The National Landlord Investment Show’s free Summer Spectacular on July 9th in London offers UK landlords and property professionals essential expert-
Death by a thousand National Insurance contributions - the fate of retailers since the October 2024 budget which imposed higher employment costs
A high-profile landlord has called the property licensing system ‘clunky’ and in need of simplification.
A sceptical landlord has become a ‘guinea pig’ and spent considerable sums on making her Victorian four-bedroom rental property 'Let Zero'.
Preston in Lancashire has become the latest city to launch plans to introduce selective licensing within its borders.
Latest scheme to launch is one of 26 launched so far - making 2025 a 'record breaking year' for HMO and selective licensing.
Greater Manchester has revealed a big increase in rogue landlord fines as part of its tough crackdown on the private rental sector.
Newly-minted housing minister in Scotland unable to recall key statistics from her department during TV interview.
A landlord who has ignored efforts by a city council to improve his run-down property has been fined heavily.
Students Organising for Sustainability says it will use the money to improve student accommodation across the UK.
The opaque Universal Credit rental payments will cause landlords even more headaches when the Renters' Rights Bill goes live.
A landlord not resident in the UK must now pay a big rent repayment order after failing to license her property on time.
Thinking of growing a buy-to-let portfolio? Start smart, reinvest profits, diversify, stay compliant, and think long-term for lasting success and inco
While tenant numbers are steadily growing, the number of private rented properties has been shrinking
Specialist lender OSB Group has launched Rely, a dedicated buy-to-let lending brand to support landlords.
Average end-of-tenancy charges for students including arrears, cleaning, and damages were significantly lower last year than rest of PRS.
Smart landlords are selling now, making more upfront than years of rent - 85–90% of market value, fast and hassle-free.
Sutton wants to widen its licensing activities to include smaller HMOs, which number nearlyh 1,000 within the borough.
Recent tax hikes on landlords have been good for the housing market by persuading more BTL investors to sell up.
Grainger PLC is the UK’s biggest listed residential landlord - it has just converted into a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
Landlords have been urged not to fall foul of looming rent rise legislation by updating their records and processes.
Scots Conservative Thomas Heald bangs the drum for the private rented sector and rejects rent controls as solution to high rents.
Landlords face rising taxes, regulations, and costs - prompting many to sell up. Is government policy pushing small landlords out of the
We explore what happens next to the Renters’ Rights’ Bill following Monday's debate in parliament.
A heavily contested selective licensing scheme is to go ahead in Scunthorpe after landlords lost their High Court battle to stop it.
Tariq Mahmood Khan faces the ultimate sanction after being convicted for failing to comply with a prohibition order - again.
More than one million extra renters might get a pet when the Renters’ Rights Bill takes effect, according to new research.
The NRLA has insisted that its evidence around the Renters’ Rights Bill was not “alarmist” nor due to “fundamental opposition” to proposed changes as claimed by housing minister Matthew Pennycook.
Higher market rents is the most common reason given by landlords for a rent hike, affecting 20% of private renters, according to new research by Generation Rent.
Irish landlords are facing rent controls after one of the three main parties running for election next Friday (29th November) promised to ‘cut rents’ as the cost of living continues to be an issue.
Preventing landlords from raising rents in between tenancies is an idea - like rent controls - that simply “could not survive contact with reality”, says Scotland’s landlord body.
Landlords who have properties within ‘problem’ leasehold blocks have been given some good news following housing minister Matthew Pennycook confirmation that Labour will ‘end leasehold’ and make commonhold the ‘default’ tenure before the end of this parliament.
Smaller landlords are being forced out of the private rental sector in favour of corporate limited companies – and tenants will be the losers, according to one landlord who’s quitting.
Three rogue landlords have been fined a total of £403,079 for operating a network of unlicensed and unsafe HMOs, labelled “an orchestrated system of neglect for financial gain”.
New LandlordZONE podcast features Suzanne Smith sharing her journey from lawyer to full-time portfolio landlord.
BTL landlords enjoyed average yields of 6.72% in September, up from 6.69% at the end of the second quarter and 6.48% in the previous year.
New report reveals that it doesn't take much to tip a landlord relationship into something that a tenant sees as negative, particularly when landlords are largely portrayed negatively in mainstream media.
Nearly 10 % of rented homes lack CO alarms—landlords face fines up to £5,000 for non-compliance.
An HMO landlord who blamed a guaranteed rent firm for breaching his licence has failed in his bid to overturn a £7,500 fine.
RICS survey predicts growing shortage of rental properties. Demand is predicted to grow while supply declines.
Councillors in Ipswich have rejected plans for a register of all HMO licensing applications in the town.
Landlords face considerable risks from self-managing their properties when the Renters’ Rights Bill goes live, according to a letting agent expert.
Scotland’s landlords and letting agents have warned that the country’s imminent rent controls will backfire.
Landlords could soon be paid their rent via credit cards rather than bank transfer after a Spanish company said it plans to launch in the UK.
Renters' Rights Bill a month on — a bill that has advanced through scrutiny but still leaves landlords navigating uncertainty amid tenant demand.
A rogue landlord has been handed a whopping £64,000 fine after he was found renting a five-bedroom house to 13 people.
A prize company CEO says the UK’s rental stock shortage is driving tenants’ anxiety about rent rises.
A new online property maintenance platform aims to help landlords stay on top of repairs, raise standards and attract and retain good tenants.
A leading landlord has slammed the pressure groups and campaigns who have been calling recently for landlords to be ‘eradicated’ from the housing market
The Law Society of England and Wales has called for a multi-million-pound investment in renters’ representation via legal aid following a rise in eviction numbers.
Landlords in Scotland should be made to routinely provide data rather than simply respond to requests from local authorities, according to a report into the Housing Bill by the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee.
