The Landlord Knowledge editorial team covers UK buy-to-let and property investment news, policy, regulation, and finance. Our reporting focuses on the issues that matter most to private landlords and property investors across the UK.
Headed by Leon Hopkins, author of The Landlord's Handbook.
Coventry Council’s decision to press ahead with its landlord licensing scheme are irresponsible and in disregard of Government guidelines, the National Landlord Knowledges Association has…
Some landlords are refusing to allow tenants move out during the coronavirus crisis for fear of being unable to find new tenants. This is the…
Failure to pass on rent to a landlord client, failure to undertake promised work prior to letting, failure to evict a tenant as instructed and…
Lockdown conditions have left 373,000 property purchases stuck in the system, says property website Zoopla in its latest UK Cities House Price Index. Mostly comprised…
There are no plans to ban rent increases during the coronavirus crisis, Housing Minister Christopher Pincher has told the House of Commons. ‘All tenants remain…
There are now 220,000 fewer private landlords and close to 160,000 fewer rental homes than in 2017. The finding comes from estate agent Hamptons International…
Demand for rental property has already bounced back from the initial shock caused by the coronavirus crisis, the property website Zoopla has reported. Its first…
Home Office ‘Right to Rent’ rules, obliging landlords to check on the residency status of tenants, is legal, the Court of Appeal ruled this week….
Liverpool City Council is to challenge the Government over its decision not to allow renewal of its landlord licensing scheme. The scheme had been running…
Even amid the Coronavirus turmoil, landlords should remember that there are important legal changes coming into effect this year – some even this month….
Landlords have asked Coventry City Council to defer introduction to an extension of its HMO licensing scheme due to come into effect on 4 May….
National estate agent Savills has said it expects the residential rental sector to be less volatile that the house sale market during the coronavirus crisis….
A ‘stamp duty holiday’ may be needed to help the housing market bounce back in a post coronavirus world, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors…
Nothing in the Government’s emergency measures for dealing with the Coronavirus excuses landlords from their legal responsibilities. They are still required to provide and maintain…
For the latest information and guidance from the Government, please visit. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-and-renting-guidance-for-landlords-tenants-and-local-authorities Published 9 April 2020 Much of the country has been shut down in…
