The House of Commons Library has issued a report debating whether a private landlord can refuse to let to Housing Benefit claimants In it they describe the two court cases where agents had been found guilty of discrimination by refusing benefit...

A one-bed flat in west London owned by Kensington and Chelsea council was subject to an illegal sub-let from the ‘tenant’, who was not living at the property and was claiming to be a private landlord. He received £850 a month from three subtenants,...

Analysis by Hamptons estate agents reveals that far more landlords are selling than buying as rental supply plummets. On average, the market is set to lose roughly 3,800 landlord properties every month in 2022, more than double the number from two...

The Swindon Advertiser are reporting on a landlord who was forced to spend a considerable amount of money to repair a property wrecked by an anti-social tenant after the police classified the incident as a civil complaint after deciding there...

The East Anglian Daily Times are reporting a comment by a local solicitor on the potential impact of the removal of the Section 21 Lee Pearce - who is partner and head of dispute resolution at Suffolk and Essex-based Ellisons Solicitors - believes...

The Telegraph are reporting a landlord previously owning 25 holiday homes.  Despite the booming staycation market and ability to rent out the properties for tens if not hundreds of thousands of pounds a year, the landlord recently starting scaling...

New rental laws in Queensland, Australia will make it more difficult for landlords to terminate leases or deny tenant requests to have pets. The law changes are set to come into effect from October 1 in a series of reforms to the Housing...

There are currently two redress schemes set up to monitor all letting agents and allow for complaints to be investigated independently. The two schemes are the Property Redress Scheme with more than 13,250 letting agency branches and the Property...

Unite Group hailed its "good progress in sales" during the second quarter, noting decent demand from both domestic and international students. The student accommodation manager said 90% of its rooms are now sold for the 2022/23 academic year,...

The English Housing Survey has been published this morning (8/7/22) The full survey can be seen here, and the headlines are:- Four fifths (80%) of private renters are satisfied with their current accommodation The private rented sector is home to...

The latest English Housing Surveys have been released this morning (8/7/22). English Housing Survey, 2020 to 2021: private rented sector English Housing Survey, 2020 to 2021: social rented sector English Housing Survey data on social and private...

As part of the mass resignations following the revelations about Chris Pincher (also a former Housing Minister) Stuart Andrew has now also resigned. Stuart Andrew was made the housing minister on 8 February this year, making him the shortest...