- Written by: Marc Da Silva
The coronavirus crisis has hit the UK's economic outlook, and many buy-to-let landlords are understandably worried about their post-lockdown rental property prospects. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are looking to take advantage of cheaper borrowing rates, growing demand from renters, and the existing stamp duty holiday by adding to the property portfolio, new figures suggest. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
The number of new prospective tenants continued to increase last month, reaching an all-time high, according to ARLA Propertymark’s latest PRS report. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
Demand for rented homes looks set to increase in the coming months as new data suggests that many people who do not yet own property will not do so for quite some time. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
Landlords are being urged to remain attentive when viewing or inspecting rental homes in order to weed out tenants that may be growing cannabis in their investment properties. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
A lot more needs to be done to financially support landlords and renters during the existing Covid-19 pandemic, according to Housing Hand. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
One in eight properties sold for more than the original asking price in August as housing demand peaked following the chancellor’s decision to introduce a stamp duty holiday to kickstart the economy. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
With the weather taking a turn for the worse in recent days, buy-to-let landlords who own properties with gardens would do well to ensure their properties are winter-ready before temperatures potentially plunge to levels much colder. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
Lendinvest has revamped its buy-to-let range, with new products for student lets and deals for first-time landlords, while the lending platform has increased its maximum loan-to-values (LTVs) to 80% with a maximum loan size of £500,000. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s new 'Job Support Scheme', unveiled last week, has been welcomed by millions of workers across the country, but the initiative in its existing form fails to provide a much needed boost to help landlords facing financial hardship. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
A letting agent in Nottinghamshire stole close to £30,000 from several landlord clients and tenants to help prevent his business from going bust. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
Buy-to-let landlords in Walthamstow, north east London, have been ordered to pay a collective total of £375,000 after modifying their buy-to-let properties - often with a view to squeezing in more tenants - without planning consent. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
Precise Mortgages has reduced mortgage rates across its buy-to-let range by up to 0.4%. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
The government is once again being urged to follow the example set in Wales and Scotland and develop interest free, guaranteed hardship loans to help tenants pay off rent arrears built as a result of the existing pandemic. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
Sigma Capital has joined forces with Swedish investment firm EQT to create a £1bn housing joint venture, with a view to building around 3,000 new rental homes in London over the next five years. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
A Delivery Hub will be set up by a new cross sector Future Homes Task Force, comprising of representatives from across all the sectors that shape new homes including government, house building, utility provision, material suppliers and environmental groups, to ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
Pepper Money has cut rates across its buy-to-let range by up to 0.4%. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
Landlords are being encouraged to give their views on plans to introduce licensing schemes in a number of regions across the country. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
Channel 5 will continue to provide an insight into a number of tenants and landlords across the UK, as feuds between them get out of control. ...
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