Private landlords are seeing the number of tenants with severe rent arrears fall for the first time in a year.
Newham starts private landlord licensing
The first council-wide private landlord licensing scheme is underway – and landlords who fail to sign up risk fines of up to £20,000.
Carbon monoxide: 50 Deaths a year
Did you know that carbon monoxide causes the deaths of around 50 people each year in England and Wales – and around 200 more suffer serious injuries as a result of exposure. As a private landlord your responsibilities are greater than most people’s when it comes to gas, the law […]
Illegal eviction warning to landlords
Landlords must follow eviction procedures when they want a tenant to leave and should not take matters in to their own hands.
Rents are falling…really, claims letting agent
Buy to let rents have gone down in the past five years – not up, according to research by a leading letting agency.
Boris wants better buy to lets for London
London mayor Boris Johnson doesn’t generally do things by halves – and launching his new London Rental Standard took up part of a 60-page strategy on housing for the capital.
Case dropped against fraud case letting agents
A family of letting agents have who denied a joint fraud charge have escaped prosecution after repaying landlords cash that allegedly went missing when they closed for business.
Buyers save 33% shopping for homes at auction
Homes at under the hammer at auctions cost 32% less than the average house price.
Google grabs share of buy to let mortgage market
Search engine giant Google has lined up another assault on the mortgage market with the launch of a new buy to let loan comparison service.
UK buy to let hot spots mapped
A heat map analysis showing private rental activity has revealed most buy to lets are in just 25% of the country.
