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Towards the end of last year, I wrote an article for Landlord Today outlining the difficulties many landlords in the UK...

The next government should urgently reduce VAT on maintenance and improvement works to people’s homes to help boost investment in the...

The worst served city for rental stock is Newport in Wales where just 13.5% of properties listed are to rent, according...

Many tenants who own at least one pet have struggled to find pet-friendly accommodation, and yet despite efforts to encourage more...

To say that the buy-to-let sector has had a tough time of it in recent years would be one hell of...

More than £1.25bn has been spent acquiring property in London to make way for High Speed Rail 2 (HS2), according to...

It is not always possible for an individual or company to improve its image beyond that of its industry, and that is...

An Airbnb host who rented out his council flat in central London has been fined £100,000 and evicted by Westminster City...

A rogue landlord who made almost £130,000 in illegal rent after converting his three-bedroom house in east London into two flats...

Nationwide were among a small group of mortgage lenders asked to give evidence at a select committee yesterday on restrictions around...

A new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has been launched with a view to looking into short-term lets. The new group, which...

A growing number of young professionals and students are choosing to house share, driving up the average cost of renting room...

Life just doesn’t get any easier for Theresa May. No sooner had her Brexit withdrawal plan been rejected by a record-breaking...

There are growing signs of confidence returning to the London market, with a resurgence in house prices being anticipated owed in...

More buy-to-let landlords are adopting a more professional approach to running their property business, as reflected by the number of people...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has warned that growing speculation the mayor of London Sadiq Khan is considering introducing rent controls...

Private landlords across the UK collectively earned £33.8bn from their buy-to-let investments in the year from 5 April 2017 to 2018,...

Private tenants who pay their rent on time are set to benefit from better credit scores, after Experian said it was...

If you own a house or flat in London, there is a fair chance that you may have heard of, and...

Rents for residential properties fell across parts of London in quarterly terms as the supply of properties coming on to the...

The UK is facing a critical rental shortage as many landlords continue to offload properties due to recent tax a change,...

With the number of people living in private rented accommodation continuing to grow, more tenants are seeking permission to keep pets...

Two letting agents have been hit with £14,000 fines for unlicensed shared properties in Camden, north London. The two rogue letting agents...

An increasing number of buy-to-let landlords are likely to exit Scotland’s private rented sector or reduce the size of their property...

Tenants in London are now required to pay up to £8,650 just to move into a rented home, it has been...

A Private Members’ Bill put forward by Labour MP, Karen Buck, which offers tenants the legal right to take action against...

PayProp has added its voice to growing calls for rent payments to be added to a tenant’s credit score. The automated rental...

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan yesterday launched a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ dodgy landlords and letting...

Buy-to-let landlords who let out their properties as short-term holiday lets should be hit with fresh taxes to deter them from...

A continuous increase in the number of cranes, hoardings and skyscraper frames around Manchester’s inner ring road is visual proof of...

Rent payments should be used as part of credit scores to help private renters secure a mortgage to buy a home...

A landlord who endangered the lives of his tenants has been successfully prosecuted and fined more than £200,000 for failing to...

Almost a third of buy-to-let landlords are unaware of the proposals for a draft bill banning letting agent fees, according to...

An MP’s bid to make homes in the rented sector ‘fit for human habitation’ has received support from the Residential Landlords...

The owner of a rental property in west London, which was described by a judge as a “deathtrap”, has been told...

Some buy-to-let landlords are bracing themselves for smaller profits over the coming years as a result of the new mortgage interest...

With a growing number of buy-to-let landlords in London now using short-term letting platforms like Airbnb to breach the rules for...

Rent increases across the UK have slowed to their lowest level since 2013, fresh data has revealed, with prices in London...

As the government prepares to invoke Article 50 to leave the EU, very few experts forecast that Brexit will have an...

A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are adopting a more professional approach to their lettings business, as reflected by the fact...

A new scheme launched to help landlords with housing repairs in Peterborough has been panned by the local MP. Stewart Jackson MP...

The pace of rental price growth in the UK slowed to 0.05% in the month to October from a rise of...

Buy-to-let landlords may have failed in their legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set to be...

Significantly more homes urgently need to be developed for the private rented sector to curb rising rental values in London, according...

Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...

Dlighted is trying to persuade more landlords and tenants to use its deposit-free renting service by claiming that at least £2bn...

The government’s proposed changes to mortgage interest relief, which will  see landlords taxed on their turnover rather than profit, has been...

The 25-year-old son of billionaire landowner the Duke of Westminster will inherit the family estate and a £9bn fortune after his...

Rental yields in London are now among the lowest in the country, but take a closer look at the market and...

Rental values have increased across prime central London over the past three months fuelled by greater demand from people looking to...

A top politician has been reported to the ethics watchdog following accusations that he broke strict parliamentary code on financial and...

Q: What does it say on your business card?  Director of Operations – South Q: Who are Orchard and Shipman?  Orchard and Shipman is...

Local councils are offering landlords cash payments of up to £4,000 to accommodate homeless families as a shortage of social housing...