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Julian Richer - the founder of Richer Sounds, the UK's largest hi-fi retailer - says he may set up a landlord...

Four years after the first Covid restrictions, new research by Centre for Cities shows Londoners’ escape to the country during the...

The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

Like a parent whose kids expected half term in Disneyland, Jeremy Hunt is spending the week managing expectations – and crushing...

A landlord who was involved in a decade-long dispute with a London council has been hit with a £1.44 million penalty...

Rental sector and property industry views are split over the controversial idea of allowing first time buyers to put down a...

Bristol’s controversial Labour council is extending previous licensing schemes to other parts of the city at some £1,800 HMO per licence...

Although SDLT receipts have been volatile in recent years, the property tax’s effectiveness as a revenue-raiser for the Government is not...

There’s a warning today that the Bank of England’s decision to freeze base rate at the high level of 5.25 per...

Urgent action is needed by government to protect tenants who live in poor quality private rented homes, MPs have demanded. A report...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

Four landlords are contemplating seeking a judicial review of a council’s proposed licensing scheme extension. Middlesbrough council is consulting on extending its...

Citra Living, the Build To Rent arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has announced another new scheme. It is a 95-flat development at...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

The government claims that millions of homeowners in England and Wales will be given greater rights, powers, and protections over their...

Good news for landlords earning under £30,000 a year - they will not have to use the HMRC’s Making Tax Digital...

The Office for Budget Responsibility - a Treasury department operating independently from the government - released its central forecast for the...

A landlord who repeatedly failed to comply with a Planning Enforcement Notice has received a hefty fine. Sultan Mahmood, of Woking, was...

A countryside property organisation has added its voice to the calls for an extension to a licensing scheme for Airbnbs and...

The Labour Mayor of Newham in London has called for a vast extension of landlord licensing. Rokhsana Fiaz says she welcomes a...

The Scottish Government looks set to extend its rent cap for yet another six months - despite widespread opposition from the...

The current Housing Ombudsman, who presides over redress within the social housing sector, says private landlords should not fear the extension...

A landlord and two businesses have been fined over £145,000 following a fire in a building containing residential flats and a...

West London landlord Shashibhushan Vyas, from Isleworth, has been fined over £115,500 for illegally converting a side extension into a separate...

Two of the most prominent campaigners over rent controls - albeit one on either side of the argument - have had...

Landlords are exiting the market in droves. According to an accountancy firm who analysed HMRC data, 70,000 buy-to-let landlords left the sector...

West London landlord Shashibhushan Vyas, from Isleworth, has been fined over £115,500 for illegally converting a side extension into a separate...

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay over £15,000 after illegally altering buildings he let out as HMOs in the...

Landlords converting a property of any size to rent out on multiple tenancies in seven areas of a London borough could...

The government is publishing a so-called ‘call for evidence’ on options to reform the VAT relief for the installation of energy...

The landlord of a property dubbed a “house of horrors” by Barking and Dagenham council enforcement officers has been ordered to...

Accused variously of being a “snake” and a “betrayer”, Michael Gove has not always been popular with his ex-boss (Boris Johnson)...

It’s the time of year when everyone is rushing to meet the self-assessment deadlines. Unfortunately, experience shows that there will be...

A landlord has admitted breaching planning rules at two properties in south London. He submitted a guilty plea in response to Southwark...

A nine-page legal document outlining landlords’ arguments has effectively stopped a controversial housing minister and campaigning organisations giving evidence to a...

The government has accepted arguments put forward by landlords and accountancy groups, and delayed a key deadline for compulsory digital tax returns. A...

Despite a string of pledges on rental sector reform delivered in recent days by government ministers, including Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...

New figures from HMRC this week show that the Treasury raked in another £4.1 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the...

Views are being sought on the designation of a scheme to improve standards in part of Middlesbrough.  A selective landlord licensing scheme...

Landlord and letting agent fears over the impact of rental reform could be eased if only the industry used rigorous and...

A formal consultation that saw an overwhelming number of responses opposed to extend notice periods to six months has been ignored...

A Selective Licensing scheme introduced by a council back in 2016 is set for expansion.  Middlesbrough council claims that its scheme has...

The National Residential Landlords Association has joined with other landlord and agent bodies to seek legal opinion on whether Scotland’s rent...

From November Gedling council in Nottinghamshire wants its Selective Licensing extended to four additional wards.  This follows a pilot where over 78...

A probe by the Financial Times has found that some 26,500 individuals missed the Capital Gains Tax filing deadline in 2021-22...

* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - A council is offering...

Activists in the Acorn group is hoping to attract Labour councillors who run Leeds to a meeting next week, which will...

A pilot scheme described as helping “tenants threatened with eviction to stay in their homes” has been extended after Cornwall Council...

Two tenants who were amongst a group of activists in a battle with their landlord have written in a left-wing journal...

In its latest plans, the government is hoping to make the leasehold system fairer for leaseholders through a brand new Reform...

The early bird discount period for what many regard as the country’s most controversial landlord licensing scheme has been extended. The discount...

A re-offending landlord housed himself and five tenants in what has been described as a death trap property.  The rogue Harrow landlord...

The government's ban on charging ground rent on leases in England and Wales comes into force today.  Only a peppercorn ground rent...

The popularity of staycations is set to continue into 2022, with bookings for UK holiday lets reportedly up 22 per cent compared...

Another council is conducting a consultation process aimed at renewing its existing landlord licensing for a further five years. Sefton council has...

A consultation is underway into the extension of yet another private landlord licensing scheme for a further five years. Since March 2018...

For many years now developers, freeholders and landlords have been engaged in the practice of utilising ground rents as lucrative investments...

Whether you own a leasehold or freehold property, if you’re an HMO landlord who rents out rooms, individual flats or even...

The government says major house builders have agreed to spend £2 billion on fixing the dangerous cladding on their own buildings,...

A council is launching a Private Tenants Charter which it says will set standards for landlords and private rental sector organisations...

Applications open later this week for one of the country’s largest and most controversial landlord licensing schemes - in Liverpool. The new...

PropTech firm Kamma says 11 new discretionary licensing schemes for landlords are set to launch in April - a record. This is the...

A landlord who harassed tenants and left them in dangerous accommodation hit has been branded “atrocious” and has been hit with...

A leading accountancy firm says the relative good health of the rental market and house price appreciation will trigger stricter enforcement...

It’s being reported in the mainstream press that the government may give landlords an extra year to make rental homes more energy efficient. This...

A private landlord who failed to carry out essential safety work has been fined for ignoring an Emergency Prohibition Order. Mohammed Deryo,...

The new coalition of the Scottish National Party and the Greens in Scotland has pledged to introduce rent controls - and...

Salford is the latest city to launch a consultation seeking views on plans to expand its selective licensing scheme - claiming...

It’s understood there will be a Christmas truce with tenants not enduring bailiff-enforced evictions between December 13 and January 10. HM Courts...

A Midlands city is starting consultation on a major extension of powers over HMOs. Leicester council wants to have an extended Article...

Around 20 per cent of landlords surveyed by a bank used a credit card or short-term finance to fund a recent...

A landlord who built extensions and converted them into flats and bedsits all without planning permission has been given a record...

The Welsh government has again extended the notice period which landlords must give tenants - it’s at least six months. The Coronavirus...

The Welsh Government says the mandatory six month notice period which landlords must give their tenants will now last until the...

Former Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has spoken out against what he calls “the greed of the mega-landlords.” The veteran MP -...

Landlords have welcomed a proposal by the Office for Tax Simplification to extend the 30 day payment of Capital Gains Tax...

The government says the number of households facing possible homelessness after a Section 21 eviction has fallen 50 per cent in...

A resolution service set up last summer for landlords is extending its remit to cover a much wider range of disputes. TDS...

Wales has extended its eviction ban from March 31 until the end of June - but it is more severe than...

A charity warns today that 150,000 private renters are at risk of eviction when restrictions are lifted because of mounting Covid-related...

The government has reissued its official guidance on the possession process for private landlord. The document was originally published last September but...

Activists in Generation Rent have hit out at the latest extension to the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions.  The government has extended this...

Activists are aiming to make the eviction ban a central theme in this spring’s local elections. In early May there are elections...

A landlord who illegally turned a London property into 13 flats has been hit by nearly £200,000 in fines, costs and...

The government’s latest extension for the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions - taking it up until the end of May - is...

Another political party has joined the chorus of voices calling for still-longer bans on evictions in the private rental sector. The ban...

The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...

Landlords trying to expand their portfolios can avoid delays caused by residential buyers taking advantage of the Chancellor's stamp duty extension by using four 'buy-to-let hacks', according to broker Mortgages for...

Letting agents in London say there's more interest from prospective tenants now the vaccine and Coronavirus roadmap suggest something like normality...

Scottish private sector landlords and tenants who face financial difficulties caused by the pandemic have more time to access support after...

The country’s largest landlord for students has extended its discounted rent scheme for another three weeks. Unite Group says its 50 per...

Labour has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of prioritising a tax break for landlords over the need for affordable housing or help for...

A combination of the longer stamp duty holiday and sustained low interest rates are likely to spur a new wave of...

The Budget has received short shrift from landlords and tenants, as Chancellor Rishi Sunak appeared to miss out the private rental...

No news is good news, they say - and the absence of any announcement about Capital Gains Tax in thre Budget...

Landlords currently buying properties and concerned they may not make the March 31 stamp duty holiday deadline have good news -...

The Baroness leading the pressure group Generation Rent says the extension of the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions does not go far...

The government has announced yet another ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in the private rental sector. The existing ban was due to expire...

Shelter says it expects the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions to be extended until at least the end of the present...

The Green Homes Grant scheme is set to fail according to MPs, who claim the current slow roll-out means it would...