failing to pay over £419,000...

20% more landlords* are struggling compared to last year. They’ve been caught in a perfect storm of higher interest rates, bigger...

The Home Office is to reconvene its private rental sector stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. This follows a controversial period for...

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

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

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...

A property management firm chief who had to pay over £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences relating to an...

Free seminars are to be held next month to help letting agents restructure their business to optimise opportunities in the current...

One in nine landlords now check prospective tenants’ social media accounts to try to assess how they may behave as renters,...

There’s a growing call for more police action over tracing a lettings agent who is apparently missing - as is some...

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £947, up 0.9 per cent on last year - or up...

The lettings director at Urban, the online agency recently snapped up by Emoov, says the rental market is faced with significant...

New figures out show that buy to let mortgage rates are showing the effects of last month’s base rate rise. Online mortgage...

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

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...

A letting agent operating in Cambridgeshire has seemingly 'gone to ground', owing landlords and tenants thousands of pounds. Frank Smart, who has...

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...

The average rent in the UK increased by 0.13% last month - the highest level of monthly growth recorded since April...

The UK's second city Birmingham takes top spot when it comes to student property returns for buy-to-let investors. Analysis by online letting...

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

Cleaning and property damage are the most common reasons landlords make deposit deductions, according to data released by The Deposit Protection...

A survey has revealed that 44% of landlords are looking to sell properties as a challenging market takes its toll. Octopus Choice,...

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

The police have launched a fraud probe against a Norfolk estate agency which closed in June.  The Eastern Daily Press (EDP) reports...

The House of Commons has published a briefing paper on tenancy deposit schemes ahead of the Report Stage of the Tenant...

The chief commercial officer of PropTech startup Canopy says that letting agents and Build to Rent landlords need to accommodate the...

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

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

Student landlords and letting agents are being warned by the Master Locksmiths Association (MLA) to tighten up security in their properties...

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

A retail executive with specialist knowledge of customer loyalty has become the new chief executive of the Residential Landlords Association.   Andrew...

The New Forest district council in Hampshire is appealling to letting agents and private tenants to sign up to its Private...

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...

If you’re a landlord who owns a buy to let property or perhaps a portfolio and need to raise money against...

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

A London lettings agency is warning landlords who let out their properties via Airbnb or similar short let platforms to ensure...

Data produced by Sainsbury’s Bank Mortgages gives a trend-bucking upbeat assessment of investors’ renewed interest in buy to let.  Figures siuggest that...

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...

The mystery surrounding a lettings and estate agency on the island of Guernsey offers an insight into a system where companies...

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

First the good news - investors are still purchasing buy to let properties; the less good news is that it’s a...

Almost one in five landlords intend to remain in the buy to let market indefinitely according to a new survey.  Research for...

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

A new analysis of the buy to let market forecasts more bad news for agents, landlords and investors over the next...

Over a third of London investors no longer view property as a good investment, according to a survey of over 1,000...

Speculation is growing that three year tenancies for private renters - long favoured by the government - could be announced as...

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...

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

The Rent Recognition Challenge, an initiative to use technology to help share renters' payment histories with lenders and credit reference agencies,...

The Scottish Government’s private rental reforms are shaking up the sector according to new data, which reveals rental property sales have...

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

Just under a third of people moving from one privately rented property to another in the past two years had to...

Rent rises in the private rental sector have merely tracked inflation and the Retail Price Index over the past five years...

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

The proportion of landlords of British buy to let properties who are themselves based overseas has fallen to a record low...

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

One of the country’s largest independent property management firms says it’s seeing a clear shift within the rental sector from traditional...

The government’s controversial Right To Rent policy is to be challenged in the High Court just before Christmas. It was announced in...

Rents are expected to surge 15 per cent over the next five years thanks to increasing demand and limited supply following...

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

A local authority has taken the unusual step of naming seven buy to let landlords prosecuted in the past month in...

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...

The government should be more ambitious when it comes to ensuring the private rented sector becomes increasingly energy efficient. That’s the message...

A London council has agreed to a TV crew taking part in a raid on an overcrowded and unlicensed HMO. The surprise...

The proportion of visitors to Edinburgh using Airbnb surged 70 per cent in 2017 compared to the previous year. Commercial agency Colliers,...

A date has been set for the next stage of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, which is being promoted...

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

The latest Your Move rental tracker suggests that London’s lettings market has continued to cool with prices falling by 0.5 per...

Government plans aimed at stopping the abuse of the current Rent A Room tax perk may overcomplicate the system and deter...

A new online rental platform claims that landlords could save enough to afford an additional holiday this year if they signed...

More big fines have been handed out in recent legal action regarding buy to let investors who have not stuck by...

Data from Knight Frank’s lettings division suggests that rents in the troubled Prime Central London area have risen for the second...

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

It appears that take-up of an apparently compulsory licensing scheme in one city has been shockingly low - and the scheme...

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...

Chestertons has announced record lettings results for the first half of 2018, claiming growth in market share and increased productivity. The agency...

No fewer than 93 per cent of landlords financing buy to let property chose a fixed rate mortgage in the second...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it still believes there is an opportunity for the government to introduce mandatory inventory...

The number of tenants experiencing rent hikes rose to 35 per cent in June, up from 28 per cent in May...

The number of landlords with more than 10 Airbnb accommodations listed in London has risen by 8.4 per cent in the...

Connells Group says a growing number of small-scale landlords are likely to quit because of the tax and regulation red tape...

A lack of new rental properties coming to the market in London has helped push the annual rate of London asking...

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 landlord, Fergus Wilson, says the recent changes in buy to let legislation means that if he was starting...

An insurer is launching a new referral scheme for letting agents to market to landlords and tenants as a way of...

The concept of deposit alternatives is gathering pace and now one PropTech firm closely involved in it - Reposit - has...

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

One of London’s leading letting agencies says in the current neutral rental market, buy to let owners must work hard to...

Which?, the consumer body that appears to be taking an increasingly-aggressive line against letting agents and landlords, has now issued a...

From August 1 Nottingham council is introducing a new selective licensing regime covering an estimated 32,000 privately rented homes. This is an...

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...

A letting agent responsible for a property in Huddersfield which caught fire and killed two young boys has been jailed for...

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

An online lettings agency is the latest to voice opposition to the government’s proposed three year standard tenancies for the private...

Prime central London lettings agency Draker has teamed up with a luxury interiors retailer and interior designer to launch what it...

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

Letting agents and landlords have been warned to expect a possible rise in arrears in the coming months if conditions in...

Crooked letting agents and landlords have so far this year been convicted of illegally pocketing over £900,000 of tenant’s cash – and there’s...

Fixflo is launching its fifth annual Rental Repairs Survey for lettings professionals  The survey, supported by ARLA Propertymark, gauges the opinions of...

A new analysis reveals that it takes an average of 118 days for court-appointed bailiffs to remove tenants from private homes...

The pressure group Generation Rent has joined forces with other critics of the private rental sector to demand an end to...

Some 18 per cent of properties let in the first half of 2018 were registered in the name of a company...

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 trade body says the country faces a net loss of 133,000 homes for private rent over the next year -...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has heaped praise on a local authority which has fined 27 lettings and managing agents...

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

The government has issued a new How To Rent guide - a key document which agents or landlords managing their properties...

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...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a new database to help its agent members keep abreast of compliance issues in the lettings sector.  The...

A respected property lawyer says she wants a change in the law to prevent unscrupulous landlords from offering accommodation in return for sex.  Liz...

One of the most respected buying agencies, Black Brick, says the collapse in demand for buy to let is the most...

A Tory activist has made an outspoken attack on the government’s policies towards the private rental sector on the pages of...

Online accommodation platform Student.com has linked with mental health charity Student Minds in a bid to prioritise mental health awareness amongst...

There has been strong support for an e-petition calling for the scrapping of the stamp duty surcharge on buy to let...

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

Well-respected London lettings agent and former ARLA president Lucy Morton is the latest key figure to pour cold water on government...

A petition has appeared on the government’s e-petition website calling for a review of a city council’s newly-introduced selective licensing system. Nottingham...

Close examination of the consultation document on possible three year tenancies issued by the government suggest that it may want rent...

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

The independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says there is now a record number of mortgage deals for those entering the buy...

A local authority has started a one-year trial of a ‘social lettings agency’ which aims to match those at risk of...

Buy to let landlords are welcoming proposals being considered by the government to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. In...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

Arguments have already started over the government’s proposals to make three year tenancies the norm in the private rental sector. Letting Agent...

The latest monthly report from the Association of Residential Letting Agents puts the  number of rental properties managed by agents at...

A buy to let mortgage firm says it’s likely that there will be a spike in refinancing enquiries as landlords meet...

A new analysis of rental yields across all of the UK’s local authorities has revealed exactly where the best places are for...

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

A PropTech company chief is backing the controversial idea of spot checks on private rental sector properties in a bid to...

A specialist buy to let broker is urging landlords to tread with caution before jumping feet first into incorporating their property...

A students’ union is the latest body to partner a review platform allowing renters to give their verdict on dealing with...

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