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In the second in a series of blogs for LandlordZONE on rental reform, Sean Hooker, Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme, shares his reaction to the Bill and what stands out for…

The Renters (Reform) Bill has finally had its first reading in Parliament, promising a fair deal to renters, faster redress for landlords and giving more details on how ‘pets with…

It would seem that successive Tory government’s have waged an ongoing and progressively more vicious war on buy-to-let landlords, but this latest layer of legislation goes much further. Yes, this…

Construction activity is continuing to grow in the UK. That’s according to the April S&P Global / CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index® (PMI), as reported by PCBToday, a Construction,…

One of the UK’s big property portals has launched an initiative to enable renters to become ‘rent ready’ as they hunt for homes. OnTheMarket.com, which is a competitor with Rightmove…

The Bank of England has hiked interest rates by 0.25 percentage points, pushing the base rate to 4.5% and raising fears that this could exacerbate rental prices and increase repossessions.…

Shelter has strenuously denied that it is involved in any rent-to-rent schemes after it was claimed that the charity was either acting as a guarantor or had placed tenants in…

A survey of almost 700 landlords, carried out by BVA BDRC for Paragon, reveals that that 67% of landlord respondents had experienced higher than usual tenant demand during the first…

According to the findings of recent research commissioned by infinitSpace, in partnership with The Instant Group, the majority of UK office landlords have not made any concrete plans to improve…

Buy-to-let mortgage searches were down 23% in April compared to the previous month, while investors have been putting down larger deposits as high-interest rates bite. Research by Twenty7tec shows that average…