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A leading business analyst is firmly blaming interest rates for the see-saw in house prices seen in recent indices. The latest, from...

In the recent landlord sentiment survey conducted by the Property Redress Scheme, it came as no surprise to me to discover...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...

The latest index, from the Halifax, shows house prices rose 0.4 per cent in February – the fifth consecutive monthly increase....

Nearly a third of landlords predict that the retail sector will see the highest level of negative growth over the next...

The letting agents’ trade body has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically decided...

Rental sector and property industry views are split over the controversial idea of allowing first time buyers to put down a...

The government’s proposal to introduce a new one per cent deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder...

A newly-nominated candidate in this spring’s London Mayoral election has vowed to lower private rents if he wins. Serge Crowbolder, currently a...

A property expert claims capital values on properties should drop significantly if they are not considered appropriately energy efficient. “Homes which aren’t...

HSBC bank is working with Shelter on housing campaigns. A statement from the charity says: “With support from partners including HSBC UK,...

The government is considering allowing renters to buy their first homes with just one per cent deposits, according  to press reports...

The chief executive of Generation Rent has slammed the chair of the NatWest Bank for comments over first time buyers. At the...

Consumer Price Inflation in November was 3.9 per cent - significantly lower than the 4.4 per cent expected by many analysts. It’s...

Controversial online agency Purplebricks claims landlords and other home owners can sell their properties for free “as part of a progressive...

Winkworth's chief executive says next week’s Autumn Statement must see the reinstatement of Mortgage Interest Tax Relief for investors. Dominic Agace says...

Making an investment in a country with a different currency introduces exchange rate risk. Ideally, a UK investor would buy the...

HMRC has prepared a guide to landlords’ and other property professionals’ self-assessment.  Here’s the guide in its entirety. - The year is flying by...

Last month, Housing Secretary Michael Gove declared the Government was “asking too much, too quickly” of landlords by setting a 2028...

The latest market snapshot from Zoopla suggests landlords’ capital appreciation over the second half of this year depends almost entirely on...

Details have emerged of an extraordinary ‘stress test’ created by the Bank of England and tested on eight major banks to...

UK landlords are currently facing a myriad of challenges.  It’s well documented how costly retrofitting properties to meet new energy efficiency standards...

There’s a 50:50 chance of yet another Bank of England base rate rise this week according to a leading business analyst. Susannah...

The head of residential research at a prominent estate agency says the signs look ominous that “the housing market is headed...

Airbnb has gone into battle against mortgage lenders opposed to their customers letting out their homes. The short let platform is calling...

New data from Rightmove reveals the areas which have seen the largest price jumps in the past year. It says that Eastwood...

The government is under new pressure to introduce a last minute eviction ban to avoid private renters facing homelessness over Christmas. Liberal...

Yes, it’s that time again when the property hoi polloi impose their predictions for the following year on us and so,...

The Guild of Property Professionals has issued a warning that house prices are going to fall. A 645-word statement from the Guild...

I often use this column to discuss the reputation of landlords and the broader private rented sector which, as we all...

HMRC is targeting residential landlords who it suspects are not declaring their full rental income, warns tax advisory service Kreston Reeves. The...

MPs from Opposition parties in the House of Commons have attacked the government’s recent stamp duty change - and taken the...

One of the highest profile figures in the lettings industry says the apparent inaction by government over rental reform gives an...

Who are you? I am the Head of Broking for Newable Finance. A specialist commercial finance brokerage. What is Newable Finance? Newable Finance is...

Mortgage activity is forecast to fall by six per cent by year-end as the market feels the brunt of interest rate...

An analysis from PropTech firm Goodlord claims that landlords would have lost a combined £1m over the last year without anti-fraud...

In the drive for the UK to be net zero by 2050, residential landlords are facing costly green refurbishments.   Already, landlords...

It’s just possible that the new Prime Minister - whether Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss - might just redress the imbalance...

Whether it’s increasing the amount we recycle, choosing sustainable products, or reducing our carbon footprint by limiting the amount we travel,...

Who are you? My Name is Alec Chohan, and I am a senior finance broker within the Newable Finance team based in...

A rogue landlord that put tenants at risk has been fined for £4,808 for breaking housing regulations on a property in...

A new league table of capital values in seaside locations shows the affordability challenge of investing in areas with guaranteed holiday...

A specialist company is warning landlords that the recent spate of named storms across the UK may have heightened the risk...

Has there ever been a better time to buy-to-let?  Zoopla just last week revealed that demand and rent prices, especially in city...

Experts are predicting that the exclusion of large scale landlords from cladding relief may lead to significant delays in some safety...

The Covid pandemic has had a significant impact on the economy, with long term consequences that are still not fully appreciated....

New preliminary figures released by CBRE reveal that a record £4.1 billion was invested in the UK’s Build to Rent sector...

A leasehold expert says existing owners - including landlords - are expected to be more proactive in 2022 as they seek...

A new bank - Recognise - has entered the buy to let market in a bid to win landlords and investors. Its...

Recognise Bank has entered the rental market with a new product designed for professional landlords and investors with portfolios of at least...

The National Residential Landlords Association has joined over 100 other organisations across the UK to urge government to scrap the planned...

It might be thought that banks have made significant mistakes of their own in the recent past - including triggering the...

A  leading property law firm says the government’s ‘eviction ban by the back door’ means many buy to let properties are...

If you are dreaming of buying a property in Spain, there is so much to think about and many things to...

Dear Readers, Today is my last day as editor of Landlord Today. Following more than four years in the role, I have...

The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests that the housing market continued to recover at the tail...

Mortgage advisor jobs - shortage of advisors to meet demand The mortgage market, like all other parts of the property industry,...

Online searches for properties in remote or coastal locations has increased sharply, according to Rightmove.  The property website analysed the areas people...

Buy-to-let landlords are being warned not to use mortgage payment holidays unless absolutely necessary.  Chestertons, based in London, says that landlords should...

Hundreds of buy-to-let mortgage products have been withdrawn from the market due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to Property Master. The online buy-to-let...

Some 13% of people use their overdraft to cover the cost of their rental or mortgage payments - the equivalent of...

With savers receiving poor returns from banks and building societies, thousands of people unsurprisingly continue to turn to residential property as a means...

Shawbrook Banks has simplified its buy-to-let range down to just three products, a few months after streamlining its range from 10 to...

The State Bank of India’s (SBI UK) buy-to-let product range is now available through Legal and General Mortgage Club. The company provides...

Property investors are being advised to head north for better returns, with new research revealing that Bootle in Merseyside is currently...

With savers receiving poor returns from banks and building societies, thousands of people unsurprisingly continue to turn to residential property as...

Britain has faced terrible flooding this year. Floods and other property emergency can take minutes to occur and years to remedy....

With Britain edging closer to its first recession since the financial crisis, a leading property auctioneer is urging property investors, including...

Vida Homeloans has launched a new Buy to Let Hub, powered by eTech, with a view to introducing time saving tools...

Whether you are looking to rent out your property or sell, it is worth noting that August is the most popular...

Vida Homeloans has announced the release of a series of new specialist mortgage products, including buy-to-let deals. The products include a 75%...

With savers continuing to receive poor returns from banks and building societies, thousands of people unsurprisingly continue to turn to residential...

We all know that high quality detailed tenant references are crucial to ensure that people placed in rental properties have been...

Specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has conducted an independent Bank of England stress test to project the impact of a major economic...

With savers continuing to receive poor returns from banks and building societies, many people unsurprisingly continue to turn to residential property...

A new online property management service has been launched by Rentora and comes with a suite of easy management tools to...

Buy-to-let mortgage activity remained sluggish in March with landlord investors taking out just 5,000 new buy-to-let home purchase mortgages, down 9.1%...

With savers continuing to receive poor returns from banks and building societies, many people continue to turn to residential property as...

Property search data from Zoopla over the past 12 months has been analysed to reveal the most sought-after areas for a...

Portico has expanded its client offering with the launch of Portico Finance, a mortgage broker and protection service, designed to offer...

The government faces growing pressure to scrap Right to Rent, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, after the...

With savers continuing to receive poor returns from banks and building societies, thousands of people unsurprisingly continue to turn to residential...

Private landlords across the UK collectively earned £33.8bn from their buy-to-let investments in the year from 5 April 2017 to 2018,...

Tenants in the London borough of Kingston upon Thames are spending the lowest proportion of their salary on rent, according to new...

A new campaign has been launched to help make cheap insurance available to those who own property in flood-risk areas following...

Mortgage lenders have once again been criticised for not permitting landlords to rent property to people claiming benefits – this time...

CreditLadder has joined forces with Bud to help tenants use rental payment history in credit scoring, with a view to helping...

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

Thousands of private landlords across the country understandably reject housing benefit claimants despite accusations that they are discriminating against those on...

On 29 March 2019, the UK is scheduled to leave the European Union (EU). Despite the profound significance of this event,...

Higher taxes, tougher mortgage lending conditions, along with political and economic uncertainty are making investment in buy-to-let less attractive to many existing and potential...

Construction work is progressing well on a new ultramodern, multimillion pound Build to Rent development on Forth Banks in Newcastle, which...

The attraction of buy-to-let may be waning as far as some people are concerned due to a series of tax changes,...

Banks will almost certainly be forced to raise mortgage rates as cheap money provided by a closed Bank of England scheme...

Brexit uncertainty, higher taxation and more stringent mortgage lending conditions are among the toughest challenges currently facing property investors, including buy-to-let...

Propio Properties has launched a new online property investment platform that it hopes will appeal to buy-to-let investors looking for a...

There has been a sharp rise in demand for buy-to-let mortgages after a number of two-year fixed deals came to end. A...

With savers continuing to receive poor returns from banks and building societies, buy-to-let remains the investment of choice for many people,...

When the Bank of England increased the interest rate to 0.5% in late 2017, buy-to-let landlords throughout the UK felt the...