Lettings & Management

Landlords could go to prison if they don’t meet new energy rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th September 2023, 3 years ago | 25

The government is considering imposing prison sentences on landlords and property owners who do not comply with stringent new energy...

Is my letting agent responsible for a poor repair?

Author: Readers Question

8th September 2023, 3 years ago | 8

Hello, I’m looking for advice from Property118 readers regarding a situation I have with my letting agent in Scotland, and...

Angela Rayner – Will rent controls and tax rises for landlords be on the agenda?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th September 2023, 3 years ago | 13

The appointment of Angela Rayner by the Labour Party as Shadow Housing Secretary means that landlords might have a Jeremy...

Provide a fire extinguisher or no fire extinguisher?

Author: Readers Question

7th September 2023, 3 years ago | 9

Hello, what are Property118 readers thoughts on letting agents requesting a fire extinguisher and fire blanket to be fixed in...

An eviction notice is served on older tenants EVERY 16 minutes – Shelter claims

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th September 2023, 3 years ago | 21

Shelter claims that tenants over the age of 55 are being served with a section 21 ‘no fault’ eviction notice...

Tenants forced into signing ‘rent tracker’ contracts

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th September 2023, 3 years ago | 24

Letting agents say they are being asked by landlords to offer tenants a ‘rent tracker’ agreement – which enables rent...

‘Madness’ as rent prices in the UK soar to record highs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th September 2023, 3 years ago | 2

The average rent price in the UK for July 2023 was £1,243 – that’s a whopping 10.3% increase from the...

Paragon Bank cuts buy to let mortgage rates for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th September 2023, 3 years ago | 6

Paragon Bank has unveiled a major product refresh that has seen rates reduced across 22 buy to let mortgage products,...

Landlords need to be incentivised and not driven from the PRS – Propertymark

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th September 2023, 3 years ago | 0

The government needs to focus on its tax policies so that landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) are incentivised...

Birmingham landlords urged to get licensed or face penalties

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th September 2023, 3 years ago | 16

Birmingham city council says that 80% of landlords in its private rented sector (PRS) covered by the new selective and...

August sees rents remaining red hot

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th September 2023, 3 years ago | 1

The rental market remained ‘boiling hot’ in August, with the cost of rent up 10% year-on-year, according to the latest...

Students scramble for new housing as ‘luxury’ accommodation is reallocated to asylum seekers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st September 2023, 3 years ago | 27

Around 170 university students in Huddersfield have found themselves in a desperate scramble to secure new accommodation after being abruptly...

Two landlords are fined £255,000 for planning permission breaches

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st September 2023, 3 years ago | 6

Two private landlords who breached planning laws and ignored council warnings have been handed hefty fines of more than £250,000....

Landlords hit with £207,500 in fines for unlicensed HMOs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st September 2023, 3 years ago | 2

A council crackdown on unlicensed HMO landlords has seen fines worth £207,500 being imposed, though just last month it faced...

Landlords urged to ignore social media ‘experts’ and sign up to selective licensing scheme

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st August 2023, 3 years ago | 6

Landlords who are in Birmingham’s new selective licensing scheme are being urged to ignore social media ‘experts’ who say they...

Landlords pull out of London’s temporary accommodation sector

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st August 2023, 3 years ago | 7

London’s boroughs are sounding the alarm over the escalating housing pressures after it was revealed that there has been a...

Buying to Let in Northern Ireland – advice?

Author: Readers Question

31st August 2023, 3 years ago | 3

Hello, I’m thinking of looking outside England for rental opportunities but not Wales or Scotland. I would be interested in...

Generation Rent appeals to mortgage lenders not to evict tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th August 2023, 3 years ago | 30

In a bid to safeguard tenants facing potential homelessness when a landlord falls into BTL mortgage arrears, one tenants’ rights...