London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched his rogue landlord and agent checker.  The checker has three parts – a public online database of landlords and agents who have been prosecuted or fined by London Boroughs or the London Fire Brigade, issued a prohibition notice or expelled from a letting agent redress scheme; a private database for local authorities to share more detailed ...

Westminster Council is cracking down on property owners unlawfully letting their homes on a nightly basis using platforms such as Airbnb for more than ninety days per year.  Airbnb lettings in Westminster have more than doubled in the last two years to over 3,600 and rising with nearly 1,500 of these being investigated for unauthorized short term letting instead of on a ...

The number of landlords buying in cash has increased more over the last year than at any other time report Countrywide.  £21 billion worth of homes were purchased in cash over the last twelve months, 65% of all rental properties bought.  This surpasses the previous high of 60% in 2011. Landlords buying in Northern England and Scotland are most likely to buy in cash with ...