Battersea is taking a stand to ensure tenants have the right to keep their pets while renting.
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.
Local councils across the UK have been offering private landlords sweet deals for some time now to help solve the housing crisis, but one borough council is offering one that goes the extra mile.
Landlords in Greater Manchester are being asked to help mould the city region’s new Good Landlord Charter, designed to improve renting.
Lloyds Banking Group is making another foray into the housing sector by turning its former office buildings into affordable homes.
There are a number of ways you can support renters who have fallen behind on their rent. NRLA trainer and debt expert Julie Ford explains more.
Polling by build-to-rent (BTR) landlord UNCLE shows that 32% of those it polled who were between 18 and 24 years old said they ‘chose to rent’ rather than being compelled to by the housing market, while the figure was 31% for those between 25 and 34 years old.
With the victory for Labour now over a week behind us, what should landlords expect from the change in government?
Councillors in Brighton have backed a petition by campaign group Living Rent to introduce rent controls during a debate yesterday at its monthly full council meeting.
Landlords in Wales have found themselves unable to make deductions to deposits when using occupation contract templates, it has been claimed.
Northumberland council is the latest to approve more selective licencing with two wards in the seaside town of Blythe.
Fees for joining the redress scheme and landlord database could be “significantly higher” following amendments to the Renters’ Rights Bill.
A Portsmouth rent-to-rent agency which let out overcrowded and unlicensed HMOs has been handed a hefty fine.
April’s stamp duty hike looms, so if you’re considering selling, sooner is smarter.
TSB has launched a new concessionary mortgage for landlords looking to sell their properties to tenants with no deposit required.
New year, new you. Sound familiar? Many of us start the new year with the very best of intentions, only for them to fall by the wayside.
Private equity firms and pension funds have been upping the ante with their investments in the UK rental market
Landlords should check whether they’re in one of 37 licensing schemes under consultation or about to be implemented – or risk a huge fine.
Landlords would be banned from demanding several months’ rent in advance under new amendments to the Renters’ Rights Bill.
Landlords in Northern Ireland must soon guarantee that electrical safety checks have been carried out at private tenancies.
Councillors have labelled a proposed voluntary landlord initiative to raise standards in North East Lincolnshire, “a waste of time”.
A leading Scots letting agent has warned that policies which seek to undermine the PRS are damaging tenants’ wellbeing.
Landlords could get longer to replace gas boilers if the government makes an expected announcement to allow their sale beyond 2035.
Wales and the North East are the best areas for hard-hit buy-to-let investors looking for above-inflation returns.
The average number of available rental properties at letting agencies jumped to a two-year high last November.
With the new year now upon us there’s no better time for landlords to start preparing for the wide-ranging legislation change on the cards for 2025.
A TikTok video on upcoming rules around tenants’ ability to keep pets has garnered more than two million views.
A letting agent has slammed Shelter’s campaign to highlight Section 21 eviction cases as “absurd sensationalism”.
A campaigning MP has helped her constituents get every new HMO application thrown out in the last three years.
The landlord exodus is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for councils to buy up properties and restore what was lost under Right to Buy, according to a campaigning think-tank.
The Renters’ Rights Bill is to get its latest airing in just under two weeks' time ahead of moving to the Lords.
Stamp duty bills will almost double from £8,452 to £16,190 in April, an increase likely to spark higher rental costs as landlords attempt to recoup costs.
One of the most ardent political supporters of rent controls in England has been made a knight within the 2025 New Year honours list.
Three quarters of Suffolk renters have struggled to find an affordable home in the last six months, while half had a rent increase – an average of £58 – according to new research.
Peterborough Council’s selective licensing scheme has uncovered some “horrendous” living conditions since its launch last March.
