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Analysts have warned landlords and others interested in the housing market from celebrating too much following the latest Halifax index figures. The...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Consumer Price Inflation in November was 3.9 per cent - significantly lower than the 4.4 per cent expected by many analysts. It’s...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A BBC News report claims that increasing numbers of renters aged over 30 are moving to cheaper areas as rents have...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A new but small survey by a compensation consultancy claims there are serious mould and damp issues amongst private rental properties. Some...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
It’s hardly surprising that the property auction market has seen an increase in activity in recent years, with buyers looking to...
02 September 2023
From: Top tips & guides
Another PropTech innovation claims it will disrupt part of the rental market - this time, the student accommodation sector. Housemates Connect API...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Two law partners at a legal firm have outlined a five-step process which tenants can use to complain to their landlords...
22 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The winners have been revealed in a nationwide search for the UK and Ireland’s best holiday lets. The awards, which were organised...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Agents are warning that...
09 September 2022
From: Breaking News
It is thought that a new Housing Secretary to replace Greg Clarke may be named within hours, if as expected Liz...
05 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A franchise lettings agent has written a new guide for landlords. Mike Jones, co-owner of Belvoir’s Basingstoke office, has drawn on his...
01 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A new £71m Build To Rent scheme is on its way to commuter hotspot Leatherhead. BTR operator Get Living and developer Watkin...
29 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been packed with MPs loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The Guardian newspaper has given an aggrieved tenant the opportunity to explain how he and other renters took a landlord to...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News
In recent years, letting property has become more challenging due to a range of tax and regulation changes and since March...
25 November 2021
From: Sponsored Content
A firm of solicitors claims that private and social sector tenants face long delays for repairs to be addressed - and...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A solicitors’ practice claims repairs initiated by landlords take an average of 41 days to be completed after a tenant complains...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The Build To Rent sector continues to grow, with the news that a 650-home scheme in the city of Bath has...
27 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A local authority is appealing directly to landlords to join a scheme rehousing Afghan refugee families. Wrexham council says the families will...
19 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlord Today readers will be more than aware that legal changes happen often these days, and it can be understandably challenging...
14 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The total value of tax relief declared as a result of the government’s Rent a Room Scheme has soared 187 per...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Airbnb management company Houst is expanding its service into a new area. Houst has identified Kent as an area expecting one of...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The number of second homes in the UK has risen 30 per cent over the last five years, according to a...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are looking to take advantage of cheaper borrowing rates, growing demand from renters, and the...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News
A buy-to-let landlord has been sentenced after failing to maintain gas appliances at a rental property he owns in Plymouth. Plymouth Crown...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has announced that the Welsh cabinet secretary responsible for housing policy, Julie James, will be the...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Portsmouth City Council is controversially planning to introduce a landlord licensing scheme in the city without potentially allowing around half of...
16 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords are being driven out of the private rented sector and will soon start looking for more profitable alternative investments. That...
24 May 2019
From: Breaking News
PLATFORM_ has been awarded planning consent to build just over 200 homes on the site of the former Browning Jones &...
19 February 2019
From: Breaking News
A buy-to-let landlord in Doncaster has been ordered to pay more than £5,000 in fines and costs following a successful prosecution...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Panoramic views of London, little noise pollution, three generous sized bedrooms and the prospect of a near 9% gross rental yield...
15 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Investors have long turned to residential property as a means of supplementing their income, supported by strong demand from tenants and...
05 September 2018
From: Breaking News
The government’s review into building and fire safety regulations is ‘missing the opportunity’ to assess fire safety regulations across all types...
09 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Who are you? Peter Jones, an estate agent, dad, husband, poor golfer and snowboarder. How long have you been trading? I’ve been in the...
04 April 2018
From: 60 Second Interview
Councils cannot use selective licensing conditions to impose new standards on private rented homes, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday. The case...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News
Who are you? Arthur Jones, I’m Glide’s London Business Development Manager. I joined Glide in November 2016 to head up London. My...
18 January 2018
From: 60 Second Interview
Hundreds of thousands of buy-to-let landlords will be required to pay a ‘green tax’ of up to £2,500 per property upfront...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News
People living in high rise tower blocks across the UK are being let down by a system in which it is...
06 November 2017
From: Breaking News
A private landlord from Cornwall has been given a 12-month prison sentence suspended for 24 months, fined £5,000, and ordered to...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News
A buy-to-let landlord in Ilfracombe, a seaside resort on the North Devon coast, has been given a suspended prison sentence for...
08 August 2017
From: Breaking News
A buy-to-let landlord in Newport has become the first to be prosecuted for breaching new laws demanding that all private landlords...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Unlicensed landlords with properties in Wales are being urged to register ‘to avoid legal action’, regardless of where they are based...
16 May 2017
From: Breaking News
An investigation has been launched after details of hundreds of landlords who have not yet registered on a Wales-wide scheme were...
06 February 2017
From: Breaking News
A buy-to-let landlord in Plymouth put the lives of his tenants at risk of a gas explosion after carrying out gas...
19 December 2016
From: Breaking News
UK homeowners are more than twice as likely as buy-to-let landlords to be in arrears, according to Computershare, a major servicer of...
02 December 2016
From: Breaking News
ChaseBlue Loans and Together have completed a £785,000 second charge buy-to-let mortgage in a complex deal which was completed in under...
07 November 2016
From: Breaking News
The government’s policy to improve the energy efficiency of the UK’s housing stock will almost certainly place upward pressure on rents...
15 August 2016
From: Breaking News
A Shropshire-based landlord has been accused of stealing goods belong to his tenants after they refused to pay the rent or...
10 August 2016
From: Breaking News
Up to 330,000 buy-to-let landlords will be required to pay a “green tax” of up to £5,000 to make their properties...
01 August 2016
From: Breaking News
Rents in the private rented sector will increase as a result of the planned introduction of energy efficiency targets, a leading...
19 May 2016
From: Breaking News
The RLA has submitted an official response to a Government consultation into future flood prevention. Swathes of the UK were left devastated...
18 March 2016
From: Breaking News
A blog post by eviction specialists Landlord Action has exposed bad tenants who can clearly afford to pay the rent but...