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A think tank based in central London says landlords would not quit the sector if much tougher - and more expensive...

The UK government's long awaited Spring Budget announced some key changes for the property market in an effort to stimulate activity...

Britain’s housing stock offers the worst value for money of any advanced economy, according new analysis published by the Resolution Foundation. The...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark has called for equal parity between short-term lets and the private rented sector to ensure they meet...

The Government quietly announced population projections towards the end of January that could have major implications for the types of homes...

Deciding on a residence in the bustling city of London is no small feat, especially when faced with the dichotomy of...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

In an analysis of one of the largest data sets in the industry (consisting of buyers from 195 countries and 900,000...

London’s ultra-prime rental market has returned this year to pre-Covid levels for the first time, an agency claims. Beauchamp Estates - using...

Savills is warning that the average UK house price is projected to fall by a further 3.0 per cent in 2024...

Families opt to rent so they can move fast to buy a home close to London’s top schools, according to a...

A property management company is forecasting that Prime Central London’s short-lets summer is set to be record breaking. Glenfield Property Management says...

The price of holiday lets in South West London have skyrocketed by 30 per cent due to surging demand from visitors...

The Generation Rent campaign has given its support to a call by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to be given powers to...

Overseas buyers - likely in many cases to be investors - have taken a bigger stake in the wealthy enclave of...

Last week it was announced that North Devon's second homeowners could pay double the amount of council tax after one year...

The Portuguese government has announced sweeping measures, mostly against landlords, which some activists want introduced in the UK too. Portuguese Prime Minister...

The flat is back in demand in Britain’s most expensive rental enclave, a lettings agency says.  Demand for apartments in prime central...

Landlords who feel recent laws have singled them out may be interested to know that one group of property owners appears...

Skipton International, the Guernsey-licensed bank, has today announced the rollout of its Limited Company Buy To Let product following a soft...

The National Residential Landlords Association has hit back at a claim that it is seeking to ‘turn students’ against the government’s...

One in eight private renters aged between 18 and 35 years old have already moved home to save money during the...

The Competition and Markets Authority has raised concern about a Build To Rent deal which it believes could result in reduced...

A website that describes itself as promoting “popular capitalism” is urging the government not to consider raising Capital Gains Tax on...

Uncertainty has become a vastly overused word to describe our economic situation in recent years. But, once again, it’s an unwaveringly...

Speculation that the Truss government might move on to tax cuts to incentivise landlords appears wide of the mark. There has been...

A buy to let company creation service claims a huge increase in the number of landlords seeking to incorporate. GetGround says its...

A council is urging landlords to attend a conference looking at issues affecting the private rental sector.  The Renters Reform Bill, the...

The new academic year is just around the corner, so many landlords will be thinking about student housing sector to diversify...

Airbnb has teamed up with a tourism body to produce a report it describes as “ground breaking” in spelling out so-called...

Three projects are underway investigating how a tourist tax, including a levy on holiday let renters, could apply in Wales. The three...

The mystery as to why so many MPs appear anti-landlord deepens with the news that at least 17 per cent of...

A prominent agency has revised its market forecast for the rest of 2022 and says prices will rise more and for...

The highest rental growth since the Global Financial Crisis, coupled with the cost of living crisis, is putting increased pressure on...

A new kind of property investor is evolving. They’ve enjoyed the fruits of their labours, creating UK investments in property but...

With the rising cost of living and the UK’s inflation crisis creating financial uncertainty, many are looking to make more secure...

Politicians in a city with one of the UK’s most frenzied short lets markets are pledging to return Airbnb style units...

Annual rental growth in prime London reached 11.1 per cent in the first quarter of this year, following a 3.4 increase...

The Property Investor Show is back for its 20th year with 100 property sector experts and exhibitors in London this week. The...

Russia sending tanks into Ukraine sounds terrifying, but it also sounds a long way away. Unfortunately, in a world of global...

A prominent Conservative has branded the rush towards rent controls by some politicians as “heavy-handed and economically illiterate”. Janet Finch Saunders, an...

Covid-19 has upended most industries, at least for a short while, over the past two years. But the tourism sector has...

Has there ever been a better time to buy-to-let?  Zoopla just last week revealed that demand and rent prices, especially in city...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants the government to put a stop to the capital being used for international money...

A new fixed-rate platform has been launched that says it will save landlords thousands of pounds in management fees. Rentd claims to...

An alliance of 25 major charities have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak, calling for urgent action...

Purplebricks has denied speculation that it’s selling off its rental division and moving landlord clients to a new agency.  A company statement...

The sleaze allegations engulfing the government have moved to those MPs letting out their London homes while claiming money from taxpayers...

Many agencies give their forecasts for the following year or years in the late autumn, but one of the most detailed...

The UK government’s target to reach net zero emissions by 2050 has necessitated the introduction of initiatives aimed at reducing fossil...

With more than 60 per cent of landlords losing rental income during the pandemic, it is no surprise that many are...

High end lettings agency Strutt & Parker says the outlook for Prime Central London is improving slightly with more activity reported...

Estate agency Savills has upgraded its forecasts for the UK’s prime housing markets - good news for investors in this niche. The...

A tracking study, conducted in partnership with the UK Short Term Accommodation Association, shows exactly how well Airbnb and other short...

Lettings agency JLL says improved interest in East London’s lettings market is being accelerated by the expected surge in demand from...

A one-time promoter of The Rolling Stones was so busy on the road that he forgot to get an HMO licence...

The lettings agency Hamptons has declared the bottom of the rental market for Inner London, saying it’s now on the way...

The London international rental market, a long-term victim of the pandemic and travel restrictions, appears to be improving at last. High profile...

The Covid-19 pandemic sparked a global trend of remote working and companies realising that work can now be where your laptop...

There’s been a “huge demand” for buy to let mortgages spurred on by dramatic house prices rises, according to a major...

The Guernsey-based lender Skipton International says there’s been a surge in interest in UK buy to let mortgages from overseas over...

Since it was launched in 2012 to help the Portuguese economy bounce back from a damaging financial crisis, the Portuguese Golden...

Investment advisers Sterling Wealth Associates says the north of England is the go-to spot in the UK for property investment.  It says...

A property investment consultancy says growing numbers of UK and international landlords are incorporating to manage their buy to let portfolios...

Reduced demand and falling rents continue throughout the London prime flats market, with values down in all areas except the south west...

Over a fifth of students questioned in a new survey say they have been unable to pay rent in full over...

The Department for Education has announced that its to make available an additional £15 million in hardship funding to support those students...

The spring market in Florida is white-hot at the moment, rivalling the increasing temperatures across the state as people begin their...

A Scandinavian company is bidding to create a short lets rival to Airbnb and has announced it is opening in the UK...

Few landlords deal in the rarified surroundings of the central London market, and new figures from lettings agency Knight Frank show...

The first thing you need to consider when you’re buying a second property is what are you buying it for –...

A company is offering Sharia-compliant bridging finance for property investors. Sharia compliance in the finance world means for savers and borrowers, instead...

An analysis of the rental market in England has revealed a dramatic drop in the number of EU nationals taking up...

HousingAnywhere, an internet lettings platform that calls itself Europe’s largest online rental accommodation marketplace for young professionals and international students, has...

London agency Dexters says the number of lettings applicants rose 50 per cent in 2020 with a particular surge in November...

The roll-out of a vaccine for Coronavirus could dramatically change the poor rental market performance in prime London in the coming...

No fewer than 15 per cent of all sales agreed in November went to landlords, the highest figure for four years. The data...

This Thursday, December 17, sees The Great Tax Debate webinar aimed at helping landlords prepare for a year of change in 2021. The...

An international consultancy specialising in investors’ residency and citizenship has lifted the lid on the huge tax savings open to overseas...

A property investment firm has given tips to landlords who may feel m threatened by the prospect of a hike in Capital Gain...

A new survey by rental sector PropTech supplier Fixflo asks landlords and agents how they have been impacted by the pandemic. The...

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed so many things for so many people. For international real estate agents in Spain, it has...

HMOs are an important part of the UK housing market as they offer students and young professionals affordable accommodation. There is...

A visiting professor and accountancy academic claims landlords are not carrying their fair share of the financial burden caused by the...

If you are dreaming of buying a property in Spain, there is so much to think about and many things to...

No matter if you have a property abroad, a holiday home, or rent a place long-term, 2020 has definitely been a...

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, many of the countries worse hit – reliant on tourism and outward investment...

A Build To Rent operator claims to be promoting what it calls “socially conscious renting” as people seek to live more...

Rental growth across Great Britain was flat in September according to the latest market survey by Countrywide brand Hamptons International. Average rents...

There’s a new editor of Landlord Today - Graham Norwood, currently editor of sister publications Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent...

One in eight properties sold for more than the original asking price in August as housing demand peaked following the chancellor’s...

London has seen the second-largest decline in rent and living costs in Europe over the past three years when it comes...

A growing number of international property investors are expected to increase their presence in the UK buy-to-let market over the next...

A growing number of buy-to-let investors are heading north for better returns, according to Hamptons International. But while investor demand for property...

A number of buy-to-let landlords have switched to short-term lets in recent years, as a consequence of skewed policy that favours...

The average buy-to-let landlord made £78,100 profit upon selling their rental property in 2019, fresh data shows. Landlords selling up in London made...

There was a 1.6 % fall in rents on renewed tenancies across Great Britain in May, the third consecutive monthly drop,...

Frustrated tenants struggling to afford to live in London can feel vindicated, as a new report shows that the cost of...

A growing number of buy-to-let landlords with empty homes are looking to avoid lengthy void periods and maximise profits in the...