Buy-to-let mortgage activity continued to slow in December with landlord investors taking out just 5,100 new buy-to-let home purchase mortgages, down...
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Deposit-free renting is growing increasingly popular, with more providers than ever before now providing tenants with a range of nil deposit...
15 January 2019
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There was a sharp decline in the number of buy-to-let landlords acquiring property in 2018, fresh data from Haart shows. Clearly deterred...
31 December 2018
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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...
06 December 2018
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The number of buy-to-let mortgages in arrears of 2.5% or more of the outstanding balance dropped in the third quarter of...
09 November 2018
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Private landlords provide a vital service for people looking for housing, and that is why the government is wrong to persecute...
25 October 2018
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Philip Hammond is being urged to use his Autumn Budget, which will take place on 29 October, to support investment in...
27 September 2018
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The number of buy-to-let landlords acquiring new properties continues to tumble as recent tax changes bite, but property remains a viable...
13 September 2018
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The government must move now to start supporting those that invest in the private rented sector or risk seeing significantly more...
29 August 2018
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The government must start to provide financial incentives for buy-to-let landlords prepared to offer longer tenancies or risk seeing rents soar,...
14 August 2018
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From tomorrow a new law will make the consequences of failing to protect personal data for companies and others far more serious. The...
24 May 2018
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A combination of tax reform and stricter regulation for landlords is slowing the growth of the private rented sector (PRS), but private...
27 April 2018
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There has been a sharp rise in demand for rental accommodation, according to the latest report from haart. Data from the letting...
25 April 2018
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Deposit-free renting provider Flatfair has signed a partnership with the UK's largest independent estate agency Spicerhaart which has 100 letting branches...
27 March 2018
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Plans to introduce a new rental complaints system to help support private tenants who are forced to live in shoddy housing...
13 March 2018
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This week, there have been warnings that the buy-to-let market is looking ‘increasingly bleak’ and that landlords are deterred from entering...
08 March 2018
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In 2006, selective licensing was introduced, giving councils the power to force landlords to clean up their acts. These licenses allow...
21 February 2018
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A leading letting agent has warned that new measures to protect tenants do not go far enough. The government announced earlier this...
19 January 2018
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Rent paid by tenants to private landlords in Britain rose by 1.2% in the year to December, the Office for National...
17 January 2018
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The scare tactics adopted by the government to keep Britain in the EU ahead of last year’s Brexit referendum saw the...
13 September 2017
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The number of buy-to-let landlords registering to buy property fell last month by 3.7% in England and Wales compared with the...
07 June 2017
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The UK property market continued to rally last month, with gross mortgage lending surging by 19% compared with February, but it...
21 April 2017
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The government needs to do more to support buy-to-let landlords, and start by reversing recent tax increases and unnecessary regulation in...
12 January 2017
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There has been a significant drop in the number of buy-to-let landlords snapping up properties following the government’s outright assault on...
06 January 2017
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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...
09 December 2016
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Last week’s High Court ruling that only parliament could start the process of leaving the EU is likely delay the triggering...
07 November 2016
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Private tenants saw average rents rise by 2.3% in the 12 months to September 2016, unchanged compared with the year to...
31 October 2016
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Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote were ‘wide of the mark’ as illustrated...
23 September 2016
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There was a rise in the volume of housebuilding schemes started in England in the run-up to the EU referendum but...
26 August 2016
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Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...
05 August 2016
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With just hours remaining until the polls close, the outcome of the EU referendum is too close to call. The sense of...
23 June 2016
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Private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK increased by 2.6% in the 12 months to April 2016, unchanged when...