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A landlord who has repeatedly flouted housing rules has been fined a further £36,000 following a prosecution brought by a council.  Giuseppe...

Rightmove is warning that the housing market is set for disruptions from the summer onwards, and suggests the brisk start to...

Renters are typically staying in their properties for a third longer than they did four years ago, says the Deposit Protection...

The latest official government rent index shows that average private rents across the UK as a whole increased by 9.2% in...

A comprehensive new survey gives the lowdown on buy to let in the UK. The study, by Uswitch, is lengthy and covers...

Phase two of the Home Upgrade Grant (HUG2) is a UK Government-funded scheme for properties in England that are not connected...

New data sourced from millions of Barclays current accounts reveals growing stability in UK housing costs, which saw their lowest uplift...

A leading business analyst is firmly blaming interest rates for the see-saw in house prices seen in recent indices. The latest, from...

The latest Halifax house price index results, which show mixed fortunes for the housing market, should be seen as a spur...

UK house prices grew in March on a quarterly basis, by 2.0%, with annual growth slowing to 0.3%, from 1.6% in...

UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March. Nevertheless, the annual rate of house price growth edged higher to 1.6% in...

The UK government's long awaited Spring Budget announced some key changes for the property market in an effort to stimulate activity...

A fire and rescue service has successfully prosecuted a landlord for failing to comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order...

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

Anonymous reports of energy theft have skyrocketed by 62% since 2021, Crimestoppers’ figures reveal.  In 2023 alone, the charity received 11,552 reports...

Slowing inflation may - just may - lead the way for reduced interest rates. The headline inflation rate is now just 3.4%,...

The average price of property coming to the market for sale rises by 1.5% (+£5,279) this month to £368,118, as the...

Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...

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

We are thrilled to report that the first National Landlord Investment Show of 2024 in London on March 6 was a...

If interest rate rises weren’t enough to drive landlords out the market, mounting maintenance costs could be. Various studies and surveys have...

Neath Port Talbot council plans to host a free event, providing what it calls “support and funding advice for landlords.” The Private...

Another council is consulting about a controversial selective licensing scheme.  North Lincolnshire council says the proposed scheme is “designed to improve housing...

The latest index, from the Halifax, shows house prices rose 0.4 per cent in February – the fifth consecutive monthly increase....

In what may appear a surprise to almost everyone, the Generation Rent activist group has described yesterday’s Budget as a “giveaway...

The National Residential Landlords Association has slammed yesterday’s lacklustre Budget as a missed opportunity. Yesterday’s announcements - like to be the last...

Cardiff council is proposing new measures to help bring long-term empty houses back into use. Tomorrow it’s considering introducing a council tax...

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

Another council has set up an advice session for private rental landlords in the area. This even will take place at Neath...

The National Residential Landlords Association will jointly host a networking and information session with homelessness charity Crisis. It will take place on...

A council says it’s offering “fundamental training” to private landlords via an online day-long course on March 8. The training covers pre-tenancy...

A prominent lettings agency has hit out at the latest changes to safety regulations that private landlords must comply with or...

Generation Rent has given a qualified thumbs up to Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s ideas for homes on brownfield land. This week Gove...

Renting out dangerous properties in Cardiff has cost two landlords thousands of pounds. Rowshanara Begum has been fined £20,000 at Cardiff Magistrates'...

Two new forums to forge closer bonds between council and landlords in North Yorkshire are to take place in the coming...

This week’s official inflation rate is now expected to show a possible rise, rather than a fall. Although there is widespread expectation...

Calling all landlords, Investors and property professionals: National Landlord Investment Show returns to Olympia London on 6th March for its first...

Although SDLT receipts have been volatile in recent years, the property tax’s effectiveness as a revenue-raiser for the Government is not...

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

Private landlords and letting agents are being offered free advice and information at a networking event hosted by Cumberland council.  Property owners...

Landlord Action founder Paul Shamplina says landlords are still being hit by unacceptable delays in regaining possession of their properties. Shamplina has...

The Department for Communities in Northern Ireland is reminding landlords who registered or renewed with the Landlord Registration Scheme during January,...

The National Landlord Investment Show returns to Olympia London on March 6 for its first show of the 2024 calendar. Now in...

There’s a warning today that the Bank of England’s decision to freeze base rate at the high level of 5.25 per...

The government may be keen on scrapping Section 21 powers for private landlords but it’s getting much tougher on social housing...

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

Landlords considering selling up have received guidance from Rightmove on when to do it and how. The portal claims February is the...

Warwick council is the latest to launch an Additional Licensing Scheme - it came into force just before last weekend. The district...

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on migrating away from the emergency rent controls introduced in September 2022 and extended...

A respected league table of yields in different parts of England and Wales has issued its latest figures. The Fleet Mortgages Buy-to-Let...

Another house price index has indicated a gentle rise in capital appreciation coming through at the end of 2023. Richard Sexton, director...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

The Penrith Building Society has scrapped mortgage application fees for all buy to let and residential  products, including further advances, until...

A building society says it is considering ending its policy of lending to buyers of holiday lets. Martese Carton, the director of...

The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...

HM Treasury has opened its representations portal, meaning landlords - and anyone else - can submit their ideas for the next...

Renters and landlords of properties without gas central heating can now get energy saving green measures installed free of charge or...

Middlesbrough is the latest council wanting to expand its landlord licensing regime. It’s consulting on extending its existing scheme to another ward. The...

A new council licensing scheme has been given the go ahead by the government. Peterborough council’s selective licensing scheme will be run...

Gedling council in Nottinghamshire is launching a consultation to renew yet another selective licensing scheme. The scheme was launched in 2018 and...

Landlords providing much-needed private rented accommodation in part of Merseyside are to fall under an expanded  licensing regime.  Wirral councillors have voted...

The government has launched a public consultation on a radical new UK home energy rating system to replace the long-standing Standard...

Landlords Shaun and Laraine Etherington have pleaded guilty to four offences of breaching Prohibition Orders against human habitation at their properties...

Cash and mortgage housing market data show average prices decline by an annual 4.6 per cent says e.surv. But the monthly trend...

A council has prosecuted a private landlord who let out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King of Kings Langley was...

Two landlords who let their two-bedroom flat in Tower Hamlets to as many as 22 people, have pleaded guilty to nine...

The government’s Office for National Statistics is introducing a new way of measuring rent rises from the spring. It will double the...

There are some 141,245 second homes in England and Wales, new figures show.  Flats are the most common type of second home,...

The latest lettings market forecast from Savills says average UK rents to end 2023 at up 9.5 per cent year on...

Lost in the noise of the King’s Speech, the general pledge to reform the leasehold system, and the subsequent political turmoil...

A new analysis has produced a league table of the most and least affordable rental locations in England. The findings placed Rutland...

A landlord who repeatedly failed to comply with a Planning Enforcement Notice has received a hefty fine. Sultan Mahmood, of Woking, was...

A council has prosecuted a private landlord who rented out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King was initially fined £4,000...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health gas come out in support of a legal challenge to the government’s draft regulations exempting...

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

A landlord has been found guilty of operating eight unlicensed HMOs and a range of breaches of the HMO Management Regulations. Northampton...

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

A council has prosecuted a landlord for a second time, for multiple offences.  The offences concerned a tenanted caravan that had been...

The housing market remains a buyers’ market, with 80 per cent more homes for sale than in September 2021 according to...

The government's energy efficiency taskforce was quietly disbanded over the weekend, the BBC says.  The taskforce was set up in March to...

The Scottish Government says rent controls - already existing as a so-called emergency measure - will become permanent. Scottish First Minister Humza...

Research by Quickmove Properties estimate that, despite changes to stamp duty thresholds implemented last September designed to save homebuyers money, the...

Sweeping tax changes for landlords have been demanded by letting agents group Propertymark. The group has analysed the impact of changes using...

Yearly returns on the average buy-to-let property in the UK were over £4000 lower in June 2023, compared to the same...

In the ever-evolving landscape of rental property management, UK landlords are facing significant changes. Most recently these changes include new energy...

A council is appealing to landlords to work with the local authority and the Probation Service to help ex-offenders fit accommodation...

Over recent years, as successive governments have tightened lettings legislation and increased the tax burden on landlords, some with investment properties...

The number of property transactions fuelled by the mortgage sector has fallen by 42 per cent so far this year. Britain’s more...

New government figures show 79,840 households faced homelessness in England between January and March 2023 – the highest number on record.  Now...

A prominent lawyer says the use of Section 8 eviction powers as envisaged under the Renters Reform Bill could lead to...

If you are a landlord looking for the silver lining in a dark cloud, June’s interest rate decision will have certainly...

New research shows a 41 per cent reduction in the number of London properties available for private rent since the Covid-19...

A mortgage expert is warning that a housing market crash now looks ”inevitable” as expectations run high of what many be...

One in five first-time buyers taking out mortgages lasting over 35 years A record 19 per cent of first-time buyers took out...

Average house prices edged down in May according to the Nationwide - and it gives a warning of possibly worse to...

The Scottish Government looks set to extend its rent cap for yet another six months - despite widespread opposition from the...

An unnamed landlord has been fined more than £3,500 after an HMO in Cambridge was found to have been unlicensed. After receiving...

Investors and second home buyers contributed over a quarter of all property taxes in the last year according to a property...

A charity claims that landlords across England and Wales are seeking to evict tenants using Section 21 powers at a higher...

After three consecutive months of growth, the average UK house price fell in April, down by 0.3 per cent or around...