Scottish landlords and agents have a new housing secretary to deal with after incumbent Paul McLennan
The Eastern Landlords Association has condemned comments labelled “unprofessional and disgusting” recorded its annual conference.
Pressure on landlords to provide homes for those who would normally rent within the affordable and social housing sectors will lift soon following today’s Spending Review.
The Irish government has rowed back on its rent control rules in a bid to bring down rents and boost supply.
A Dagenham landlord has been fined more than £20,000 after repeatedly ignoring a planning enforcement notice.
Weaker demand and growing affordability pressures have pushed rental growth to a four-year low.
Landlords are facing one of the private rented sector biggest changes in years when it ends fixed-term tenancy agreements.
Nearly 50 estate agencies were expelled from the Property Redress scheme during a six month period last year, the organisation has revealed
The Law Commission has published an interim report on its initial conclusions about security of tenure for business leases
A new government crackdown kicks in today to ensure criminal tenants and landlords can’t enter into rental agreements.
After UK tax changes due to apply after 6 April 2026, family business owners will have their ownership subject to inheritance tax for the first time
A letting agent has penned a new guide for landlords that has already topped Amazon book charts.
Legal expert Tessa Sanderson is offering landlords a free webinar covering the risks posed by the Renters' Rights Bill.
Landlords in the North West of England are invited to free roadshow this week during which Paul Shamplina, star of the hit Channel 5 TV show Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords, will be speaking.
Unprepared landlords face “Armageddon” once the Renters’ Rights Bill becomes law, one property expert has warned.
Landlords in Northern Ireland could soon face more stringent rental reforms than those in England, if a Private Members’ Bill gains traction.
Investment in buy-to-let has been grinding to a halt since extra stamp duty charge, new researsch has revealed.
A mortgage and property financing platform has revealed a service that is claimed to be the first in the UK to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to helps investors and landlords choose properties to buy and rent out.
A battle between residents and HMO landlords is coming to a head in Liverpool where vacating students’ mess is being dumped on city streets.
The co-living sector grew by 65% in 2023 - nearly 2,500 new beds - and looks set to treble to more than 20,000 beds by 2027.
A growing number of landlords are ending up in mortgage arrears and having their rental properties repossessed.
A top property lawyer is adamant the courts won’t be able to handle a two-fold increase in possession actions when Section 21 is abolished.
An HMO sales firm has launched with the ambitious aim of becoming the sector’s go-to property platform.
A majority of landlords back some form of rent control, a new poll by a leading letting agency has revealed, as the likelihood of Labour ‘interference in rent pricing’ increases.
Rents are rising at record levels because the private rental sector needs an extra 120,000 homes, the UK’s largest property portal has claimed.
A patchy and slow recovery across the commercial property sectors is boosted by the prospect of interest rate cuts
The number of renters who plan to vote Conservative on Thursday has halved since the last election, from 20% to just 10%, according to a new poll. Zero percent of student tenants said they'd back Sunak.
The NRLA has joined forces with property leaders to call for the next government to pass the Renters (Reform) Bill as a matter of urgency.
A tenant who threatened to share a naked video of his former landlord if he wasn’t given back a cash deposit has been handed a 12-month suspended jail sentence.
Landlords have been warned that thousands of tenants face losing their housing benefit and may struggle to pay the rent as changes brought in by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) take effect.
TV property expert Martin Roberts has hinted that he’s been lined up for the next series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Landlords in Brighton & Hove with small HMOs will have to pay £1,051 from today for an additional licence.
Properties with a sitting tenant cost an average of 15% less than those without, and are a whopping 24% cheaper in Scotland, according to new figures.
Landlord representative body the NRLA has rounded on all the political parties ahead of this week’s General Election for ignoring one of the ‘most important’ issues facing the private rented sector.
The bank puts a positive spin on buy-to-let, despite others regularly asking, “should I give up on buy-to-let?” And Savills reveals a secret market segment that heralds growth.
Landlords and homeowners are paying an average of £5,787 to buy and fit a heat pump after deducting the £7,500 government grant.
More landlords are working together with tenants to commit fraud while running illegal cannabis farms, according to one property lawyer.
A furious landlord has criticised Keir Starmer for claiming landlords are ripping off tenants and making a fortune from huge deposits.
It’s time to cut to the chase. We’ve all been thinking it: is property becoming more hassle than it’s worth? If you’re questioning your property portfolios, you’re not alone.
All eyes are on Scotland where a scheme to regulate the holiday lets sector has caused a storm after the new licences, which cost between £260 and £520 per property, were introduced.
A despairing landlord has resorted to protesting on his roof after failing to evict a rogue tenant for the last 25 years.
The Conservatives’ anti-landlord policies have failed to win much favour among tenants who are most likely to vote Labour in the general election, it has been revealed.
A council in London has taken the unusual step of banning a woman from renting homes in the private sector for three years after she illegally sub-let a property in a case that is one of the worst LandlordZONE has ever reported on.
