Landlords stay positive as rise in rents helps overcome falls in capital gains
Landlord confidence has taken a hit in the last three months, according to a survey, but 42 percent still think now is a good time to invest. Increasing tenant demand has fuelled optimism and cushioned slower capital gains, said property services company LSL...

Any buy to let landlord offering unregulated lease options could be heading for disaster, says expert
A property expert is warning tenants to stay away from landlords and companies that provide unregulated schemes offering the chance to rent a property with an option to buy it. David Lawrenson of Lettingfocus.com, a private rented sector consultant, has...

For property investment portfolio profit head to a university town
Private landlords with properties in university towns may discover their portfolios are of greater value, according to figures from Lloyds TSB. The statistics show the majority of cities that are home to educational establishments have seen increased house prices...

New scheme provides back-up for buy to let landlords
A West Country company leading an initiative to combat rogue tenants has received backing from lettings agents and landlords. TenantVet, which is based in Swindon, Wiltshire, has developed a database system telling agencies whether a prospective tenant has...

Landlords see slowdown in value of their properties but - prices continue to rise
Average UK property prices were 6.1 percent higher this July than last, currently standing at £200,913. The figures published in the Assetz House Price Watch are collated from five leading house price indices - Halifax, Nationwide, RightMove, CLG House Price...

New landlord partnership aims to promote best practice
A new initiative to bring local authorities and residential landlords closer together has been launched by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The Local Authority Network is designed to involve local councils, share information and promote best practice.

Tenants under pressure as buy to let landlords continue to increase rents
Landlords have pushed up rents for the sixth consecutive month according to the latest Buy to Let Index from LSL Property Services. Prices were raised by 0.5 percent in July, which means the average UK rent is now £676 and stands 2.3 percent higher than a year ago.

Property investment activity is on the rise but right advice is essential says expert
Residential property company homes4u has reported a substantial increase in investor enquiries, signalling the property market is getting back on its feet. But at the same time the Manchester-based company is calling for caution among those new to investing, following...

Buy to let landlord fights back against power-stripping legislation
A landlord with more than 100 properties in his portfolio is fighting back against what he calls ?one-sided legislation against landlords?. Paul Routledge says that poorly thought-out legislation has meant landlords and their agents have become totally defenceless against rogue tenants.

TV show warning landlords of renting pitfalls features record rent arrears case
Landlord Action founder Paul Shamplina has appeared in a television programme which featured cases where rogue tenants owe landlords thousands of pounds in unpaid rent. The ITV Tonight's Nightmare Tenants gives a stark warning to landlords about the dangers...

Landlords should be tempted to invest more in buy to let, urges Countrywide
Soaring demand for rental accommodation has led to calls for more incentives to encourage buy to let landlords to invest in the market. According to Countrywide, tenant demand is at a record high with up to nine tenants competing for each property.

Now is a great time to be a landlord, says expert
A lettings specialist is claiming there is no better time to be a landlord and advises homeowners struggling to sell a property to rent it instead. But Andrew Youd, area manager for Andrews Letting & Management in the South East recognises that the market still still has its challenges. Only 18 months ago the lettings...

Buy to let loan approvals still not affecting whopping rates faced by landlords
Massive mortgage fees are still being asked of landlords despite the fact there has been a surge in loans being approved. In the second quarter of 2010 there were 24,900 buy to let mortgages granted, which represents a 13 percent increase on the previous quarter.

Buy to let landlords to benefit from revised property portal
A new Google-powered free to use property portal claims it will help make landlords? lives easier. The Big Property List, an independent business, initially came under fire for publishing estate agency sale and rental listings under a Google map viewing format.

Rent arrears is financial headache for landlords in more ways than one says NLA
Nearly a fifth of private residential landlords had tenants in rent arrears during the second quarter of this year according to recent research published by the National Landlords Association (NLA). The new figures reveal that while one third of landlords had never sought to...

Online rental market soaring as buy to let landlords browse beyond the high street
The buy to let market is looking buoyant for lettingaproperty.com as it has reported a whopping 938 percent growth in activity. The independently owned rental website has seen rental demand rocket since January this year with the unique number of...

Buy to let landlords less confident about the rental market
Landlords are less positive about the future of the buy to let market than they were six months ago, according to new research. The survey by CHL Mortgages involved 622 landlord respondents and revealed that although the majority (64 percent) was still positive...

City council wins victory over student landlord in HMO licence case
Birmingham City Council has successfully prosecuted a landlord who failed to obtain House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Licences. David Delaney Hall from Edgbaston was found guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court of failing to apply for HMO Licences for...

Peers back landlords over tax rule changes for holiday home property investment
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has teamed up with a group of House of Lords peers to lobby the government on tax rule changes for furnished holiday lettings. The association has written to the peers, led by Baroness Gardner of Parkes, to welcome...

Number of live-in landlords rising as country continues to feel the pinch
A record number of cash-strapped landlords are tackling the new mood of austerity by looking to turn part of their property into rented accommodation. The flat and house-share website Spareroom.co.uk has seen over 6,000 new live-in landlord adverts flood the site in...

Buy to let landlords in strong position as rental levels hit a record high
There has been some good news for landlords after one property specialist reported that demand for rental accommodation has reached record levels in the second quarter of the year. Countrywide plc has recorded that 50,480 new tenants registered with them for...

Landlords must hurry to bag a bargain before Olympics drives up prices
Landlords looking to jump on the Olympics bandwagon must act fast as property prices in east London are set to increase faster than anywhere else in the capital in the run up to the 2012 games. Research for Lloyds TSB has found property prices in 14 postal districts of...

Suspected gas leak kills two teens at rented buy to let holiday home
Two teenagers have died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a holiday home in Northern Ireland. Police and Heath and Safety experts are now examining why Aaron Davidson and Neill McFerran, both 18, died at in a rented seaside apartment block in Castlerock.

Are you a landlord thinking of selling? Think again says agent
Letting specialists Leaders are urging landlords considering selling a property to think again. The agency says the rental market is seeing exceptionally high demand and not enough rental properties to go around. According to Leaders this situation is pushing rents up and void periods are virtually...

Rental increases put Belfast on the prime portfolio map for property investment
Belfast rents were pushed up an average 3.7 percent in the second quarter of 2010 says a new report. A combination of fears over jobs, worries of continued declines in house prices across Northern Ireland and a lack of bank lending are responsible for...

Tax overhaul could favour UK rather than European holiday let property investment
Property investors are being warned to keep an eye out as furnished holiday let tax is due for a huge overhaul in the next budget. Around 20,000 owners will lose tax breaks that let them set off holiday home losses against other income...

Bogus buy to let landlords targeting tenants on Gumtree website
A new scam on online classified website Gumtree has been uncovered by the National Landlords Association (NLA). Potential tenants, usually from overseas, reply to advertisements on the website for rental accommodation in the UK. After supposed satisfactory emails, tenants are asked to send money to the ?landlord?...

Buy to let landlords may decide it's best to come from a broken home
Landlords thinking outside the box could consider the increasing trend of splitting their own homes in two to rent the other half. According to the most recent data collated by Communities and Local Government (CLG), there were 18.5 million separate owner...

New loan package helps buy to let landlords bridge the gap
Buy to let and commercial mortgage specialist TBMC has launched a semi-exclusive bridge-to-let scheme with Tiuta. The deal comprises a six-month bridging loan up to 75 percent of the open market value at 1.65 percent per month, while works are carried out, followed by a two-year 6.99 percent fixed buy to let mortgage.

Landlord refused family access to their rented accommodation on farm
Forest of Dean District Council has successfully prosecuted a woman who illegally evicted a family from a property in Newent. Judith Barrington, 52, of Gunns Mill Farm, Mitcheldean, pleaded guilty to illegal eviction when she appeared at Gloucester Magistrates? Court.

London buy to let landlords to cash in on tourist rentals during 2012 Olympics
New figures suggest savvy property investors stand to make an average £4,500 renting out their homes during the London 2012 Olympics. Online firm HomeAway Holiday-Rentals say buy to let and holiday home owners could expect to generate a healthy £2,000 a...

Property investment gets a boost as experts predict low interest rate is here for three years
Landlords concerned about the cost of keeping up with multiple mortgage payments will welcome predictions from economists that low rates of interest are here for at least another three years. According to experts associated with Ernst & Young, the Bank of...

Buy to let Landlords concerned about 'no-go HMO zone' threat for shared housing
Local authorities may soon have the power to declare their own ?no-go? zones for privately rented shared houses. This would replace the current need to obtain planning permission if a landlord wanted to rent out an existing family home to a group of tenants such...

Buy to let landlords in luck as mortgage struggle drives up Scottish rentals
First time buyers struggling to get on to the property ladder are helping to drive up Scotland?s rental market, according to Citylets. Research from the lettings portal suggests rents across the country are continuing to rise, while the typical time needed to let a property...

Landlords' financial restrictions could impact on student population
A lack of mortgage finance for landlords could hit students hard, according to Landlord Assist. The tenant eviction and rent collection specialist is expecting a shortage of student lets for the 2010/11 academic year, as buy to let lending remains tight...

Government moves to simplify tax rules affecting buy to let property investment
A move by the Coalition Government to simplify the taxation system will undoubtedly be welcomed by residential landlords, says Alex Huxley of Potential 2 Lettings in Ellesmere. Many buy to let landlords have struggled to keep up with the numerous...

Landlords see significant drop in tenant rent arrears during Q2
A fifth of private-residential landlords have had tenants in rent arrears over the last three months, according to new research published today by the National Landlords Association (NLA). During Q2 2010, just over 21 percent of landlords experienced rental arrears.

London buy to let landlords see conditions improve in prime residential areas
Rents in London?s prime residential market are on the rise, up 9.2 percent in the 12 months to the end of June 2010 according to the Knight Frank London Lettings Index for Q2 2010. The improving picture for landlords continued into the second quarter of 2010, with a rise of 2.6 percent in the three months to June.

City council gets tough on landlords and letting agents
Private housing landlords have been warned that Peterborough City Council does take matters seriously when landlords fail to comply with housing enforcement notices that require properties to be brought up to a suitable living standard.

Landlord fined after failing to clear up rubbish
A landlord who refused to clean up a ?grot spot? behind his property has been ordered to pay nearly £900. Mohammed Sharif, aged 41 and of Keppel Road in Chorlton, pleaded guilty to not complying with a legal notice, during a hearing at Manchester...

Economic downturn stops buy to let landlords financing new student accommodation
A lack of finance deals available to landlords will lead to a severe shortage in student accommodation for the forthcoming academic year warns Landlord Assist, the nationwide tenant eviction and rent collection firm.

Rise in tenant demand boosts buy to let landlord confidence
Nearly three times as many landlords reported that tenant demand was rising rather than falling during the second quarter of the year, Paragon Mortgages? PRS Trends Report has revealed. The quarterly snapshot of the private rented sector and buy to let market...

Landlords get more benefits and free advice fits from new accreditation scheme
Halton Borough Council is introducing its own Landlord Accreditation Scheme to help support the Private Rented Sector and the essential role landlords play in providing housing for the residents of Runcorn and Widnes.

Lack of property investment in rental properties could contribute towards housing shortage warns ARLA
The dearth in available rental properties is worsening, according to research produced recently by the Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA). Almost three quarters (70 percent) of ARLA member offices say that there are more tenants than...

Tenancy deposit firm works with landlords to draw up wear and tear guide
With so much confusion among the landlord community about the rules surrounding fair wear and tear, a government-authorised tenancy deposit protection scheme has created a guide for landlords, offering advice on how to make a fair judgement call at the end of the tenancy period...

Rental income now accounts for an increasing portion of buy to let landlord's total return
The average rent in the UK rose by 0.5 percent to £667 per month in May, according to the latest Buy to let Index from LSL Property Services plc. Rents have risen for four successive months, and are 2.7 percent higher than a year ago. The average UK rent is now...

Tenants left without hot water and heating after landlord failed to pay gas bill
A ?house of horrors? has left the landlords at a property firm facing a bill of more than £21,000. When Leeds City Council officers made a routine visit to 61 Gathorne Terrace, Chapeltown, in August they discovered a defective fire alarm system, seriously damaged...

ARMA draws up guide to help landlords cope with rules and regulations
A new guide to good practice and related issues when letting leasehold flats has been published. Despite the downturn the letting of leasehold flats is continuing at a level that still gives cause for concern where the letting is not done properly...

Forum offers advice to landlords on how to make the most out of their property investment
A free Landlord Forum for private residential landlords and letting agents in the Oxfordshire area has been organised for Thursday 29 July at 1pm, at the West Oxon Council Offices in Woodgreen, Witney. Topics being covered at the event include the legal pitfalls...

Good news for landlords in Manchester as tenant demand reaches all time high
The number of tenants looking for rental property in Manchester City Centre with a local letting agent reached an all time high this month, providing further evidence that the Manchester property market is returning...

Homeowners unable to sell their property investments should become landlords says letting specialist
Homeowners with properties they are unable to sell in the current climate are being encouraged to become landlords until the market picks up again by letting specialist Leaders. Some property experts believed that the rise in ?accidental landlords? was now on...

Buy to let landlords fear lose of rental income due to company administration
Buy to let landlords who have been using a lettings agency based in Stafford are concerned that their rental income could be in jeopardy. Confusion appears to surround exactly what has happened to GDH Property Management Services, which it is feared has...

Finance minister announces changes to landlord allowance in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland finance minister, Sammy Wilson, has announced proposals to reduce the landlord allowance on rates collection. The Article 21 allowance, which provides a discount to landlords who volunteer to collect all rates due on their properties and pay for...

Buy to let andlord who left house in disrepair is fined £2,000 in his absence
A landlord has been fined £2,000 for failing to carry out improvements to a house that was left in a state of disrepair. Wajid Hussain, aged 35, of Redlam, Blackburn, was charged with breaching an improvement notice contrary to section 30 of the Housing...

Landlord prosecuted to the tune of £42,000 for HMO failures
A firm that suffered significant management failures and allowed appalling conditions at two of its HMO properties has been twice prosecuted by a city council. Premier Properties in Bradford has been rapped by Liverpool City Council over the state of two homes the...

Buy to let landlords losing millions in rows over substandard inventories
Poorly prepared inventories are costing private landlords millions of pounds every year in lost claims, according to shock new figures. Since the introduction of the Tenancy Deposit Protection Scheme (TDPS) in 2007, the onus has been firmly with the landlord to...

Landlord who held his tenant and pregnant wife at knifepoint is jailed
A landlord and his friend have been jailed for eight months for threatening a tenant with a knife and saw. Buy to let owner Paul Adams went with Simon Viggars to Adams? property in Tunstall, Staffordshire at 3.30am and threatened the tenant and his...

Bogus buy to let landlord leased woman's home while she was on holiday
A person claiming to be a buy to let landlord managed to illegally lease a woman?s home to eight Romanians while it was on the market to be sold. The owner Gretel Malcolm then found herself locked out of the house in Tottenham, London by the people...

Small rises in mortgage rates causes property investment confusion
Many of those with property investments are unaware of the costs of small rises in mortgage interest rates, reveals a new report says Assetz. The research conducted by the Consumer Financial Education Body discovered that three-quarters of property owners could not calculate the effect on their budget of a...

Landlords' rents set to soar according to new quarterly report
Average rents have risen a reassuring four percent in the last quarter, according to FindaProperty.com?s latest report. And with the Bank of England warning of a coming mortgage famine, landlords could be see the number of first time buyers priced out of the market and...

Buy to let landlords with housing benefit tenants may have to cut rents
Private landlords may have to decrease rents on their buy to let property portfolio if they have tenants who are affected by the Chancellor?s housing benefits cuts. More than one million families who currently receive housing benefit will have to find extra money in order to...

Shortage of student bed space provides opportunity for private property investment
The reduction in key strategic funding will soon force universities to consider the transfer of non-core services such as student rental accommodation to private sector owners claims Savills' annual Student Housing Report...

Buy to let landlords in London and Essex could benefit from new lettings merger
Property chain Countrywide is continuing to expand and has bought the Letmore Group, a specialist lettings agency with seven offices in east London and Essex. Founded in 1999, The Letmore Group contains three lettings businesses; PMS Letting & Management Services, Forest Bureau and Churchill Lettings...

Landlord loses credit license for failing to declare lengthy criminal record
A landlord with an ASBO has had his credit license stripped from him after it was discovered he hid his criminal past. The Office of Fair Trading revoked Peter Hall?s license after learning he has 23 unspent criminal convictions, including GBH, theft and...

Modern day Cinderella wins top NLA accolade for female landlords
Rags to riches survivor, Juliet Ashton-Taylor has claimed the title of the National Landlords Association?s Property Woman of the Year 2010. The buy to let entrepreneur from Gateshead threw herself into property investment after she lost everything when her marriage...

Buy to let landlords looking to increase their property investment portfolios warned about weakening market
Buy to let investors will be disappointed at Bank of England figures released this week which suggest the housing market recovery may be flagging as mortgage approvals stall. The bank statistics reveal there were 49,815 loan approvals for house purchase in...

Landlords worried about rental arrears can make use of a new insurance product
A new Rent Guarantee insurance product for landlords has hit the market from Martin & Co and lettings insurance specialist HomeLet. Called the Martin & Co Promise, the scheme provides cover for missed rental payments, with 100 percent of the monthly rent...

Buy to let landlord forced to repay rent in first case of its kind in West Midlands
Birmingham City Council has obtained its first Rent Repayment order against a private landlord, recouping £7,500 of housing benefit rents collected, after he failed to secure a Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licence. The Residential Property Tribunal?s...

Landlord agrees to pay £3,500 after being reported to Equality Commission
A gay man who claimed a landlord evicted him from his property because of his sexuality has accepted a settlement of £3,500 after taking his case to the Equality Commission. The case was referred to the commission by the Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association...

Buy to let landlords warned to get paperwork in order as the taxman launches a crack down on property profits
Buy to let landlords are again being reminded to ensure they include cash raised from property sales in their tax returns, by accountants UHY Hacker Young. The firm says it is aware HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is thoroughly investigating Land Registry records...

Landlord sets up new referencing service to help identify problem tenants
A landlord with a portfolio of more than 100 properties is fighting back against what he calls ?one-sided legislation against landlords?. Paul Routledge of Cadogan House Investment Properties in Weston super Mare has created www.landlordreferencing.co.uk so that landlords...

Buy to let is back with a bang as stats show mortgage lending is starting to improve
The buy to let industry is surging back to health after the recession according to financial and property specialists thanks to favourable mortgage deals and rising demand. Three years ago there were 3,650 mortgages for landlords. This fell to under 180 late last year.

Buy to let landlord fined £4,000 for renting out sub standard home
A Lancashire landlord must pay more than £4,000 in costs and fines for letting his property in a sub-standard condition. Council officials visited the buy to let home in Rishton after neighbours complained and they discovered broken windows, peeling paintwork...

Property investment company fined over buy to let home's safety breaches
A property company has been fined more than £2,000 for renting out a home with a long list of healthy and safety breaches. North Warwickshire Borough Council brought a prosecution against Berrywell Properties Ltd over its failure to carry out essential repairs and...

Landlords react to the emergency Budget?s effect on the buy to let property market
The Chancellor's emergency budget announcements have received a mixed response from those in the know in the property sector. The rate of Capital Gains Tax has risen from 18 to 28 percent for higher rate taxpayers but remains at 18 percent for basic rate taxpayer...

UK buy to let property investment outstripped by Asian landlords in capital
Buy to let landlords with property in the capital may be enjoying higher rental incomes but investment yields appear to have a glass ceiling, according to a new international investment report. Knight Frank has discovered Asian property investors are now...

Buy to let landlords poised to be cornerstone of future housing needs
Privately rented homes are likely to be an even more significant key to future housing needs by the end of this decade, says the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The RLA?s comments come as a new report suggests one in five households could be...

Landlord found guilty after failing to turn up in court
Rugby Magistrates Court has fined a private landlord £10,000 after Environmental Health Officers discovered very poor living conditions and very poor management practices at a significant number of her properties. Rugby Borough Council brought the prosecution against Gillian Woods, of...

Lettings agency picks up three top trophies at annual awards ceremony
W.A. Ellis was a triple winner at the 2010 Lettings Agency of the Year Awards, held in association with The Sunday Times and The Times and Belvoir also picked up a top trophy. The event, hosted by Estate Agency Events at the QII Conference Centre in London.

Rising rents provide boost to landlords threatened by planned hike in CGT
Landlords concerned about the effect of a Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rise on their property portfolio returns will be pleased to hear the average rent in the UK is increasing. The average rental price rose by 0.5 percent to £667 per month in May, according to the latest Buy to let...

Property investment near new London rail link will not fall foul of government spending cuts
Buy to let landlords who have already invested in or are considering buying a Birmingham property to take advantage of the proposed high speed London rail link have been reassured it will not fall victim to the government?s cost cutting plans...

ARLA urges government to lessen the impact of a CGT rise on buy to let landlords
The Chancellor must ensure landlords are not driven from the market by any rises in Capital Gains Tax (CGT) in his first Budget, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA). ARLA is calling on the government to treat private rented property as...

No hiding place for rogue landlords in Glasgow says Scottish government
A package of measures, backed by £1.8 million from the Scottish Government, is being introduced to tackle rogue landlords and revitalise Glasgow's Govanhill. A total of £1.5 million is earmarked to refurbish and redesign the backcourts of Govanhill tenement blocks...

Landlord prosecuted for falling short of safety standards for HMO tenants
Renting an unlicensed house that posed a significant fire risk has left two companies and their director facing a fine of £32,400. Camden Council in London kick-started the prosecution, which is believed to be the first in the borough where a defendant has been...

NLA praises decision to drop 'well-meaning but flawed' register of landlords
The National Landlords Association (NLA) has welcomed news that a register of landlords proposed by the former Labour government is to be ditched. But the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) believes private tenants and property investors will continue to suffer as it says the current system allows rogue...

Buy to let landlords could see property investment values rise as market responds to abolition of HIPs
Buy to let landlords could see the value of their property investment portfolios increase due to the abolition of Home Information Packs (HIPs), according to new research. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) says 22 percent more surveyors reported...

Landlords left with hefty repair bills after more cannabis factories are discovered
Three more landlords have been left with massive repair bills after discovering their rental properties were being used as cannabis factories in the past week. In Leicester a landlord found two of his houses were being used to grow the illegal Class C drug just two...

NLA calls upon Government to hold firm on LHA pledge to buy to let landlords
The National Landlords Association (NLA) is urging the government to stick to its Local Housing Allowance (LHA) promise, enabling tenants the chance to have their rent paid direct to their landlords. Introduced in 2008 to replace Housing Benefit, LHA was intended to...

Jailed landlord faces £2m compensation claim by tenant who almost burnt to death
A court order freezing the assets of a landlord jailed when one of his tenants nearly died in a fire at his property has been extended as the victim has launched a £2m compensation claim. Twenty-year-old Norwich woman Layla Skalli has launched the claim in...

Government promises buy to let landlords there will be no more red tape and regulations affecting property investments
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has announced he will scrap plans to introduce new regulations on private landlords and letting agents. But although the announcement has been welcomed by buy to let property investors, who believe they are already...

Buy to let landlords call for an end to Government's plan to raise CGT
Private landlords have called on the Government to abandon plans to increase Capital Gains Tax (CGT) and instead work to reduce red tape swamping the lettings industry. That's the finding from Upad's latest Rental Confidence Index survey, which asked...

Specialist claims the buy to let market will remain a strong investment for landlords
Buy to let will remain a popular property investment option even if the rate of Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rises, according to independent lettings specialist Leaders. CGT is currently set at a flat rate of 18 percent but there has been speculation this will be...

Good news for property investors as interest rate is put on hold again
Landlords keeping an eye on interest rates payable on their property investments have seen the Bank of England keep the base rate on hold at 0.5 per cent for June. The rate has remained unchanged for 15 consecutive months and there is also no...

Landlords being monitored as residents complain over buy to let student HMOs
A city council is monitoring landlords and the buy to let market due to residents? concerns there are so many rental properties it is affecting whole communities. New figures reveal more than half a street in York is solely occupied by students in buy to let accommodation.

Landlords who rent out properties for stag and hen parties could be given ASBOs
ASBOS could be imposed on buy to let landlords in Edinburgh's who allow their properties to be used as 'party flats' under new plans to crack down on raucous stag and hen groups. Labour MSP Sarah Boyack, representing the city's Central district, said...

Wealthy overseas students make West End property investment an attractive proposition
A new trend for overseas students coming to study in London with increasingly high accommodation budgets is leading to an increase in landlords' rental prices. Specialist West End estate agency, LDG, has noticed there is a lack of good quality rental properties within areas such as Bloomsbury.

Landlord failed in his legal and moral duty regarding his tenants' health and safety
A landlord who pleaded guilty to six charges relating to a house of multiple occupation (HMO) has been fined a total of £6,758. Wycombe District Council recently brought the case against Itlaf Hussain who rents out the property in Oakridge Road, High Wycombe.

New lettings company offers 'networking' service to buy to let landlords and tenants
Landlords with a buy to let property investments in Manchester are being offered what is claimed to be a hassle-free rental and management service by Yourshack, a new lettings business. The company has developed a package which it says will...

New guide is a 'vital tool' for landlords and letting agents
A new guide has been produced for landlords and letting agents by Oxford City Council's Environmental Development service. The authority says 'Oxford Landlords: A Good Practice Guide' provides all the information needed to be a good landlord and...

Tributes paid to landlords' letting agent killed by Whitehaven gunman
Tributes have been made to Belvoir lettings agent James Clark, aged 23, who was one of the victims gunned down by cab driver Derrick Bird in Cumbria last week. The reasons why Bird went on the rampage, randomly killing a total of 12 people in towns and villages around Whitehaven before finally turning the...