Paragon Bank is offering four new limited edition buy to let mortgages, with two products suitable for landlords with three or fewer mortgaged buy to let...

A property firm has branded the current council tax rules for holiday homes “a mess” and says local and national government are losing millions of pounds...

Citizens Advice has made further criticisms of the private rental sector and landlords. At the start of the year a spokesperson accused private landlords of serving Section...

Mortgage rates are forecast to continue falling as lenders take advantage of cheaper funding. Specialist lender Octane Capital has so-called swap rates over 30 and 60-day periods...

New figures from the Housing Ombudsman - who presides over social housing - suggests 47% of the cases he has determined in 2023-24 involved London social...

Labour has made a solid start with regard to the lettings sector according to a high profile rental law expert. The Head of Property Lettings and Revenue...

Specialist lender Landbay has introduced a new range of non-portfolio buy to let products. It’s designed for landlords with three or less mortgaged properties and includes five-year...

A controversial council has launched a 12 week consultation on its policies restricting Airbnb-style short lets. Edinburgh council insists that new Airbnb and other short let landlords...

The UK’s largest corporate landlord, Grainger plc, has spent £31m to buy an existing 135-home Build To Rent scheme in Manchester from M&G Real Estate. The Astley...

Letting agents’ body Propertymark has fired a warning shot at Baroness Eluned Morgan, the politician who has been chosen to be Labour’s new leader in Wales,...

The government has been warned by a charity not to weaken its commitment to scrapping Section 21 by allowing ‘backdoor evictions’ at the same time. “We welcome...

Academics in a leading university have set up a project to probe so-called bidding wars in the private rental sector.  Two figures from the Queen Mary University...

The new lender April Mortgages - which already offers a range of five to 15-year fixed rates on 95% mortgages, has dramatically increased its loan-to-income caps. The...

The National Residential Landlords Association has reached the final of awards celebrating the best of British trade associations. An announcement on the association’s website says it’s in...

A new agency - which describes itself as a “disruptor company” - says it will charge an all-in lettings and management fee of 6%. And it claims...

A council has warned so-called “evaders” that they are in its sights after forcing the sale of a property on which almost £36,000 of outstanding council...

A new index shows that only one in eight potential first-time buyers can purchase the average FTB home in their area. The Skipton Group - which includes...

Landlords purchased just 10% of homes sold across Britain during the first half of this year - the lowest share for at least 15 years. The figure...

Growing mortgage product choice shows growing confidence in aspects of the housing market, even before anticipated rate cuts. That’s the view of  Octane Capital chief executive Jonathan...

The London borough of Wandsworth is the latest council to trigger a consultation for more licensing.   It’s inviting tenants, landlords, property agents and anyone with an...

An activist group supporting renters is calling for the final two months of a tenancy to be rent-free in a bid to help moving costs. The idea...

Private renters are more satisfied with their accommodation than those in the social rented sector, according to new data published over weekend. According to the Government’s latest...

The lenders’ trade body, UK Finance, has published a report examining why some landlords are falling into mortgage arrears and why the sector generally is so...

The Mortgage Works is today reducing selected Buy to Let rates for new and existing customers by up to 0.25 percentage points, with rates starting from...

Private landlords with properties in the Caerphilly borough can apply for free ‘green skills’ training. The local council is offering training to - in its words -...

A controversial council claims that HMRC is working with its enforcement team because many landlords who avoid licensing schemes are also likely to be involved in...

A council has become the first to require home owners to secure planning consent before their property can be used as a second home or short-let.  Gwynedd...

A convicted gangster caught with £500,000 worth of heroin has been refused entry to the landlord register in Scotland. This will mean that Paul Macaulay, who was...

Generation Rent research claims that minority ethnic communities are more likely to be living in colder homes that are more difficult and expensive to keep warm...

Enfield council in North London is running a consultation on its proposals for a licensing scheme for small, shared HMOs in the borough. In 2020, the Council...

The activists who were so influential in steering the shape of the Renters Reform Bill under the old Conservative government are now seeking to shape Labour’s...

There’s been a substantial rise in landlords exiting the market or downsizing their portfolios, analysis by TwentyEA has found.   Figures show that the number of properties currently ‘for sale’...

The National Residential Landlords Association says ending Section 21 eviction powers in isolation, as some have suggested the new government should do, would make the plight...

The latest inflation figures mean there’s no excuse for the Bank of England to keep interest rates at their current high, according to experts. The headline inflation...

Latest official figures from the government’s Office for National Statistics show that average UK private rents increased by 8.6% in the 12 months to June 2024. Average...

A new Renters' Rights Bill is to be introduced into Parliament, it's been confirmed today. The announcement was made in the King's Speech: it was only a...

A council has reported that its Selective Licensing scheme has had only 43% take-up from landlords after two years.  And a report from its officers has suggested...

A north of England local authority is launching yet another consultation on licensing - 17 years after it became one of the first to introduce selecting...

Aspiring and existing landlords are invited to a free Buy To Let Webinar next week. Hosted on Zoom from 12 noon to 12.45pm on Thursday July 25...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has written to Housing Secretary Angela Rayner urging her to make it even easier for councils to set up...

A Labour council is warning landlords to get licensing or face hefty fines or prosecution.  Brent council in north London says it is actively enforcing a licensing...

A new report from the Sustainable Markets Initiative, highlights the important role that electrified ‘cleantech’ homes can play in reducing energy bills. The report reveals that energy bill...

Lloyds Bank - already a player of growing importance in the Build To Rent niche - is now to publish what it calls a ‘White Paper’...

A council dominated by a residents association is looking for landlords of three-, four- and five-bedroom houses to sign up to its Private Sector Leasing Scheme. Epsom...

Informed leaks from unnamed government sources, and rolled out in the mainstream media, confirm that a version of the Renters Reform Bill will return in this...

A group of 20 major local authorities - the biggest social landlords in England - have sent an open letter to the government urging a long-term...

The much-publicised and long-awaited Good Landlords Charter for the Greater Manchester area has at last been launched. A statement from the local council there calls it “the...

A new sentiment survey by Knight Frank reveals a shift in housing preferences, with one-fifth of respondents expressing an interest in purchasing a new home.  This marks...

Specialist lender Aldermore has launched new and reduced limited edition Buy To Let and residential owner-occupier mortgage products. For individual and company landlords with single residential investment...

A landlord has been convicted for the illegal eviction and harassment of a tenant. St Albans Magistrates Court heard how Olufemi Forseythe, a Hertfordshire landlord, harassed his...