Last year, the number of complaints against letting agents soared, making them by far the biggest part of the Property Ombudsman’s workload. Landlords were slightly more likely to complain than tenants.
The subject has had an interesting airing in The Guardian, where respected writer Patrick Collinson said he was surprised that the issue has not been raised at any building society annual meeting.
A buy-to-let landlord has been jailed for 30 months by Bradford Crown Court and banned from being a company director for five years after a £1m-plus mortgage fraud.
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.
