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Just over a fifth of landlords predict their tenants will escape to the country in search of more space because they...

A developer claims a poll of its clients show landlords to be bullish about the market, despite Coronavirus and Brexit. The company...

It is no secret that landlords have long been dissatisfied by the government’s approach to the buy-to-let market. The ongoing imposition...

Buy-to-let landlords and letting agents could be required to process a high number of electrical checks (EICRs) if the recent upturn...

The super prime property market in London has suffered amid the coronavirus pandemic, new research shows.  In times of crisis, the prime...

Demand from consumers, including buy-to-let investors, for new build homes has increased over the past 12 months, new figures show.  Fresh applicant...

Online visits and engagement by homebuyers and tenants in the UK has dropped 4.1% over the past six months as many...

With the number of full-time students in the UK continuing to grow, student housing is now the number one Living investment,...

There are growing signs of stability returning to the residential property market, new research shows.  Sentiment towards the housing market looks positive...

After two elections and three years of intense debate and hostility, the general election in December seemed to offer the political...

The housing market has enjoyed what some are calling a “Boris bounce” following the result of last month’s general election, with...

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

Rents look set to rise over the next 12 months as the supply of new rental properties dries up, according to...

There are tentative signs that landlords are beginning to return to the buy-to-let market, particularly in London where house price falls...

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

A two-speed market has emerged in the buy-to-let sector as most smaller landlords have stopped adding to their portfolios, while their...

Most landlords feel optimistic about the existing UK buy-to-let environment, fresh research suggests. The study by Cambridge and Counties Bank showed that...

The vast majority of homeowners in Britain expect residential property prices to rise over the next six months, Zoopla’s latest ‘Housing market...

London mayor Sadiq Khan is being urged to pull advertisements encouraging landlords to move into tourist lets. Following a significant drop in...

A tenant who was found guilty of deliberately burning down a property he was renting four years ago was sentenced to...

Brexit has “smashed property market sentiment to smithereens”, according to Jonathan Samuels, the chief executive of the property lender Octane Capital. Buying...

Two years on from sweeping tax reforms to the buy-to-let sector, the industry is rapidly shifting towards professional landlords, according to...

A growing number of landlords are turning to social media to garner more information about rental applicants, according to the latest...

One in five landlords plan to stay in the buy-to-let market indefinitely, with the same number of portfolio landlords foreseeing the...

More than half of UK landlords are now feeling optimistic about the existing buy-to-let environment, and the opportunity it presents. The industry...

An exodus of landlords from the buy-to-let market has caused a significant drop in rental property listings in recent month with...

The UK is facing a critical rental shortage as many landlords continue to offload properties due to recent tax a change,...

One in five landlords in this country entered the buy-to-let sector without even planning to, finding themselves with a property ‘accidentally’...

A number of landlords remain confident about the buy-to-let sector despite tax hikes and tougher mortgage rules hitting the private rented...

Uncertainties over Brexit will continue to hit property investor sentiment in prime central London (PCL), according to a leading letting agent. While...

Rental yields remain steady, and yet many buy-to-let landlords are losing confidence in their ability to rely on rental income, a...

There has been a sharp decline in the number of in EU nationals looking to move to the UK following the...

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

Since the twin onslaughts of George Osborne’s Section 24 tax raid and the wholly unfounded negative hype surrounding Brexit, the talk...

With significantly more properties to choose from, tenants are firmly in control when it comes to the private rented market in...

Gearing among landlords remained low in the first quarter of the year, with the average loan-to-value (LTV) ratio falling by 2%...

Many tenants renting privately will almost certainly be hit with rent rises following changes to the tax regime for landlords, according...

The Bank of England’s decision to crack down on buy-to-let lending through the introduction of tighter borrowing rules and stricter affordability...

Annual rental price growth reached 3.1% in November taking the average UK rent to £898 per month, which although higher than November...

London’s super-prime landlords appear to be benefitting from higher stamp duty costs and Brexit uncertainty, as reflected by a rise in...

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

Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote were ‘wide of the mark’ as illustrated...

Rents in the private rented sector continued to rise in July, hitting an average of £846 across England and Wales, according to...

The EU referendum still remains too close to call, but whatever the outcome of today’s vote, letting agents do not believe that...

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...

The Government’s reduction of landlord buy-to-let tax relief to the 20% basic rate is a major factor for half (50%) of...