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Only 2% of current properties listed for sale in London have a tenant in situ, according to lettings agency Benham and...

Rental growth in Britain has slowed says lettings agency Hamptons, with the average newly let rent rising 6.7% over the past...

UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March. Nevertheless, the annual rate of house price growth edged higher to 1.6% in...

Homes Under The Hammer property expert Lucy Alexander is fronting a new campaign to identify empty homes and bring them back...

We are thrilled to report that the first National Landlord Investment Show of 2024 in London on March 6 was a...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

A property finance consultancy claims that unmortgageable properties can be snapped up with a discount of 27 per cent. Apex Bridging says...

Activists in the Generation Rent campaign says big city Mayors should “tackle the worst landlords and seize their properties.” It also wants...

A comparison website claims that an improved rating for an Energy Performance Certificate now improves a property’s value. This is driven by...

Six in 10 landlords recorded increased tenant demand for their properties in the final quarter of 2023, Paragon Bank research has...

A respected league table of yields in different parts of England and Wales has issued its latest figures. The Fleet Mortgages Buy-to-Let...

Despite inflationary and mortgage volatility over the last 12 months, a mortgage lender claims over a third of commercial landlords are...

The latest HomeLet rental index begins 2024 with a glimmer of hope for tenants as rents have fallen for the second...

An analysis of homes that have returned to the market after failing to find a buyer in 2023 suggests that sellers...

A new analysis of discounts available to cash buyer suggests they can save tens of thousands of pounds on some property...

Cash and mortgage housing market data show average prices decline by an annual 4.6 per cent says e.surv. But the monthly trend...

London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons.   The average rent...

The proportion of private landlords who report increased demand for rental properties has more than tripled compared with demand for properties...

A new analysis has produced a league table of the most and least affordable rental locations in England. The findings placed Rutland...

Owners of London HMOs rarely put them up for sale, meaning investors likely need to convert a residential home into an...

Specialist lender Landbay has issued another upbeat assessment of the buy to jet sector, bucking the trend of most market reports. It...

Average house prices are now falling 2.9 per cent annually in England and Wales according to the monthly e.surv index. Yorkshire and...

A lettings industry expert has admitted he has “little hope” that the current rental market crisis for renters will improve. Andy Halstead, HomeLet &...

Over half of letting agents say they are uncertain as to whether they want to remain in their jobs for the...

A new survey has revealed the regional breakdown of EPC ratings in residential properties.   Region Number of Lodgements (homes) Percentage of properties (D - G...

A council has prosecuted a rogue landlord for failing to provide adequate heating and hot water at one of his rental...

Landlords are reducing their stock - and they’re blaming the Tories for creating a hostile environment.  This is according to the latest...

Landlords with property in Outer London and the East Midlands are reporting the strongest levels of tenant demand in Britain, Paragon...

New data from Zoopla this morning makes grim reading for landlords, especially those reliant on capital appreciation and with investment properties...

Over two-thirds of all new homeowners in London received family support to purchase their homes.  ‘Bank of Family’ recipients in London received...

By Richard O’Neill, managing director, lettings at Romans Estate Agents As a landlord, your property’s yield is an important figure. It indicates...

A new analysis shows growth in the trend for buy to let properties to be sold with tenants in situ.  The analysis...

Rents continue to rise rapidly in every English region, Scotland and Wales according to the latest market snapshot from the respected...

There are few signs that the pace of rental growth is slackening, warns Hamptons. It says the cost of a new tenancy...

July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...

The number of voids has dropped by 44 per cent in the past month to hit an average of just nine...

The number of property transactions fuelled by the mortgage sector has fallen by 42 per cent so far this year. Britain’s more...

A property investment platform has analysed rental yields to see the best returning areas for buy to let investors. Sourced Franchise analysed...

There have been several examples of local councils asking private landlords to help find accommodation for refugees - but now the...

A prominent housing market website suggests that unprec­edented demand in the rental market may play “a key role” in restricting supply...

New data shows the slump in transactions across the UK - and may trigger opportunities for aggressive investors seeking to take...

The cost of rent rose in seven of the eight regions monitored by Goodlord during June.  The average cost of rent per...

The latest rental market snapshot from lettings agency Barrows and Forrester has revealed the hottest location for tenant demand. It says Dorset...

Auctions have long been a favourite way for buy to let and other investors to bag a property bargain. And now it...

A lettings agent with 3,500 properties under management has written a long letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove complaining about the...

A property law specialist wants a national register of tenants to allow landlords to check their history before rental agreements are...

The Section 24 parliamentary petition, seeking to persuade MPs to reinstate mortgage interest tax relief for landlords, has fallen far short...

A landlord and two businesses have been fined over £145,000 following a fire in a building containing residential flats and a...

Specialist buy to let lender Fleet Mortgages says there’s been both an annual and quarterly increase in rental yields, up from...

The government response to a Freedom of Information request has shed light on the increasing number of homes in England and...

Tax expert David Hannah claims that the government's 12 new high-growth investment zones have already begun to drive property prices in...

After a hectic period of rent rises it appears that the lettings market is at a standstill according to PropTech firm...

The Section 24 parliamentary petition, seeking to persuade MPs to reinstate mortgage interest tax relief for landlords, is still struggling for...

As many as one in 10 homes have a reduced asking price within a month of entering the market, a new...

The rental market is firing on all cylinders again according to the latest market snapshot from PropTech firm Goodlord. It says void...

A letting agents’ trade group is urging the industry to sign a parliamentary petition calling for the Section 24 changes for...

Landlords with funds to expand their portfolios may be in luck - a growing proportion of properties on sale have reduced...

A federation of charities wants landlords and tenants to get in touch to discuss energy efficiency in private rental properties. ‘Groundwork’ is...

Charnwood council in the East Midlands is now accepting applications from landlords of private rented properties that are covered by two...

A debt advisory service claims it has calculated the overall size of the private rental sector. Sirius Property Finance analysed the current...

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

The government may already have dismissed it, but the petition wanting landlords to be able to offset mortgage interest against tax...

A petition signed by well over 28,000 and calling for the reversal of tax measures introduced to penalise landlords has been...

New rental stock accounts for just 16 per cent according to fresh figures released about the lettings market. Property company Ocasa has...

Research from Midlands lettings agency Barrows and Forrester shows the volume of homes entering the market for sale has almost halved...

The rental market remained relatively steady in recent weeks, according to the latest index from PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods have remained...

The petition to secure government action over the Section 24 tax issue affecting landlords has passed the 16,500 benchmark but has...

A petition calling on the government to reverse the section 24 tax change has passed a key threshold - but still has...

The top end of the UK’s residential market is experiencing a growing divergence between heavily mortgaged and equity-rich owners, according to...

A new market snapshot shows that tenants in London have seen bigger rent price increases than anywhere else in the UK...

There’s a dilemma for landlords wishing to expand their portfolios - do so now, just as some buyers are offering discounts?...

Zoopla says a “widespread repricing” is underway in the sales market, but with no sign of cooling yet in the lettings...

The leader of the Generation Rent activist group says that the shortage of homes to rent means no private sector tenant...

A bankrupt landlord in the Midlands is behind bars or eight months for failing to tell the Official Receiver about an...

Zoopla has now joined Knight Frank and Lloyds Bank in forecasting a price drop in 2023. The property website’s executive director, Richard...

England’s private rental is forecast to top five million households within the next two years or so. The specialist rental platform Ocasa...

With cost of living increases impacting homeowners, landlords and tenants, are the 44,130 vacant houses across cities in England a bigger...

When accounting for inflation, renters are better off today than they were a year ago despite nominal rent increases of up...

House prices could actual UP in 2023 - against the expectations of almost every property professional. That’s the view of Jonathan Rolande,...

Landlords who rent out HMOs in parts of the Midlands are urged to act now so they don’t get hit with...

There’s rather a lot going on in the economy as I write this and, by the time it is published, who...

Rents have increased by 3.4 per cent across the UK on average over the past year - rather less than the...

New build homes are often at the forefront of market downturns and new data suggests new builds are already seeing price...

The new Housing Secretary is to be Simon Clarke who, at 37, may be the youngest member of Liz Truss’s first...

A mortgage broker claims the south east of England offers investment opportunities for landlords wanting to put money into HMOs. Revolution Brokers...

HMRC is reported to have issued a warning to people who used Airbnb or other short-let platforms to find tenants during...

Landlords who use the Property Hub Lets online agency are in for a change - in future, their properties will be...

Tenant demand is surging in Outer London areas according tones research undertaken on behalf of specialist buy to let lender Paragon...

Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. It says the average...

A new rent-to-own scheme means some tenants can save a slice of their rent to help build a deposit to buy. Financial...

Average rental prices across the UK rose at the highest level since 2016 in June, government figures show.  Even so that annual...

A mortgage lender’s buy to let market index shows yields slightly dipping. Fleet Mortgages’ regional snapshot covers all areas of England and...

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

Rents rose by an average of 2.8 per cent during June, taking the average cost of a rental property in England...

New research suggests that a like-for-like comparison shows short lets earning 21 per cent more than the same home let out...

New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...

An online rental platform suggests almost a third of rental homes may be deemed unaffordable. Ocasa, using Office for National Statistics data,...

New research shows that, since 2016, the average stamp duty payment on buy to let homes has increased by £11,848 in...

The house price inflation facing first time buyers is “frankly frightening” according to a new analysis which suggests typical FTB house...

A Midlands council is the latest to introduce an additional licensing regime for HMOs - but it’s based on a consultation...