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

The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

A council is telling landlords that its new selective licensing fee is so low it should be entirely tax deductible and...

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

A council has issued a stern warning to landlords that the current situation in which hundreds of homes have non-compliant EPC...

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...

New figures from London-focussed letting agency Foxtons show rental demand remaining very strong. Last month’s figures show that compared to January 2020,...

A landlord who failed to provide a fire detection and alarm system in an HMO has been fined a total of...

A local authority controlled by the Green Party says it’s issued 550 per cent more fines against landlords in the past...

Two groups of activists who campaign for rent controls and reform of the private lettings sector have turned on each other. Acorn...

A new league table shows landlords the cities across the UK where the highest average Airbnb nightly prices are charged. The data,...

A new survey claims to show the rent differences between furnished and unfurnished homes to let in various cities. For example London...

If rising energy costs are your immediate concern, it may not be feasible to invest in new solutions for your home...

Legal & General’s Retirement Institutional division has announced a massive £2.5 billion investment to deliver as many as 7,000 Build To...

The dusk of 2021 is upon us and, as is customary in property circles at this juncture, we look forward to...

Every year there is an influx of students that hate renting, and I was one of them.  Students should be excited about...

Activists in the Acorn pro-tenant movement have sharply criticised the Green Party which runs Brighton council for allegedly failing to prosecute...

A Labour councillor in a Green Party-controlled local authority wants the body to name and shame rogue landlords on a publicly-available...

A Labour MP is demanding action against unscrupulous predator landlords who demand sex from tenants in lieu of rent. The Daily Mail...

Generation Rent activists are back on the warpath, this time accusing councils of not doing enough - and sometimes nothing -...

A new online calculator highlighting how much more rent landlords can make by letting to holidaymakers via Airbnb across a range...

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

A number of buy-to-let landlords prefer to rent out property on a room by room basis instead of renting the whole...

Brighton and Hove Council has given the go-ahead for new selective landlord licensing to be introduced across 12 wards in the...

A landlord who built an outbuilding and converted it into eight small flats without planning consent has been ordered to pay...

A letting agent in Hove has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme for 18 months for not passing on...

The average two-year buy-to-let fixed mortgage deal at 75% loan-to-value (LTV) has fallen to a record-low of 2.47%, as many landlords...

Who are you?   Arthur Jones, I’m Glide’s London Business Development Manager. I joined Glide in November 2016 to head up London. My...

Tenants are spending an increasing proportion of their earnings on rent, new figures have revealed. Fresh research undertaken by rentals platform CreditLadder...

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

Maintaining your property is one of the most important aspects of being a homeowner or landlord, and that includes giving your...

Rogue landlords who target vulnerable people for sex by posting online classified adverts offering accommodation in exchange for other services, could...

A landlord has been fined more than £45,000 after 12 people were found living in slum-like conditions in a four storey...

Rents in the residential property sector are continuing to rise across many parts of the UK with no fewer than 20...

The Southern Rail strikes which have caused disruption for commuters have started to have an impact on rental price growth in...

In less than seven years Sawyer & Co has become the fastest growing Lettings Agents in Brighton & Hove. Silver winners of...

Two Brighton & Hove landlords of shared houses have been prosecuted for failing to license their properties as Houses in Multiple...

A letting agent who lost at least £577,865 in missing tenancy deposits and rent payments has escaped jail. However Peter Leonard, 58,...

Q: What does it say on your business card?  Director of Operations – South Q: Who are Orchard and Shipman?  Orchard and Shipman is...

Half of UK broadband users have never switched provider, according to new research carried out by comparison site Cable.co.uk. This alarming...