Private landlords and agents are being offered hate crime and anti-racism training so they can offer ‘appropriate support’ to their tenants, the BBC reports.
The training is being offered by the Welsh...
The Rental Mediation Service pilot to enable landlords and tenants to access a free independent offering during the landlord possession process has flopped, it has been revealed.
Between February to October...
Homeowners are nearly £500 better off a year than a renter, research from Halifax reveals
It says that the monthly cost of owning a home for first-time buyers is now £971, on average.
That is £42 or...
It was a Budget to forget after the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt appeared to have forgotten landlords, tenants and the private rented sector (PRS) in general.
Despite hopes that there would be an announcement...
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, let landlords sink or swim on their own with no direct assistance for landlords in his Budget announced today. Unlike £63 million of funds for swimming pools,
Thirty-nine of the country’s biggest housebuilders have signed up to the developer remediation contract – which will see the removal of dangerous cladding.
The move will also bring relief for...
Generation Rent, the tenants’ activist group, says that plans for ‘Awaab’s Law’ to clamp down on poor living conditions in social housing should be extended to the private sector.
Landlords and property investors will be watching Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to see what is in store for the private rented sector (PRS) in tomorrow’s Budget.
Among those urging the Chancellor to help landlords...
As the cost-of-living crisis continues, it is causing a massive increase in people seeking bills included rental properties.
In a study of Zoopla data, Money.co.uk has revealed the top 10 cities in England...
Two-thirds of tenants say they worry about the impact of rising interest rates on their rent – and whether they will have a home, a survey reveals.
The findings from Finbri highlight another survey...
MPs have backed the National Residential Landlords Association’s Ben Beadle after the Guardian newspaper claimed he was ‘making up stories’ about a landlord exodus from the Private Rented...
A massive 72% of landlords believe the private rented sector is fit for purpose, according to a new survey.
The findings from the Property Redress Scheme reveal that the main reasons for their satisfaction...
One in five landlords (19%) feel negatively about their business and point to government interference, market uncertainty and negativity about landlords as the reasons why, a survey reveals.
The findings...
I can’t say that I am surprised at the news that Labour Mayors, trade unions and rent activists are calling for a rent freeze – not on the grounds of saving tenants a few quid, but because landlords...
Scotland’s moratorium on evictions has been branded as a ‘sham’ by critics after revelations that the number of tenants facing eviction is more than double the usual number.
This week,
IKEA has teamed up with Shelter to reveal the ‘realities’ of the UK’s ‘housing emergency’.
The furniture giant and the housing charity have launched a campaign to raise awareness...
Paragon Bank has announced the launch of four limited edition five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages.
The new products are available to portfolio landlords – that is those with four or more buy-to-let...
A council has criticised landlords in its area for not completing its selective licensing forms properly and says that out of 700 applications they have received, three quarters are missing vital information.
Since the launch of the ‘biggest shake up’ in Welsh Housing law, there have been concerns from landlords around the confusing regulation, Propertymark says.
The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2011 made...
Fears about the future of the private rented sector (PRS) are leaving many landlords considering whether they should sell up or switch to using an agent, research reveals.
The findings from Uswitch highlight...
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