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Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...

The management of BTL properties, whether it's a modest collection of three units or a more sizable portfolio of fifteen, can...

The National Residential Landlords Association is urging MPs to back what it describes as “pragmatic” changes to the Renters Reform Bill...

A London lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for not paying compensation to a landlord following a failure...

Newcastle council is seeking new members of its Landlord Accreditation Scheme, which it claims recognises and rewards “reputable landlords who offer...

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...

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

A new but small survey by a compensation consultancy claims there are serious mould and damp issues amongst private rental properties. Some...

A housing analyst says student rent increases should be capped in the same way as social housing rents are. Rory Hughes, writing...

The latest Rental Demand Index from the Barrows and Forrester agency has revealed that rental demand has surged during the third...

The u-turn by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on green policies may be seen by some landlords as a rare piece of...

A veteran Tory MP who has been a junior minister in the department responsible for housing now says the rental market...

An analysis conducted over the summer by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform...

One in eight tenants admit to letting out part or all of their rented property - and that rises to a...

New data from the Office for National Statistics, based on the 2021 Census results, show growth in the number of holiday...

A comparison website has compiled a list of what it claims to be the most common lies on tenancy applications -...

When choosing a buy-to-let property, there are many elements that need to be balanced in order to get the biggest return...

This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...

A recent study by nationwide conveyancers Muve, using official data from the Office for National Statistics, has revealed the most and...

A mortgage chief has accused local authorities of treating private landlords like cash machines. Justin May, chief executive of EHF Mortgages, makes...

The better-than-expected sales market has been a surprise to investors, owners, buyers and sellers alike, says Rightmove. In its latest monthly snapshot...

Grainger, the Newcastle company that is active in Build To Rent and claims to be Britain’s biggest landlord, has enjoyed a...

An unlikely location heads the latest league table purporting to show the highest returns on property investment. Aldermore’s Buy To let City...

New rental stock accounts for just 16 per cent according to fresh figures released about the lettings market. Property company Ocasa has...

Research from Midlands lettings agency Barrows and Forrester shows the volume of homes entering the market for sale has almost halved...

A buy to let investment site has used Artificial Intelligence to identify 10 top property investment opportunities in 2023.  Based on analysis...

Student property enquiries in the run-up to the letting season for the 2023/24 academic year are significantly up on a year...

Airbnb has made a £1.25m donation to English Heritage, supporting the charity’s conservation and repair of historic houses, castles, abbeys and...

A prominent Tory thinker has suggested that English councils should be obliged to sell off an estimated 31,000 councils houses and...

Uncertainty has become a vastly overused word to describe our economic situation in recent years. But, once again, it’s an unwaveringly...

Personal finance website Money has produced a league table of cities where landlords can enjoy strong returns from student tenants. Top comes...

A tribunal has ordered a student accommodation management company to refund more than £84,000 in rent after it ran an unlicensed...

No it’s not an April Fool - some tenants in Wales are experimenting with an alternative to radiators and heat pumps....

A council is notifying its landlords with tenants on housing benefit that it is switching its payment schedule from paper to...

A council has served improvement notices on a number of properties owned by the Salvation Army and let to private tenants...

Analysis by property portal Boomin claims that rental properties on cycle lanes in London are showing premium returns above those of...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Walton and I am the Managing...

A pressure group of campaigners highly critical of landlords and letting agents is organising protests at cities this weekend. Acorn - which...

The staycation craze has made holiday lets a far more attractive proposition to many would-be landlords, according to a new survey. Research...

In recent days we have heard Michael Gove trumpet his plans to ‘level up’ the UK.  We knew that he would be...

A young law student has won a year-long battle against a landlord over the state of his rental accommodation. Jack Simm, 19,...

An unnamed landlord has been banned from letting out his property after allowing it to fall into poor condition.  He was served...

A council says it’s offering landlords what it calls ‘an enforcement amnesty’ if they have failed to bring their rental units...

Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, is to sit on a new Lettings sector body set up...

The North East has overtaken the North West as the best location in the UK for residential property investment.  That’s the view...

A new league table has been prepared showing the average costs of listings on Airbnb - and London features outside the...

The popular belief that homes in close proximity to shops inevitably pushes up the rent is being challenged by new research. The...

A new table of UK city affordability offers some guidance for landlords looking for urban properties in some of the least...

New research shows how the rental premium for a furnished property compares to the cost of furnishing a rental home individually. The...

A property licensing scheme covering hundreds of private rented homes in Newcastle looks set to be renewed for a third time. Newcastle...

A property investment firm has drawn up a league table of cities with significant rental yields.  Sequre Property Investment analysed the average rental...

A lettings platform specialising in student accommodation has a new way to spot locations with excess supply. UniHomes says Southampton, Portsmouth and...

Tenants at a Newcastle-upon-Tyne Build To Rent scheme are being offered deposit alternatives by the developer-cum-management firm, The High Street Group. The...

A PropTech ‘prospector’ tool which analyses Rightmove data from an investor’s perspective has produced a list of the 10 best average yields...

The National Residential Landlords Association has launched a new podcast series - Listen Up Landlords - for members and non-members. The association...

Research by lettings agency Keller Williams suggests the Coronavirus crisis has led to dip in rents across the UK - but...

Landlords concerned at licensing proposals put forward by Newcastle council have only until Sunday to respond with their views. The authority is re-designating...

A comparison website is warning owners to check whether their insurance policies cover damage from extreme weather events such as the...

Newcastle city council claims to be the first local authority in the UK to launch the rent-to-buy scheme allowing tenants to...

The Labour-controlled Swansea council in south Wales is being asked by a landlord body to rethink its licensing proposals. The authority is...

In March 2020, the Home Office made a number of changes to the Right to Rent scheme to make it easier...

Property auctions are fast becoming a popular method of buying and selling properties. This is down to the speed of sale,...

Property auctions help to minimise the chances of complications in the homebuying process. However, there are still measures you will need...

A council has prosecuted a local landlord for failing to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of his tenants. Eastleigh council took...

Castle Trust Bank has introduced a new range of buy-to-let products available at up to 75% loan-to-value (LTV). In addition, the lender...

Buy-to-let investments with a tenant already in situ are most in-demand across Glasgow, according to Howsy.  The letting management platform reports that...

A majority of tenants are looking for unfurnished homes, new research shows.  Online property management platform Howsy analysed existing rental property listings...

Renting out a property as a short-term let or holiday home has proved extremely profitable for some property investors, and a...

Newcastle Intermediaries has relaunched its buy-to-let offerings. The lender’s two-year fixed rate product offers a choice of fee-assisted deals at 75% loan-to-value...

Buy-to-let rental yields have remained largely flat, increasing by just 0.1% over the past 12 months, according to Sourced Capital. The research...

New data from lettings management platform offers fresh insight into which property types produce the best yields for investors. The study found...

Landlords currently looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas should head north to places like Liverpool, Bradford and Sunderland, with new...

With Premier League football poised to return on 17 June after a three-month shutdown, Sourced Capital has decided to analyse average...

Coventry Council has been accused of acting irresponsibly by introducing a licensing scheme for private rented housing earlier this week.  The council...

Coventry Council is acting irresponsibly by pressing ahead with plans to introduce a licensing scheme for private rented housing, according to...

From this month, HMRC has enacted legislation requiring UK residents to submit capital gains tax (CGT) returns, as well as pay any...

Most landlords are wary of the potential damage, smells and noise complaints that can come with accommodating a tenant with pets,...

Short-term let property management firm Hostmaker has gone into administration, prompting redundancies for the entirety of the company’s London-based team.  Houst, formerly...

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates on its fee assisted buy-to-let mortgages by 0.2 percentage points and extended end dates across the...

Castle Trust is offering a 10-year term loan for people looking to invest in buy-to-let property.  Castle Trust’s TermTen loan for buy-to-let...

Brighton has been named the most profitable city to invest in for buy-to-let landlords in the UK.  Landlords investing in Brighton’s buy-to-let...

Residential property prices across all English Cities have risen above pre-crisis peaks for the first time since 2007, the latest Zoopla...

Rental yields in the private rented sector have dipped marginally since the introduction of the ban on tenant fees in June...

Newcastle upon Tyne has been named the most affordable place to rent in the UK.  According to the research, undertaken by CompareTheMarketcom,...

A new 10-year term loan has been introduced by Castle Trust which is fixed for five years before reverting to the...

Newcastle Intermediaries has cut rates on its range of five-year fixed buy-to-let mortgage products by up to 0.2%. Reductions include a 75%...

Buy-to-let landlords looking to add to their portfolio should consider buying property in the North East of England where rents are...

The worst served city for rental stock is Newport in Wales where just 13.5% of properties listed are to rent, according...

The UK Purpose-Built Student Accommodation Sector (PBSA) has grown by a record 5.3% in 2019 which equates to more than 34,000...

Newcastle Intermediaries has introduced a number of rate reductions to mortgage products within its buy-to-let range. Highlights include a two-year fixed rate...

With 2020 fast approaching, it is time for forward thinking buy-to-let landlords to start looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas...

Private landlords in Newcastle have slammed the Labour Party’s proposed ‘right to buy’ policy that could see long-term tenants acquire buy-to-let...

There is an increasing trend for landlords choosing to grow their residential property portfolios by taking on HMOs (House of Multiple...

Top-flight football returns this weekend, with Liverpool preparing for tonight’s Premier League opener versus Norwich City, but what team should landlords...

Rental price growth in English cities undergoing extensive regeneration is outpacing the national average, new research shows. Looking at 12 cities in...

The average cost of renting a room in the UK increased by 8% between April and June and now stands at...

Newcastle Intermediaries is now offering its buy-to-let mortgage range to borrowers in Scotland. It comes over three years after the firm, which...

Germany’s rent controls place strong restrictions on in-tenancy rent increases, while the ‘rent brake’ introduced a couple of year ago makes...

New research looking at the best buy-to-let markets to recoup your investment on both property price and stamp duty costs based...

Private landlords looking for lucrative returns will find that L6 in Liverpool is the most profitable location to buy-to-let in the...