By Richard O’Neill, managing director, lettings at Romans Estate Agents As a landlord, your property’s yield is an important figure. It indicates...
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![Owners in major debt should switch tenure to rental - Mayor Khan](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
In an unusual move, London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says home owners in dire financial difficulties should be able to switch...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlord Banning Orders not used because of council cuts - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
A website claims that Banning Orders on private landlords have not been served because of local government funding shortfalls. Open Democracy says...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords pay £20,000 for property management failings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
A council has issued financial penalties of over £20,000 to landlords failing to manage their properties. Three of the four cases...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![More BTL properties sold with sitting tenants - new figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
A new analysis shows growth in the trend for buy to let properties to be sold with tenants in situ. The analysis...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activists use Shelter campaign to renew Section 21 call](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
Generation Rent says Shelter has it right when it complains about evictions in the private rental sector. Earlier this week Shelter claimed...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council that threatened landlords is guilty of “severe maladministration”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
A London council that just days ago threatened private landlords with unlimited fines and “have control of their properties removed” has...
23 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Arrears creep up as agents sound alarm on rental supply](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says the lettings market is defined now by the “alarming disparity” between demand and supply. In the...
23 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Double digit annual rent rise in London, Foxtons data shows](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
New figures from Foxtons show that average weekly rent in July 2023 was 12 per cent higher than July 2022. The agency’s...
23 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rogue landlords forced to go on ‘recognised landlord training’](/upload/images/shutterstock_1908799612.jpg)
A trio of Cambridge landlords have been fined more than £8,000 between them, after three separate HMOs were found to be...
23 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour council warns landlords about high cost licensing deadline](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
A Labour council says local landlords have only a week to apply for a licence before a big rise in the...
23 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Would you allow childminding in your rental property?](/upload/images/shutterstock_255609634.jpg)
The National Residential Landlords Association is meeting with the Department of Education to consider how, if at all, private landlords can...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter claims many renters are ‘one cheque from homelessness’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Section21-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter claims that half the working private renters in England have too little saved to pay rent for more...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Higher Taxes for Second Homes - landlords urged to have a say](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
There are only a few days left for landlords to have input to a government consultation on council tax hikes for...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council admits taking “really hard line” on HMOs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
A council is boasting that it’s taking a "really hard line” over HMO regulation. New rules in Blackburn with Darwen prevent family...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Massive student rental accommodation shortfall this autumn](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Studentsimage400x310.jpg)
Authoritative new research suggests that there’s been a 91,000 rise in student numbers to 2.3m - yet in major student cities...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Surprise Surprise - Landlords now twice as likely to sell as to buy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
New research has come to a conclusion that will surprise few - that landlords today are twice as likely to be...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Who Cares About EPCs? - just 2% of agents “always” asked by tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Low_EPC-400x310.png)
Only two per cent of Propertymark letting agents say tenants “always” want to know the EPC rating on a property they...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council threatens landlords with losing control of their properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A London council is telling landlords that if they don’t apply for a licence in the next nine days they face...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Asking prices and transaction volumes fall in latest Rightmove survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
There’s bad news for landlords relying on capital appreciation or hoping to sell up in the near future. Rightmove reports that new...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Remortgaging landlords urged to fix rate before next Bank decision](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Landlords about to remortgage are being urged to secure a new rate as early as possible - even six months in...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent control experiment at risk of continuing for years](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
The long running experiment with rent controls and an eviction ban north of the border may yet continue for years to...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Appeal to private landlords to house ex-offenders](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Handcuffs2-400x310.jpg)
A council is appealing to landlords to work with the local authority and the Probation Service to help ex-offenders fit accommodation...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Social landlord boss ordered to apologise directly to tenant](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Legal_Action-400x310.png)
The Housing Ombudsman - who presides over housing associations and other social housing providers - has ordered a chief executive to...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rents up in every region and every country of the UK](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/house-prices-rise400x310.png)
Rents continue to rise rapidly in every English region, Scotland and Wales according to the latest market snapshot from the respected...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tips for Renters - are you advising your tenants this way?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Section%2021%20use%20found%20to%20be%20overstated.jpg)
A loans company, Moneyboat, has issued a series of tips for renters before and during their tenancies. It claims that by avoiding...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlord who crammed 40 people into house is banned](/upload/images/shutterstock_423625090(1).jpg)
A criminal businessman has been given a London council’s first ever landlord banning order. Property dealer Jaydipkumar Rameshchandra Valand, who lives in...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Debate rages over interest rate rises - Landlord Today reader poll](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
Debate is raging over whether there will be a 15th successive interest rate rise when the Bank of England’s monetary policy...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Clampdown on wording of lettings listings](/upload/images/shutterstock_1998984149.jpg)
There’s been a clampdown on imprecise wording used in lettings listings. The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team - which...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental Growth To Slow? Not likely, warns leading lettings agent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
There are few signs that the pace of rental growth is slackening, warns Hamptons. It says the cost of a new tenancy...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlord ignored Improvement Notices - now he's fined](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
Arun council has prosecuted a Littlehampton landlord for failing to comply with an improvement notice. The case was heard at Worthing Magistrates...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![HMRC’s Self Assessment tax warning to landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-SelfAssessment-400x310.png)
HMRC has prepared a guide to landlords’ and other property professionals’ self-assessment. Here’s the guide in its entirety. - The year is flying by...
16 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sadiq Khan and activist leader launch rent control social media campaign](/upload/images/shutterstock_1529316737.jpg)
London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the Labour-supporting leader of the Generation Rent pressure group have starred in a lengthy social...
16 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Don’t cut corners on mandatory EICR reports - warning](/upload/images/shutterstock_2156505737.jpg)
Landlords are unwittingly exposing their tenants to the serious danger of fire because they opt for the cheaper option when hiring...
16 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax: the homes, the companies and the offshore havens](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Some 80,460 homes across England and Wales are registered to companies located in offshore tax havens. They are worth an estimated £39.8...
16 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Banned! Advert that made lodges looked like permanent new homes](/upload/images/shutterstock_423625090.jpg)
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned any further publication of an advertisement for holiday homes that made them appear to be...
16 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage lenders slammed for ‘daylight robbery' on BTL arrangement fees](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Landlords and brokers are up in arms about alleged profiteering by buy to let mortgage lenders’ arrangement fees. These jumped last autumn...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Homes Overheating - latest alarm over rental property conditions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
Over a third of homes in England are at high risk of overheating as summer temperatures of 40oC and above apparently...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords Beware - agent still trading after compensation failure](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Hawks Properties Limited has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to honour a compensation award. The agency - with...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fixed Penalty Notice for rogue landlord who ignored improvement orders](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
A landlord has been given a £20,000 fine for failing to carry-out badly needed repairs on a property in Lancashire. The fixed...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Charity acknowledges that landlords need help to keep homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/OneDome%20Intro%201%20ShakingHands-400x310.png)
A charity has acknowledged that landlords need help to keep their homes, and in turn continue to provide much-needed homes in...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gove urged to act at last over abandoned tenancies](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove is being lobbied to take urgent action over the growing problem of abandoned tenancies. Propertymark chief executive Nathan...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords selling up have left it too late for maximum gains](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CoinsHouses-2020-400x310.jpg)
Investors selling a buy to let so far in 2023 made gains which were 10.1 per cent lower than those who...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Anti-lets council policy will slash property values, says top agent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
A leading agent in an area set to be hit by draconian planning restrictions on holiday lets is warning that the...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![MP blames Tories for spread of ‘scary’ HMOs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
An MP says owner occupiers are “scared, unable to sleep at night, worried about their safety and even concerned about whether...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![HMO landlord in court after Gangmasters investigation](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CourtCase-400x310.png)
A landlord responsible for the management of an HMO has been fined a total of £5,000. The penalties were imposed by Boston...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Death of tenant’s son not linked to property condition, coroner rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
The death of a 27-year-old man was not caused by the mould in the private rental property he occupied. That was the verdict...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lettings market guru warns tenants of more rent rises ahead](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RisingRents-400x310.jpg)
There’s a blunt warning to renters from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let mortgage arrears soar as high interest rates hit](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
Data from mortgage lenders’ trade body UK Finance will make grim reading for anyone interested in the well-being of the housing...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![At last! Mainstream media support for landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The business editor of London’s daily newspaper, the Evening Standard, has made a strong statement in support of landlords. Jonathan Prynn, in...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb owner refused consent to let because of communal door](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
An Airbnb flat owner in Scotland has been refused access to let out her flat because it is in a block...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax benefits lead landlords to flock towards incorporation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
A growing number of landlords are incorporating in order to salvage profits from the difficult buy to let sector, a bank...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Homelessness charity boss reported to be on £189,000](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
Homelessness charities often berate private landlords for putting income before service to tenants. But a bitter dispute at one organisation has apparently revealed...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Quitting Buy To Let? Here’s a list of where you can sell up quickly](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
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
![Tenants can buy landlords' homes via cash-rich tech platform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/AgentOnline-400x310.png)
A currently low-profile service that helps landlords manage portfolios or even sell their properties to tenants says it’s raised a big...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Younger tenants very unlikely to have contents insurance - claim](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/PayingBills-400x310.jpg)
Fewer than a third of tenants and other residents under the age of 30 have cover for their contents, it’s been...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords demand incentives to make EPC improvements](/upload/images/shutterstock_2246580153.jpg)
The National Residential Landlords Association is backing a call for financial help for landlords who improve the energy efficiency of their...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Give councils cash to buy homes off private landlords - call](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
A group of local authorities is asking the government to give individual councils the cash to buy properties off private landlords. London...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Braverman accused of using landlords to do her dirty work](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Stormy%20weather%20for%20homebuyers%20Introducer%20today%20team%20LandlordNews.png)
Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of using landlords to do her dirty work for her. In a response to the...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let mortgage mayhem goes on - lender in, lender out](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
Beverley Building Society has entered the buy to let market for the first time with two new products. Its variable rate BTL...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![HMRC pushes up late payment charges for landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Any landlord hit with late payment surcharges from HM Revenue & Customs will now face even higher charges. As a result of...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lawyer says landlords face bankruptcy risk over migrant fines](/upload/images/shutterstock_1086803045.jpg)
A leading property law firm is warning that landlords face bankruptcy as a result of the massive increase in fines they...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Right To Rent landlord fines to be massively increased](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
Landlords who allow rental properties to be let to migrants who do not have the right to be in the UK...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlord sell-off will influence sales market - new warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
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
![Crunch meeting tomorrow to decide on HMO licensing scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
Councillors in Warwick look set to decide tomorrow whether to implement an additional licensing scheme for some HMOs. Following a public consultation...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Complaints about lettings agents go through the roof](/upload/images/shutterstock_1499251934.jpg)
There’s been a large increase in the number of complaints registered with The Property Ombudsman - with lettings agents in the...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sadiq Khan and Generation Rent link up over rental policy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and activist group Generation Rent have issued a joint appeal for rent controls in the capital. Khan’s...
07 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![New legal warning - Renters Reform Bill will hit landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Millions of UK landlords will be adversely affected by the Renters Reform Bill, a solicitor warns - the latest law expert...
07 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Second fine in 12 months for landlord not providing paperwork](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Fine-2-400x310.jpg)
Sheffield council has prosecuted a rogue landlord for a second time after he was failing to provide appropriate documentation to a...
07 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investing, Incorporating or Quitting? Landlord survey needs you!](/upload/images/shutterstock_1005704719.jpg)
The University of Dundee and letting agents’ body Propertymark want to understand more about the future plans of landlords. This is happening...
07 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Madness continues! Rents hit yet ANOTHER record high](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/New%20Rental%20Index-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings industry figure has summed up the continuing rental market frenzy in three words - “the madness continues.” Andy Halstead, HomeLet &...
07 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent demands EPC change to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
Activist group Generation Rent is now demanding a change to the Renters Reform Bill to help tenants with energy bills. The group...
04 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Market Quandary: why did rents rise so much last month?](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RisingRents-400x310.jpg)
July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...
04 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Richest landlords stick with rentals as sales market tanks](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentBuy-400x310(1).png)
A prominent buying agent operating at the high end of the prime London market has given an interesting insight into how...
04 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Auction bonanza as landlords contribute to record business](/upload/images/shutterstock_1657604122.jpg)
Landlords are often seen as stalwarts of property auctions, and are attributed with helping the sector’s growth over the past decade. Property...
04 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![National Landlord Investment Show details revealed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
The next National Landlord Investment Show is taking place in London next month. It’s on September 27 at DoubleTree Hilton London Elstree...
04 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - interest rate decision by Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_2-400x310.png)
The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has announced its decision on base rate. It will rise by 0.25 per cent to...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Crunch Day for Two Million Buy To Let Mortgages](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Mortgage%20approvals%20down%20MortgageApplication_400x310.png)
The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets again today with strong expectations that they will agree their 14th successive base...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent group admits no rent rise for 40% of tenants](/upload/images/shutterstock_1664207998.jpg)
Whereas it’s likely that every single landlord has seen higher costs over the past year, two out of five tenants have...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council threat to raise landlord licence fee by well over 100%](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
A statement from Oxford’s Labour controlled council says private landlords in the city have under a month to apply for a...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords want to improve EPCs as soon as possible - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_Efficiency-400x310.png)
A survey suggests that landlords want to improve the energy efficiency of their properties as soon as possible - despite a...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets Licensing - landlords have only two months to apply](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
Owners of short-term let properties are being urged to apply for a licence under Scotland’s short-term licensing scheme before the October...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Surge in tenants wanting to buy properties off landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
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
![Controversial MP to champion landlord concerns in Parliament](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
A controversial MP sacked by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak earlier this year says he will take up the cause of landlords...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![House prices fall at sharpest rate for 14 years](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
House prices have fallen an average of 3.8 per cent across the UK in the past year according to the Nationwide. This...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Yet another council ponders revenue-raising licensing scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
A council is to consult on a new licensing scheme that aims to tackle rogue landlords in parts of Scunthorpe that...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council slammed for thousands of social housing safety failings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
A council that is often outspoken in its criticism of rogue private landlords has been slammed for literally thousands of health...
01 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Big drop in number of mortgage-driven house purchases](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Young%20people%20more%20likely%20MortgageCalculated1_400x310.png)
The number of property transactions fuelled by the mortgage sector has fallen by 42 per cent so far this year. Britain’s more...
01 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Publicity push to combat mortgage debt (but not for landlords)](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Mortgage lenders have launched a £5m media campaign to publicise the support available to owner occupier mortgage holders if they face...
01 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb refutes Sadiq Khan’s analysis of ‘out of control’ short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...
01 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Michael Gove gives thumbs up to another Labour licensing scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
A controversial licensing scheme will come into force this winter with the blessing of Housing Secretary Michael Gove. Nottingham council’s selective licensing...
01 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fifth of landlords not raising rent despite interest rates and inflation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-400x310.png)
Some 18 per cent of buy to let landlords have suggested they are not raising rents for tenants despite inflation and...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Free legal aid for tenants may make evictions too costly](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAdvice-400x310.png)
The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service kicks in tomorrow - it offers early legal advice, free of charge, to anyone...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour dispute over call for landlords to compensate evicted tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
A left-wing pressure group wants new laws to force landlords to pay hefty relocation expenses to tenants who claim high rents...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Capital Appreciation to dip for next two years - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The latest market snapshot from Zoopla suggests landlords’ capital appreciation over the second half of this year depends almost entirely on...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Yet More Landlord Licensing: another council ponders controls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
Landlords providing accommodation on the Wirral are likely to get further licensing as a new consultation goes ahead. The proposals suggest continuing...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Best yields identified for potential buy to let investments](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
A property investment platform has analysed rental yields to see the best returning areas for buy to let investors. Sourced Franchise analysed...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shocking new figures offer one reason why rental sector is so strong](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
New housing affordability figures provide one underlying reason why many potential buyers cannot make the move and instead rely increasingly on...