“Suburban renting accounts for the largest proportion of renters in every region apart from London,” said Nick Whitten of JLL. These homes account for around 60pc of…

Airbnb has called for the Government to ban “no fault” evictions to stop landlords kicking tenants out of properties so they can be turned into short-term holiday…

Tenants are refusing to leave rental properties because the extreme shortage of rental homes has meant they cannot find anywhere else to live. The shortage of rental…

Lenders have rushed to sign up landlords up to “green mortgages” amid panic over eco rules that will force investors to make homes more energy efficient. The…

Since punishing tax changes were introduced in 2016, more investors have fled the buy-to-let market than have entered. But last year it bucked this trend, marking a…

As well as its relatively low prices, Filey has a glorious five-mile stretch of sand. And, unlike nearby Scarborough, the former fishing village hasn’t yet been scarred…

Almost three quarters of London-based landlords bought their buy-to-lets outside the capital in the first three months of this year, compared with less than a quarter a decade…

On the face of it, incorporation sounded an ideal solution, but when you dug into the details – the mortgage deals already held that would need to…

Private landlords face rises of hundreds of pounds in their mortgage payments each year as they bear the brunt of higher interest charges from banks.  Mortgage brokers…

“Inflation is up and interest rates have not caught up yet, so there is a window for people to take advantage of that now,” said Mr Armstrong….

A £25,000 budget would be enough to cover the £15,530 deposit on an average flat, plus stamp duty. A cash sum of this size would also just…

Mr Irons said: “I live in an HMO out of necessity, not choice, and I have no influence over the other tenants’ use of gas and electricity….

David Smith, of JMW Solicitors, said: “It happens all the time. Any situation where a tenant goes to the local authority to find a new home, the…

The drop in incomes will hit just as tenants see energy bills rise by 120pc this year to reach an expected average of £2,800 by October, in…

Alan Murdie, a housing lawyer and council tax specialist, said: “From my research, there have only been a couple of cases of successful challenges.” One of these…

Thousands of hopeful tenants have been scammed out of deposits for non-existent rental properties by fraudsters exploiting the red-hot housing market.  More than 5,000 people were victims…

Landlords who want to offer homes to Ukrainian refugees will be hit by tax bills worth thousands of pounds because the tax office has failed to update…

She added: “Otherwise, often we have to take properties offline within 24 hours of listing. We had a flat in Angel last week that had 15 viewings…

“Rental growth is slowing as affordability pressures bite,” said Ms Beveridge. It is already on a downward trajectory. Rental growth in February slowed for the sixth consecutive…

More than half of landlords will increase rents to cover energy efficiency improvements, a survey has shown, after the cost of eco-upgrades drastically increased. Investors now need…

Landlords must not be excluded from funding for fire safety works related to the cladding crisis, a cross party group of MPs has urged the Government. The…

London landlords could be hit with a £15,000 cocktail of bills over the next two years after mayor Sadiq Khan doubled down on calls for rent controls…

The Government also announced plans to clamp down on holiday lets by more than doubling the number of days per year a property must be rented out to…

With these tenancies, landlords typically pay bills and council tax on behalf of tenants and then pass on a single monthly charge to renters. If council tax…