According to property experts, the best way to make a rental home more appealing to tenants is to forget about providing a dining room and spend your money on creating a spacious living room or dining kitchen instead.

According to an annual review carried out by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), the most common cause of disputes between landlords and tenants is cleanliness. The number of complaints made about cleaning has increased from 49% in 2009 to 56% in 2013 and the problem is getting worse.

Landlords in Cumbria are being encouraged to sign up for a new landlord accreditation scheme. The scheme is being run by the National Landlords Association (NLA) in partnership with five of the six district councils in Cumbria.

Following a 10 minute rule motion from Labour MP, Nick Raynsford, the majority of MPs have backed a proposal to make the provision of smoke alarms mandatory in private rented homes. 245 MPs backed the motion and only eight voted against it. The smoke alarm bill will be given a second

Since Ed Miliband announced that Labour plans to introduce a number of key changes to the private rented sector, there has been a great deal of criticism levelled in his direction. Most industry experts believe that his proposed reforms will be disastrous and cause untold damage.

A poll of students living in York, a popular university city, have accused landlords of cashing in by holding on to deposits at the end of tenancies and failing to deal with serious problems such as mould, damp and vermin infestation.

A report issued by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIB) is recommending that the government raise property taxes for landlords who don’t invest in repairs or keep their properties well maintained. They say that if property taxes are better targeted then landlords are more likely to spend money on their

Ed Miliband has announced today his party’s policy for greater regulation of the private rented sector. Under his proposals, landlords will have to provide three-year tenancy agreements and there would be rent caps based on average market rents. Landlords would also have to meet tough requirements if they

The National Union of Students is calling for the government to better regulate letting agents and private landlords in an effort to improve living conditions for students studying in the UK.

The Guardian is asking its readers whether they think that cutting tax breaks private landlords currently enjoy will help to improve standards in the private rental sector. The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) believes this is the answer after analysis conducted by

According to recent research carried out by AA Home Membership and published in the Independent, 22% of landlords have had a dispute at some point with one of their tenants. The reasons behind the dispute vary but the main reason why landlords and tenants fell out was over the condition of the

No landlord wants to have to evict a tenant as it is a time consuming and costly process, but if a tenant is refusing to pay the rent, you can only let things slide for so long. The cost of evicting tenants is set to rise rather steeply as of April 22.

Mortgage interest rates have been at a historic all-time low for quite some time now. This is one of the reasons why many new investors have entered the buy to let market. Low interest rates combined with rising rents has meant very attractive rental yields in many parts of the country. Demand for

Reading the small print is something you should always do, under any circumstances, but the Sunday Telegraph is warning landlords to beware of management agents’ contracts. An investigation by paper has revealed a number of terms and conditions hidden in the small print of many contracts,