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Landlords quitting the sector could have to spend hundreds of pounds more when selling their home owing to new Trading Standards...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
New research from specialist lender Aldermore reveals the financial boost landlords provide to local economies. Nearly eight out of ten landlords opt...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Landlords pulling out of buy to let because of high costs and overbearing regulation now have a guide to how quickly...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Average house price fell by 0.3 per cent in July, a fourth consecutive monthly decline, according to the Halifax. This means property...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A finance house says it’s seeing an increase in tenants offering to buy their properties off their landlords. James Briggs, head of...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Recently the government once again committed to banning 'no-fault' evictions, with the new government housing minister Rachel Maclean promising the ban on...
15 April 2023
From: Rental Reform
As landlords face losses as high as £7,500 this year – thanks to increased mortgage and living costs alongside a tax overhaul...
12 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Housing minister Rachel Maclean is quoted as saying her government’s policies are NOT driving landlords out of the private rental sector. The...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Student lets have come under the spotlight as a result of a slowdown in the building of new university student accommodation...
11 March 2023
From: Agent Advice
Over a third of a million landlords may quit the private rental sector as a result of being penalised by tax...
03 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The mass exodus of landlords unhappy with increased tax and regulation appears not to have happened - at least yet. A quarterly...
16 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Every year, those thinking about investing in property for the first time and even current landlords ask themselves whether it’s the...
11 February 2023
From: Agent Advice
Landlords who intend to sell their properties this year are being urged to act quickly ahead of the Capital Gains Tax...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
At LRG we are currently seeing rental properties go within days, and sometimes hours of being placed on the market. Rent is...
07 January 2023
From: Agent Advice
Whingers who complain about financial perks for landlords and who then complain about rising rents when the perks are withdrawn and...
29 November 2022
From: Breaking News
New research from the bank Handelsbanken suggests some landlords will reduce their portfolios if economic conditions worsen. Almost 60 per cent of...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The government must “get realistic” over the difficulties involved in reaching Net Zero targets when dealing with older properties in the...
18 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A team of experts has released a report that responds to government reform plans - and it insists that if Section...
29 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Government plans to ban Section 21 evictions could push up rents and reduce rental stock, a property dispute expert is warning. Lee Pearce...
18 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The latest rentals market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors gives the now-familiar story of how demand is far...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A report from the Public Accounts Committee on the regulation of the private rented sector (PRS) was issued with little notice...
07 May 2022
From: Rental Reform
The connection between rising volumes of red tape in the private rental sector and landlords quitting as a consequence appears to...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Demand for private rental housing is at an all time high according to new research by the National Residential Landlords Association. A...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Labour councils in London have backed the initiative from Mayor Sadiq Khan to buy back ex-council houses now in the private...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Rishi Sunak is being urged not to increase capital gains tax, as part of the government’s attempts to claw back the...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News
The tax and regulatory changes introduced in recent years have led to an increase in the number of landlords exiting the...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Boris Johnson’s call for a snap general election on December 12 to try to settle the issue of Brexit took very...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News
There has been a further increase in the number of landlords exiting the buy-to-let market, according to new research by the...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News
The Build to Rent development pipeline has grown dramatically in recent years and there are clear signs of the sector becoming...
09 October 2019
From: Breaking News
The number of tenants experiencing rent rises hit the highest level on record in July, according to ARLA Propertymark’s latest PRS...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News
There has been a sharp rise in the number of tenants experiencing rent rises following the introduction of the tenant fees...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News
There has been a significant increase in the number of buy-to-let landlords offloading properties ahead of the introduction of the tenant...
31 May 2019
From: Breaking News
The number of tenants experiencing rent increases dropped slightly in March thanks partly to a sharp rise in the number of...
26 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Who are you? Paul Shamplina What does it say on your business card? Founder and Director of Landlord Action and Brand Ambassador of...
15 February 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
There was a significant increase in the number of landlords exiting the rental market in December 2018 as rents increased for...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News
The number landlords exiting the market in the East of England last month was double the national average, ARLA Propertymark reveals. Landlords...
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News
There was a further rise in the number of landlords exiting the buy-to-let market, new data shows. Belvoir’s Q3 Rental Index, compiled...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Rents in the UK’s private rental sector continue to rise as the supply of properties to let has dropped again on...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Renters in central London now face having to bid against each other, pushing rents up in the process, as a result...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News
A shortage of housing supply will push up rents up by an average of 13.7% over the next five years, according...
06 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Two years on from sweeping tax reforms to the buy-to-let sector, the industry is rapidly shifting towards professional landlords, according to...
19 October 2018
From: Breaking News
A number of tenants have been hit by rent rises over the past 12 months as landlords respond to extra taxes...
16 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Philip Hammond is being urged to use his Autumn Budget, which will take place on 29 October, to support investment in...
27 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Rent prices in London are forecast to see strong growth following a significant drop in the number of homes available to rent...
24 September 2018
From: Breaking News
There has been a significant increase in the number of buy-to-let landlords selling up, along with a notable reduction in the...
24 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Rents are forecast to see strong growth over the next five years, according to the latest residential property forecast from the...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News
An exodus of landlords from the buy-to-let market has caused a significant drop in rental property listings in recent month with...
12 July 2018
From: Breaking News
There has been a rise in the number of buy-to-let landlords selling up and quitting the private rented sector, according to...
26 June 2018
From: Breaking News
The number private landlords selling their buy-to-let properties reached a record high in April due to a raft of recent tax...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News
The signs are that 2018 looks set to be another difficult year for buy-to-let landlords as tax hikes bite. An increasing number...
18 December 2017
From: Breaking News
A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are likely to exit the private rented sector over the next 12 months due to...
15 September 2017
From: Breaking News
There has been a significant increase in the number of landlords exiting the buy-to-let sector due to higher stamp duty costs...