Just days after suggesting rent controls of any kind were off the table, it now appears Labour may be considering them...
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Top tips will be provided for landlords in the private rental market in a seminar next month organised by high profile...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Private landlords should hold fire on plans to quit the private rental sector and give the government a chance to incentivise...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
It is a fundamental principle of a functioning democracy that parties, when in power, should pay at least lip service to...
15 October 2022
From: Rental Reform
A council has launched a best practice charter for operating “considerate holiday lets” in partnership with a property industry trade body. The...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The Scottish Government’s dramatic immediate introduction of a rent freeze and eviction ban could mark the beginning of the end of the...
07 September 2022
From: Breaking News
An emergency rent freeze in the private and public sectors has been announced this afternoon in Scotland. It will last until...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Two landlords have been fined £3,000 and ordered to pay more than £6,000 in costs for failing to provide documents to...
04 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Trade unions in Scotland are demanding that local council candidates sign a pledge to support “urgent” rent controls in that country. The...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agent says politicians wanting an open door policy for refugees from Ukraine do not explain how they will...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been ordered to pay £2,400 to his former tenants after a tribunal appeal following the issuing of a...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The letting agents’ trade body ARLA Propertymark has made a very cautious approach to the Scottish Government over its strident pledge...
02 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The prospect of increased renters’ power has already been seen north of the border with the pledge to introduce rent controls...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Rent controls, possibly ensuring that rents do not exceed 25 per cent of household income, are poised to be introduced into...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A landlord in south west of England has been given a nine month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, following a...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
An appeal has gone out to private landlords to lease their properties to a council seeking to boost its supply of...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A so-called Citizens Assembly set up by a leading politician has called for rent controls. The Citizen’s Assembly of Scotland was launched...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News
It’s regarded as extremely likely that Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick will announce an extension to the eviction ban in England today. Pleas...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Activists from Shelter and Generation Rent have led the charge for a renewed eviction ban in the light of the latest...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The government has launched an unexpected consultation which may indirectly highlight a new opportunity for landlords and other investors - converting...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Labour politicians, union leaders and Shelter are amongst those writing to Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon demanding an eviction ban. The protest...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News
According to recent statistics, British homeowners have spent an average of £4,035.70 each on house renovations this year. With people spending...
29 October 2020
From: Property Investment & Strategy
Accord Buy To Let has announced that it is now offering buy-to-let mortgages to first-time landlords up to a maximum loan-to-value...
11 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Although the existing coronavirus restrictions have not yet been eased in Scotland, this has not prevented demand rising from Scottish property buyers...
28 May 2020
From: Breaking News
The two candidates for Conservative leader are being urged to make a public commitment to abolishing the controversial Right to Rent...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News
The Scottish government is consulting on introducing rent controls north of the border with a view to protecting private sector tenants...
11 June 2019
From: Breaking News
With less than a year until new legislation surrounding energy performance certificates (EPCs) is introduced in Scotland, buy-to-let landlords north of...
28 May 2019
From: Breaking News
A tenant who was found guilty of deliberately burning down a property he was renting four years ago was sentenced to...
18 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Knowledge Bank’s Criteria Activity Tracker for October suggests that property remains a popular investment option. In terms of buy-to-let, two of the...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News
EU citizens living in the UK are at risk of facing some of the same difficulties caused for the Windrush generation...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The Ombudsman Services (OS) is no longer handling consumer complaints in the property and housing sector after withdrawing from the industry. The...
07 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Crest Nicolson and M&G Real Estate have teamed up once again to fund the construction of 114 private rental homes in...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News
Celebrate the shows 5th Birthday and 57th event to date in the Landlord Investor Lounge with a glass of prosecco with...
06 June 2018
From: Sponsored Content
A plan to introduce a new selective licensing scheme in Telford has been scrapped by Telford & Wrekin Council after more...
13 February 2018
From: Breaking News
An interest coverage ratio of 130% against a stressed interest rate of 5.5% for pound-for-pound buy-to-let remortgages has been introduced by...
30 November 2017
From: Breaking News
A rogue landlord who rented out squalid flats, which breached council planning laws and failed to meet basic living standards, has...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News
A Nottingham landlord has been ordered to pay £29,000 in fines after a rental property was found to be in what...
09 September 2016
From: Breaking News
Landlords in Northern Ireland can now gain recognition for their commitment to professionalism, after the CIH, in conjunction with the Department...