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The percentage of tenants borrowing money to fund their cash deposits on their next property has risen over the last 12...

Jonathan Rolande is a property industry and housing market commentator, and is founder of the National Association of Property Buyers.  It’s almost...

If you’re moving home and have either plenty of equity or savings you can use for a deposit, plus a decent...

Around half of first-time buyers say their prospects of owning a home are further away than ever due to the ongoing...

Fines for rogue landlords and agents in London have surged past the £10 million mark.   With 19 council licensing schemes and...

The popular narrative may have been that first time buyers have been priced out of the market, partly by landlords: but...

A string of debt advice charities want Housing Secretary Michael Gove to go well beyond merely banning Section 21 in a...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is demanding the government finally abolish Section 21 eviction powers - and claims over 30,000 households in...

Rental sector and property industry views are split over the controversial idea of allowing first time buyers to put down a...

The government’s proposal to introduce a new one per cent deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder...

One of the biggest parts of buying a holiday home is securing a holiday let mortgage which can differ substantially to...

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

A newly-nominated candidate in this spring’s London Mayoral election has vowed to lower private rents if he wins. Serge Crowbolder, currently a...

The Suffolk Building Society has launched new mortgage products aimed at private landlords who are planning refurbishments, such as a new...

A building society says it is considering ending its policy of lending to buyers of holiday lets. Martese Carton, the director of...

The chief executive of Generation Rent has slammed the chair of the NatWest Bank for comments over first time buyers. At the...

Monthly interest costs have surged by 283 per cent since 2021 for landlords using interest-only mortgages, research shows. Octane Capital compared rates...

Almost two thirds of private landlords expect to see their mortgage payments increase over the next 12 months with warnings that...

Christmas goodwill towards landlords seems in short supply from activist group Generation Rent.  It has this week issued a statement saying 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...

A landlord in London has been ordered to refund 12 months’ rent to tenants after failing to license their HMO. The fine...

Almost one in five UK adults has missed a payment in the past 12 months - and for seven per cent...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the leader of activist group Generation Rent have teamed up for an anti-damp and mouldy...

A leader of the pro-tenant activist group Acorn has told MPs that “one man bands” are more likely to exploit tenants...

Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...

A new personal guarantee insurance protection service has been launched for professional landlords - triggered by a surge  in incorporation. Purbeck Personal...

It’s being forecast that there are likely to be major changes made to the Renters Reform Bill during its next stage...

Thousands of landlords are planning to sell properties. A Simply Business survey of 1,455 UK landlords reveals that a quarter of landlords...

A survey by a finance firm suggests not all landlords are passing their higher mortgage costs on to tenants. Octane Capital has...

The Green Party wants private tenants to be able to force landlords to improve the energy efficiency of homes. The scheme -...

The rise of ‘Generation Rent’ is well documented, along with the spiralling rent payments they are facing during a tightening cost...

Paragon Bank has announced a 4.69 per cent five-year fixed-rate buy to let mortgage, marking the lender’s lowest rate for this...

The London Landlord Accreditation Scheme is hosting a virtual conference and training day in the New Year. It promises to “bring you...

A Labour council claims to have a pioneering scheme to get refunds from law breaking landlords. Local media in York say the...

A new poll from the StepChange Debt Charity claims that over a third of private renters have used some form of...

Zoopla has given its latest market update on the private rental sector, with the headline rent rise now being 10.5 per...

To help or not to help: that is the question the government is facing with regard to under-pressure private rented sector...

The number of interest-only (750,000) and part-interest-only (245,000) mortgages has halved since 2015, new Financial Conduct Authority analysis has found.  The fall...

Santander has been sharply criticised for increasing its Interest Coverage Ratio just as other lenders have been making it easier to...

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

A Labour council says local landlords have only a week to apply for a licence before a big rise in the...

Landlords about to remortgage are being urged to secure a new rate as early as possible - even six months in...

Any landlord hit with late payment surcharges from HM Revenue & Customs will now face even higher charges. As a result of...

A statement from Oxford’s Labour controlled council says private landlords in the city have under a month to apply for a...

Mortgage lenders have launched a £5m media campaign to publicise the support available to owner occupier mortgage holders if they face...

Illicit HMOs have been targeted in a bid to improve housing standards and make communities safer. North Northamptonshire council joined forces with...

After a decade of steady growth, the number of older renters is poised to increase rapidly over the next 10 years...

Details have emerged of an extraordinary ‘stress test’ created by the Bank of England and tested on eight major banks to...

If you are a landlord looking for the silver lining in a dark cloud, June’s interest rate decision will have certainly...

A new Bank of England forecast predicts that average monthly payments on buy to let mortgages will increase by around £275...

The government has taken limited action over the soaring cost of mortgages - but there’s no direct help for landlords and...

There is currently a lot of discussion about the mortgage crisis, its impact on borrowers and landlords – and calls for...

One in five first-time buyers taking out mortgages lasting over 35 years A record 19 per cent of first-time buyers took out...

A charity claims that private renters are about twice as likely as the general population to be in problem debt. StepChange, via...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove says the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, first promised in 2019, will finally be introduced into Parliament next...

The number of borrowers taking out mortgages lasting 35 years or longer has rocketed in the past 12 months, with uptake...

A lettings agency says its research shows that higher interest rates have not been passed on to tenants through higher rent. Barrows...

One of Scotland’s largest lettings agencies is voicing concern over what it calls “the lack of balance” in the Scottish government’s...

Typical monthly interest payments on buy to let mortgages have soared by an average 75.7 per cent in the past year.  Landlords...

The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...

  Second home market growth and falling house prices could be a combination for success. There’s been a clear positive correlation between profit...

A not-for-profit business that advocates tenants use Rent Repayment Orders against landlords has issued a furious response to a Supreme Court...

The landlords’ trade body is welcoming a landmark ruling from the Supreme Court which provides vital clarification about so called ‘rent-to-rent’...

Almost a third of private landlords with a buy to let mortgage face the prospect of significantly higher costs this year...

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

A landlord has agreed to repay £2,160 that he received in housing benefit following the expiry of an improvement notice served...

A London landlord has been fined £2,500 by the local council for letting an unlicensed HMO. The fine was issued after the...

Although the property and mortgage markets have been in a state of flux for the past few months, with rising interest...

To put it mildly, landlords are very rarely subject to an outpouring of sympathy from the general public. When the economy...

Landlords are being advised to check when their current mortgage fixed terms are expiring or see whether they wish to have...

The government has once again declined to give any meaningful timetable for the introduction of the Renters Reform Bill. At the end...

Councils have demanded draconian punishments for landlords who fail to bring their homes up to the Decent Homes Standard which is...

As I write this, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has gone back on his mini budget plan to abolish the 45p...

A tribunal has ordered a student accommodation management company to refund more than £84,000 in rent after it ran an unlicensed...

A recent judgement may mean that future Rent Repayment Orders may be less severe than those in the past. Many Rent Repayment...

On August 4 the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee voted to raise the base rate from 1.25 to 1.75 per...

A trade body is warning that landlords may face a new challenge if, as expected, the government agrees a controversial expansion...

A new survey suggests large numbers of tenants are worried about the risk of falling behind with the rent or even...

PropTech firm Kamma says total fines for agents and landlords have now topped £8m in London alone with a £238,000 increase...

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

A landlord has been fined £7,500 for letting an unlicensed HMO. Having ignored numerous requests and failing to renew the St Helen’s...

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

A London landlord has been fined £1,000 for letting an unlicensed HMO in Tottenham. Having ignored numerous requests and failing to renew...

Two tenants who were amongst a group of activists in a battle with their landlord have written in a left-wing journal...

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

The architects of the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper have been housing minister Eddie Hughes MP, Housing Secretary Michael Gove...

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

The government recently passed into law the much-anticipated Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022. This effectively ends government interventions to prevent commercial...

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...

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

A landlord has been fined £5,000 for letting an unlicensed HMO in London. The fine was issued by Haringey council after the...

A London landlord has been fined £5,000 for letting an unlicensed HMO. The fine was issued after the landlord ignored repeated warnings...

A non-profit organisation called Justice For Tenants has spearheaded a campaign which has ultimately led to a Rent Repayment Order being...

The Department of Work and Pensions is to slash the timescale for repayment of arrears for tenants on Universal Credit. It has...

A local authority in Scotland is calling on private landlords to get in touch if they have suffered hardship as a...

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

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

Rogue landlords in one area of London could face unlimited fines, criminal convictions and bans from letting out properties. The measures are...