The Renters (Reform) Bill will reduce rather than enhance housing rights for students, according to the former CEO of student housing charity Unipol.
Liverpool Council aims to source 400 private sector properties in a bid to house growing numbers of homeless people in the city.
The key tenancy breaches by tenants reported by landlords have been revealed with non-payment of rent, dirty homes and failing to report repairs and maintenance issues as the most common.
An ambitious landlord who bought his first property aged 18 now has an impressive property portfolio worth £6 million 20 years later.
Fewer would-be tenants registered with letting agents in December, while rental stock levels also dipped during the typically quieter seasonal period.
A tenant has told of how a man – who he believes is landlord and controversial businessman Mark Fortune – threatened him over a rent row.
The Chancellor has been urged to scrap the extra Stamp Duty paid by landlords when buying properties after new research shows the extra activity within the PRS - if it was scrapped - would generate an extra £10 billion in tax revenue for the Government.
The tax net is closing in on property owners who use short-let platforms to earn rental income from their portfolios but not pay tax on it, Airbnb has warned.
Scottish landlords criticise new rent arbitration scheme, labelling it back‑door rent controls that will exacerbate housing access issues.
Landlords listing their properties for sale before potential capital gains tax rises are adding to a widening divide between supply and demand, report letting agents from around the UK.
The Renters’ Rights Bill is expected to fuel a surge in tenancy disputes following a 20% rise last year.
Walsall Council plans to implement an Article 4 Direction to restrict HMOs, despite acknowledging no strong evidence linking HMOs to crime.
Lawyers have warned that an underfunded justice system will hinder any progress made in strengthening renters’ rights.
The biggest news to hit the private rental sector in 25 years is here: the Renters' Rights Bill. Scheduled for its second reading today, 9 October, this Bill is poised to reshape the landscape for landlords and tenants alike.
Here’s an initial reaction to the Renters’ Rights Bill, thoughts that could change as it progresses through parliament - the second reading is today.
Government announces funding for EPC upgrades in low-income rental homes, but questions remain about coverage and affordability for landlords.
The Renters’ Rights Bill will become law ‘as soon as possible’ housing secretary Angela Rayner has promised as parliament debates her legislation for the first time.
A judge has massively increased the fines given to two HMO landlords who have failed in a legal challenge against their sentence.
Shelter chief executive Polly Neate is to leave the homelessness charity next March after more than seven years.
A trade association’s new tech solution aims to help landlords identify and resolve the root causes of damp and mould in rented properties.
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Reducing red tape for landlords would boost the supply of private rental properties, curb rent increases and create better quality housing for tenants, according to lenders’ trade body UK Finance.
Private landlords face a £21.4 billion bill to bring their properties up to the proposed EPC C rating by 2030.
Rogue landlords face being forced to pay back up to 24 months’ rent as part of a shake-up of Rent Repayment Orders under the new Renters’ Rights Bill.
Aspiring portfolio landlords are increasingly targeting higher yielding multi-unit blocks (MUB) and HMOs rather than traditional flats and semis.
The Welsh government's attempts to persaude second home owners to sell up isn't working and instead is damaging local tourism economies, a leading tourism figure has claimed.
An experienced landlord who has rented a house in London for many years says she is selling the property after the recent and looming changes to the sector have made it ‘too risky’.
The UK’s largest landlord association has rebranded and relaunched its website following a wide-ranging member consultation.
If proof were needed this is it, rent controls lead to reduced landlord incomes, rental housing shortages, increased rents and deteriorating housing stock
Landlord Action’s Paul Shamplina has predicted a rise in landlords using rent guarantee insurance as well as tougher referencing to protect themselves against the fall-out of eviction reforms.
Leeds Council plans to extend selective licensing across more of the city when the current scheme ends next year.
A leading evictions lawyer has warned that without massive investment in the court system, time scales for possession hearings will dramatically increase.
The Government has revealed more details about its much-awaited and somewhat feared Renters’ Rights Bill that had its initial reading in parliament earlier this month.
Estate agency Leaders offers landlords some advice on how to stop being ripped off by fraudsters online.
Private tenants in Norfolk are being handed data loggers to record humidity levels in a bid to encourage simple lifestyle changes.
Landlords in Rugby will need permission to convert any home into an HMO next year after the council voted to introduce an Article 4 direction.
Short let and holiday lets landlords in Edinburgh could soon have to charge guests a visitor levy under the first scheme of its kind in the UK.
A landlord has lost his legal battle to challenge a £12,600 rent repayment order after he tried to illegally evict two former tenants.
Here are 6 things you must do to survive the Renters’ Rights Bill onslaught...
Rent-to-rent agreements will carry even greater risk when Labour’s assured shorthold tenancies come into force with the Renters’ Rights Bill, explains a top property lawyer.
NRLA chief executive Ben Beadle believes the impending ban on bidding wars could mean landlords will simply charge higher asking rents.
Labour has revealed plans to fund the upgrade of rented properties to meet its 2030 plan to have all rented homes reach an EPC band C or above.
The Government has committed to an overhaul of both Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and the MEES system that underpins them, it has been announced.
