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A mortgage firm that works with landlords claims an increasing number of them prioritise energy efficiency when assessing properties to buy.  Some...

There have been more changes to buy to let mortgage ranges from lenders. Coming into effect today, The Mortgage Works will be...

New research from Halifax reveals that investing in solar panels leads to possible cost and energy savings for landlords and other...

Some 40% of residential landlords with a mortgage - fixed, tracker or discount - are due to renew their mortgage rate...

Labour deputy leader and shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner says she is not ashamed to have brought her council house at...

A property finance consultancy claims that unmortgageable properties can be snapped up with a discount of 27 per cent. Apex Bridging says...

One of the biggest parts of buying a holiday home is securing a holiday let mortgage which can differ substantially to...

A London council is consulting on another controversial landlord licensing scheme. Barking and Dagenham council’s existing Selective Licensing Scheme has been applied to...

A landlord has warned her local authority that high charges for licensing are unaffordable without the fee being passed on to...

Bristol’s controversial Labour council is extending previous licensing schemes to other parts of the city at some £1,800 HMO per licence...

This week’s official inflation rate is now expected to show a possible rise, rather than a fall. Although there is widespread expectation...

The National Residential Landlords Association has teamed up with a provider of so-called ‘smart property protection technology’. This means that landlords can...

Warwick council is the latest to launch an Additional Licensing Scheme - it came into force just before last weekend. The district...

The Suffolk Building Society has launched new mortgage products aimed at private landlords who are planning refurbishments, such as a new...

Landlords, being key players in the housing sector, can make a significant impact by fostering a greener mindset among their tenants....

Renters and landlords of properties without gas central heating can now get energy saving green measures installed free of charge or...

An analysis of homes that have returned to the market after failing to find a buyer in 2023 suggests that sellers...

A new analysis of discounts available to cash buyer suggests they can save tens of thousands of pounds on some property...

House prices fell 1.2 per cent in the past year, according to a new Zoopla report out today, with average discounts...

Homes situated close to new electricity pylons and sub-stations could receive up to £1,000 a year off energy bills, for up...

Lost in the noise of the King’s Speech, the general pledge to reform the leasehold system, and the subsequent political turmoil...

The housing market remains a buyers’ market, with 80 per cent more homes for sale than in September 2021 according to...

A council is telling landlords that its new selective licensing fee is so low it should be entirely tax deductible and...

As the ‘big buy-to-let’ sell off gathers momentum, we take a look ways you can guestimate the value of your rental...

Airbnb is linking up with private landlord agency OpenRent to offer reduced-price gas and boiler safety certificates. The short lets platform says...

The National Residential Landlords Association has launched a new partnership with electrical and telecoms retailer Currys Business.  It means that member landlords...

The National Residential Landlords Association is moving into PropTech by providing a platform for safety compliance and one for managing aspects...

Landlords are operating in a fog when it comes to the Government’s thinking on the future of energy efficiency standards for...

One of London’s most aggressive landlord licensing regimes says it has an early-bird offer running until July 14. Landlords applying for Newham...

There’s news for tenants on a budget - it may now cost less to be a lodger in a house than...

The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...

One of the country’s largest landlord licensing regimes has expanded even more this week. Some 700 more private sector homes in Manchester...

Labour’s proposed reforms to the housing market “raise many questions”, a property industry figure claims. Under controversial plans put forward by party...

A new law is being considered to crack down on predatory landlords exploiting vulnerable people for sex in return for free...

Activist group Generation Rent has thrown its weight behind the initiative by Home Secretary Suella Braverman to clampdown on so-called ‘sex...

Councils are to be given powers to enact huge tax increases on second homes and empty properties, the Scottish Government proposes. New...

A think tank is accusing landlords of being unwilling to spend money on insulating draughty rental properties. The cross-party Social Market Foundation...

The Green Party’s co-leader Carla Denyer has branded the government’s Right To Buy scheme as a “slum landlord’s charter”.  Denyer made the...

As many as one in 10 homes have a reduced asking price within a month of entering the market, a new...

New data about the Prime London housing market shows that the average discount to asking price has increased to 8.4 per...

A council launching a new selective licensing regime admits that three quarters of the applicants so far have omitted to provide...

Local authorities exist to improve housing stock in their area; however, licensing is not the best way to improve standards across...

Landlords expanding portfolios through cash purchases are securing discounts as high as £88,000 in cooling market conditions says a buying firm. House...

The asking-to-achieved price gap has widened to its largest for five years according to new data from Zoopla.  While sales volumes have...

Over the last few years, the property industry has been focusing on the need to provide more information to buyers ‘up...

Every year, those thinking about investing in property for the first time and even current landlords ask themselves whether it’s the...

Landlords are being offered fresh advice if they have been hit with higher interest payments following the base rate rise to...

Repairs are a normal part of owning a home, and the costs can add up quickly.  Home warranties can help homeowners budget...

The Tenancy Deposit Service and the National Residential Landlords Association have produced a guide to improving energy efficiency in rented properties. Although...

If you’re looking to make some extra cash in 2023 as the cost of living continues to bite, you may consider...

The local media in Yorkshire says Labour’s Rachel Reeves - the Shadow Chancellor - is campaigning for the introduction of a...

The National Residential Landlords Association has launched a new partnership with YourRepair, a provider of flexible boiler and emergency cover. NRLA member landlords...

Prime Central London’s ultra-prime housing market for multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers has risen by 30 per cent according to a prominent...

Generation Rent has returned to the threat of rent-for-sex as it claims 200,000 female tenants could be offered discounted rent in...

There’s a dilemma for landlords wishing to expand their portfolios - do so now, just as some buyers are offering discounts?...

Zoopla says a “widespread repricing” is underway in the sales market, but with no sign of cooling yet in the lettings...

New figures from HMRC this week show that the Treasury raked in another £4.1 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the...

A Labour council introducing a vast new licensing regime claims its typical cost to a landlord would be just 0.5 per...

The Nationwide has quantified the cost of energy to properties with different EPCs - and that’s despite the Energy Price Guarantee.  Under...

Comparison service Uswitch has created a new app which connects to a home smart meter - meaning, according to the firm,...

Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...

Green mortgage discounts could be a key tool in helping landlords make the energy efficiency upgrades necessary to achieve an EPC...

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

Many landlords are already undertaking substantial work on their properties to make them more energy efficient, a new survey shows. The Shawbrook...

Another bank survey has been released, suggesting a surge in interest in energy efficient homes in the UK. NatWest’s Greener Homes Attitude...

A new selective licensing scheme has been launched this week in Leicester.  The scheme will be in operation in three main cluster...

The economic chaos in the UK which triggered a dramatic fall in the pound has benefitted foreign investors. Research by Alliance Fund...

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities has approved a London council’s plan to introduce a new private rented property...

Landlords will be forced by law to pass on the £400 energy rebate to tenants with all-inclusive bills, the government says. Activist...

Managing property finances can be hard work, long-winded and stressful. With regulation changes and market volatility, keeping on top of your...

New build homes are often at the forefront of market downturns and new data suggests new builds are already seeing price...

A webinar is being staged to advise landlords on government proposals that from 2025 all newly rented residential properties will be...

If you’re counting the days until you’ll get help with runaway price rises, it helps to know exactly how many days...

Barnet council in London is pushing ahead with plans to reintroduce an HMO licensing scheme next month, following a 15-month hiatus.  Additional...

Landlords are being encouraged to work with a local council “to give families a stable home, improve the quality of properties...

A new survey suggests large numbers of tenants are worried about the risk of falling behind with the rent or even...

Conservative party leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak says he wants today’s renters, along with young adults obliged to live at home with...

Campaigning charity Shelter has backed a call by consumer organisation Citizens Advice to seek government pledges that a £400 energy bill...

With a month to go until a new licensing scheme for private rented homes starts, Oxford council is urging landlords to...

A charity, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, wants a form of Right To Buy to be given to private tenants.  Right To Buy...

A new £71m Build To Rent scheme is on its way to commuter hotspot Leatherhead. BTR operator Get Living and developer Watkin...

Rightmove is warning landlords and other sellers that properties with poor levels of energy efficiency may have to sell with a discount.  The...

A council says it’s launching a rolling programme of inspections of all 29,000 rental properties in its selective licensing scheme. The scheme...

The early bird discount period for what many regard as the country’s most controversial landlord licensing scheme has been extended. The discount...

Energy bills have increased for around 22 million energy consumers – and they’re expected to escalate again later this year when...

A trade body is calling for a partnership with the government to push the domestic heating market towards heat pumps as...

It’s been confirmed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to announce plans to extend the Right To Buy to housing associations. Under...

The support package to help combat soaring fuel bills and the cost of living crisis - introduced at the end of...

It’s now daggers-drawn between the National Residential Landlords Association and Oxford’s Labour-run council over a huge new licensing scheme. Government approval of...

The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has now opened its controversial boiler upgrade scheme. Landlords across England and Wales as...

The government is reported to be considering extending the Right To Buy from just council tenants in England to housing association...

The National Residential Landlords Association has teamed up with a property sales management firm to offer a new service to landlords...

A new and huge landlord licensing scheme has launched in County Durham. A total of at least 29,000 properties, or 42 per...

Prime central London may not seem to most obvious part of the UK for buy to let investors but a leading...

Even before the pandemic, we were seeing dramatic changes across the buy-to-let landscape with holiday lets steadily increasing in appeal –...

Private landlords who let out properties in Central West Bromwich are being urged to check if they need to apply for...

All-inclusive rents have exploded in popularity in the student rental sector over the past few years, but the rampant surge in...

Applications open later this week for one of the country’s largest and most controversial landlord licensing schemes - in Liverpool. The new...

A Labour MP in the westcountry appears to be winning support for a campaign he has launched called First Homes, Not...

Buy-to-let lending hit its highest ever level last year, spurred on by record levels of tenant demand, the Stamp Duty Holiday...