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Paragon Bank is offering four new limited edition buy to let mortgages, with two products suitable for landlords with three or...

A controversial council has launched a 12 week consultation on its policies restricting Airbnb-style short lets. Edinburgh council insists that new Airbnb...

A new index shows that only one in eight potential first-time buyers can purchase the average FTB home in their area. The...

Landlords purchased just 10% of homes sold across Britain during the first half of this year - the lowest share for...

A convicted gangster caught with £500,000 worth of heroin has been refused entry to the landlord register in Scotland. This will mean...

Latest official figures from the government’s Office for National Statistics show that average UK private rents increased by 8.6% in the...

UK house prices stayed relatively flat for the third successive month in June, according to figures released over the weekend by...

Rightmove says the government elected today must build 120,000 homes to help return rents to what it believes are normal levels,...

A prominent industry figure has criticised politicians for leaving all sides of the private lettings sector with uncertainty - and allowing...

The deputy chief executive of Generation Rent claims to have suffered “horrendous exploitation” at the hands of lettings agents.  Dan Wilson Craw...

A new analysis of property sales expenses suggests that landlords who sell now are paying up to 21% more in estate...

Mortgage industry research on affordability estimates that the cumulative shortfall in first-time buyer numbers since the financial crisis reached 3.1m by...

Energy Performance Certificates can be riddled with inaccuracies and give unhelpful advice to property owners. That’s the view of consumer service...

A manifesto just released by the Labour Party and dedicated to Scotland hints at ent controls. In recent years Labour has backed...

Paragon Bank has launched a new refurb-to-let deal, offering landlords finance to upgrade their properties. The two refurb-to-let products are designed for...

More than one in five people in the UK fear they or someone they know could be homeless in the next...

Average house prices remained broadly stable in May, down just 0.1% on a monthly basis. This actually took the annual rate of...

Shock new figures from Zoopla show that although rental demand has softened over the last year there are still 15 people...

A landlord has pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner, with the offence having been racially aggravated, having...

A senior Propertymark figure has made the case for second and holiday homes - against the recent trend of criticism. The issue...

Figures publicised in a new House of Commons report suggests there’s been a huge rise in the number of short lets...

Average UK private rents were up 8.9% in the year to April according to the Office for National Statistics. This is a...

Landlords in London are benefitting from double digit increases in rents, outdoing every other region of Great Britain.  London rents increased by...

Just days after suggesting rent controls of any kind were off the table, it now appears Labour may be considering them...

A study by property software firm APRAO shows new-build house price premiums at their highest in a decade. The supplier analysed existing...

Propertymark has issued a guide to tenants about their rights to have a pet.  A statement from trade body Propertymark says that...

A property portal has taken the unusual step of warning politicians about the dire impact of rent controls on the private...

Brand new data from online mortgage broker Mojo Mortgages has revealed significant differences in the types of properties the average UK house...

It looks as if a prominent local authority in Scotland is going to temporarily scrap the country’s tight rules on who...

Red tape and a hostile attitude towards landlords from government is fuelling Scotland’s housing crisis, experts warn. John Blackwood, chief executive of...

Figures from the Department for Energy and Net Zero indicate that only 4,648 households so far have taken advantage of the...

Airbnb has ripped into politicians in Scotland who have implemented restrictions on short lets. The former SNP-Green coalition government allowed local councils...

More landlords predict Scotland will attract the most residential property investment outside of London and the South East in the next...

The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...

The government has been accused of mismanaging reforms to no-fault evictions saying: “It’s created uncertainty upon uncertainty”. Theresa May first made the...

Detached homes in Wales are the slowest property types to sell across the UK and take an average of 92 days...

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

The architect of the controversial rent control policies in Scotland has left the government. It is not known what long-term implication this...

The latest official government rent index shows that average private rents across the UK as a whole increased by 9.2% in...

A trade body claims private tenants are ‘suffering’ because lettings agents are not regulated. Propertymark is demanding equal treatment between lettings agents...

Tenant referencing provider Canopy has released data from a  rental affordability index, which claims most tenants are at the very limit...

A think tank based in central London says landlords would not quit the sector if much tougher - and more expensive...

UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March. Nevertheless, the annual rate of house price growth edged higher to 1.6% in...

Scotland’s new Housing Bill - introducing a laborious eviction process and rent caps across the country - will ‘compound the mistakes’...

The controversial proposal for permanent rent controls in Scotland, published just ahead of the Easter holiday, doesn’t go far enough for...

The Scottish Government’s Housing Bill allows SNP and Green politicians to create rent control areas, triggered by local authorities, and this...

It’s all change at the start of the new tax year, and with so many tweaks to so many rules, it’s...

A charity representing older people has taken up almost all of the key demands of activist group Generation Rent. Independent Age says...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

Rental growth continued to cool in February, says the latest market snapshot from lettings agency Hamptons.   Last month, the average rent on...

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

Green Party activists responsible for rent controls on Scotland have now slammed landlords who claim the number of rented homes is...

Media outlets in Scotland are reporting that Edinburgh council is considering charging short let landlords for bin collections. The plans are to be...

SNP councillors in Scotland have come up with an innovative suggestion to improve energy efficiency in private rental properties. They want councils...

Labour deputy leader and shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner says she is not ashamed to have brought her council house at...

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

Analysis by Zoopla says rent controls introduced in Scotland have directly led to higher rents. The property portal’s research team has analysed...

A prominent lettings agency has hit out at the latest changes to safety regulations that private landlords must comply with or...

I’m not especially political and certainly carry no candle for one flavour or another. I might argue that they’re all pretty...

A survey from NatWest and ratings giant S&P Global shows that 75 per cent of renters across the UK want landlords...

Buy To Let lender Paragon Bank has added five-year fixed-rate ‘green’ products to its range of BTL mortgages. Rates start at 4.89...

UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in January, resulting in an improvement in the annual rate of house prices...

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on migrating away from the emergency rent controls introduced in September 2022 and extended...

The Office for National Statistics says private rents in England experienced a 6.1 per cent rise in 2023, the sharpest annual...

The think tank Policy Connect is warning that landlords have reported that sub-standard carbon monoxide alarms are persistently available online, leaving...

UK landlords are doubling down on urban flats amidst a slow but definite return to conventional office working. Data from Shawbrook Bank...

Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...

The latest HomeLet rental index begins 2024 with a glimmer of hope for tenants as rents have fallen for the second...

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

Landlords have long been a backbone of the auction industry but one player in the sector says the future is online...

The latest Halifax house price index shows average house prices rose by 1.1 per cent in December, the third monthly rise...

Letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has issued a warning to the rental sector about scams based on energy efficiency measures.  An increase...

An analysis of homes that have returned to the market after failing to find a buyer in 2023 suggests that sellers...

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

A lack of Energy Performance Certificate enforcement is putting tenants at risk from high energy costs or cold homes, according to...

By Luke Lightfoot, Regional Director of Asset Management at Sigma Capital As the fastest growing sub-sector in the UK rental market, it’s...

Paragon Bank has launched new five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages with nil product fees. Rates start at 5.80 per cent and there is...

London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons.   The average rent...

The short-term holiday letting industry has significantly expanded in recent years, but this could all change with the introduction of a...

New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...

Affordability limits have been reached in several regions of the UK, the Home property website suggests. While some regions are still recording...

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

A controversial ‘housing emergency’ declared by a city council is the result of decades of low investment in social housing according...

A major council has declared a Housing Emergency for its city, attributing part of the problem to rising private rents. A statement...

Scotland’s Court of Session has come down in favour of the Scottish Government when it comes to rent controls. A case against...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health gas come out in support of a legal challenge to the government’s draft regulations exempting...

Propertymark has set out its stall for next month’s Autumn Statement - and many of the demands are for improvements that...

The average asking price across the UK based on the available stock is now £1,829 per month according to property consultancy...

Room rents continue to skyrocket across the UK, reaching new highs in the third quarter of 2023 according to flatware website...

A tenants’ union has developed an app which it claims makes it easy to complain about short lets. Living Rent - a...

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...

A lettings industry expert has admitted he has “little hope” that the current rental market crisis for renters will improve. Andy Halstead, HomeLet &...

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

A new study has revealed the top 10 UK areas with the greatest rental yield making them ideal for a buy-to-let. Confused.com...

The housing market remains a buyers’ market, with 80 per cent more homes for sale than in September 2021 according to...

A Conservative politician has named an individual who he claims is responsible for high rent rises and increasing homelessness. Murdo Fraser, the...

Scotland’s controversial licensing regime on Airbnbs and other short lets, due to start next month, may breach the European Convention on...

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