Tag: Private Rented Sector
Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team
27th April 2026, 1 month ago |
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Rental scams are on the rise as supply dwindles ahead of the Renters’ Rights Act, claims an estate agent. Essex...
Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team
24th April 2026, 1 month ago |
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The Shadow Housing Secretary has said he has received a Section 21 notice, blaming Labour’s housing reforms for prompting landlords...
Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team
14th April 2026, 2 months ago |
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With rising buy to let mortgage costs back in focus after more than 1,300 products being pulled since the end...
Author: Mark Alexander
7th April 2026, 2 months ago |
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The overlooked statistic from England’s housing data that could reshape the policy debate. Housing debates in Britain often start from...
Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team
2nd April 2026, 2 months ago |
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Housebuilding in Scotland has reached record lows, with the Scottish government off target on its promise to build 110,000 affordable...
Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team
26th March 2026, 2 months ago |
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The government is urging landlords to upgrade their properties to the Decent Homes Standard at “the earliest opportunity”. While the...
Author: Mark Alexander
20th March 2026, 2 months ago |
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Public trust rarely rests on one source. This week, attention has turned to Shelter’s Trustpilot profile, where the charity is...
Author: Mark Alexander
13th March 2026, 3 months ago |
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An open letter to Shelter Scotland: if you want to work with landlords, let’s start with the evidence In a...
Author: Mark Alexander
10th March 2026, 3 months ago |
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Part 1 of a series revisiting the questions raised by the late David Knox FCA, AKA ‘Appalled Landlord’. “ If...
Author: Landlord Crusader
6th March 2026, 3 months ago |
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Like Thelma and Louise hurtling towards the cliff edge, more people are beginning to see the problems coming with the...
Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team
6th March 2026, 3 months ago |
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The government insists private landlords must not wait until the Decent Homes Standard 2035 deadline to improve rental properties. Under...
Author: Mark Alexander
4th March 2026, 3 months ago |
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Claims that evictions are “surging” have become a familiar feature of the housing debate. Campaign groups repeat them in press...
Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team
4th March 2026, 3 months ago |
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A peer in the House of Lords has pressed the government to explain whether exemptions for EPCs are slowing down...
Author: Mark Alexander
3rd March 2026, 3 months ago |
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Across Europe, governments facing similar housing pressures are making markedly different choices about how to regulate and tax private rental...
Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team
3rd March 2026, 3 months ago |
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Landlords and agents can bring inspection standards into line with the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) as the...
Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team
2nd March 2026, 3 months ago |
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Property118 is publishing this analysis because the private rented sector is shrinking in plain sight, and the people who pay...
Author: Landlord Crusader
27th February 2026, 3 months ago |
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Reform UK’s pledge to repeal the Renters’ Rights Act and John Lewis exiting its much-trumpeted build to rent fiasco shows...
Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team
11th February 2026, 4 months ago |
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The government claim a guarantor can act as a barrier to renting for some tenants. In answer to a written...
Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team
10th February 2026, 4 months ago |
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Landlords will need to fork out £26.5 billion to meet the new Decent Homes Standard, according to government data. Statistics...
Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team
5th February 2026, 4 months ago |
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Most landlords remain profitable, but confidence is under strain as the Renters’ Rights Act edges closer, research reveals. The findings...