As councils across the country ramp up their campaign against student landlords and houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), the Residential Landlords Association and leading property solicitors claim tougher...
Today’s issue shines the spotlight on the private rented sector providing housing to a diverse range of tenants. Headlines and views of guest columnists cover the effects of Universal Credit reforms...
Prime Minister David Cameron’s claim that buy to let landlords are dropping rents in response to the Government’s welfare reforms is untrue, according to information from councils.
Cameron told the...
Councillors are blaming student landlords for a shortage of affordable homes for families that is ‘distorting’ the housing market.
Now, councillors in Chichester, Sussex, are considering planning controls...
The secret’s finally out about the best performing international house markets for property investors over the past decade – and the results are not what most property people would think.
Top of...
The latest news and tips for private landlords. Angus Ryan discusses the issues of repossession, harassment and illegal eviction. John Paul covers the importance of forms and procedures in his fourth article...
Buy to let rents nudged down by 0.6% in February – the third fall in the past year, according to the UK’s largest chain of letting agents.
Letting activity dropped back over recent weeks, according...
Missing a rent payment could affect a tenant’s credit rating as one of the largest credit checking firms opens a new service for landlords and letting agents.
Experian is opening data files on a tenant’s...
The landlord of a shared house where a mum and her three-year-old daughter died in an arson attack may face jail for ignoring fire safety laws.
They died when a spurned girlfriend set light to her former...
A university had to take on extra staff to deal with complaints about a landlord who stole deposits on student housing.
Detectives claim 18 theft charges admitted by Tariq Zaman, 42, at Leeds Crown Court...
It’s not often the tax man gives something away, but from the start of the next tax year landlords can pick up a little extra.
For many landlords, big tax savings do not often come from major strategies...
Rent arrears and debt problems are mounting up for thousands of tenants – with the number calling for help soaring by 55% last year.
Debt charity Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) says renters...
The spotlight is on letting and estate agencies in today’s edition as we report on a sharp rise in letting agent complaints and ARLA issue their own response to the dramatic increase. We warmly welcome...
Following the report from the Property Ombudsman that revealed a sharp rise in complaints about lettings agents, ARLA have issued their response.
They are “disappointed” by the figures but...
Buy to let lenders are squeezing the availability of loans as funding problems ripple out through the industry.
Landlords are finding loans more difficult to locate as lenders topple like dominoes due...
New online services are springing up that let property people and renters share information about ‘bad’ landlords and tenants – but are the details fair and accurate?
The problem for a landlord...
Fraudster Rose Chimuka conned landlords of out of more than £100,000 by posing as a mum to rent their homes and then sub-letting them to dozens of tenants.
She was jailed for four years and three months...
Buy to let mortgage news dominates the headlines in this edition as we report on how lenders increasing their standard variable rates despite the Bank Base Rate staying at 0.5% will affect landlords in...
Letting agents are urging long-distance landlords to make sure they follow six basic renting rules to avoid hassle with tenants.
The tips follow a survey by the Association of Residential Letting Agents...
Headlines screaming out about rising mortgage interest rates are filling the news, so some facts and figures about the buy to let and home loans market should shine a light on what’s really happening.
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