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Brand new data from online mortgage broker Mojo Mortgages has revealed significant differences in the types of properties the average UK house...

Airbnb has ripped into politicians in Scotland who have implemented restrictions on short lets. The former SNP-Green coalition government allowed local councils...

Citra Living, part of Lloyds Banking Group, is to bring more than 150 new family homes to the rental market in...

The Generation Rent activist group has once again repeated its demand for a series of reforms surrounding the scrapping of Section...

Agents’ trade group Propertymark is demanding London Mayor candidates tackle what it calls “the unique housing challenges that the capital experiences.” Londoners...

The latest Rental Index from Goodlord reveals that rents are now up by 5.7% over the year.  The price per property over...

A website is being prepared to assist private renters know where to turn if their landlord or lettings agent fail to...

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

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

The National Residential Landlords Association has taken the unusual step of extending an olive branch to the activists who run the...

The Renters Reform Bill returns to the House of Commons today with activist groups critical of amendments put forward to reach...

Spain’s Minister for Housing, Isabel Rodríguez, says the country is taking the first steps to eliminate the Golden Visa.  This visa was...

Over half of current home owners with adult children have or expect to help their children financially to buy a property...

Another council is looking for landlords with rental properties to match them with prospective tenants who are ready to move in....

MPs return to the Commons today after a substantial Easter recess - and with progress on the Renters Reform Bill on...

The average water bill has risen by 6% in England and Wales in recent days, which could see households having to...

Landlords and renters’ activists are at either end of the spectrum reacting to a controversial report on the private rental sector. Yesterday...

In the recent landlord sentiment survey conducted by the Property Redress Scheme, it came as no surprise to me to discover...

Tenant referencing provider Canopy has released data from a  rental affordability index, which claims most tenants are at the very limit...

The abolition of Section 21 evictions will be a disaster without improvement to the courts system, a property industry chief insists.  Ian...

Trading Standards has defended the introduction of ‘material information’ requirements on details of properties for sale, after a conveyancer warned landlords...

It’s all change at the start of the new tax year, and with so many tweaks to so many rules, it’s...

The tax reliefs enjoyed by landlords running Furnished Holiday Lets (FHL) were cut by the Chancellor this month. Some say the...

Landlords quitting the sector could have to spend hundreds of pounds more when selling their home owing to new Trading Standards...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

An all-party House of Commons committee is calling on Local Housing Allowance to be updated automatically and annually. LHA rates have been...

A new additional HMO licensing scheme is about to hit landlords in part of London.  Haringey council claims its initiative aims to...

The management of BTL properties, whether it's a modest collection of three units or a more sizable portfolio of fifteen, can...

A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...

Yet another council is consulting on whether to continue a selective licensing scheme. The scheme applies to several areas of Burnley and...

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

Airbnb has released new figures showing that the typical host landlord makes a modest £5,500 a year by sharing their space...

A Labour MP who has campaigned for some years against short let landlords says proposals to crack down on the sector...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to restrict Airbnb-style short lets do not go far enough, a group of activists has said. Yesterday...

Airbnb has given its backing to a proposal from Housing Secretary Michael Gove to introduce a mandatory register of short let...

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

Data from lenders trade body UK Finance show an 18 per cent leap in buy to let arrears in the past...

Generation Rent has launched a double-pronged attack on landlords and the government. The activist group claims that the latest possession statistics from...

The Labour Party has committed to extending a crackdown on social housing landlords who fail to fix mouldy homes, to include...

Increasing the supply of homes for private rent would boost government finances by £10 billion, says the National Residential Landlords Association. The...

HM Revenue and Customs says that its latest data - one week ahead of the January 31 Self Assessment deadline -...

A newspaper claims that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants British families to be given higher priority for social housing. Implicitly this may...

HSBC bank is working with Shelter on housing campaigns. A statement from the charity says: “With support from partners including HSBC UK,...

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

Air quality expert Stuart Smith writes:  The average family produces 24 pints of water vapour a day through routine activity but many...

The Housing Ombudsman - which assesses problems involving social housing landlords - has found severe maladministration in four cases involving Croydon...

Another survey highlights the relatively low proportion of landlords who appear to allow tenants to keep pets. The analysis, from Confused.com Mortgages,...

Average new seller asking prices rose 1.3 per cent between December and January - the biggest rise at this time of...

A think tank says rents set in the social sector should reflect the energy efficiency of a property. It’s one of a...

A building society is calling upon politicians, government, the Bank of England and local councils and other bodies to cooperate on...

An estimated 1.6m private renters are set to receive an uplift to their housing support for 12 months from April 2024,...

A Labour-controlled council is inviting private rental sector representatives to a round-table event which it pledges will not be a talking...

There’s a warning this morning that stricter Energy Performance Certificate measures for the private rental sector may not have gone, after...

Labour’s Mayor of Greater Manchester and former Cabinet minister Andy Burnham says this year is when he will ”get serious” about...

An additional licensing scheme for HMOs has come into effect in a London borough.  The new scheme will cover properties in Greenwich which...

According to a London property management company, the profile of renters in prime London is varying hugely.  Glenfield Property Management says that...

A business consultancy claims the HMNRC Self-Assessment helpline - set up to assist those compiling and filing tax returns as the...

A council is to spend £10m to buy homes on the open market to house local people - some at risk...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter is blaming “skyrocketing rents” for a crisis of homelessness. As part of an appeal for...

Campaigning charity Shelter is nearing a controversial signature threshold in its petition about the Renters Reform Bill. It now has over 123,000 of...

A group of Conservative MPs has organised a lobby of the government to demand a clampdown on Airbnbs and other short...

A countryside body is blaming the government’s failure to provide affordable housing and the rise in short lets for a homelessness...

London’s ultra-prime rental market has returned this year to pre-Covid levels for the first time, an agency claims. Beauchamp Estates - using...

The short-term holiday letting industry has significantly expanded in recent years, but this could all change with the introduction of a...

The government has insisted that its commitment to reform the courts process to help deal with evictions more effectively is not...

A BBC News report claims that increasing numbers of renters aged over 30 are moving to cheaper areas as rents have...

The property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the third quarter of 2023. The...

Campaigning charity Shelter has welcomed the decision by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance - but it wants it...

The government should tax property ‘hoarders’ cashing in on the UK housing market says a left-leaning think tank. A report by the New Economics...

Many have welcomed the move by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance - but some tenant activists say...

London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan wants 10,000 private homes in the capital to be brought into the social rental sector within...

The two most aggressively pro-tenant activist bodies have accused landlords without mortgages of “cashing in.” According to a poll of more than...

When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets to his feet on Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement, he should consider offering support to...

Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...

The UK’s Office for National Statistics will soon have access to data on short-term lets listed on Airbnb, Booking .com and...

Winkworth's chief executive says next week’s Autumn Statement must see the reinstatement of Mortgage Interest Tax Relief for investors. Dominic Agace says...

A clampdown has found 18 council homes were being unlawfully sublet on Airbnb and other short let platforms. The investigation led by...

How can letting agents attract new landlords when they’re all selling their portfolios? That’s a major question for the lettings industry –...

HMRC has produced this material for landlords concerned at the prospect of self-assessment  - What is Self Assessment and why do I need...

Claims on social media by a leader of the Renters Reform Coalition - who is also a contributor to a Labour-supporting website...

A north of England council says it’s reviewing the fees for its selective licensing scheme “in terms of potential impact on...

A local authority in London is to buy back over 300 properties it built and sold off years ago under Right...

For those looking to take the leap into holiday letting, finding the right property is not only the first step, but...

MPs from a range of opposition parties are pressing the government to reinstate the stricter energy efficiency rules for landlords, recently...

Landlords need to work “proactively” with tenants if and when bed bug cases emerge, an industry figure claims. Jonathan Rolande of the...

Tenants claiming benefits are likely to get more assistance with court fees under a revised grant scheme starting this winter. The Help...

How to Achieve Low Season Holiday Let Bookings This year, with families across the UK facing a squeeze to their budgets, we’ve...

Shelter says “skyrocketing rents” and the government’s freeze on housing allowance lie behind the increased spend on temporary accommodation for homeless...

Parents and pet owners are paying as much as £460 per month more for rent and bills, it’s claimed. The claim comes...

Some 100 landlords have signed up to offer longer tenancies through a council rent guarantee and cash incentive scheme. Milton Keynes council...

A family of landlords have been jailed for a total of 31 years after committing horrific violence against tenants and in...

An agency chain is urging the Tories to stop in-fighting at their party conference and instead increase supply in the private...

Paragon Bank has announced a 4.69 per cent five-year fixed-rate buy to let mortgage, marking the lender’s lowest rate for this...

The monetary policy committee of the Bank of England meets today - and will it approve a 15th successive base rate...

Under revised plans, the Government will: - Scrap policies to force landlords to upgrade the energy efficiency of their properties, but instead...

A landlord who let tenants live in properties riddled with hazardous electrics, unsafe boilers, mould and no smoke alarms must pay...

Rental value growth in prime London postcodes declined further in August as supply built and demand cooled.  That’s the view of high...

More councils should be encouraged to buy homes from landlords, an industry expert says. This follows reports last week which revealed that...

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

London local authorities say there’s been a surge in landlords withdrawing from the sector providing temporary accommodation for homeless households. A survey by the...