The Government wants more private landlords to sell their properties and exit the market, commentary within Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Statement briefing document has revealed.
Generation Rent has called for even stronger action to be taken against holiday lets which it says have been “making life a misery” for renters in the UK’s most popular tourist destinations.
As the UK government struggles to help landlords facing tough financial situations, landlords have rallied together to help themselves.
Landlords received a surprise hand-out from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt when he cut the higher rate of Capital Gains Tax from 28% to 24% in today's Spring statement.
Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has backed the expansion of a selective licencing scheme within her local constituency.
Since October 2003 tenants have been obliged, as a tenant of a commercial or residential leasehold property, to formally register the lease with the Land Registry
Short-let property owners in Cornwall, Edinburgh and Westminster had the most bookings in the UK last summer.
Smaller landlords need as much protection as tenants, a Lords committee inquiry into the regulation of property agents has been told.
Holiday let owners are being unfairly scapegoated in the guise of controlling rising house prices and availability, according to one holiday rental agency.
Liverpool City Council and Merseyside Police have stepped in to help a landlord evict his nightmare tenant.
The Government is doing too little to support the student landlords and many places are short of accommodation for second- and third-year graduates, a new poll has found.
Almost 22,000 homes may have been lost in Scotland during the last year due to perceived hostility towards landlords and concerns over increasing regulation.
An absentee landlord who used the excuse of not speaking good English and delegated property management to a family member has been stung with a £20,700 rent repayment order.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has increased his funding to support and advise private renters exploited by rogue landlords and facing illegal eviction.
The number of buy to let (BTL) landlords falling into arrears climbed significantly in recent times
The UK’s leading HMO management software for landlords, COHO, has bought rival Go Tenant for an undisclosed sum.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is considering a tax raid on holiday let owners, it emerged over the weekend.
The NRLA has urged Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to definitively fix the broken housing benefit system by tackling the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) funding gap.
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A big South East counciil hopes to introduce a big selective licencing scheme for private landlords which would cover all PRS homes. Medway, which is a unitary authority covering a large swathe of Kent including Rochester and Gillingham, has seen those renting in the private ren
Ditching leaseholds is 'entirely possible' although some flat owners still arent convinced about moving across to commonhold, a government report has concluded. It explains that while reaching a point at which most existing flats are owned without a third-party landlord or ar
More than 5,400 homes in Islington now need a licence under Islington Councils new selective licensing scheme. Landlords in Finsbury Park, Tollington and Hillrise wards are affected, where properties are blighted with poor conditions, according to council enforcement of
Landlords are being encouraged to share their thoughts on government plans to make it easier to convert larger department stores, space above shops and offices. As part of Housing Secretary Michael Goves announcement on https://www.landlo
The UK property market has undoubtedly seen a tumultuous period since the end of 2022. Fluctuating statistics, record-breaking demand, falling supply, and concerning economic projections have left many scratching their heads and wondering: https://www.rw-inv
Residents of East Village's Build-to-Rent blocks can rent household essentials like vacuums and game consoles via TULU's smart kiosks.
A new https://www.landlordzone.co.uk/news/government-housing-policies-not-working-for-landlords-or-tenants-mps-are-told/" housing plan would allow shops, takeaways and betting shops to be turned into homes while homeowners would have greater freedoms to carry out property
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has suggested a delay in bringing in energy efficiency plans for the private renter sector. Citing financial pressures on landlords, he told The Telegraph that the government should relax the pace of changes to
The two landlords have been banned from renting property after their legal appeal was rejected.
Why Landlords probably should be concerned about what the Renters’ Rights Bill could bring
Landlords would be exempt from Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ plans for a national property tax but could ultimately pay higher prices for homes.
Tenants at a complex of flats in Nottingham have staged a protest against their no-fault eviction after it was sold to a new owner.
Buy-to-let is bouncing back—landlords are selling fast, often above asking, with tenants in place. Portfolios sold in days, even with damage.
Rent arrears fell by 12% to £1,861 in Q2 2025 marking the first year-on-year decline in a second quarter since 2021.
Rent rises are easing across the UK official data has revealed this morning but experts warn that the private rental market continues to suffer from a
A council in the north of England has been accused of an ‘abuse of power’ after introducing an ‘immediate' article 4 direction for HMOs.
Homes within the private rented sector aren’t the poor relation portrayed by tenant groups when it comes to energy efficiency
More leading figures and organisations have backed a campaigner's attempt to persuade Labour to U-turn on pet insurance.
Barrister and TV personality Rob Rinder has got behind RentGuarantor as the firm’s new brand ambassador.
Coventry Council has handed out £278,782 in landlord fines so far this year, including prosecutions, financial penalties and rent repayment orders.
Slump in buying due to confidence dented by regulatory uncertainty, higher borrowing costs and slower house price growth, says Dwelly.
Letting agents have urged Hackney Council to rethink licensing schemes that risk increasing rents and pushing smaller landlords out.
Whatever initiative governments have tried so far, nothing seems to be working for Britain’s high streets
The NRLA has teamed up with online student and graduate lettings platform Hybr
Shelter warns that nearly 1,000 households are to be “marched out of their homes” by bailiffs every month.
More than a third of landlords now avoid investing in flats because of leasehold-related issues or complex building management.
Latest official figures show that despite fewer landlords evicting overall across the nation, 'time to evict' continues to take longer and longer.
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.
