Landlords are broadly less confident than they were a year ago, with that confidence significantly shaken by the Renters’ Rights Bill.
Ipswich Council has pointed the figure at HMO landlords for the town’s failure to house more homeless people but is pressing ahead with plans to restrict HMO numbers.
Hostility from politicians is pushing landlords out of the Scottish rental market, new research has found.
A charity boxing event organised by TV star Paul Shamplina is celebrating its ten-year anniversary by revealing two events this year.
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has warned the government that renter reforms would still allow landlords to make “excessive profits” unless rent controls are introduced.
Councillors in Worcester have agreed to extend the city’s additional licensing scheme for another five years.
A prolific fraudster has admitted scamming numerous would-be tenants out of hundreds of pounds.
The NRLA has warned of potentially devastating consequences for the PRS unless the House of Lords approves new amendments to the Renters’ Rights Bill.
The use of ‘rent in advance’ is widespread among landlords in the UK, the leader of a coalition of tenants’ rights groups has claimed
Heightened consumer awareness combined with a lack of government action has made leasehold property even harder to sell, landlords and home owners have been warned. Despite government pledges and the introduction of the https://www.landlordzone.co.uk/news/advice-are-you
Loopholes in the Renters Reform Bill around alternative possession grounds leave it open to abuse by unscrupulous landlords, claims a Labour activist and lawyer. A landlord will simply need to demonstrate an intention to use the property to live in or sell before they can
British landlords who use rental platforms to let holiday homes in the European Union will soon have to pay VAT on their rental income. Under the EUshttps://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/taxation-1/value-added-tax-vat/vat-digital-age_en" target="_blank" <strong
Most tenants want their landlords to be green and digital, a poll of some 2,000 renters has revealed. Despite debates about rental supply and rocketing rents dominating the public debate about the private rented sector, software firm MRIs poll found that two thirds want to in
The Scottish and UK governments are working together to prevent landlords banning children from properties after a BBC investigation revealed the practice was still rife. Following the launch of thehttps://www.totallandlordinsurance.co.uk/knowledge-centre/renters-refor
Paul Shamplina says the key reason why tenants with children are struggling to find rented accommodation is the ongoing supply crisis created by Government intervention in the sector, and the huge competition for properties that it is creating. Speaking to BBC Radi
The NRLA recently reported that 1 in 3 landlords are going to trim down their portfolios. A whopping 33% of landlords currently selling throughout the UK. Of that 33%, most landlords agreed that they would be willing to take 80% of the value just to get rid of them because mortgage payments
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The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service could result in more landlords fighting and potentially losing - expensive court battles. There are fears that the threat of a �15,000 legal bill if they lose their possession claim hearing could be enough to dissuade some from
After a slew of bad news, this week’s headlines come as a welcome relief for landlords looking to sell. The Telegraph reported that despite higher rates and regulatory risks around rentals, a wave of new investors had entered the market, stepping in to take portfolios off landlords’ hands.
A business that rents out properties via Airbnb on behalf of landlords has raised another £1.75 million from investors, taking its total raised since 2016 to £12 million.
The Build-To-Rent (BTR) sector now accounts for 10% of all UK real estate investment after a record-breaking year.
The government has launched plans to slash ground rents on existing leaseholds as part of a consultation into widescale reform.
County courts are taking over half a year on average to process legitimate evictions by landlords and agents, it has been revealed.
A property management company has slammed its local council for charging a student accommodation block nearly £45,000 under the selective licensing scheme.
Landlords should be allowed to offset spending on insulation and energy-saving improvements against tax, according to the Liberal Democrats.
The tough economic conditions bearing down on landlords are starting to push up mortgage arrears, latest data from lenders’ trade body UK Finance has revealed.
New research by Generation Rent reveals that white people are 36% more likely to receive a positive response when applying to rent on SpareRoom than black people.
Signs that the Government’s assault on landlords coupled with higher mortgage costs are chasing more out of the market than usual have come from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) this morning.
Tory MP and former cabinet minister Theresa Villiers (main picture) has warned her own Government that the ongoing delays within the court system risk persuading more landlords to leave the sector and worsen the already acute rented home supply problem.
Coventry Council is hailing its crackdown on unlicensed HMOs a success after it fined landlords more than £100,000 in just two of the city’s streets.
A notorious rogue landlord and his property management company have been handed a staggering £480,000 fine for renting out an HMO so damp that mushrooms were growing on the upper floors.
The UK’s housing market is past ‘peak pain’ after a rollercoaster 12 months and is forecast to grow by 17.9% – equivalent to a £45,521 gain on the average home – within five years.
A legal expert has warned that landlords face prosecution for running illegal HMOs if tenants follow Airbnb’s suggestion that they sub-let their homes.
King Charles has heralded the government’s commitment to the Renters Reform Bill in his first King’s speech as monarch.
Homes bought by landlords to rent out via short-let contracts create gross returns of between 12% and 20%, an estate agency has claimed.
Will the Renters (Reform) Bill progress and ban Section 21, despite mounting opposition from Conservative back-benchers?
A rogue landlord firm has been handed a £18,300 fine for letting out an unsafe, unlicensed property - only three months after being fined for the same offence in the same building.
New leasehold reform legislation faces tough scrutiny from MPs and leasehold groups who are frustrated by an expectation that it will only cover houses, not flats.
A third of landlords who own rental property in their personal name plan to incorporate their portfolio into a limited company structure within the next three years, according to Paragon Bank.
Rogue landlords who assume they can convert outbuildings into ‘sheds with beds’ have been reminded of the likely fines they will face following a shocking case in Hertfordshire.
The Prime Minister has confirmed that the Renters Reform Bill will be carried over to the next Parliament, as part of this week’s King’s Speech.
The National Landlords Association (NRLA) has backed claims that the buy-to-let sector faces a significant subletting epidemic following an investigation by a national newspaper.
