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There has been a sharp rise in demand from people looking to rent property amid political and economic uncertainty, according to...

The number of buy-to-let mortgages in arrears of 2.5% or more of the outstanding balance dropped in the third quarter of...

Private landlords provide a vital service for people looking for housing, and that is why the government is wrong to persecute...

Philip Hammond is being urged to use his Autumn Budget, which will take place on 29 October, to support investment in...

The number of buy-to-let landlords acquiring new properties continues to tumble as recent tax changes bite, but property remains a viable...

The government must move now to start supporting those that invest in the private rented sector or risk seeing significantly more...

The government must start to provide financial incentives for buy-to-let landlords prepared to offer longer tenancies or risk seeing rents soar,...

From tomorrow a new law will make the consequences of failing to protect personal data for companies and others far more serious. The...

A combination of tax reform and stricter regulation for landlords is slowing the growth of the private rented sector (PRS), but private...

There has been a sharp rise in demand for rental accommodation, according to the latest report from haart. Data from the letting...

Deposit-free renting provider Flatfair has signed a partnership with the UK's largest independent estate agency Spicerhaart which has 100 letting branches...

Plans to introduce a new rental complaints system to help support private tenants who are forced to live in shoddy housing...

This week, there have been warnings that the buy-to-let market is looking ‘increasingly bleak’ and that landlords are deterred from entering...

In 2006, selective licensing was introduced, giving councils the power to force landlords to clean up their acts. These licenses allow...

A leading letting agent has warned that new measures to protect tenants do not go far enough. The government announced earlier this...

Rent paid by tenants to private landlords in Britain rose by 1.2% in the year to December, the Office for National...

The scare tactics adopted by the government to keep Britain in the EU ahead of last year’s Brexit referendum saw the...

The number of buy-to-let landlords registering to buy property fell last month by 3.7% in England and Wales compared with the...

The UK property market continued to rally last month, with gross mortgage lending surging by 19% compared with February, but it...

The government needs to do more to support buy-to-let landlords, and start by reversing recent tax increases and unnecessary regulation in...

There has been a significant drop in the number of buy-to-let landlords snapping up properties following the government’s outright assault on...

There has been a sharp decline in the volume of buy-to-let transactions following the government’s outright assault on buy-to-let landlords, according...

Last week’s High Court ruling that only parliament could start the process of leaving the EU is likely delay the triggering...

Private tenants saw average rents rise by 2.3% in the 12 months to September 2016, unchanged compared with the year to...

Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote were ‘wide of the mark’ as illustrated...

There was a rise in the volume of housebuilding schemes started in England in the run-up to the EU referendum but...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

With just hours remaining until the polls close, the outcome of the EU referendum is too close to call. The sense of...

Private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK increased by 2.6% in the 12 months to April 2016, unchanged when...

Residential property prices continued to soar in March as buy-to-let landlords rushed to beat the government's stamp duty changes adding to...