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A warning has been issued that as many as 250,000 homes - some likely to be in the private rental sector...

A leading figure in the property industry has slammed the government’s proposals to encourage more lenders to offer 50 year mortgages...

A new political party called Breakthrough is campaigning for radical reform of the rental sector and housing in general. The party -...

A portfolio landlord’s deal for an £11m re-financing package has been struck with a bank. The landlord was looking to refinance 63...

Newport council in South Wales says it’s researching into the private rental sector to assess how best it can support landlords. In...

Mortgage activity is forecast to fall by six per cent by year-end as the market feels the brunt of interest rate...

New research from an online buy to let mortgage broker shows that average rates for some typical deals favoured by landlords...

Amateur landlords have fallen out of favour. Buy-to-let properties – once the darling of budding investors looking for stable, long-term returns...

A warning has been issued that anyone wanting a mortgage in future may put their credit rating at risk if they...

A prominent personal finance analyst says renters in the private sector are amongst the most badly hit by the cost of...

Conservative party leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak says he wants today’s renters, along with young adults obliged to live at home with...

In the drive for the UK to be net zero by 2050, residential landlords are facing costly green refurbishments.   Already, landlords...

Landlords who use the Moneyfacts service to help find the most competitive offers on the mortgage market can now benefit from...

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has announced that base rate is rising from 1.25 to 1.75 per cent. The rate is now...

Annual house price growth in the UK accelerated to 11 per cent last month, a smidgeon up on June’s 10.7 per...

A building society will no longer lend for the purchase of second homes, saying they reduce the stock available for first...

A review of the mortgage system would ensure that tenants’ records in paying rent would contribute towards their ability to secure...

Prominent buy to let service the Mortgage Advice Bureau has announced a new partnership that should allow landlords to arm themselves...

A charity, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, wants a form of Right To Buy to be given to private tenants.  Right To Buy...

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

There’s a gulf in the amount that landlords are willing to pay to meet proposed new EPC requirements and what they...

New analysis from Rightmove reveals that first-time buyer asking prices and equivalent asking rents have risen three times faster compared with...

The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...

A new analysis of household energy consumption has found that a combination of green technologies could reduce bills by up to...

A senior figure at the Bank of England is warning that base rate could rise to 2.0 per cent or more...

Generation Rent, which typically attacks all landlords and especially those involved in buy to let, has instead focussed its latest social...

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

Unintended consequences. Let’s face it, they happen across lots of different areas of our lives. We start out with the best...

The next Prime Minister must address the supply crisis in the private rented sector if homeownership ambitions are to become a...

Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...

The government has developed an insurance scheme which may help landlords who want to see flats in high rise blocks.  Following the...

New research showed a large month-on-month increase in the cost of typical buy to let fixed rate mortgages popular with landlords.   Online...

The continuing rent rises seen across much of the country are outpacing increases in interest rates, it’s been claimed.  Property website Home,...

Lettings agency Knight Frank says it doubts the current high levels of capital appreciation will be derailed this year by uncertainty...

Lettings agency Knight Frank says it doubts the current high levels of capital appreciation will be derailed this year by uncertainty...

A quarter of TikTok influencer videos claiming to offer guidance or advice on property investment have been found to be misleading. The...

A residential investment loan has been relaunched with the aim of incentivising investors to invest in energy efficient homes. The Green Investment...

Lack of rental stock is now the biggest challenge facing letting agents today. That is what every agent I’ve spoken to...

The proportion of landlords who plan to purchase their next buy to let property through a limited company has hit the...

Councils will be able to control numbers of second homes and holiday lets under new plans unveiled by the Welsh Government. There...

Research commissioned by a mortgage lender suggests that 74 per cent of key workers believe they may never own their own...

Recent research shows an 18 per cent increase in the number of Green mortgages available in just a six month period. Financial...

In its latest plans, the government is hoping to make the leasehold system fairer for leaseholders through a brand new Reform...

Annual house price growth slowed slightly last month, dipping to 10.7 in June from 11.2 per cent in May, according to...

A prominent financial analyst says the fast-rising costs of renting mean tenants are becoming less financially resilient - and this applies...

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

The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings...

The latest Bank of England base rate increase will serve only to increase the pain on landlords, it’s been claimed. This is...

A prominent buy to let mortgage lender says there’s been a surge of interest in so-called green mortgages linked to good...

Newable Finance, the finance brokerage & advisory arm of Newable, launches video advert campaign ahead of the new EPC legislations for...

The Bank of England is this week expected to increase base rate for the fifth time in a row. The Bank’s monetary...

Whether it’s increasing the amount we recycle, choosing sustainable products, or reducing our carbon footprint by limiting the amount we travel,...

The housing market is showing signs of cooling, says the Halifax, as its latest index shows growing caution.  The lender says that...

Who are you? My Name is Alec Chohan, and I am a senior finance broker within the Newable Finance team based in...

May saw a slight slowing in the rate of annual house price growth to 11.2 per cent from 12.1 per cent...

A bank is forecasting that almost one in 10 rented homes in the UK within the next decade could be a...

Landlords with larger portfolios are more likely to increase rent than small-scale landlords. A poll by The Landlord Works shows that 75...

A mortgage broker is accusing buy to let lenders of making life tougher for landlord borrowers. Mel Whiting of Norton Finance says...

A study of what has happened to a private rental sector hit by rent controls provides lessons to those in the UK...

Landlords are being advised not to panic buy ahead of what may be more difficult lending conditions as the cost of...

New analysis by Rightmove is tracking first-time buyer affordability over the last 10 years - and it shows why so many...

Landlords work harder to ensure properties are suitable for their preferred tenant type, more than they do to achieve maximum profits.  That’s...

A report in a government-supporting newspaper suggests that a proposal to cut Capital Gains Tax for landlords who sell to first...

Independent mortgage sector monitor Moneyfacts says the choice for landlords wanting to borrow remains very strong - but increasingly interest rates...

A business analyst has given an interesting interpretation of the soaring rental market - and says it keeps the wider sales...

Landlords have been hit with steep rises in the cost of buy to let fixed rate mortgages even before the Bank...

Are you a landlord with an EPC rating of D or below? Newable Finance has launched EPC Finance – a range of...

Landlords have enjoyed more capital appreciation with the average UK house price rising again in April, up by 1.1 per cent...

PropTech firm Canopy says four out of five tenants have never missed a rent payment and that this should give them...

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

A prominent buy to let mortgage expert says yesterday base rate rise by the Bank of England is expected to hit...

Taxes on buy to let investment are fuelling a supply crisis, hiking rents and making homeownership more difficult to afford. That’s the...

The government is reported to be considering extending the Right To Buy from just council tenants in England to housing association...

Gatehouse Bank is the latest mortgage lender to try to woo landlords with preferential rates for buy to let properties with...

With the rising cost of living and the UK’s inflation crisis creating financial uncertainty, many are looking to make more secure...

Buy To Let may have had a resurgence in the past year but long-term lending patterns suggest landlords have been hit...

The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...

Landlords who have mortgages from the Yorkshire Building Society have been told that they do not need to inform the lender...

Some landlords admit to increasing their rents directly as a result of being taxed more through the various fiscal changes introduced...

Let’s face facts, landlords and the private rented sector have a reputation problem. Perceived to be the poor relation of housing provision, the sector is...

As the weather begins to warm up, many will be starting to think about giving their homes a seasonal spring clean....

An online specialist mortgage broker claims that lenders are getting quicker at passing in interest rate rises to landlords. Property Master says...

Buy to let landlords claimed a record £18.5 in tax relief in the year to April 2021, the most recent data...

Renters are amongst the three groups likely to suffer worst as the cost of living crisis unfolds, an analyst has warned.  Sarah...

I hope you weren’t holding your breath for the Chancellor to announce a package of help for landlords in his Spring...

Even before the pandemic, we were seeing dramatic changes across the buy-to-let landscape with holiday lets steadily increasing in appeal –...

It’s not an April Fool - capital appreciation of homes really is running at 14.3 per cent a year according to...

Homes headed by a person over the age of 45 will account for at least half of all privately renting households...

For investors who keep their buy to lets for substantial periods - up to 25 years in some cases - a...

There’s been a large rise in the number of buy to let green mortgages as the push for greater energy efficiency...

New research by the Mortgages for Business brokerage suggests that just under a quarter of landlords’ properties have an Energy Performance...

A property company director is telling landlords to show compassion when they consider rent rises, because of the cost of living...

A question mark has been raised over the suitability of a scheme starting next month to encourage the switch from gas...

Specialist but to let lender Keystone Property Finance has pledged to help UK landlords who want to house Ukrainian refugees.  There have...

Fifteen businesses which had bought freeh­olds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...

A prominent lettings agency is warning its own and all other landlords that they are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

Buy-to-let lending hit its highest ever level last year, spurred on by record levels of tenant demand, the Stamp Duty Holiday...

Landlords now have to pay as much as £40 extra per property because of interest rate rises. That’s the calculation of online...

Buy to let landlords are increasingly targeting smaller, secondary towns and cities rather than big urban centres. Data from Paragon Bank shows...

There’s more evidence of ex-pats re-entering the buy to let and holiday let markets. The Cambridge Building Society has introduced three buy...

Annual house price growth accelerated to 12.6 per cent in February, up from 11.2 per cent in January and the strongest...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer and more transparent - but...

A property described as London’s smallest flat allegedly has a rental yield of 10 per cent - yet it cannot be...

Landlords with large budgets and who are seeking a surprising discount, even in today’s market, could be tempted by research which...

Covid-19 has upended most industries, at least for a short while, over the past two years. But the tourism sector has...

Has there ever been a better time to buy-to-let?  Zoopla just last week revealed that demand and rent prices, especially in city...

Airbnb entered the realm of holiday lettings in 2009, but it wasn’t until 2016 that it really started to gain traction...

Experts are predicting that the exclusion of large scale landlords from cladding relief may lead to significant delays in some safety...

Landlords are being insulated from the worst effects of interest rate rises because lenders are so keen to win and keep...

Nearly one in three British adults think property will be the best performing investment in 2022, making it the top pick...

Buy to let mortgage rates will rise “very quickly” this year according to a leading broker. Last week base rate was increased...

Almost a quarter of landlords say their properties are currently rated D or below for energy efficiency, according to a new...

The average capital appreciation is forecast to break the £100,000 barrier this year.  Official data revealed those selling up last year received...

Landlords are targeting semi-detached homes over terraced houses for the first time, but with limited stock availability and strong competition from...

The choice of buy to let mortgage deals for first time landlords has soared according to the independent market monitor Moneyfacts.  “Our...

The specialist holiday let market is becoming increasingly attractive to ex-pat investors - and another mortgage lender has entered the sector...

A prominent buy to let mortgage provider is advising landlords to ensure they check EPCs and energy efficiency issues on properties...

Landlords believe that energy efficiency upgrades required to comply with Net Zero regulations may cost up to £10,400 per property. From 2025...

Yesterday Landlord Today reported that there was now a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage...

There’s a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage products available for current or new landlords. The...

One of the biggest buy to let lenders is the latest mortgage firm to launch a green product. From today the Barclays...

Covid-19 has undoubtedly shifted the way new landlords will be looking to invest in 2022, and our ranking makes it clear...

Our housing market needs a long-term vision, and one which is co-ordinated across government and the wider industry. And it is...

The campaign to ensure that landlords are included in the government’s measures to alleviate the problem of dangerous cladding is gathering...

Official government data suggests that rents are rising by 1.8 per cent a year - but a prominent analyst has gone...

A record number of companies were set up last year to hold buy to let property.   In total there were 47,400 new...

The New Year is typically a time for people to take stock of their finances and ensure that they’re on strong...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Paul Wootton, Director of The Landlord Works, a new...

Suffolk Building Society has just become one of the few lenders to consider applications from landlords who intend to market and...

Landlords are being warned that the next Bank of England base rate rise, possibly at its next meeting in early February,...

Bromsgrove is a classic rental market. The Worcestershire market town is enveloped by green space but is just a thirty-minute commute...

A leading accountancy firm says the relative good health of the rental market and house price appreciation will trigger stricter enforcement...

A leasehold expert says existing owners - including landlords - are expected to be more proactive in 2022 as they seek...

The majority of the buy to let community want the name ‘landlord’ dropped and replaced by something like ‘small housing provider’ That’s...

A new bank - Recognise - has entered the buy to let market in a bid to win landlords and investors. Its...

One of the UK’s most prestigious agencies claims that deals to buy the country’s dearest homes have been negotiated using asset-backed...

With 2022 just hours away, here’s a reminder of two tax changes that will directly affect landlords next year - and...

Over half of private landlords responding to a new survey say recent tax changes in the rental market have had a...

As I write, at home in bed recovering from Covid, I can’t fail to notice the irony of attempting to predict...

As we enter 2022 the private rented sector can look back on a year which marked the start of its recovery...

The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the first time in more than three years, in response to calls...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has given his prediction as to what the big issues will be in the 2022 lettings...

Landlords with mortgages may be sighing with relief as some commentators are forecasting that the Bank of England will not, after...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

New data suggesting that only a third of first time buyers are able to secure a mortgage at their first attempt...

An investigation conducted by The Mirror newspaper claims to have found that 55 out of 72 buy to let mortgage lenders...

Paragon Bank increased buy to let lending to landlords by 33.9 per cent to £1.61 billion in its last financial year,...

With currently less than four years before all new tenancies need to be in properties rated EPC ‘C’ or above, there...

More than half of landlords with properties rated EPC D or below are considering selling because of stringent energy efficiency rules...

In recent years, letting property has become more challenging due to a range of tax and regulation changes and since March...

The demise of the buy to let market has been much predicted over recent years. Major tax changes, a three per...

Recognise Bank has entered the rental market with a new product designed for professional landlords and investors with portfolios of at least...

The sleaze allegations engulfing the government have moved to those MPs letting out their London homes while claiming money from taxpayers...

The Home property website has identified locations where rents have risen by up to 38 per cent in the past 12...

Only six per cent of brokers questioned in a survey have ever sold a green mortgage, despite the high public profile...

There is a fear that work required to bring rental units up to new Energy Performance Certificate levels by 2025 could...

Many agencies give their forecasts for the following year or years in the late autumn, but one of the most detailed...

Many homeowners face situations where they have no other option but to rent out their home. Often there are periods where...

People you can trust are an essential part of your team when you get into investing in property. If you’re using solicitors,...

The Bank of England may have voted to keep its base rate at a historic low of 0.1 per cent yesterday,...

The Primis mortgage network, owned by estate agency-led company LSL Property Services, says it’s seen a surge of enquiries regarding holiday...

Daytime TV programmes often feature amazing property bargains that can be won at auction - and there are fantastic bargains to...

Paragon Bank is doubling both the maximum loan amount it lends on an individual property and the total buy to let...

Private and commercial bank Arbuthnot Latham has set out what it considers to be the 10 easy mistakes which some landlords...

A landlord has taken to the local media in his area to express outrage that a council has failed to find...

Foundation Home Loans has launched its new ‘Green ABC+’ fixed rate products for both buy to let and owner occupied mortgages, with...

Landlords can be forgiven for being exasperated by the government’s exhortations to go green.   I don’t need to rehearse here again...

Around 20 per cent of landlords surveyed by a bank used a credit card or short-term finance to fund a recent...

It’s a common scenario: you put your house on the market, struggle to find a buyer, and then end up renting...

A free service has been launched by the Nationwide to help landlords manage properties and get through the maze of laws and...

One of the first submissions to Chancellor Rishi Sunak ahead of his autumn Budget and spending review later this month asks...

Independent finance service Moneyfacts says increasing numbers of people are keen to explore alternative investment options - with holiday lets a...

Internet searches for ‘how to become a landlord’ have increased by 22 per cent according to Sheards Accountants, a chartered accountancy...

New independent research among 512 landlords show how they have reacted to the pandemic. It found that 65 per cent of landlords...

Landlords have been given a boost from an unlikely source - HM Revenue & Customs. HMRC has given landlords and other businesses...

Substantial numbers of expats who own a buy to let property in the UK are approaching HMRC to admit they have...

A leading agent is warning that any additional tax on landlords could lead to property sell-offs and a further supply shortage. Dominic...

Independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says there’s been a big increase in choice available to landlords wanting to enter the holiday...

A mortgage expert who is a prominent sceptic about the lettings market has stepped up his criticisms, saying renting is no...

A new portal set up by a leading buy to let mortgage provider claims it will “revolutionise” the borrowing process for...

Celebrations amongst landlords and home owners over the latest record house price figures mask growing disadvantages for renters, claims a mortgage...

The UK’s first Minister for Tenants’ Rights says he will introduce rent controls because renters currently “pay way over the odds”. Although...

The leader of a council in one of the areas of the UK with the highest number of Airbnb-style short lets...

Home repairs service Rightio has provided a useful checklist of the hidden costs of being a landlord. Many seasoned hands will...

The Generation Rent group has renewed its attack on landlords who let properties to holidaymakers rather than long term tenants.  The group...

With less than four years left until the government wants all new private rented properties to be rated at least EPC...

Landlords are being invited to a free webinar that promises to bring them up to date with the new planning regime...

More details have emerged of Lloyds Bank’s plan to become a landlord - and the proposal is even more ambitious than...

Some 30 per cent of landlords who plan to remortgage by mid-2022 intent to release equity from their properties according to...

The National Residential Landlords Association has joined a series of charities and Propertymark to warn about the poverty risk of expected...

Estate agency Savills has upgraded its forecasts for the UK’s prime housing markets - good news for investors in this niche. The...

Buy to let mortgage app Rightrate is to expand its support for landlords after passing the 500 downloads milestone since launch...

A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has neared its 45,000-signature target over the weekend. Former...

An agency and law firm, Coulters, has produced a league table of where landlords are most likely to make a loss...

An accountancy firm is giving landlords 10 top tips to keep their cash flow in a healthy condition.  The Sheards Accountants firm...

The buy to let pipeline for one of the sector’s main mortgage lenders is now £911.4m some 39.9 per cent up...

It’s a controversial view but a respected buy to let mortgage monitor suggests that landlords may be more successful if they...

Starling Bank has snapped up specialist buy-to-let mortgage lender Fleet Mortgages in a £50 million cash and share deal. Fleet Mortgages, based...

The pandemic has made future prospects for renters worse, according to a new survey.  Four out of 10 tenants questioned by the...

Landlords directly affected by the cladding scandal - because they own units in low and medium-rise blocks - have some good...

A Bill is being introduced into both Houses of Parliament this week which will ramp up the pressure on the private...

The latest study of the mortgager market by Aldermore Bank suggests the self-employed are finding it harder than ever to get...

There’s a new call for all Section 24 evictions to be suspended until the passing of the Rental Reform Act -...

London based landlord and property developer Richard Leahy has agreed to hand over assets worth almost £2m. This settles a civil recovery...

Understanding the exact position of your property portfolio is crucial, this means, you need to   get constant access to accurate information. The...

PropTech firms GetGround and Molo are partnering to offer landlords a one-stop-shop for dealing with the administrative details of buy to let...

New research from online buy to let mortgage broker Property Master reveals there are currently 41 BTL mortgages at the record...

A buy to let mortgage broker says that investment in a National Park property could help landlords cash in on the...

Specialist lender Landbay has launched two new buy to let mortgage products for first time landlords who want to invest in...

An insurer says only seven per cent of private tenants bother to get contents insurance. GoCompare says approximately one in five UK...

Nearly a million landlords plan to review their buy to let portfolios over the next two years with the number planning...

Eco issues are increasingly important for landlords, a mortgage lender claims.  Hodge Bank says a new survey shows 82 per cent of...

Buy to let lender Keystone says demand from landlords making the switch to holiday lets have driven it to expand its...

Specialist buy to let lender Landbay is the latest to try to turn landlords green by offering discounted mortgages for rental...

It’s been reported that the Lloyds Banking Group is set to buy its first property as it seeks to become a...

A PropTech platform called Pitch 4 Finance has launched to help landlords and other investors source the best deals to finance...

For the first time in seven years it’s now cheaper to rent a home than buy one. So says the Hamptons lettings...

The Association of Residential Landlords Association - part of Propertymark - has issued guidance to first time landlords letting out property.  Check...

There’s been a “huge demand” for buy to let mortgages spurred on by dramatic house prices rises, according to a major...

One in six landlords have allegedly lost tenants who have taken advantage of new five per cent deposit mortgage schemes. Online agency Accommodation says...

Rightmove has identified five ways that landlords and other property owners can improve their property’s EPC rating - some for well...

The Guernsey-based lender Skipton International says there’s been a surge in interest in UK buy to let mortgages from overseas over...

There’s been a wholesale lifting in standards of investment and quality in the private rental sector thanks to landlords, and in...

Lettings platform Mashroom has pulled together what it suggests are the most influential landlords using the social media service TikTok. For the...

There’s good news for landlords considering investing or refinancing in the buy to let sector as interest rates are beginning to...

A new survey shows that just over a third of landlords have recently purchased another buy to let property or intend...

There’s a warning that the government’s pledge to introduce a lifetime deposits concept, theoretically making it easier and cheaper for tenants...

Investment bank and wealth management consultancy Arbuthnot Latham predicts the next big growth area for buy to let will be Houses...

The private rental sector is in slow retreat according to a new analysis by Nationwide-owned specialist lender, The Mortgage Works. Nationwide chief...

A mortgage lender specialising in high net worth clients has identified those areas outside London seeing the most prime purchases. Enness Global...

For the first time in four years, the proportion of landlords who say they plan to expand their portfolios is higher...

A property investment consultancy says growing numbers of UK and international landlords are incorporating to manage their buy to let portfolios...

The mortgage market is becoming increasingly competitive for landlords who want to take advantage of offers as the economy comes out...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has made the most explicit admission yet of the government’s desire to diminish the private rental sector. In...

Three in five landlords are interested in green mortgages - a huge surge in recent times. The buy to let broker Mortgages...

For the second time this week (and it’s only Wednesday) a lender has announced cheaper mortgage loans for buy to let...

The Mortgage Works, the specialist buy to let arm of the Nationwide, is trying to woo landlords to make properties more...

New research shows that monthly payments for the mortgage are likely to be cheaper than rent for a comparable home -...

There’s been a surge in the number of mortgage products aimed at landlords in the holiday let market. There’s been a 45...

Buy to let mortgage choice has increased for the fifth month in a row, according to independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts. There...

Paragon Bank has launched a range of 80 per cent loan to value buy to let mortgages specifically for properties with...

A bank says it can provide a formal mortgage offer to a buy to let investor in just 48 hours. Shawbrook says...

Specialist buy to let lender Paragon has taken the unusual step of issuing a so-called Green Bond to fund attempts to make...

Specialist buy to let lender Landbay has launched a range of mortgages for trading limited companies buying or remortgaging houses, apartments, HMOs...

A prominent lettings agency chief says tenants are becoming more eco-conscious, putting increased emphasis on landlords to meet expectations. Mike Cook -...

The Competition and Markets Authority is to probe property investment companies that have purchased freeholds from developers and that go on...

From April, almost two-thirds (67%) of England’s councils are set to increase their council tax by 4.90 – 5.0%. However, the pandemic has...

A lettings agency has suggested that the typical landlord could lose as much as £24,000 if the government increases Capital Gains...

It’s almost exactly a year since Britain went into its first lockdown, heralding a large number of measures affecting renting, notably...

A landlord in his 70s who claims he was just ‘helping people’ has been handed a suspended prison sentence. That’s because he...

Landlords have benefitted from tax breaks, subsidies and a weak eviction ban according to the National Union of Students. Larissa Kennedy, the...

Landlords trying to expand their portfolios can avoid delays caused by residential buyers taking advantage of the Chancellor's stamp duty extension by using four 'buy-to-let hacks', according to broker Mortgages for...

A property analyst says landlords with company structures to handle their buy to let portfolios are unlikely to be worried by changes in...

A senior Anglican priest has stood up for renting as a concept, and suggests Britain is too pre-occupied with home ownership. Angela...

Lloyds Bank is considering entering the private rental sector as a landlord, according to a Financial Times scoop. The newspaper says it's...

No news is good news, they say - and the absence of any announcement about Capital Gains Tax in thre Budget...

Around 840,000 private renters in England and Wales have built up rent arrears since lockdown measures began and one in five...

This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...

Specialist buy to let broker Mortgages for Business says landlords buying now can use four tips to beat the chaos in the...

Trade unions have joined the call for renters with Covid-related arrears to get cash help from the government - but they...

A major survey of landlords, tenants and letting agents suggests Covid-related arrears may not be the big problem as some fear. The...

A call has gone out for the overhaul of the Green Homes Grant scheme, which so far has left thousands of...

It might be thought that banks have made significant mistakes of their own in the recent past - including triggering the...

Over 330 rental properties have been incorporated into a single company - thought to be the largest single incorporation in the...

A coalition of rental groups with the same view on how to tackle arrears is calling on the Chancellor to help...

There’s been another fall in the proportion of landlords purchasing their next buy to lets in cash. Research by Hamptons lettings agency...

Despite talk of increased arrears and wider economic concerns, it appears tenants are increasingly worried about the long-term effects of poor credit...

A prominent buy to let lender has launched a range of products to help landlords improve the energy efficiency of rental...

A record pipeline has been reported by one of the leading buy to let mortgage lenders as landlords race to beat...

There’s a warning today that landlords need to move quickly and selectively if they are intending to purchase a property ahead...

Coronavirus has prompted much talk of landlords and tenants alike fleeing cities for the country - but some evidence suggests that...

The Mortgage Works, the specialist buy to let arm of Nationwide Building Society, today launches new limited company mortgages targeting the...

A so-called Citizens Assembly set up by a leading politician has called for rent controls. The Citizen’s Assembly of Scotland was launched...

Around half of renters are worried about financial security thanks to Coronavirus - and many are concerned their landlords will sell up. Aldermore Bank,...

A survey conducted for a mortgage broker suggests one in six landlords is unaware that 2019-2020 - tax assessments for which...

New research suggests there’s been a rush amongst landlords to set up companies through which to manage or purchase buy to...

The Financial Conduct Authority is extending the ban on repossessions by two months until April 1, in light of the pandemic...

Popular buy to let lender Fleet Mortgages’ latest rental yield index shows the consequences of increasing property prices in many regions...