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The UK's largest cities will still offer landlords and property investors the best return on investment beyond 2021, according to Select Property Group, whose latest research highlights their investment potential according to stats like rental dwellings growth,...

The London Fire Brigade prosecuted a West London building owner after major breaches of fire safety law were discovered following a significant blaze on 9 August 2018. Three years ago, firefighters were called to a fire at a flat above a shop on Queensway in...

At a fringe meeting of the recent Conservative Party Conference, the Chief Executive of Shelter, Polly Neate, commented that she knew from first hand experience amongst her family that some landlords “bent over backwards” to help tenants during the pandemic. Later at...

A rogue landlord couple who rented their properties to ‘ghost tenants’ to avoid paying thousands in council fees have been fined almost £190,000. Mohamed Lahrie, 55, and wife Shehara, 51, claimed they were renting six of their properties to a single tenant, which was...

Brundell Property Group has launched its new Kosy Co Living - a new 83-bed co-living and co-working development in Brighton. Situated on Melbourne Street the development is expected to create more than 100 jobs for the city. Residents of the new co-living building...

Note that as from today (October 1st) you will have to use the new Section 21 and Section 8 forms. The new Section 21 (form 6a) can be found here, and the accompanying notes here. The new Section 8 (form 3) can be found here, and the accompanying notes here. See...

Plans are underway to relaunch a landlord accreditation scheme - with a difference.Barnsley’s landlord accreditation scheme began in 2010 and the relaunch idea involves the use of an online service called LocalPad. It will provide a ‘one stop shop’ for to landlords...

The rental market stock surplus is now at a lower level than before Covid hit, according to research from buy-to-let specialist, Sequre Property Investment. The level of stock surplus climbed when the pandemic hit in 2020, hitting a high of 171,080 properties listed...

Lucy Powell, Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, has said in her Labour Party Speech, that she sees housing as a public health issue. She specifically picked out: issues of quality affordability security in private rentals and ending rough sleeping, and No-Fault...

New planning reforms set in motion by Robert Jenrick, Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings are to be scrapped. Plans aimed to curb councils’ power to oppose developments and speed up delivery of new homes in England announced in Planning for the future Autumn 2020 have...