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BTL landlord hit with £13,500 fine for HMO failings

Friday 14th June 2024
Property Industry - Marc Da Silva

The owners of a large House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) in Haringey have been fined £13,500 after failing to repair multiple hazards…

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Eco-Improvements demanded by most tenants - new bank survey

Friday 14th June 2024
Graham Norwood

A small survey by a bank suggests that almost 100% of buy to let investors surveyed have received requests from tenants for some form of sustainable…

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Word-for-Word - Conservative Rental and Housing Manifesto Pledges

Wednesday 12th June 2024
Graham Norwood

The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and related…

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WARNING: 'Bashing landlords will make PRS as bad as social homes'

Monday 10th June 2024
Helen Gregory

Standards in the PRS will soon fall to those in the social sector if regulation and licensing continues to push smaller landlords out, a leading letting…

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Tenants rent for longer according to latest government survey

Wednesday 5th June 2024
Graham Norwood

Tenants today spend 12% longer in the same property before switching, than they did a decade ago. Analysis of the English Housing Survey shows the average private tenant currently spends 4.3 years in their rental home.…

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RICS guide for investors, landlords and other users at auctions

Wednesday 5th June 2024
Graham Norwood

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched what it calls an "impartial" guide for landlords, investors and others buying or selling…

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Rents may be rising again over the summer - new prediction

Wednesday 5th June 2024
Graham Norwood

The latest Rental Index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows rents hit their highest levels since October over the last month. Rents across England rose by over 1% between April and May. This means rents are now 6% higher year-on-year.…

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Rents hit new six month high with levels not seen since October

Monday 3rd June 2024
The Negotiator - Robyn Hall

Average rents went up by 1.4% during May, hitting the highest levels seen since October with year-on-year rents for up…

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OPINION: Weak policing of bad landlords is the problem – not Section 21 evictions

Monday 3rd June 2024
The Negotiator - Nigel Lewis

Section 21 evictions have been blamed for the UK's rising homelessness problem, but in reality they are just the symptom of…

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The Renters Reform Bill Is Dead (Section 21 Lives To Fight Another Day)

Thursday 30th May 2024
Property Investment Project

I know this isn't a "NEWS FLASH" kind of place - the likes of LandlordToday and LandlordZone manage all that mundane guff well enough - but honestly, I just can't…

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