Archive

Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will face an immediate crisis in the private rented sector if government doesn’t rethink its plans to...

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 holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...

Local authorities are failing in their duty to prosecute criminal letting agents, the National Landlords Association (NLA) has warned. The NLA says...

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

A BBC investigation of 52 lettings agents has found that two thirds were levying charges on tenants, but it is uncertain...

The government has been told it needs to provide tenants with better information about their rights and responsibilities if it’s to...

A lettings sector trade body has written to a council accusing it of initiating an “unlawful” fee structure for a licensing...

The National Landlords Association says it’s concerned the Fees Ban coming into effect in just two days’ time may limit access...

Only one in six private landlords say they would support the Conservatives in an election according to a new poll. Buy to...

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

The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...

Prospective tenants are being warned about a fraud scam that cons people into paying an advance fee to rent a property. The...

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

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

Income tax paid by buy to let landlords now exceeds £3.8 billion annually – that’s more than double Tesco’s entire annual...

The Home Office says it will reassess the Right To Rent scheme following last week’s decision by the High Court that...

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

Some 24 per cent of landlords have considered letting out their properties on a short let Airbnb-style basis - but only...

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

There’s been an angry reaction to the suggestion that London’s Labour mayor, Sadiq Khan, is seeking to introduce rent controls in...

A warning has been issued to lettings agents to review tenancy agreements to see if they are fit for purpose when...

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

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

In an announcement made just hours before much of the industry started its Christmas break, the government has clarified its guidance...

A trade body has spoken out about the lack of detail in government plans for Right To Rent, as contained in...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

A trade body says it has evidence that families take up the least amount of property management time when compared to...

Figures from the Home Office show that as of the end of March, a total of 405 fines for non-compliance with...

A lettings trade body says 380,000 landlords may be about to sell at least one property - potentially flooding the sales market. The...

The new Home Secretary Sajid Javid is being urged to look again at the Right To Rent policy and produce “a...

A statement from the government has repeated its determination to clean up the private rental sector through a series of measures,...

A new survey by a leading lettings trade body suggests that the Bank of England’s attempts to make buy to let...

The National Landlords Association has revealed a seven-point plan which would allow the Welsh Government greater powers over the private rental...

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, will is to reveal his vision for the private rental sector to a Residential...

The National Landlords Association is seeking property professionals to be its local representatives across the country. The association says these representatives “are...

A trade body is calling on the government to repeal the fee that councils can now charge when an Article 4...

A survey by consumer group Which?, working with landlords’ associations, reveals that 70 local authorities now have selective or additional licensing...

A lettings trade body has announced a rebrand - the second organisation in the sector to do so in a matter...

Letting agents who act on landlords’ instructions to refuse tenants claiming benefits may be breaking the law. A legal case recently found...

One of the industry’s highest profile trade bodies has rebranded with a new logo and heavily revised website.  The National Landlords Association...

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

Countrywide’s latest analysis of the lettings market says millennials are slowly but surely becoming homeowners, giving ground in the rentals sector...

Trade bodies including ARLA, RICS, NALS and landlord organisations have met with the government to send a clear message - think...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

The National Landlords’ Association is reporting that around 16 per cent of its members in outer London have reduced rents over...

There have been more expressions of support from industry bodies for the Private Members’ Bill from Labour’s Karen Buck MP which...

The National Landlords Association says 20 per cent of its members plan to reduce the size of their portfolios in the...

Today sees the return of MPs to Parliament following the Christmas break, and one early task is to hear oral evidence...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has used a holiday season interview to repeat his pledge to swing powers back towards private tenants...

The new online database identifying rogue letting agents and landlords will save lives according to the London Fire Brigade. We wrote about...

The National Landlords Association has appointed a new chairman - he’s Adrian Jeakings who comes to the position with many years of...

A new team of investigative council officers are hitting the streets of the capital to tackle unlawful nightly letting using websites like...

The National Landlords Association has unveiled a new tool which could help agents and landlords keep across the ever-rising number of...

A local authority currently consulting on private rental licensing is using improved energy efficiency as one of the criteria for landlords...

The National Landlords Association reports that Bournemouth council has taken the unusual step of rejecting a proposal to introduce a landlord licensing...

Trade organisatons have reacted predictably to the government’s latest announcements and publications concerning the private rental sector. Yesterday the Department of Communities...

MPs from the cross-party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness have spoken out on the need to help homeless people into the...

Only two out of every 10 private rental sector landlords say they are willing to let to tenants in receipt of...

London lettings agency Portico is working with a trade body to organise a seminar on what it admits is the “challenging”...

Almost a third of renters in the UK do not have a life-saving carbon monoxide alarm in their property, with four...

PropTech firm PayProp has welcomed the latest measures to clamp down on rogue elements within the lettings industry - but warns...

The National Landlords’ Association says the extra £2 billion in funding made available by the government for additional affordable housing may...

The housing charity Shelter - which in recent years has been aggressively critical of letting agencies and landlords in the private...

Trade groups have reacted angrily to Labour’s proposal to introduce rent controls if the party enters government.   The announcement, made by Labour...

The National Landlords’ Association appears to be first off the starting blocks with its submission to government ahead of the next...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has been told face to face that he should rethink the government's plans to cap security deposits...

The Nationwide Building Society says it is assembling what it calls ‘an industry alliance’ to support the increasingly-beleaguered private rental sector.   The...

According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...

A trade body is seeking volunteers to meet with government officials to discuss future initiatives for the private rental sector.    The volunteers...

Changes to buy-to-let lending criteria being introduced at the end of this month could encourage a surge of rental stock as...

Landlords who rent out their property via online letting agents are in a stronger position to deal with new financial and...

The National Landlords Association is urging buy to let investors to consider remortgaging in the very near future ahead of new...

The international backlash against Airbnb and similar short-let online platforms continues.    Earlier this week a video being shown on cable TV in the...

An energy efficiency lobbying group says it backs new government energy efficiency guidelines to improve 300,000 private rented homes - but...

Training organisation Solvo Vir is inviting letting agents and landlords to attend courses to bring them up to date with new...

A survey of over 2,000 private renters for an animal insurance company apparently produces the result that 27 per cent of...

The head of an online letting agency specialising in student accommodation says the controversial Right To Rent legislation may have to...

The impact of recent changes to the way buy to let properties are taxed could create the next pension crisis, a...

A trade body has welcomed a government U-turn on implementing the ‘Making Tax Digital’ initiative - but it says the decision...

The National Landlords Association has come up with an unexpected possible side effect of the new Tenants’ Fees Bill - it...

ARLA has led a call by many letting agents on hearing the Queen’s Speech - what was the point of a...

The Queen’s Speech, outlining the government’s proposals for the next two years, has confirmed a pledge to introduce a ban on...

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

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has launched its Quarter Two Landlords Survey. The research study has been launched hot on the heels...

The proportion of landlords who use a letting agent to help manage their property has spiked since the end of last...

Single property landlords are finally waking up to the fact they could be pushed in to a higher tax bracket following...

An investment company says agents and landlords should start taking measures to ensure their properties comply with the new Minimum Energy...

Immigration charity Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) has this week launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for...

The National Landlords Association and Residential Landlords Association have joined forces with Leeds city council to create a new accreditation system...

Letting agents who have broken the law are set to be ‘named and shamed’ by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan,...

An east London landlord, who was also director of a letting agency, has been forced to pay out over £235,000 for...

Research by a lettings sector trade body shows that net growth of units within the private rental sector - that is,...

The substantial majority of landlords who now use letting agents will continue to do so even if they see their premiums...

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

Analysis of the government’s respected English Housing Survey suggests that the reality of the private rental sector is far from the...

A trade group has commissioned a firm of economists to look at how the government’s mortgage interest tax relief change -...

A report out today claims foreigners and Britons without passports, particularly from ethnic minorities, are being discriminated against in the lettings...

A BBC survey claims that powers to combat so-called ‘revenge evictions’ are not being used by the majority of councils in...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

The National Landlords Association is making only three demands on the government for its next Budget, because it recognises further reforms...

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

The central London rental market is beginning to show signs of topping out as tenant demand slides and landlords look to...

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

The campaigners against planned changes to mortgage interest tax relief - set to come into effect from April, phased over four...

The National Landlords Association has rejected a central plank of London mayor Sadiq Khan’s plan for housing - the introduction of yet more...

A landlord has been given a conditional discharge and a four-figure bill after being found guilty of unlawfully evicting a tenant.   Cornwall...

Letting Agent Today has been contacted by the Council of Gas Detection and Environmental Monitoring - the trade association for gas...

Around one in 12 properties currently available on the rental market could become un-rentable by 2018 if government energy efficiency plans...

A trade body claims that 47 per cent of landlords would cease to use letting agents if their profits began to...

  Industry groups have warned that the government’s ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants in England will backfire, with most...

The National Landlords Association has launched an e-postcard campaign for letting agent and landlord members to lobby the government over the...

A Bill has received all-party support in the House of Commons despite one industry body's view that it contains significant dangers...

An industry group has analysed changes made to the Homelessness Bill and has concluded that far from being something it could...

The National Landlords Association claims that changes to buy to let mortgage interest tax relief being introduced in six months time...

The UK Association of Letting Agents will not be using Ombudsman Service: Property to provide its dispute resolution service from the...

Some 35 per cent of landlords think that leaving the EU will have a negative impact on their ability to attract...

The landlords behind the failed attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords...

The attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords has failed. The case was...

Two landlord associations have criticised local councils for a lack of enforcement and failing to prosecute criminal landlords.  The Residential Landlords Association...

Tenants who are advised by local councils and advice agencies to ignore eviction notices could cost the average landlord almost £7,000. The...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

Some 21 per cent of buy to let investors are too embarrassed to admit what they do.   That is the result of a...

An industry body has backed a Conservative MP's anti-homelessness Bill, which has been published by the Communities and Local Government Select Committee.   The...

The National Landlords Association has come out fighting in response to a weekend report by the National Housing Federation suggesting buy...

The amount of housing benefit going to private landlords has more than doubled in the past decade according to the National...

A landlord has been fined just £440 after he effectively left a tenant homeless.    Warrington Magistrates Court heard that Peter Lamont, the...

The Scottish Association of Landlords - which represents letting agents as well as landlords north of the border - has spoken...

Thirty one per cent of European Union citizens living in the UK’s private rented sector say they are worried that the...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

Yet another council private rental sector licensing scheme is being drawn up with the claim that it will improve standards of...

More than half of tenants would move or consider moving to a different town or city in order to buy a...

A landlord who waged what a local authority describes as “a war of intimidation” against tenants living in his property has...

The National Landlords’ Association has announced that three new non-executive directors to join its board.   Adrian Jeakings is a former president of...

A survey by the National Landords’ Association reveals that the number of retired people living in private rented accommodation has soared...

The National Landlords’ Association is warning that knee-jerk reactions to the Brexit vote could damage the buy to let sector.  Chief executive...

An industry group says the family has overtaken the single person - living alone or sharing -  as the most common...

The number of people living in private rented accommodation in retirement has soared by more than 200,000 in the last four...

Around 30 per cent of private rental sector landlords are still undecided about whether they will vote to leave or remain...

A row has broken out between landlords and the council in Oxford, where the local authority is considering a private rental...

Landlords are looking to house tenants less likely to miss rental payments in order to minimise the impact of a number...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has launched a new version of its Fire Safety Logbook which has been endorsed by the...

Some 36% of UK landlords have had a property abandoned by tenants, according to research. Abandonment - which occurs when a tenant...

Before new London mayor Sadiq Khan has had his first working day in office, his proposals for a private rental sector...

Today sees the first step of a long-term government drive to improve energy efficiency in the private rental sector through the...

Yesterday George Osborne delivered his eighth budget as chancellor, announcing an extra £3.5 billion in spending cuts by 2019-20. The Office for...

The proportion of landlords in central London who intend to sell property has quadrupled since last year’s Budget, according to the...

Seventy nine per cent of tenants are happy with their circumstances according to a survey conducted by the National Landlords’ Association...

Four in 10 landlords are either seriously considering forming a limited company or will be looking into the option in the...

A letting agent who unlawfully evicted a tenant from a property has been ordered to pay a total of £4,315. Alan Croft...

Liverpool council has completed only 648 of 39,100 licence applications by landlords in the first six months of its controversial scheme.  The...

Landlords’ confidence in the buy to let sector has collapsed to an all-time low and is now “worse than levels witnessed...

The National Landlords’ Association says an alarming number of private tenants are being told by their local authorities to ignore eviction...

The government has announced new dates for energy efficiency compliance in rental properties. The Residential Landlords’ Association says they are as follows: April...

A failed bid by a council to introduce a blanket landlord licensing scheme was both unnecessary and unjustified according to the...

The Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is the latest influential figure to hint that there may soon be additional restrictions...

A landlord has been cautioned and has agreed to pay £1,000 compensation to a tenant, and pay £2,000 towards legal costs,...

The National Landlords Association has launched a new campaign - Reinventing Renting - to encourage landlords to make their lettings businesses...

The National Landlords’ Association insists that some media forecasts of the impact of the new three per cent stamp duty surcharge...

There’s been an angry reaction from letting agents and landlords to the shock news that an additional three per cent stamp...

A survey suggests two thirds of tenants in Wales know nothing of the new Rent Smart Wales initiative to register and...

Landlords should make sure they are regularly checking their property to ensure tenants are not subletting without permission. Staying on top of...

A survey of tenants suggests around one in nine private sector tenants sublet their propertiers, and almost half of those do...

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

The oral evidence sessions begin today as the government’s controversial Housing and Planning Bill enters its most detailed scrutiny stage in...

A council has set up an anti-fraud tool to prevent social housing being illegally sub-let under the pretence of being private...

Around 40 per cent of landlords are reporting an increase in tenant demand in their area in the past three months. A...

A landlord has a bill of more than £85,000 for unlawfully letting a basement flat. As part of a council planning enforcement...

There has been a mixed response from the private rental industry following the announcement that Right To Rent checks will become mandatory...

An Oxford landlord has been convicted of unlawfully evicting a tenant after “a campaign of sustained harassment”. Riasat Ali was ordered to...

The Resort Group, the developer of the all-suite Llana Beach Hotel and Spa, which is due to open in 2016, has...

Government proposals forcing agents and landlords to check the immigration status of tenants risk a serious breach of human rights according...

The online petition against the government's proposed tax changes for buy to let investors is "a waste of time" according to...

Eviction specialists at Landlord Action are raising concerns as to whether there are sufficient resources, especially at local council level, to...

Some 88 per cent of tenants say they are unaware of the new law introduced this week intended to protect them...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it strongly supports new health and safety legislation coming into effect today - but...

New industry research shows that of those existing buy to let investors with a pension in place, just five per cent...

A landlord body says it has had confirmation from the government that there is an error in the published version of...

Over half the private rental sector tenants on housing benefit have experienced delays over its payment from their local council. Research by...

The property industry has hit out at what appears to be government confusion over a raft of new rules coming into...

If supporters of Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget restrictions on tax breaks for buy to let landlords thought opposition would die off...

New student tenants have been urged to be vigilent and not fall victim to fake online letting agents and landlords. The National...

New figures from a landlords’ organisation show that mortgage repayments are easily the biggest outgoing for a large proportion of landlords.  The...

The National Landlords’ Association has met with the Home Office and the Department of Communities and Local Government - and has...

A lettings organisation claims that a council licensing scheme in London will mean compulsory monthly visits to properties being let out. Harrow...

There has been a mixed reaction to the government’s announcement that agents and landlords face jail if they fail to conduct...

A landlord has been ordered to pay a fine and costs of £2,925 for unlawfully evicting a tenant from a house...

An estimated 400,000 landlords in the UK - that’s approaching three in every 10 - have had their property damaged by...

There has been no let-up in the anger expressed by sections of the buy to let sector after Chancellor George Osborne...

The council which became a standard bearer for so-called ‘landlord licensing’ - Enfield in north London - appears to have abandoned...

Chancellor George Osborne has been warned that rents in the private rented sector could rise if he scraps the tax-deductible status...

The National Landlords Association says next month is the next key date for the roll-out of the government’s controversial immigration checks...

The National Landlords Association has issued a briefing note which it says is a warning to Labour’s leadership and deputy leadership...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling for more effective action to find the minority of landlords who are criminals. The Association...

Tomorrow’s Queen’s Speech outlining legislation for the next 12 months will include a pledge to roll out across England and Wales...

The National Landlords Association has accused the Citizens Advice report of using “loose definitions to compound a perception that private housing...

The National Landlords Association says it is to lobby Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne on private rental sector tax issues...

A Conservative government means good news in the shape of a reduction in bureaurcracy for the private rental sector - but...

The National Landlords’ Association has set out a table of where the political parties stand on issues of lettings sector reform...

Property industry figures opposed to Labour plans to impose three year tenancies and rent caps should lobby candidates in a bid...

There has been widespread criticism of Labour's proposals for the private rental sector. The policies will “backfire” according to the National Landlords’ Association.  "We understand...