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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

Property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market may wish to consider buying property in Luton, which currently offers the...

An unlicensed landlord who rented out a property in Margate has been fined £3,000. The property on Northdown Road, CT9, is located...

There was a sharp increase in new rental properties listed in October, mostly in major towns and cities, according to fresh...

The supply of homes listed on the market to let has fallen sharply now that pretty much all of the buy-to-let...

Tenants are potentially facing steeper living costs following a significant drop in the supply of rental properties, new figures suggest. Some 87.6%...

Student rents have increased by as much as 10% over the past 12 months amid a severe housing shortage across the...

A new study which looked at coastal towns across England and Wales has found that Hull offers landlords the highest average rental...

A Kent landlord has come under attack for pursuing unpaid rent from three students “too traumatised” to return to their house...