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Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...
10 December 2020
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One of the biggest commercial property operators in the country is to build 338 apartments to rent on the site of...
09 December 2020
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A long-running case about a house divided up and let out without planning permission has resulted in a fine of nearly...
09 December 2020
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Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
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A property entrepreneur critical of the quality of traditional buy to let says the government should create a Minister for Renting...
02 December 2020
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The last year was one which none of us will forget both personally and professionally. Every aspect of life has been...
01 December 2020
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A late-year surge in the number of Build To Rent applications has been forecast by a market commentator. Alex Blagden, senior researcher...
01 December 2020
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Councillors from a town council in Wales are to be given an audience with the country’s First Minister to discuss the...
24 November 2020
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The first part of a massive Build To Rent scheme from developer Lendlease is nearing completion at Elephant Park in the...
20 November 2020
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The latest Build To Rent snapshot up to late summer shows the number of BTR homes in stages of planning across...
12 November 2020
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There’s been a flurry of new PropTech products launched, mostly focussed on lettings agencies. Australian-based supplier Movinghub, which works the UK market...
05 November 2020
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A London council has dropped plans to restrict the creation of HMOs, a full 12 months after a consultation on the...
04 November 2020
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The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...
28 October 2020
From: Proptech & Innovation

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
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A new nationally recognised letting agent qualification is being launched by a landlord body. The Managing Property and Residential Lettings Level 3...
27 October 2020
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The Welsh Government wants to reform compulsory purchase powers - meaning any landlord with a long-term empty property in the region...
20 October 2020
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John Lewis Partnership, until now best known for its department stores and ownership of Waitrose, is to build homes for rent. The...
19 October 2020
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A new agency set up in Wiltshire says it goes beyond the traditional lettings services of existing operators, and instead seeks...
15 October 2020
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With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...
24 September 2020
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Prospective tenants are increasingly searching for properties outside of commuter hubs and urban areas, according to Rightmove. Its analysis of over 60 million...
15 September 2020
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A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...
04 September 2020
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A council has won a planning appeal banning the use of a property for short lets - considered a landmark case...
21 August 2020
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The lettings agency Portico is partnering with Goodlord to offer a new insurance policy to its landlords. Portico landlords can now benefit...
07 August 2020
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has postponed its conference - for a second time. Back in March it was postponed until...
03 August 2020
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One of the biggest names in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says all of its new housing stock...
01 July 2020
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The council at the centre of one of the planning controversies involving Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has issued a warning to...
30 June 2020
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A Labour Baroness, Alicia Kennedy, has been named as the new director of the fiercely pro-tenant Generation Rent campaign group. The announcement...
25 June 2020
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A property built without planning consent and then illegally let to a family has been knocked down by Ealing council in...
25 June 2020
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The director of renters’ campaign group Generation Rent says the long-running scandal of a planning decision made by the Housing Secretary...
22 June 2020
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Agents and landlords of private rented homes are urging the Scottish Government to continue work on improving the energy efficiency of...
11 June 2020
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A document outlining options for the future regulation of Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK is to be...
27 May 2020
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A council wants buy to let landlords with one-bed flats or rooms in shared homes to help it find homes for...
27 May 2020
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The Labour head of a special ‘taskforce’ looking at London housing issues in the light of the Coronavirus crisis says he...
29 April 2020
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One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players, Legal & General, says it’s to construct another 350 homes as part...
29 April 2020
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One of the official redress operators - Property Redress Scheme - has launched a tenancy mediation service for agents, landlords and...
28 April 2020
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A pro-Build To Rent online platform is hosting a webinar to discuss whether the sector will emerge from the Coronavirus crisis...
24 April 2020
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There’s been a 12 per cent increase in the number of Built To Rent homes across the UK that have been...
23 April 2020
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Here are two sets of advice from the good folk at Aston Mead Land & Planning - some more appropriate than...
10 April 2020
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The commercial arm of Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure...
07 April 2020
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Although the worst of the stock market bloodletting triggered by Coronavirus now appears to have gone, franchise agency group Belvoir has...
24 March 2020
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A row is erupting in Swansea over the number of HMOs in the city. Council leaders in the city want to implement...
02 March 2020
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A landlord has been ordered to pay back no less than £190,000 - equivalent to nine years’ rent - after he...
27 February 2020
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A London council says nearly half of the Airbnb-style short let properties available in its patch last year exceeded their legal...
21 February 2020
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Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent, has agreed to buy a proposed 348 home-scheme in central Nottingham. The...
21 February 2020
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...
06 February 2020
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Generation Rent - an outspoken organisation sharply critical of lettings agents and many aspects of the private rental sector - is...
06 February 2020
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New regulations governing HMOs are coming into effect in a north of England council. Landlords and developers will now need planning permission...
04 February 2020
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The latest lettings market snapshot by mortgage lender Paragon has found that of the landlords planning to purchase property in the...
24 January 2020
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The new body representing short let digital platforms like Airbnb and the large number of associated companies that have sprung up...
23 January 2020
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A landlord in one of the most scenic parts of Devon had been served with a £18,000 civil penalty because he...
23 January 2020
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An agent acting on behalf of a landlord has defended a bid for retrospective planning permission, but a Labour councillor has...
23 January 2020
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Councils that have been awarded additional cash injections by government could use their windfalls to enhance their enforcement of the private...
20 January 2020
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A leading agency in a part of the UK where local government wants to clamp down on the spread of Airbnb...
17 January 2020
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Politicians from several parties say they want their local council in Bristol to have the powers to regulate the number and...
10 January 2020
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The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has thrown its weight behind an initiative by the Scottish Government to control the growth...
10 January 2020
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Some 26 per cent of buy to let investors plan to sell one or more of their properties in 2020 according...
08 January 2020
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Birmingham’s Labour-led council is to introduce a city-wide Article 4 Direction from June, which means a planning application must be submitted for...
07 January 2020
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Just over third of private landlords are planning to quit the sector or cut the number of homes they let in...
23 December 2019
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More details have emerged of the long-term scheme to site Build To Rent homes at Transport for London tube stations and...
29 November 2019
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Another survey of private landlords show a majority feeling less confident about the market than they were three months ago. Last week...
21 November 2019
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A new piece of legislation has been invoked to ban a landlord from any involvement in the private rental sector for...
30 October 2019
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A leading agent has repeated his controversial belief that the proposed scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers should be seen as...
25 October 2019
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Research by the British Property Federation shows that there are now 148,046 build-to-rent homes complete, under construction or in planning across...
24 October 2019
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New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...
17 October 2019
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An umbrella organisation representing councils is calling for greater freedom to introduce more and larger rental sector licensing schemes, without the...
01 October 2019
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The majority of the UK’s private renters don’t want to purchase a home according to new research, coming just as the...
24 September 2019
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Labour is backing new guidelines which ban adverts which can be interpreted as encouraging landlords and home owners to flout restrictions...
19 September 2019
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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...
18 September 2019
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The Association of Residential Lettings Agents is urging member agents and the industry to ensure it is up to date with...
12 September 2019
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Data published by specialist lender Precise Mortgages suggests that over a fifth of landlords are planning to expand their portfolio with...
11 September 2019
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As the row over Labour’s proposal rumbles on the think tank Centre for Policy Studies - which has previously argued that...
05 September 2019
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A council has used a drone with a thermal imaging camera to identify illegal ‘sheds’ where tenants are being rented beds...
03 September 2019
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A new rental option for landlords could see them receiving an upfront annual lump sum of over £10,000. The Advanced Rent Option...
20 August 2019
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New guidance from the government on its controversial Right To Rent scheme would see agents and landlords breaking the law if...
05 August 2019
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A tenant pretending to be landlord has been ordered to pay more than £21,000 after he carved up five family homes...
31 July 2019
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There’s been a sceptical response to news leaked from government over the weekend suggesting that a database of rogue landlords would...
22 July 2019
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A trade association has called for a 'moratorium' on any further government intervention in the buy-to-let sector in order to stop...
09 July 2019
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The Welsh government is planning to make changes to the notice period for eviction which would see tenants given 12-month contracts...
09 July 2019
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A leading trade body is urging the candidates to lead the Conservative Party to adopt a more positive approach to the...
01 July 2019
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An independent review into selective licensing in the private rental sector makes a series of recommendations to tighten processes, with the...
26 June 2019
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A landlord who illegally converted a London home into two flats without planning permission has been given a prison sentence after...
20 June 2019
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Landlords have been urged to seek advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties after a landmark tribunal case. A...
18 June 2019
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Controversial London lettings agency Flintons has again been named by a BBC TV programme for allegedly unreasonable behaviour in relation to...
03 June 2019
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Legal & General has exchanged contracts on two adjacent sites in south London to deliver its largest Built To Rent scheme...
16 May 2019
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A new PropTech tool already used by three leading agencies claims to identify and speed up contact between pre-qualified tenants and...
15 May 2019
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The operations director of letting agency haart has told landlords not to 'stress too much' over Brexit. Paul Sloan says it's easy...
13 May 2019
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A quarter of private landlords are looking to sell at least one property over the next year according to new research...
02 May 2019
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A London council has won one of the largest-ever Proceeds of Crime claims from an unscrupulous buy to let investor. Andre Charles Trepel,...
02 May 2019
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A property investment platform claims that investor sentiment in buy to let is actually improving despite ongoing political and economic uncertainty...
30 April 2019
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A building expert is warning buy to let investors that they won’t enjoy unfettered rights to extend their properties upwards when...
15 April 2019
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The rapid growth of Airbnb-style short lets could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displacement of long-term residents...
09 April 2019
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A buy to let investor who hid families in windowless rooms after failing to get planning permission for a block of...
28 March 2019
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Large-scale buy to let investors are continuing to move to limited company status in a bid to limit their exposure to...
25 March 2019
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A survey of 500 buy to let landlords suggests that well over a third are planning to increase the size of...
25 March 2019
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The implementation and costs of landlord licensing schemes in Britain are a lottery. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of licensing...
20 March 2019
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More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...
08 March 2019
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Gregory Property Group has announced forward funding and the start of work on one of the country’s largest purpose-built student blocks. It’s...
05 March 2019
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Another London local authority is proposing to insist HMOs require planning permission in future. Currently in Croydon multi-bedroom properties can be converted...
27 February 2019
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Over 250 new units constructed by Telford Homes are to be used for Build To Rent according to a deal announced...
20 February 2019
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A buy to let investor who converted three family homes to HMOs without securing planning permission has been jailed for falsifying...
18 February 2019
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Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...
12 February 2019
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High-end lettings agency Knight Frank is predicting that £75 billion of investment will be committed to the Build To Rent sector...
06 February 2019
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One of the country’s major Build To Rent providers has signed a deal to deliver 324 flats in a major city...
01 February 2019
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There’s been a big rise in the volume of purpose-built student accommodation in the UK, suggesting that the market may be...
29 January 2019
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A buy to let investor has lost possession of his flat after converting it into an Illegal House in Multiple Occupation...
22 January 2019
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There has been a massive surge in the volume of lettings properties under construction for the burgeoning Built To Rent sector. Data...
18 January 2019
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A court has ordered a husband and wife pair of buy to let investors to pay back £322,282 in illegal income. A...
18 December 2018
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Buy to let investor Changhaiz Ishaq has been ordered to pay a £8,510 fine for defying a prohibition order on his...
18 December 2018
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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...
10 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A notorious rogue landlord must pay £1.5m or risk spending up to nine years in prison after what is thought to...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News

We regularly carry stories about fines for landlords and letting agents who have apparently broken council or national laws - but...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A landlord is almost £42,000 worse off after repeatedly ignoring council orders to stop illegally letting so called “beds in sheds”...
22 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The Republic of Ireland has adopted new policies requiring owners in 'high housing demand areas' to secure planning consent if they...
01 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A managing agent who used ‘ghost tenants’ as a front so that she could cram 16 people into one overcrowded house...
16 October 2018
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Brexit is causing concern among landlords, according to HomeLet. The initial results of HomeLet’s annual landlord survey says nine out of 10...
15 October 2018
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Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...
25 September 2018
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Reports have emerged this week that the government is planning a U-turn on its proposals to introduce mandatory three-year minimum tenancies...
06 September 2018
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A London council has fined a letting agency over £10,000 for failing to install smoke alarms in a rental property. Waltham Forest...
05 September 2018
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An Essex council claims it is one of the first to be granted a rent repayment order - part of legislation...
31 August 2018
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A newspaper in warning that the beleaguered buy to let sector may be under attack yet again with the government considering...
06 August 2018
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The British Property Federation says there are now 124,037 Build To Rent homes complete, under construction and in planning across the...
09 July 2018
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Well-respected London lettings agent and former ARLA president Lucy Morton is the latest key figure to pour cold water on government...
05 July 2018
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Legal & General, one of the biggest players in Britain’s burgeoning Build To Rent market, has exchanged contracts on its largest...
05 July 2018
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Buy to let landlords are welcoming proposals being considered by the government to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. In...
03 July 2018
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The Independent online newspaper says Conservative MP Gary Streeter will tomorrow meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and urge her to...
19 June 2018
From: Breaking News

One in five UK landlords have entered buy to let without even planning to, finding themselves with a property ‘accidentally’ or...
14 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Letting agents and landlords will have to win planning consent to erect To Let signs in student areas of Leicester from...
12 June 2018
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New research nearly two out of five landlords will use limited companies to buy properties over the next year compared to...
11 June 2018
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Two million tenants will this year be hit with rent rises totalling a combined £46m a month according to an online...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors are taking a wait and see approach when it comes to additional investment in the sector according...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...
03 May 2018
From: 60 Second Interview

New figures show a 30 per cent rise in the past year in the number of Build To Rent units planned,...
13 April 2018
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Build To Rent provider Get Living has revealed plans to invest up to £180m in 756 units in Leeds. Acquired by Get...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, will is to reveal his vision for the private rental sector to a Residential...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A couple who illegally converted an office block into 14 flats have been found guilty for disregarding planning laws - and...
15 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A trade body is calling on the government to repeal the fee that councils can now charge when an Article 4...
12 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Oxford’s Labour council has given its support to a lettings review website because it claims it will help drive up the...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The British Property Federation is calling upon more councils to support Build To Rent following the government’s recognition of the sector in...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Reaction to the government’s call for developers and planning authorities to be more flexible in their approach to increasing the housing...
07 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Experts suggest that Build To Rent is likely to be heavily promoted when the government announces its latest revamp to the...
05 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has given the go ahead to what will be one of the UK’s largest selective licensing scheme outside of...
15 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent developer and operator PLATFORM_ has announced its first scheme in Scotland and an expansion of an existing development...
09 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...
08 February 2018
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Legal & General has exchanged contracts to acquire land in the centre of Brighton in order to deliver the city’s first...
01 February 2018
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The government has been accused by a lettings sector trade body of skewing the market to encourage more short-lets. The claim comes...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Legal & General - one of the country’s largest players in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector - has made a...
11 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A new team of investigative council officers are hitting the streets of the capital to tackle unlawful nightly letting using websites like...
14 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Larger scale landlords with 10 properties or more appear to be the most confident about the private rental sector, and are...
08 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A database of rogue letting agents and landlords and new banning orders, first promised in the Housing and Planning Act announced...
04 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Grainger - Britain’s largest listed residential landlord, which has pledged to invest £850m in Build To Rent - says the rental...
01 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The owner of a property firm who reportedly misled tenants and let an illegally converted property has been jailed for 155...
29 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Legal & General, one of the largest operators in the growing Build To Rent sector, has acquired a 272 acre site...
28 November 2017
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One of the senior figures in the UK’s burgeoning Build To Rent sector has called on the Chancellor to help this...
22 November 2017
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Mandatory Client Money Protection for lettings agents - currently the subject of a formal government consultation - will contribute towards making...
21 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Latest figures suggest that there are almost 100,000 Build To Rent units either completed, under construction or awaiting planning permission across the...
15 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been fined over £12,000 for illegally renting out a basement underneath an outbuilding at his...
08 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has started what is described as an official inspection of Right To Rent. Legislation...
25 October 2017
From: Breaking News

You may think there are enough horror stories going around the agency industry and Britain as a whole right now -...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News

PropTech firm PayProp has welcomed the latest measures to clamp down on rogue elements within the lettings industry - but warns...
11 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Greenwich is the latest council to make it compulsory for planning consent to be given before converting homes into Houses in...
05 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting agency Saxons has been fined more than £3,000 after pleading guilty to the offence of displaying an unauthorised To Let...
03 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor reported to be receiving rental income of £150,000 a year must pay over £340,000 after illegally...
02 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Bob Parry Lettings, a north Wales agency, has removed a claim from its website concerning a plot of land, following a...
13 September 2017
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services’ new consultancy and management service for the Build To Rent sector - PRSim - has teamed up with...
12 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A third of tenants can't imagine ever taking their first step on the property ladder and owning their own home. This is...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord who was found guilty of illegally converting a hotel into 26 flats has been given three months to pay...
06 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A London letting agency is opening a new branch thanks to continued high demand from EU nationals looking for rental property...
05 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Landlords who rent out their property via online letting agents are in a stronger position to deal with new financial and...
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News

More landlords are quitting conventional letting and resorting to holiday lets or, increasingly, Airbnb-style short lets. The move is particularly acute in...
24 August 2017
From: Breaking News

New figures compiled by the British Property Federation chronicle the continuing growth of Build To Rent across the country. The BPF says...
22 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has started work on a TV advertisement to highlight the importance of landlords instructing agents. The...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey of almost 3,000 landlords suggests more than one in five plans to sell at least one of their investment...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Planning permission has been granted for a hybrid letting agency and a café bar to be installed - together - in...
11 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A man who illegally housed tenants inside his converted garage has been ordered to pay £173,141 by a court. Amir Golesorkhi turned...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is testing an experimental Facebook Messenger bot in the London lettings market. For the unitiated a bot is software that can...
28 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The reasons behind ‘landlord churn’ - when buy to let investors sell up - are more connected with personal circumstances than...
28 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A specialist student lettings agency says the drop in the number of applicants for UK higher education courses this year threatens...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A lettings firm and a property management company that converted a family home into micro flats have been found guilty of...
07 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting and estate agencies in Brighton and Hove have agreed to voluntary restrictions on the erection of To Let and For...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A local authority has clamped down on what it describes as illegal advertising boards, fining agencies thousands of pounds in the...
20 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The number of EU nationals looking to move to the UK and rent has fallen in the year since the UK...
19 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A proposed amendment to the government's Housing and Planning Bill which suggests landlords are required to make homes 'fit for human...
15 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The London council of Newham is thought to be the first local authority in the UK to use new powers to...
24 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Landlords are increasingly looking to reduce the fees they pay to letting agents due to industry tax changes and increasing management...
12 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A well known specialist mortgage lender for the buy to let sector, Paragon, has refreshed its offering in the light of...
04 May 2017
From: Breaking News

An east London landlord, who was also director of a letting agency, has been forced to pay out over £235,000 for...
21 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Kensington & Chelsea council in central London has set up a series of hotline services and a working party to investigate...
19 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A body representing 370 councils in England and Wales wants the government to close a legal loophole which allows the conversion...
12 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A leading letting agent campaigning against rental sector deposits is warning that the industry might be hit with “astronominal” insurance premiums...
10 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent operator Essential Living has won planning consent for 221 new homes in Brentford - part of the firm’s...
10 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord who illegally converted a property into seven flats and rented them out without planning permission faces having to repay...
03 April 2017
From: Breaking News

What does it say on your business card? Luke Burton Sales and Marketing Director, Rent4sure Who is Rent4sure? Rent4sure, is an established tenant referencing company. We provide...
29 March 2017
From: 60 Second Interview

There is to be a new high-level and independent review of the private rental sector in England. The Nationwide Foundation is funding...
29 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Angry landlords in Shropshire have set up an online petition against local council proposals to introduce selective licensing. The Wrekin Landlords Association...
24 March 2017
From: Breaking News

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has written to six short-term lets websites calling on them to introduce a 90-day limit on rentals...
07 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Bristol council has given consent to a 255 unit city centre Build to Rent scheme to be constructed and managed by...
02 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Manchester council is considering a city-wide ban on letting agents’ To Let boards. The local authority says the plethora of boards in some...
28 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The proportion of landlords considering commercial loans to fund purchases has doubled over the last 18 months as they try to...
27 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A new form of agency which wants to blend traditional letting with Airbnb-style short lets has launched in London. Lavanda claims it...
21 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A company selling management services for owners short-letting their properties says there has been a 136 per cent rise in the...
21 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Gavin Barwell is organising a series of regional meetings for property professionals to give him their view of his...
20 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A buy to let landlord who converted an Uxbridge house into two flats without planning permission has been ordered to pay...
20 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The explosion in the short-lets sector continues apace with one third of London councils telling the BBC that Airbnb’s 90-day time...
13 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Wembley Park in north London is to host Britain’s largest Build To Rent scheme yet after Quintain revealed a programme for...
08 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The government has set out 29 key points in its Housing White Paper. Introducing in the Commons this afternoon, Communities Secretery Sajid...
07 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Government leaks to the Observer newspaper suggest that the Housing White Paper will show a huge policy shift towards renting - and may...
06 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Imperial College London has paid £30m to acquire half of London’s largest Build To Rent scheme at The Perfume Factory in...
06 February 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s been a long time coming but the government’s White Paper on Housing - tipped to contain major reforms affecting the...
26 January 2017
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A property investment financing specialist says an increasing number of buy to let investors are converting properties into Houses in Multiple...
17 January 2017
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Properties let out via Airbnb in the Republic of Ireland may come under greater planning scrutiny. It follows the news that a...
17 January 2017
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Airbnb’s decision to enforce the London-specific legislation which limits hosts to letting their properties for no more than 90 nights a...
05 January 2017
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Mark Clare, the former Barratt Developments chief executive, is to be the next chairman of Britain’s current largest listed landlord, Grainger,...
05 January 2017
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Airbnb’s new protocol seeking to stop London hosts short-letting their properties for more than 90 days a year without formal consent,...
22 December 2016
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A building firm that carried out illegal building work to create homes to let has been hit with a £250,000 confiscation...
12 December 2016
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A new report by think tank IPPR supports those who feel the so-called ‘sharing economy’ - short lets via Airbnb and...
09 December 2016
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The fast-growing Build To Rent sector has seen another boost in investment from a major player - Legal & General. Earlier this week...
08 December 2016
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Financial results from Grainger, which is already the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, reveals the potential profits to be made by...
02 December 2016
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At the end of an already-challenging week for the industry, a landlord group has distanced itself from comments made in its...
25 November 2016
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Phillip Hammond has delivered his first Autumn Statement, tackling amongst other things, what he called “the housing challenge.” The speech made no...
23 November 2016
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Brighton and Hove council has failed in its bid to win government backing to ban To Let boards. The council sought government...
22 November 2016
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Earlier this month we reported on Belfast council’s decision to open a public consultation on whether To Let boards should be...
16 November 2016
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Another local authority is considering a ban to reduce the impact - or possibly ban outright - agents' To Let boards. Residents...
07 November 2016
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Local authorities appear to be at the forefront of identifying abuses of the Airbnb short-let platform and have called executives from...
04 November 2016
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Waltham Forest council has enforced an Interim Management Order on a house in its area meaning it will take over day-to-day...
21 October 2016
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It is feared that Cardiff council will later this week severely restrict the number of new shared houses in two popular...
20 October 2016
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The British Property Federation is urging Chancellor Phillip Hammond to bring in tax measures to help the purpose-built Build To Rent...
18 October 2016
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Grainger, the UK’s largest residential property owner and manager listed on the London Stock Exchange, has set out an argument to...
05 October 2016
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Two landlords must pay a combined total of over £300,000 following legal action by a central London council. Westminster council claimed that...
05 October 2016
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A landlord guilty of breaching a planning enforcement notice has been ordered to pay £700,000 in fines and costs - the...
04 October 2016
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As the Conservatives meet at their annual conference and Chancellor Phillip Hammond considers next month’s Autumn Statement, an industry body has...
03 October 2016
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A landlords’ group says the widespread letting of homes in London on Airbnb and similar platforms is worsening the shortage of...
31 August 2016
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Some industry organisations have spotted that under new legislation now in effect, tenants’ associations are being given the right to gain...
26 August 2016
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A millionaire landlord who built an illegal outbuilding at his home has been forced to demolish it after pressure from his...
10 August 2016
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Legal & General has appointed a former Savills residential capital markets expert as it beefs up its team ahead of greater...
09 August 2016
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29 July 2016
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Two more student houses in Brighton have been ordered to close by a government planning inspector. There have now been four such...
27 July 2016
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An east London council is changing its planning rules, bringing in Article 4 consent before homes in key areas are converted...
26 July 2016
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A damp garage with completely inadequate security, heating, and insulation which was being let as a flat for more than £1,000...
21 July 2016
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have asked new housing minister Gavin Barwell to...
20 July 2016
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A group campaigning to secure refunds on alleged mortgage interest over-charging by buy to let lenders is calling on letting agents...
19 July 2016
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The Select Property Group has won planning permission for 506 residential apartments in a prime Manchester city centre location. The two buildings...
15 July 2016
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There was an eight per cent surge in the number of homes available to rent in the second quarter of the...
14 July 2016
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The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...
22 June 2016
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Next week letting agents across the country will be taking part in the fifth annual SAFEagent Awareness Week. The event aims to...
03 June 2016
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Some 36% of UK landlords have had a property abandoned by tenants, according to research. Abandonment - which occurs when a tenant...
23 May 2016
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The number of Build To Rent homes planned across the UK has doubled in just six months to 45,000, according to...
20 May 2016
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Havering council has successfully prosecuted a landlord who must now pay £101,300 for building illegal flats at her property. Jaghtar Khaira was...
17 May 2016
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The Romans Group has snapped up Handovers in Guildford, another acquisition using its £30m facility for expansion purchases. Handovers is now fully-incorporated...
06 May 2016
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A leading trade body has called for the Housing and Planning Bill now going through parliament to be widened to include...
26 April 2016
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has given its support for what appears to be a government U-turn on Client Money...
22 April 2016
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The government is planning to update its Right To Rent guidance following the roll out of the scheme across the country,...
21 April 2016
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Countrywide - which has already acquired a string of letting agencies in recent months - continues to demonstrate its emphasis on...
18 April 2016
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The additional homes stamp duty surcharge is contributing to a slowdown in the central London development market according to JLL. The number...
07 April 2016
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The two landlords behind the bid to seek a judicial review of George Osborne’s buy to let mortgage interest relief tax...
31 March 2016
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Two buy to let investors who breached planning regulations by converting a house into seven studio flats have been ordered to...
29 March 2016
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An unauthorised outhouse with a concealed entrance constructed at the back of a residential property in west London - one of...
21 March 2016
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A council has asked agents in its area to tell landlords of additional planning powers taken by the authority which may...
09 March 2016
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It is safe to say that in the cyber world of today, a reviewing culture has been born. We have review...
25 February 2016
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Returns from buy to let properties have risen to their highest level in over a year. Data from Your Move and Reeds...
19 February 2016
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A report by the British Hospitality Association appears to reveal the latest estimates of the impact of people who use Airbnb...
18 February 2016
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A landlord who has had previous conflicts with his local council has effectively lost control of his 16 private rental properties. William...
17 February 2016
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Legal & General Capital, which last week announced its intention to work with a Dutch pension fund manager to build 3,000...
09 February 2016
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New figures from the British Property Federation show that there are now over 30,000 Build To Rent units with planning permission...
03 February 2016
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In a constantly changing legislative environment, the importance of keeping up-to-date in terms of knowledge and skills has never been more...
02 February 2016
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Grainger - which last week committed to spend £850m on the burgeoning UK Build To Rent sector - has announced that...
02 February 2016
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The row over Tory MPs who voted against a bid to ensure all homes let to private tenants were “fit for...
18 January 2016
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MPs have given their backing to a government proposal to ban rogue letting agents and landlords who repeatedly break private rental...
13 January 2016
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A Conservative peer and former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury has become the first senior Tory to speak out against...
06 January 2016
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Eviction specialist company Landlord Action wants the government to complement its action against rogue letting agents and tenants with a ‘rogue...
05 January 2016
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The Housing and Planning Bill returns to the House of Commons tomorrow when the remaining stages of the legislation resume after...
04 January 2016
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Almost half of landlords are set to increase their rents in 2016 in a bid to counteract tax changes and higher...
31 December 2015
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It may be almost Christmas but the government is this week unveiling new laws to combat what it sees as the...
21 December 2015
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The National Landlords Association has launched a new campaign - Reinventing Renting - to encourage landlords to make their lettings businesses...
15 December 2015
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An organisation representing councils wants a government database covering all housing-related convictions to deter rogue landlords switching from one area to...
14 December 2015
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A landlord has been fined £6,160 by St Helens magistrates after he admitted failing to tidy up two properties he owned. The...
08 December 2015
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The chairman of Berkeley Homes is warning that George Osborne’s latest three per cent stamp duty hike for buy to let...
07 December 2015
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It is not often that a national newspaper dedicates an article to praising buy to let - and even rarer for...
30 November 2015
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- From April 2016 buy to let landlords and people buying second or holiday homes will have to pay an additional...
26 November 2015
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A local authority is considering introducing measures to prevent landlords turning family homes in one of its conservation areas into HMOs. Reading...
23 November 2015
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Generation Rent, the lobby group which recently narrowly escaped folding because of a lack of financial support, wants the public to...
19 November 2015
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A previously-convicted landlord has been ordered to pay over £200,000 by a court for illegally converting two properties into flats without...
17 November 2015
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The Residential Landlords Association is calling on MPs to support a measure being proposed in the House of Commons that would...
13 November 2015
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The oral evidence sessions begin today as the government’s controversial Housing and Planning Bill enters its most detailed scrutiny stage in...
10 November 2015
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A rogue landlord who illegally converted one house into a nine flats has been handed a maximum £20,000 fine after being...
09 November 2015
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There is uproar in Brighton as a result of students being let rooms in an HMO - despite the property’s owners...
30 October 2015
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A tenants’ campaign group is planning a series of protests this coming weekend outside offices of lettings agencies which allegedly do...
28 October 2015
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Two unauthorised outbuildings occupied by five adults and a child have been demolished by a London council after a landlord failed...
28 October 2015
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A landlord has a bill of more than £85,000 for unlawfully letting a basement flat. As part of a council planning enforcement...
26 October 2015
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Build to Rent development in London is over double that in the rest of the UK with over 14,276 units in...
20 October 2015
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The Associational of Residential Letting Agents has spoken up in favour of most of the provisions in the new Housing and...
16 October 2015
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Local councils are being urged to drop landlord licensing schemes following the publication of new laws showing that they are not...
15 October 2015
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A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £400,000 after converting a property into flats without permission. Gilbert Garrick let the...
13 October 2015
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The British Property Federation is urging the government to focus on delivery of all housing tenures, not just owner-occupation. The call came...
12 October 2015
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Rents in the private sector have been falling in real terms according to an independent study just published. The research, commissioned by...
09 October 2015
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New industry research shows that of those existing buy to let investors with a pension in place, just five per cent...
25 September 2015
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Sadiq Khan, Labour’s choice for London mayoral candidate, has set out his housing policies - with possible rent controls high on...
14 September 2015
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The Build To Rent movement, whereby financial and other institutions fund the construction of purpose-built rental accommodation and go on to...
06 August 2015
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A couple from Cambridgeshire have been fined £10,000 and ordered to hand over in excess of £75,000 after repeatedly renting out...
04 August 2015
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Leading UK property agency enhances auditing and reporting while providing a better client experience. Company’s Top Objectives Romans is a 19-branch network of...
08 July 2015
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When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...
19 June 2015
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Given that I wrote my last article on the day of the General Election but well before the result was known,...
19 June 2015
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A trial voluntary ban on letting agents boards in part of a town has been declared such a success it could...
16 June 2015
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Known as Britain’s biggest landlords, Fergus and Judith Wilson have started to sell off their 1,000 strong property portfolio. The ex-teachers from...
09 June 2015
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Two thirds of landlords plan to buy at least one further property in the next six months, according to Mortgages for...
29 May 2015
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Airbnb is letting out a two-bedroom floating house on the Thames to publicise the changes in short term letting rules in...
20 May 2015
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There has been much debate in recent years about Britain’s desperate need for more housing stock. Demand has been outstripping supply...
15 May 2015
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The general election result was greeted with a sigh of relief throughout the lettings industry. Thanks to the Conservatives' victory, the threat...
15 May 2015
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So, a sigh of relief. Most agents will be pleased with the election result - even if they are not Tory supporters...
08 May 2015
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Around 40 developers, property consultants and block managers have sent an open letter to the new government - being elected today...
07 May 2015
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Gentrification is a divisive, provocative issue, but why are estate agents (especially Foxtons) appearing to bear the brunt of the public’s...
06 May 2015
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While much of the lettings industry protests against Labour proposals for rent controls and three year tenancies, an influential pressure group...
29 April 2015
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“More than 1 in 3 agreed property deals in England & Wales fall through… Gazeal is a new system for property sales,...