Articles By Category

As 2018 draws to a close, the vast majority of areas have seen rents increase over the past 12 months, according...

The number landlords exiting the market in the East of England last month was double the national average, ARLA Propertymark reveals. Landlords...

There was bad news for buy-to-let landlords in Scotland yesterday when the Scottish Finance Secretary Derek Mackay proposed a 1% hike...

Winter is now very definitely here and the weather is only going to get harsher, possibly a lot harsher, before spring...

Unfortunately some renters appear to view owing their landlord money as a cheap loan - a debt with 0% interest no...

From not paying their share of the rent or bills to failing to do their share of the household tasks, there...

Headline mortgage rates are misleading borrowers and could be costing them thousands of pounds, according to Property Master. It may initially seem...

Buy-to-let mortgage activity continued to slow in October, as fewer landlords took out home loans as a result of tax changes...

It could be the end of the road for rock bottom buy-to-let mortgage interest rates, according to a leading expert. Buy-to-let landlords...

The introduction of new guidance on room sizes in rented homes has been warmly welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The...

The recent conviction of former letting agent Heather Crabb for illegally pocketing £260,000 from renters in Plymouth has contributed significantly to...

A number of buy-to-let landlords are discriminating against prospective tenants based on their nationality and ethnicity due to the impact that...

Draconian tax changes applying to buy-to-let investors will leave many private landlords with little alternative but to evict tenants and sell...

Two years on from sweeping tax reforms to the buy-to-let sector, the industry is rapidly shifting towards professional landlords, according to...

The rise in the number of buy-to-let landlords quitting the buy-to-let sector in response to a raft of tax and regulatory...

There has been sharp slowdown in rental market activity as we draw closer to the festive period, the latest data from...

There has been a notable increase in the number of renters turning to lettings agents to find a new property, research...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has warned that growing speculation the mayor of London Sadiq Khan is considering introducing rent controls...

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...

There has been a sharp rise in the number of tenancy deposits held across the UK, new figures provided by deposit...

Private landlords across the UK collectively earned £33.8bn from their buy-to-let investments in the year from 5 April 2017 to 2018,...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases in November dropped to its lowest level seen since February this year, according to...

Rents in the UK’s private rented sector increased by 0.97% in the 12 months to November 2018, virtually unchanged from the...

The average cost of renting a property in the UK increased by 1.5% in the 12 months to November, the latest...