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There have been more changes to buy to let mortgage ranges from lenders. Coming into effect today, The Mortgage Works will be...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Nearly a third of landlords predict that the retail sector will see the highest level of negative growth over the next...
09 March 2024
From: Top tips & guides
Generation Rent has yet again come out for rent control over the private sector - and wants it to be an...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
This week’s official inflation rate is now expected to show a possible rise, rather than a fall. Although there is widespread expectation...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The yo-yo economic news is now casting doubt on whether the Bank of England will cut base rate as quickly as...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry. The Local Housing Allowance is...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act received Royal Assent last month, meaning a major new piece of legislation has now entered the...
11 November 2023
From: Rental Reform
A countryside property organisation has added its voice to the calls for an extension to a licensing scheme for Airbnbs and...
13 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association has launched a new partnership with electrical and telecoms retailer Currys Business. It means that member landlords...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords don’t believe Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s planning reforms will help build a million new homes in England, claims a buy-to-let...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Conversions, often seen as a likely property type for private landlords, are likely to be more common if two groups of...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A fund is claiming that investors who put money into real estate funds as an avenue of investment have seen a...
12 December 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s been known for over a year that John Lewis wishes to diversify into the private rental sector and now it...
05 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A government department is asking landlords to share their data in a bid to improve services. The Valuation Office Agency says it...
20 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A new survey shows a large majority of investors believe buy to let has lost its shine. Investment platform Shojin’s survey -...
14 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The lettings agency chain Winkworth says the attraction of buy to let is waning for both institutional and individual investors. This is...
30 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Over 5,000 leaseholders – some of them private landlords – could get refunds on their ground rent after the Competition and...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Don’t pick on landlords - that’s the message from a leading tax and advisory consultancy. Blick Rothenberg warns that the government needs...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The government recently passed into law the much-anticipated Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022. This effectively ends government interventions to prevent commercial...
21 May 2022
From: The Big Issues
Energy regulator Ofgem is suggesting that the energy price cap be updated quarterly rather than every six months. This is only a...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
One in five properties in the UK could benefit from new government grants to help fund electric vehicle home charging points...
14 May 2022
From: The Big Issues
Newspapers have been told by the government that next month’s Queen's Speech will include dramatic measures to bring empty retail units...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Fifteen businesses which had bought freeholds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News
In recent days we have heard Michael Gove trumpet his plans to ‘level up’ the UK. We knew that he would be...
12 February 2022
From: The Big Issues
With Christmas and the New Year now over, landlords, investors and property experts are back to questioning what the coming twelve...
05 February 2022
From: Agent Advice
Last month, I wrote about what’s in store for the private rented sector in 2022 and, like most commentators in our...
29 January 2022
From: The Big Issues
Together Energy, which has 176,000 households on its books, has become the latest supplier to collapse in the wake of the...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The UK government’s target to reach net zero emissions by 2050 has necessitated the introduction of initiatives aimed at reducing fossil...
06 November 2021
From: The Big Issues
The National Residential Landlords Association has agreed a new commercial partnership with online electrical retailer AO. This new partnership means that AO...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords are being invited to a free webinar that promises to bring them up to date with the new planning regime...
24 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Post-Covid economic recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert. Martha Peyton, managing director and...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A retail bank has announced the launch of a £500m project to fund the construction of up to 2,500 suburban, purpose-built...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Protesters in a part of the UK with high numbers of holiday lets will stage a demonstration next week demanding cheaper...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Another new Build To Rent player is emerging - in the unlikely form of the John Lewis Partnership. The company has long...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the leading figures in the lettings industry says landlords are not the bad guys of the pandemic, as some...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News
It’s been reported that the Lloyds Banking Group is set to buy its first property as it seeks to become a...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The government has come up with another bright idea which will impact landlords’ rental properties - changes to the availability of...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has identified part of central London which it describes as being historically overlooked but likely to be transformed in...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Reduced demand and falling rents continue throughout the London prime flats market, with values down in all areas except the south west...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The main landlords’ trade body has hit out at a bid by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to impose private...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Retail giant John Lewis says it is expecting 40 per cent of its profits to come from non-retail activities such as...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Lloyds Bank is considering entering the private rental sector as a landlord, according to a Financial Times scoop. The newspaper says it's...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords currently buying properties and concerned they may not make the March 31 stamp duty holiday deadline have good news -...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Activists from Shelter and Generation Rent have led the charge for a renewed eviction ban in the light of the latest...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News
A property development consultancy is tipping five regeneration areas in England as potential good investments for the coming year. SevenCapital says they...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The government has launched an unexpected consultation which may indirectly highlight a new opportunity for landlords and other investors - converting...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
An operator of co-living rental units in London has linked with a PropTech platform to reward tenants for their loyalty. Built Asset...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A Build To Rent operator claims to be promoting what it calls “socially conscious renting” as people seek to live more...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News
There was widespread disappointment among buy-to-let landlords when the government decided to prolong the existing ban on tenant evictions until 20...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News
As the UK went into lockdown, most people were either furloughed or forced to work from home where they can, and...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News
The government’s decision to grant new housing applications in England “automatic” consent as part of planning reforms should lead to a...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Many buy-to-let landlords are heavily exposed to young renters most at risk of losing their job, according to new research from...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News
The UK economy is losing £2.7bn a day in absolute terms due to the existing lockdown, a new report has revealed. According to UK Powerhouse...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Airbnb has announced that it is temporarily restricting all booking across the UK to coronavirus key workers, such as NHS and social...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News
OneSavings Bank announced a series of changes to its HMO proposition. The specialist lending and retail savings group recently introduced a new...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Aldermore Bank has relaunched its buy-to-let proposition with a view to offering landlords greater choice, flexibility, new products, reduced rates, and...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Legal & General has exchanged contracts on a new Build-to-Rent (BTR) site in Chelmsford City Centre, on behalf of its UK...
05 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Landbay has achieved a rather impressive 200% growth in lending volumes over the past 12 months. The buy-to-let lender reports that recent...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Landbay has become an institutional only platform after closing its retail investment arm and exiting the peer-to-peer lending market. The buy-to-let mortgage...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News
There was a significant increase in the number of buy-to-let mortgaged properties taken into possession in the third quarter of the...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News
There is an increasing trend for landlords choosing to grow their residential property portfolios by taking on HMOs (House of Multiple...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News
A new campaign to find “Britain’s Most Beautiful Garden” has been launched by Just Landlords, with entrants competing to win a...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News
With the government consistently missing its housebuilding targets, Britain’s housing shortage has now reached crisis point, with the number of prospective...
19 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Recent years have seen a shift in buyer activity across the UK’s property market, with London’s much publicised decline in popularity...
05 April 2019
From: Sponsored Content
Property expert and entrepreneur Gill Fielding has been investing in property for several decades; long before the term ‘property investor’ was...
26 March 2019
From: Sponsored Content
Every little helps to boost Tesco sales, and yet Britain’s biggest retailer is not paying anywhere near as much tax as...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News
PLATFORM_ has been awarded planning consent to build just over 200 homes on the site of the former Browning Jones &...
19 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Legal & General has exchanged contracts on a new Build To Rent (BTR) site in Chelmsford City Centre, on behalf of...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Kent Reliance has reduced the cost of its five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages in an effort to attract more business from...
06 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Rent increases during the last five years have been less than initially perceived, tracking the retail price index (RPI) in England...
09 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Imagine if you could make the properties that you are currently trying to let look larger, brighter, cleaner, warmer, more homely,...
19 July 2018
From: Breaking News
A new build development of eight luxury flats has come on to the rental market in Shoreditch, east London. The new homes,...
11 May 2018
From: Breaking News
An increasing number of buy-to-let landlords are looking to diversify their portfolios by investing in Houses with Multiple Occupants (HMOs), commercial...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Who are you? Peter Jones, an estate agent, dad, husband, poor golfer and snowboarder. How long have you been trading? I’ve been in the...
04 April 2018
From: 60 Second Interview
In recent years, cites within the north of the UK have become more and more popular within the property investment world,...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News
In recent times, Birmingham has widely been considered as one of the very best places to invest in, throughout the whole...
14 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Loyalty programmes are popping up in every corner of the retail space, and that is because businesses understand the importance of...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News
Private rental prices paid by tenants continued to slow last month suggesting that rent controls may leave tenants worse off. Rent paid...
14 February 2018
From: Breaking News
Recently named as the most rapidly improving locations in the UK – investment in the UK’s second city shows no sign...
08 February 2018
From: Sponsored Content
A dirty property has been identified as the most off-putting factor for people looking for a new home to rent. New figures...
01 February 2018
From: Breaking News
With the recent report from Hometrack stating ‘Birmingham is rising faster than anywhere in the country’ it’s clear the property market...
14 December 2017
From: Sponsored Content
Plans have been unveiled for a development of 375 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes, as part of the proposed redevelopment...
18 August 2017
From: Breaking News
A new Build to Rent (BTR) development featuring over 170 homes will be built in Bath city centre by Legal &...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News
A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are diversifying their portfolios by investing in semi-commercial property in order to protect their investments...
21 March 2017
From: Breaking News
Construction work on the largest fully funded Build to Rent scheme in Manchester is set to get underway in August after...
20 March 2017
From: Breaking News
Demand for UK property from Sharia-conscious investors continued to soar last month, fresh figures show. Al Rayan Bank, the wholly Sharia-compliant retail...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News
We all know that buy-to-let investors face a challenging time, but what are the key issues affecting landlords? Karen Bennett looks...
17 February 2017
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords north of the border are being offered an alternative to conventional, interest-bearing, property finance products, following the launch of...
12 January 2017
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
Buy-to-let landlords could soon find it harder to secure finance to acquire property following the news that buy-to-let mortgage lenders may...
12 August 2016
From: Breaking News
A growing number of landlords are looking to take advantage of rising rental values in the student property sector, research shows. Investment...