The Mail Online has run a report that more than 100 tenants are registering on average at each lettings agency branch, ten times the number of available properties, new figures reveal. It can be seen here, and comments on a report from...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has claimed that billions of pounds in rent, including more than a billion pounds from housing benefit, is ending up in the pockets of private landlords who are letting dangerous, cold or dilapidated homes across...

Social housing tenants in seven cities are to be offered a place on a Government-funded training scheme aimed at helping them hold their landlords to account. Launched today, the £500,000-backed Four Million Homes programme will offer free advice...

Bright Blue, the independent think tank for liberal conservatism, and Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity, have published an essay collection, Home advantage: a new centre-right vision for housing, with 16 contributions from top MPs and...

According to research from estate agent Hamptons, around 140,000 landlords sold up and left the market last year after reaching retirement age, and almost 100,000 a year are expected to follow them for the next half decade. This has been hastened...

Six in 10 landlords support the introduction of a minimum set of property standards for the private rented sector, according to Paragon Bank . The specialist buy-to-let lender surveyed over 500 landlords and found that 34% strongly support the...

The managing director of a major holiday lets firm is urging landlords to make their properties dog friendly if they want top boost bookings. Harry Roberts of My Favourite Cottages says there are five ways landlords can make their properties more...

The Mail is running a piece from a landlord on some of the problems tenants she has had. The article can be seen here, and start ‘while the Government has just announced plans to give landlords power to evict rowdy renters in two weeks, the...

One of the key areas where landlords are still lacking is in communicating with residents. Concerns range from keeping residents up to date with inspections to offering appropriate advice when it comes to selling property. Effectively communicating...

On 30 March 2023 the Ministry of Justice published statistics showing activity, including in relation to housing cases, in the legal aid system for England and Wales. Between October and December 2022 there were 6,982 legally aided housing matters...

The Office for National Statistics published data (derived from the 2021 Census) concerning housing characteristics at the dwelling level, in England and Wales. Characteristics include dwelling occupancy, shared dwellings, accommodation type,...