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Only 2% of current properties listed for sale in London have a tenant in situ, according to lettings agency Benham and...

Rental growth continued to cool in February, says the latest market snapshot from lettings agency Hamptons.   Last month, the average rent on...

Homes Under The Hammer property expert Lucy Alexander is fronting a new campaign to identify empty homes and bring them back...

New analysis claims that the North East of England has made “no progress on greening the highest-emissions homes in 13 years.” Meanwhile,...

Zoopla’s latest market snapshot, used as a guide to capital appreciation by some landlords, says there’s now a three-tier housing market...

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

A comparison website claims that an improved rating for an Energy Performance Certificate now improves a property’s value. This is driven by...

Six in 10 landlords recorded increased tenant demand for their properties in the final quarter of 2023, Paragon Bank research has...

UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in January, resulting in an improvement in the annual rate of house prices...

The latest Halifax house price index shows average house prices rose by 1.1 per cent in December, the third monthly rise...

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

The head of a major industry service supplier insists the Renters Reform Bill provision making it easier for tenants to keep...

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

House prices may fall by up to four per cent in 2024 the Halifax is warning. Its Outlook for 2024 report says...

Cash and mortgage housing market data show average prices decline by an annual 4.6 per cent says e.surv. But the monthly trend...

Affordability limits have been reached in several regions of the UK, the Home property website suggests. While some regions are still recording...

A new analysis has produced a league table of the most and least affordable rental locations in England. The findings placed Rutland...

Specialist lender Landbay has issued another upbeat assessment of the buy to jet sector, bucking the trend of most market reports. It...

Thousands of landlords are planning to sell properties. A Simply Business survey of 1,455 UK landlords reveals that a quarter of landlords...

New research shows that 676,000 homes in England are sitting empty. The research comes from property purchasing firm House Buyer Bureau which...

New figures reveal the typical Briton’s lack of knowledge around energy efficiency issues in the home. The research found that only 35...

A new survey has revealed the regional breakdown of EPC ratings in residential properties.   Region Number of Lodgements (homes) Percentage of properties (D - G...

Landlords are reducing their stock - and they’re blaming the Tories for creating a hostile environment.  This is according to the latest...

Over two-thirds of all new homeowners in London received family support to purchase their homes.  ‘Bank of Family’ recipients in London received...

By Richard O’Neill, managing director, lettings at Romans Estate Agents As a landlord, your property’s yield is an important figure. It indicates...

A new analysis shows growth in the trend for buy to let properties to be sold with tenants in situ.  The analysis...

The number of property transactions fuelled by the mortgage sector has fallen by 42 per cent so far this year. Britain’s more...

New housing affordability figures provide one underlying reason why many potential buyers cannot make the move and instead rely increasingly on...

A council in the south east of England says it is “exploring the possibility” of introducing a huge landlord licensing scheme. Councillors...

New data shows the slump in transactions across the UK - and may trigger opportunities for aggressive investors seeking to take...

The North East was England’s most affordable region to privately rent last year, Paragon Bank analysis has revealed. In the North East...

The number of landlords planning to sell rented properties has reached its highest rate on record according to new data. Polling for...

Specialist buy to let lender Fleet Mortgages says there’s been both an annual and quarterly increase in rental yields, up from...

The monthly cost of owning a home for first-time buyers is now £971 - £42 or four per cent lower than...

New buy to let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, says Hamptons lettings agency.   So far this...

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

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

Landlords with funds to expand their portfolios may be in luck - a growing proportion of properties on sale have reduced...

A debt advisory service claims it has calculated the overall size of the private rental sector. Sirius Property Finance analysed the current...

Landlords with properties in Central London have reported the highest levels of tenant demand across England and Wales. Research on behalf of...

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...

A specialist buy to let mortgage supplier has funded a £13m refinancing project. Zephyr Homeloans says the landlord borrowed the sum -...

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

Landlord numbers may have dropped in recent months but a longer term analysis shows the reverse. Total Landlord Insurance analysed the current...

New data from Zoopla suggests that growing concern about the cost of living crisis and in particular rising interest rates may...

A mortgage broker claims the south east of England offers investment opportunities for landlords wanting to put money into HMOs. Revolution Brokers...

New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...

The highest rental growth since the Global Financial Crisis, coupled with the cost of living crisis, is putting increased pressure on...

A rental platform forecasts that within 12 months the average UK tenant could be paying £800 more a year in rent...

The great imbalance between tenant demand and available stock continues, according to the latest market snapshot from the letting agencies’ trade...

For investors who keep their buy to lets for substantial periods - up to 25 years in some cases - a...

A prominent lettings agency says the rental growth seen in the past year will not be repeated in 2022, as tenants...

A strong rental market means fewer and shorter void periods - and that’s exactly what’s happening now. Rental platform Rentd analysed the...

The number of private rental homes has increased by 18,610 in the last five years - defying those suggesting an exodus...

Newly published rental yield from Rightmove reveals that the average yield across Great Britain is 5.5 per cent. This is the highest...

Rents are rising at around twice the level of a year ago according to the latest market snapshot by lettings agency...

Landlords adopting a strategy of buying cheap in search of high yields are having a tougher task in finding the right...

A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...

Landlords are benefitting from widespread rent rises across the UK - with even London seeing a turnaround.  This is according to lettings...

Average annual rental growth across Britain hit 8.0 per cent in September, the third fastest annual rate of growth recorded this...

Some student rents have increased by over 25 per cent in the past five years according to new research. Specialist rental industry...

A survey of over 500 property investors claims to have uncovered the UK’s hotspots for the coming year. It says some 44...

Rents across Britain continue to bounce back according to the Hamptons agency.  The average rent of a new let rose 7.4 per...

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 analysis by a London lettings agency has assessed the relative investment merits of residential and commercial property. Benham and Reeves...

New research by a property investment consultancy has revealed which regions of England present the most promising opportunities for buy to...

Void periods of vacancy within rental properties are relatively rare within several parts of the UK, new research has revealed. Intus Lettings...

The best buy to let yields can be found in the North East of England according to new research.  The region as...

After months in the doldrums thanks to tenants moving away and an excess of supply, London’s rental sector is recovering. The Home...

A mortgage lender specialising in high net worth clients has identified those areas outside London seeing the most prime purchases. Enness Global...

A lettings agency has suggested that the typical landlord could lose as much as £24,000 if the government increases Capital Gains...

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

Popular buy to let lender Fleet Mortgages’ latest rental yield index shows the consequences of increasing property prices in many regions...

The Advanced Rent Option, which offers landlords a year’s rent up-front, is being rolled out across the UK. The ARO is the brainchild...

Bailiffs have agreed to a government request not to enforce court orders against tenants in Tier 2 and Tier 3 locations. This...

A new survey of 700 landlords from a respected buy to let lender reveals the regions with the strongest levels of...

Rental growth across Great Britain was flat in September according to the latest market survey by Countrywide brand Hamptons International. Average rents...

London has long been home to the highest rental deposits, but what other regions in England are seeing tenants pay above...

There has been a general softening in residential property prices across many parts of the UK in recent months, suggesting that...

Rightmove yesterday recorded a sharp rise in searches for property on its website as it was forced to deal with pent...

The average tenant in the UK is spending almost half of their monthly net income to cover the average cost of...

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...

Many people feel anxious and uncomfortable when getting themselves into debt and understandably this is why many of us strive to...

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

Some 70% tenancies that were due to end in March were renewed, the highest level recorded in any March since 2008...

Buy-to-let maintenance is costing private landlords up to 28% of their annual rental income, according to the latest research by Howsy.  The letting...

Fresh research from Proportunity reveals how different property types performed over the past decade, based on price growth.  The data, collected across...

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

Rental prices in London are set to increase by an average of 15% over the next five years compared to 10%...

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

The UK housing market is showing signs of recovery following a prolonged period of uncertainty, according to JLL.  The property firm forecasts...

Property website Zoopla has released the keywords that prospective homebuyers are most likely to use when searching on the site. ‘Garage’, ‘garden’...

Rents in the UK’s private rented sector increased further in October, according to the latest data.  The figures from HomeLet show that...

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

A number of key regional housebuilders across England, Scotland and Wales have signed up to Zoopla, offering consumers, including buy-to-let landlords,...

Landlords currently looking for significant rental returns will find that there are plenty of high yielding buy-to-let areas to choose from,...

Rents in the UK’s private rented sector continued to increase in September, the latest figures show.  The data from HomeLet reveals that...

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

Landlords’ confidence in the buy-to-let sector has collapsed, as reflected by the latest industry research. However, despite gloomy forecasts, the fundamentals in...