3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (275+ words) More than one million landlords could end up using deposit alternatives if government plans to scrap insured tenancy deposit schemes go ahead, research reveals. Zero Deposit found 9% would move directly to a deposit alternative, which it calculates could represent about…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (238+ words) I’ve recently been asked a number of times if this still works under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, I guess because I wrote and published the first book on what the Renters’ Rights Bill 2024 proposed. My response is that for private…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (504+ words) Propertymark is urging the government to speed up leasehold reform after research found 93% of leaseholders would not buy another leasehold property. Its survey of more than 1,200 leaseholders and 200 Propertymark members found 86% had seen service charges rise during the past two…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (412+ words) A professor has warned the Renters’ Rights Act has caused changes in the private rented sector which are proving “ineffective or have perverse outcomes”. Writing in the Telegraph, Tim Leunig, professor of economic history at the London School of Economics,…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (667+ words) Landlords trying to regain possession are facing longer delays and higher legal bills as tenants challenge eviction notices, according to law firm Thackray Williams. The firm warns that every accelerated possession claim it has recently handled has been challenged by…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (413+ words) Tenants who don’t have family or friends willing to act as guarantors could be narrowing their housing choices before the search has really got going, research suggests. More than half of surveyed tenants (51%), said they would look for a cheaper…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (461+ words) A leasehold group is urging Prime Minister Andy Burnham to bring forward the £250 ground rent cap. The National Leasehold Campaign (NLC) argues bringing in the cap now would help leaseholders with the cost of living by providing immediate savings for…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (394+ words) A Welsh government scheme that guarantees landlords an income while councils manage their properties is set to close to new homes at the end of this year, the National Residential Landlords’ Association says. Launched in January 2022, the programme allows landlords…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (412+ words) Landlord tax reform should be used to encourage investment and increase the supply of homes to rent, according to new proposals for the private rented sector from the National Residential Landlords’ Association (NRLA). The 17-page plan calls for changes to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (462+ words) Hello, Portugal also has a housing crisis, apparently the stats. say on average people are paying 82% of their incomes in rent! Please see below extracts from Idealist publication, summarising how the government is helping landlords to enter the rental market....