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

One piece of good news to come out of the small print documents accompanying the Budget concerns capital appreciation. The Office for...

Rental sector and property industry views are split over the controversial idea of allowing first time buyers to put down a...

The government is considering allowing renters to buy their first homes with just one per cent deposits, according  to press reports...

Any hope of a near-term drop in interest rates appears to have been wiped out by a statement by Bank of...

A third year law student has successfully challenged her landlord over a repair bill.  Obioma Ibe, whose landlord unlawfully tried to claim...

A newspaper which often carries leaks of new Labour policies has produced an interesting theory on the fate of the Renters...

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

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to make it easier for councils...

There’s been a dramatic short-term improvement in the number of mortgage products available for buy to let landlords. The independent mortgage market...

Buy to let broker Mortgages for Business is seeking to reassure landlords worries that the values of their properties will crash. The...

The independent expert advisers to government on tax simplification, the OTS, says there has been a strong response to its consultation...

The independent Office for Tax Simplification wants to know how it can make landlords’ tax issues simpler - and it’s started...

The choice of buy to let mortgage deals for first time landlords has soared according to the independent market monitor Moneyfacts.  “Our...

The sleaze allegations engulfing the government have moved to those MPs letting out their London homes while claiming money from taxpayers...

This week’s Budget saw the Chancellor loosen the Treasury’s purse strings in a number of areas.  Yet this was a quiet Autumn...

It now appears that landlords had a narrow escape with this week’s Budget. The Daily Telegraph has discovered that a report by...

It’s a controversial view but a respected buy to let mortgage monitor suggests that landlords may be more successful if they...

There has been a sharp rise in illegal evictions by rogue landlords, it has been claimed.  According to The Independent, illegal evictions...

More needs to be done to help support tenants, especially those facing financial hardship as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic,...

Mortgage approvals slumped to the lowest on record in April as the UK spent the month in the coronavirus lockdown, the...

A new landlord organistaion has become the largest ever trade body in the letting sector after officially launching this morning.   The National...

When deciding on whether or not to let a property furnished or unfurnished, landlords need to consider their personal circumstances as...

A quarter - 25% - of homes rented from private landlords fail to meet the national Decent Homes Standard when taking...

As a general election surely looms, Benham and Reeves has undertaken some research that could potentially help you decide who to...

Evicting an unscrupulous tenant could potentially cost landlords thousands, even hundreds of thousands of pounds, new research shows. Benham and Reeves has...

There has been a sharp rise in the number of people living in private rental homes, owed in part to a...

Retired homeowners have gained £1,165 each on average in property wealth over the last year despite uncertainty in the property market,...

It is estimated that buildings produce nearly half of this country’s carbon emissions - almost double that of cars and planes. The...

When it comes to saving for retirement, many of us are split on whether property or a pension is the best...

There has been increased demand for buy-to-let property in prime central London in recent months and this trend looks set to continue...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), one of three government-backed tenancy deposit protection (TDP) schemes, has appointed a new external independent complaints...

Retired homeowners have gained £9,744 each on average in property wealth over the past 12 month despite uncertainty in the property market,...

The government’s review into building and fire safety regulations is ‘missing the opportunity’ to assess fire safety regulations across all types...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accused the Tory government of intentionally not fixing the housing crisis after revelations that thousands of...

Rental arrears – or the potential for rent arrears – are the bane of every landlord’s life, to the degree that...

Rogue landlords receive in the region of £2.5bn a year for renting out ‘non-decent’ properties, which includes homes that are unsafe,...

Flat fees for buy-to-let mortgages have dropped to their lowest level for 12 months after falling by more than 5% in...

Fears about potential eviction, blacklisting, and rent increases are stopping four in ten private tenants from making complaints about or requesting...

The fire that engulfed a 24-storey tower block in west London yesterday, tragically killing several people when flames tore through the...

With record high rents in London outstripping wages in every borough and a chronic shortage of new affordable homes being developed,...

The independent Institute for Fiscal Studies has today warned that the Treasury’s budget analysis on the rental market is “plain wrong”. Speaking...

High end estate agent Hamptons has had its knuckled rapped by the advertising regulator about the way it displays fees in...