Tag: Landlords

Government to buy empty homes to house asylum seekers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th July 2025, 9 months ago | 22

The UK government has a strategy to address the growing challenge of housing asylum seekers by acquiring empty homes and...

Landlords called out for tenant ’emergencies’ from lightbulbs to leaks

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th July 2025, 9 months ago | 12

Landlords summoned to address what a tenant describes as an ’emergency’ find that many of these issues prove to be...

Generation Rent claims that tenants lose ‘millions’ in unfair deposit deductions

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd July 2025, 9 months ago | 11

Nearly half (46%) of renters are unaware they can contest deposit deductions they believe are unwarranted, which means renters are...

‘Landlords turned into border officials’ under Right to Rent warns Peer

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2025, 9 months ago | 4

A member of the House of Lords has criticised Right to Rent checks, saying they effectively turn “ordinary landlords into...

Oh dear, Angela Rayner. What can landlords do to help you on LHA?

Author: Landlord Crusader

11th July 2025, 10 months ago | 13

As Ronan Keating once said: “You say it best, when you say nothing at all”,  Angela’s appearance in front of...

Landlords brace for uncertainty as Renters’ Rights Bill looms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th July 2025, 10 months ago | 2

Landlords are concerned over the Renters’ Rights Bill as pressure mounts over when the bill will pass, claims an industry...

The disconnect between tenant groups and landlords is shameful

Author: Landlord Crusader

4th July 2025, 10 months ago | 4

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

Call to protect tenants from rent rises after EPC upgrades

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd July 2025, 10 months ago | 5

Private tenants will be protected from rent rises under an amendment to the Renters’ Rights Bill when a landlord carries...

Persistent lack of rent top ups?

Author: Readers Question

1st July 2025, 10 months ago | 5

Hi everyone, I have an annoying situation. In 2023, the LHA paid most of the tenant’s rent excepting £25 pcm,...

Council unveils proposed licensing scheme consultation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th June 2025, 10 months ago | 3

A council is urging residents, landlords and tenants to share their views on a proposed additional licensing scheme. The proposed...

BTL mortgage lenders roll out new rates for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th June 2025, 10 months ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage providers Molo and ModaMortgages have unveiled new pricing structures and products aimed at boosting affordability for...

Landlords need financial help to implement ‘flawed’ EPCs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th June 2025, 10 months ago | 0

A push to boost the energy efficiency of British homes is at risk of collapse due to insufficient funding and...

Government delays the phasing out of RTS energy meters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd June 2025, 10 months ago | 2

The government has intervened to delay a planned mass switch-off of the Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS) meters which are used...

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

Author: Landlord Crusader

20th June 2025, 10 months 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, 10 months ago | 31

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

Landlords urged to act early for the Renters’ Rights Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th June 2025, 11 months ago | 15

The abolition of fixed-term tenancy agreements and replacing them with open-ended, periodic arrangements will redefine the dynamics between landlords and...

We need more landlords for immigration and students – Bank chief

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th June 2025, 11 months ago | 12

The UK’s increasing population and immigration levels are piling pressure on the private rented sector, the boss of Paragon Bank...

The Times wants to speak to landlords deciding whether to stick or twist

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th May 2025, 11 months ago | 3

Are you a landlord who’s finding it harder to stay in the market? The Sunday Times is working on a...

Labour’s tax raid on landlords: A recipe for higher rents and housing chaos

Author: Landlord Crusader

23rd May 2025, 11 months ago | 21

All private landlords know the PRS is under siege, and Labour’s latest madcap tax proposals are pouring fuel on an...

Some people believe in fairies but can we afford fantasy in government?

Author: Readers Question

20th May 2025, 11 months ago | 5

If you are not competent, or perhaps if you are dishonest or delusional, then you may not realise that you...