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Four years after the first Covid restrictions, new research by Centre for Cities shows Londoners’ escape to the country during the...

A charity representing older people has taken up almost all of the key demands of activist group Generation Rent. Independent Age says...

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

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

HSBC bank is working with Shelter on housing campaigns. A statement from the charity says: “With support from partners including HSBC UK,...

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

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help tnavigate legislative...

By Luke Lightfoot, Regional Director of Asset Management at Sigma Capital As the fastest growing sub-sector in the UK rental market, it’s...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Louis Musgrove – Group Managing Director   What is Southernbrook Lettings and...

This is back-to-school season and for the majority of university students who choose to move away from their family home during...

A new study of over 600,000 available properties on Rightmove reveals that homes in need of renovation are the most in...

The property market is always changing, leaving investors on the constant lookout for their next big opportunity. With housing prices continuing...

The Nationwide Foundation - a charitable foundation founded by the Nationwide Building Society - says the Renters Reform Bill should be...

First the troubled John Lewis Partnership announced plans to create Build To Rent properties around or on top of Waitrose stories;...

The British Property Federation is calling on the government to use next week’s Budget to zero-rate VAT on work which allows...

The Bank of England has increased base rate to 4.0 per cent - its 10th rate rise in a row. Avinav Nigam,...

There are early signs that the controversial private rental sector rent freeze in Scotland could be made permanent. The freeze, along with...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made an announcement overnight that “the government will always act to protect tenants.” The claim comes as...

Property experts in one part of the UK where rent freezes are a way of life say they make the housing...

The new Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke for only 25 minutes but effectively turned the recent history of British tax policy...

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

Three projects are underway investigating how a tourist tax, including a levy on holiday let renters, could apply in Wales. The three...

Here are five top tips worth considering if you’re an aspiring or ambitious property entrepreneur. 1. Take Your Time to Find the...

With Christmas and the New Year now over, landlords, investors and property experts are back to questioning what the coming twelve...

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

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

A retail bank has announced the launch of a £500m project to fund the construction of up to 2,500 suburban, purpose-built...

Tenant activist group Generation Rent says it’s working with five councils to find out more about private renters in those areas. The...

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

The government should use today's ‘Tax Day’ consultation process to reform Capital Gains Tax so that it encourages a smaller, high...

A property development firm says it’s to spend up to £500m in land acquisitions over the next three years, as part...

A property development consultancy is tipping five regeneration areas in England as potential good investments for the coming year. SevenCapital says they...

Landlords now have another year to apply for the government’s Green Homes Grant scheme. The 12 months extension, announced last evening, follows...

According to recent statistics, British homeowners have spent an average of £4,035.70 each on house renovations this year. With people spending...

Lendinvest has revamped its buy-to-let range, with new products for student lets and deals for first-time landlords, while the lending platform...

A number potential property hotspots have been identified for buy-to-let investors with an eye on the future.   Government infrastructure spending and investment...

LandInvest has introduced Appetite Statements for landlords seeking a pre-agreed financing offer for their future projects. The new Appetite Statement is a...

Buy-to-let landlords face having to reduce rents by at least 5% over the next five years as a growing number of...

The new £2bn grant scheme in England for projects such as insulation, unveiled yesterday by the chancellor Rishi Sunak as part...

Who are you? My name is Benjamin Hall and I’m the Founder and Managing Director of LOFT. What services does LOFT provide? LOFT delivers...

It is common knowledge the UK is facing an undersupply of housing. Unfortunately, this is not a sudden phenomenon – the...

Demand for rental homes is continuing to outpace supply and drive up prices in London and that is an attractive proposition...

The government’s decision to invest an additional £4m in funding for local councils to tackle criminal landlords and letting agents has...

The UK housing market is showing signs of recovery following a prolonged period of uncertainty, according to JLL.  The property firm forecasts...

With Britain edging closer to its first recession since the financial crisis, a leading property auctioneer is urging property investors, including...

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...

Phases one and two of the Clippers Quay and Salford Quays Build to Rent (BTR) developments in Manchester have now been fully...

A new PropTech platform aiming to turn rundown properties into cash-flowing investments has been launched.  Revive-to-Rent, a new property investment category from...

Liverpool and Manchester are both recognised as great destinations for property investors. Property is (still) very affordable and both cities have...

An e-commerce platform battling construction waste by enabling businesses to sell surplus materials to builders, renovators and DIY enthusiasts, claims that...

Demand for good quality rental homes continues to grow, but with the latest figures from NHS Digital revealing that there were...

Paragon has expanded its product range with the introduction of short-term finance for landlords to fund property refurbishment. The short-term finance products...

Housing charity Shelter has launched a £600,000 fund in Greater Manchester today with a view to finding real-life solutions to the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  My name is Daniel and I’m a director at...

Castle Trust has launched a new unregulated bridging loan product that can be used for first charge buy-to-let cases of up...

Following the changes introduced in England and Wales last year, an important piece of legislation is coming into force in Scotland...

Recent years have seen a shift in buyer activity across the UK’s property market, with London’s much publicised decline in popularity...

The Ministry for Housing, Community and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced that £45.5m will be made available to help find homeless...

ARLA Propertymark has compiled some top tips aimed at novice landlords that some experienced buy-to-let landlords may also find useful. Peter Savage,...

PLATFORM_ has been awarded planning consent to build just over 200 homes on the site of the former Browning Jones &...

As London continues to wane in popularity for investors and renters alike – with increasing numbers of people moving out of...

With research showing that around 61% of privately rented flats in Scotland currently have common areas like stairways and roofs in...

The South East Homebuilding & Renovating Show takes place at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre later this month and...

For some investors, buy-to-let does not look as lucrative as it once did, with peer-to-peer investing emerging as a viable alternative...

A number of landlords who use short-term holiday rental sites are reinvesting their earnings in refurbishment work helping to provide much...

The number of properties acquired by landlords has dropped significantly over the past couple of years following the tax and regulatory...

A shortage of housing supply will push up rents up by an average of 13.7% over the next five years, according...

With many landlords finding it harder to secure a mortgage since the Prudential Regulation Authority’s changes were introduced last year, some...

Going by press headlines, it would be easy to imagine that buy-to-let landlords in the UK are struggling to keep going...

Imagine if you could make the properties that you are currently trying to let look larger, brighter, cleaner, warmer, more homely,...

Propio Properties has launched a new online property investment platform that it hopes will appeal to buy-to-let investors looking for a...

Buy-to-let landlords will hopefully have better access to reputable builders when developing and maintaining homes across England and Wales, following a...

The buy-to-let market in London and the South East has seen stronger levels of activity since the start of the year...

There has been a sharp rise in the number of overseas investors investing in UK crowdfunding development projects, including buy-to-let schemes,...

Lomond Capital has acquired a major Birmingham residential letting portfolio from national property services business SDL Group. SDL Property Management has decided...

There has been a significant increase in the number of millennials investing in property crowdfunding, new research by Shojin Property Partners...

In recent years, cites within the north of the UK have become more and more popular within the property investment world,...

Recently named as the most rapidly improving locations in the UK – investment in the UK’s second city shows no sign...

With 65,000 affordable new homes planned to be built in London per year, it would appear that the capital is offering...

With Britain potentially facing its worst winter homelessness crisis for 20 years, the National Landlord Association (NLA) and Residential Landlords Association...

Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to give cities the power to introduce rent controls under a Labour government. Yesterday was the last day...

The Charitable Foundation of TDS, the deposit protection scheme, has announced that it made just over £94,000 in awards in its...

A high number of buy-to-let investors prioritise rental rents over capital gains when making property purchase decisions, and with that in...

The North West of England has been named the top buy-to-let hotspot for 2017, according to new figures from Rightmove. The property...

The north of England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has already attracted a lot of investment, particularly from...

What does it say on your business card? Christopher Merriman, Land and Planning Director at Intro Crowd Who are Intro Crowd? Intro...

Thousands of private landlords in Scotland require greater support to help give tenants a better service, according to housing and homeless charity...

Thanks to the chancellor’s tax measures, many landlords now have to review their portfolios to find ways to protect their profits....

Buy-to-let lending will fall by as much as 20% over the next two years to reach around £33bn by the end...

While buying property in London has proved to be a lucrative move for many buy-to-let landlords for capital gains in recent...

Organisations that support private landlords and tenants are being invited to apply for a share of a £70,000 funding pot from...

The number of new homes registered to be built looks set to fall as many housebuilders will be less willing to...

The public vote in favour of Brexit is a shock to many people and has already resulted in a sharp decline...

With just hours remaining until the polls close, the outcome of the EU referendum is too close to call. The sense of...

A growing number of landlords are looking to take advantage of rising rental values in the student property sector, research shows. Investment...

When it comes to a debate between renting and buying you’d think that the investors would firmly come down on the...

Labour leadership hopeful Jeremy Corbyn would introduce right-to-buy for private tenants if he came to power. Corbyn has a published his proposed...