Category: Property News

The number of selective and HMO additional licensing schemes launched this year has already equalled last year’s total as councils come under pressure to tackle private rental housing standards. Thirty-two…

Property sector bosses have urged the government to give landlords stronger laws to take back possession of their property if it has been abandoned. In a letter to Housing Secretary…

It’s hard not to come to the conclusion after reading the most popular articles, discussions and comments in multiple landlord news portals that landlords are being blamed, disregarded and punished…

Students face two years of challenging housing supply as rental stock dwindles while demand remains high. According to rental guarantor service Housing Hand, with rent reforms now not due until…

London’s rental market is contracting dramatically as landlords exist the market, a new joint report by estate agency Savills and the London School of Economics has highlighted. Its report, which…

A court has heard the terrifying story of a tenant who attacked his landlords with a home-made flame thrower within his shared apartment. Landlords Waldemar and Justyna Fijakowski were cleaning…

Landlords have warned the Bank of England that its decision to raise the base rate by a quarter of a percent to 5.25% will only put more pressure on to…

The average rent for a property in the UK has hit a historic high of £1,367 a month, helping push void periods between tenancies down to their lowest ever, an…

The pattern of office working is changing and nowhere is its effect on commercial property being felt more strongly than in London’s Docklands’ Canary Wharf. A once thriving financial centre…

Home buying company the Open Property Group (OPG) has reported a 56% jump in PRS property purchases during the past year, with landlords blaming red tape for their decision to…