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The ban on the sale of new leasehold homes is welcome but there can be no further delay in announcing ground...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Trading Standards has defended the introduction of ‘material information’ requirements on details of properties for sale, after a conveyancer warned landlords...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Landlords quitting the sector could have to spend hundreds of pounds more when selling their home owing to new Trading Standards...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Landlords are selling up in significant volumes these days - partly to cash in on capital appreciation, but mostly thanks to...
10 February 2024
From: Agent Advice
Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The government claims that millions of homeowners in England and Wales will be given greater rights, powers, and protections over their...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Labour’s shadow housing secretary and deputy leader Angela Rayner says her party will scrap Section 21 on its first day in...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Lost in the noise of the King’s Speech, the general pledge to reform the leasehold system, and the subsequent political turmoil...
18 November 2023
From: Legislation & Compliance
The new Housing Minister is Lee Rowley - who was a former housing minister in the short lived premiership of Liz...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The government has agreed a pledge with five insurance brokers which could mean thousands of leaseholders in buildings with identified fire...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Holding deposits head the list of complaints about the private rental sector, says the man at the top of the Property...
14 October 2023
From: Legislation & Compliance
The Fire Protection Association says a recent First-Tier Tribunal decision and appeal dismissal highlight the responsibilities that landlords hold in relation...
03 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association is meeting with the Department of Education to consider how, if at all, private landlords can...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
There’s been a large increase in the number of complaints registered with The Property Ombudsman - with lettings agents in the...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
New laws mean commercial property must now have an energy efficiency rating of at least E before a new lease or...
05 August 2023
From: Legislation & Compliance
The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service kicks in tomorrow - it offers early legal advice, free of charge, to anyone...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A Labour MP wants the government to include private landlords in the Building Safety Act’s leaseholder protections scheme. The government introduced the...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A Labour pressure group wants the party to campaign on housing at the next General Election, including railing against what it...
07 June 2023
From: Breaking News
All landlords need to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), with few exemptions. As a property writer, landlord and Domestic Energy...
06 May 2023
From: Legislation & Compliance
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...
06 April 2023
From: Sponsored Content
The Competition and Markets Authority is launching a three month probe into the workings of the private rental sector. It says the focus...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Over the last few years, the property industry has been focusing on the need to provide more information to buyers ‘up...
18 February 2023
From: Agent Advice
A new crowdfunding platform says it’s opening up property investing to “a whole new generation.” Allbricks claims it’s disrupting “the antiquated mortgage...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Accused variously of being a “snake” and a “betrayer”, Michael Gove has not always been popular with his ex-boss (Boris Johnson)...
04 February 2023
From: Agent Advice
As many buy-to-let landlords continue to question their place in the market with ever increasing legislation, finance and management costs, one...
26 January 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Amended legislation means that landlords will not be able to prevent broadband firms from upgrading their service in blocks of flats. Previously,...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The freeholders to a block of maisonettes have been ordered to pay more than £22,000 after failing to carry out repairs...
01 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Over 5,000 leaseholders – some of them private landlords – could get refunds on their ground rent after the Competition and...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A council now consulting on a huge licensing scheme for private landlords has been slammed - over its own record as...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords are being invited to join the advisory council of the country’s largest lettings redress scheme. The Property Redress Scheme covers more...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News
In its latest plans, the government is hoping to make the leasehold system fairer for leaseholders through a brand new Reform...
02 July 2022
From: The Big Issues
The government's ban on charging ground rent on leases in England and Wales comes into force today. Only a peppercorn ground rent...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The government is today launching a consultation on a policy obliging landlords to make changes to communal spaces outside disabled tenants’...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The Queen’s Speech has confirmed that a radical re-shaping of the rental sector in England is being pushed ahead by the...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
For many years now developers, freeholders and landlords have been engaged in the practice of utilising ground rents as lucrative investments...
07 May 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
The Building Safety Bill has become law - and while it does offer help to leaseholder landlords with one or two...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The government has announced that its ban on charging ground rent on new leases in England and Wales comes into force...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Whether you own a leasehold or freehold property, if you’re an HMO landlord who rents out rooms, individual flats or even...
23 April 2022
From: The Big Issues
Labour MP Hilary Benn has spoken out in favour of buy to let landlords currently expected to pay towards remediation work...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The government says major house builders have agreed to spend £2 billion on fixing the dangerous cladding on their own buildings,...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The government says it’s going to name and shame what it considers to be bad social landlords, using social media to...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Fifteen businesses which had bought freeholds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A cross-party group of MPs has opposed government plans to make many buy to let landlords pay for the replacement of...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
As the government continues to assess the future state of building regulation in the UK, developers and leaseholders continue to remain...
05 March 2022
From: The Big Issues
A property described as London’s smallest flat allegedly has a rental yield of 10 per cent - yet it cannot be...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The government has been accused of basing its policy to solve the cladding crisis on the assumption that landlords are Property...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A last ditch bid is underway to include the properties of all landlords in the programme of financial help to remove...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Experts are predicting that the exclusion of large scale landlords from cladding relief may lead to significant delays in some safety...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Last October, stakeholders across the private rented sector were told by ministers that the Government needed extra time to create a...
12 February 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
The government has hit back at claims from the National Residential Landlords Association that buy to let landlords are being left...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Government plans to rectify dangerous cladding are riddled with confusion and risk needless delays to addressing the problem. That’s the warning from...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Property insurers have forced “crippling costs” on to residents of medium and high-rise apartment blocks in the aftermath of the Grenfell...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The campaign to ensure that landlords are included in the government’s measures to alleviate the problem of dangerous cladding is gathering...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association is seeking clarification from gov ernment about whether landlords are included in the latest measure to...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A leasehold expert says existing owners - including landlords - are expected to be more proactive in 2022 as they seek...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The government has issued new guidance for landlords and tenants concerning the possession process as applied to those on an Assured...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A free one-hour legal webinar tomorrow aims to identify the so-called “missing landlords”. Leaseholders in particular are invited to gain insights from...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Perhaps unsurprisingly, landlords formed the bulk of the complainants about letting agents in the 2020 calendar year according to The Property...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Camden council in north London has become the first local authority to secure an anti-social behaviour injunction against a landlord in...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords directly affected by the cladding scandal - because they own units in low and medium-rise blocks - have some good...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The government claims its new Building Safety Bill, published yesterday, will create “lasting generational change” after Grenfell and the cladding crisis...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Yet another lettings agency says the private rental sector would be wise to encourage tenants with pets. Earlier this week it was...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A new government-created committee is considering the introduction of the new Commonhold tenure. Commonhold is a form of freehold ownership, largely for...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The Competition and Markets Authority is to probe property investment companies that have purchased freeholds from developers and that go on...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News
It’s feared that the government’s latest funding to solve the cladding crisis will leave thousands of landlords with loans and unsellable...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords with leasehold properties should be able to enjoy reduced costs and red tape when they wish to extend their leases,...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The government is establishing a Commonhold Council - a partnership of leasehold groups, industry and government - that will prepare landlords,...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The unknown number of landlords with properties in blocks caught in the cladding crisis may be able to benefit from a...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Property auctions help to minimise the chances of complications in the homebuying process. However, there are still measures you will need...
30 October 2020
From: Property Auctions
When it comes to conveyancing for landlords and investors, the purchasing process itself doesn’t differ that much from residential conveyancing, there...
29 October 2020
From: Property Investment & Strategy
Landlords with leasehold property within their portfolio, as well as their advisors, will be aware of the difficulty and delay a...
09 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
A series of recommendations recently published by the Law Commission of England and Wales could soon transform the future of home...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News
West One has launched two limited edition buy-to-let mortgage products, which both benefit from West One’s ‘no credit scoring’ approach, with...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Potential reforms to the leasehold system could lead to a sharp rise in the number of freeholders looking to sell their...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News
The Property Ombudsman (TPO) dealt with 2,518 letting complaints last year, according to the organisation’s 2019 annual report, which shows continued...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Rendered insulation could be a bigger issue for scores of tower blocks with flammable cladding, according to Andrews Property Group. Almost three...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News
After two elections and three years of intense debate and hostility, the general election in December seemed to offer the political...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
The Mortgage Lender has amended its buy-to-let criteria by increasing its lending threshold from £2.5m to £5m, while also removing the...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
With just one day until voting day, each of the main political parties has outlined its plans for the country, including for...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Thousands of landlords trapped in developer contracts with spiraling costs could be entitled to compensation, according to legal experts. Around 100,000 homeowners...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News
FirstPort, one of the largest managers of residential property in the UK, has taken over the operational management of an additional...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A new 10-point manifesto designed to drive forward leasehold reform has been published by a prominent leasehold reform campaigner, following the...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Most landlords are wary of the potential damage, smells and noise complaints that can come with accommodating a tenant with pets....
23 October 2019
From: Sponsored Content
When it comes to buying, selling, letting or renting a property, you will likely be faced with words, phrases, acronyms and...
08 October 2019
From: Sponsored Content
The Airbnb revolution has widely changed perceptions of short lets, opening up a potentially lucrative market for buy-to-let investors. For landlords, short...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has proposed that the maximum fee a landlord can charge a leaseholder...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Just days after Landlord Today and sister publication, Estate Agent Today, published stories outlining the lack of government response to our...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The government has set up a £200m fund to replace unsafe Grenfell Tower-style cladding on around 170 private high-rise residential buildings...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News
In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Leasehold property ownership has come under yet more fire today after a new report laid bare the scale of mis-selling in...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News
As a landlord, you may have purchased a flat for the purposes of subletting, but are you actually allowed to rent...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords should not be deterred from acquiring leasehold properties, but rather target homes with ‘high service charges’, and then set...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has published a report calling for wide ranging reforms to the leasehold system in...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee is due to publish its report into Leasehold Reform today, which is designed to...
19 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Assertions made by UK Finance that the leasehold system is not in need of major reform have been rejected by Leasehold...