Germany is showing the world how fair rents can make everybody happy. Could it take off in the UK? Imagine in a world where private rental prices for apartments stayed static for more than a decade. Where landlords couldn’t...
This Festive season, landlords need to embrace their inner Scrooge. Go on – treat yourself, Ebenezer. It’s that time of the year again, Ho hum. From the beginning of December through to January 6th, landlords can’t simply...
Mark Carney says house prices will soon drop by a third, whether that spells disaster for the PRS is up to you
Flintons practice of taking (and keeping) holding deposits has been described as "legally questionable." It's a bit more than that.
Exploitative landlords can always dodge rules aimed at helping tenants. It's time for a new approach.
Many landlords STILL won't let to DSS claimants. Pushes for change threaten to crush the PRS between their lenders and the Equalities Act.
Tenants are being given the right to sue their landlords directly. Say hello to a new wave of robo calls.
Fergus Wilson is throwing his toys out of the pram, says he's selling up (again). We're not sure that we believe him.
Lengthy terms and conditions are a pain. Failing to read them can be agony.
Tory think tank proposals could see capital gains tax axed when landlords sell to their tenants.
Fairer alternatives to the upcoming three year minimum tenancy rules have been proposed. But landlords don't seem to be...
The Prime Minister is cracking down on foreign property speculators with all the force of a filoplume feather duster
ITV's bold expose on affordable housing was timidly one sided and exposed nothing new.
News that HMO licensing will net £79 million is making headlines, but most HMO landlords will barely notice it.
DSS claimants ruin properties and neighbourhoods. It's time to revive the council estate.
One quarter of private rentals are dumps - and landlords need to take responsibility.
Less than one in five landlords are in the business for the long term. What does that mean for everybody else?
The government's green paper on housing promises a "New Deal" for renters - but will anything really change?
