The latest sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests a drop in landlord activity across the UK. RICS does...
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Some 45 per cent of landlords remain optimistic about the year ahead, despite the obvious health and regulation challenges - and...
05 January 2021
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The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the vast majority of respondents expect rents in...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a significant slump in the number of new enquiry levels from landlords seeking property management and tenant-related services, according...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

One in 10 landlords wants to buy another investment property in the coming year according to a new survey. This compares to...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

For over two decades, The Cumberland has been offering specialist lending to the hospitality sector, and 10 years ago, it became...
29 October 2020
From: Property Investment & Strategy

Just over a fifth of landlords predict their tenants will escape to the country in search of more space because they...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A developer claims a poll of its clients show landlords to be bullish about the market, despite Coronavirus and Brexit. The company...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News

It is no secret that landlords have long been dissatisfied by the government’s approach to the buy-to-let market. The ongoing imposition...
25 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords and letting agents could be required to process a high number of electrical checks (EICRs) if the recent upturn...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The super prime property market in London has suffered amid the coronavirus pandemic, new research shows. In times of crisis, the prime...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Demand from consumers, including buy-to-let investors, for new build homes has increased over the past 12 months, new figures show. Fresh applicant...
23 June 2020
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Online visits and engagement by homebuyers and tenants in the UK has dropped 4.1% over the past six months as many...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News

With the number of full-time students in the UK continuing to grow, student housing is now the number one Living investment,...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

There are growing signs of stability returning to the residential property market, new research shows. Sentiment towards the housing market looks positive...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News

After two elections and three years of intense debate and hostility, the general election in December seemed to offer the political...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The housing market has enjoyed what some are calling a “Boris bounce” following the result of last month’s general election, with...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Now that 2020 is underway, activity in the property market is likely to start picking up due to the traditional seasonal...
17 January 2020
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Rents look set to rise over the next 12 months as the supply of new rental properties dries up, according to...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

There are tentative signs that landlords are beginning to return to the buy-to-let market, particularly in London where house price falls...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The mortgage industry is predicting a 1% increase in buy-to-let business in the next 12 months, according to Paragon’s latest Financial...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A two-speed market has emerged in the buy-to-let sector as most smaller landlords have stopped adding to their portfolios, while their...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Most landlords feel optimistic about the existing UK buy-to-let environment, fresh research suggests. The study by Cambridge and Counties Bank showed that...
25 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The vast majority of homeowners in Britain expect residential property prices to rise over the next six months, Zoopla’s latest ‘Housing market...
11 June 2019
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London mayor Sadiq Khan is being urged to pull advertisements encouraging landlords to move into tourist lets. Following a significant drop in...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A tenant who was found guilty of deliberately burning down a property he was renting four years ago was sentenced to...
18 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Brexit has “smashed property market sentiment to smithereens”, according to Jonathan Samuels, the chief executive of the property lender Octane Capital. Buying...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Two years on from sweeping tax reforms to the buy-to-let sector, the industry is rapidly shifting towards professional landlords, according to...
19 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A growing number of landlords are turning to social media to garner more information about rental applicants, according to the latest...
18 September 2018
From: Breaking News

One in five landlords plan to stay in the buy-to-let market indefinitely, with the same number of portfolio landlords foreseeing the...
21 August 2018
From: Breaking News

More than half of UK landlords are now feeling optimistic about the existing buy-to-let environment, and the opportunity it presents. The industry...
15 August 2018
From: Breaking News

An exodus of landlords from the buy-to-let market has caused a significant drop in rental property listings in recent month with...
12 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The UK is facing a critical rental shortage as many landlords continue to offload properties due to recent tax a change,...
15 June 2018
From: Breaking News

One in five landlords in this country entered the buy-to-let sector without even planning to, finding themselves with a property ‘accidentally’...
13 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A number of landlords remain confident about the buy-to-let sector despite tax hikes and tougher mortgage rules hitting the private rented...
04 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Uncertainties over Brexit will continue to hit property investor sentiment in prime central London (PCL), according to a leading letting agent. While...
03 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Rental yields remain steady, and yet many buy-to-let landlords are losing confidence in their ability to rely on rental income, a...
08 August 2017
From: Breaking News

There has been a sharp decline in the number of in EU nationals looking to move to the UK following the...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Article 50, the starting gun for the UK to leave the European Union was triggered six weeks ago and now the UK...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Since the twin onslaughts of George Osborne’s Section 24 tax raid and the wholly unfounded negative hype surrounding Brexit, the talk...
27 April 2017
From: Breaking News

With significantly more properties to choose from, tenants are firmly in control when it comes to the private rented market in...
21 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Gearing among landlords remained low in the first quarter of the year, with the average loan-to-value (LTV) ratio falling by 2%...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Many tenants renting privately will almost certainly be hit with rent rises following changes to the tax regime for landlords, according...
20 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England’s decision to crack down on buy-to-let lending through the introduction of tighter borrowing rules and stricter affordability...
18 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Annual rental price growth reached 3.1% in November taking the average UK rent to £898 per month, which although higher than November...
16 December 2016
From: Breaking News

London’s super-prime landlords appear to be benefitting from higher stamp duty costs and Brexit uncertainty, as reflected by a rise in...
08 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents across the UK are set to increase sharply over the next five years, as more people choose to rent, rather...
07 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote were ‘wide of the mark’ as illustrated...
23 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents in the private rented sector continued to rise in July, hitting an average of £846 across England and Wales, according to...
12 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The EU referendum still remains too close to call, but whatever the outcome of today’s vote, letting agents do not believe that...
23 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Confidence among buy-to-let investors remains low following recent and forthcoming changes to tax for buy-to-let landlords in the UK, according to...