Unforeseen costs, including unexpected maintenance and a shortfall in rent, are hitting landlords in the pocket.
Classified advertising vehicle Gumtree says that the volume of London property rental ads on its site has risen by over one third in the last year.
Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages has improved its lending criteria and is now offering loans up to £500,000 per property transaction to existing landlords. This represents an increase of £150,000 on its previous limit.
A debt counselling charity is warning of a huge increase in rent arrears which will keep people off the housing ladder for the foreseeable future.
A landlord has been hit with a record fine of £27,400 in the borough which is bringing in blanket landlord licensing of all 35,000 private rental properties in its patch from January 1.
A Green Deal service for landlords has been announced by the Residential Landlords Association.
A new report says that 10,000 more working families every month are now drawing housing benefit to help pay their private rent.
A landlord has been ordered to pay £53,500 after being prosecuted for putting his tenants at risk. Of that money, £40,000 has been ordered to be paid under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
A new and wide-ranging inquiry into the Private Rented Sector is to be conducted by an influential cross-party group of MPs.
Rent rises have accelerated to hit a new high – and tenant arrears have crept up.
A new national rental index launches today, targeted at investors looking to get the highest yields on their property investments.
A council in north London is offering private landlords incentives of up to £3,200 to take tenants off its waiting books.
