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New research from lettings agency Benham and Reeves has shown that while net rental yields have increased over the last year,...

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

As landlords continue to exit the market, there seems to be no easy solution for selling. Owning a buy-to-let portfolio can be...

A council says it’s offering private sector landlords an opportunity to lease their vacant property and help support local residents who...

A new survey from an experienced company in the private rental sector has revealed shocking findings about what landlords really think...

Buy-to-let landlords collectively contribute £16.1bn to the British economy through pre-tax spending, which is almost double the estimated £8.5bn a decade...

With the 31 January deadline for the 2017/18 self assessment tax returns just days away, Blick Rothenberg offers some last minute...

Buy-to-let landlords looking to invest in Croydon or stay on top of industry best practice are invited to attend a free...

With a new year now upon us, it’s time to look forward to what might happen (and what is definitely happening)...

Trading standards will almost certainly need help from consumers to help police the ban on letting fees, according to PayProp. As part...

Buy-to-let landlords could save hundreds, if not thousands of pounds every year by not instructing a letting agent to let their property. The...

An online petition calling for buy-to-let tax relief changes to be reversed has received almost 16,500 signatures. Buy-to-let landlord and property investment...

The government has responded to a petition calling on the reintroduction of full mortgage interest relief and the scrapping of the...

Buy-to-let landlords are being advised to think seriously about how they can recoup costs to help pay for higher letting agents...

The government’s Tenant Fees Bill now introduced to the Commons is a ‘missed opportunity’ to make quicker and more lasting improvements in...

An online student accommodation service has launched in Bristol offering to cover landlords for up to six months’ worth of unpaid...

Recent research from Fixflo shows that nearly 42% of all agents in the UK believe the looming letting fees ban will...

With the 31 January deadline for the 2016/17 self assessment tax returns almost upon us, Blick Rothenberg offers some last minute...

Rent prices will increase next year, according to the latest property market analysis. Shortages of suitable properties to let and greater demand...

The government introduced a draft bill to parliament yesterday to ban letting agents and landlords from charging introductory fees to tenants...

New research from Fixflo shows that nearly 42% of all agents in the UK believe the looming letting fees ban will...

Almost a third of buy-to-let landlords are unaware of the proposals for a draft bill banning letting agent fees, according to...

Letting agents will compensate for potential losses resulting from a future ban on letting agent fees paid by tenants by increasing...

Buy-to-let landlords should be responsible for paying letting agent fees in Wales, despite some concerns that this will lead to higher...

A host of Brexit bills dominated last week’s Queens’s speech, while there were also a few main non-Brexit proposals announced outlining...

The Queen’s Speech was unsurprisingly dominated by Brexit, with a host of proposed new laws designed to prepare the UK for...

With landlords’ purse strings being tightened by tax changes and a mortgage squeeze, a growing number of buy-to-let investors are choosing...

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

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

Buy-to-let landlords currently contribute £15.9bn per year to the British economy through pre-tax spending on running their portfolios, which is more...

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

The consultation period for the proposed ban on letting agents’ fees in England should either be extended or suspended until after...

The recent conviction of letting agent Thirunga Damayantharan for illegally keeping £15,000 of tenancy deposits has taken the total value of...

Following a raft of changes, including tax measures, in the buy-to-let sector, the government has now published its consultation on banning...

Tenants will not benefit from the government’s ban on letting agent fees - because the costs will be passed on in...

The pace of UK rental growth has more than halved since the end of March 2016, slowing consistently since the introduction...

Changes to letting agent fees could lead to increased rent arrears and higher repossessions as a consequence of a potential reduction...

Despite pressure from the property industry, including landlords, letting agents and housebuilders, the chancellor Philip Hammond opted not to reverse the...

Rental prices look set to increase in the coming months on the back of a growing supply-demand imbalance, the latest Private...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has reiterated its call for the government to reconsider banning letting agents in England...

Demand for rented homes has fallen to a two-year low, while the supply of properties to rent has edged up marginally,...

The substantial imbalance between supply and demand is likely to persist, maintaining upward pressure on rental prices in 2017, according to...

Rents will continue to increase next year, owed in part to a reduction in housing supply in the private rented sector...

Letting agents in England will be banned from charging fees to tenants under plans announced by the chancellor in his Autumn...

A new Fair Fees Forum has been launched by the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) in order to help prevent excessive...

All letting agency fees should be paid by landlords, rather than tenants, as is the case in Scotland, according to Citizens...

The average flatsharing tenant has increased their budget in order to stay in line with rent increases, according to EasyRoommate. The flatsharing...

The government’s intention to reform rental deposits has been broadly welcomed, but one letting agent believes that they should be abolished altogether. The...

Property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market should look to university towns in the North West to find the...

Chancellor George Osborne is presenting the “summer budget” tomorrow with rumours circulating that he will give in to calls to close...

A tenants' campaign group says it has identified 21 letting agents out of 56 in one London borough which do not...

UK landlords are at risk of overestimating the profitability of their buy-to-let investment by neglecting to take into account key running...

The Labour party has announced plans to reform the private rented sector should it come to power. It would introduce legislation to...