County Durham landlords could face a wider selective licensing net from April 2027 after the council confirmed plans for a fresh scheme covering an estimated…
Average rents moved in different directions across the UK in April, with Scotland, Northern Ireland and London all posting firm monthly rises while Wales and…
Melton Building Society will enter the limited company buy-to-let market on 11 May with six products aimed at incorporated landlords, widening the options available to…
Most landlords are still making money from buy-to-let despite heavier regulation, rising costs and softer tenant demand, with new research putting profitability at 84 percent…
Telford & Wrekin Council is preparing to decide whether smaller HMOs should be brought into an additional licensing scheme from 20 August, a move that…
Liverpool City Council has opened a fresh consultation on the future of selective licensing, with landlords now facing the prospect of a scheme that could…
Average rents across England fell by 0.6 percent in April, according to the latest Goodlord Rental Index, giving landlords one of the clearest signs yet…
Most landlords say their portfolios are still profitable and average yields have edged up again, but confidence in the private rented sector has weakened as…
Official take-up of the government’s Renters’ Rights Act information sheet still looks low relative to the size of England’s private rented sector, raising the risk…
A Leeds landlord has been hit with a higher financial penalty after appealing council enforcement action over safety and management failings at a Harehills rental…
The Home Office’s latest Right to Rent consultation has reopened a long-running problem for landlords: how to carry out immigration checks without creating fresh discrimination…
Landlords and second-home buyers now account for most Stamp Duty receipts in more than half of English councils, according to new Paragon Bank analysis of…
Tenant swaps are set to become a more common pressure point for landlords under the Renters’ Rights Act, with deposit protection provider mydeposits warning that…
Rent growth across England slowed in the first quarter of 2026 despite widespread expectations that landlords would push through sharper increases before the Renters’ Rights…
Derby City Council has prosecuted two landlords after they failed to hand over tenancy and rent records during housing standards investigations, in a reminder that…
