A letting agent ensures compliance with the Renters' Rights Bill and simplifies property management.
Landlords searching for a new deal will find the choice of buy-to-let mortgages has hit a record high, with 3,860 products available.
The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has labelled the Spring Statement a missed opportunity to improve the chronic supply crisis in the private rented sector.
Landlords are profiting by selling before the Renters' Rights Bill, then reinvesting in post-Bill bargains.
The Government has started to “bring landlords into line”, but more needs to be done to tackle the pressures in the private rented sector, a Labour MP has suggested.
One in five renters has borrowed money that needs to be paid back for their five-week cash deposit, putting them in a precarious financial position before moving in.
Landlords struggling with “needlessly complex” HMO licence renewal applications are fed up and selling up, according to Portsmouth & District Landlords Association (PDPLA).
The search is on for Landlord of the Year as part of this year’s LIS (Landlord Investment Show) Awards.
Landlords will have to use the new Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment system, the Chancellor has confirmed.
The amount of money flowing into UK commercial property fell across all sectors, particularly industrial, but also offices and retail, thats according to market analysis carried out by debt advisory specialists, Sirius Property Finance. And office values - secondary in partic
Landlords who are relatively heavily leveraged and achieving gross yields much below 5% could be better off reducing their mortgage balance than purchasing another property, according to new market analysis. Hamptons annual overview of the rental market explains that higher i
Property commentator Vanessa Warwick has admitted that she is one of the many landlords impacted by rising interest rates. Speaking to Phil Spencer on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVVD6yVZlcc" Move iQs Property Podcast , the co-founder of PropertyTribes s
A landlord has been ordered to pay out more than �10,000 for breaching safety regulations at his large HMO. Amonbir Mander had turned the London Hotel in Stroud into an https://www.landlordzone.co.uk/news/legal-expert-warns-over-move-to-exclude-asylum-seeker-hmos-from-
Wayhome has raised �8 million
A rogue landlord has been fined a whopping �115,181 for operating four poorly run and unlicensed HMOs. West Northamptonshire Councils private sector housing team inspected the four properties, including one at 93 St Michaels Road, Northampton (pictured), in March 2020 under
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) is calling for a ban on landlords who evict tenants illegally as part of a strategy to clean up the private rented sector. Landlords can only be included on Scotlands landlord register if they pass a councils fit and proper person test an
The Welsh Government has published the draft legislation that will change the terms of converted contracts and any renewals that replace them within the private rented sector. This is the mechanism that will replace ASTs in Wales and replace them with occupation contracts,
Is buy to let still a good investment? In this article, Tom Entwistle, a residential and commercial landlord since the 1970s and founder of LandlordZONE , draws on his experience to weigh up whether now is a good time to invest. Is there ever a good time to
A landlord in Liverpool has been prosecuted by its city council for 23 offences under national HMO management regulations.
Despite enthusiasm in Whitehall for heat pumps they not the best way to upgrade a rented property EPC rating, a new report has claimed.
Nearly two-thirds of working private renters - 4,450,000 people - are falling behind with rent payments or struggling to pay their rent.
Tom Entwistle recalls the year in property and looks forward to the year ahead
Landlords who own flats in blocks with unsafe cladding have been given an assurance that developers must meet repair deadlines next year following the publication of the government’s Remediation Acceleration Plan (RAP).
Landlords offering a bills-included rental could dramatically increase their profit margins by improving its energy efficiency.
Sheffield Council has boasted that it’s one of the keenest prosecutors of rogue landlords in the UK.
Unveiling its 2025 cross-sector UK forecasts, Savills strikes an optimistic note and predicts highest returns for North West buy-to-let
An expected expansion in selective licensing schemes next year may fill council coffers but won’t improve housing standards, a leading landlord figure has claimed.
The Renters’ Rights Bill will discourage landlords from renting out their properties and raise rents, according to Talk TV presenter and private landlord, Cristo Foufas (main image).
Renters with only the deepest pockets will be getting the keys to what is understood to be the most expensive ever rental home marketed in the UK.
UK letting agents are still receiving nearly double the number of enquiries about each available rental property than they were pre-pandemic.
The Government has revealed more details about how the ‘corporate’ student sector, which competes with traditional landlords for tenants, will be regulated in the future.
A landlord has successfully fought a licensing fine after an Upper Tribunal judge ruled it couldn’t be proved that a fifth tenant was living permanently in his HMO.
A mortgage lending expert has warned that landlord bashing risks pushing out more smaller landlords, creating a vicious circle of fewer available rental properties and higher rents for tenants.
Most landlords’ ignorance of the points-based EPC system means they can sometimes spend more money than necessary on energy efficiency improvements.
A digital platform that enables tenants to pay their rent via their credit or debit card rather than a BACS payment has officially launched in the UK.
Local authorities' now have new powers to auction off leases of vacant commercial units in Britain’s town centres and high streets
Landlords who complained about a missing letting agent have discovered that he had been jailed for assaulting a sex worker.
More money will be spent persuading landlords not to evict tenants as part of a huge cash boost to help prevent homelessness.
More landlords in Wirral could have to pay for a selective licence under plans being drawn up by the local council.
Rents charged for new tenancies across the UK continue to rise as landlords seek to offset higher costs and supply continue to be weak, latest Government data shows.
Councils will be given more power to force landlords to rent out vacant residential properties as part of the government’s English Devolution white paper.
Letting agents have slammed plans to ease licensing rules that will mean local councils can introduce large selective schemes without government approval.
Ealing Council has ramped up its crackdown on rogue landlords with a rigorous programme of HMO inspections.
