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The government has been accused of mismanaging reforms to no-fault evictions saying: “It’s created uncertainty upon uncertainty”. Theresa May first made the...

Landlord Action founder Paul Shamplina says the government must set a date for Section 21 abolition to give all sides of...

Jonathan Rolande is a property industry and housing market commentator, and is founder of the National Association of Property Buyers.  It’s almost...

Only 2% of current properties listed for sale in London have a tenant in situ, according to lettings agency Benham and...

Police have issued a warning to landlords after a property was left badly damaged by an illegal cannabis grow. The property -...

Top tips will be provided for landlords in the private rental market in a seminar next month organised by high profile...

Around half of first-time buyers say their prospects of owning a home are further away than ever due to the ongoing...

Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...

An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

Fines for rogue landlords and agents in London have surged past the £10 million mark.   With 19 council licensing schemes and...

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...

Rent controls are at the heart of the local election manifesto of the Green Party of England and Wales. Co-leader Carla Denyer,...

Property logbook company Chimni is trialling a new form of Digital Property Logbook aimed at the rental markets.   The new logbooks...

The popular narrative may have been that first time buyers have been priced out of the market, partly by landlords: but...

A deposit alternative service claims rents have risen an average 46% in the last decade. Zero Deposit claims it’s analysed rental market...

The substantial majority of tenants are completely unaware of the Renters reform Bill, despite high profile PR campaigns about it from...

The removal of Section 21 notices and the end of fixed-term tenancies are the two issues that concern landlords the most,...

A charity representing older people has taken up almost all of the key demands of activist group Generation Rent. Independent Age says...

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

Some of the biggest names in the trade, lending and advisory sectors have produced a report outlining the vast significance that...

Rental growth continued to cool in February, says the latest market snapshot from lettings agency Hamptons.   Last month, the average rent on...

A prominent agent who advises many landlord clients says the Capital Gains Tax cuts announced in the Budget are too small...

In a final call on the Chancellor to help the private rental sector in today’s Budget, the National Residential Landlords Association...

Buy to let lender Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton...

A prominent lawyer has stepped up her criticisms of Housing Secretary Michael Gove and his attacks on buy to let and...

Generation Rent has yet again come out for rent control over the private sector - and wants it to be an...

According to Haslams lettings agency’s latest House Price Index, a new hotspot has emerged for private rental sector investors. It claims Reading...

Another rental market snapshot suggests that London is suffering an oversupply of properties to let - with rents dipping as a...

Almost a quarter of London tenants have had to move rental properties more than five times in five years, a tax...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a group of organisations including Shelter and Generation Rent - has again written to Housing Secretary...

Two thirds of landlords say the demand for private rented housing is continuing to increase, according to new research commissioned by...

A newly-nominated candidate in this spring’s London Mayoral election has vowed to lower private rents if he wins. Serge Crowbolder, currently a...

Research by Zero Deposit, a deposit alternative service, claims that under-30s face an almost impossible task when it comes to current...

A short lets management service is making a pitch to win landlords who let out just one, two or three properties...

Scottish property portal ESPC has announced a free Buy To Let event targeted at aspiring property investors and landlords. The event will...

Two thirds of private renters have experienced a problem with the quality or condition of their property in the past six...

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

The National Residential Landlords Association is urging MPs to back what it describes as “pragmatic” changes to the Renters Reform Bill...

There will be long term pressure on housing affordability and the private rental sector if demographic forecasts from a range of...

Two new reports - from lettings agency Foxtons and data consultancy LonRes - show London’s rental market returning to pre-pandemic normality. Foxtons...

We believe a well-functioning housing system is one that meets everyone’s housing needs. There will always be people who can’t or...

The National Residential Landlords Association haas revealed two new appointments which it says “will enhance the service to its members as...

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

The substantial majority of landlords lack any optimism about their sector as they enter 2024. That’s the result of a new sentiment...

A lack of Energy Performance Certificate enforcement is putting tenants at risk from high energy costs or cold homes, according to...

By Luke Lightfoot, Regional Director of Asset Management at Sigma Capital As the fastest growing sub-sector in the UK rental market, it’s...

Almost two thirds of private landlords expect to see their mortgage payments increase over the next 12 months with warnings that...

New research suggests that an influx of older renters has increased congestion in the rental market. Some 39 per cent of renters...

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...

I recently attended the NRLA’s annual conference in Birmingham and a theme that still dominates discussion in the industry is the...

New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...

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...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry.  The Local Housing Allowance is...

Affordability limits have been reached in several regions of the UK, the Home property website suggests. While some regions are still recording...

Landlord confidence has improved over the course of the past quarter according to a respected quarterly sentiment survey. The Q3 2023 BVA...

No fewer than 88 per cent of portfolio landlords have added to their portfolios in the last six months, despite market...

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

One of the first forecasts for the rental market for 2024 suggests that strong growth will continue. Property consultancy JLL says that...

Owners of London HMOs rarely put them up for sale, meaning investors likely need to convert a residential home into an...

The Deposit Protection Service is the latest part of the industry to try to quantify how many landlords are implementing rent...

Propertymark says there’s no change in the mismatch between supply and demand in the rental market - unfortunately. Chief executive Nathan Emerson,...

The cheapest end of the rental market is under-supplied and overly competitive, a deposit alternative service claims. The provider - Zero Deposit...

The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...

Average house prices are now falling 2.9 per cent annually in England and Wales according to the monthly e.surv index. Yorkshire and...

It’s taken some time but one of London’s biggest lettings agencies says a ‘traditional’ lettings market has returned to the capital.  Last...

Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...

Thousands of landlords are planning to sell properties. A Simply Business survey of 1,455 UK landlords reveals that a quarter of landlords...

A lettings industry expert has admitted he has “little hope” that the current rental market crisis for renters will improve. Andy Halstead, HomeLet &...

A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipates stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...

Who are you, and what does it say on your business card? I'm Ashley Day, the Director of Bristol Property Centre.   What is...

This is back-to-school season and for the majority of university students who choose to move away from their family home during...

Failed government policies are to blame for the chronic supply shortage in the private rental sector. That’s the view of the National...

The government has pledged to “guarantee” that landlords will be able to repossess properties more swiftly through the courts as part...

The latest Rental Demand Index from the Barrows and Forrester agency has revealed that rental demand has surged during the third...

The continued attacks on the buy to let sector have resulted in a dramatic decline in investment plans by landlords. A new...

The Renters Reform Bill is the latest of many factors leaving little choice for some private buy-to-let landlords but to sell...

There’s been widespread relief at the government’s eco U-turn which may lead to thousands of pounds of savings for landlords. Prime Minister...

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

A veteran Tory MP who has been a junior minister in the department responsible for housing now says the rental market...

Rental markets near London’s Crossrail stations have seen premiums emerge, a new survey suggests.  Areas which have benefitted from the largest reductions...

A survey of thousands of landlords, agents and tenants has provided new evidence of buy to let investors quitting in droves. Over...

New analysis reveals that other family members beyond parents are increasingly lending their financial support to first-time buyers.   So far this year...

The John Lewis Partnership is said to be facing “extreme challenges” as a result of its bid to enter the private...

New figures from Foxtons show that average weekly rent in July 2023 was 12 per cent higher than July 2022.  The agency’s...

Authoritative new research suggests that there’s been a 91,000 rise in student numbers to 2.3m - yet in major student cities...

The National Residential Landlords Association is backing a call for financial help for landlords who improve the energy efficiency of their...

Average house price fell by 0.3 per cent in July, a fourth consecutive monthly decline, according to the Halifax. This means property...

A prominent lettings industry figure has summed up the continuing rental market frenzy in three words - “the madness continues.” Andy Halstead, HomeLet &...

July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...

A prominent buying agent operating at the high end of the prime London market has given an interesting insight into how...

Property investment dates back centuries – millennia, even. As a fundamental necessity for post-nomadic humanity, residential and commercial real estate have...

New housing affordability figures provide one underlying reason why many potential buyers cannot make the move and instead rely increasingly on...

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

The latest research by London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has revealed the uphill struggle facing those in search of a...

Rightmove has this morning revealed that 16 per cent of properties currently for sale were previously available on the rental market,...

A housing trust says landlords fed up with higher taxes and red tape should not sell up but instead lease their...

Spiralling interest rates, soaring inflation and rocketing mortgages have created a “perfect storm” which will result in another five per cent...

A prominent housing market website suggests that unprec­edented demand in the rental market may play “a key role” in restricting supply...