Rents have risen for a fifth consecutive month to reach a new record high of £734 a month.
Think tank the Resolution Foundation has called for letting agents to be put on the same legal footing as estate agents.
Landlords across the UK could be among the biggest beneficiaries of the Green Deal when it fully launches in early 2013
The largest local authority in the UK has announced that it plans to charge full council tax on empty properties from next April.
A rise in accidental landlords is contributing towards a surge in availability of smaller, newer flats and maisonettes to rent, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents.
Annual growth in student rents has slowed following the 7% drop in university admissions and the rise in tuition fees.
A new club for mortgage brokers has been launched, offering landlords the chance of exclusive deals.
An elderly tenant whose absentee landlord has been fined for appalling conditions in her rental home has called for landlords who live abroad to be forced by law to use a property management company.
Renting is over £130 a month more expensive on average than buying.
Rents are over-heating in London and the South-East, where the high cost of properties limits landlords’ plans to expand.
Rents will still be paid to tenants under Universal Credit.
Almost half of landlords have found it very difficult or impossible to obtain a buy-to-let mortgage, according to a survey by the Residential Landlords Association.
