The cost for landlords to upgrade their rental properties to meet a minimum EPC rating of C by an expected deadline of 2028 will see two-thirds (59%) sell up and leave the sector.
That’s according...
Every social housing tenant is to receive ‘Watchdog’ style training on how to hold their landlords to account as part of a new scheme.
From free advice on addressing damp and mould to webinars...
Are you a landlord who rents to students or used to rent out to students? Then, Alexa Phillips, the personal finance reporter for the Telegraph would like to speak with you.
Alexa would like to talk to...
Lloyds Bank says that because landlords offer ‘poor and exclusionary practices’, they are teaming up with the homeless charity Crisis to start a new lettings agency.
It says the new venture...
We often see the term ‘rogue landlord’ bandied about, but a story last week got me thinking: When is a rogue landlord, not a rogue landlord?’
It would appear that most people would think it was a...
The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has hit out after the government revealed it has not tried to calculate how many people cannot pay their rent because of the freeze on housing benefit...
Claims that landlords are misusing section 21 notices – the ‘no fault’ eviction process – are unfounded, one firm says.
Estate agents Leaders Romans Group (LRG) says it has carried...
Landlords haven’t yet passed on their rising mortgage costs to tenants, but that could be about to change, research reveals.
Estate and letting agents Barrows and Forrester warn that tenants could...
Most BTL investor sales are from those landlords who were among the first to invest after buy to let mortgages were launched in 1996, research reveals.
The findings from Hamptons show that landlords are...
A clampdown on landlords who are renting out homes with worst performing energy efficiency ratings could be facing £5,000 fines, one council says.
The move will see landlords in Shropshire being issued...
Renters in London will be the worst hit by the government’s proposed energy performance certificate (EPC) laws, research reveals.
That’s the view of data science firm Outra which says that...
A leading industry body has called on the government to change council tax housing banding for HMOs.
Propertymark has submitted a response to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’...
For the first time ever there’s not a single London postcode with an average monthly room for rent at less than £700, new data reveals.
The findings by flatshare site SpareRoom reveal that average...
The popularity of buyers investing in flats is helping to propel the housing market back to its pre-pandemic level for the first time since September, research reveals.
And, according to Rightmove, sales...
The housing market is returning to normality with 68% of listed properties selling in the first 12 weeks of 2023 – the same as the pre-pandemic rate in 2019, research reveals.
The findings from TwentyEA...
A consultation has been launched by the government to protect the UK’s ‘cherished towns’ that will see holiday homeowners being forced to get planning permission for letting their property and if...
Eight agents have been expelled by The Property Ombudsman (TPO) for failing to pay a compensatory awards following consumer complaints.
The agents were referred to the scheme’s independent Compliance...
London’s councils look set to double the amount in fines they collected from landlords and agents last year under selective or additional licensing schemes, one company is reporting.
Geospatial tech...
We are delighted to announce that nominations for the 2023 Property Investors Awards are officially open. This year there are 20 different award categories to nominate for, which is more than ever before.
Homebuyer demand has now been down for 11 consecutive months – with new properties and agreed sales also taking a downturn, RICS reports.
The cautious market is still seeing house prices fall with...
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