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07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Building on the momentum of 2023, the North West is poised for continued growth in rental and property prices. Early investment...
02 March 2024
From: Top tips & guides
Activists in the Generation Rent campaign says big city Mayors should “tackle the worst landlords and seize their properties.” It also wants...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
With 3.5 million UK adults planning major home improvements in 2024, an energy expert has shared seven adjustments that can properties more sustainable. The...
06 January 2024
From: Legislation & Compliance
Some £2m of government money has been channeled into a brand new country cil Taskforce aimed at identifying and clamping down...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords have been urged to protect their properties against bed bugs with regular inspections. Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A collection of pressure groups, fronted by Generation Rent, wants all private rental homes going on sale to be offered first...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
New research shows that 676,000 homes in England are sitting empty. The research comes from property purchasing firm House Buyer Bureau which...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Rental markets near London’s Crossrail stations have seen premiums emerge, a new survey suggests. Areas which have benefitted from the largest reductions...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
While there has been a shortage of all types of rental accommodation across the UK for several years now, the student...
26 August 2023
From: Agent Advice
One in eight tenants admit to letting out part or all of their rented property - and that rises to a...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent Labour councillor in Liverpool has told the local media: “Parts of Liverpool are blighted by landlords who treat the...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
When choosing a buy-to-let property, there are many elements that need to be balanced in order to get the biggest return...
17 June 2023
From: Agent Advice
The government response to a Freedom of Information request has shed light on the increasing number of homes in England and...
20 April 2023
From: Breaking News
An unexpected and unlikely political alliance has prevented another city council demanding powers to freeze private rents. London, Bristol, Liverpool and Manchester...
27 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A landlord’s company called Trophy Homes Limited, based in Liverpool, has pleaded guilty to failing to apply for an HMO licence...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been landed with a bill of almost £2,800 for failing to clear rubbish and maintain his vacant property. Alex...
06 February 2023
From: Breaking News
An unlikely location heads the latest league table purporting to show the highest returns on property investment. Aldermore’s Buy To let City...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
London continues to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year running. Data...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A Wirral landlord has become the first in the region to be served with a Banning Order, which will prohibit him...
19 January 2023
From: Breaking News
New rental stock accounts for just 16 per cent according to fresh figures released about the lettings market. Property company Ocasa has...
13 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Research from Midlands lettings agency Barrows and Forrester shows the volume of homes entering the market for sale has almost halved...
10 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Specialist mortgage lender Aldermore has named what it believes to be the five best cities for landlords to invest in for...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
It’s claimed that Liverpool’s Labour council would take almost 150 years to process applications for its landlord licensing scheme. The council has...
08 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Paula Barker, Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree, is the latest opposition member of parliament to ask for immediate action on banning...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s a dilemma for landlords wishing to expand their portfolios - do so now, just as some buyers are offering discounts?...
30 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The leader of the Generation Rent activist group says that the shortage of homes to rent means no private sector tenant...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
With cost of living increases impacting homeowners, landlords and tenants, are the 44,130 vacant houses across cities in England a bigger...
19 October 2022
From: Sponsored Content
Organisers of next year's Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool are telling fans and suppliers not to book short let accommodation at...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has told his party conference that buy to let landlords will no longer “get in first”...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Labour wants councils to have the power to implement landlord licensing across their full boundaries, without requiring government consent. Currently councils wanting...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The mini-Budget was always billed as a tax-cutting, growth-generating affair - and so it proved - but Labour has criticised it...
26 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Paragon Bank has revealed the locations where landlords letting to students can achieve the strongest yields - and they are typically...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords who use the Property Hub Lets online agency are in for a change - in future, their properties will be...
11 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. It says the average...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A Freedom of Information request by a newspaper has unveiled the almost complete lack of activity by local councils when it...
29 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A mortgage lender’s buy to let market index shows yields slightly dipping. Fleet Mortgages’ regional snapshot covers all areas of England and...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The early bird discount period for what many regard as the country’s most controversial landlord licensing scheme has been extended. The discount...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Liverpool is a key investment hot spot for buy to let landlords according to a new report. It shows that, for example,...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A PropTech platform says it’s giving landlords the opportunity to spread their management fees and marketing costs across the duration of...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been hit with a bill of almost £25,000 for allegedly exposing vulnerable tenants to serious fire risks in...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Applications open later this week for one of the country’s largest and most controversial landlord licensing schemes - in Liverpool. The new...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech firm Kamma says 11 new discretionary licensing schemes for landlords are set to launch in April - a record. This is the...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been fined almost £5,000 for failing to install smoke detectors into a house he let to a family. The...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News
New preliminary figures released by CBRE reveal that a record £4.1 billion was invested in the UK’s Build to Rent sector...
15 January 2022
From: The Big Issues
A housing chief in a controversial council has tweeted that “Private landlords must be held accountable!”. She also claims on social media...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The government has approved a vast landlord licensing scheme in Liverpool - but even including 45,000 homes it is still much...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A firm of solicitors claims that private and social sector tenants face long delays for repairs to be addressed - and...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A new league table of investment potential has given a ringing endorsement to buy to let in cities. Select Property Group has...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been prosecuted for a second time for breaches of Wirral council’s selective licensing scheme. The council’s housing standards team...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A new table of UK city affordability offers some guidance for landlords looking for urban properties in some of the least...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Chinese and Asian investment and marketing service Juwai IQI UK has revealed where in this country property investors from those locations...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News
An online corporate rental platform says Covid 19 has led to a six-fold increase in demand for medium-term rentals in this...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
News reports suggest the government may be about to step in and use commissioners to take over Liverpool council, which has...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A lettings platform specialising in student accommodation has a new way to spot locations with excess supply. UniHomes says Southampton, Portsmouth and...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A new league table from comparison website Rentround shows how the lockdown has impacted yields around the country. The site has analysed...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The first-ever winner of Big Brother in the year 2000 says his best decision was not going on the show, but...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Many of our less affordable cities have seen rent levels drop because of the trend for tenants to work from home...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News
HMOs are an important part of the UK housing market as they offer students and young professionals affordable accommodation. There is...
10 November 2020
From: Property Investment & Strategy
The government’s former homelessness guru has criticised the Boris Johnson administration for risking the country entering a period of destitution, with...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Landlords are being encouraged to give their views on plans to introduce licensing schemes in a number of regions across the...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News
A number potential property hotspots have been identified for buy-to-let investors with an eye on the future. Government infrastructure spending and investment...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let investments with a tenant already in situ are most in-demand across Glasgow, according to Howsy. The letting management platform reports that...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Who are you? David Alexander What does it say on your business card? Joint Manager Director What is apropos? Apropos is a revolutionary...
05 August 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
A majority of tenants are looking for unfurnished homes, new research shows. Online property management platform Howsy analysed existing rental property listings...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Many property investors looking for high rental yields typically head north to places like Liverpool and Scotland, and for good reason,...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News
A new licensing scheme designed to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords has been put forward for consideration by Liverpool City Council. The new...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News
New data from lettings management platform offers fresh insight into which property types produce the best yields for investors. The study found...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Landlords currently looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas should head north to places like Liverpool, Bradford and Sunderland, with new...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News
With Premier League football poised to return on 17 June after a three-month shutdown, Sourced Capital has decided to analyse average...
02 June 2020
From: Breaking News
A new digital property management platform from Apropos by DJ Alexander, which covers almost half of the UK, including Edinburgh, Manchester,...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News
The current average UK rental yield has dropped slightly from 3.6% to 3.5%, according to the latest data from Howsy. Despite the existing...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Former Liverpool FC star and England striker Daniel Sturridge is suing his ex-landlord for £100,000 after finding a Netflix account had...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News
A buy-to-let landlord in Liverpool has been ordered to pay almost £9.500 after failing to provide acceptable living conditions for his...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News
More than 800 landlords have been surveyed to establish where they feel offer the best buy-to-let investment opportunities in 2020. The study,...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Property investors are being advised to head north for better returns, with new research revealing that Bootle in Merseyside is currently...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News
When it comes to investing in property, it pays to know about the latest property hotspots and up-and-coming areas whether you...
17 December 2019
From: Breaking News
A letting agent has been ordered to pay back just £850 despite pocketing more than £16,000 at the expense of three...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Letting agents who fail to obtain licences for rented properties that fall under selective licensing rules could be prosecuted either alongside...
22 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Landlords currently looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas should head north to places like Liverpool and Scotland, with new research...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News
With 2020 fast approaching, it is time for forward thinking buy-to-let landlords to start looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News
There is an increasing trend for landlords choosing to grow their residential property portfolios by taking on HMOs (House of Multiple...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Owning property is rapidly becoming the impossible dream in this country for many renters, especially when it comes to purchasing property...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Liverpool and Manchester are both recognised as great destinations for property investors. Property is (still) very affordable and both cities have...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords who own property in Liverpool could potentially achieve short-term rental yields of just over 27%, according to Portico Host. The...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News
When living in a rental property, it is only natural that your tenants will want to make it feel like home...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Top-flight football returns this weekend, with Liverpool preparing for tonight’s Premier League opener versus Norwich City, but what team should landlords...
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Ascend Properties continues to expand its reach into the Build to Rent sector after securing significant investment from Gatehouse Bank last year. The...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Residential property prices are increasing faster in cities in the north of England and parts of Scotland than they are in...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News
A managing agent who defrauded buy-to-let landlords out of £16,500 over an 18-month period will face a Proceeds of Crime Act...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Almost all of the UK’s top 20 best postcodes for buy-to-let rental yields are located within close proximity to a university...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The average cost of renting a room in the UK increased by 8% between April and June and now stands at...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The National Landlords Association (NLA) is calling on local authorities to take much firmer action against rogue letting agents that tarnish...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Private landlords looking for lucrative returns will find that L6 in Liverpool is the most profitable location to buy-to-let in the...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News
The North West has long since ceased to be an “inside tip” amongst forward-looking property investors. It’s now one of the...
07 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has light-heartedly threatened to withhold rent if his landlord fails to do the football club a favour...
26 April 2019
From: Breaking News
The slump in the UK home ownership rate from 73% a decade ago to just 63% today reflects the fact that...
04 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Four in ten buy-to-let landlords are planning to expand their portfolio this year, according to new research. With buy-to-let continuing to deliver...