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The management of BTL properties, whether it's a modest collection of three units or a more sizable portfolio of fifteen, can...

The capital gains tax allowance will be cut on April 6 from £6,000 to £3,000, so more people will pay CGT. The...

This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...

The capital gains tax allowance will be cut from £12,300 to £6,000 on April 6 – the lowest the allowance has...

A private landlord has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 by magistrates for failing to properly licence a rented property. The...

An unlikely location heads the latest league table purporting to show the highest returns on property investment. Aldermore’s Buy To let City...

The landlord of a former hotel with no working kitchen, unusable toilets, blocked drains, and rats, has been ordered to pay...

Specialist mortgage lender Aldermore has named what it believes to be the five best cities for landlords to invest in for...

It’s comforting to think that the UK has a well-established and effective judicial system. If we are wronged we can turn...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ latest index suggests there’s no end in sight to rent rises in 2022. RICS’ monthly sentiment...

Letting agents in London say there's more interest from prospective tenants now the vaccine and Coronavirus roadmap suggest something like normality...

Insurance company CIA landlord has prepared a league table of the most and least profitable locations for buy to let landlords. It’s...

The changes to Mortgage Interest Tax Relief and impact on your wallet Before April 2017 landlords with a mortgage on their buy-to-let...

Landlords and tenants in Chelmsford, Essex, are being warned that a local letting agent appears to be trading, despite being expelled from...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on a new Build-to-Rent (BTR) site in Chelmsford City Centre, on behalf of its UK...

CBRE has completed the purchase of Telford Homes in a £267m deal. The acquisition of the housebuilder will enable the company to...

A man has been jailed for a six years and three months for stabbing his landlord in an unprovoked attack. Ainars Jozans,...

The number of people remortgaging on to five-year fixes remains high ahead of a potential increase in interest rates. Almost half -...

The UK Build to Rent sector continues to go from strength to strength, with record levels of investment in the first...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on a new Build To Rent (BTR) site in Chelmsford City Centre, on behalf of...

Dodgy solicitor Ross McKay, who helped a fraudster create a £10.8m property empire with the help of Tameside’s criminal underworld, has...

If you own a house or flat in London, there is a fair chance that you may have heard of, and...

Bootle in Merseyside has been named the best place to currently be a buy-to-let landlord, based on a number of key...

A landlord who infuriated neighbours by using a back garden at one of his rental properties to dump rubbish has been...

When it comes to investing in property, it pays to know about the latest property hotspots and up-and-coming areas, not just...

One in three renters never intend to buy their own home, mainly because they are happy living in the private rented sector,...

Colchester has been named the best place for buy-to-let investors in today’s market, based on a combination of capital value growth,...

With 65,000 affordable new homes planned to be built in London per year, it would appear that the capital is offering...

A buy-to-let landlord in Tiptree has been fined for poor property management that left a family in Poor living conditions. Mohibur Rahman,...

A landlord has been given a 12-month community service order with a rehabilitation activity requirement of 20 days after being convicted...

Fresh research using a combination of house prices, salaries and rental prices suggest that Stoke-on-Trent is the best destination to invest...

Property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market may wish to consider buying property in Luton, which currently offers the...

Private landlords in the capital are starting to feel the pinch from weaker tenant demand, with some landlords being forced to...

The ESTAS, a kite mark of excellent service for property professionals, has announced the winners of the Letting Agents of the...

Recent tax changes mean that investing in buy-to-let property will no longer deliver the returns it once did for many landlords,...

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined for renting out ‘dangerous and poor’ accommodation after a fire broke out at her property...

Some buy-to-let landlords are bracing themselves for smaller profits over the coming years as a result of the new mortgage interest...

Stuart Law, owner and founder of Assetz, offers his thoughts on what property market trends we can expect over the coming year. Despite...

September was the worst month for remortgaging since the EU referendum, new figures from conveyancing firm LMS show. The research found that...

One of UK’s leading developers of homes for private rent is calling on the government to exempt the build-to-rent sector from...

Remortgaging activity hit a seven-year high in August, fuelled by record low bowing rates and rising house prices, according to new...

Chelmsford City Council is hoping to attract more buy-to-let landlords in the Chelmsford and the wider Essex area with its Homes2Lease Scheme,...

A landlord has been prosecuted for illegally claiming council tax support for his primary residence while receiving rent from an undeclared...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

A landlord in Southend has been slapped with a £39,000 fine for breaching regulations for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs). Chelmsford Magistrates’...

Becoming a professional landlord looks like an enviable job… from afar. Up close, it quickly becomes clear that it’s an occupation...

After months of campaigning and deliberating, polling day is now behind us. With all the election stories doing the rounds, we...