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There’s been a bevvy of buy to let mortgage deal changes this week. Shawbrook has made a series of reductions across its...

Following a spate of fires in rental properties a home insurance expert is warning people of the hidden fire threat of...

Campaigning charity Shelter - which has frequently been critical of landlords and their alleged treatment of poorer tenants - is advertising...

Landlords, being key players in the housing sector, can make a significant impact by fostering a greener mindset among their tenants....

Both sides of the rental divide have criticised Conservative proposals to boost housing demand while doing nothing about supply. Over the New...

Airbnb in the UK is bringing in restrictions on certain bookings over New Year’s Eve to deter guests holding anti-social parties. Proprietary...

London’s ultra-prime rental market has returned this year to pre-Covid levels for the first time, an agency claims. Beauchamp Estates - using...

The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act received Royal Assent last month, meaning a major new piece of legislation has now entered the...

A major council has declared a Housing Emergency for its city, attributing part of the problem to rising private rents. A statement...

Former England footballer turned TV pundit and property expert Dion Dublin is to headline this month’s South East Property Expo. The centre...

Homelessness charities often berate private landlords for putting income before service to tenants. But a bitter dispute at one organisation has apparently revealed...

A mortgage expert says buying will become more affordable than renting by the end of 2023. Recent research by business consultancy Capital...

The Portuguese government has announced sweeping measures, mostly against landlords, which some activists want introduced in the UK too. Portuguese Prime Minister...

There’s been something of a love-in on a local authority in a popular tourist area of the UK - with second...

Shelter’s controversial management appears to have given in to pay demands in order to end a high-profile strike by the campaigning...

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

Tenant activists have turned on the bosses of Shelter - just as the charity wants to maximise income from its annual Christmas...

Over 600 workers at the campaigning charity Shelter have started a fortnight of strike action in what the trades union Unite calls...

A survey by industry supplier CIA Landlord Insurance has analysed the comparative costs of traditional renting and Airbnb in major world...

One of the many activist groups in the so-called Renters’ Reform Coalition has pledged to “train people across the country to...

The economic chaos in the UK which triggered a dramatic fall in the pound has benefitted foreign investors. Research by Alliance Fund...

The mini-Budget was always billed as a tax-cutting, growth-generating affair - and so it proved - but Labour has criticised it...

There’s widespread speculation that the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee will today announce another interest rate rise - and it...

Speculation is growing that next week there will be an Emergency Budget - or a ‘fiscal event’ as new Prime Minister...

The next meeting of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has been delayed by a week. A tweet from the BoE...

Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of...

Overnight speculation of a Cabinet reshuffle has yet again led to uncertainty over the Renters’ Reform Bill, pledging a radical shake-up...

Housing minister Eddie Hughes MP has met with activists to discuss the government’s reform proposals for the private rental sector.  They were...

The Renters’ Reform Coalition, a combination of some 20 groups of activists wanting to transform the lettings sector, has set its...

Landlords with property in Breckland, South Norfolk and Broadland have been invited to attend a free online Landlord Forum networking and...

A lettings sector trade body is calling for action now by landlords and agents ahead of laws extending the need for...

Student accommodation specialist Unite Students has acquired a site for a 270-bed scheme in one of the country’s biggest academic centres,...

Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, is to sit on a new Lettings sector body set up...

A lettings agent who has started a rental insurance business has launched another attack on landlords. Ajay Jagota, who runs KIS Lettings...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, and the Baroness leading the Generation Rent campaign have called for powers to control rents. Khan claims...

A Labour Party pressure group has tweeted the message: “All landlords are bastards.” The tweet, from Labour Tenants United, is the latest...

It’s already a very un-typical part of the United Kingdom but now Jersey has set itself apart in a different way...

A little-known group called Labour Tenants United has criticised the party’s new housing spokeswoman. Initially the group welcomed the appointment to the role...

Chinese and Asian investment and marketing service Juwai IQI UK has revealed where in this country property investors from those locations...

A Labour housing pressure group has made strong public criticism of the party’s shadow housing spokeswoman, Thangam Debbonaire. Labour Tenants United was...

A senior Anglican priest has stood up for renting as a concept, and suggests Britain is too pre-occupied with home ownership. Angela...

The country’s largest landlord for students has extended its discounted rent scheme for another three weeks. Unite Group says its 50 per...

Trade unions have joined the call for renters with Covid-related arrears to get cash help from the government - but they...

Owners of apparently empty or under-utilised properties in a prime London area are being asked to bring them into use to...

A not-for-profit educational charity that acts as a lettings agency has praised private landlords for contributing to a rent discount scheme. Sulets...

The government’s model tenancy agreement has been amended to be pro-pet. The new agreement means renters with what are described as “well-behaved pets”...

A landlord has opened up to a news website about the difficulties trying to accommodate student tenants during the lockdown.  Elizabeth Hunter is...

One of Britain’s biggest corporate student landlords is warning of reduced income in the year ahead thanks to Coronavirus. Unite has told shareholders...

Private landlords and tenants across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire are being urged to seek further advice if they are having problems with...

Buy-to-let landlords who let properties in England, Wales and Scotland can now have joint membership of associations north and south of the...

The average tenant in the UK is spending almost half of their monthly net income to cover the average cost of...

Buy-to-let rental yields have remained largely flat, increasing by just 0.1% over the past 12 months, according to Sourced Capital. The research...

Leek United has launched new buy-to-let products for both non-homeowner and regulated deals.  There are four new products for buy-to-let purchasers, including...

With Premier League football poised to return on 17 June after a three-month shutdown, Sourced Capital has decided to analyse average...

With the number of full-time students in the UK continuing to grow, student housing is now the number one Living investment,...

Fresh figures from Howsy has revealed the most in-demand cities to rent property in the United Kingdom, with some surprising findings.  The...

The National Landlord Investment Show will return this year with events set to take place across the UK.  The first of six...

Buy-to-let landlords and property enthusiasts will descend on Manchester United FC’s Old Trafford next week where they will be able to...

Leek United has reduced rates on its buy-to-let products by up to 40bps. The lender’s five-year fixed rate buy-to-let product is now...

Top-flight football returns this weekend, with Liverpool preparing for tonight’s Premier League opener versus Norwich City, but what team should landlords...

Fresh guidance updating how landlords can ensure that they are compliant with the Right to Rent requirements in England has been...

Buy-to-let landlords are being urged by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) not to follow new guidance from the government on its...

Australia is the popular country of residence for overseas Scottish property owners, followed by the USA, new figures show. SafeDeposits Scotland, the...

Leek United has made a number of changes to its lending policy across its retirement, buy-to-let and remortgage product ranges. In terms...

Ex-London mayor Ken Livingstone will take part in the Future of the UK Housing Market Debate at the National Landlord Investment...

As a landlord, you may have purchased a flat for the purposes of subletting, but are you actually allowed to rent...

As an income investment, buy-to-let continues to look attractive, especially compared to low savings rates and stock market swings, but when...

Journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil will chair the Government Panel Debate at the National Landlord Investment Show in London, it has...

Buy-to-let landlords and property enthusiasts will once again descend on the Olympia Conference Centre in London in March where they will...

The 60th National Landlord Investment Show will take place at Manchester United FC’s Old Trafford this week. The event, which will take...

Members of the armed forces deployed within the UK or overseas are being adversely affected by the government’s tax hikes on private...

An online student accommodation service has launched in Bristol offering to cover landlords for up to six months’ worth of unpaid...

The fall in the pound over the past year or so has made the UK a cheaper location for overseas-based property...

More than £500m worth of expat mortgage enquiries for UK buy-to-let property have been received by Skipton International in the first...

There is a direct correlation between licensed rental properties and a reduction in anti-social behaviour, according to a north London based...

Steve Wood, Wales and West chairman of the Council of the Certificated Enforcement Agents Association, offers a guide to the 'Right...

Despite the government’s decision to introduce a number of measures to curb the growth of buy-to-let landlords, prompting concern that the...

Looking for a buy-to-let mortgage? There are some excellent deals available – provided you know where to look. The number of buy-to-let...

The residential property market has needed a shake-up for decades, and although the housing White Paper, published earlier this month, is...

There has been a significant increase in the number of buy-to-let mortgage products available, with recent research by Mortgage Brain revealing that...

A newly introduced license scheme designed to improve ‘poor quality rented housing’ in Weston-super-Mare has been slammed for being ‘short-sighted’ and nothing...

Landlord Investment Show heads to Woking in Surrey on Thursday 29th January at the H.G Wells Centre in Woking. We hear much...