Lettings & Management

Just one in six university campus rooms are affordable for students

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th August 2024, 2 years ago | 2

Just 17% of on-campus university rooms in the UK are classed as affordable for students – that’s one in six...

Tenants are searching further afield for a home amid rental shortage

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th August 2024, 2 years ago | 1

The UK’s rental market remains intensely competitive, with tenants facing a perfect storm of surging demand, dwindling supply and escalating...

Labour confirms its EPC plan for landlords – Propertymark calls for ‘incentives’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th August 2024, 2 years ago | 28

Labour has confirmed plans for rented properties to achieve a minimum Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) grade C by 2030. Miatta...

NRLA backs landlord database plan

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th August 2024, 2 years ago | 35

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has thrown its weight behind government plans for a new landlord database, insisting it...

Landlords using OpenRent to lose Rightmove access

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th August 2024, 2 years ago | 10

Landlords using OpenRent to find tenants will lose Rightmove access, it has been announced today (6 August). Rightmove says it...

Flats emerge as the top buy to let investment

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th August 2024, 2 years ago | 6

Falling property values and soaring rents make flats the most profitable option for landlords, according to new research. The findings...

Labour: Landlords can’t evict tenants if it makes them worse off

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th August 2024, 2 years ago | 94

Labour is looking to prevent landlords from evicting tenants who have nowhere else to live, the Telegraph reports. It says...

Sublet Registration fees?

Author: Readers Question

5th August 2024, 2 years ago | 9

Hi, I’m looking for advice on sublet registration fees. Case law appears to indicate that if ‘classified’ as registration fees...

Can I terminate landlord agreement without paying fees?

Author: Readers Question

5th August 2024, 2 years ago | 10

Hello, I have a portfolio of eight rental properties in the Kent area and they are managed by a local...

CLA warns of the economic impact of abolishing FHL tax relief

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th August 2024, 2 years ago | 2

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has criticised the government’s decision to abolish the Furnished Holiday Lettings (FHL) tax...

Propertymark says Section 24 tax change is fuelling the rental crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th August 2024, 2 years ago | 4

A government policy intended to level the playing field for landlords has instead sparked a crisis in the private rented...

The Realities of Private Sector Landlords: Profit, Costs, and the Rental Market

Author: Julie Ford

5th August 2024, 2 years ago | 1

In recent years, the private rental market has come under intense scrutiny, with accusations of landlords profiteering at the expense...

SRA to investigate landlord and tenant solicitors amid surge in complaints

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th August 2024, 2 years ago | 2

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is launching an investigation into landlord and tenant law solicitors following a sharp rise in...

Where short-term lets are squeezing the UK housing market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd August 2024, 2 years ago | 1

New figures reveal a dramatic rise in short-term lets across the UK, with Hartlepool experiencing a staggering 122% increase in...

One in five renters forced to find rent guarantor

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd August 2024, 2 years ago | 4

One in five private tenants has been forced to use a rent guarantor to secure their home as competition to...

Generation Rent says ‘homes, not landlords’ is the key to rent affordability

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st August 2024, 2 years ago | 25

Metropolitan areas in England that significantly increased their housing stock since 2015 are more likely to have experienced improved rent...

Tenant to property ratio is easing – but demand will remain high

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st August 2024, 2 years ago | 0

The gap between the number of tenants and available rental properties is set to narrow by 2030 – but there...

Housing Ombudsman launches special investigation into London council

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st August 2024, 2 years ago | 2

The Housing Ombudsman has announced a special investigation into Lewisham Council following a damning record of complaints handling. A staggering...