Tag: landlord costs

Landlords boost profits despite rising start-up and running costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2025, 1 year ago | 0

Landlords are enjoying higher profits despite facing steeper start-up and running expenses, research reveals. According to lettings and acquisition specialist,...

The disconnect between tenant groups and landlords is shameful

Author: Landlord Crusader

4th July 2025, 1 year ago | 4

Sometimes a story lands that shows the true colours of critics and this week Generation Rent (yes, them again) say...

Landlords are not cash cows – but we are caught up in the EPC net

Author: Landlord Crusader

20th June 2025, 1 year ago | 21

Are there any other landlords who are fed up with the narrative that we are swimming in wealth, ready to...

Landlords face soaring costs and EPC downgrades under new rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th June 2025, 1 year ago | 31

Landlords face “death by a thousand clipboard checks” over new EPC rules that have come into force. The government announced...

Proposed Northern Ireland Bill aims to limit unfair letting fees

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th June 2025, 1 year ago | 0

A new Bill being proposed in Northern Ireland aims to address excessive fees being charged to tenants by letting agents...

Wear and tear rules are ‘outdated’ as remote working surges

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th May 2025, 1 year ago | 5

The shift to remote working has transformed how homes are used, but rental laws lag, causing disputes and financial strain...

Why EPC costs and not the Renters’ Rights Bill could collapse the private rented sector

Author: Landlord Crusader

17th April 2025, 1 year ago | 6

The private rented sector (PRS) is teetering on the edge of a cliff, and the government seems determined to give...

Landlords reveal their costliest mistakes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th April 2025, 1 year ago | 7

Research has revealed a range of expensive mistakes that landlords make with 19% of them saying that costly renovations that...

Councils reap £327m from landlord licensing fees

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th March 2025, 1 year ago | 3

Britain’s landlords have handed over an astonishing £327,737,160 to the top 50 local authorities through property licensing schemes, research reveals....

Lawyer criticises Renters’ Rights Bill impact assessment for underestimating costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th November 2024, 2 years ago | 4

A lawyer has slammed the Renters’ Rights Bill impact assessment, calling it “unreliable.” David Smith, head of dispute resolution at...

Landlords and agents set to bear brunt of £33M cost of Renters’ Rights Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th November 2024, 2 years ago | 33

The impact of the Renters’ Rights Bill is expected to cost £33 million a year, but the government insists it...

Third of homes for sale fail to meet EPC C rating

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th October 2024, 2 years ago | 6

A third of all homes for sale in Britain have an EPC rating below C, according to new research. A...

Landlords face decades-long wait to recoup EPC upgrade costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th October 2024, 2 years ago | 12

It could take landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) more than two decades to recoup the costs of upgrading...

EPC madness: Are EPCRR judgements failing?

Author: Readers Question

3rd October 2024, 2 years ago | 19

I want to be environmentally conscious (who doesn’t?) and improve the legacy of both property and planet. I also want...

Landlords face £24 billion bill to retrofit properties to EPC C

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th September 2024, 2 years ago | 1

Reaching EPC C targets could cost landlords a staggering £24 billion, according to new research. A report by software platform...

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...