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Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...

Co-living developments are a type of purpose-built rental housing, under the same principle as Build To Rent (BTR) but offering smaller size...

A council is warning landlords and tenants after one landlord was ordered to pay more than £4,700 in fines and costs...

Buy to let lender Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton...

A leader of the Renters Reform Coalition activist lobby has made a specific targeted attack on the motives and honesty of...

Building on the momentum of 2023, the North West is poised for continued growth in rental and property prices. Early investment...

Activists in the Generation Rent campaign says big city Mayors should “tackle the worst landlords and seize their properties.” It also wants...

A Manchester-based solicitors’ firm that incorrectly prosecuted a London council over a private rental case has been ordered to pay thousands...

Proposals for a ‘good landlord’ scheme in Greater Manchester have won the personal backing of the chief executive of the National...

The Build To Rent trade body, the UK Apartment Association, is backing the proposals outlined to clampdown on rogue landlords put...

The National Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a consultation proposal by Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham. Burnham’s Greater Manchester Good Landlord...

With 3.5 million UK adults planning major home improvements in 2024, an energy expert has shared seven adjustments that can properties more sustainable.  The...

Labour’s Mayor of Greater Manchester and former Cabinet minister Andy Burnham says this year is when he will ”get serious” about...

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

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter is blaming “skyrocketing rents” for a crisis of homelessness. As part of an appeal for...

Councils in Greater Manchester admit to charging landlords over £14,000 for “officer time” involved in licensing schemes. There are currently eight selective...

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

Landlords have been urged to protect their properties against bed bugs with regular inspections. Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent...

Help2Rent, a social housing platform that matches housing list tenants with available homes, has made a desperate plea to private landlords. An...

Landlords have been selling more homes than they bought in every year since 2016 when a raft of tax and regulatory...

A rent guarantor service says the recent Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill has intensified scrutiny on the challenges faced...

A new but small survey by a compensation consultancy claims there are serious mould and damp issues amongst private rental properties. Some...

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

A collection of pressure groups, fronted by Generation Rent, wants all private rental homes going on sale to be offered first...

Rental activists are up in arms because Housing Secretary Michael Gove failed to mention the Renters Reform Bill during his keynote...

A landlord has found himself on the Rogue Landlord Database after repeatedly renting out hazardous properties in Sheffield. Local landlord and businessman...

A row has broken out over a statement made by housing minister Rachel Maclean at the Conservative Party Conference. She told a...

The Fire Protection Association says a recent First-Tier Tribunal decision and appeal dismissal highlight the responsibilities that landlords hold in relation...

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

While there has been a shortage of all types of rental accommodation across the UK for several years now, the student...

The next National Landlord Investment Show is taking place in London next month. It’s on September 27 at DoubleTree Hilton London Elstree...

The challenges facing the property market right now are well reported; from rising interest rates pushing up mortgage payments to a...

Savills’ latest market snapshot for prime properties in the UK regions suggest that tenant priorities are gently shifting. Across UK prime regional...

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

The Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, says he is demanding the powers to seize usage or poor quality homes...

A comparison website has compiled a list of what it claims to be the most common lies on tenancy applications -...

When choosing a buy-to-let property, there are many elements that need to be balanced in order to get the biggest return...

Another PropTech innovation claims it will disrupt part of the rental market - this time, the student accommodation sector. Housemates Connect API...

There’s news for tenants on a budget - it may now cost less to be a lodger in a house than...

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

An insurance firm has identified locations which, according to current portal listings, have the highest proportion of dog-friendly rental properties. The league...

One of the country’s largest landlord licensing regimes has expanded even more this week. Some 700 more private sector homes in Manchester...

A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...

The government response to a Freedom of Information request has shed light on the increasing number of homes in England and...

Student lets have come under the spotlight as a result of a slowdown in the building of new university student accommodation...

Flat-pack furniture giant IKEA has teamed up with campaigning charity Shelter to highlight the issue of homelessness. The Scandinavian firm, citing Shelter’s...

An unexpected and unlikely political alliance has prevented another city council demanding powers to freeze private rents. London, Bristol, Liverpool and Manchester...

Landlords say housing standards in one of the UK’s biggest cities could sugar because of council tax changes for empty homes. Manchester’s...

The National Landlord Investment Show has announced a series of free events for landlords, investors and property professionals throughout 2023. Co-founder Steve...

A property industry trade body chief says buy to let is “virtually pointless” for landlords with substantial mortgages who seek income...

An unlikely location heads the latest league table purporting to show the highest returns on property investment. Aldermore’s Buy To let City...

London continues to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year running. Data...

A Good Landlord Charter - described as the first of its kind in the UK - is being created by a...

Trafford council is believed to be the first to have signed up to a scheme created by Greater Manchester Labour Mayor...

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

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has set out a radical programme of devolution to local authorities at city and county level...

Specialist mortgage lender Aldermore has named what it believes to be the five best cities for landlords to invest in for...

Labour’s Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, is recruiting 10 people to enforce a new initiative he’s calling his ‘Good Landlord...

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

There’s a dilemma for landlords wishing to expand their portfolios - do so now, just as some buyers are offering discounts?...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made an announcement overnight that “the government will always act to protect tenants.” The claim comes as...

A new 100-unit Build To Rent scheme in Manchester called The Quarters is being marketed as “pet friendly”. The company behind it,...

Rent rises could finally be set to slow down because more housing stock is becoming available due to the cost of...

The charity Action on Empty Homes, which is mounting a campaign against short let properties, has attacked Airbnb for making a...

Landlords and agents are being asked their views on proposals to expand Selective Licensing to eight new areas of Manchester. There are...

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

A new campaign has been launched calling for the regulation of Airbnb and other short lets in England. Action on Short Term...

There is a perfect storm brewing for landlords and tenants in the UK.  Sky-rocketing energy bills, food prices and increasing rent paints...

ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...

Landlords who use the Property Hub Lets online agency are in for a change - in future, their properties will be...

Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. It says the average...

The Commonwealth Games, which begin today in Birmingham, could turbo-charge capital appreciation in the city by up to 15 per cent. That’s the...

A mortgage lender’s buy to let market index shows yields slightly dipping. Fleet Mortgages’ regional snapshot covers all areas of England and...

A landlord who repeatedly let out an unsafe house has been fined £20,000 by magistrates. Housing officers from Salford council found fire...

Liverpool is a key investment hot spot for buy to let landlords according to a new report. It shows that, for example,...

A PropTech platform says it’s giving landlords the opportunity to spread their management fees and marketing costs across the duration of...

A senior figure in the National Residential Landlords Association died over the weekend after being diagnosed with cancer. It was the Deputy...

Buy to let landlords are increasingly targeting smaller, secondary towns and cities rather than big urban centres. Data from Paragon Bank shows...

Manchester council has launched its own building company - called This City - to construct affordable and market homes to rent. The...

New selective licensing schemes are now live in areas of north and east Manchester covering more than 1,400 properties.  This means compulsory...

Last month, I wrote about what’s in store for the private rented sector in 2022 and, like most commentators in our...

Covid-19 has undoubtedly shifted the way new landlords will be looking to invest in 2022, and our ranking makes it clear...

New preliminary figures released by CBRE reveal that a record £4.1 billion was invested in the UK’s Build to Rent sector...

A private landlord who failed to carry out essential safety work has been fined for ignoring an Emergency Prohibition Order. Mohammed Deryo,...

Earlier this week Zoopla released some rather healthy statistics on the UK rental market. In recent months, the rental market has been...

Salford is the latest city to launch a consultation seeking views on plans to expand its selective licensing scheme - claiming...

A firm of solicitors claims that private and social sector tenants face long delays for repairs to be addressed - and...

There’s more evidence of councils clamping down on landlords fly tipping - Landlord Today has run a series of reports on...

A new league table of investment potential has given a ringing endorsement to buy to let in cities. Select Property Group has...

The government is expected to give at least some details today of the principles enshrined in a new White Paper on...

The UK rental market has revved up amidst a sharp rise in demand for city living, driving the highest rate of...

A retail bank has announced the launch of a £500m project to fund the construction of up to 2,500 suburban, purpose-built...

An agency and law firm, Coulters, has produced a league table of where landlords are most likely to make a loss...

Labour’s shadow housing secretary has branded “outrageous” moves by landlords and letting agents to demand multiple months of rent upfront.  Lucy Powell...

Bury council is to spend £1m buying empty homes from landlords and other owners. The council says it will shortly identify which...

The Rogue Landlord Team of a local authority has triggered a civil penalty notice resulting in a fine of over £21,000...

A property investment firm has drawn up a league table of cities with significant rental yields.  Sequre Property Investment analysed the average rental...

Research by student accommodation platform UniHomes says rental demand on student properties has not suffered long term harm from the pandemic. It...

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

Landlords looking mostly long-term capital appreciation rather than yields may have to invest in an unlikely location which topped a league...