Category: Property News

The government has shared out £14 million between seven areas in England to crack down on rogue landlords and help councils drive up standards. Funding includes £2.3 million for Greater…

London Renters Union will picket successful estate agents across the capital next week who it blames for pushing up rents to unaffordable levels. Protests are planned in Tower Hamlets, Hackney…

Tom Entwistle, a residential and commercial landlord since the 1970s and founder of LandlordZONE, offers a landlord’s perspective on a topical issue. In this article, Tom shares his insights on…

A landlord who illegally rented out an unsafe room to a family with a baby has been fined just £300 despite ignoring a legal request to fix an unsafe property.…

Estate agency Hamptons has warned that the Chancellor’s changes to the capital gains tax system announced in his Autumn statement last week will cost landlords up to £2,600 more each…

The boss of a large London borough has asked LandlordZONE readers who have properties within its borders to respond to the council’s consultation on a larger selective licensing scheme. Tony…

Merton Council, which includes the famous Wimbledon lawn tennis centre, is embarking on a big push to license all rented properties and HMOs in the borough as well as limiting…

Brighton & Hove Council is squeezing its HMO sector even harder by introducing a tough new set of policies designed to reduce their impact on local communities. Its City Plan…

Leading evictions expert Paul Shamplina (main pic) has called out Generation Rent’s claim that private renters are “under stress like never before” as eviction activity rises within the private rented…

The way that private rented sector (PRS) landlords operate their properties in Wales is going through one of the biggest changes in decades as the Welsh Government, under its devolved…