The coalition of 20-plus groups which have previously spoken enthusiastically about the Renters Reform Bill has now changed its mind. On April...
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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...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Co-living developments are a type of purpose-built rental housing, under the same principle as Build To Rent (BTR) but offering smaller size...
30 March 2024
From: The Big Issues
A council is warning landlords and tenants after one landlord was ordered to pay more than £4,700 in fines and costs...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Buy to let lender Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024. Manchester, Coventry, Brighton...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A leader of the Renters Reform Coalition activist lobby has made a specific targeted attack on the motives and honesty of...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Building on the momentum of 2023, the North West is poised for continued growth in rental and property prices. Early investment...
02 March 2024
From: Top tips & guides
Activists in the Generation Rent campaign says big city Mayors should “tackle the worst landlords and seize their properties.” It also wants...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A Manchester-based solicitors’ firm that incorrectly prosecuted a London council over a private rental case has been ordered to pay thousands...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Proposals for a ‘good landlord’ scheme in Greater Manchester have won the personal backing of the chief executive of the National...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Build To Rent trade body, the UK Apartment Association, is backing the proposals outlined to clampdown on rogue landlords put...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a consultation proposal by Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham. Burnham’s Greater Manchester Good Landlord...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
With 3.5 million UK adults planning major home improvements in 2024, an energy expert has shared seven adjustments that can properties more sustainable. The...
06 January 2024
From: Legislation & Compliance
Labour’s Mayor of Greater Manchester and former Cabinet minister Andy Burnham says this year is when he will ”get serious” about...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Airbnb in the UK is bringing in restrictions on certain bookings over New Year’s Eve to deter guests holding anti-social parties. Proprietary...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter is blaming “skyrocketing rents” for a crisis of homelessness. As part of an appeal for...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Councils in Greater Manchester admit to charging landlords over £14,000 for “officer time” involved in licensing schemes. There are currently eight selective...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Housr, a student living start-up, says it’s started its second year by adding 45,000 properties to its platform ahead of the...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords have been urged to protect their properties against bed bugs with regular inspections. Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Help2Rent, a social housing platform that matches housing list tenants with available homes, has made a desperate plea to private landlords. An...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords have been selling more homes than they bought in every year since 2016 when a raft of tax and regulatory...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A rent guarantor service says the recent Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill has intensified scrutiny on the challenges faced...
02 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
Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...
13 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A collection of pressure groups, fronted by Generation Rent, wants all private rental homes going on sale to be offered first...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Rental activists are up in arms because Housing Secretary Michael Gove failed to mention the Renters Reform Bill during his keynote...
04 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A landlord has found himself on the Rogue Landlord Database after repeatedly renting out hazardous properties in Sheffield. Local landlord and businessman...
04 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A row has broken out over a statement made by housing minister Rachel Maclean at the Conservative Party Conference. She told a...
03 October 2023
From: Breaking News
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
Former England footballer turned TV pundit and property expert Dion Dublin is to headline this month’s South East Property Expo. The centre...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
While there has been a shortage of all types of rental accommodation across the UK for several years now, the student...
26 August 2023
From: Agent Advice
The next National Landlord Investment Show is taking place in London next month. It’s on September 27 at DoubleTree Hilton London Elstree...
04 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The challenges facing the property market right now are well reported; from rising interest rates pushing up mortgage payments to a...
03 August 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Savills’ latest market snapshot for prime properties in the UK regions suggest that tenant priorities are gently shifting. Across UK prime regional...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A third year law student has successfully challenged her landlord over a repair bill. Obioma Ibe, whose landlord unlawfully tried to claim...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, says he is demanding the powers to seize usage or poor quality homes...
28 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A comparison website has compiled a list of what it claims to be the most common lies on tenancy applications -...
21 June 2023
From: Breaking News
When choosing a buy-to-let property, there are many elements that need to be balanced in order to get the biggest return...
17 June 2023
From: Agent Advice
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
13 June 2023
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s most popular destinations for both visitors and short let accommodation is likely to be hit with a...
02 June 2023
From: Breaking News
An insurance firm has identified locations which, according to current portal listings, have the highest proportion of dog-friendly rental properties. The league...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s largest landlord licensing regimes has expanded even more this week. Some 700 more private sector homes in Manchester...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The government response to a Freedom of Information request has shed light on the increasing number of homes in England and...
20 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Student lets have come under the spotlight as a result of a slowdown in the building of new university student accommodation...
11 March 2023
From: Agent Advice
Flat-pack furniture giant IKEA has teamed up with campaigning charity Shelter to highlight the issue of homelessness. The Scandinavian firm, citing Shelter’s...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
An unexpected and unlikely political alliance has prevented another city council demanding powers to freeze private rents. London, Bristol, Liverpool and Manchester...
27 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords say housing standards in one of the UK’s biggest cities could sugar because of council tax changes for empty homes. Manchester’s...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The National Landlord Investment Show has announced a series of free events for landlords, investors and property professionals throughout 2023. Co-founder Steve...
13 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A property industry trade body chief says buy to let is “virtually pointless” for landlords with substantial mortgages who seek income...
09 February 2023
From: Breaking News
An unlikely location heads the latest league table purporting to show the highest returns on property investment. Aldermore’s Buy To let City...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
London continues to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year running. Data...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
19 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Trafford council is believed to be the first to have signed up to a scheme created by Greater Manchester Labour Mayor...
10 January 2023
From: Breaking News
New data from Rightmove reveals the areas which have seen the largest price jumps in the past year. It says that Eastwood...
09 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has set out a radical programme of devolution to local authorities at city and county level...
06 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Specialist mortgage lender Aldermore has named what it believes to be the five best cities for landlords to invest in for...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Labour’s Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, is recruiting 10 people to enforce a new initiative he’s calling his ‘Good Landlord...
23 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Tenant activists have turned on the bosses of Shelter - just as the charity wants to maximise income from its annual Christmas...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s a dilemma for landlords wishing to expand their portfolios - do so now, just as some buyers are offering discounts?...
30 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made an announcement overnight that “the government will always act to protect tenants.” The claim comes as...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A new 100-unit Build To Rent scheme in Manchester called The Quarters is being marketed as “pet friendly”. The company behind it,...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Rent rises could finally be set to slow down because more housing stock is becoming available due to the cost of...
07 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The charity Action on Empty Homes, which is mounting a campaign against short let properties, has attacked Airbnb for making a...
28 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords and agents are being asked their views on proposals to expand Selective Licensing to eight new areas of Manchester. There are...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The mini-Budget was always billed as a tax-cutting, growth-generating affair - and so it proved - but Labour has criticised it...
26 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A new campaign has been launched calling for the regulation of Airbnb and other short lets in England. Action on Short Term...
01 September 2022
From: Breaking News
There is a perfect storm brewing for landlords and tenants in the UK. Sky-rocketing energy bills, food prices and increasing rent paints...
27 August 2022
From: The Big Issues
ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords who use the Property Hub Lets online agency are in for a change - in future, their properties will be...
11 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. It says the average...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The Commonwealth Games, which begin today in Birmingham, could turbo-charge capital appreciation in the city by up to 15 per cent. That’s the...
28 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A mortgage lender’s buy to let market index shows yields slightly dipping. Fleet Mortgages’ regional snapshot covers all areas of England and...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A landlord who repeatedly let out an unsafe house has been fined £20,000 by magistrates. Housing officers from Salford council found fire...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Liverpool is a key investment hot spot for buy to let landlords according to a new report. It shows that, for example,...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A PropTech platform says it’s giving landlords the opportunity to spread their management fees and marketing costs across the duration of...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A senior figure in the National Residential Landlords Association died over the weekend after being diagnosed with cancer. It was the Deputy...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Buy to let landlords are increasingly targeting smaller, secondary towns and cities rather than big urban centres. Data from Paragon Bank shows...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Manchester council has launched its own building company - called This City - to construct affordable and market homes to rent. The...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
New selective licensing schemes are now live in areas of north and east Manchester covering more than 1,400 properties. This means compulsory...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Last month, I wrote about what’s in store for the private rented sector in 2022 and, like most commentators in our...
29 January 2022
From: The Big Issues
Covid-19 has undoubtedly shifted the way new landlords will be looking to invest in 2022, and our ranking makes it clear...
22 January 2022
From: Tax & Finance
New preliminary figures released by CBRE reveal that a record £4.1 billion was invested in the UK’s Build to Rent sector...
15 January 2022
From: The Big Issues
A private landlord who failed to carry out essential safety work has been fined for ignoring an Emergency Prohibition Order. Mohammed Deryo,...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Earlier this week Zoopla released some rather healthy statistics on the UK rental market. In recent months, the rental market has been...
20 November 2021
From: Top tips & guides
Salford is the latest city to launch a consultation seeking views on plans to expand its selective licensing scheme - claiming...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
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
There’s more evidence of councils clamping down on landlords fly tipping - Landlord Today has run a series of reports on...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A new league table of investment potential has given a ringing endorsement to buy to let in cities. Select Property Group has...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The government is expected to give at least some details today of the principles enshrined in a new White Paper on...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The UK rental market has revved up amidst a sharp rise in demand for city living, driving the highest rate of...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A retail bank has announced the launch of a £500m project to fund the construction of up to 2,500 suburban, purpose-built...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News
An agency and law firm, Coulters, has produced a league table of where landlords are most likely to make a loss...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Labour’s shadow housing secretary has branded “outrageous” moves by landlords and letting agents to demand multiple months of rent upfront. Lucy Powell...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Bury council is to spend £1m buying empty homes from landlords and other owners. The council says it will shortly identify which...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The Rogue Landlord Team of a local authority has triggered a civil penalty notice resulting in a fine of over £21,000...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A property investment firm has drawn up a league table of cities with significant rental yields. Sequre Property Investment analysed the average rental...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Research by student accommodation platform UniHomes says rental demand on student properties has not suffered long term harm from the pandemic. It...