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A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A controversial proposal for a £300m tax grab on landlords appears to closely follow a policy suggestion put forward by activists...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A leader of the Renters Reform Coalition activist lobby has made a specific targeted attack on the motives and honesty of...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the private rental sector according to a report this morning...
03 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A Labour MP who has campaigned for some years against short let landlords says proposals to crack down on the sector...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A group of Conservative MPs has organised a lobby of the government to demand a clampdown on Airbnbs and other short...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A council is to consult on a new licensing scheme that aims to tackle rogue landlords in parts of Scunthorpe that...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A property investment platform has analysed rental yields to see the best returning areas for buy to let investors. Sourced Franchise analysed...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
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
When choosing a buy-to-let property, there are many elements that need to be balanced in order to get the biggest return...
17 June 2023
From: Agent Advice
The Generation Rent activist group claims holiday homes are eroding the supply of available properties in key tourist areas. It claims 80...
06 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The top UK holiday hotspot for 2023 is Yorkshire, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages’ latest Staycation Index report. Known for its picturesque...
29 April 2023
From: Top tips & guides
The Generation Rent activist group says the government’s proposed clampdown on short let landlords does not go far enough. At the end...
17 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A UK holiday lets firm insists the sector is in good health despite the return of foreign vacations and the end...
17 April 2023
From: Breaking News
New rules making it tougher for people to let houses via AirBnb and other short let platforms have been unveiled by...
13 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A quarter of holiday let owners are very worried about the potential of new regulations or fees being enforced following the...
22 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A new rental market analysis has revealed where in the UK has the highest proportion of private landlords. Benham and Reeves analysed...
10 February 2023
From: Breaking News
London continues to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year running. Data...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
New data from Rightmove reveals the areas which have seen the largest price jumps in the past year. It says that Eastwood...
09 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has set out a radical programme of devolution to local authorities at city and county level...
06 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Specialist mortgage lender Aldermore has named what it believes to be the five best cities for landlords to invest in for...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The agents’ trade body Propertymark says it wants the Welsh Government to do more to support landlords letting in tourist hotspots. The...
23 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The Welsh Government has opened a three month consultation on changes in regulations for holiday let landlords. The Welsh Government - a...
22 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Activist group Generation Rent says it’s not convinced about government proposals to increase regulation of holiday lets and short lets -...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Zoopla says a “widespread repricing” is underway in the sales market, but with no sign of cooling yet in the lettings...
28 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Labour MP Rachael Maskell says she has won the support of 10 other members of parliament from across the political divide...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
There is a perfect storm brewing for landlords and tenants in the UK. Sky-rocketing energy bills, food prices and increasing rent paints...
27 August 2022
From: The Big Issues
A mortgage broker claims the south east of England offers investment opportunities for landlords wanting to put money into HMOs. Revolution Brokers...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s second home and holiday let hotspots has been told it will be unable to levy extra council...
28 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Generation Rent, which typically attacks all landlords and especially those involved in buy to let, has instead focussed its latest social...
20 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A mortgage lender’s buy to let market index shows yields slightly dipping. Fleet Mortgages’ regional snapshot covers all areas of England and...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency claims to have identified which boroughs in the capital offer the best prospects for buy to let investors...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
New data from Rightmove suggests that rental demand is cooling in some areas where the market was busiest during the pandemic. And...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The house price inflation facing first time buyers is “frankly frightening” according to a new analysis which suggests typical FTB house...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A new kind of property investor is evolving. They’ve enjoyed the fruits of their labours, creating UK investments in property but...
30 April 2022
From: The Big Issues
A new league table of capital values in seaside locations shows the affordability challenge of investing in areas with guaranteed holiday...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The continuing shortage of supply in the lettings market is not only producing record high asking rents, but is also pushing demand...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
With Christmas and the New Year now over, landlords, investors and property experts are back to questioning what the coming twelve...
05 February 2022
From: Agent Advice
The Council for the Protection of Rural England is the latest body to blast Airbnb and other short lets for their...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A new league table of investment potential has given a ringing endorsement to buy to let in cities. Select Property Group has...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A national accountancy firm says HM Revenue & Customs has discovered huge numbers of landlords avoiding paying tax - as many as...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A survey of over 500 property investors claims to have uncovered the UK’s hotspots for the coming year. It says some 44...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A branch of national lettings agency Martin & Co is to be run by a landlord. Grant Simpson - who describes himself...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The North East has overtaken the North West as the best location in the UK for residential property investment. That’s the view...
10 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has neared its 45,000-signature target over the weekend. Former...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The Covid-19 pandemic sparked a global trend of remote working and companies realising that work can now be where your laptop...
14 June 2021
From: Sponsored Content
An expert assessment of the average cost of damage caused by rogue tenants growing cannabis suggests landlords will typically pay almost...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the leading consultancies involved in prime London lettings says 86 per cent of new tenancies in Q1 2021 were...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News
London-focussed lettings agency Portico has drawn up highly localised hotspots within the capital for landlords seeking the best yields. According to the...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A lettings platform specialising in student accommodation has a new way to spot locations with excess supply. UniHomes says Southampton, Portsmouth and...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News
An analysis by a lettings management service has identified those parts of London with the strongest yields and capital growth in...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The growth in the number of landlords and property investors in the UK has been astonishing over the last three decades....
02 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content
A leading property lawyers says he’s willing to act for landlords to take the government to judicial review over its latest...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A PropTech company claims a quarter of private renters in towns and cities most affected by pandemic could fall into arrears. Deposit...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Salford has been identified as the most profitable buy-to-let city for landlords, according to research by CIA Landlord. The study found that...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News
There is currently around £1.744bn worth of unclaimed property lying vacant across England and Wales, according to the latest research by...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News
A number potential property hotspots have been identified for buy-to-let investors with an eye on the future. Government infrastructure spending and investment...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Rental market activity remained relatively stable last month, according to the latest data from Agency Express Property. National month-on-month figures for properties...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Activity levels in the rental market bounced back to pre-lockdown levels in June, as the reopening of the housing market released...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Landlords currently looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas should head north to places like Liverpool, Bradford and Sunderland, with new...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Online searches for properties in remote or coastal locations has increased sharply, according to Rightmove. The property website analysed the areas people...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Demand for rental homes is continuing to outpace supply and drive up prices in London and that is an attractive proposition...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News
The locations that saw the biggest house price increases in the last year have been unveiled by the Post Office Money. The...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News
London remains one of the biggest property investment destinations in the world, attracting a wide range of national and international investors. But...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Property investors are being advised to head north for better returns, with new research revealing that Bootle in Merseyside is currently...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News
When it comes to investing in property, it pays to know about the latest property hotspots and up-and-coming areas whether you...
17 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Landlords currently looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas should head north to places like Liverpool and Scotland, with new research...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News
With 2020 fast approaching, it is time for forward thinking buy-to-let landlords to start looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Liverpool and Manchester are both recognised as great destinations for property investors. Property is (still) very affordable and both cities have...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Boris Johnson is being to urged to do more to support investment in the private rented sector, as research shows that...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News
There has been a notable rise in the number of buy-to-let landlords offloading properties in recent month due to buy-to-let tax...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Private landlords looking for lucrative returns will find that L6 in Liverpool is the most profitable location to buy-to-let in the...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords looking to buy property in London are being urged to consider investing in what Black Brick describes as ‘two...
14 May 2019
From: Breaking News
A new survey has revealed three in four Scots back rent caps north of the border to help curb increasing housing...
12 April 2019
From: Breaking News
UK rents have started to increase at a rate not seen in the market for more than two years, fresh figures...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Recent years have seen a shift in buyer activity across the UK’s property market, with London’s much publicised decline in popularity...
05 April 2019
From: Sponsored Content
The slump in the UK home ownership rate from 73% a decade ago to just 63% today reflects the fact that...
04 April 2019
From: Breaking News
A number of buy-to-let landlords prefer to rent out property on a room by room basis instead of renting the whole...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News
It is common knowledge (and common sense) that university towns and cities are full of people who are natural renters. This...
28 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Residential popery prices in Manchester have increased significantly in recent years, with research showing that the city outperformed all other core...
07 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Landlords currently looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas should consider locations with a high student population, with yields of up...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News
A new Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered website designed to allow BTL landlords and investors to search for property investment deals by...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords who have adopted a high yielding investment strategy may be interested in new analysis of the BTL market that...
13 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Colchester has been identified as the number one place to currently invest for buy-to-let, based on rental yields. The LendInvest BTL Index...
13 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Many buy-to-let landlords like the idea of investing in student housing, as it is considered to be a serious and lucrative...
14 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Student property remains one of the most lucrative investments available to landlords, with sky-high yields of almost 12% currently on offer. With...
05 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let has recently taken a bit of a bashing with some landlords forced to exit the market as profits drop amid...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Luton and Colchester have been named among the best places for buy-to-let investors in the existing market, based on rental yields. The...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News
When it comes to investing in property, it pays to know about the latest property hotspots and up-and-coming areas, not just...
16 July 2018
From: Breaking News
There is still plenty of money to be made in buy-to-let, provided you invest in the right areas, according to new...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News
The number of properties rented as a second home in Great Britain reached 13,680 last year, the highest number on record,...
11 June 2018
From: Breaking News
As the National Landlord Investment Show prepares to celebrate its fifth anniversary at Aston Villa Football Club on Wednesday May 16th,...
10 May 2018
From: 60 Second Interview
London now has significantly more Airbnb listings than ever before, with a growing number of buy-to-let landlords turning to the holiday letting...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Colchester has been named the best place for buy-to-let investors in today’s market, based on a combination of capital value growth,...
03 April 2018
From: Breaking News
The Northern Powerhouse cities of Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool have been identified as global property investment hotspots. According to the research from...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News
With 65,000 affordable new homes planned to be built in London per year, it would appear that the capital is offering...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News
Liverpool, Nottingham and Cardiff are among the latest hotspots for buy-to-let investors looking for the best returns. The latest edition of Private...