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Landlords’ arrears are growing at a faster rate than homeowners’, according to new research that suggests fewer investors are being shielded from economic headwinds. Octane Capital found that buy-to-let arrears…

A rogue letting agency boss who used heavies to scare tenants and misled them about their rights has been ordered to pay £8,000. Four residents complained to Tower Hamlets Council’s…

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…

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…

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…

A major Midlands council is considering a selective licencing when its additional licencing scheme for HMOs finishes in 2025 as it seeks to answer critics who believe this type of…

Rising rents and frozen Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates mean that more and more tenants on low incomes can’t find an affordable place to live. What’s more, for those lucky…

Landlords and student groups have teamed up to tidy Leeds’s streets during student changeover week. The city hosts about 37,000 students, the vast majority of whom will move house each…

A tenant who failed to convince a judge that his landlord did not give him statutory tenancy deposit information is taking his case to the High Court. Merryck Lowe’s application…

It used to be the case that you could let your residential rental property and forget it, leaving your tenants to enjoy the accommodation in peace, without any disturbances. However,…