New licensing laws in Preston could affect thousands more landlords. Up to 4,000 more properties now fall under the umbrella of Preston City Council’s HMO licensing laws. If landlords of these properties fail to apply for an HMO licence, they face unlimited fines. They could also be banned from operating rental properties in the future.

A shocking investigation by the Guardian has exposed the ineffective regulations hampering the fight against rogue landlords in the private rental sector. It’s business as usual for one notorious rogue landlord. Bernard McGowan has been convicted of numerous property offences, yet he is still running a very lucrative buy to let property empire. Astonishingly, McGowan […]

A Hull landlord is tearing his hair out because he can’t get rid of his tenant. He is desperate to evict the mother-of-five, but he’s tried everything and, so far, she hasn’t gone anywhere. Meanwhile, the property is sustaining more and more damage.

The Housing Minister has announced that more than 50 local authorities are being given access to a £2.4 million pot of cash to help them tackle the scourge of rogue landlords. It’s not a whole lot per council – only £48,000 each – but it’s better than nothing.

Universal credit has been highly controversial since it was first introduced back in 2013. On paper, it sounded like a good idea. Rolling individual benefits up into one single payment cuts red tape and makes it easier for benefits claimants to apply. However, in practice, it has caused a issues for the government – and […]

New research published by the National Landlords Association has revealed that many landlords are struggling to keep their heads above water. NLA research indicates around 79% of landlords are finding it impossible to pay more than the interest in their buy to let mortgages. They say this is down to the rising costs of being […]

New research has indicated that tenants prefer renting furnished properties. Since the majority of properties in the buy to let sector are let unfurnished, landlords could be missing out. Researchers from a leading property website looked at rental income from similar two-bed properties in nine UK cities. One property was furnished, and the other wasn’t. […]

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act has made its way into the statute books. How does this affect landlords? Let’s find out.

One of the most hotly requested features on User Echo was to be able to record white and brown goods and warranty information in Landlord Vision, and I am excited to say that it is now available…

At Landlord Vision we care about the things our customers want to see in the software. We use User Echo to give our customers a place to share their software suggestions and vote on the new features they’d like us to work on. Last year we had 292 new feature or update suggestions and we […]

Research carried out by Hamptons has found that the number of overseas landlords owning and operating buy to let properties in the UK has halved since 2010. Eight years ago, 14.4% of landlords in the private rental sector were living overseas. Now, overseas landlords only account for 5.8% of the PRS.

It’s Christmas so we made a fun, light-hearted quiz. Are you a grumpy Christmas landlord? Or are you the embodiment of Christmas spirit? Before sharing this quiz, everyone at Landlord Vision tried it out – you don’t see quizzes that often in our line of work – not one of us got Cheerful Christmas landlord! […]

A landmark case, S Franses Ltd v The Cavendish Hotel (London) Ltd, could have far-reaching repercussions for landlords. The case revolves around a landlord’s refusal to renew the tenant’s tenancy agreement, on the grounds that they wanted to carry out renovation works.

Judith Wilson, the wife of Britain’s most controversial landlord, Fergus Wilson, has been fined £25,000 after leaving a disabled tenant without hot water for several months. The court found that Mrs Wilson ignored enforcement notices from the council requesting that she rectify the problem.