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

A new guide from Propertymark explains the rights which private rental tenants have - and sets out how they can challenge...

Environmental health officers are making a last ditch bid to save local council licensing. The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health reckons that...

A council is looking to work with more private landlords to help reduce homelessness. Over the past few years Shropshire council has...

The percentage of tenants choosing to live alone has dropped over the last three years, research suggests.  A study compiled by Reposit,...

Changes to empty home council tax rates could generate an additional £540m from Monday, a lettings agency claims. Since April 2013, billing...

A landlord who was involved in a decade-long dispute with a London council has been hit with a £1.44 million penalty...

A council is asking landlords to sign a document declaring they are letting safe and compliant properties. Dorset council has launched the...

A solicitors’ firm is warning that a County Court case could be used to allow more tenants to defend Section 21...

New research from a construction professional body shows a large proportion of people would not buy a newly built property due...

As we all now know, the Government has acknowledged that the ban on Section 21 eviction notices cannot not come into...

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

The National Residential Landlords Association is warning that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s scrapping of revised EPC targets at the end of...

A prominent lettings agent is urging landlords to stay vigilant for changes to the Renters Reform Bill now that Parliament is...

The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving landlords and letting agents and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...

A London council that just days ago threatened private landlords with unlimited fines and “have control of their properties removed” has...

I recently had the opportunity to challenge a lot of nonsense in Parliament. Or to put it another way, I was...

The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...

A council has issued a stern warning to landlords that the current situation in which hundreds of homes have non-compliant EPC...

HMRC has recently launched a renewed investigation into Airbnb hosts, with the site compelled to share earnings data to assist in...

The current Housing Ombudsman, who presides over redress within the social housing sector, says private landlords should not fear the extension...

With spring in the air, adjudicators at The Deposit Protection Service have revealed some of the interesting and unusual tenancy deposit...

A lettings agency has identified the three most complained-about issues by tenants last year. All the tenants were in Greater London and...

A Conservative-leaning think tank and campaigning charity Shelter have released a book of essays on renting and housing. A statement from Bright...

A much-hyped government proposal to introduce a Rental Mediation Service to resolve disputes, sustain tenancies and reduce pressure on the courts...

A London Labour council is putting an extra £400,000 into enforcement against private landlords allegedly ignoring serious damp and mould issues. The...

I am, by my own admission, ever the optimist, but with a barrage of enquiries from concerned landlords facing very real...

The Housing Ombudsman - a service which deals with social housing - says it’s found severe maladministration in how Leeds council...

A nine-page legal document outlining landlords’ arguments has effectively stopped a controversial housing minister and campaigning organisations giving evidence to a...

Four former Conservative housing ministers have backed a think-tank’s proposals for more housebuilding as a way to resolve the UK’s supply...

A lender has revealed that it has arranged 14 mortgages in one go for a Buy to Let landlord with over...

The relationship between landlord and tenant is not purely a business one, or at least it shouldn’t be. The landlord is...

A council is telling private tenants in its area to make contact if they believe their mould-related problems are not being...

A strike by members of Unite, employed by the charity Shelter, has been suspended pending a ballot on a new pay...

Two law partners at a legal firm have outlined a five-step process which tenants can use to complain to their landlords...

Greenwich council in south London has launched a new selective licensing scheme: all private-rented single-household properties in five wards of the...

A Bristol landlord has been banned from letting properties after repeatedly failing to meet the required standards. Naomi Knapp, a portfolio landlord...

Activists in the Acorn group is hoping to attract Labour councillors who run Leeds to a meeting next week, which will...

The National Residential Landlords Association has identified five key areas for its campaigning in the short term, as the Conservatives elect...

Landlords are being invited to join the advisory council of the country’s largest lettings redress scheme. The Property Redress Scheme covers more...

A landlord has been fined and must pay compensation after being involved in an illegal eviction. The landlord - Tahir Aziz - was...

Lack of rental stock is now the biggest challenge facing letting agents today. That is what every agent I’ve spoken to...

With speculation about what happens next in Westminster at fever pitch, now isn’t the time to make predictions as to how...

Landlord leaders are calling for a change to the Tenant Fees Act to allow renters to be charged for pet damage. Some...

PropTech supplier Inventorybase has drawn up a league table of what it calls the private rental sector’s most complained about issues.  After...

Letting agents are relied on to make the letting process easier for landlords and tenants. As a landlord, there is a long...

Lettings agency and property management consultancy Bramleys has revealed the most common landlord complaints, and has provided suggestions as to how...

Activists have expressed their delight that the government has “listed to the voice of renters” in its provisions for widespread reform...

This is the entirety of the detail given by the government about the Renters’ Reform Bill, confirmed in yesterday’s Queen’s Speech. --- Renters Reform...

The Queen’s Speech has confirmed that a radical re-shaping of the rental sector in England is being pushed ahead by the...

Local media in Sheffield are reporting that the activist group Acorn must pay just under £100,000 in costs and damages to...

The government says it’s going to name and shame what it considers to be bad social landlords, using social media to...

Letting agency Bramleys has canvassed the opinions of its clients to produce a league table of the biggest bugbears identified by...

A new voluntary redress scheme has been launched to help landlords and tenants solve disputes.  The scheme - by the National Residential...

Trading Standards has approved a new alternative dispute resolution body for the private rental sector. It’s The Dispute Service Ltd, and it...

As the government continues to assess the future state of building regulation in the UK, developers and leaseholders continue to remain...

A London council has prosecuted a builder - Valeriu Sandu, of Valmic Properties Limited - for lying about fitting sufficiently fireproof...

Nobody wants to have to end a tenancy with deductions from a tenancy deposit! Here we share our expert tips for landlords to pass...

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants rogue landlords to pay bigger fines and more compensation to tenants. He is also introducing...

Purplebricks claims that its failure to comply with tenant deposit legislation last year is now in the past and was merely...

Last month, I wrote about what’s in store for the private rented sector in 2022 and, like most commentators in our...

The Covid pandemic has had a significant impact on the economy, with long term consequences that are still not fully appreciated....

A leasehold expert says existing owners - including landlords - are expected to be more proactive in 2022 as they seek...

Rogue landlords in one area of London could face unlimited fines, criminal convictions and bans from letting out properties. The measures are...

An initiative set up earlier this year to help support private rented sector tenants and landlords has proved its worth according...

Residential landlords need no reminding of the restrictions that have prevented possessions for substantial periods during the pandemic. Nor do they...

Despite dire warnings from Generation Rent, Shelter and other campaigners, it appears that the end of the eviction ban did NOT...

An independent think-tank is the latest organisation wanting landlord licensing schemes across England plus a nationa landlord register, emulating similar schemes...

There’s more evidence of councils clamping down on landlords fly tipping - Landlord Today has run a series of reports on...

A small proportion of private landlords grab the spotlight because of their poor treatment of tenants and properties - yet figures...

More landlords and tenants are opting to solve disputes independently, saving them weeks of waiting and potential stress caused by lengthy...

The leader of a council in one of the areas of the UK with the highest number of Airbnb-style short lets...

A local newspaper’s investigation has revealed that a London council flouted its own policies to maximise the number of landlords it...

The government claims its new Building Safety Bill, published yesterday, will create “lasting generational change” after Grenfell and the cladding crisis...

A new maintenance management app connecting landlords, agents and property managers to their tenants allows the tracking of repairs. Refectio compiles tenants’...

The government has launched an online checker in a bid to avoid disputes between landlords and tenants over the entitlement for...

A new report shows a growing difference in customer service levels between the best and worst energy suppliers in Britain -...

A stinging attack on Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been made by the National Residential Landlords Association. The trade body has produced a...

The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...

The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...

Landlord Today readers will be more than aware that legal changes happen often these days, and it can be understandably challenging...

A cloud-based property management platform aimed at landlords has secured over £1m in addition funding. In its own words, Lofti’s platform will...

Activist group Generation Rent are telling tenants to use the slightest documentation error by landlords to avoid eviction. It claims as many...

There appears to be no evidence yet as to the effectiveness or otherwise of the government’s mediation scheme, introduced ahead of...

The government has revised its guidelines for its new mediation scheme, which it says will avoid some possessions now that the...

A local council which is inviting some 300 landlords to a virtual summit in the near future says it’s helped a...

Propertymark has issued a guide to help landlords choose lettings agents.   Angela Davey, ARLA Propertymark president, says she has five tips aimed...

Some landlords have hit Capital Gains Tax problems when selling properties in consecutive years, an accountant warns. Elaine Shiels of RSM says:...

The government has released details of its mediation scheme, which has already won the in-principle support of the National Residential Landlords...

A resolution service set up last summer for landlords is extending its remit to cover a much wider range of disputes. TDS...

As a landlord, there may be times when you face boiler issues and tenants asking you to resolve problems. It is...

A local council has let it be known that it’s in a pilot mediation scheme set up by the government -...

A tenancy deposit service has listed the unexpected items it receives from landlords or tenants during deposit disputes - and it seems...

Shelter says it expects the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions to be extended until at least the end of the present...

An investment company claims some investors who buy at auction lose money because of misrepresentations in the legal pack.  The Mistoria Group...

A landlord has been hit with a fine of over £600 after failing to comply with an improvement notice - jeopardising...

The Church of England has named its first Bishop for Housing, ahead of the publication of a report following a two...

The government insists that its ban on bailiff-enforced evictions “protects the most vulnerable renters” during the pandemic. The claim comes in the...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions for private renters has been extended in England and Wales. This will be until February 21 “at...

The chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association has admitted in a newspaper article that some landlords do misuse their...