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![Labour Victory - Most landlords unfazed at prospect of Starmer win](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
A survey of over 1,000 landlords finds they appear largely reconciled to the election of a Labour government after 14 years...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlords Selling Up? Generation Rent says it makes no difference!](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
The Generation Rent group of activists says it doesn’t matter if landlords sell up and leave the private rental sector. Appearing to...
20 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Eco-activists slam landlords selling up because of rent controls](/upload/images/shutterstock_1909455316(1).jpg)
Green Party activists responsible for rent controls on Scotland have now slammed landlords who claim the number of rented homes is...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Did most landlords actually expand their portfolios in 2023?](/upload/images/shutterstock_387290149(1).jpg)
A majority of Buy to Let landlords have been focused on growing property portfolios in the last 12 months, and not...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Selling Up? Rightmove reveals optimum date and tips for speedy sales](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Landlords considering selling up have received guidance from Rightmove on when to do it and how. The portal claims February is the...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage Chiefs forecast better days for landlords in 2024](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
Many landlords say they’re set to expand investments in 2024 despite facing up to 80 per cent higher costs in the...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Big rise in landlords reducing buy to let portfolios](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
One in five (20 per cent of) landlords plans to reducing their buy to let holdings according to a new survey. The...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Right now, the property market is entering a period of uncertainty. Falling property prices and a rising regulatory burden are just...
25 November 2023
From: The Big Issues
![We Quit! Third of landlords retiring or quitting because of rental woe](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/EvictionNotice-400x310.png)
A third of landlords have suggested they are considering retiring or quitting the sector because of attacks and obstacles in the...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy to Let Sell-Off has been going on since 2016 says agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Landlords have been selling more homes than they bought in every year since 2016 when a raft of tax and regulatory...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fear of Landlord Exodus “over-stated” says right-leaning think tank](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
A think tank that describes itself as “centre right” praises the Renters Reform Bill and claims the fear of landlords selling...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![The Big Sell Off - huge number of landlords set to quit](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Thousands of landlords are planning to sell properties. A Simply Business survey of 1,455 UK landlords reveals that a quarter of landlords...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let investment plummeting - new survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
The continued attacks on the buy to let sector have resulted in a dramatic decline in investment plans by landlords. A new...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill may be last straw for many landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
The Renters Reform Bill is the latest of many factors leaving little choice for some private buy-to-let landlords but to sell...
22 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let sell off leads to record number of auction deals](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
The classic “landlord favourite” for buying and selling - the auction house - appears to be bucking the downward trend in...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Going! Going! Gone! - Advice For Landlords Selling Through Auctions](/upload/images/Property%20auction%20generates%20%C2%A313m%20in%20sales.jpg)
The property industry in recent years has been tough to work in. Clearly the challenges we faced with the pandemic, lockdown and...
16 September 2023
From: Top tips & guides
![Landlords blame Tories for buy to let problems, says top agent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
Landlords are reducing their stock - and they’re blaming the Tories for creating a hostile environment. This is according to the latest...
13 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls would force a third of landlords to quit Buy To Let](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Over a third of private landlords would sell properties if rent controls were introduced in their area, according to a trade...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Typical buy to let sold 25% below wider market price - Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
Zoopla says a buy to let property sold off by a landlord is “typically priced 25 per cent lower than the...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![More BTL properties sold with sitting tenants - new figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
A new analysis shows growth in the trend for buy to let properties to be sold with tenants in situ. The analysis...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords selling up have left it too late for maximum gains](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CoinsHouses-2020-400x310.jpg)
Investors selling a buy to let so far in 2023 made gains which were 10.1 per cent lower than those who...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Give councils cash to buy homes off private landlords - call](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
A group of local authorities is asking the government to give individual councils the cash to buy properties off private landlords. London...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investing, Incorporating or Quitting? Landlord survey needs you!](/upload/images/shutterstock_1005704719.jpg)
The University of Dundee and letting agents’ body Propertymark want to understand more about the future plans of landlords. This is happening...
07 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Richest landlords stick with rentals as sales market tanks](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentBuy-400x310(1).png)
A prominent buying agent operating at the high end of the prime London market has given an interesting insight into how...
04 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property Investment and How the Investor Demographic has Evolved](/upload/images/shutterstock_354854147.jpg)
Property investment dates back centuries – millennia, even. As a fundamental necessity for post-nomadic humanity, residential and commercial real estate have...
29 July 2023
From: Tax & Finance
![Rightmove reports huge landlord exodus as EPC worries kick in](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPCx400x310.png)
Rightmove has this morning revealed that 16 per cent of properties currently for sale were previously available on the rental market,...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![New attempt to woo unhappy landlords with leasing deals](/upload/images/shutterstock_1015072978.jpg)
A housing trust says landlords fed up with higher taxes and red tape should not sell up but instead lease their...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Even wealthy holiday let landlords are quitting - agency claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/A%20surveyor's%20guide%20to%20finding%20a%20profitable%20HMO.jpg)
The founder of a luxury holiday lets firm in one of the UK’s tourist hotspots says even wealthy landlords are now...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords are not quitting at all, claims mortgage firm survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Against the trend of many recent surveys, a study by lending service Landbay claims over 40 per cent of landlords want...
05 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![New dire warning of rent rises as landlords end fixed-rate deals](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
There’s a new warning this morning that rents are set to soar as landlords struggle with much higher interest rate payments...
16 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![More landlords resorting to quick buy operators - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
A quick buy property company says there’s been a surge in the number of landlords quitting the rental sector. “We’ve seen a...
01 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Cat-ch 22 - more pets in lets will mean higher rents](/upload/images/Pets/CatInHome(1)-400x310-min.jpeg)
Three-quarters of landlords want to raise rents in the face of the new Renter’s Reform Bill - mostly because of pets. When...
01 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sales of buy to lets now a big factor in housing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuyRent-400x310.png)
Some 11 per cent of the homes on sale right now are owned by landlords quitting the private rental sector. That’s the...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Capital Gains Tax warning for landlords quitting sector](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
A tax expert is advising landlords to avoid failing to register their property sales for Capital Gains Tax within 60 days...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Give government and Renters Reform a chance, agent tells landlords](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/ParliamentView-400x310.jpg)
Private landlords should hold fire on plans to quit the private rental sector and give the government a chance to incentivise...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![What’s Wrong With Landlords Forced To Sell? - brokers’ claims](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
A mortgage broker claims there’s “no downside” to the current problem of landlords quitting the private rental sector. Jonathan Burridge, founding adviser...
18 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renewed alarm at number of landlords quitting the sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has added its voice to the chorus of concern over landlords quitting the private sector In...
16 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![The Great Sell-Off - landlords quitting at highest-ever level](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_400x310.png)
The number of landlords planning to sell rented properties has reached its highest rate on record according to new data. Polling for...
12 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Over half a million landlords to quit the market - shock forecast](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
Previous estimates that half a million landlords are set to sell up may actually be a massive under-estimate, a property industry figure...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![We Quit! The landlords who will sell if EPC changes become law](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HappyLandlord-400x310.png)
Research from Mortgage Advice Bureau shows that almost two-thirds of landlords would consider selling their property due to not being able...
20 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords preparing to sell at a loss this year or next - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/rent-calculation-1-400x310.png)
Jo Eccles, director of London-focussed buying agency and property consultancy Eccord, says she is witnessing some landlords willing to quit the...
17 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![One-in-10 landlords set to quit - agent’s gloomy forecast](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
One in 10 landlords plan to exit the sector following the absence of any government help in the Budget. That’s the claim...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls: landlords forced to raise rents and sell up](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
Propertymark says some 85 per cent of its member agents in Scotland have landlord clients who have expressed a wish to...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental market “an arid wasteland, picked clean of properties”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentOnlineSearch-400x310.png)
A business analyst has given a colourful assessment of the shortfall of homes to let, describing the current rental market as...
12 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Do more to stop private landlords selling up, government told](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
More must be done to keep private landlords in the rental sector, a new study has proposed. New Open Property Group says...
09 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Thoughts On The Mass Exodus of Landlords](/upload/images/library/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
The buy-to-let market is going through a rough patch. With legislative change on the horizon, coupled with bleak ROI forecasts, many...
24 September 2022
From: The Big Issues
![Landlords may sell cheaply to avoid EPC upgrade costs](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/GenerateRevenueImage-400x310.jpg)
Many landlords who do not want to commit to high levels of expenditure to improve the energy efficiency of their homes,...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![State of the Lettings Industry - survey results revealed](/upload/images/library/BuytoLet3-400x310.jpg)
PropTech firms Goodlord and Voich have released the findings of their annual State of the Lettings Industry survey. Some 2,600 agents, landlords...
13 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![More landlords giving tenants first refusal on properties sold off](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BGFirstTimeBuyers.jpg)
A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...
07 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlord numbers up despite taxes, laws and red tape](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BusinessStrategyMeeting-400x310.jpg)
Landlord numbers may have dropped in recent months but a longer term analysis shows the reverse. Total Landlord Insurance analysed the current...
07 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Disillusioned landlords will keep selling off for rest of 2022](/upload/images/library/property-sales400x310.png)
New market analysis by lettings and sales agency Hamptons suggests that landlords are the largest group likely to sell up over...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Legal Opinion - ending S21 will push up rents, force landlords out](/upload/images/library/New%20Rental%20Index-400x310.png)
Government plans to ban Section 21 evictions could push up rents and reduce rental stock, a property dispute expert is warning. Lee Pearce...