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Large areas of the country will be without vital legal advice to prevent eviction if the government can’t get law firms to take part in its Housing Loss Prevention Advice…

Economic headwinds facing the construction industry put the brakes on the build-to-rent sector last year. Build cost inflation and labour shortages meant that it only grew by 14% in 2022…

A former Generation Rent campaigner is now working as an advisor shaping private rented sector policy at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Caitlin Wilkinson – policy advisor…

The Tories should take the blame for the landlord exodus and crisis-hit private rental sector, according to one leading investment guru. Financial columnist and author Matthew Lynn says that for…

A Government investigation into damp and mould in the social housing sector has disclosed initial findings which show a significant number of homes in the social sector are affected by…

Two London landlords have been handed hefty rent repayment orders for letting poorly managed, unlicensed HMOs. Five tenants shared £14,055 after a First Tier Property Tribunal ruled that the shared…

England’s HMO market has shrunk by more than 21,000 properties in the last two years as local councils ramp up planning rules and licensing schemes. Numbers were down by -2.4%…

The festive period is over, and as we enter the second month of 2023, the year has well and truly begun. For many landlords, 2022 was a mixture of tough…

Landlords with properties in central London saw the highest levels of tenant demand across England and Wales in the last quarter of 2022. After falling out of favour during the…

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has promised to scrap most leaseholds in England this year. The government will make it much easier for leaseholders in flats to take over their buildings…