Britain will increasingly become a nation of renters, as home ownership moves out-of-reach for a generation, warns economist David Miles
Mail on Sunday (03/03/2017)

Eight experts on how they would fix the UK’s housing market
BT.com (03/03/2017)

Tenants are paying less and staying longer, analysis …
Letting Agent Today (06/03/2017)

Agent believed to have ‘shut up shop’ months after being expelled by redress scheme Property Industry Eye (06/03/2017)

Landlords face challenges with new cash basis AccountingWeb (07/03/2017)

Landlords ‘fairly well informed’ of BTL changes, YouGov finds
Mortgage Strategy (07/03/2017)

Government urged to reverse proposed cuts to housing …
Landlord Today (08/03/2017)

Buy to let sector disappointed by UK Chancellor’s failure to address their concerns Property Wire (08/03/2017)

Buy-to-Let Still Profitable in Major UK Cities Landlord News (08/03/2017)

Rents are ‘out of step’ with incomes, housing body warns
The Guardian (09/03/2017)

Tax reforms harming access to rented housing for ‘vulnerable tenants’
24 Housing (09/03/2017)

Buy To Let tax changes – opponents launch new website…
Letting Agent Today (09/03/2017)

Delay on digital tax returns welcomed by trade body …
Landlord Today (09/03/2017)

Rental sector ‘better for pets than for housing benefit tenants’
Letting Agent Today (10/03/2017)

Short Lets – government to review Rent A Room tax relief.
Letting Agent Today (10/03/2017)

Private rents set to rise by 20% in five years: Poorer households being pushed out of the market, warn experts Mail On Sunday (09/03/2017)

91% of tenants have negative view of Universal Credit 24Housing (09/03/2017)

Buy-to-let mortgage rates fall to 12-month low, giving landlords ‘breathing room’ as interest tax relief hit looms Mail on Sunday (09/03/2017)

RLA urges landlords to lobby MPs over tax changes…
Landlord Today (24/02/2017)

Floored by the big buy-to-let profit sump: Experts advise on cost cuts as tax changes hit hard Mail on Sunday (25/02/2017)

Landlords need greater support … Landlord Today (27/02/2017)

Letting agent jailed for over three years after stealing tenants’ deposits
Property Industry Eye (27/02/2017)

Average rents falling in London Landlord News (27/02/2017)

CIH Scotland welcomes new Scottish Government guidance on registration of letting agents The Chartered Institute of Housing (27/02/2017)

Wales already licenses all letting agents, Scotland is about to – so how about it, Mr Hammond! Property Industry Eye (28/02/2017)

The Buy for Uni Mortgages Turning Students into Landlords
Landlord News (28/02/2017)

Soon you’ll be able to get a mortgage entirely online, but how will it work and do you trust a computer to give you advice? Mail on Sunday (28/02/2017)

‘Flawed’ energy efficiency rules threaten investment in rural homes
24Housing (01/03/2017)

Owner occupier sector to shrink in favour of PRS, says industry panel
Mortgage Introducer (01/03/2017)

Economist warns that Government assault on buy-to-let could result in rents 30% higher Property Industry Eye (01/03/2017)

Report reveals tenants’ lack of knowledge of rental market
Landlord News (01/03/2017)

Young family say landlord tax changes could leave them homeless
Hull Daily Mail (01/03/2017)

House prices: Eleven buyers for every home The Week UK (02/03/2017)

RLA membership rises to 30,000 …
Landlord Today (02/03/2017)

Many landlords are failing to protect tenancy deposit…
Landlord Today (02/03/2017)

Are government claims that renting is expensive across the UK actually true? Property Reporter (02/03/2017)

Demand in Buy-to-Let Sector “has Never been so Low”
Landlord News (02/03/2017)

The chancellor can fix the damage to rented homes
The Times Red Box (03/03/2017)

Tenants with children staying longer in rental accomm…
Letting Agent Today (03/03/2017)

Level of home ownership drops to its lowest level in 30 years with only six in ten adults now owning their property Mail on Sunday (03/03/2017)

Overpriced properties unlikely to sell in current market conditions, says Rightmove CityAM (20/02/2017)

Private rented sector face rent hikes of up to 30%
Specialist Finance Introducer (20/02/2017)

Rent Smart Wales, What Would You Change?
Business News Wales (20/02/2017)

Cash basis strongly supported by buy-to-let landlords
CHHDaily/Accounting Web (20/02/2017)

The Evolution of the Build-to-Rent sector in the UK
The London Economic (20/02/2017)

CPRE Annual Lecture
Home Office (20/02/2017)

Survey reveals longer-term rentals increase in popularity
My News Desk (20/02/2017)

White Paper measures will only make things worse
24Housing (20/02/2017)

Buy-to-let rates fall for the cash-rich: Average two-year deal for borrowers with a 40% deposit drops to 2.27% Mail on Sunday (21/02/2017)

Fewer landlords planning to sell up Mortgage Introducer (22/02/2017)

Letting sites vow to stop landlords converting ‘homes into hotels’
Landlord Today (22/02/2017)

PRS charity project awarded £250k lottery funding...
Landlord Today (22/02/2017)

Six things we learned from Gavin Barwell’s housing white paper event
The Chartered Institute of Housing (22/02/2017)

University of Bristol students claim victory over landlord in legal row for deposits Bristol Post (22/02/2017)

Tenant demand still rising say 94% of landlords Property Reporter (22/02/2017)

Ranked: Britain’s top ten buy-to-let hotspots PrimeResi (23/02/2017)

Are DIY inventories putting landlords at risk? Property Reporter (23/02/2017)

RLA urges landlords to lobby MPs over tax changes…
Landlord Today (24/02/2017)

Exclusive buy-to-let mortgage aimed at HMOs launches …
Landlord Today (24/02/2017)

Campaigning association calls for buy to let change in March Budget
Property Wire (10/02/2017)

Airbnb time limits ‘ineffective in London’ councils say
BBC (10/02/2017)

‘We didn’t even have room for a table’: meet the 30-somethings fleeing London
The Guardian (11/02/2017)

Exclusive Interview with Douglas Haig, Vice Chairman of Residential Landlords Association (RLA)
Business News Wales (13/02/2017)

New immigration checks on renters have ‘fuelled discrimination’ says damning report
The Mirror (13/02/2017)

£1m raided from tenants’ deposits by letting agents
BBC News England (13/02/2017)

New rents in UK up 2.6% in January
Mortgage Introducer (13/02/2017)

House prices rose by £1,250 a month in 2016, official figures reveal, as first-time buyers bounced back
Mail on Sunday (14/02/2017)

UK property markets in good position to weather Brexit, says two new reports
Property Reporter (14/02/2017)

First Time Buyers Borrowed More in 2016 than Any Year Since 1974
Landlord News (15/02/2017)

The Worst Areas in the UK to Have Invested in Property
Landlord News (15/02/2017)

17% of UK rental properties could be unfit by 2018
Landlord News (15/02/2017)

One in four landlords hike rents in advance of tax changes
Your Money (16/02/2017)

Trade group backs banning orders on rogue agents, landlords
Letting Agent Today (17/02/2017)

Tenants face rent rises of 30% warns ex-Bank of England chief
Letting Agent Today (17/02/2017)

Confirmation: cost and location are key factors for tenants
Letting Agent Today (17/02/2017)

Theresa May to Shift Focus from Homeownership to Renting in Housing White Paper
Landlord News (06/02/2017)

The Way We Rent In The UK Is About The Change Forever
The Debrief (06/02/2017)

The Housing White Paper – the overview
24Housing (06/02/2017)

The influence of buy-to-let on UK housing
Mortgage Finance Gazette (06/02/2017)

Buy to let pleads to be kept at centre of White Paper’s rental plans
Letting Agent Today (07/02/2017)

Electrical Safety Checks in PRS Homes Must be Risk Based, Insists RLA Landlord News (07/02/2017)

Councils to be told to build thousands more new homes
The Guardian (07/02/2017)

St Modwen explores move into private rented sector
The Construction Index (07/02/2017)

Tax changes in 2017:mortgage relief for rental properties is changing this April, leaving landlords with three options…
Homesandproperty.co.uk (07/02/2017)

Universal credit flaws pushing claimants towards debt and eviction – warning
The Guardian (07/02/2017)

BBC Two – Victoria Derbyshire, 07/02/2017, ‘Renting for the rest of my life’
BBC2 (07/02/2017)

Self-employed landlords struggling to get mortgage approval
Landlord News (07/02/2017)

Government accused of ‘throwing in the towel on home ownership’ as agents slam White Paper
Property industry Eye (08/02/2017)

Only One in Four Tenants will be Homeowners by 2025
Landlord News (08/02/2017)

The Property Industry Reacts to the Controversial Housing White Paper
Landlord News (08/02/2017)

The housing white paper is a damp squib – because the government is afraid of Middle England
NewStatesman (08/02/2017)

Are you a landlord, first-time buyer, renter or would-be downsizer? How the Government’s Housing White Paper plans will affect you
Daily Mail (09/02/2017)

Property repossessions ‘lowest since 1982’
BBC News (09/02/2017)

Rents will rise by 25% over the next five years while house prices will go up ‘only 20%’, says property experts
Mail on Sunday (09/02/2017)

Rents up across the UK apart from London, with rise of over 3% in some areas
Property Wire (09/02/2017)

Lobby MPs against buy to let tax changes … urges a Tory MP
Letting Agent Today (10/02/2017)

Landlords urged not to ‘sleep-walk’ into mortgage tax changes
Property Industry Eye (10/02/2017)

Stopping the demonization of professional landlords
Commercial Reporter (10/02/2017)

A short-term lettings storm at the seaside… Estate Agent Today (28/01/2017)

Tenant Demand Falls to Two-Year Low, Reports ARLA
Landlord News (30/01/2017)

Why buy to let is still the best form of investment
Property Reporter (30/01/2017)

Opportunity for letting agents as landlords struggle…
Estate Agent Today (30/01/2017)

Housing policy proposals are ‘just tinkering with the problem’
Chartered Institute of Housing (30/01/2017)

Manchester, Edinburgh and Birmingham set to be property hot spots of 2017 Specialist Finance Introducer (30/01/2017)

Housing Watch: A quick housing fix? Shake up stamp duty
Mortgage Strategy (30/01/2017)

Landlord housing wealth soars 64% … Landlord Today (31/01/2017)

Police search for bogus landlord who used Airbnb and Gumtree to operate rental scam Property Industry Eye (31/01/2017)

Britain’s buy-to-let tax regime will be one of the toughest around, landlord chairman warns, as he calls for crackdown to be reversed
Mail on Sunday (31/01/2017)

Making Tax Digital: quarterly reporting requirements for landlords and self employed CHH Daily (31/01/2017)

Landlord association calls for agent fees to continue but spread out across tenancy Property Wire (31/01/2017)

Santander under fire for pushing landlords to hike rents
Mortgage Strategy (01/02/2017)

Right to rent immigration checks put vulnerable people at risk
The Guardian (01/02/2017)

Bored of buy-to-let? How the holiday let business could earn you money
Your Money (01/02/2017)

Don’t listen to the property news. You can still make money from buying houses GQ (01/02/2017)

Rent for three bed homes in London rising due to lack of supply
Property Wire (01/02/2017)

Stamp duty windfall ‘justifies scrapping buy to let tax changes’
Letting Agent Today (02/02/2017)

Rents start falling in the UK, latest national index shows
Property Wire (03/02/2017)

Private rents not rising above inflation – unlike social housing rents
Letting Agent Today (19/01/2017)

Trade group warns politicians over new tax powers
Letting Agent Today (19/01/2017)

Independence may be the undoing of the Independents…
Estate Agent Today (19/01/2017)

Almost all Government budget for housing goes on benefit claimants
Property Industry Eye (19/01/2017)

Landlords borrowing more to cope with tougher stance on lending
What Mortgage (23/01/2017)

Market Watch: Which way for UK house prices?
Mortgage Strategy (23/01/2017)

Construction must increase to hit government targets
Specialist Finance Introducer (23/01/2017)

Ban on agent fees will impact negatively on 20% of landlords
Landlord News (23/01/2017)

Labour calls for more council power to tackle rogue landlords
Public Finance (23/01/2017)

New Year, New Challenges for Buy-to-Let sw1a.net (24/01/2017)

Tax Insider Tip: New Landlord Mortgage Interest Relief Rules – Who Pays? Accounting Web (24/01/2017)

Is the Right to Rent Scheme Racist? Landlord News (24/01/2017)

JLL: Car parks could help solve property shortage
Specialist Finance Introducer (24/01/2017)

Landlord confidence at an all-time low: BM Solutions
Mortgage Strategy (24/01/2017)

Will UK house prices rise in 2017? What Investment (24/01/2017)

‘Housing must be central to efforts to tackle poverty’
The Chartered Institute of Housing (25/01/2017)

Gas safety stats show why private landlords should turn to electric
Voltimum UK (25/01/2017)

Tougher times ahead for buy-to-let investors Moneywise (25/01/2017)

Council ditches licensing plans but still seeking alternatives
Letting Agent Today (26/01/2017)

What next for the rental market in 2017?… Estate Agent Today (14/01/2017)

Demand for buy-to-let set to fall in Q1 2017 … Landlord Today (16/01/2017)

Landlords ditching buy-to-let for HMOs Property Reporter (16/01/2017)

Average cost of renting in Wales rises to £700 per month ITV (16/01/2017)

Cost of renting grows at slowest pace in seven years – but is set to pick up again as landlords pass on extra charges Mail on Sunday (16/01/2017)

Dramatic slowing in London rental increases in 2016 could dampen prices in 2017 says HomeLet The Wharf (16/01/2017)

Welsh Social Landlords take new approach to January Debt
24Housing (16/01/2017)

Don’t abandon letting fees ban, say tenants The Telegraph (17/01/2017)

Tax changes see one in four buy-to-let landlords sell up
CHH Daily (17/01/2017)

Buy-to-let activity down by 26% year-on-year Landlord News (17/01/2017)

Buy-to-Let Landlords Start Buying Commercial Properties Instead
Landlord News (17/01/2017)

BTL lending hits post-stamp duty high: CML Property Reporter (17/01/2017)

2017 will be the ‘year of paperwork’ for landlords
Specialist Finance Introducer (17/01/2017)

4 Ways The German Rental Market Works Better Than Ours
The Debrief (17/01/2017)

Agents told not to fight letting fees ban but concentrate on making it work Property Industry Eye (18/01/2017)

‘Harder to escape homelessness’ on zero hour contacts
24Housing (18/01/2017)

Ten things to look out for in housing in 2017
The Chartered Institute of Housing (18/01/2017)

The Government has dropped its one million new homes target, report claims The Independent (19/01/2017)

Landlords and tenants leaving lettings market in London
Landlord News (19/01/2017)q

Private sector rents rise in line with wages … Landlord Today (20/01/2017)

Trade group warns politicians over new tax powers
Letting Agent Today (20/01/2017)

Are you a buy-to-let mortgage prisoner? Brokers warn rising number of landlords are trapped by Government tax crackdown Daily Mail (20/01/2017)

Death knell for buy-to-let? Government ‘war on landlords’ has seen sales collapse by 64% in the last year, says top estate agent
Mail on Sunday (09/12/2016)

What to do if Your Property has been Sublet Online
Landlord News (09/12/2016)

Are landlords about to ditch letting agents and go it alone?
Estate Agent Today (09/12/2016)

Buy to let: ‘We landlords are being vilified’ ExecReview (09/12/2016)

How a healthy buy-to-let profit could soon become a painful loss 
The Guardian (10/12/2016)

Rents set to increase by 15% by 2020? Landlord News (12/12/2016)

Government set to extend mandatory licensing of HMOs in England…
Landlord Today (13/12/2016)

Insurance firm claims inadequate cover for up to 1m buy to let homes
Letting Agent Today (13/12/2016)

Agency highlights danger of Christmas sub-letting via Airbnb
Letting Agent Today (13/12/2016)

CML research on largest ever survey of uk landlords reveals what makes them tick Building Construction Design (13/12/2016)

A significant number of landlords plan to reduce their BTL portfolio
Landlord Today (14/12/2016)

What the Autumn Statements Means for British Buy-to-Let Investors
Invezz (14/12/2016)

Nearly half of landlords would ditch their agent if profits fell
Landlord Today (14/12/2016)

Clock ticks towards time when letting agents can be banned for first time
Property Industry Eye (14/12/2016)

One in ten properties could become unrentable by 2018
Property Reporter (14/12/2016)

UK house prices: What 2017 means for the property market
International Business Times UK (14/12/2016)

Proposed rent controls in Ireland criticised as being a step too far for landlords Property Wire (15/12/2016)

What can we expect from the Housing White Paper?
Mortgage Introducer (15/12/2016)

2016 Year in Review 24housing (16/12/2016)

Landlords, are you paying for council tax unnecessarily?…
Landlord Today (16/12/2016)

When does the tenant fees ban begin? How letting agents can still charge hundreds of pounds Mail on Sunday (16/12/2016)

Pace of rent rises predicted to triple next year as landlords pass on new costs to their tenants Mail on Sunday (16/12/2016)

Housing minister Gavin Barwell expresses support for letting agents’ fees ban Property Industry Eye (16/12/2016)

RLA opposes HMO licensing extension 
The RLA has objected to the Government’s plans to extend its mandatory HMO licensing scheme.The consultation, which closed this week, asked PRS landlords to respond to plans including proposals to set minimum room sizes of 6.52sqm, extend mandatory licensing to flats above shops and remove the storey rule – so that any home with five or more people from two or more households is considered a HMO, regardless of the number of floors.
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What makes a criminal landlord?

New rules which will see landlords banned for criminal behaviour come into force next April, with Government now consulting on which offences merit the punishment.

Landlords and tenants are being asked what should constitute a ‘banning order offence’ as defined by section 14 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016. They can also provide feedback by answering a survey.
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Families to lose homes due to tax rises
A leading housing expert has warned of families losing their homes as a result of extra tax burdens on landlords.Dame Kate Barker, a former member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee issued the warning to the Treasury Select Committee.

She warned that because changes to mortgage interest relief will affect existing housing stock, there is a danger that families living in homes long-term will be forced to leave as landlords sell up.
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RLA research in Lords debate
Airbnb research produced by the RLA has been cited in a Lords debate on holiday lettings and their impact.Baroness Gardner of Parkes (Conservative) asked questions in the House of Lords about whether the Government intends to give powers to councils to prevent the loss of long-term homes due to increases in holiday lets.
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Possession claims down by more than a quarter in Wales

Possession claims by PRS landlords in Wales have fallen by 26% over the past two years.

An analysis of Government statistics by the RLA found the number of possession claims made to county courts in Wales has fallen from a high of 203 in the first quarter of 2014 to 150 between July and September 2016.
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RLA scoops gold
As 2016 comes to close the RLA Wales team has been richly rewarded for its campaigning work as part of the Homes for Wales coalition.The team scooped Gold at the Charted Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) awards for the best public affairs campaign and was also nominated for five other awards.
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