Landlords purchased just 10% of homes sold across Britain during the first half of this year - the lowest share for...
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The police have issued a 16-point guide for landlords to identify and guard against their properties being used as cannabis farms. This...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Speculation is growing ahead of the General Election around how first-time buyers will fair, and if they’ll receive the support they...
22 June 2024
From: Agent Advice
“When it comes to housing policy, there is little difference between the two major parties” says Aneisha Beveridge, head of research...
22 June 2024
From: The Big Issues
Rental growth seems to be stabilising, says lettings agency Hamptons. It says the cost of a newly let home in Great Britain...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
In September the Prime Minister announced that landlords will no longer be required to meet the minimum EPC minimum energy rating...
15 June 2024
From: Legislation & Compliance
There’s been a surge in Right to Rent checks - up 577% year on year. Under the Right to Rent Scheme, civil...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A council has obtained a Banning Order against a rogue landlord preventing him letting houses in England for three years. A First...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
The annual pace of rental growth on newly let homes in Great Britain continued to slow in April, with growth falling...
21 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Rental growth in Britain has slowed says lettings agency Hamptons, with the average newly let rent rising 6.7% over the past...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The popular narrative may have been that first time buyers have been priced out of the market, partly by landlords: but...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Rental growth continued to cool in February, says the latest market snapshot from lettings agency Hamptons. Last month, the average rent on...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Some 89% of higher-rate and 100% of lower-rate taxpaying landlords who sell will see their Capital Gains Tax bill rise in...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
In September the Prime Minister announced that landlords will no longer be required to meet the minimum EPC minimum energy rating...
09 March 2024
From: Agent Advice
The buy to let mortgage sector has seen fixed rates fall to their lowest point since September 2022, according to analysis...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Average rents on newly let properties across Britain rose 8.3 per cent year-on-year in January, the slowest pace for 13 months...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Two thirds of landlords say the demand for private rented housing is continuing to increase, according to new research commissioned by...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The average home in England and Wales bought within the last 20 years and sold in 2023 achieved £102,650 or 48...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on migrating away from the emergency rent controls introduced in September 2022 and extended...
20 January 2024
From: The Big Issues
Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Escalating rents have led many first time buyers to adjust their property expectations and accept smaller homes when they purchase, a...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Almost two thirds of private landlords expect to see their mortgage payments increase over the next 12 months with warnings that...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons. The average rent...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
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
A landlord has been found guilty of operating eight unlicensed HMOs and a range of breaches of the HMO Management Regulations. Northampton...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
It’s the number of homes changing hands rather than their price that’s bearing the brunt of the slowdown say research chiefs...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A new study has revealed the top 10 UK areas with the greatest rental yield making them ideal for a buy-to-let. Confused.com...
30 September 2023
From: Top tips & guides
The latest Rental Demand Index from the Barrows and Forrester agency has revealed that rental demand has surged during the third...
30 September 2023
From: The Big Issues
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
As the ‘big buy-to-let’ sell off gathers momentum, we take a look ways you can guestimate the value of your rental...
14 September 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Rents will rise 25 per cent over the next four years, outpacing the modest 5.5 per cent House price growth across...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
New analysis reveals that other family members beyond parents are increasingly lending their financial support to first-time buyers. So far this year...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
There are few signs that the pace of rental growth is slackening, warns Hamptons. It says the cost of a new tenancy...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
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
Illicit HMOs have been targeted in a bid to improve housing standards and make communities safer. North Northamptonshire council joined forces with...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
After a decade of steady growth, the number of older renters is poised to increase rapidly over the next 10 years...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
If you are a landlord looking for the silver lining in a dark cloud, June’s interest rate decision will have certainly...
13 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
The Financial Times says the Labour Party is poised to reject the increasingly shrill calls for rent controls made by the...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Rising numbers of landlords are likely to switch to specialising in holiday rentals and short-term lets in the months ahead, an...
03 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A mystery unnamed landlord has been hit with a bill of over £115,000 as a result of a series of problem...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords who bought soon after the launch of the first buy-to-let mortgage in 1996 are retiring in increasing numbers. Research from lettings...
17 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Eight criminal landlords - three of them companies - have been fined approaching half a million pounds. They were prosecuted for offences...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
New buy to let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, says Hamptons lettings agency. So far this...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Property guru Phil Spencer has set out five reasons to keep faith with buy to let. In an article for Estate Agent...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Overseas buyers - likely in many cases to be investors - have taken a bigger stake in the wealthy enclave of...
08 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Skipton International, the Guernsey-licensed bank, has today announced the rollout of its Limited Company Buy To Let product following a soft...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Although most property sellers in the past year made a substantial gain, a new analysis shows that flat sellers - many...
09 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A Build To Rent developer has released the first phase of apartments at what it describes as its flagship scheme -...
05 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The share of Londoners purchasing property outside of the capital slowed in 2022, back towards pre-Covid norms. That’s the view of lettings...
29 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Investment buyers will snap up a higher proportion of homes in 2022 than they did in 2021, the Hamptons agency forecasts. So...
14 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Annual rental growth strengthened for the third month running, with average rents up 7.9 per cent across Britain on the same...
13 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Although the property and mortgage markets have been in a state of flux for the past few months, with rising interest...
03 December 2022
From: Tax & Finance
New figures from the Hamptons lettings agency show that rental growth is softening - although the overall rate remains high. The agency...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s been a big rise in the number of companies set up to hold buy to lets, according to a survey...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A landlord has paid a £12,400 civil penalty after failing to license their HMO. In March this year officers from West Northamptonshire council attended...
21 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The landlord of a property in Northampton has paid a £2,750 civil penalty after failing to licence their HMO. In December 2021...
14 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The landlord of a property in Northampton has paid a £2,750 civil penalty after failing to licence their HMO. In December 2021...
14 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association says controversial Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng should use a £1.5 billion underspend to help buy to let...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Rising interest rates - which may rise further and dramatically in response to the government’s tax-cutting agenda - risk eroding the...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
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
Rents across Great Britain rose by an average of 8.3 per cent over the last 12 months, marking a gradual slowdown...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A new market analysis by lettings agency Hamptons shows that the period from July 2020 and July 2022 saw the biggest...
23 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Rental growth rates slipped back slightly during the early part of summer according to an analysis by the Hamptons lettings agency,...
18 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A review into the way a council deals with HMOs has been launched in response to concerns about the concentration of...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The cost of a newly let home rose 9.8 per cent over the last 12 months to £1,125 pcm, marking the...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Buy to let landlords are increasingly looking to the highest yielding areas of the country as a way to maximise their...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016 - but...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agency says the rental growth seen in the past year will not be repeated in 2022, as tenants...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The draconian new rules governing EPC targets are driving some landlords to favour new build properties when expanding their portfolios. That appears...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Rents are rising at around twice the level of a year ago according to the latest market snapshot by lettings agency...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A record number of companies were set up last year to hold buy to let property. In total there were 47,400 new...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Bromsgrove is a classic rental market. The Worcestershire market town is enveloped by green space but is just a thirty-minute commute...
08 January 2022
From: Industry Views
This year, landlord and owner-occupier Londoners purchased 112,780 homes outside the capital, the highest number since 2007. New data, from Connells-owned agency...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News
It’s being reported in the mainstream press that the government may give landlords an extra year to make rental homes more energy efficient. This...
14 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords are benefitting from widespread rent rises across the UK - with even London seeing a turnaround. This is according to lettings...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords with family properties are in the pound seats when it comes to rent increases, according to data from lettings agency...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A fire and rescue service is asking landlords who own or manage HMOs to get involved in a pilot scheme. Over the...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Relatively few landlords were persuaded to take advantage of the stamp duty holiday according to analysis by the lettings agency Hamptons. The...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Average annual rental growth across Britain hit 8.0 per cent in September, the third fastest annual rate of growth recorded this...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Rents and capital appreciation will both rise next year - but to a significantly lesser degree than in 2021. That’s the verdict...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Rents across Britain continue to bounce back according to the Hamptons agency. The average rent of a new let rose 7.4 per...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News
New research by lettings agency Hamptons shows the total amount of rent paid by tenants across Britain has actually fallen eight...
20 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says there’s been a big increase in choice available to landlords wanting to enter the holiday...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A landlord has pleaded guilty to the unlawful eviction of his tenant. Jalal Uddin of Wellingborough has pleaded guilty at the town’s...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The Hamptons lettings agency says the rate of annual rental growth is slowing slightly - but there’s no suggestion of a...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The London rental market may be in for a boom as figures show Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside the capital...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The buy to let pipeline for one of the sector’s main mortgage lenders is now £911.4m some 39.9 per cent up...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News
There's more good news about the rental market across the country, with rents rising 8.5 per cent year-on-year. The data comes from...
13 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The lettings agency Hamptons has declared the bottom of the rental market for Inner London, saying it’s now on the way...
13 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A platform claims it allows buy to let landlords to set up limited companies within 30 minutes, through which they can...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News
For the first time in seven years it’s now cheaper to rent a home than buy one. So says the Hamptons lettings...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Rental growth accelerated in May to reach a new record high according to Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons. Last month the average cost...
14 June 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s good news for landlords considering investing or refinancing in the buy to let sector as interest rates are beginning to...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Lettings agency Hamptons says that across Great Britain rents rose 5.9 per cent annually in April, the fastest rate since January...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A property investment consultancy says growing numbers of UK and international landlords are incorporating to manage their buy to let portfolios...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A survey of 20,000 landlords by a comparison website suggests 53 per cent are uncertain if they want to remain in buy to...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News
New data from lettings agency Hamptons suggests that despite the slew of challenges thrown at the private rental sector, the number...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News
New figures suggest a large average rise in rents over the past year in almost every region outside of London. According to...