Just how much landlords can expect to spend on upgrading rental homes to meet energy efficiency rules under the Green Deal has been revealed by energy experts.
Troops lose £1.2m in letting agent cash fiasco
Frontline soldiers in Afghanistan are among hundreds of servicemen who lost £1.2 million when a specialist armed forces letting agency collapsed.
Town may go broke if university relocates
Landlords are reeling from news that £90 million could be earmarked to close a university campus and shift 16 miles away to a new purpose built site.
Licence v lease – Which is best?
Choosing the right rental agreement is crucial for landlords as getting it wrong can give the tenant more rights over the property than intended.
Landlords’ eviction problems to rocket
A key housing body has warned private landlords to prepare for a rise in evictions following changes to housing benefit later this year.
Landlord register is expensive failure in Scotland
A landlord register that has cost £18 million in fees and running costs has seen just 11 bad landlords reported for prosecution in six years.
Landlords need to access their properties more frequently
As a growing number of renters seek greater security through longer-term tenancies, the Landlord Syndicate warns that many landlords are not carrying out mid-tenancy checks on their properties and tenants frequently enough, leaving them at greater risk of a dispute later down the line. A number of incidents have recently […]
Landlords warned not to ignore gas safety
Gas safety watchdogs and insurers are urging landlords to comply with the law after property investor Nahida Hashim was ordered to pay nearly £1,500 in fines and costs after ignoring warnings about gas safety at a home she privately rented to tenants.
Buy to let rents up more than 3% in a year
Landlords took a hit from the season slump last month as many reduced rents to have tenants in their buy to lets over Christmas.
Cheaper landlord mortgages as lenders trim rates
Britain’s two leading buy to let lenders are flexing their financial muscle to grab a larger share of the market as landlords look to borrow more.
