2+ week, 5+ day ago   (466+ words) Analysis by lettings agency brand Benham and Reeves found that almost two-thirds – at 62.7% – of landlords intend to maintain their current portfolio over the next year, while just 3.9% plan to expand. The research ranks landlord taxation ranking as both the biggest…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (314+ words) Policymakers should treat landlords and tenants as if they are on the same side or risk a shortfall of rental properties, an industry expert claims. It comes as the latest Landlord Trends data from Pegasus Insight, shows tenant demand has…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (688+ words) When the Renters’ Rights Act became law on 1st May, ministers billed it as “the biggest shake-up to renters’ rights in a generation.” Renting reform was urgently needed. But three months on, renters increasingly look like collateral damage in their own…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (615+ words) More than eight of 10 tenants support Burnham’s rent controls, new data reveals. A survey of 5,607 tenants by SpareRoom this month revealed the overwhelming support for the reforms. Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham has confirmed that he is considering introduction…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (353+ words) Landlords are taking out more mortgages to buy properties despite the battering they have received from recent legislative and tax changes, latest figures show. UK Finance, the trade organisations for mortgage lenders, has revealed that the number of loans advanced…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (272+ words) A national rent stabilisation scheme has been proposed by a leading think tank that would limit rent increases while avoiding the supply and investment problems often associated with rent controls. Writing in Red Brick, Tazu Walden (pictured) says 2.4 million households…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (292+ words) Generation Rent has accused landlords and letting agents of exploiting the deposit protection system to hold onto tenants’ money and is demanding the Government take action against those who make inflated claims. Writing in The Big Issue, Dan Wilson Craw…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (259+ words) Rent controls must be used to cut welfare spending and ease cost-of-living pressures for millions of tenants, a Labour MP has suggested. Writing for LabourList, Margaret Mullane (pictured), MP for Dagenham and Rainham, says: “Given the focus that exists on…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (295+ words) Private landlords should receive targeted support from the Government’s £5billion Warm Homes Fund to help meet proposed EPC requirements for privately rented homes, according to the Committee on Fuel Poverty. It says lower-income landlords should be prioritised as many may struggle…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (225+ words) Landlords are being squeezed out of the private rented sector by an increasing number of hidden costs, it has been revealed. Alongside higher mortgage rates, landlords are also facing rising repair bills, insurance premiums, licensing charges and compliance costs, with…...