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Another council has set up an advice session for private rental landlords in the area. This even will take place at Neath...

Landlords have again become the focus of HMRC. The government department is currently using data from rent deposit schemes to assess...

Many landlords who do not want to commit to high levels of expenditure to improve the energy efficiency of their homes,...

In an ideal world, home ownership would be the accepted way for everyone to live, with people enjoying the security, warmth,...

Who are you? My name is Jason Harris-Cohen and I am the Managing Director of Open Property Group. What is your company and...

A Labour council in London has announced plans to expand its crackdown on what it calls “shoddy landlords.” Southwark council says the...

Many homeowners face situations where they have no other option but to rent out their home. Often there are periods where...

Letting agency Knight Frank has identified an opportunity for landlords to cash in on a supply shortage - but only if...

It’s a common scenario: you put your house on the market, struggle to find a buyer, and then end up renting...

A property accountant is warning that ‘accidental landlords’ may not have been aware of the complexity of property taxation and so...

Small scale or accidental landlords will need agents to help them let studio and one-bedroom properties, Rightmove says in a market...

From accidental landlords to those wanting to embark on buy-to-let as a business, renting out property can be extremely rewarding, and...

Swansea Building Society has launched a new range of lower rate mortgage products aimed at a wide selection of borrowers, including...

Buy-to-let is no longer a viable investment opportunity for many landlords due to the upcoming changes facing the market, according to...

Bunk has teamed up with Nationwide Building Society to strengthen its service with a view to strengthening its landlord service to...

Although new capital gains tax rules could cost some landlords thousands of pounds when they sell up, property is still a...

Buy-to-let landlords need to minimise potential risks that make the difference between ‘profitable calm’ and ‘money-pit worry’ to help ensure that...

Mansfield Building Society has introduced two new expat consumer buy-to-let mortgage products for borrowers who want to let out their property...

We all know that ensuring your property is of a high standard can yield better returns and more loyal tenants, but...

There could soon be a sharp rise in the number of buy-to-let looking to sell up as a consequence of the...

HMRC’s Let Property Campaign, which provides an opportunity for landlords to come forward and report undeclared rental income and expenditure to...

Rental values in prime London has started to see some slowdown in decline as initial signs of a bottoming out have...

Cooperation has been identified as key to improving standards in the private rented sector (PRS), according to a report by Kate Faulkner,...

Letting a home can be an intimidating task if you’re doing it for the first time. You may have deliberately entered...

Buy-to-let is a lot tougher than it once was. Landlords’ returns have been squeezed by the introduction of the 3% stamp duty...

Buy-to-let investment in the long-term is still likely to beat savings rates by a significant margin over the coming years, despite recent...

With savers receiving appalling returns from banks and building societies, many people are unsurprising still interested in investing in buy-to-let as...

There are around 2.4 million landlords in the UK, but what are the characteristics of the average buy-to-let investor? Two thirds of...

Small scale buy-to-let investors and accidental landlords face more upheaval under the government’s plan to introduce mandatory minimum three-year tenancies, according...

One in five landlords in this country entered the buy-to-let sector without even planning to, finding themselves with a property ‘accidentally’...

When it comes to rental responsibilities during a tenancy, there remains some confusion among so-called ‘accidental landlords’ when it comes to...

The phasing out of mortgage interest relief and tougher mortgage lending conditions contributed to what was a rather difficult 2017 for...

A slower sales market in the south of England has revived the accidental landlord as more people chose to rent their...

A significant number of private landlords are planning to increase rents to help cope with changes to the way they are...

There has been a major slump in the number of homes for rent over the past six years, fresh figures show. There...

London has been identified as the most expensive region in Britain to be a landlord, according to fresh research by Kent...

Buy-to-let landlords currently contribute £15.9bn per year to the British economy through pre-tax spending on running their portfolios, which is more...

A growing number of women are investing in the buy-to-let market as an alternative to the failing of the pensions industry,...

Accord Buy to Let, the intermediary-only lender, has announced that it is now accepting applications from borrowers classed as consumers: non-professional...

Home staging can not only help to make a property highly desirable, but it can also help to deliver a higher...

Deciding to let your property because you cannot sell it is not an easy option and should not be undertaken lightly,...

Rents have started to fall as landlords who rushed to acquire homes before the introduction of the extra stamp duty surcharge...

Landlords are now less likely to fall behind on their mortgage repayments, with just 9,300 cases of buy-to-let mortgage arrears of...

Buy-to-let continues to provide double-digit bumper returns for investors with rents currently rising at the fastest pace since last autumn. The latest...

The Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD), could bar accidental landlords from switching to cheaper mortgage deals on affordability grounds. Many could be told...

More than half (55%) of buy-to-let mortgage applicants are unaware of the impending changes to mortgage law, according to a survey. Accidental...