High rents are prompting tenants and landlords to choose alternative deposit schemes, according to one provider.
New powers for councils to auction off leases on properties which have stood empty for more than a year will take effect this summer.
As Peers prepare to debate the Government’s Renters (Reform) Bill today, the NRLA has warned that landlords exiting the sector are the ‘biggest threat’ to renters as supply narrows and rents continue to rise rapidly.
Landlords are being asked for their views on whether the Tenancy of Shops (Scotland) Act should be repealed, replaced, or reformed.
The UK has recorded the highest 21-day commercial property rent collection rates since the start of the pandemic
2024 looks set to become a record-breaking year for landlord licensing, with 25 new schemes and consultations launched so far across the UK.
A tenant who claimed she had cancer and masqueraded as a private landlord to swindle would-be tenants out of rental deposits, has been jailed.
NRLA training takes many forms, with in-person, eLearning and eClassroom courses all popular. But what of the webinar? With tens of thousands of landlords signing up - and even the housing minister getting on board - Kitty Ellison, NRLA Head of Training explains more.
A leaked report commissioned by the Labour party into the private rented sector has recommended that rents be capped in England if the party gains power.
A new report based on data from 46,000 renters reveals shocking data on how much they are spending on their rent.
One of the UK’s biggest gas boiler manufacturers used by millions of landlords has promised not to ‘greenwash’ its part-hydrogen fuelled boilers.
Law-savvy landlords are being asked to help compile a definitive list of legislation impacting the PRS.
Larry the Number 10 cat has backed a charity’s campaign to change the law allowing tenants to keep pets.
Labour’s housing minister Matthew Pennycook is said to be planning a “hardship test”
Claims by the new Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) minister of state Stephen Timms that the transfer of remaining housing benefit claimants to Universal Credit is being done ‘as smoothly as possible’ have been questioned by a leading expert.
Booking in a five-yearly Electrical Safety Installation Certificate (ESIC) check for your rented property often seems like one of the plethora of minor tasks on the ‘to do’ list.
An increase in buy-to-let repossessions is exacerbating the rental supply shortage and leaving evicted families without legal aid needed to fight their case.
An exodus of older landlords is paving the way for build-to-rent investors and younger landlords looking to capitalise on higher yield properties, according to a big estate agency boss.
Rebel Tory MPs who lobbied for amendments to the Renters (Reform) Bill have received £450,000 in donations and earnings linked to landlords since the last general election, according to an investigation by the i newspaper.
Landlords in a big Midlands city have been warned that they must apply for a licence for their properties by April 9th or face an additional £200 hike in the £1,090 cost of each three-year licence.
Here Tom Entwistle digests some of this argument and makes a few comments of his own - join in the argument
The Government has been moved to reassure Tory MPs that its Renters (Reform) Bill will not damage the private rented sector following the leaking of a letter by housing minister Jacob Young.
The Prince of Wales is working with private landlords to help prevent and reduce homelessness in the UK, it has been revealed.
The Scottish coalition Government has finally revealed its plans for the private rented sector including permanent rent controls, new rights to keep pets, decorate rented homes and stronger protection against eviction.
A man has been dubbed “the world’s strictest landlord” for telling would-be tenants that they can’t have anyone staying the night have a drink.
A housing management company has been fined £30,000 after an escape route at its HMO was found to be padlocked shut and blocked by a large shipping container.
The government has launched a cross-party inquiry into how the experience of buying and selling homes could be improved in England.
A group of landlords in Birmingham are spearheading an innovative trial of new technology designed to help them comply with local licencing and other regulatory requirements.
Peers debating the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill were almost unanimous in their belief that it doesn’t go far enough to protect leaseholders.
Burnley Council is set to get tougher on landlords converting the town’s properties into HMOs.
Utilita Energy has stepped up to become LandlordZONEone’s official energy partner, and is on a mission to spend the next 12 months putting landlords on the energy efficiency front foot.
Are you aware of the risks that commonly used devices in homes, workplaces, on our dives and garages now pose?
Most private tenants doubt the Renters Reform Bill will either be implemented or bring about tangible change.
A landlord in Lancashire has been jailed and must pay a £10,441 fine including costs after a local fire brigade prosecuted her for six breaches of fire safety regulations at her properties in the seaside town of Cleveleys.
The Scottish government has promised that proposals to deliver on its New Deal for Tenants are imminent.
London’s private rented sector will become a more dangerous place for tenants if rebel MPs convince the government to ditch selective licencing, an influencial independent think tank has warned.
The British Property Federation has voiced concerns about government assurances of court reform progress ahead of scrapping no-fault evictions.
The NRLA has warned landlords who have set up limited companies to run their property portfolios that they will have prove they spend 20 hours a week managing their businesses to get the tax reliefs many hoped they would.
A subsidiary of one of the capital’s biggest landlords has been put on London’s rogue landlords register and fined £67,000 for breaches of HMO licence conditions.
A landlord has told councillors he will have to give up two properties after he failed to renew HMO licences before the expiry dates.
Holistic Hoarding has prevented 50 evictions in the last four years by working with tenants to address the causes of their mental health condition.
Abolishing leasehold is far from the easy process some of our politicians would have us believe – there are some powerful forces ready to counter the move.
Former Housing Minister Esther McVey has been claiming tens of thousands of pounds in Parliamentary expenses for renting a London flat, despite her husband owning a property a mile away, it has been claimed.
