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A council is urging landlords of eligible properties to apply for energy efficient measures such as insulation, solar panels or heat...

Rental growth in Britain has slowed says lettings agency Hamptons, with the average newly let rent rising 6.7% over the past...

A consultation on how to develop a more dynamic energy price cap has been launched by the regulator, Ofgem. The regulator claims...

The chief executive of a short lets service says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is wrong to think penalising landlords will help solve...

Generation Rent and London Mayor Sadiq Khan have jointly slammed landlords who do not improve the EPCs of their private rental...

Any hope of a near-term drop in interest rates appears to have been wiped out by a statement by Bank of...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched an eight week long consultation in a bid to gather input on its...

Arrears in the buy to let sector are worsening at a faster rate than for homeowners. Octane Capital analysed industry figures on...

With the cost-of-living crisis causing household bills to increase nationwide, many Britons are worried and concerned about the soaring energy prices...

A tech platform claims to have developed a means of optimising energy costs on landlords’ voids. When rental properties are empty and...

As energy prices and the cost of living continue to rise, property owners are searching for ways to reduce their energy...

An unlikely location heads the latest league table purporting to show the highest returns on property investment. Aldermore’s Buy To let City...

New research has found that nearly half of landlords feel it’s harder being a landlord now compared to the start of...

The Building Societies Association says housing market sentiment remains close to the all-time low. In a sentiment survey some 47 per cent...

The trade body representing hosts and suppliers to the short let industry is calling on people to defray cost of living...

While many eyes have been focused on COP27 in recent weeks, a massive sea change in sentiment and investment towards climate...

A new survey throws light on how perilous some household finances are as energy prices increase despite government interventions. Research from The...

A leading financial analyst says what are generally called “period properties” are set to become financial nightmares for landlords or owner...

Soaring energy prices will force more tenants to consider living in HMOs, says a lettings business.  When a recent increase in utility...

A politician says the long-running series of bans on private rental evictions during the worst of the Covid crisis could be...

A new analysis of household energy consumption has found that a combination of green technologies could reduce bills by up to...

New forecasts from an energy industry consultancy suggests that the average domestic consumer’s energy bills could soar to £3,363 a year...

Energy bills have increased for around 22 million energy consumers – and they’re expected to escalate again later this year when...

A prominent energy industry organisation has just issued a new guide for landlords to improve their properties.  The Energy Saving Trust -...

May saw a slight slowing in the rate of annual house price growth to 11.2 per cent from 12.1 per cent...

Activists in Generation Rent have repeated once again their call for a rent freeze and yet another eviction ban.  “Rents have been...

Contrary to recent figures from Zoopla and others, pointing to double-digit rental inflation in the past year, official statistics show the...

Energy regulator Ofgem is suggesting that the energy price cap be updated quarterly rather than every six months.  This is only a...

There’s a new warning that the cost of living crisis facing landlords and tenants could get sizeably worse thanks to yet...

A surprising call has come from a major industry supplier - it wants landlords to set up standing orders with their...

A new report claims new builds have typical energy bills some £400 a year less than other properties.  The Home Builders’ Federation...

A player in the rental insurance field is warning landlords that the growing cost of living crisis makes it more important...

In this guest piece, Josh Barber from Flooring Superstore sets out why landlords must pay attention to flooring when it comes...

John McDonnell, who until 15 months ago was the shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, has called for all tenants to be...

With the government lifting the price cap on energy suppliers at the start of this month, PropTech supplier Goodlord has produced...

New analysis of government data by the national homelessness charity Crisis suggests that in England over 100,000 low income renters on Universal Credit will be at least two or more months behind on...

Rik Smith, Head of Tenant Services at Goodlord, outlines in this tips piece how agents can support tenants with rising energy...

A number of buy-to-let landlords are turning their attention to student housing, which is regarded by many property investors as a...