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National Landlord Investment Show has announced that the former Leader of the Conservative Party, the Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith,...

Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...

Tenant referencing provider Canopy has released data from a  rental affordability index, which claims most tenants are at the very limit...

A landlord who illegally converted a property into six flats has been ordered to pay more than £220,000. A previous unlawful change...

In September the Prime Minister announced that landlords will no longer be required to meet the minimum EPC minimum energy rating...

Calling all landlords, Investors and property professionals: National Landlord Investment Show returns to Olympia London on 6th March for its first...

A wealthy landlord, who also ran a fake lettings agency, has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...

The National Landlord Investment Show returns to Olympia London on March 6 for its first show of the 2024 calendar. Now in...

A landlord who used a fake name to evade detection has been hit with £485,000 in fines after illegally renting out...

Authoritative new research suggests that there’s been a 91,000 rise in student numbers to 2.3m - yet in major student cities...

Landlords of more than 5,000 homes must register for a license and ensure their tenants have good quality housing or face...

New data appears to show that the number of active short lets is lower - and not higher - than in...

Local news outlets in Somerset are reporting that some properties in the county are listed on Airbnb and other short let...

The National Landlord Investment Show has announced a series of free events for landlords, investors and property professionals throughout 2023. Co-founder Steve...

Personal finance website Money has produced a league table of cities where landlords can enjoy strong returns from student tenants. Top comes...

Landlords have been warned they risk fixed penalty notices and the loss of HMO licences if students leave rubbish in public...

Those wondering why Airbnb is accused of contributing to the shortage of long term rental stock may be interested in seeing...

A landlord has been fined £7,500 for not complying with electrical safety standards at a property he owns and lets out...

The house price inflation facing first time buyers is “frankly frightening” according to a new analysis which suggests typical FTB house...

The UK’s largest listed provider of private rental homes, Grainger, is proposing pet-friendly ‘stay as long as you like up to...

Prime central London may not seem to most obvious part of the UK for buy to let investors but a leading...

Shock figures suggest that Airbnb owners are charging up to 600 per cent more to stay at their properties during major...

The National Landlord Investment Show is back in London next week with a pledge that it will be the most spectacular...

Landlords with large budgets and who are seeking a surprising discount, even in today’s market, could be tempted by research which...

Covid-19 has undoubtedly shifted the way new landlords will be looking to invest in 2022, and our ranking makes it clear...

A council is appealing for witnesses to help with its prosecution of a landlord for illegal eviction. Sohila Tamiz who is a...

Bury council is to spend £1m buying empty homes from landlords and other owners. The council says it will shortly identify which...

High end lettings agency Carter Jonas has offered landlords a series of tips to renting out their properties quickly and successfully. They...

Rogue landlord Siddika Begum of Salisbury has been prosecuted for failing to licence a house in multiple occupation in the town. Begum...

New figures released by Rightmove this morning show that 65 per cent of London locations now have lower rent levels than...

Airbnb management company Houst is expanding its service into a new area. Houst has identified Kent as an area expecting one of...

A rogue landlord has been hit with a bill of £48,000 - a record for the council which brought the prosecution. Tariq...

Whilst 24% of adults have welcomed a new pet into their home since March 2020, or are planning to before Easter...

Insurance company CIA landlord has prepared a league table of the most and least profitable locations for buy to let landlords. It’s...

The Church of England has named its first Bishop for Housing, ahead of the publication of a report following a two...

Over 40 seminars will be held today at the latest Landlord Investment Show, which will also host a lively debate on...

A collapsing ceiling, filthy facilities, and an abandoned car are among the dangerous defects leading to a Banbury landlord facing a...

The National Landlord Investment Show is preparing three online events this month and next as it creates virtual versions of its respected...

The National Landlord Investment Show will be held online-only for the first time due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  The Online Midlands Show,...

Buy-to-let landlords in Bury now face the prospect of major fines if they are caught providing tenants with unsafe and substandard...

A buy-to-let landlord has been left with a £5,200 legal bill following a string of drug-dealing and possible exploitation offences linked...

A buy-to-let landlord has been sentenced after failing to maintain gas appliances at a rental property he owns in Plymouth.  Plymouth Crown...

Brent Council’s application to extend its selective licensing scheme in the north west London ward has been rejected by central government.  Brent...

With the residential property market continuing to show signs of improvement, there is renewed investor confidence in the sector,  according to...

Newbury Building Society has cut rates on a limited company buy-to-let mortgage deal. The 75% loan-to-value three-year variable product has been reduced...

Britain has faced terrible flooding this year. Floods and other property emergency can take minutes to occur and years to remedy....

Journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil will once again chair the Government Panel Debate at the National Landlord Investment Show in London...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay almost £6,000 after the council was unable to determine if his property in...

There is a growing issue of tenants subletting their rental properties on websites like Airbnb, with some renters inappropriately using it...

A buy-to-let landlord in Worcester has been ordered to pay almost £3,000 for operating an unlicensed House of Multiple Occupation (HMO)...

Tenants are being encouraged to think about taking out life insurance to close what has been described as the 'protection gap’.  Tenant...

A buy-to-landlord in Worcester has been ordered to pay almost £3,000 for failing to install adequate safety measures.  Mohammed Rafiq, who was...

We all know that life insurance is important, but many of us choose to ignore the reality of what would happen...

With the summer holiday season in full swing, UK coastal districts are seeing a boom in staycation bookings. Cornwall was discovered to...

A buy-to-let landlord in north London has been ordered to pay more than £13,000 after breaching fire safety regulations and failing...

Members of the general public are being offered the opportunity to have their say on Brent’s landlord licensing scheme. Brent Council wants...

There has been a notable rise in the number of buy-to-let landlords offloading properties in recent month due to buy-to-let tax...

Sainsbury's Bank has cut rates across its buy-to-let products, amid strong competition among mortgage providers. New buy-to-let rate deals include a five-year...

Two landlords who let substandard properties in Lancing and Southwick have had their appeals against Civil Penalty Notices (CPNs) rejected. Adur District...

A private landlord in Telford has been ordered to pay £29,000 in costs and fines for harassing two tenants out of...

There is so much focus on helping landlords better protect themselves and their property from potential claims from tenants, but many...

Colchester has been identified as the number one place to currently invest for buy-to-let, based on rental yields. The LendInvest BTL Index...

A rogue agent and two lettings companies in north west London have been heavily fined for operating a dangerous unlicensed house...

More than 20 men were discovered living in cramped conditions in a three-bedroom house in north-west London during a raid by...

Fire safety knowledge in the private rented sector has improved over the past 12 months but there is still significant room...

With savers receiving appalling returns from banks and building societies, many people are unsurprising still interested in investing in buy-to-let as...

Brent Council officers discovered 15 men crammed inside a two-bedroom bungalow during an enforcement raid yesterday morning. Tenants were found sleeping on...

Bootle in Merseyside has been named the best place to currently be a buy-to-let landlord, based on a number of key...

A tenant who illegally sublet an unlicensed and poorly-maintained bungalow in north London, which was described by Brent Council as a...

Thurrock Council is proposing to introduce additional licensing for private landlords renting rooms to tenants in specific parts of the borough...

The government has been urged to introduce new legislation to outlaw the “scandalous” and “immoral” practice of sex for rent deals. Liz...

Sainsbury's Bank has cut rates across its buy-to-let products, as well as its residential deals, amid fierce competition among mortgage providers. New...

Brent Council insists that it wants to build better relationships with private landlords after successfully winning close to 150 prosecution cases...

Sainsbury’s Bank, which only entered the buy-to-let sector last month, has cut rates across its two and five-year BTL products. Rates have...

A landlord has been fined ordered to pay £5,000 for allowing tenants to sleep in an outbuilding in Enfield, north London. Sanjiv...

One of the most active councils in London when it comes to prosecuting rogue landlords and letting agents has now extended...

BTL landlords in Redbridge will have to abide by tougher rules after new rental licensing conditions proposed by Redbridge Council were...

Sainsbury’s Bank has extended its mortgage range with the launch of two-year and five-year buy-to-let products for landlords with a portfolio...

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay almost £3,000 after being found guilty of a number of breaches relating to...

Two letting agents have been hit with £14,000 fines for unlicensed shared properties in Camden, north London. The two rogue letting agents...

As the National Landlord Investment Show prepares to celebrate its fifth anniversary at Aston Villa Football Club on Wednesday May 16th,...

David Salusbury, the former chairman of the National Landlords Association (NLA), the UK Association of Letting Agents (UKALA), and of mydeposits,...

Low levels of activity in the sluggish housing market are forcing many homeowners to accept offers well below asking price, making...

A Conservative councillor has been ordered to pay more than £57,000 after being taken to court by his own council for...

Hackney in east London has recorded the fastest growth in rents on a typical two-bedroom home over the past decade, according...

A north London council is being encouraged to take a tough stance on reported Airbnb and equivalent style rentals in an...

Deposit protection scheme, TDS, has announced 20 new dates for its ‘Academy’ training events running over the next year across England...

Newbury Building Society has cut its buy-to-let mortgage rates, including those to landlords operating through a limited company, by up to...

Three tenants who sub-let a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Kingsbury, north-west London, to 35 men have been fined more than 23,000. The residents...

Plans to introduce new licensing schemes for privately rented homes across parts of North West London have been given the go-ahead by...

A company and the manager of a house of multiple occupation (HMO) in South Hampstead, north-west London, have been hit with...

The 31st January deadline to submit your self-assessment tax return for the year ended 5 April 2017 has come and gone, but almost...

A new residential scheme for Erdington, has been given the go ahead. SevenCapital has been granted planning permission to transform a...

West Suffolk councils have agreed to clamp down on dodgy landlords by adopting new powers to tackle them, following a joint...

UK rents grew by 0.56% in 2017, led by gains in London commuter hotspots, according to the latest rental price index...

A new buy-to-let affordability calculator, which works with the new stress rate of 5.5% and takes top-slicing into account, has been...

Ever since Margaret Thatcher declared her belief in a ‘property-owning democracy’ and introduced Right to Buy in 1980, the UK was...

A landlord has been fined just over £12,000 after repeatedly ignoring warnings from council planning enforcement officers not to carry on...

The owner of a three-bedroom house in Queensbury, north-west London, where 35 men were living in rooms full of mattresses has threatened to...

Brent Council has once again vowed to clamp down on rogue landlords in the local area after 35 men we found...