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The National Residential Landlords Association has taken the unusual step of extending an olive branch to the activists who run the...

A prominent lettings sector expert is blaming the media for anti-landlord sentiment and a rise in tenancy disputes. Gina Peters, Head of...

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

Some 89% of higher-rate and 100% of lower-rate taxpaying landlords who sell will see their Capital Gains Tax bill rise in...

An activist group is demanding that the lower Capital Gains Tax should apply only to landlords who sell with sitting tenants. In...

In what may appear a surprise to almost everyone, the Generation Rent activist group has described yesterday’s Budget as a “giveaway...

Green Party activists responsible for rent controls on Scotland have now slammed landlords who claim the number of rented homes is...

Landlords selling up because of rising taxes and unaffordable regulations are being advised not to be over ambitious with asking prices.  Tim...

Landlords are being invited to a forum organised by a council’s own private lettings service and the National Residential Landlords Association. The...

A council is to spend £10m to buy homes on the open market to house local people - some at risk...

A council’s version of a private lettings agency is inviting landlords to an event co-organised by the National Residential Landlords Association. Ashford...

A think tank that describes itself as “centre right” praises the Renters Reform Bill and claims the fear of landlords selling...

The Renters Reform Bill is the latest of many factors leaving little choice for some private buy-to-let landlords but to sell...

The property industry in recent years has been tough to work in.  Clearly the challenges we faced with the pandemic, lockdown and...

A survey of thousands of landlords, agents and tenants has provided new evidence of buy to let investors quitting in droves. Over...

Zoopla says a buy to let property sold off by a landlord is “typically priced 25 per cent lower than the...

There’s bad news for landlords relying on capital appreciation or hoping to sell up in the near future. Rightmove reports that new...

Investors selling a buy to let so far in 2023 made gains which were 10.1 per cent lower than those who...

The challenges facing the property market right now are well reported; from rising interest rates pushing up mortgage payments to a...

The landlords’ trade body has given a firm message to Housing Secretary Michael Gove - sort out a realistic deadline for...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...

A warning is going out today from the UK’s largest property auctioneer about the sensible pricing of property coming to the...

The National Residential Landlords Association is hosting a housing roundtable, inviting industry experts -  including Paul Shamplina - to discuss the...

According to the most recent statistics there are 676,452 vacant properties in England, nearly half a million of which have been...

A perfect storm is brewing in the lettings market with rents spiralling driven by increasing demand fuelled by workers returning to...

Improving yields throughout 2023 may stop more landlords quitting - and, in addition, rental reforms are unlikely to be as bad as...

More must be done to keep private landlords in the rental sector, a new study has proposed. New Open Property Group says...

Brokers say that more than a quarter of their landlord clients plan to sell properties as a result of the red...

There is no real prospect of improved rental supply in the near term as private landlords continue to sell off homes...

The most popular search term from prospective renters scouring Rightmove has become ‘Bills Included’. The portal says that this term - which...

A new survey reveals precisely why the controversial Section 21 notice is served by landlords on tenants.  In a study by industry...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan wants private landlords letting ex-council properties to consider selling the properties to local councils.  Since launching in...

The abolition of Section 21 eviction notices could lead to a surge in evictions by private landlords anxious to sell before...

The National Residential Landlords Association has teamed up with a property sales management firm to offer a new service to landlords...

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

As we approach what is commonly the busiest month of the year, there is one question many in the sector many...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says landlords should wise-up by using a letting agent to improve yields, rather than sell-up because of...

Trading Standards has approved a new alternative dispute resolution body for the private rental sector. It’s The Dispute Service Ltd, and it...

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

More landlords are quitting the sector and bringing properties to the sales market, according to research from Zoopla.  In its latest snapshot...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to buy back former council houses now in the private rental sector. Right to Buy, part of...

New data from lettings agency Hamptons suggests that despite the slew of challenges thrown at the private rental sector, the number...

Up to 50,000 rental homes in the countryside could be sold off if the government presses ahead with stricter energy efficiency...

For the third successive month the number of landlords increasing rent to tenants has dropped, according to the latest data from...

New data from letting agents suggests that there’s been a substantial rise in the number of landlords selling buy to let...

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

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...

Demand from new prospective renters hit the highest level on record for the month of February, new figures show.  The data, compiled...

The Guild of Property Professionals is calling on the new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to use his Budget speech, which will take...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) and the National Landlords Association (NLA) are calling on the new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to use...

With more landlords selling properties than buying them, at a time when there is growing demand from tenants for rental properties, the private rental...

Sajid Javid has dismissed a report in the Times over the weekend that claimed he planned to make property sellers rather than...

Boris Johnson is being to urged to do more to support investment in the private rented sector, as research shows that...

Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson, the two men competing to become the next Conservative Party leader, are being to urged to...

With some analysts predicting that buy-to-let landlords are about to flood the market with properties for sale, investors are being urged...

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

Removing Section 21 could prove devastating for the private rented sector, with almost half of landlords and letting agents more likely...

The average buy-to-let landlord made £80,000 profit upon selling their rental property in 2018, new figures show. Landlords in London made the...

The UK is facing a private rented housing crisis unless the government takes rapid action to stop landlords selling up, according...

There has been significant rise in the number of landlords selling up in the capital due to buy-to-let tax changes, according...

There could soon be a sharp rise in the number of buy-to-let looking to sell up as a consequence of the...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases in January rose for the first time since September 2018, according to ARLA Propertymark’s...

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

As landlords increasingly feel the squeeze, with their reduction in yields principally due to increased regulation and tax changes, they are questioning...

UK rents are expected to increase by 7.5% over the next three years, as the supply of rental accommodation dwindles while...

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...

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

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

Buy-to-let landlords are leaving the private rented sector north of the border in their droves as a direct result of Scottish...

Buy-to-let landlords could face another stamp duty rate hike in the Autumn Budget to further curb the acquisition of second homes. The...

As a private landlord you have a crucial role in providing a much needed housing option for people and so why...

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 private rented sector will not experience a “mass exodus” of private landlords as a result of tax changes and tougher...

The number of landlords planning to sell some or all of their buy-to-let properties remains at an historic high, according to...

MakeUrMove is warning that a significant number of buy-to-let landlords are thinking about quitting the private rented sector due to problem tenants...

The average buy-to-let investor who sold their rental property in 2017 did so for £86,651 more than they paid for it,...

There has been much debate about Brexit and how it will impact the property market and the economy as a whole. ...

Capital gains tax receipts hit £5.5bn in January, leaving the Treasury on course to rake in as much as £8.8bn this...

The past few months have seen a number of buy-to-let investors sell up, and this is expected to place upward pressure...

This year has seen record numbers of landlords selling their BTL properties, in response to regulatory changes and the economic uncertainty,...

The supply of homes is set to fall while demand from tenants continues to increase, according to the latest research from...

More than a quarter of letting agents saw private rents rise in May despite an increase in the supply of rental...

The government is putting the overall housing market at risk by “squeezing” the buy-to-let sector with higher stamp duty, new mortgage...

The number of rental homes available in London dropped sharply in April, while only increasing marginally across the rest of the...

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

There was a significant increase in both the number of new listings and properties let last month, but the rental market...

A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are planning to sell-off their properties as the government’s punitive new tax changes cause investors...

Three in ten (32%) ARLA letting agents reported that rents increased in April, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents...