Landlords using guaranteed-rent or management deals cannot assume a fixed monthly payment will make them legally responsible for an unlicensed HMO, after an Upper Tribunal…
More than half of larger portfolio landlords expect to remortgage within the next 12 months, pointing to a busy refinance market even as many investors…
Liverpool City Council is offering grants of £5,000 to £20,000 to bring long-term empty homes back into use, with successful owners required to let at…
Private renters could pay about £1,200 less a year by 2030 if ministers combined rent caps with landlord tax reform, according to new analysis from…
Home sales are now taking 104 days to reach exchange in Great Britain, according to Connells Group, with leasehold deals proving the main drag on…
Most private renters have at least heard of the Renters’ Rights Act, but a large minority still do not understand some of the rules now…
Buy-to-let mortgage arrears fell to 8,960 in the first quarter of 2026, down 6 percent on the previous quarter and 24 percent lower than a…
Landlords with flats in cladded blocks face a tighter valuation framework from November after RICS published updated guidance on when valuers should ask for an…
Reading landlords with smaller HMOs have just over two weeks to apply for a new licence or risk a £250 surcharge, with the council also…
The UK housing market stayed soft in April, but the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors survey suggests landlords should focus less on the sales…
A Tandridge landlord has been hit with £5,000 in fixed penalties after failing to deal with housing safety risks and letting a property without a…
Average rental arrears climbed to a record £2,281 in the first quarter of 2026, according to Reposit, but the pace of growth slowed sharply to…
The government’s latest legislative programme has put leasehold reform back at the centre of housing policy, with ministers pressing ahead on commonhold, ground rents and…
Buy-to-let lenders are continuing to trim rates, restore higher loan-to-value products and rework fee structures, giving landlords a wider set of refinancing options than they…
Landlords and letting agents are facing a sharper enforcement framework after the government published fresh guidance on how councils can use investigatory powers under the…
