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Demand is still way ahead of supply min he private rental sector, a Rightmove survey has round. The property portal says there...

The average advertised rent of new properties coming onto the market hits a 17th consecutive record, with the average price of...

There’s been a bevvy of buy to let mortgage deal changes this week. Shawbrook has made a series of reductions across its...

There have been more changes to buy to let mortgage ranges from lenders. Coming into effect today, The Mortgage Works will be...

A new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...

Yet another council is consulting on whether to continue a selective licensing scheme. The scheme applies to several areas of Burnley and...

There’s a warning today that the Bank of England’s decision to freeze base rate at the high level of 5.25 per...

The Penrith Building Society has scrapped mortgage application fees for all buy to let and residential  products, including further advances, until...

Analysts have warned landlords and others interested in the housing market from celebrating too much following the latest Halifax index figures. The...

Consumer Price Inflation in November was 3.9 per cent - significantly lower than the 4.4 per cent expected by many analysts. It’s...

The Mortgage Works is reducing rates on products for new and existing landlord customers by up to 0.40 percentage points, with...

A BBC News report claims that increasing numbers of renters aged over 30 are moving to cheaper areas as rents have...

Homes situated close to new electricity pylons and sub-stations could receive up to £1,000 a year off energy bills, for up...

The latest data release by comparison site GetAgent shows the average sale price over the past six months has been 97.3...

The Mortgage Lender has two new buy-to-let products. These include a standard two-year fixed, with an initial rate of 4.69 per cent...

Landlords keen to bag a bargain will be interested to know that over a third of homes now on sale have...

Rental markets near London’s Crossrail stations have seen premiums emerge, a new survey suggests.  Areas which have benefitted from the largest reductions...

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

Paragon Bank is the latest to reduce mortgage rates for landlords. It’s cut rates across 22 buy-to-let mortgage products, with fixed deals...

Making an investment in a country with a different currency introduces exchange rate risk. Ideally, a UK investor would buy the...

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

Landlords have again become the focus of HMRC. The government department is currently using data from rent deposit schemes to assess...

Virgin Money has cut a range of its core, exclusive and buy to let deals. BTL core and exclusive highlights include -...

Buy to let specialist lender Landbay has brought back its green five-year fixed rate range as well as launching two new...

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

Landlords increasingly reliant on capital appreciation may be relieved to hear that one of the country’s best respected indices suggests house...

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

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

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

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

A Selective Licensing scheme introduced by a council back in 2016 is set for expansion.  Middlesbrough council claims that its scheme has...

A think tank says that whatever Prime Minister Liz Truss may say, by 2025 most people will be paying £2 extra...

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities has approved a London council’s plan to introduce a new private rented property...

The National Residential Landlords Association is linking with floor coverings and bed firm Carpetright, to give association members a range of...

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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has cast doubt on the UK’s ambitions to move towards Net Zero - which in...

Rightmove is warning landlords and other sellers that properties with poor levels of energy efficiency may have to sell with a discount.  The...

A new survey by Zoopla suggests the average property price has hit £250,200 for the first time - but a slowdown...

No fewer than 74 per cent of landlords say they feel a responsibility to support their tenants during times of financial...

Housing has always been one of the most sensitive political issues, meaning that legislation in this area is unusually sensitive to...

There’s been a remarkable 15 per cent leap in average rents achieved in prime central London over the past year, according...

There’s been a big rise in rents in the past month according to PropTech supplier Goodlord. They are now at their highest...

A London council is urging landlords in the area to check whether they require a license ahead of a new regime...

Approaching one in four private landlords have suffered income losses as a result of the pandemic. As a result the sector’s trade...

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

Despite dire warnings from Generation Rent, Shelter and other campaigners, it appears that the end of the eviction ban did NOT...

An innovative pilot project aiming to reduce evictions by providing free mediation between private landlords and tenants has been launched in...

The number of new tenancies started in September in prime areas of London was the highest monthly total in the last...

For the second month running the number of prospective tenants registered per lettings agency branch has shown a big jump, Data from...

Some 46 per cent of landlords reduced monthly rent payments for their tenants because of the pandemic, according to research from...

The latest rental market snapshot released by ARLA Propertymark shows a little of the heat coming out of the rental market...

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

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

Rental affordability in the capital has improved markedly during the pandemic according to London lettings agency Benham and Reeves.  The firm analysed...

Over a fifth of students questioned in a new survey say they have been unable to pay rent in full over...

A local council has let it be known that it’s in a pilot mediation scheme set up by the government -...

The latest rental market snapshot from the property website Home talks of “a nightmare scenario for London landlords”. Firstly, it says rents...

A Labour MP has written to private landlords asking for a rent reduction or release from a tenancy for students prevented...

Landlords have told government that while they welcome new cash help for student tenants, the rest of the lettings sector needs...

Figures from investment consultancy London Central Portfolio show how vulnerable the capital’s rental market is to Brexit and Coronavirus - but...

The campaigning charity Shelter is offering private rental sector tenants advice on how to negotiate a rent reduction during the remaining...

A new league table from comparison website Rentround shows how the lockdown has impacted yields around the country. The site has analysed...

A property industry accreditation service is asking whether it’s now time for the government to offer grants to help landlords through...

A think tank is calling for landlords to consider rent reductions and is also suggesting the return of an eviction ban...

The coronavirus crisis has hit the UK's economic outlook, and many buy-to-let landlords are understandably worried about their post-lockdown rental property...

Generation Rent, the pressure group led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy, is tweeting advice to tenants on how to negotiate a lower...

The Green Party says there should be an end to private rental sector eviction grounds “such as the wish of the...

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

Precise Mortgages has reduced mortgage rates across its buy-to-let range by up to 0.4%.  The specialist lender’s buy-to-let range, which is available...

The coronavirus crisis has hit the UK's economic outlook, and many buy-to-let landlords are understandably worried about their post-lockdown rental property...

A number of organisations from across the housing sector have teamed up to support landlords and tenants facing rent arrears as...

Foundation Home Loans has relaunched its buy-to-let product range to its pre-lockdown structure with the reintroduction of large loans, early remortgage,...

Family Building Society has introduced rate cuts across its buy-to-let mortgage range, as well as its owner occupier products.  Rates have been...

Foundation Home Loans has made a range of changes to its buy-to-let product range, which includes increases to loan-to-value (LTV) bands,...

A survey of tenants suggests around one in eight private sector tenants have fallen behind with housing costs since the coronavirus...

Many landlords and letting agents are increasingly concerned about the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their tenants and property...

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devasting impact on the short-term let industry, with nearly all those short-letting their property seeing the...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association’s (STAA) is lobbying the government for an emergency support package to help the short-term rental...

These are difficult times in the property market, with a constantly changing situation creating a great deal of uncertainty. The world...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) has launched an FAQ web page for landlords, letting agents and tenants to provide help and...

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has made rate reductions across its new simplified buy-to-let mortgage range, which maintains a variety of fee...

Principality Building Society has introduced marginal rate cuts across some of its buy-to-let mortgage products. The cuts include the 75% loan-to-value (LTV)...

Kensington Mortgages has cut rates across its buy-to-let range. Highlights include its 85% loan-to-value product, available on a two-year fix, which has...

Foundation Home Loans has made a series of rate reductions across a number of products in its core buy-to-let range. The rate...

With the private rented sector continuing to expand, landlords must work hard to get ahead of the competition and attract suitable...

TSB has unveiled a number of rate reductions to mortgage products within its buy-to-let range. Buy-to-let rates have been trimmed by as...

Mortgage costs in the buy-to-let market have been falling since the second quarter of 2019 as lenders continue to make reductions.  According...

Principality Building Society has unveiled a number of rate reductions to mortgage products within its buy-to-let range. Buy-to-let rates have been trimmed...

Foundation Home Loans has made several criteria changes across its buy-to-let product range. The lender will now assess missed payments on credit...

Metro Bank has cut rates by up to 0.2% across its buy-to-let fixed rate mortgage range for borrowers up to 70%...

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced rates on its five-year fixed rate buy-to-let and portfolio mortgages by up to 0.2%. Five-year rates now...

Newcastle Intermediaries has cut rates on its range of five-year fixed buy-to-let mortgage products by up to 0.2%. Reductions include a 75%...

Accord Buy to Let has made modest reductions to the cost of its 80% loan-to-value buy-to-let mortgage range.  The intermediary only subsidiary...

NatWest this morning reduced its two-year fixed remortgage product at 75% loan-to-value (LTV)  by 0.53% from 2.51% to 1.98%. For buy-to-let purchases,...

Foundation Home Loans has unveiled a number of rate reductions across a range of buy-to-let products by up to 45 basis...

Newcastle Intermediaries has introduced a number of rate reductions to mortgage products within its buy-to-let range. Highlights include a two-year fixed rate...

Leeds Building Society has reduced rates on selected two-year buy-to-let fixed products by up to 0.06%. From today, the society will offer...

Pepper Money has unveiled a series of new buy-to-let rate reductions and product introductions.  The new mortgage range includes buy-to-let limited editions...

Accord Buy to Let has announced a series of rate reductions to products within its buy-to-let range by up to 0.44%.  Accord has...

The Leeds Building Society has announced a new buy-to-let mortgage product and a series of rate reductions. The new product is an...