Any hope of a near-term drop in interest rates appears to have been wiped out by a statement by Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey. In a...

The property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the third quarter of 2023. The latest rental data from Citylets,...

A new rental website which claims to list “all available homes for young people in one place” has raised well over £3m in funding. Hybr calls itself...

There are some 141,245 second homes in England and Wales, new figures show.  Flats are the most common type of second home, accounting for 42 per cent,...

Housr, a student living start-up, says it’s started its second year by adding 45,000 properties to its platform ahead of the September 2024 start of the...

The latest lettings market forecast from Savills says average UK rents to end 2023 at up 9.5 per cent year on year – lower than 2022,...

House prices fell 1.2 per cent in the past year, according to a new Zoopla report out today, with average discounts on homes currently for sale...

A campaign by a UK government to help landlords retrofit their properties with energy efficient amenities has had almost zero impact, the Liberal Democrats claim. The Scottish...

Markets are saying the UK - and for that matter the US and mainland Europe - have all hit peak interest rates. That’s the view of the...

The government claims that millions of homeowners in England and Wales will be given greater rights, powers, and protections over their homes as part of the...

New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the current average rent.  The analysis looked...

A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority data which shows the potential...

Many landlords have dropped plans to improve the energy efficiency of their homes following the U-turn by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. In September Sunak scrapped plans aimed...

Almost four fifths of landlords favour raising the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for private rental properties, a think tank claims. The Social Market Foundation - which calls...

The first meeting has been held of the Housing Coalition, a new group including a number of local and regional landlord bodies and agents’ organisation Propertymark. A statement...

The National Residential Landlords Association wants the government to commit to annual uprating of the Local Housing Allowance. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced in his Autumn Statement that...

Good news for landlords earning under £30,000 a year - they will not have to use the HMRC’s Making Tax Digital scheme. The announcement came in paperwork...

Campaigning charity Shelter has welcomed the decision by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance - but it wants it to happen now, not next...

The energy price cap is to rise to an annual average of £1,928 from January. Regulator Ofgem says a typical household paying by direct debit for gas...

The government should tax property ‘hoarders’ cashing in on the UK housing market says a left-leaning think tank. A report by the New Economics Foundation and the Homes for Us...

Buried in the small print of the Autumn Statement paperwork is a boost for digital technology and PropTech. In the documentation released after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s speech...

The Office for Budget Responsibility - a Treasury department operating independently from the government - released its central forecast for the UK housing market in the...

Many have welcomed the move by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance - but some tenant activists say it’s not enough. Hunt used his...

Large upfront costs are deterring landlords and other home owners from making their homes more energy efficient, according to Lloyds Bank - but the same survey...

Britain’s largest listed residential landlord, Grainger, has struck a long-term deal with =Network Rail and the property developer Bloc Group to deliver 2,000 Build To rent...

A council in Wales is making changes to the system it uses to encourage private landlords to lease their properties to the authority. Currently Bridgend Council operates...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry.  The Local Housing Allowance is to be increased next year...

A leader of the pro-tenant activist group Acorn has told MPs that “one man bands” are more likely to exploit tenants than large scale landlords or...

There may be tax cuts in today’s Autumn Statement if government-fuelled rumours are to be believed - but there’s been a dramatic rise in tax receipts...

The rising cost of living - especially housing - remains the top issue on Londoners’ minds for the second year in a row, according to the...

A council’s version of a private lettings agency is inviting landlords to an event co-organised by the National Residential Landlords Association. Ashford council’s ABC Lettings operation says...

A house building firm claims more people want to move to increasingly energy-efficient homes.  A survey by Redrow shows that 26 per cent of existing homeowners would...

Airbnb is launching a new Sustainability Hub to help its landlord hosts in the UK retrofit and improve the energy efficiency of their homes. As part of...

Landlord confidence has rebounded strongly in recent months according to a survey by a leading buy to let-focussed bank. All aspects of landlord confidence measured by research...

The trade publication Inside Housing says a 20,000-home housing association has apologised after saying it would take enforcement action against a resident who complained about anti-social...

A landlord has been hit with an £11,800 fine for operating an HMO without a licence. Stoke-on-Trent council launched an investigation into landlord Lee Challinor in 2022...

Affordability limits have been reached in several regions of the UK, the Home property website suggests. While some regions are still recording eye watering annual rises -...

London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan wants 10,000 private homes in the capital to be brought into the social rental sector within 10 years. His new Council Homes...

Labour’s shadow housing secretary and deputy leader Angela Rayner says her party will scrap Section 21 on its first day in office, if it wins the...

The two most aggressively pro-tenant activist bodies have accused landlords without mortgages of “cashing in.” According to a poll of more than 1,000 landlords commissioned by Shelter...

A slew of MPs who are members of the Renters Reform Bill committee receive money from letting out rooms or properties - and that includes some...

Homes situated close to new electricity pylons and sub-stations could receive up to £1,000 a year off energy bills, for up to a decade. Substantial numbers of...

A senior Labour MP associated with the moderate wing of the party says private rental properties should be confiscated from serial offender landlords. Clive Betts - chair...

Landlord confidence has improved over the course of the past quarter according to a respected quarterly sentiment survey. The Q3 2023 BVA BDRC Landlord Panel research report...

Shelter has issued new claims about homelessness triggered in part by private rents, as it prepares for its annual festive fundraising campaign. New research - funded for...

No fewer than 88 per cent of portfolio landlords have added to their portfolios in the last six months, despite market uncertainty. A survey of 1,000 landlords...

Landlords in Reading are being offered the chance to attend a free information event to help them keep up to date with changes in legislation which...

A new study claims that two thirds of privately rented homes require urgent energy efficiency improvements - and that landlords need financial and expert help on...

A prominent lettings agent says he can see why tenants have lost faith in the government following delays in the banning of Section 21 eviction powers. Marc...

Landlords have been urged to protect their properties against bed bugs with regular inspections. Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks, says dealing with...