Lettings & Management

Shelter has another ill-informed dig at landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th July 2023, 3 years ago | 25

The housing charity Shelter says a major contributing factor to rising homelessness is the instability of private renting – and...

Is letting agent trying to take advantage?

Author: Readers Question

27th July 2023, 3 years ago | 6

Hello, I am a professional letting agent and I am trying to assist one of our landlords with an issue...

Most landlords will raise rents if mortgage costs rise

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th July 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Most landlords – 61% – said they would raise rents to meet rising mortgage costs, a survey reveals. The study...

Landlords face secret subletting surge

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th July 2023, 3 years ago | 7

A worrying trend among tenants who have been secretly subletting their landlords’ properties has been revealed. The study from Direct...

Government figures show Renters (Reform) Bill will cost agents £278.7m

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th July 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Let-only agents are being urged to turn their landlord clients into fully managed clients after government figures show that the...

Industry body urges letting agents to comply with regulations

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th July 2023, 3 years ago | 1

An industry body has warned letting agents not to become complacent when it comes to the Renters Reform Bill. Propertymark...

UK landlords prefer to sell up than spend on EPC upgrades

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th July 2023, 3 years ago | 9

The UK government’s EPC proposals to make rental properties more energy efficient may backfire, as a new survey suggests that...

Gove calls for EPC upgrade delay for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th July 2023, 3 years ago | 44

The Housing Secretary Michael Gove says the Government is ‘asking too much too quickly’ of landlords to comply with EPC...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales amid housing crunch

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th July 2023, 3 years ago | 3

The buy to let market is booming as landlords enjoy higher returns on their properties, according to a new report...

Rents hit new high as landlords deal with ‘queues of prospective tenants’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st July 2023, 3 years ago | 2

Tenants are feeling the squeeze as new rents outside of London have hit a new record high of £1,231 –...

Sadiq Khan demands licensing powers to clamp down on short-term lets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th July 2023, 3 years ago | 18

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is demanding that he be handed powers to tackle London’s rented home supply which...

Rents rise at the quickest pace since 2016

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th July 2023, 3 years ago | 1

The UK’s renters have seen average rent prices rocket by 5.1% in the year to June, the highest annual increase...

Co-Op Bank gets in bed with Shelter to make wild claims

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th July 2023, 3 years ago | 22

First, it was a claim by Generation Rent that families are being evicted every 15 minutes – but now Shelter...

Landlords and councils urged to find homes for Afghan refugees

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th July 2023, 3 years ago | 15

Landlords in the private rented sector and local councils are being urged by the government to help house Afghan refugees...

Landlords urged to join the fight against cannabis farms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th July 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC) across the South West have united to lobby landlords and letting agents to identify and...

Landlords will ‘need inventories’ if tenants can legally keep pets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th July 2023, 3 years ago | 13

Worried landlords should consider inventories as a defence should the Renters (Reform) Bill become law and tenants get a legal...

Tenants challenging rent rises face HIGHER rents as a result

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th July 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Renters attempting to challenge rent increases are discovering that tribunals often grant landlords even higher rents, one newspaper reveals. One...

More than 1 million tenants will be over 65

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th July 2023, 3 years ago | 1

The private rented sector (PRS) needs to prepare for more than one million tenants being over the age of 65...