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Detached homes in Wales are the slowest property types to sell across the UK and take an average of 92 days...

The latest official government rent index shows that average private rents across the UK as a whole increased by 9.2% in...

The Labour-led government in Wales has issued a consultation proposing the abolition of Land Transaction Tax Multiple Dwelling Relief from June...

UK house prices grew in March on a quarterly basis, by 2.0%, with annual growth slowing to 0.3%, from 1.6% in...

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

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

UK house prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in February, up by 0.4 per cent or £1,091 in cash terms,...

The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

The Department for Communities in Northern Ireland is reminding landlords who registered or renewed with the Landlord Registration Scheme during January,...

UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in January, resulting in an improvement in the annual rate of house prices...

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

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

The latest Halifax house price index shows average house prices rose by 1.1 per cent in December, the third monthly rise...

House prices may fall by up to four per cent in 2024 the Halifax is warning. Its Outlook for 2024 report says...

The latest RICS Residential Survey, out today, points to an improved outlook for the housing market, with the more optimistic sentiment...

Room rents continue to skyrocket across the UK, reaching new highs in the third quarter of 2023 according to flatware website...

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

A landlord has been prosecuted for the unlawful eviction of a tenant from privately rented accommodation in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. Leading up...

Whoever forms the next government must put the private rental sector at the heart of its housing policy. That’s the view of...

Sweeping tax changes for landlords have been demanded by letting agents group Propertymark. The group has analysed the impact of changes using...

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

New housing affordability figures provide one underlying reason why many potential buyers cannot make the move and instead rely increasingly on...

A long-standing tax consultancy has raised the spectre of too much Stamp Duty ha wing been paid thanks to mistakes made...

A prominent buying agent says nervous buyers are pre-emptively slashing asking prices before the housing market worsens. If true, this could present...

The Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland has prosecuted landlord Paul Coyle, resulting in fines totalling £3,000. Belfast Magistrates Court found Coyle...

Airbnb claims its so-called ‘spare room’ landlords earn an a rage of just £2,400 a year - the equivalent of a...

An unexpected and unlikely political alliance has prevented another city council demanding powers to freeze private rents. London, Bristol, Liverpool and Manchester...

Another council says it wants to implement private sector rent controls - although it has no power to do so. Belfast council...

Increasing numbers of lenders are now offering incentives to win the business of landlords with good, or improving, EPC ratings. In what...

A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...

The latest monthly index from the Halifax shows average house prices falling 0.4 per cent in October, following the 0.1 per...

The tax cuts announced in the government’s ill-fated mini-Budget may have been reversed but they gave Labour a chance to hit...

The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, says the limited cut in stamp duty in England and Northern Ireland announced in the mini-Budget...

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

In Scotland - where a rent freeze kicks in this coming weekend - Scottish private rents have fallen nearly 15 in...

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut.  In future there will be no stamp duty on the first £250,000...

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

Data released by the Tenancy Deposit Service shows that the number of deposits protected has increased across the whole of the...

A survey of 12,000 tenants suggests that over three-quarters are concerned about the impact of the cost of living crisis on...

Energy bills have increased for around 22 million energy consumers – and they’re expected to escalate again later this year when...

Landlords are being hit with more stamp duty as they expand their portfolios, thanks to the house price surge pushing homes...

A landlord has been accused of a “disgusting offence” after installing a camera in the bathroom of a house he let...

Landlords are being invited to let the BBC know what it believes lies behind the current rental market stock shortage.  The corporation...

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

The Chartered Institute of Housing says it’s concerned about the rapidly rising gas and home heating oil prices and the impact...

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

A player in the rental insurance field is warning landlords that the growing cost of living crisis makes it more important...

Private landlords in a major UK city must now provide an emergency out-of-hours contact number for dealing with anti-social behaviour, the...

A lettings agency says renters must pay an average of up to 77 per cent of their monthly household income to...

Earlier this week Zoopla released some rather healthy statistics on the UK rental market. In recent months, the rental market has been...

Belfast council has unanimously passed a motion calling for the Northern Ireland Executive to introduce a rent control scheme for the...

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

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

Yet again the issue of cleaning has been identified as the single largest cause of end-of-tenancy disputes leading to deposits being...

The first-ever history of Tenancy Deposit legislation, legal challenges and proposed future changes has been published by the House of Commons...

A new table of UK city affordability offers some guidance for landlords looking for urban properties in some of the least...

Void periods of vacancy within rental properties are relatively rare within several parts of the UK, new research has revealed. Intus Lettings...

It looks certain that a substantial number of pro-tenant reforms are to be introduced in Northern Ireland in the near future. A...

The agents’ trade body ARLA Propertymark says more records have been set in the lettings market in terms of tenant demand. It...

New figures show that in England and Wales, 69 per cent of disputed deposits are split between the landlord and tenant,...

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

Labour has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of prioritising a tax break for landlords over the need for affordable housing or help for...

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

Rents have risen gently across most regions of the UK but worries are growing over the longer-term economic landscape. HomeLet’s latest lettings...

Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms - a critical issue for landlords in light of recent legislation - are back in the...

Public funds are to be used to assist students in Northern Ireland cover rent this year as they cope with remote...

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

A lettings agency says there is very large scale support amongst tenants for the extension to the current bailiff-enforced eviction ban,...

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

The latest HomeLet rental index suggests that the average rent in the UK is now £974 after a 2.9 per cent...

There’s been a modest increase in deposit protections across England and Wales in the past year. Data from the Tenancy Deposit Service...

As all those responsible for managing property will be only too aware, landlords have many obligations under the laws and regulations...

HomeLet’s latest monthly index shows a four per cent surge in the all-UK average rent over just three months, but there...

Electrical Safety First is calling for the introduction of mandatory electrical safety checks as part of the Scottish government’s plan to...

There has never been a harder time to be a landlord in the UK. The pressures that the last six months...

The government has made a grave mistake extending the evictions ban in England and Wales by four weeks, it has been...

A growing number of international property investors are expected to increase their presence in the UK buy-to-let market over the next...

The government’s decision to temporarily increase the stamp duty threshold to £500,000 for property sales in England and Northern Ireland, until...

There has been a general softening in residential property prices across many parts of the UK in recent months, suggesting that...

The government’s decision to temporarily increase the stamp duty threshold to £500,000 for property sales in England and Northern Ireland, until...

Average rents achieved on tenancies in June dropped marginally compared to May, but remain higher on an annual basis, the latest...

The average tenant in the UK is spending almost half of their monthly net income to cover the average cost of...

Buy-to-let rental yields have remained largely flat, increasing by just 0.1% over the past 12 months, according to Sourced Capital. The research...

HSBC has started offering buy-to-let mortgages once again after clearing a backlog of physical property valuations across England and Scotland. The bank...

Residential property prices increased across the UK by an average of 2.1% in the year to March, up from 2% in...

The controversial Right to Rent scheme, which requires landlords in England to check the immigration status of their tenants, often leads...

The Treasury looks set to suffer a near £5bn tax hit due to the coronavirus pandemic.  The Covid-19 outbreak has led to...

Average UK rents continued to rise in February, but failed to keep up with inflation, according to the latest HomeLet Rental...

Rents look set to rise over the next 12 months as the supply of new rental properties dries up, according to...

The cost of renting a room in the UK has dropped by an average of 3% over the past 12 months...

Rents in the UK’s private rented sector increased further in October, according to the latest data.  The figures from HomeLet show that...

A number of landlords are jeopardising their property investments - probably their biggest assets - by failing to comply with basic...

Landlords currently looking for significant rental returns will find that there are plenty of high yielding buy-to-let areas to choose from,...

Rents in the UK’s private rented sector continued to increase in September, the latest figures show.  The data from HomeLet reveals that...

There was a 73% increase in the number of landlords and letting agents that signed up to the TDS' custodial scheme during 2018-19,...

Buy-to-let is no longer a viable investment opportunity for many landlords due to the upcoming changes facing the market, according to...

The average cost of renting a room in the UK has increased by just 1% over the past 12 months to...

Fresh analysis looking at rental prices across the UK and how they have increased over the last five years shows that...

Most private tenants are not currently interested in buying a property, fresh research shows.  Just 42% of tenants are interested in purchasing...

The newly formed National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has announced Ben Beadle as its new chief executive.  Beadle will become the organisation’s...