Energy Performance Certificate legislation is to be used to crack down on illegal landlords who let out....
Asking price rents rose in most – seven out of eleven – regions last month, but fell 1.07% in London.
Kent Reliance has launched a series of buy-to-let products which place no restriction on the size of the landlord....
Poor property valuations are causing bridging loans to fall through.
The UK's largest landlord has invested for the first time in a build-to-rent scheme.
Rents now average £777 per month across the UK but with sharp regional differences, says tenancy referencing firm HomeLet.
Since its launch one year ago, over 1,200 student properties have been signed up to a new accreditation scheme.
Anyone who may have been mis-sold an interest rate swap should take their own legal advice as soon as possible and not trust the banks simply to hand over compensation.
A landlord who pleaded guilty to unlawfully evicting her tenant has been sentenced to 80 hours of unpaid community work and ordered to pay the tenant £460.
A London council is considering moving low-income families out of the capital because it can no longer afford to accommodate them in private rented homes. Nearly 3,000 people, including children, who are on the council’s waiting list, could be part of the exodus.
Standards must be raised across the private rented sector to make the market work better for tenants, the Office of Fair Trading has said.
The OFT report may not go far enough, the RICS believes. Peter Bolton-King, residential director, said: “The OFT report adds yet another voice to those calling for changes to the lettings market.
