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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...

Private landlords should hold fire on plans to quit the private rental sector and give the government a chance to incentivise...

It is a fundamental principle of a functioning democracy that parties, when in power, should pay at least lip service to...

A council has launched a best practice charter for operating “considerate holiday lets” in partnership with a property industry trade body. The...

The Scottish Government’s dramatic immediate introduction of a rent freeze and eviction ban could mark the beginning of the end of the...

An emergency rent freeze in the private and public sectors has been announced this afternoon in Scotland. It will last until...

Two landlords have been fined £3,000 and ordered to pay more than £6,000 in costs for failing to provide documents to...

Trade unions in Scotland are demanding that local council candidates sign a pledge to support “urgent” rent controls in that country. The...

A prominent lettings agent says politicians wanting an open door policy for refugees from Ukraine do not explain how they will...

Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £2,400 to his former tenants after a tribunal appeal following the issuing of a...

The letting agents’ trade body ARLA Propertymark has made a very cautious approach to the Scottish Government over its strident pledge...

The prospect of increased renters’ power has already been seen north of the border with the pledge to introduce rent controls...

Rent controls, possibly ensuring that rents do not exceed 25 per cent of household income, are poised to be introduced into...

A landlord in south west of England has been given a nine month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, following a...

An appeal has gone out to private landlords to lease their properties to a council seeking to boost its supply of...

A so-called Citizens Assembly set up by a leading politician has called for rent controls. The Citizen’s Assembly of Scotland was launched...

It’s regarded as extremely likely that Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick will announce an extension to the eviction ban in England today. Pleas...

Activists from Shelter and Generation Rent have led the charge for a renewed eviction ban in the light of the latest...

The government has launched an unexpected consultation which may indirectly highlight a new opportunity for landlords and other investors - converting...

Labour politicians, union leaders and Shelter are amongst those writing to Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon demanding an eviction ban. The protest...

According to recent statistics, British homeowners have spent an average of £4,035.70 each on house renovations this year. With people spending...

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...

Although the existing coronavirus restrictions have not yet been eased in Scotland, this has not prevented demand rising from Scottish property buyers...

The two candidates for Conservative leader are being urged to make a public commitment to abolishing the controversial Right to Rent...

The Scottish government is consulting on introducing rent controls north of the border with a view to protecting private sector tenants...

With less than a year until new legislation surrounding energy performance certificates (EPCs) is introduced in Scotland, buy-to-let landlords north of...

A tenant who was found guilty of deliberately burning down a property he was renting four years ago was sentenced to...

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...

EU citizens living in the UK are at risk of facing some of the same difficulties caused for the Windrush generation...

The Ombudsman Services (OS) is no longer handling consumer complaints in the property and housing sector after withdrawing from the industry. The...

Crest Nicolson and M&G Real Estate have teamed up once again to fund the construction of 114 private rental homes in...

Celebrate the shows 5th Birthday and 57th event to date in the Landlord Investor Lounge with a glass of prosecco with...

A plan to introduce a new selective licensing scheme in Telford has been scrapped by Telford & Wrekin Council after more...

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...

A rogue landlord who rented out squalid flats, which breached council planning laws and failed to meet basic living standards, has...

A Nottingham landlord has been ordered to pay £29,000 in fines after a rental property was found to be in what...

Landlords in Northern Ireland can now gain recognition for their commitment to professionalism, after the CIH, in conjunction with the Department...

Scotland is to introduce rent controls and ban “no fault” evictions in a shake-up of the country’s private rented sector. First Minister...