The new Labour Government has been busy changing the rules on EPCs for rentals and there’s ongoing consultation exercises to decide what changes are needed
A landlord has been fined almost £5,000 after being found guilty for a second time of operating an illegal HMO.
Middlesborough Council has brought in new planning restrictions to clamp down on the “wrong sort of HMOs”.
Gateshead is to push ahead with new property licensing schemes despite local landlords and letting agents opposing them including 93% saying the fees are ‘too high’.
Rental property yields are shrinking as the costs created by more regulations and legislation eat into landlord profits – so is it time more BTL landlords became SME developers?
Scotland’s tenants’ union has warned that removing rent rise reprotections will lead to an uptick in de facto evictions and homelessness.
Maidstone Borough Council has become the latest authority hoping to entice private landlords to hand over their properties in exchange for guaranteed rent.
A rogue landlord who squeezed six people into one room of his HMO has been told to pay £37,000 in fines and costs.
The UK’s new towns will favour build-to-rent developers rather than private landlords, according to a think tank which labels them “profit-seeking institutional investors”.
he HMO market has been valued at £78billion and generates annual rental income of £6.3billion.
Landlords looking for some no-nonsense straight talking about property can tune into Paul Shamplina’s new YouTube channel.
Landlords in Scotland are being asked for their views on rent control exemptions and where rent could be increased above the rent cap.
Inventories in a post Renters' Rights Bill world, have never mattered more.
More than one in ten landlords are being pushed out of the buy-to-market, according to new research.
Many wealthy property owners who are fleeing Britain due to this month’s abolition of the non-dom tax regime are opting to rent out rather than sell their homes
Tenant groups have laid into landlords as the Renters’ Rights Bill passes through the Lords.
Landlords have been encouraged to sign up to HMRC’s testing programme, with less than a year to go until those earning more than £50,000 need to use Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax.
The Mortgage Works has boosted its support for limited company landlords by removing the need for all mortgage applicants to be directors.
Landlords have urged the government to amend the Renters’ Rights Bill to protect vital student housing.
The majority of tenants in England and Wales get most or all of their deposit back when they move out, new data shows.
Prafula Kopp, who lives in the same development where Rushanara Ali owns an HMO, says the real story has not been told.
Deposits should be lodged with a single, not-for-profit organisation, the campaigning group has claimed.
Surveying trade organisation says its estate agent members have reported weakest supply of rented homes since 2020.
Landlord pain, tenant gain scenario where a High Court ruling has allowed River Island to impose a restructuring plan
Tom Darling says landlords should not be able to evict tenants to sell a property under any circumstance.
MPs have been urged to help get landlords involved in a campaign to raise awareness about damp and mould.
A new poll of landlords has found that 87% make a profit on their properties despite spending a fifth of their gross rental income on property repairs
A thinktank director has said Labour's renting reforms will put many landlords off investing in the private rented sector.
Senior Tory figure David Gauke says Government should be concentrating on building more homes to rent, and ignore calls for rent controls.
Criminals presenting as landlords are conning would-be tenants across London out of thousands of pounds a day.
A pet damage insurance policy has launched for landlords offering a unique dual coverage.
Landlords have been urged to sign a petition calling for the government to play fair when raising energy efficiency standards in the PRS.
Campaign mounted to reverse Labour's strange pet damage insurance omission.
A landlord couple in Nottinghamshire have been given one of this year’s largest fines for operating unsafe rental properties.
With costs increasing, landlords are being forced to contemplate rent increases. If you go down this road you need to be aware and follow the rules.
What does Rushanara Ali’s tale tell us about the current state of landlording, about buy-to-let ethics, evictions and the Renters’ Rights Bill?
Owners of holiday lets in North Wales have been handed huge council tax demands after failing to realise the country’s new occupancy targets were retr
Larger, professional landlords are best placed to take the private rented sector says Sam Humphreys.
More than one in five private rented homes in England would be illegal to rent once proposed changes to the Decent Homes Standard take effect.
After a barrage of criticism over the way she evicted tenants from her property, Rushanar Ali has stepped down.
TV star Paul Shamplina has pointed out the difficult position homeless minister Rushanara Ali has put herself into.
Rogue operator Shamsua Huda has been handed a whopping £33,698 fine for ignoring orders to license his HMO.
Some residential landlords quitting the PRS appear to have moved their investments into the commercial sector, particularly offices.
