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New additional and selective licensing schemes are to be considered by the controversial Bristol city council. The council’s Labour Mayor - Marvin...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
After the Autumn Statement unveiled a major tax cut for January, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’ll pay less tax in...
09 December 2023
From: Tax & Finance
Data from the English Housing Survey suggests that the number of English owners of second homes in Europe has fallen again. The...
24 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A Labour Mayor whose post was abolished by a public vote last year now wants to become an MP. Marvin Rees’ position...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A Labour candidate hoping to become the MP in a popular tourist area is on the warpath over what she calls...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Yes, it’s that time again when the property hoi polloi impose their predictions for the following year on us and so,...
17 December 2022
From: The Big Issues
The government has announced that it’s going to work on a new second homes policy with one particular council - if...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his long-awaited Autumn Statement - the fiscal event which he says will lead to “all of...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A campaign to stop new build homes being sold to second home buyers for holiday lets has won a decisive victory...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Voters in Bristol have decided to abolish the city’s directly elected mayor following a referendum. The city was given the choice of...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News
In recent years, letting property has become more challenging due to a range of tax and regulation changes and since March...
25 November 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Activists in the Acorn pro-tenant movement have sharply criticised the Green Party which runs Brighton council for allegedly failing to prosecute...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A referendum in Berlin next month is being watched closely by rental activists in the UK, in case it offers them...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A third of landlords surveyed in a poll this month say they wish they could now change the way they voted...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The number of second homes in the UK has risen 30 per cent over the last five years, according to a...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency estimates that the number of overseas landlords owning property in the UK has hit a five-year high -...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News
London Mayor Sadiq Khan is to keep a call for rent controls in the capital as a major plank of his...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
An analysis of the rental market in England has revealed a dramatic drop in the number of EU nationals taking up...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Rents in prime London and its commuter belt are expected edge higher this year due to the widening supply-demand imbalance in...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Just over a month on from the Conservative Party's election victory and all eyes are firmly fixed on Boris Johnson and...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Brexit has undoubtedly deterred many buy-to-let landlords from investing further in the private rented sector, with fresh research showing that more...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News
There was an increase in the number of landlords reporting growth in tenant demand in the third quarter of the year. Paragon’s...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Asking prices in the UK have dropped as Brexit uncertainty takes its toll, new figures show. According to fresh data from Rightmove, the...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Touchstone Education is planning to expand with the launch of online additions to its nationwide courses in property investment strategies. The property...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Roma Finance has announced the launch of a new five-year buy-to-let let product, targeted at landlords who seek flexibility, allowing them...
08 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Residential property prices have fallen since the stat of the year, according to figures from the ONS, with prices dropping 1%...
25 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Rental values in prime London has started to see some slowdown in decline as initial signs of a bottoming out have...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Overseas investors snapped up more than half of all properties for sale in prime London in the second half of 2018...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Life just doesn’t get any easier for Theresa May. No sooner had her Brexit withdrawal plan been rejected by a record-breaking...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News
MPs will finally hold their vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal tomorrow, with just over two months to go before the...
14 January 2019
From: Breaking News
The outlook for renters has improved over the past decade, albeit with considerable regional variations, thanks to improved affordability, new figures...
12 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Fresh research into how investors are planning to manage their financial strategy in 2018 shows that more than half - 53%...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News
The scare tactics adopted by the government to keep Britain in the EU ahead of last year’s Brexit referendum saw the...
13 September 2017
From: Breaking News
There has been a sharp decline in the number of in EU nationals looking to move to the UK following the...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News
You may have noticed a renewed flurry of post-referendum pessimism in early February as UCAS published its January 2017 deadline application...
17 May 2017
From: Sponsored Content
After forcing Burnley Council to hold a referendum on a directly-elected mayor, a disgruntled buy-to-let landlord has now vowed to do...
14 February 2017
From: Breaking News
Following the events of 2016, it’s easy to see why experts across the country are torn when it comes to the...
10 February 2017
From: Sponsored Content
Buy-to-let lending returned to some form of normality during the fourth quarter of 2016, according to fresh lending figures. The share of...
11 January 2017
From: Breaking News
Jonathan Stephens, managing director of Surrenden Invest, offers his thoughts on what property market trends we can expect over the coming...
29 December 2016
From: Breaking News
One of Britain’s largest housebuilders has warned of a sharp decline in demand caused by Brexit uncertainty and the government’s outright...
05 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Private rents dropped marginally in October compared to the previous month, according to the latest figures from letting agents Your Move. The...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News
A significant number of buy-to-let landlords are planning to increase their property portfolios over the next few years, according to research...
11 November 2016
From: Breaking News
September was the worst month for remortgaging since the EU referendum, new figures from conveyancing firm LMS show. The research found that...
01 November 2016
From: Breaking News
A quarter of all residential properties acquired in the summer were either a buy-to-let investment or a second home, fresh data...
31 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Having long provided mega double-digit returns for investors, investment in buy-to-let shows very few signs of slowing, despite the increase in...
29 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Our new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, looks like a considered man and one hopes that he will be able to ‘kick away’...
24 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Enquiries from investors seeking to acquire buy-to-let properties have increased by 30% since May, following an initial dip in activity after the...
13 October 2016
From: Breaking News
The Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, the UK’s most comprehensive property exhibition, takes place at London ExCeL this week – 7...
05 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Rental yields in Scotland increased sharply in July due to both higher rents and rising house prices in many areas of the...
04 October 2016
From: Breaking News
The chancellor Philip Hammond is being urged to reverse George Osborne’s outright assault on buy-to-let by scrapping the 3% stamp duty...
03 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Investors, landlords and property enthusiasts will descend on London's ExCel on October 7 and 8 for the annual Property Investor &...
23 September 2016
From: Sponsored Content
Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote were ‘wide of the mark’ as illustrated...
23 September 2016
From: Breaking News
There was a rise in the volume of housebuilding schemes started in England in the run-up to the EU referendum but...
26 August 2016
From: Breaking News
A significant number of EU citizens living in the private rented sector (PRS) say they are worried that the result of...
11 August 2016
From: Breaking News
There has been a sharp rise in interest from landlords in Edinburgh since the EU referendum, reflecting increased confidence in the...
01 August 2016
From: Breaking News
Manchester has been identified as the top city for rental yield but London offers buy-to-let landlords the best overall returns, a...
28 July 2016
From: Breaking News
The number of buy-to-let mortgage arrears looks set to fall below 7,000 by the end of the year, supported by low...
25 July 2016
From: Breaking News
Residential property prices increased across Britain in May despite uncertainty ahead of the EU referendum and significantly higher stamp duty bills...
20 July 2016
From: Breaking News
The historic referendum vote in favour of leaving EU raises questions over what impact this will have on the UK private...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News
New Prime Minister Theresa May will undoubtedly have a number of things to do on her to-do list, but among the...
15 July 2016
From: Breaking News
There was a significant increase in lending to buy-to-let landlords borrowing via limited companies in the first half of this year,...
15 July 2016
From: Breaking News
Interest rates in Britain remain frozen at an all-time low of 0.5%, after the Bank of England decided against the first cut...
14 July 2016
From: Breaking News
Rents on new tenancies rose across most parts of the UK over the three months to June, albeit at a slower...
12 July 2016
From: Breaking News
Annual rental value growth in prime central London continued to fall in June, down 3%, despite a rise in the level...
11 July 2016
From: Breaking News
London Central Apartments III (LCA III), the latest property investment fund to invest in prime central London’s private rented sector (PRS)...
06 July 2016
From: Breaking News
The new lending criteria proposals for underwriting standards for future buy-to-let mortgage contracts put forward by the Prudential Regulatory Authority's (PRA)...
05 July 2016
From: Breaking News
InterBay Commercial has slashed borrowing rates on its buy-to-let and HMO ranges. The company, which forms part of specialist lending group OneSavings...
30 June 2016
From: Breaking News
The number of new homes registered to be built looks set to fall as many housebuilders will be less willing to...
29 June 2016
From: Breaking News
Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...
28 June 2016
From: Breaking News
As predicted, the pound is in freefall and the world stock markets are gyrating but this will be short lived once...
27 June 2016
From: Breaking News
A fall in gilt yields will reduce the cost for lenders of longer term funding and hence open the door for...
27 June 2016
From: Breaking News
The vote to Leave the European Union is causing the financial instability predicted and past experience suggests that the UK housing...
27 June 2016
From: Breaking News
The public vote in favour of Brexit is a shock to many people and has already resulted in a sharp decline...
24 June 2016
From: Breaking News
With just hours remaining until the polls close, the outcome of the EU referendum is too close to call. The sense of...
23 June 2016
From: Breaking News
The EU referendum still remains too close to call, but whatever the outcome of today’s vote, letting agents do not believe that...
23 June 2016
From: Breaking News
Soaring UK house prices, the recent hike in stamp duty for buy-to-let investors and now the EU referendum are creating renewed...
17 June 2016
From: Breaking News
Following months of uncertainty about whether the UK should remain or leave the European Union, it would appear that many landlords...
17 June 2016
From: Breaking News
There has been a significant fall in the number of ‘To Let’ and ‘Let’ properties, according to the latest figures from...
16 June 2016
From: Breaking News
Mortgage lending continued to slow last month as would-be investors are put off buy-to-let by the rise in stamp duty costs,...
10 June 2016
From: Breaking News
Demand for rental properties in prime central London has increased in recent months as would-be buyers become cautious prior to the EU...
09 June 2016
From: Breaking News
The private rental market in prime central London (PCL) has weakened in recent weeks as tenants take advantage of growing uncertainty...
24 May 2016
From: Breaking News
Following the recent changes to additional stamp duty and the loss of tax relief for buy-to-let landlords, there is growing concern...
16 May 2016
From: Breaking News
With savers receiving dismal returns from banks and building societies, thousands of people have unsurprising turned to residential property as a...
13 May 2016
From: Breaking News
With just a few hours until polls close in London, housing remains the main issue that may help determine who gets to run the...