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Superdry wants to slash the rent it pays the landlords of 39 of its UK city centre stores, as part of...

Over half of current home owners with adult children have or expect to help their children financially to buy a property...

The average water bill has risen by 6% in England and Wales in recent days, which could see households having to...

New data sourced from millions of Barclays current accounts reveals growing stability in UK housing costs, which saw their lowest uplift...

A leading business analyst is firmly blaming interest rates for the see-saw in house prices seen in recent indices. The latest, from...

The UK government's long awaited Spring Budget announced some key changes for the property market in an effort to stimulate activity...

The average house prices in England was £290,000 last year, some 8.3 times average annual earnings. This was actually down from 8.5...

New research from Halifax reveals that investing in solar panels leads to possible cost and energy savings for landlords and other...

Renting affects the resilience of all age groups.  Only one fifth of Millennial/Gen Z households who rent are on track for a...

Uttlesford District Council's annual Landlord Forum, in partnership with the National Residential Landlords Association will take place on Tuesday May 14...

An activist group is demanding that the lower Capital Gains Tax should apply only to landlords who sell with sitting tenants. In...

The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

Rightmove is calling on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to use next week’s Budget as an opportunity to incentivise landlords to make properties...

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

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

Some 69 per cent of landlords have already or are planning to increase the size of their property portfolio, increasing to...

Speculation continues apace over the likely measures in next month’s Budget, especially after what is seen by political analysts as a...

Although SDLT receipts have been volatile in recent years, the property tax’s effectiveness as a revenue-raiser for the Government is not...

Two new build household names often favoured by landlords buying investment properties have announced a merger. Barratt has reached a £2.5 billion...

Most home owners, including landlords, have experienced obstacles that have prevented them from carrying out energy efficiencies on their properties. That’s according...

Painful tax traps have been set for millions of people this year. Your pay may not even have kept pace with...

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

The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...

With 3.5 million UK adults planning major home improvements in 2024, an energy expert has shared seven adjustments that can properties more sustainable.  The...

There are now fewer than 35 days until self employed workers - including many landlords - will need to submit their...

A new analysis of discounts available to cash buyer suggests they can save tens of thousands of pounds on some property...

A Labour politician has returned to the subject of rent controls - even though the party has officially abandoned this as...

A business consultancy claims the HMNRC Self-Assessment helpline - set up to assist those compiling and filing tax returns as the...

Many households are struggling with rising costs, while renters in particular continue to struggle with low quality housing, the Resolution Foundation...

One in four people don’t have enough savings to cover a 25 per cent drop in earnings - and that rises...

Tenants value location, flexibility and direct landlord relationships according to new research from specialist lending bank OSB Group.  The Future Tenant Standard...

A house building firm claims more people want to move to increasingly energy-efficient homes.  A survey by Redrow shows that 26 per...

Almost 60,000 Londoners in the private rented sector are likely to become homeless over the next six years if the government...

A panel of experts forecast house prices will fall as much as 10 per cent by Autumn 2024. Financial website Finder brought...

The Bank of England has left its base interest rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent. Its Monetary Policy Committee, which decides the...

Tenants claiming benefits are likely to get more assistance with court fees under a revised grant scheme starting this winter. The Help...

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

There is a real difficulty for Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party at the moment.  After 14 years in power, any failings land squarely...

There’s been a strong personal attack on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak by anti-landlord activists over the subject of energy efficiency. The Generation...

There’s been widespread relief at the government’s eco U-turn which may lead to thousands of pounds of savings for landlords. Prime Minister...

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

Dashly, a platform that monitors over £100 billion of mortgages, says landlords in London renewing loans soon will be, on average,...

Activist group Generation Rent is now demanding a change to the Renters Reform Bill to help tenants with energy bills. The group...

The challenges facing the property market right now are well reported; from rising interest rates pushing up mortgage payments to a...

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

There’s news for tenants on a budget - it may now cost less to be a lodger in a house than...

This year Tax Freedom Day fell on Thursday June 8. This was the day of the year by which, theoretically, the...

Renters are being offered a 100 per cent mortgage by the Skipton Building Society - the first time such a product...

Renters in both the private and social housing sectors have been described as having “a pension problem” by a financial analyst. Helen...

A new study by a University of Glasgow-led research centre has found that the UK housing sector is lagging over 30...

A tax expert has set out top tips for landlords as they embark on a new financial year. Mike Parkes, tax expert...

The Scottish Government - which is already implementing a rent cap and eviction ban for the private sector - is now...

Over two million more people are likely to be higher rate taxpayers by 2028 – thanks to the freezing of the...

A tax expert claims the government’s move to abolish the lifetime allowance for pension contributions may damage the buy to let...

The monthly cost of owning a home for first-time buyers is now £971 - £42 or four per cent lower than...

With landlords obliged to think increasingly about energy efficiency measures, new data from Legal & General’s surveying team helps identify different...

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out ways in which mortgage lenders can help customers struggling with payments - but landlords...

With less than one month left until the end of the tax year, many experienced investors will have completed their tax...

Overseas buyers - likely in many cases to be investors - have taken a bigger stake in the wealthy enclave of...

Last week it was announced that North Devon's second homeowners could pay double the amount of council tax after one year...

As energy prices and the cost of living continue to rise, property owners are searching for ways to reduce their energy...

A business consultancy says the high cost of renting is ruining the retirement dreams of different groups, such as single people...

Here are five of the most common bad energy habits that people tend to overlook, and advice on how to fix...

When life is impossibly expensive, it’s not a surprise to see a rise in financial abuse. And to make matters worse,...

The average prospective buyer now predicts they will be 37 years old by the time they get their first home.  This compares...

The National Residential Landlords Association has launched an initiative called Home Bank to encourage tenants and landlords to help one another...

Phil Spencer’s online consumer service Move iQ has created a series on its YouTube channel looking at living in Build To...

One in eight private renters aged between 18 and 35 years old have already moved home to save money during the...

An accountancy expert claims that inflation and rising rents could push more landlords over the £10,000 threshold for Making Tax Digital.  Currently...

Renters have higher rates of anxiety than home owners, it’s been claimed by a think tank. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation says that...

Green mortgage discounts could be a key tool in helping landlords make the energy efficiency upgrades necessary to achieve an EPC...

Uncertainty has become a vastly overused word to describe our economic situation in recent years. But, once again, it’s an unwaveringly...

Campaigning charity Shelter is partnering with HSBC’s First Direct bank to provide what it calls its first “renter support initiative” called...

The government’s expected U-turn on the future of Section 21 eviction powers has provoked an explosion of anger from Generation Rent...

The residential sector is a key component of the government’s mission to lower carbon emissions – in 2021, it accounted for...

As the autumn weather turns colder, many families are proactively seeking ways to reduce their energy use as, even with the...

Around seven out of 10 prospective first-time buyers’ attempts to purchase a property have been impacted by the rising cost of...

Households are big emitters of greenhouse gases, accounting for 26 per cent of total emissions. With targets in place to improve...

The government has been given the clearest signal yet that substantial numbers of landlords will quit the sector if radical reforms...

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

The Hargreaves Lansdown Savings and Resilience Barometer - which looks at national resilience on debts, savings, investing and planning for later...

More SME landlords are seeking advice about whether now is the right time to incorporate, before progressing plans to secure more...

The National Residential Landlords Association has hit out at what it calls “baseless suggestions” that landlords will not pass on energy...

Landlords interested in improving energy efficiency in their investment properties can see and hear tips on how to do it at...

As landlords continue to exit the market, there seems to be no easy solution for selling. Owning a buy-to-let portfolio can be...

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 property investment platform is to spend £1 billion buying and retrofitting thousands of homes in the private rental sector, The...

There’s a gulf in the amount that landlords are willing to pay to meet proposed new EPC requirements and what they...

A new analysis of household energy consumption has found that a combination of green technologies could reduce bills by up to...

A park home specialist is claiming that this property niche is better suited than conventional rental or owned homes for energy...

Startling new housing market data has been interpreted as “torment for tenants” according to a business analyst. The latest Halifax house price...

A national lettings agency chain is offering what it calls “first-of-its-kind EPC+” to landlords. Connells says this will provide landlords with better...

A utilities advice service has come up with a list of measures which it says can reduce expenditure by tenants and...

Down-sizing, once the preserve of retired home owners, is now a phenomenon in the rental market too. That’s the claim of Sarah...

Growing numbers of people are feeling psychologically affected by the cost of living crisis according to the latest Inflation Nation report...

The Baroness leading the Generation Rent campaign group is accusing many landlords of failing to sell - despite having said they...

A PropTech platform says it’s giving landlords the opportunity to spread their management fees and marketing costs across the duration of...

Prime central London may not seem to most obvious part of the UK for buy to let investors but a leading...

As the weather begins to warm up, many will be starting to think about giving their homes a seasonal spring clean....

Renters are amongst the three groups likely to suffer worst as the cost of living crisis unfolds, an analyst has warned.  Sarah...