The Latest Private Rented Sector News
Labour rent cap fears halt buy-to-lets
Many landlords have halted plans to invest further in buy-to-let property ahead of May’s general election, amid concerns that a
Rightmove consolidates number one portal role
Rightmove’s traffic grew 10 per cent in 2014 to 15.4 billion pages and its leads to agents grew 19 per
‘PRS tenants being failed by poor enforcement’
Private rented sector (PRS) landlords are calling on the UK’s next government to undertake a review of the enforcement of
Zoopla asks: where does OTM get its figures from?
Zoopla has responded to OnTheMarket’s claim of one million unique visits to its new portal by saying that it lacks
Liverpool City Council launches private landlord licence
A compulsory licence for landlords aimed at improving Liverpool’s private rented housing has been introduced. The new rules, which will
The “new norm” for the housing market
There’s been a raft of house price statistics published in the last few days, all of which give slightly different
London housing boom: Estate agent fees hit £1 billion
London’s estate agents earned £1.1 billion in fees last year as a result of the City’s ongoing housing boom. According
Landlords warned to get tax affairs sorted
Private landlords are being warned to get their tax affairs in order to avoid being caught in a crackdown by
What are the tax implications for buy-to-let landlords?
Whether you own just one or a whole portfolio of rental properties, tax needs to be high up on your
End of revenge evictions moves step closer (but landlords not happy)
The House of Lords has given a glimmer of hope to campaigners seeking to end ‘revenge evictions’ by private sector