Generation Rent claims a proposed government amendment to the Renters Reform Bill may ‘trap’ victims of domestic abuse. Generation Rent - which...
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19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The management of BTL properties, whether it's a modest collection of three units or a more sizable portfolio of fifteen, can...
15 March 2024
From: Sponsored Content
Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The government claims that millions of homeowners in England and Wales will be given greater rights, powers, and protections over their...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan wants 10,000 private homes in the capital to be brought into the social rental sector within...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Zoopla is warning that there will be further house price falls in 2024 on top of the 4.5 per cent drop...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords grappling with tax returns have been given some advice - file them sooner, rather than later. Data analysed by business consultancy...
14 October 2023
From: Tax & Finance
Zoopla has given its latest market update on the private rental sector, with the headline rent rise now being 10.5 per...
18 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
Debate is raging over whether there will be a 15th successive interest rate rise when the Bank of England’s monetary policy...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A controversial MP sacked by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak earlier this year says he will take up the cause of landlords...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
An experienced property lawyer who has specialised in residential landlord and tenant law for 22 years says she is embarrassed at...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A Conservative-leaning think tank and campaigning charity Shelter have released a book of essays on renting and housing. A statement from Bright...
04 April 2023
From: Breaking News
New data about the Prime London housing market shows that the average discount to asking price has increased to 8.4 per...
14 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A controversial new report demands that the government uses next month’s Budget to sharply increase tax burdens for landlords. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s...
24 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Campaigning charity Shelter claims that “at least” 271,000 are homeless in England alone. The figure - compiled from a Freedom of Information...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent Conservative has described as “infuriating and saddening” the fact that so many Millennials are stuck renting and cannot afford...
12 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The freezing of Housing Benefit at 2020 levels, announced in the small print accompanying the Autumn Statement yesterday, risks leading to...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The government’s expected U-turn on the future of Section 21 eviction powers has provoked an explosion of anger from Generation Rent...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been jailed for a year after making a homeless woman perform sexual favours for him in return for...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Trade unions in Scotland are demanding that local council candidates sign a pledge to support “urgent” rent controls in that country. The...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
All-inclusive rents have exploded in popularity in the student rental sector over the past few years, but the rampant surge in...
19 March 2022
From: Rental Reform
In this feature article, Stuart Kerr from Restorations UK sets out why this could be the worst winter yet for mould...
26 February 2022
From: Top tips & guides
The charity Crisis has identified the end of the eviction ban as one of the factors directly leading to homelessness over...
29 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A specialist investment lender has set out tips for how landlords can succeed at flipping - purchasing homes and selling relatively...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A mortgage expert who is a prominent sceptic about the lettings market has stepped up his criticisms, saying renting is no...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords facing upcoming changes to Right To Rent procedures should invest in automation to ease the red tape burden. That’s the call...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The chief finance officer of a PropTech company says the effects of the stamp duty holiday on house prices must not...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A third of landlords surveyed in a poll this month say they wish they could now change the way they voted...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A controversial survey by an insurance firm suggests almost half of landlords welcome the government’s new Model Tenancy Agreement which allows...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Generation Rent has criticised the aspirations of some landlords who appear on the daytime BBC show Homes Under The Hammer. “The regular...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A website claims an average £1,621 has been ‘wasted’ by each student on accommodation they haven't used this academic year -...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A so-called Citizens Assembly set up by a leading politician has called for rent controls. The Citizen’s Assembly of Scotland was launched...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Campaigning charity Shelter is back on the warpath against private landlords, criticising how much of the country’s temporary accommodation budget for...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The government has published its response to the House of Commons, Communities and Local Government Select Committee’s (HCLG) report on cladding...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News
A number of buy-to-let landlords face financial hardship because of the coronavirus crisis, especially if the existing ban of tenant evictions...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News
After two elections and three years of intense debate and hostility, the general election in December seemed to offer the political...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Rents look set to rise over the next 12 months as the supply of new rental properties dries up, according to...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News
flatfair, a fintech scale-up allowing tenants to instantly rent a home with no deposit, has raised $11m (£9.1bn) in a funding...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Renters who move home regularly often face excessive costs associated with moving, new research shows. The study by MoneySuperMarket reveals that the...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News
More than a third of renters across the UK report being stuck in poorly maintained homes with landlords who refuse to...
05 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Remortgaging activity has increased significantly in recent months, helped in no small part by record low mortgage rates and continued house...
28 November 2017
From: Breaking News
The scare tactics adopted by the government to keep Britain in the EU ahead of last year’s Brexit referendum saw the...
13 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Private landlords faced with significantly higher costs, as a result of recent tax changes, are being left with little alternative but...
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News
The school summer holidays are almost here and there is a good chance that your tenants may be heading abroad for...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News
Over the past 20 years, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively sensible way to make money, which is why so...
25 May 2017
From: Breaking News
The north of England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has already attracted a lot of investment, particularly from...
06 March 2017
From: Breaking News
The short-term letting industry, which includes the likes of Airbnb, joined local authorities and community groups at City Hall yesterday to...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News
Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...