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London’s Westminster council - with 43 per cent of housing stock in the private rental sector - has launched a consultation on...

The average cost of renting in England is almost unchanged from five years ago - although that masks significant localised variations.  The...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

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

The Chartered Institute of Housing claims there may be a “massive increase” in evictions in the near future. In a briefing paper the...

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

A definitive document has been published by the House of Commons library listing every eviction-related measure taken by UK governments during...

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...

A scheme providing interest-free loans to tenants with Covid-related arrears should be offered across the UK. That’s the view of David Alexander...

A London council is telling its private rental sector residents to use a new tool to check whether they may be...

There’s a warning this morning that the consequences of the Coronavirus crisis mean that rents will fall at least five per...

The Welsh Government has temporarily increased the notice period landlords must provide from three months to six months to end Assured...

Average room rents in the capital have dipped seven per cent compared to this time last year according to a flat-sharing...

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

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...

A newspaper claims multiple councils are opening investigations into agents allegedly defying the tenant fees ban - and at least one...

The leaseholder of a council property in central London has been found guilty of advertising it on Airbnb and the Booking.com...

A resident who was unable to access an emergency escape route during a fire was found standing on a windowsill hanging...

A London council has caught out a rogue lettings agency for illegally operating two properties, with issues ranging from gas safety...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims 135,000 children in Britain are homeless and living in temporary accommodation this Christmas - the highest number...

A pressure group that has spoken out against letting agents and landlords is urging private tenants to take part in a...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched his party’s General Election campaign with an attack on what he describes as “dodgy landlords.” He...

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

As expected, the Liberal Democrats’ conference in Bournemouth has backed a motion calling for the scrapping of Section 21 - effectively...

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

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

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

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

The rapid growth of Airbnb-style short lets could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displacement of long-term residents...

Demand for room rentals in London is so high their average charge has risen two per cent in 2019 already, claims...

The Property Ombudsman says agents can display weekly rents for homes they market - but they should be displayed alongside monthly...

The Labour party has expressed outrage at the news that London councils are spending over £22m each year renting back homes...

Figures drawn up for the London region of the GMB union claim that across the capital’s 33 boroughs private rents have...

The lettings book of My London Home will be absorbed into the Stirling Ackroyd portfolio and rebranded this autumn. Consisting of nearly...

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

Average rents in London are £1,615, up 3.3 per cent on last year, according to HomeLet’s latest index. This is the first...

Landlords exiting the market because of tax and red tape have led to “an acute shortage of available properties to rent”...

The lettings industry has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals to ban agents’ fees levied on tenants. A Bill was put...

A major Scottish property management firm says agents and landlords south of the border should prepare now for the likely agency...

This week marks a major milestone in Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's efforts to crack down on the capital's rogue letting...

London landlords and letting agents could be missing out on up to £111 million of short-term rental revenue each year, according...

Some 43 per cent of all stamp duty comes from buy to let investors and holiday home purchasers - and almost...

A warning has come from a campaigning letting agent that London’s landlords agents could be costing themselves tenants by requiring them...

A housing charity has called for the government to build more affordable social homes for rent to help families 'trapped' in...

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

Average rents in prime central London fell 2.4 per cent year-on-year in November, which was the most modest decline recorded in...

A large shake up of the private rental sector begins in Scotland tomorrow with the introduction of Private Residential Tenancies replacing...

The Law Society Gazette has given more details of a Parliamentary Bill in preparation to give more powers to tenants to...

A London letting agency with connections to Westminster council is now being investigated by the same council’s trading standards department. CityWest Homes...

A property company and a landlord have been fined over £200,000 after being accused of putting tenants’ lives in danger by...

A Westminster Hall debate for MPs on letting agent fees will take place this morning in the House of Commons. The debate...

Political uncertainty across the UK and increased restrictions on buy to let are leading many landlords to raise rents and review...

Labour MP Karen Buck is to reintroduce her Private Members Bill into Parliament today - and if it is passed, she...

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

A management firm and corporate landlord have been hit with a £250,000 fine after a “potentially lethal” flat blaze in London -...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it has so far received over 700 detailed responses to its consultation on the...

Labour MP Karen Buck has introduced a 10-minute Rule Bill in the House of Commons to highlight the dangers of Airbnb-style...

Letting Agent Today’s Conor Shilling was in the audience of The Great Buy To Let Debate - always one of the...

Three men have received prison sentences of up to 28 months after a nationwide lettings scam was unearthed by trading standards...

The Welsh Government - which now has additional fiscal powers allowing it to be more independent from Westminster - has chosen...

Two landlords must pay a combined total of over £300,000 following legal action by a central London council.    Westminster council claimed that...

A BBC investigation claims that people living in the private rental sector spend more than a third of their disposable income...

Data from London agency Portico suggests rents dipped 1.7 per cent during the May to July period, covering six weeks leading up...

The British Property Federation says George Osborne’s stamp duty surcharge will threaten the success of the Build To Rent sector, which...

It may be almost Christmas but the government is this week unveiling new laws to combat what it sees as the...

Stephen Moss, CEO of based Pring.co.uk the UK’s leading property investment search engine, takes a look at the impact of ‘Corbynmania’...

Labour MP Karen Buck want private tenants to be able to sue their landlords if they rent in what are considered...

Another major industry body has added its voice to growing concerns over the potential impact of Right To Rent immigration checks...

Tenants on a social housing estate in north east London are to be asked to pay a means-tested rent - thought...

It’s been revealed that Airbnb - the online informal lettings service which can be used to by-pass letting agents - passes details...

A Labour MP is launching a campaign to force private landlords to ensure that their premises are fit for habitation.  Karen Buck,...

Three multi-million pound deals will provide over 1,000 new homes specifically for private rent in London, under the government’s Build To...

The Conservatives’ election victory came as a surprise, so much so that television pundits spent all night after the vote rubbishing...

The chief executive of the Scottish Association of Landlords - which represents letting agents as well as landlords north of the...

No agent reading this will be under any illusions that the agency market is a particularly competitive sector to operate in.  I...

It is to the credit of our political parties - and our own industry’s lobbying - that so many housing-related matters...