New research from the UK Association of Letting Agents (UKALA) shows that landlords in the North of England were more likely to experience a void period in the last quarter than any other UK region....
According to the latest rental index from Landbay, tenants in the UK outside of London spend on average over half their disposable income on rent. In the capital the average rental value now stands at...
New research from landlord insurance specialists Just Landlords has exposed a nationwide ignorance to a new law that will come into effect on 1st April for all new lets and relets, and for all existing...
With a deadline of 1st October 2018 the Scottish Letting Agent Register is now open for applications. All letting agents or property professionals, working or managing property in Scotland now need to understand the...
The Association of Residential Landlords (ARLA) has backed a Private Members Bill put forward by Labour MP Karen Buck that would give tenants the right to take legal action against landlords over the condition...
The Residential Landlords Association has welcomed government changes to Universal Credit which mean that landlords no longer require tenants’ consent when applying for Alternative Payment Arrangements, or APAs. Until now ‘explicit consent’ was required from...
A new YouGov survey, commissioned by TheHouseShop.com, has underlined the growing concern over housing affordability in the UK. It’s widely accepted that for housing to be genuinely affordable, rents, mortgage costs and other housing related...
Research by the website Politics.co.uk has revealed that private landlords across the country are refusing to let their properties to Universal Credit claimants. 69% of letting agents questioned said that they had no landlords...
BBC programme, Inside Out London, has exposed how Right to Rent rules have created a black market in forgeries as undocumented immigrants attempt to flout the law. Innocent firms were said to be “easily...
A study for interior firm Hillarys has revealed that 67% of tenants admit to have broken tenancy rules in at least one significant way. 2,399 tenants aged 21 and over were questioned. They key...
