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The Renters Reform Bill returns to the House of Commons today with activist groups critical of amendments put forward to reach...

Rightmove is warning that the housing market is set for disruptions from the summer onwards, and suggests the brisk start to...

Responding to confirmation that the Renters Reform Bill will return to the Commons next Wednesday, Ben Beadle of the National Residential...

There wasn’t much by way of good news in the Spring Budget for landlords and property investors last month. Although some rumours...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

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

Amendments to be made to the Renters Reform Bill when it returns to the Hoise of Commons next week won’t significantly...

The government has committed to returning the amended Renters Reform Bill to the House of Commons in mid-April. MPs return from their...

It’s all change at the start of the new tax year, and with so many tweaks to so many rules, it’s...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of two approved ombudsman-style schemes for the private rental sector, has published the findings from a...

Slowing inflation may - just may - lead the way for reduced interest rates. The headline inflation rate is now just 3.4%,...

The average price of property coming to the market for sale rises by 1.5% (+£5,279) this month to £368,118, as the...

Newly released data by flatshare website SpareRoom reveals average rental prices in Greater London have seen a drop. Average rental prices in...

A landlord who illegally converted a property into six flats has been ordered to pay more than £220,000. A previous unlawful change...

UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in February, says the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal effects.  This resulted in...

Landlords play a crucial role in providing safe and comfortable housing for tenants while also managing rental properties effectively. Staying informed...

The National Residential Landlords Association says it wants a speedy implementation of the Renters Reform Bill to avoid uncertainty - and...

Analysis by Zoopla says rent controls introduced in Scotland have directly led to higher rents. The property portal’s research team has analysed...

A council has won an appeal to enforce a Financial Penalty Notice that was served on a landlord who let out...

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

This week’s official inflation rate is now expected to show a possible rise, rather than a fall. Although there is widespread expectation...

I’m not especially political and certainly carry no candle for one flavour or another. I might argue that they’re all pretty...

The Generation Rent activist group says the government must “make it clear that landlords and letting agents can let homes to...

Landlords considering selling up have received guidance from Rightmove on when to do it and how. The portal claims February is the...

Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...

Average new seller asking prices rose 1.3 per cent between December and January - the biggest rise at this time of...

Direct Line is highlighting the importance of residential landlords having their properties inspected regularly, with research revealing 83 per cent of...

The chief executive of Generation Rent has slammed the chair of the NatWest Bank for comments over first time buyers. At the...

Rightmove claims that a new record number of sellers came to market on Boxing Day, with a 26 per cent increase...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 -...

New data from HM Revenue and Customs reveals a 22 per cent annual drop in residential transactions in the year to...

A new council licensing scheme has been given the go ahead by the government. Peterborough council’s selective licensing scheme will be run...

A business consultancy claims the HMNRC Self-Assessment helpline - set up to assist those compiling and filing tax returns as the...

Landlords providing much-needed private rented accommodation in part of Merseyside are to fall under an expanded  licensing regime.  Wirral councillors have voted...

The Renters Reform Bill’s proposal to replace Assured Shorthold Tenancies with rolling ‘periodic’ lets could put landlords’ properties at risk, it’s...

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

Housr, a student living start-up, says it’s started its second year by adding 45,000 properties to its platform ahead of the...

Markets are saying the UK - and for that matter the US and mainland Europe - have all hit peak interest...

A slew of MPs who are members of the Renters Reform Bill committee receive money from letting out rooms or properties...

Next month Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, will be one of the experts at an Agent...

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

A fire and rescue service is urging tenants to know their rights when it comes to fire safety. Warwickshire Fire and Rescue...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says a new How To Rent guide will be issued today, October 2. Private...

The classic “landlord favourite” for buying and selling - the auction house - appears to be bucking the downward trend in...

Rental sector organisations have been given an indication by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that a new How...

Rents will rise 25 per cent over the next four years, outpacing the modest 5.5 per cent House price growth across...

The Renters Reform Bill is not scheduled for debate this week in Parliament - and time is running out for it...

House prices fell 1.9 per cent in August and are down 4.6 per cent over the year, according to Halifax.  It’s the...

Making an investment in a country with a different currency introduces exchange rate risk. Ideally, a UK investor would buy the...

There’s a blunt warning to renters from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered...

A statement from Oxford’s Labour controlled council says private landlords in the city have under a month to apply for a...

The number of property transactions fuelled by the mortgage sector has fallen by 42 per cent so far this year. Britain’s more...

Labour controlled Brent council in London has taken the possibly-unique step of paying a landlord’s legal fees and rent to avert...

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

One of the country’s leading mortgage brokers predicts a rise in the Bank of England base rate next month - and...

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

Landlords who may be in the market for buying or selling this year are being warned about a dramatic 54 per...

A council has given an insight into its past five years of enforcement actions against private landlords. The Labour council in Newham,...

The government has taken limited action over the soaring cost of mortgages - but there’s no direct help for landlords and...

One of London’s most aggressive landlord licensing regimes says it has an early-bird offer running until July 14. Landlords applying for Newham...

House prices were largely unchanged in May, edging down by just £130 compared to April - but on an annual basis...

The Labour Mayor of Newham in London has called for a vast extension of landlord licensing. Rokhsana Fiaz says she welcomes a...

One of the country’s most popular destinations for both visitors and short let accommodation is likely to be hit with a...

Moneyfacts, the respected independent mortgage market monitor, is warning that lenders have been withdrawing buy to let fixed deals. Within the buy...

The Renters (Reform) Bill introduced by the Government signals the long-awaited reform to existing housing legislation and the headline grabbing abolition of...

I have read a great deal in the media recently about a mass landlord ‘exodus’. The story goes along the lines of...

Research conducted by activist group Generation Rent is claiming “shocking discrimination towards minority ethnic communities while navigating the private rental market.” The...

A trade body says inventories are set to play an increasingly important role in the private rental sector as fire regulations...

When the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II took place on 2nd June 1953 the average house cost just £1,692...

The Welsh Government has published draft legislation that changes the terms of converted contracts and any renewals that replace them, closing...

HMRC says UK residential transactions in March totalled 89,560 - that’s a chunky 19 per cent lower than the same month a...

New figures show that property taxes - often rising as a result of frozen thresholds - lead the way as the...

The number of new prospective tenants registering at each branch of a Propertymark-member lettings agency held steady at 106 in March,...

A tax expert has set out top tips for landlords as they embark on a new financial year. Mike Parkes, tax expert...

The Housing Ombudsman has released its special investigation into Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, the social housing provider which supplied accommodation to Awaab...

A new How To Rent guide has been released today by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Trade bodies were...

In the last three months of 2022, mortgages agreed for the coming months were down by a third from the previous...

A new How To Rent guide is to be issued on Friday, according to a government communication with the National Residential...

New data about the Prime London housing market shows that the average discount to asking price has increased to 8.4 per...

Proposed government reforms of the private rented sector threaten to make it harder for students to enter higher education, according to...

Landlords increasingly reliant on capital appreciation may be relieved to hear that one of the country’s best respected indices suggests house...

House prices fell by an average 1.1 per cent over the past year - the first annual decline since June 2020,...

An influential housing market analyst says it now looks like house prices will stay flat in 2023, rather than fall. Nicholas Mendes,...

The better-than-expected sales market has been a surprise to investors, owners, buyers and sellers alike, says Rightmove. In its latest monthly snapshot...

Three quarters of local authorities are set to increase their council tax by the maximum amount in April as they complain...

A London borough council has revealed the number of cases it has taken against private landlords since the start of 2021...

In 2020 to 2021, the private rented sector in the UK accounted for 4.4m households, housing over 11m people with an...

Government plans to reform the private rented sector risk making it more difficult for students to enter higher education. That’s the warning...

Prime rental growth in London ended 2022 up 10.9 per cent on the year, according to Savills prime lettings index, as...

After two months of falls, the average price of property coming to the market for sale rises again by 0.9 per...

Research from Midlands lettings agency Barrows and Forrester shows the volume of homes entering the market for sale has almost halved...

New data from Rightmove reveals the areas which have seen the largest price jumps in the past year. It says that Eastwood...

The average house price fell a further 1.5 per cent in December according to the Halifax - and that comes on...

New research has found that nearly half of landlords feel it’s harder being a landlord now compared to the start of...

Students face chaos as government plans to reform the rental market threaten to cause widespread uncertainty as to whether housing will...

The mood music surrounding the housing market downturn appears to have become less dramatic with news from the Nationwide that there...

A council says it is looking to work with more private landlords to help reduce homelessness. Over recent years Shropshire council says...

What has been billed as the bigger change ever to housing law in Wales comes into force today and is described...

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

Zoopla says a “widespread repricing” is underway in the sales market, but with no sign of cooling yet in the lettings...