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The management of BTL properties, whether it's a modest collection of three units or a more sizable portfolio of fifteen, can...

Private landlords and letting agents are being offered free advice and information at a networking event hosted by Cumberland council.  Property owners...

This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...

The Department of Work and Pensions is to slash the timescale for repayment of arrears for tenants on Universal Credit. It has...

Something that has been touching a raw nerve with me for some time now is the issue of so called ‘rent...

A private landlord operator has launched a dedicated and interactive app for its residents. DWP Housing Partnership in Dorset says it wants...

Landlords with tenants on Universal Credit are struggling to set up Alternative Payment Arrangements because the UC portal is closed to new...

The changes to Mortgage Interest Tax Relief and impact on your wallet Before April 2017 landlords with a mortgage on their buy-to-let...

Members of a wealthy Blackburn family of landlords with a portfolio of properties have been sentenced for defrauding the Department for...

The Scottish government has published updated guidance for private landlords and letting agents to help cope with the existing Covid-19 pandemic.  The...

The government’s decision not to remove the cap on Universal Credit for all claimants and increase housing benefit to cover local...

A new form enabling landlords to claim for rent payments, from tenants in receipt of Universal Credit, to be paid directly...

A new online system to allow rent payments, from tenants in receipt of Universal Credit, to be paid directly to private...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that Universal Credit rent arrears deductions have been suspended amid the coronavirus...

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has criticised the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) after it announced yesterday that the...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published updated guidance for landlords with tenants in receipt of Universal Credit. The information is designed to...

The full rollout of universal credit, the government's flagship welfare reform, has been delayed yet again - until 2024.  The system was...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published updated guidance for landlords with tenants in receipt of Universal Credit. The information is...

A couple from Barry in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, have been handed suspended prison sentences for benefit fraud after being convicted...

Significant changes are being made to the Universal Credit system that will see the housing element of the benefit paid directly...

Mortgage lenders have once again been criticised for not permitting landlords to rent property to people claiming benefits – this time...

The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE) has backed the Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable’s calls for a halt...

Private landlords provide a vital service for people looking for housing, and that is why the government is wrong to persecute...

A landlord was handed a huge cleaning bill after his house was left in a horrific and disgusting state. The landlord was...

The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE) is the latest organisation to call on the government to immediately pause...

Universal credit will cause up to 1.3 million evictions from privately rented homes, Liberal Democrat Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)...

The government’s decision to make it easier for landlords to apply for Alternative Payment Arrangements (APAs) without the consent of tenants’...

Delays in universal credit benefit payments for housing costs are leaving claimants unable to pay rent and pushing some deep into...

You may have heard about the welfare reform changes that started in 2013. Many existing benefits are being abolished and replaced...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...