Tom Entwistle

The long-standing argument that buy-to-let landlords steal homes from first-time buyers runs on

Are remote landlords fuelling local problems? Are these purchases simply causing misery for local populations? Is selective licensing up to the job?

Commercial landlords thought they had escaped the kind of tenant empowering measures being meted out to residential landlords - not so fast

Traditionally, with commercial (business) leases, a contractual provision within the lease specifies the use, or uses to which a property may be put and the uses which are prohibited.The formal classification of Uses� are set out in the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 as a

From Wednesday 14 May 2025 letting agents are required to check landlords, tenants and guarantors by making anti money laundering (AML) checks

Traditionally, with commercial (business) leases, a contractual provision within the lease specifies the use, or uses to which a property may be put and the uses which are prohibited.The formal classification of Uses� are set out in the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 as a

From yesterday, 14 May 2025 agents are required to check landlords, tenants and guarantors, and self-managing landlords are required to check their own tenants and guarantors

After UK tax changes due to apply after 6 April 2026, family business owners will have their ownership subject to inheritance tax for the first time

Labour have vowed to make it easier for tenants to rent with pets - The Renters’ Rights Bill will give tenants greater pets rights

Plans to Revolutionise the UK's Tax System will take a step forward from April 2028 when MTD will be expanded to include those earning more than £20,000 per year

The agent’s professional body NAEA Propertymark has raised concerns about the running of the rental auctions scheme

Not all poor housing standards are in the private sector, many social landlords have problems reaching the new higher standards

The extra risks associated with letting following the passing of the Renters' Rights Bill later this year will mean extra vigilance if landlords are to avoid trouble

Landlords will collectively have to spend more than £20billion making improvements to their rental properties to meet proposed new energy efficiency standards

Investors, business owners, landlords and pension savers were braced for a painful attack on their assets, gains and savings

Inconsistencies in the existing EPC calculation mean that property owners can currently pay out thousands of pounds for work that, when they come to sell, they find actually lowered their EPC rating.

The commercial property sector has been particularly badly hit with reduced property values and rents, and increased lending costs, but it's not all doom and gloom

New Government schemes that are offering advice to help tenants with legal issues

There’s now a significant proportion of adults in the UK struggling to meet their rent or mortgage payments

With Labour’s predilection for bashing landlords (though the current Conservative Government needs no encouragement on that), you would expect a Labour government to double