Category: Property News

Private landlords and agents have started helping the government to test its impending property portal. In answer to a written question about its progress since the announcement as part of…

Trading Standards has released new guidance to help landlords and leaseholders get to grips with the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act. The law – published last June – effectively put…

Property lawyers have flagged up potential problems with eviction reform measures within the Renters Reform Bill white paper. An amendment to Section 8 notice evictions will expand the range of…

Now more than ever, in a cost of living crisis, it makes sense to take extra precautions when letting a property. Taking a guarantor or rent guarantee insurance are great…

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…