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Estate agency Savills has upgraded its forecasts for the UK’s prime housing markets - good news for investors in this niche. The...

A controversial PropTech service that proposes agents charge prospective tenants £30 or more simply to view a property on the market,...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, and the Baroness leading the Generation Rent campaign have called for powers to control rents. Khan claims...

Investment consultancy Thirlmere Deacon says serviced apartments, typically for visitors, can provide an attractive option for investors right now. Thirlmere Deacon director...

Reduced demand and falling rents continue throughout the London prime flats market, with values down in all areas except the south west...

A respected private rental sector body wants the government to slow its timetable for energy efficiency reform, warning that landlords could...

Landlords who buy from auction may want to take advantage of an estate agent’s decision to hold two of its virtual...

A leading housing market analyst suggests that the implementation of a Capital Gains Tax change could actually mean landlords paying less...

Auctioneers are keener than ever to vie for the attention of buy to let purchasers in the current competitive market. Auction House...

Prime Central London rents fell by an average 2.3 per cent in the third quarter of 2020 according to Savills. In prime...

The post-lockdown rebound in buying momentum looks set to continue in and around London as we head into Autumn, according to...

A number of buy-to-let landlords have switched to short-term lets in recent years, as a consequence of skewed policy that favours...

An error in the processing of cross-border flows between Wales and England has resulted in the under-estimation of Wales’ net population...

Some 69 lots were offered online by Savills with prospective buyers invited to place remote bids via the telephone, online or...

The Treasury looks set to suffer a near £5bn tax hit due to the coronavirus pandemic.  The Covid-19 outbreak has led to...

House prices could fall by up to 20% this year in a worst case scenario for the economy, according to Jefferies. The...

Rents in prime London and its commuter belt are expected edge higher this year due to the widening supply-demand imbalance in...

Now that 2020 is underway, activity in the property market is likely to start picking up due to the traditional seasonal...

Student property remains one of the most lucrative investments available to landlords, with sky-high double-digit yields currently on offer in many...

Rental price growth in London is set to rise ahead of wage inflation over the next five years, according to new forecasts...

Investment into the Build to Rent sector reached a record high in 2018, as corporate landlords continued to tap into healthy...

Investor demand from corporate landlords, often backed by institutional finance, is growing and that is pushing up rental values across some parts...

BLP Insurance has been awarded a new contract with Legal & General to underwrite the Mustard Wharf Build to Rent (BTR)...

Portico has expanded its client offering with the launch of Portico Finance, a mortgage broker and protection service, designed to offer...

Rental values in prime London has started to see some slowdown in decline as initial signs of a bottoming out have...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock reached a record £7.29 trillion in 2018, according to fresh research from Savills. The...

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

The average cost of renting a home is now increasing across every UK region for the first time in 19 months,...

Average rents in prime central London recorded a fall of 3.1% over the course of 2017, but the rate of decline...

The housing crisis is the greatest challenge London faces. Years of not building enough new homes, including affordable housing, mean many...

The number of properties acquired by buy-to-let investors using a mortgage will plummet by more than a quarter over the next...

There has been a significant increase in the number of students living in purpose-built student accommodation across Britain, making it harder...

The total amount of rent paid to private landlords is now more than double the amount of mortgage interest paid to...

Article 50, the starting gun for the UK to leave the European Union was triggered six weeks ago and now the UK...

Four in 10 people who rent a home expect to be renting a property for up to a decade; an attractive...

The total housing wealth owned by UK landlords has increased substantially over the past five years, underlining why bricks and mortar...

The cost of renting property in London looks set to increase in the months ahead on the back of the widening...

Rents across the UK are set to increase sharply over the next five years, as more people choose to rent, rather...

Buy-to-let landlords face the risk of double taxation if they choose to put their property investments into a limited company to...

For many investors in London and the South East, the relentless pressure on buy-to-let income means that the numbers no longer add...

Demand for rental properties in prime central London has increased in recent months as would-be buyers become cautious prior to the EU...

Property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market should look to university towns in the North West to find the...

Affordable housing provider Rentplus has secured up to £70 million funding to support the delivery of thousands of new rent-to-buy homes   The...

Almost all landlords are considering increasing rents to pay for the higher taxes they now face, according to a survey by...

The government’s initiatives to try to increase house building and owner occupation will not stop demand for rented homes rising by...

Demand for buy-to-let is set to soar with each new generation while home ownership will continue to plunge. Fewer than half of...