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Labour London Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to install ‘mould sensors’ in thousands of rental homes across the capital. In a pledge ahead...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Consultation time is short for landlords wanting to comment on a new licensing scheme proposed for Scunthorpe. The public consultation closes at...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Another council is looking for landlords with rental properties to match them with prospective tenants who are ready to move in....
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A council is looking to work with more private landlords to help reduce homelessness. Over the past few years Shropshire council has...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Homeowners in Caerphilly, including private landlords, can access funding to make their properties more energy efficient. Caerphilly council recently approved a new...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Property logbook company Chimni is trialling a new form of Digital Property Logbook aimed at the rental markets. The new logbooks...
05 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A Labour council in London has issued a statement appearing to celebrate its role cracking down on landlords. The statement from Brent...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A council which last year staged a pilot project about the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards in the lettings sector is now...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The substantial majority of tenants are completely unaware of the Renters reform Bill, despite high profile PR campaigns about it from...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Some of the biggest names in the trade, lending and advisory sectors have produced a report outlining the vast significance that...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Private landlords applied for licences covering more than 12,000 homes during the first year of a controversial council’s selective licensing scheme. The...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer and the party’s controversial Mayor of London Sadiq Khan are at loggerheads over rent controls. Khan has...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A string of debt advice charities want Housing Secretary Michael Gove to go well beyond merely banning Section 21 in a...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Uttlesford District Council's annual Landlord Forum, in partnership with the National Residential Landlords Association will take place on Tuesday May 14...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
New research from specialist lender Aldermore reveals the financial boost landlords provide to local economies. Nearly eight out of ten landlords opt...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Neath Port Talbot council plans to host a free event, providing what it calls “support and funding advice for landlords.” The Private...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Landlords are being accused by academics of under-estimating the cost of allowing pets, and under-estimating their financial benefits. A new report commissioned...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A landlord has quit the private rental sector after a battle with his council over why his properties were put into...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Government quietly announced population projections towards the end of January that could have major implications for the types of homes...
02 March 2024
From: The Big Issues
A prominent lawyer has stepped up her criticisms of Housing Secretary Michael Gove and his attacks on buy to let and...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
SNP councillors in Scotland have come up with an innovative suggestion to improve energy efficiency in private rental properties. They want councils...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Another council has set up an advice session for private rental landlords in the area. This even will take place at Neath...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
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...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
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 prominent lettings agency has hit out at the latest changes to safety regulations that private landlords must comply with or...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Two new forums to forge closer bonds between council and landlords in North Yorkshire are to take place in the coming...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Private landlords and letting agents are being offered free advice and information at a networking event hosted by Cumberland council. Property owners...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A think tank claims that the government will pay landlords in the private sector six times the expected spend on new affordable homes in the five-year period between 2021 and 2026. The New...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The Labour Party has committed to extending a crackdown on social housing landlords who fail to fix mouldy homes, to include...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The government may be keen on scrapping Section 21 powers for private landlords but it’s getting much tougher on social housing...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A council is warning landlords of HMOs that they must meet all of their legal responsibilities ahead of a crackdown on...
26 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Landlords are being invited to a forum organised by a council’s own private lettings service and the National Residential Landlords Association. The...
26 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Paul Johnson - a director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies since 2011 and a visiting economics professor at University College...
24 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Some local authorities are quick to criticise private landlords for trying to avoid rent arrears but it appears councils themselves have...
24 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Generation Rent activist group has called for a series of reforms about damp and mould. It wants the reinstatement of energy...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Newham council in London has won what it calls a landmark case against a convicted rogue landlord. The court has dismissed the...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Suffolk Building Society has launched new mortgage products aimed at private landlords who are planning refurbishments, such as a new...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
There is to be no comparable law for private landlords, following the introduction of Awaab’s Law. Earlier this week the Department of...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A rental sector insurance firm has hit back at claims made about Section 21 by the charity Citizens Advice. A spokesperson for...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A Labour-controlled council is inviting private rental sector representatives to a round-table event which it pledges will not be a talking...
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
Middlesbrough is the latest council wanting to expand its landlord licensing regime. It’s consulting on extending its existing scheme to another ward. The...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A spokesperson for the Citizens Advice charity has claimed at a public meeting that private landlords serve Section 21 notices on...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A new council licensing scheme has been given the go ahead by the government. Peterborough council’s selective licensing scheme will be run...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A council is developing a new private sector housing renewal and disabled adaptations policy and is seeking the views of landlords,...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
By Luke Lightfoot, Regional Director of Asset Management at Sigma Capital As the fastest growing sub-sector in the UK rental market, it’s...
23 December 2023
From: Top tips & guides
Almost two thirds of private landlords expect to see their mortgage payments increase over the next 12 months with warnings that...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Two-thirds of private landlords in the UK are optimistic about how their property investments will perform in the coming years -...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A local authority is hosting a free event for local landlords which will give them insights into latest developments in the...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A council has secured a banning order against a landlord, taking effect almost immediately. The order is against Grzegorz Surminski, a landlord...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Michael Gove has written to 10 social housing providers - housing associations and councils - slamming them after findings of severe...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
More than a quarter of private landlords plan to increase the size of their property portfolios in the next year, compared...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Almost all landlords letting out properties in a London borough will soon be legally required to have a selective license. It’s one...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The proportion of private landlords who report increased demand for rental properties has more than tripled compared with demand for properties...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Almost four fifths of landlords favour raising the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for private rental properties, a think tank claims. The Social...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A council in Wales is making changes to the system it uses to encourage private landlords to lease their properties to...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A slew of MPs who are members of the Renters Reform Bill committee receive money from letting out rooms or properties...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A senior Labour MP associated with the moderate wing of the party says private rental properties should be confiscated from serial...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Court Reform first, then scrap Section 21 - landlord leader tells MPs Rental reforms will not work unless the government reforms the...
15 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
New data shows it takes over half a year for courts to process legitimate possession claims made by private landlords. According to...
10 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Stockton-on-Tees is the latest council seeking people's views on the introduction of Selective Licensing for private rented housing. It launched a consultation...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A new survey suggests that over three fifths of landlords say private renting is becoming less attractive as an investment option. The...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Two new forums for landlords and others serving the private rental sector are being held this month. The North Yorkshire council initiative...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords and letting agents are being invited to attend a free event aimed at providing updates on new housing legislation and...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £50,000 for failing to adhere to licensing legal requirements on several rental properties,...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
MPs from a range of opposition parties are pressing the government to reinstate the stricter energy efficiency rules for landlords, recently...
20 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Plans to introduce Selective Licensing of privately rented properties have been agreed by leading Stockton-on-Tees councillors and now go for consultation. Under...
20 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Another council is advertising a package of incentives for private landlords to help solve its housing shortage. Exeter council is aiming to...
16 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
The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says a new How To Rent guide will be issued today, October 2. Private...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The government must safeguard the private rented sector and the only way to do that is to lend its support to...
23 September 2023
From: Rental Reform
The Renters Reform Bill is the latest of many factors leaving little choice for some private buy-to-let landlords but to sell...
22 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A new poll from the StepChange Debt Charity claims that over a third of private renters have used some form of...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Rental sector organisations have been given an indication by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that a new How...
15 September 2023
From: Breaking News
New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords to take responsibility for issues of damp and...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Over a third of private landlords would sell properties if rent controls were introduced in their area, according to a trade...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
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...
31 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A landlord showed a “flagrant disregard” for her duties, including failing to replace a condemned boiler, and has been struck off. In...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A website claims that Banning Orders on private landlords have not been served because of local government funding shortfalls. Open Democracy says...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A London council that just days ago threatened private landlords with unlimited fines and “have control of their properties removed” has...
23 August 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
A council is appealing to landlords to work with the local authority and the Probation Service to help ex-offenders fit accommodation...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Homelessness charities often berate private landlords for putting income before service to tenants. But a bitter dispute at one organisation has apparently revealed...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A group of local authorities is asking the government to give individual councils the cash to buy properties off private landlords. London...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A statement from Oxford’s Labour controlled council says private landlords in the city have under a month to apply for a...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A council that is often outspoken in its criticism of rogue private landlords has been slammed for literally thousands of health...
01 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords of more than 5,000 homes must register for a license and ensure their tenants have good quality housing or face...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The landlords’ trade body has given a firm message to Housing Secretary Michael Gove - sort out a realistic deadline for...
24 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent lawyer says the use of Section 8 eviction powers as envisaged under the Renters Reform Bill could lead to...
24 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer is calling on landlords to step up and open their accommodation to Afghan refugees. He says current solutions...
24 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...
23 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A housing trust says landlords fed up with higher taxes and red tape should not sell up but instead lease their...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
There have been several examples of local councils asking private landlords to help find accommodation for refugees - but now the...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A pressure group within the Labour Party wants a future government to provide £15 billion over 10 years to allow half...
17 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Successive Chancellors (we’re looking at you Gordon Brown and George Osborne) have monkeyed around with the market as if it was...