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Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second consecutive month in April, the latest Hamptons International Lettings Index shows.  Last month, the average...

There has been a significant increase in the number of landlords and homeowners switching from short-term lets to longer rentals.  Across the...

A shortage of properties available to rent coupled with strong demand from tenants has led to notable rental price increases across...

The proportion of homes let in this country by overseas-based landlords has increased, new figures show. The latest data from Hamptons International,...

Rents in Great Britain increased by an average of 2.3% year-on-year in August, fuelled primarily by growth in the South East...

There has been a sharp rise in the number of over 50s renting homes, according to new research from Hamptons International. Some...

The average buy-to-let landlord made £80,000 profit upon selling their rental property in 2018, new figures show. Landlords in London made the...

There has been a sharp decline in the number of buy-to-let landlords investing in the capital’s property market since the 3%...

Rents in Great Britain increased 1.9% year-on-year in March, driven by a 3.7% rise in Greater London where rents hit a...

The proportion of landlords acquiring properties in London in cash hit a seven-year high in 2018, according to fresh data from...

Overseas investors snapped up more than half of all properties for sale in prime London in the second half of 2018...

As London continues to wane in popularity for investors and renters alike – with increasing numbers of people moving out of...

Tenants spent £1.9bn less in rent in 2018 compared with a year earlier, marking the first annual decline in more than...

Investors have long turned to residential property as a means of supplementing their income, supported by strong demand from tenants and...

Following a year dominated by Brexit uncertainty, political instability, higher interest rates and more stringent mortgage regulations, many buy-to-let landlords will...

UK rents are expected to increase by 7.5% over the next three years, as the supply of rental accommodation dwindles while...

The 60th National Landlord Investment Show will take place at Manchester United FC’s Old Trafford this week. The event, which will take...

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

Landlords are being reminded to do all they can to avoid the trap awaiting borrowers when fixed-rate mortgage deals end. A third...

There has been a significant increase in the number of students and young professionals applying for a rent guarantor to secure...

The number of properties rented as a second home in Great Britain reached 13,680 last year, the highest number on record,...

Buy-to-let landlords are being reminded to do all they can to avoid the trap awaiting borrowers when fixed-rate mortgage deals end. A...

The north-south gap in rental prices is narrowing, as rent hikes ease in the north but pick up in the south...

As the National Landlord Investment Show prepares to celebrate its fifth anniversary at Aston Villa Football Club on Wednesday May 16th,...

The number of landlords remortgaging in order to raise funds to improve their properties has reached an all-time high, new figures...

The average buy-to-let investor who sold their rental property in 2017 did so for £86,651 more than they paid for it,...

Tenants collectively paid a whopping £51.6bn in rent last year, which is £1.8bn higher than the previous year and more than...

The proportion of homes bought by a landlord fell to a nine-year low of just 12.5% last year, as higher taxes...

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

The proportion of landlords acquiring properties in cash has reached an all-time high of 65%, according to fresh data from Countrywide. The...

Annual rental price growth slowed between September and October with the cost of the average new let in Great Britain increasing...

Buy-to-let landlords and property enthusiasts will descend on the Olympia Conference Centre in London today where they will be able to...

With almost a quarter of existing buy-to-let landlords thinking about exiting the private rented sector and many more planning to increase...

The number of buy-to-let landlords in the UK has fallen by 154,000 since 2015 despite the volume of rented homes increasing...

A run of eight consecutive months of falling rents in London came to an end last month, according to Countrywide. The UK's...

The number of overseas investors with buy-to-let properties has dropped sharply after a tax and regulatory clampdown, reducing the number of...

There has been a notable decline in the proportion of overseas based landlords in the UK as a growing number of...

There has been a significant increase in the number of people renting homes when they retire over the past decade, according...

The proportion of homes let through a limited company reached an all-time high of 20% in the first quarter of the...

Average rents in Great Britain have fallen for the first time in more than six years, driven by a sharp drop...

The proportion of buy-to-let landlords acquiring property in cash increased to 61% in January, the highest level since records began a...

Buy-to-let landlords who scrambled to acquire homes earlier this year are beginning to rent them out or now looking to re-let...

A Cricklewood landlord who was ordered in September to pay more than £700,000 after he breached Barnet Council’s planning enforcement rules...

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

There was a fall in the level of rents achieved on new lets across more than half of Great Britain last...

The annual rate of rental price growth in London fell for the first time in six years in July as rents...

Landlords have started to change their purchasing habits in response to the new 3% stamp duty charge for investors introduced last...

In the past year 12% of lets were agreed at more than the initial asking price, according to the latest figures...

The Countrywide monthly Lettings Index for January has found that although rental growth is slowing, rents are now at their highest...

Britain's largest letting agency Countrywide has reported that rents grew by an average of 3.1% in 2015, taking the average monthly...

The new 3% stamp duty on buy-to-let properties coming into force from next April will effectively redraw the map for investors...

Two million homes have changed tenure in the last decade, either switching from home owners to landlords or vice versa when...

The proportion of properties bought by landlords with a sitting tenant has reached the highest level since 2005, according to Countrywide...

Property insiders mostly celebrated the Conservative election victory, but tenants’ groups complained of being ignored. As David Cameron enters a second term...