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Fledgling portal MoveStreets has signed over 100 agents, with an inventory of 16,500 properties to let and for sale. It says its latest...

One of the first franchisees for a new business model put forward by the Century 21 UK agency is a buy...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team is appealing to the industry to be eagle-eyed for scams. This follows the...

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that new energy efficiency targets for EPCs could stifle buy to let investment in future. In...

An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers.  Barrows and...

A 24 month community order and 200 hours of unpaid work are the price being paid for an unlawful eviction.  Buy to...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors study suggests tenant demand has increased over the past quarter but at a slowing...

A lettings agency is warning that fraudsters have copied property listings and put them on Facebook Marketplace, demanding deposits from the...

A call has gone out for the longer-term buy to let rental sector to have a similar tax regime as the largely-unregulated...

The latest rental market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark suggests that only 30 per cent of tenants experienced rent increases in December...

How did you get into property? My grandparents did some small property developments when I was growing up which always interested me,...

Research from independent financial service market monitor Moneyfacts shows a small but encouraging increase in the number of buy to let mortgages...

Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...

A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...

A regional lettings agency says its better-than-expected 2020 performance is down at least partly to having what it calls a unique...

A rental market snapshot says the UK-wide lettings picture is dragged down by Greater London's excess of supply, and by the...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...

Propertymark is making it clear that rent controls are not the way to operate an efficient lettings market. In a formal response...

A leading property law expert says there is now pressure on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise stamp duty on buy to...

High end agency Savills says it’s raised over £270m in nine auctions this year, with an average sold price of over...

The debate over rental properties listed on portals with ‘No DSS’ statements has reignited over the weekend. This follows a BBC investigation...

An investment group of companies specialising in student accommodation says letting agents can be very important - but it also says...

Around one in seven residential properties purchased in November were snapped up by buy to let investors, according to Countrywide research. A...

An end-of-year market snapshot by the Association of Residential Letting Agents shows the supply of rental accommodation was the highest on record...

The UK Association of Lettings Agents is recommending transparency in relation to the disclosure of referral fees to landlord clients. Last month...

The rental market is recovering fast from the Coronavirus crisis and still has a strong ‘offer’ for investors - but it’s...

A property entrepreneur critical of the quality of traditional buy to let says the government should create a Minister for Renting...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the second month in a row according to ARLA Propertymark. Its latest snapshot...

A council says it’s let 21 properties thanks to a rent guarantee system launched to woo private landlords to supply homes...

Agents have another 12 months to make referral fees more transparent according to an update from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting...

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has drawn up a league table of which boroughs in the capital have had their...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a warning to government not to use Capital Gains Tax reform to further punish the private rental...

A prominent agent and industry commentator says the threat of higher Capital Gains Tax risks forcing yet more investors to quit...

The government is urging agents and landlords to be “considerate” when deciding whether to accept tenants on the basis of their...

One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

A rebranded agency is now focussing on selling only tenanted buy to let properties in what it calls ‘second tier’ cities...

An MP claims the proliferation of short lets via Airbnb and similar online platforms is indirectly pricing local people out of...

The government has unveiled the public health regulations which will underpin the second national lockdown in England - and the exemptions...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell by almost a fifth in the year to the end of September according...

Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance.  The exercise...

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...

Agents are being warned to prepare now for likely controls on referral fees, following recommendations made to the government by the...

PropTech firm Goodlord is for the first time offering ‘bank-grade’ facial recognition to letting agents. As part of an update to its...

Knight Knox has unveiled a new property investment website as it marks its 16th anniversary. The new site features the tagline ‘property...

A major north of England local authority wants to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live, following analysis...

A London agency has won the instruction for a particularly prestigious let - a four bedroom apartment in the capital, once...

Online agency eXp UK has launched a new lettings service allowing agents who join the organisation can now offer a lettings...

A call to action has been sent to letting agents to make their voices heard about new EPC proposals from the Department...

Rents continue to fall in Prime Central London according to agency Knight Frank. After September’s data is taken into account the annual...

Savills latest remote auction in 2020 saw £40m raised with 90 lots sold bringing the total value of property sold in 2020...

One of the highest profile figures in the rental sector says rogue letting agents should be named and shamed as a...

There have been more Coronavirus-inspired changes to lettings regulations in Scotland. Firstly the Scottish Government has passed the Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Amendment...

The letting market experienced a traditional seasonal decline in August, according to the latest analysis from Agency Express. Its Property Activity Index...

Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...

Zoopla has revealed its top 10 hotspots for buy to let investors seeking high rental yields.  The analysis is based on rental returns...

Striving for higher yields remains the holy grail for buy to let, and new research suggests investors could be attracted by...

A new private rental licensing regime in a London borough is being described as “a major step forward in improving living...

Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer.  Mary Rouse,...

The latest survey of buy to let landlords suggests a relatively healthy private rental sector notwithstanding the challenges of the Coronavirus...

A specialist mortgage operator is warning letting agents and landlords to gear up for a winter of discontent as a result...

A league table has been drawn up to show which large cities in the UK have the highest demand for investment...

Independent service Moneyfacts says that while the buy to let mortgage sector remains resilient, it has contracted slightly in recent weeks...

The latest house price index, produced by the website Home, gives a broadly optimistic outlook for landlords and other buy to...

New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...

A trade body is reminding new landlords tempted by the stamp duty holiday of the raft of health and safety measures they...

Uncertainty around the start of the academic year and pressure on corporate budgets means lettings activity has been lower than normal...

A property litigation expert is warning letting agents and landlords about far-reaching consequences of the recent ruling which declared a blanket...

Now may be the time for buy to let investors to consider incorporation - putting their property portfolios into a limited...

Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter claims some lettings agencies are ignoring the recent ruling that private landlords cannot discriminate against...

A  buy to let investor has been sentenced to two years in prison after claiming income support despite being a professional portfolio...

Four out of 10 mortgage brokers expect more buy to let business in the coming 12 months, according to a Paragon...

A lettings portal says almost half of the prospective renters it has surveyed claim to have regarded some viewings as “disgusting”...

Reports into Letting Agent Today suggest there’s still some confusion over new regulations surrounding electrical checks in the private rental sector. If...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

A new web platform is launching encouraging reviews of landlords - but it claims not to be another opportunity for tenants...

A lettings agent comparison website, Rentround, says the stamp duty holiday has spurred existing and would-be landlords to search for new...

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...

Propertymark is the latest industry body to warn the government against Capital Gains Tax changes that may disincentivise landlords. A joint statement...

A new mortgage product aimed at buy to let investors wanting to enjoy a slice of the holiday home staycation market...

There’s a warning that buy to let investors will simply hold on to properties and not sell them if rumoured Capital...

The Prime Minister has stepped into the ongoing row over a Labour claim that last week’s stamp duty holiday was merely...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has entered the row over Labour claiming that the stamp duty holiday announced last week was in...

A PropTech firm is offering what it calls “free landlord leads” to letting agents who register with the company in July...

Buy to let landlords specialising in student accommodation are facing huge challenges with increased government legislation and the impact of Coronavirus. That’s...

Labour has described the stamp duty holiday introduced last week as “a £1.3 billion bung for landlords” because the tax break...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has given a warm welcome to this week’s news that buy to let investors as...

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...

The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...

Four buy to let investors have each been fined £10,000 for letting out unlicensed HMOs. The unlicensed properties , all in the...

Another agent reports huge surge in supply of London properties to let Yesterday Chestertons reported a large rise in the supply of...

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...

Agents and landlords are urged to lobby MPs to highlight the threat of the current eviction ban and to urge no...

The latest market snapshot produced by agent data suggests that rent increases have hit a new low as the Coronavirus impacts on...

The council at the centre of one of the planning controversies involving Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has issued a warning to...

Landlords who are remortgaging are currently doing so primarily to build a war chest. That’s the view of mortgage brokerage Mortgages for...

A stamp duty cut could reinvigorate the buy to let market and the wider economy as the country comes out of...

Landlords or their agents wanting to obtain possession of their property should act sooner rather than later despite the current ban. That’s...

New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...

A PropTech platform claims to allow agents to generate a fully-compliant tenancy agreement with a standardised pet-friendly clause which includes a...

A survey suggests that 77 per cent of  buy to letinvestors believe their tenants can pay full rent during the Coronavirus...

One bedroom properties provide the best returns to buy to let investors according to new research by a lettings management platform. Single...

The next formal review of lockdown processes in Wales takes place today, with high expectation that the housing market is likely...

New figures show that typical capital gains for buy to let investors are on the way down. Hamptons International says that landlords...

The managing director of an insurer and legal services supplier to the lettings industry has accused some tenants of using the...

The chairman of an agency chain is advising landlords to prepare for stock surpluses in some areas and to win tenants...

There’s been a significant increase in the mortgage choice available to landlords as the buy to let market gets closer to...

The so-called King and Queen of Buy To Let, the controversial husband and wife team of Fergus and Judith Wilson, are...

A buy to let investor who kept a group of men as slaves – making them work 90-hour weeks in return...

An analysis of buy to let returns from mortgage lender Mojo has produced a league table with no London locations in...

Research shows that half of those in the private rental sector are aged 16 to 34, making the lettings industry vulnerable...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

The HMRC’s long-awaited online register for letting agents to register their anti-money laundering activities has opened - almost six months after...

A council wants buy to let landlords with one-bed flats or rooms in shared homes to help it find homes for...

Aldermore Bank is this week resuming physical mortgage valuations on properties for house purchase and remortgage in England, where strict social...

A London council has sent an open letting to its buy to let landlords urging them to show understanding to tenants...

The possibility of an extended mortgage holiday being introduced, for landlords as well as home owners, has been sharply criticised by...

A consumer group wants buy to let properties to be re-let only if the tenants in them want to move. The call...

Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second month in a row according to data from Hamptons International.   In April the average...

A specialist mortgage broker is suggesting that this is the right time for buy to let investors to bag bargain properties,...

From midnight lettings agents in England have been able to resume work thanks to an amendment to Coronavirus legislation that was...

Some buy to let mortgages are now more expensive than before for borrowers, despite the recent fall in the Bank of...

There’s been a substantial 20 per cent rise in formal complaints about agents taken up by The Property Ombudsman.  The figures refer...

Reapit is offering lettings and sales agents free training courses for its CRM software.  The offer will provide non-customers with complimentary access...

A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...

New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...

A council is being asked to prioritise consent to use a property as an HMO during the pandemic, with its four...

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...

The number of mortgage lenders still offering products to landlords is 42 - only seven fewer than at the peak of...

Private landlords want the government to stop local authorities charging council tax on rented homes left empty because of the Coronavirus.  The National...

A new automated lettings platform is launching next week and promising to ensure agents and buy to let investors stay compliant. PlanetRent...

Seven out of 10 tenancies that were due to end in March were renewed according to Hamptons International - the highest...

A leading London lettings agency is reporting only a very low rent default rate so far, despite fears that the Coronavirus...

HSBC says its unable to accept any new buy to let mortgage applications during the Coronavirus crisis. The same applies to applications...

Demand for homes to rent has surged back by some 30 per cent in the two weeks to April 14 according...

The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...

Lettings PropTech company teclet has announced that its partnership with the Mortgage Advice Bureau has been extended to offer mortgage and...

Data from independent mortgage monitor Moneyfacts shows that there’s been a big drop in the choice of mortgage for buy to...

The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...

Demand for rental properties with gardens or other outdoor space has soared in terms of portal listings - perhaps no surprise...

A PropTech firm has issued a dramatic offer to letting agents to pay the company only when they themselves get paid...

Good morning and welcome to today’s edition, helping agents find a way through the Coronavirus crisis by sharing information with the...

It’s not just navigating a path through the Coronavirus crisis that is proving the value of letting agents - it’s their...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...

Despite the challenges being thrown up to the lettings sector by Coronavirus, this is a reminder that new MEES regulations on...

The landlords’ newly-merged trade body has renewed its call for the government to do more to help the private rental sector...

The departure of almost all students from UK universities and colleges back to their parental homes for possibly several months has...

A lender is now offering what it calls ‘instant decisions-in-principle’ for buy to let purchasers still buying property at the moment. Landbay...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...

New research suggests the damage to the private rental sector in terms of non-payment of rent could be a remarkable £15...

The average rent for a newly let property rose 3.3 per cent in the year to the end of February -...

Hello - here we are with Friday’s help and advice.  A reminder, if you need it, that we want to share your...

The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...

A survey of the buy to let market conducted by a bank before the latest acceleration in the Coronavirus outbreak suggests...

HM Revenue & Customs has issued a new warning to buy to let and Holliday home owners about a major change...

The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...

A shocking case of a buy to let HMO that did not even have a working smoke detector has led to...

A lettings agent has completed a £2.6million property acquisition plan in one city on behalf of investors, and will go on...

A buy to let investor has been found guilty of letting out poor quality living accommodation that was said to pose...

The Guild of Property Professionals is reminding the rental sector that owners of properties to let have only until April 1...

The West Midlands Police force says it’s secured what it calls a “landmark court order” against a rogue landlord who turned...

Growing demand and a shrinking supply of rental properties in prime central London has led to a 50 per cent surge...

The clampdown on referral fees, until now concentrated on the sales sector, will extend to letting agents too. James Munro, head of...

The government has rejected a council’s bid to extend its licensing scheme for privately rented housing. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...

A typical buy to let property pays over £600 in fees a year according to a new study released today. Insurance company...

Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...

A buy to let investor has been hit with a bill of almost £9,500 after being accused of allowing a tenant...

London agency Draker Lettings is expanding its patch - and offering landlords a free service for six months. Draker, which is 10...

Two bedroom properties produce the best yields for buy to let investors according to the latest research. Lettings management platform Howsy has...

There’s a new warning today for buy to let investors who will be hit by tax changes coming into effect on...

The typical landlord’s income from property has plummeted by a fifth in under a decade according to the National Landlords’ Association. Its...

Nearly four out of 10 landlords believe that tenant demand will rise this year, according to a study by high-profile buy...

A council in a leafy area of south east England has issued an emergency prohibition order to a buy to let...

It’s been revealed that a clampdown on the buy to let sector by HM Revenue and Customs has produced millions of...

Cynics who rejected claims that landlords would quit the buy to let sector because of increasing bureaucracy and higher taxes may...

One of the country’s leading buying agencies says buy to let is changing in prime central London, as corporate structures replace...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...

One of Ed Sheeran’s first massive hits was Lego House. And now, not many years later, it’s been revealed that he’s...

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...

The government’s hugely-publicised database for rogue letting agents and landlords has been running for almost two years and has…wait for it…just...

Generation Rent - an outspoken organisation sharply critical of lettings agents and many aspects of the private rental sector - is...

The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...

A London council tenant who for a period of seven years failed to disclose that he owned three houses, has been...

More tenants save to go on holiday than to put a deposit down on a home to own according to buy...

A third of all landlords live in Greater London and the South East according to data collated by a property management...

A mortgage firm claims some 22 per cent of existing lettings sector investors plan to buy at least another one lettings...

It’s been revealed that Upad, the lettings agency which closed at short notice in October last year, had three prospective buyers...

An accountancy trade body is warning of another possible tax hike to hit the lettings industry. The Association of Accounting Technicians is...

A council is lobbying the government to ask for landlords using Airbnb and other short let platforms to be charged business...

A new survey suggests there may be an exodus of investors out of buy to let - some 27 per cent...

A leading agency in a part of the UK where local government wants to clamp down on the spread of Airbnb...

A rental management platform has compiled a league table of where tenant demand is strongest for homes to let - and...

A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...

Two major buy to let lenders have slashed their rates in a bid to win business. One of the highest profile lenders,...

Some 26 per cent of buy to let investors plan to sell one or more of their properties in 2020 according...

A legal firm is warning agents and landlords that they have less than three months to prepare for the latest MEES...

There’s been an upbeat prediction on the lettings market given by leading market commentator Lucian Cook, head of residential research at...

Countrywide has calculated that with many landlords exiting the buy to let market, the number of homes available to rent has...

A rogue landlord has been fined £1,384 for failing to get a council licence for two buy to let properties. The case...

There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...

Mortgage costs in the buy to let market have continued to fall over the last three months - a trend seen across...

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...

Richard Donnell, research director at Zoopla, is warning the government that future reform of the private rental sector must not jeopardise...

Reports from China suggest that property investors from that country - a staple in the buy to let market in many...

Newton Fallowell, part of the Belvoir Group, has snapped up the Lovelle franchised agency group adding a further 19 offices to...

A prominent buy to let mortgage chief says lenders should be able to access the rogue landlord database launched last year. John...

Owners of buy to let properties across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges according...

A compliance consultant has explained why a local council’s penalty on a rogue landlord - initially £31,499 - was slashed to...

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

The owner of two properties has been fined £35,000 for breaches of the selective licensiing regime in his local area.  At a...

The Black Brick agency, which operates with high net worth clients, is forecasting that 2020 will see the arrival of a...

A short lets firm that describes itself as an “Airbnb management service” is launching an advertising campaign to woo landlords away...

Specialist buy to let mortgage lender Paragon has welcomed Labour's General Election pledge to force rental properties to undergo an annual...

A new PropTech app-based service claiming to reduce paperwork in property management is rolling out in London and the south east. Herddle...

Agency Express, the board company that monitors the lettings market through demand for its To Let and Let By boards, warns...

Two specific elements of Labour’s tax proposals, outlined in its manifesto, could “drive a nail into the coffin of buy to...

Another survey of private landlords show a majority feeling less confident about the market than they were three months ago. Last week...

An inventories supplier is advising that the growing number of sub-letting scams can be reduced by regular property visits by agents...

The Chartered Institute of Taxation is urging tenants not to ignore a letter if they receive one from HM Revenue &...

Labour has dropped its controversial policy under which private tenants would have been able to buy their homes at a discount. Press...

New figures just released by the government emphasise the significance of creating a specialist housing court says one of the lettings...

The growing chorus of calls to professionalise the short lets sector has won influential backing from a senior PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold...

Almost two thirds of landlords say their next buy to let purchase will be through a limited company, not by themselves...

A lettings agency has voluntarily decided to scrap To Let boards in densely populated areas, because they are unsightly and in...

Knight Frank says the supply of new lettings properties in prime central London is likely to slow - and as a...

Labour’s controversial proposal to oblige landlords to sell their buy to let properties to tenants who wished to purchase them, unveiled...

An insurance firm has broken down the causes of major problems for buy to let landlords and tenants - and, perhaps...

One of the leading lettings sector trade bodies has unveiled what it describes as “a positive vision for the private rented...

A new piece of legislation has been invoked to ban a landlord from any involvement in the private rental sector for...

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...

The likely general election is an opportunity for the government to make the lettings sector more appealing for would-be landlords, says...

A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...

A landlord has been found guilty of failing to license an HMO - and has ended up with a bill of...

A trade body says the private rental sector is facing a major crisis - more landlords are selling properties than buying...

New research suggests that the recent fall in the cost of fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages may be coming to a halt. Online...

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...

Giant glow-in-the-dark swear words, a sex toy and a pet python are among some of the items that students left in...

A PropTech platform that earlier this year was reported to be valued at £2.8m is making an unusual offer to letting...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has submitted its response to the government's consultation on scrapping Section 21 evictions, which closes tomorrow...

Agent and co-founder of new end of tenancy PropTech solution The Depositary, Kristjan Byfield, has spoken to Letting Agent Today about...

Landlords have urged the authorities not to introduce rent controls in Manchester as they would 'choke off' supply of housing in...

An independent letting agency has reported its success in helping two large Build to Rent (BTR) developments to successfully let properties...

A PropTech platform devised by Build To Let specialist Grainger is to be used in a bid to differentiate the company from...

A crackdown on letting agency websites by a Trading Standards team has found the significant majority of them to be breaking...

An agency that specialises in letting and managing properties in one of the country’s investment hotspots is expanding into a new...

High end agency JLL says it’s seen a consistent rise in London owners becoming landlords, with a 15.3 per cent increase...

The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...

The majority of the UK’s private renters don’t want to purchase a home according to new research, coming just as the...

A leading PropTech chief says there is nothing inherently wrong with private tenants being given the right to buy their property,...

New research indicates that the majority of property investors in the UK have their plans on pause for the next six...

A Shropshire man has become the first in England to be banned from being a landlord.  In a case brought by Telford...

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

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

Landlords in a part of Teesside are to be allowed to operate a “collaborative” licensing scheme after a council backed down...

A PropTech firm says it has calculated the true cost of being a buy to let investor.  Howsy says the average landlord...

Greater London rents have risen an average of four per cent in the past year - but some boroughs performing above-average...

Franchise agency group Winkworth claims the lettings fee ban impact has been less severe on its agents than on other companies,...

An influential think tank says Capital Gains Tax on buy to let properties and second homes should be levied at the...

Data published by specialist lender Precise Mortgages suggests that over a fifth of landlords are planning to expand their portfolio with...

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

More details have emerged about Labour’s controversial proposal to allow private rental tenants that right to buy their landlord’s property, at...

There is increasing evidence of the so-called unintended consequences of the tenant fee ban according to a major regional lettings agency. Linley &...

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

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

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents appears to have joined the chorus of criticism against Labour’s controversial right to buy policy...

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

Birmingham council has issued its first civil penalty against a House in Multiple Occupation landlord - and it says that move...

One in six landlords is seeking to reduce the size of their portfolio in the next 12 months and around half...

Labour has this morning pledged to introduce a shock new policy if it wins the next general election - giving private...

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

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

Police in South Shields have called for the sharing of information about tenants in HMOs - and a council is considering...

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

One of the country’s leading property management experts says buy to let is here to stay - but only if individual...

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

Activity in the lettings market has picked up over the summer after a surprising lull in the spring, according to the...

A leading industry figure is calling on agents to have a Plan B ready if their bank closes undesignated client accounts.  This...

A new rental option for landlords could see them receiving an upfront annual lump sum of over £10,000. The Advanced Rent Option...

Anyone underestimating the size of the UK’s growing private rental sector ought to think again - new research shows its value...

The Labour Party appears to be entering the arena of organising private rental sector tenants who have grievances. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn...

Research by London agency Benham and Reeves says the cumulative cost of a landlord suffering a bad tenant and then evicting...