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The chancellor Philip Hammond has once again failed to deliver for private landlords, with yesterday’s rather low-key Spring Statement yet another...

Buy-to-let landlords are often blamed, primarily by those under the age of 40, for the existing housing crisis because property investors acquire...

The increase in demand for residential properties, coupled with restricted supply of new homes being built, will almost certainly cause property...

A number of landlords who use short-term holiday rental sites are reinvesting their earnings in refurbishment work helping to provide much...

The government remains committed to building more new homes, but their target of 300,000 a year is unlikely to be met. Sky-high...

Going by press headlines, it would be easy to imagine that buy-to-let landlords in the UK are struggling to keep going...

While most private renters in the UK aspire to buy property, the reality is that many people simply cannot afford to...

Property developers are looking to profit from the growing number of private renters by investing further in purpose-built rental accommodation. The Build...

Ever since Margaret Thatcher declared her belief in a ‘property-owning democracy’ and introduced Right to Buy in 1980, the UK was...

High house prices, inadequate savings and longer life expectancies mean a number of people will never be able to get a...

Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to give cities the power to introduce rent controls under a Labour government. Yesterday was the last day...

Many buy-to-let landlords will undoubtedly commend former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith for slamming anti-buy-to-let legislation introduced by the former chancellor...

With only a few hours left of voting in the general election, the balance of power will have a major impact...

Despite the fact that UK house prices are continuing to slow, with yesterday’s figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating over 250 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Leeds, as...

The Conservative party should put rent controls at the heart of their general election manifesto as part of a wider effort...

In the UK, we have a chronic shortage of housing. Apparently we need 200,000 new houses a year but last year...

One of Britain’s largest housebuilders has warned of a sharp decline in demand caused by Brexit uncertainty and the government’s outright...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has hit back at accusations made by Jeremy Corbyn in his Labour conference speech that private...

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

Construction of a unique south London housing scheme has got underway in a factory in Shropshire. The modular construction by Elements Europe,...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s plans to introduce rent controls and secure tenancies in the private rented sector (PRS) if elected prime...

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

The new mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged to do all in his power to help make London “better” after...

Specialist mortgage lender Paragon has called on the Chancellor to make no further changes to the taxation of landlords in today's...