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One of Britain's best known DJs has taken to social media to highlight what she sees as the unfair government policy...
30 August 2023
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A PropTech entrepreneur has renewed his criticism of the government for failing to put flesh on the bones of the Renters...
30 August 2023
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A man assaulted his housemates before holding his landlord in a room at knifepoint. Amin Zehar, 37, was living at a property...
30 August 2023
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With student accommodation in the headlines ahead of the stat of the new academic year, the National Residential Landlords Association is...
30 August 2023
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A landlord showed a “flagrant disregard” for her duties, including failing to replace a condemned boiler, and has been struck off. In...
30 August 2023
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Santander has been sharply criticised for increasing its Interest Coverage Ratio just as other lenders have been making it easier to...
29 August 2023
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A bank chief has used a national newspaper interview to make a stand in favour of buy to let landlords and...
29 August 2023
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Trade bodies and short let landlords have made a last-ditch appeal to politicians to stop new rules which could see the...
29 August 2023
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Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has ruled out any increase in Capital Gains Tax if Labour wins power. She also says there will...
29 August 2023
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A council is warning HMO landlords to apply for a licence ahead of a new regime starting this week. From September 1...
29 August 2023
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The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving landlords and letting agents and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...
25 August 2023
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The Generation Rent group of activists has written an open letter to mortgage firm chief executives asking for special dispensation for...
25 August 2023
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Families opt to rent so they can move fast to buy a home close to London’s top schools, according to a...
25 August 2023
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A wealth management organisation has raised the spectre that some families may end up overpaying inheritance tax. And with property wealth being...
25 August 2023
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Landlords will be able to let Housing Secretary Michael Gove know exactly what they think of his policies in October. Gove will...
25 August 2023
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By Richard O’Neill, managing director, lettings at Romans Estate Agents As a landlord, your property’s yield is an important figure. It indicates...
25 August 2023
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In an unusual move, London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says home owners in dire financial difficulties should be able to switch...
24 August 2023
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A website claims that Banning Orders on private landlords have not been served because of local government funding shortfalls. Open Democracy says...
24 August 2023
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A council has issued financial penalties of over £20,000 to landlords failing to manage their properties. Three of the four cases...
24 August 2023
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A new analysis shows growth in the trend for buy to let properties to be sold with tenants in situ. The analysis...
24 August 2023
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Generation Rent says Shelter has it right when it complains about evictions in the private rental sector. Earlier this week Shelter claimed...
24 August 2023
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A London council that just days ago threatened private landlords with unlimited fines and “have control of their properties removed” has...
23 August 2023
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Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says the lettings market is defined now by the “alarming disparity” between demand and supply. In the...
23 August 2023
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New figures from Foxtons show that average weekly rent in July 2023 was 12 per cent higher than July 2022. The agency’s...
23 August 2023
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A trio of Cambridge landlords have been fined more than £8,000 between them, after three separate HMOs were found to be...
23 August 2023
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A Labour council says local landlords have only a week to apply for a licence before a big rise in the...
23 August 2023
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The National Residential Landlords Association is meeting with the Department of Education to consider how, if at all, private landlords can...
22 August 2023
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Campaigning charity Shelter claims that half the working private renters in England have too little saved to pay rent for more...
22 August 2023
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There are only a few days left for landlords to have input to a government consultation on council tax hikes for...
22 August 2023
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A council is boasting that it’s taking a "really hard line” over HMO regulation. New rules in Blackburn with Darwen prevent family...
22 August 2023
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Authoritative new research suggests that there’s been a 91,000 rise in student numbers to 2.3m - yet in major student cities...
22 August 2023
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New research has come to a conclusion that will surprise few - that landlords today are twice as likely to be...
21 August 2023
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Only two per cent of Propertymark letting agents say tenants “always” want to know the EPC rating on a property they...
21 August 2023
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A London council is telling landlords that if they don’t apply for a licence in the next nine days they face...
21 August 2023
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There’s bad news for landlords relying on capital appreciation or hoping to sell up in the near future. Rightmove reports that new...
21 August 2023
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Landlords about to remortgage are being urged to secure a new rate as early as possible - even six months in...
21 August 2023
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The long running experiment with rent controls and an eviction ban north of the border may yet continue for years to...
18 August 2023
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A council is appealing to landlords to work with the local authority and the Probation Service to help ex-offenders fit accommodation...
18 August 2023
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The Housing Ombudsman - who presides over housing associations and other social housing providers - has ordered a chief executive to...
18 August 2023
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Rents continue to rise rapidly in every English region, Scotland and Wales according to the latest market snapshot from the respected...
18 August 2023
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A loans company, Moneyboat, has issued a series of tips for renters before and during their tenancies. It claims that by avoiding...
18 August 2023
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A criminal businessman has been given a London council’s first ever landlord banning order. Property dealer Jaydipkumar Rameshchandra Valand, who lives in...
17 August 2023
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Debate is raging over whether there will be a 15th successive interest rate rise when the Bank of England’s monetary policy...
17 August 2023
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There’s been a clampdown on imprecise wording used in lettings listings. The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team - which...
17 August 2023
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There are few signs that the pace of rental growth is slackening, warns Hamptons. It says the cost of a new tenancy...
17 August 2023
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Arun council has prosecuted a Littlehampton landlord for failing to comply with an improvement notice. The case was heard at Worthing Magistrates...
17 August 2023
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HMRC has prepared a guide to landlords’ and other property professionals’ self-assessment. Here’s the guide in its entirety. - The year is flying by...
16 August 2023
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London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the Labour-supporting leader of the Generation Rent pressure group have starred in a lengthy social...
16 August 2023
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Landlords are unwittingly exposing their tenants to the serious danger of fire because they opt for the cheaper option when hiring...
16 August 2023
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Some 80,460 homes across England and Wales are registered to companies located in offshore tax havens. They are worth an estimated £39.8...
16 August 2023
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The Advertising Standards Authority has banned any further publication of an advertisement for holiday homes that made them appear to be...
16 August 2023
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Landlords and brokers are up in arms about alleged profiteering by buy to let mortgage lenders’ arrangement fees. These jumped last autumn...
15 August 2023
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Over a third of homes in England are at high risk of overheating as summer temperatures of 40oC and above apparently...
15 August 2023
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Hawks Properties Limited has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to honour a compensation award. The agency - with...
15 August 2023
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A landlord has been given a £20,000 fine for failing to carry-out badly needed repairs on a property in Lancashire. The fixed...
15 August 2023
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A charity has acknowledged that landlords need help to keep their homes, and in turn continue to provide much-needed homes in...
15 August 2023
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Housing Secretary Michael Gove is being lobbied to take urgent action over the growing problem of abandoned tenancies. Propertymark chief executive Nathan...
14 August 2023
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Investors selling a buy to let so far in 2023 made gains which were 10.1 per cent lower than those who...
14 August 2023
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A leading agent in an area set to be hit by draconian planning restrictions on holiday lets is warning that the...
14 August 2023
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An MP says owner occupiers are “scared, unable to sleep at night, worried about their safety and even concerned about whether...
14 August 2023
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A landlord responsible for the management of an HMO has been fined a total of £5,000. The penalties were imposed by Boston...
14 August 2023
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The death of a 27-year-old man was not caused by the mould in the private rental property he occupied. That was the verdict...
11 August 2023
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There’s a blunt warning to renters from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered...
11 August 2023
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Data from mortgage lenders’ trade body UK Finance will make grim reading for anyone interested in the well-being of the housing...
11 August 2023
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The business editor of London’s daily newspaper, the Evening Standard, has made a strong statement in support of landlords. Jonathan Prynn, in...
11 August 2023
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An Airbnb flat owner in Scotland has been refused access to let out her flat because it is in a block...
11 August 2023
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A growing number of landlords are incorporating in order to salvage profits from the difficult buy to let sector, a bank...
10 August 2023
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Homelessness charities often berate private landlords for putting income before service to tenants. But a bitter dispute at one organisation has apparently revealed...
10 August 2023
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Landlords pulling out of buy to let because of high costs and overbearing regulation now have a guide to how quickly...
10 August 2023
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A currently low-profile service that helps landlords manage portfolios or even sell their properties to tenants says it’s raised a big...
10 August 2023
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Fewer than a third of tenants and other residents under the age of 30 have cover for their contents, it’s been...
10 August 2023
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The National Residential Landlords Association is backing a call for financial help for landlords who improve the energy efficiency of their...
09 August 2023
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A group of local authorities is asking the government to give individual councils the cash to buy properties off private landlords. London...
09 August 2023
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Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of using landlords to do her dirty work for her. In a response to the...
09 August 2023
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Beverley Building Society has entered the buy to let market for the first time with two new products. Its variable rate BTL...
09 August 2023
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Any landlord hit with late payment surcharges from HM Revenue & Customs will now face even higher charges. As a result of...
09 August 2023
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A leading property law firm is warning that landlords face bankruptcy as a result of the massive increase in fines they...
08 August 2023
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Landlords who allow rental properties to be let to migrants who do not have the right to be in the UK...
08 August 2023
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Average house price fell by 0.3 per cent in July, a fourth consecutive monthly decline, according to the Halifax. This means property...
08 August 2023
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Councillors in Warwick look set to decide tomorrow whether to implement an additional licensing scheme for some HMOs. Following a public consultation...
08 August 2023
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There’s been a large increase in the number of complaints registered with The Property Ombudsman - with lettings agents in the...
08 August 2023
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London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and activist group Generation Rent have issued a joint appeal for rent controls in the capital. Khan’s...
07 August 2023
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Millions of UK landlords will be adversely affected by the Renters Reform Bill, a solicitor warns - the latest law expert...
07 August 2023
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Sheffield council has prosecuted a rogue landlord for a second time after he was failing to provide appropriate documentation to a...
07 August 2023
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The University of Dundee and letting agents’ body Propertymark want to understand more about the future plans of landlords. This is happening...
07 August 2023
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A prominent lettings industry figure has summed up the continuing rental market frenzy in three words - “the madness continues.” Andy Halstead, HomeLet &...
07 August 2023
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Activist group Generation Rent is now demanding a change to the Renters Reform Bill to help tenants with energy bills. The group...
04 August 2023
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July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...
04 August 2023
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A prominent buying agent operating at the high end of the prime London market has given an interesting insight into how...
04 August 2023
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Landlords are often seen as stalwarts of property auctions, and are attributed with helping the sector’s growth over the past decade. Property...
04 August 2023
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The next National Landlord Investment Show is taking place in London next month. It’s on September 27 at DoubleTree Hilton London Elstree...
04 August 2023
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The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has announced its decision on base rate. It will rise by 0.25 per cent to...
03 August 2023
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The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets again today with strong expectations that they will agree their 14th successive base...
03 August 2023
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Whereas it’s likely that every single landlord has seen higher costs over the past year, two out of five tenants have...
03 August 2023
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A statement from Oxford’s Labour controlled council says private landlords in the city have under a month to apply for a...
03 August 2023
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A survey suggests that landlords want to improve the energy efficiency of their properties as soon as possible - despite a...
03 August 2023
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Owners of short-term let properties are being urged to apply for a licence under Scotland’s short-term licensing scheme before the October...
03 August 2023
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A finance house says it’s seeing an increase in tenants offering to buy their properties off their landlords. James Briggs, head of...