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Landlords quitting the sector could have to spend hundreds of pounds more when selling their home owing to new Trading Standards...

A new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...

New research from specialist lender Aldermore reveals the financial boost landlords provide to local economies.  Nearly eight out of ten landlords opt...

Landlords pulling out of buy to let because of high costs and overbearing regulation now have a guide to how quickly...

Average house price fell by 0.3 per cent in July, a fourth consecutive monthly decline, according to the Halifax. This means property...

A finance house says it’s seeing an increase in tenants offering to buy their properties off their landlords. James Briggs, head of...

Recently the government once again committed to banning 'no-fault' evictions, with the new government housing minister Rachel Maclean promising the ban on...

As landlords face losses as high as £7,500 this year – thanks to increased mortgage and living costs alongside a tax overhaul...

Housing minister Rachel Maclean is quoted as saying her government’s policies are NOT driving landlords out of the private rental sector. The...

Student lets have come under the spotlight as a result of a slowdown in the building of new university student accommodation...

Over a third of a million landlords may quit the private rental sector as a result of being penalised by tax...

The mass exodus of landlords unhappy with increased tax and regulation appears not to have happened - at least yet. A quarterly...

Every year, those thinking about investing in property for the first time and even current landlords ask themselves whether it’s the...

Landlords who intend to sell their properties this year are being urged to act quickly ahead of the Capital Gains Tax...

At LRG we are currently seeing rental properties go within days, and sometimes hours of being placed on the market.  Rent is...

Whingers who complain about financial perks for landlords and who then complain about rising rents when the perks are withdrawn and...

New research from the bank Handelsbanken suggests some landlords will reduce their portfolios if economic conditions worsen. Almost 60 per cent of...

The government must “get realistic” over the difficulties involved in reaching Net Zero targets when dealing with older properties in the...

A team of experts has released a report that responds to government reform plans - and it insists that if Section...

Government plans to ban Section 21 evictions could push up rents and reduce rental stock, a property dispute expert is warning. Lee Pearce...

The latest rentals market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors gives the now-familiar story of how demand is far...

A report from the Public Accounts Committee on the regulation of the private rented sector (PRS) was issued with little notice...

The connection between rising volumes of red tape in the private rental sector and landlords quitting as a consequence appears to...

Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...

Demand for private rental housing is at an all time high according to new research by the National Residential Landlords Association. A...

Labour councils in London have backed the initiative from Mayor Sadiq Khan to buy back ex-council houses now in the private...

Rishi Sunak is being urged not to increase capital gains tax, as part of the government’s attempts to claw back the...

The tax and regulatory changes introduced in recent years have led to an increase in the number of landlords exiting the...

Rents look set to rise across much of the UK next year owed in part to a further increase in the...

Boris Johnson’s call for a snap general election on December 12 to try to settle the issue of Brexit took very...

There has been a further increase in the number of landlords exiting the buy-to-let market, according to new research by the...

The Build to Rent development pipeline has grown dramatically in recent years and there are clear signs of the sector becoming...

The number of tenants experiencing rent rises hit the highest level on record in July, according to ARLA Propertymark’s latest PRS...

There has been a sharp rise in the number of tenants experiencing rent rises following the introduction of the tenant fees...

There has been a significant increase in the number of buy-to-let landlords offloading properties ahead of the introduction of the tenant...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases dropped slightly in March thanks partly to a sharp rise in the number of...

Who are you?  Paul Shamplina What does it say on your business card? Founder and Director of Landlord Action and Brand Ambassador of...

There was a significant increase in the number of landlords exiting the rental market in December 2018 as rents increased for...

The number landlords exiting the market in the East of England last month was double the national average, ARLA Propertymark reveals. Landlords...

There was a further rise in the number of landlords exiting the buy-to-let market, new data shows. Belvoir’s Q3 Rental Index, compiled...

Rents in the UK’s private rental sector continue to rise as the supply of properties to let has dropped again on...

Renters in central London now face having to bid against each other, pushing rents up in the process, as a result...

A shortage of housing supply will push up rents up by an average of 13.7% over the next five years, according...

Two years on from sweeping tax reforms to the buy-to-let sector, the industry is rapidly shifting towards professional landlords, according to...

A number of tenants have been hit by rent rises over the past 12 months as landlords respond to extra taxes...

Philip Hammond is being urged to use his Autumn Budget, which will take place on 29 October, to support investment in...

Rent prices in London are forecast to see strong growth following a significant drop in the number of homes available to rent...

There has been a significant increase in the number of buy-to-let landlords selling up, along with a notable reduction in the...

Rents are forecast to see strong growth over the next five years, according to the latest residential property forecast from the...

An exodus of landlords from the buy-to-let market has caused a significant drop in rental property listings in recent month with...

There has been a rise in the number of buy-to-let landlords selling up and quitting the private rented sector, according to...

The number private landlords selling their buy-to-let properties reached a record high in April due to a raft of recent tax...

The signs are that 2018 looks set to be another difficult year for buy-to-let landlords as tax hikes bite. An increasing number...

A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are likely to exit the private rented sector over the next 12 months due to...

There has been a significant increase in the number of landlords exiting the buy-to-let sector due to higher stamp duty costs...

Enquiries from investors seeking to acquire buy-to-let properties have increased by 30% since May, following an initial dip in activity after the...