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Rightmove is warning that the housing market is set for disruptions from the summer onwards, and suggests the brisk start to...

If you’re moving home and have either plenty of equity or savings you can use for a deposit, plus a decent...

There wasn’t much by way of good news in the Spring Budget for landlords and property investors last month. Although some rumours...

Around half of first-time buyers say their prospects of owning a home are further away than ever due to the ongoing...

Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...

Amendments to be made to the Renters Reform Bill when it returns to the Hoise of Commons next week won’t significantly...

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

UK house prices grew in March on a quarterly basis, by 2.0%, with annual growth slowing to 0.3%, from 1.6% in...

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

The so-called ‘Boris bounce’ in the housing market after the last General Election failed to materialise, an estate agency chain claims. Winkworth,...

The tax reliefs enjoyed by landlords running Furnished Holiday Lets (FHL) were cut by the Chancellor this month. Some say the...

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

The average price of property coming to the market for sale rises by 1.5% (+£5,279) this month to £368,118, as the...

An analysis of government data suggests that potential first time buyers have failed to take advantage of literally hundreds of millions...

A prominent lawyer has stepped up her criticisms of Housing Secretary Michael Gove and his attacks on buy to let and...

The buy to let mortgage sector has seen fixed rates fall to their lowest point since September 2022, according to analysis...

Knight Frank says that the Bank of England base rate is likely to stay unchanged at 5.25 per cent for at...

This week’s official inflation rate is now expected to show a possible rise, rather than a fall. Although there is widespread expectation...

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

A newly-nominated candidate in this spring’s London Mayoral election has vowed to lower private rents if he wins. Serge Crowbolder, currently a...

The Generation Rent activist group says the government must “make it clear that landlords and letting agents can let homes to...

Landlords considering selling up have received guidance from Rightmove on when to do it and how. The portal claims February is the...

Paul Johnson - a director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies since 2011 and a visiting economics professor at University College...

Two new reports - from lettings agency Foxtons and data consultancy LonRes - show London’s rental market returning to pre-pandemic normality. Foxtons...

A respected league table of yields in different parts of England and Wales has issued its latest figures. The Fleet Mortgages Buy-to-Let...

The Housing Ombudsman - which assesses problems involving social housing landlords - has found severe maladministration in four cases involving Croydon...

The Build To Rent trade body, the UK Apartment Association, is backing the proposals outlined to clampdown on rogue landlords put...

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

HM Treasury has opened its representations portal, meaning landlords - and anyone else - can submit their ideas for the next...

The controversial activist group Acorn has made a formal public apology to the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association. On...

Rightmove claims that a new record number of sellers came to market on Boxing Day, with a 26 per cent increase...

The Renters Reform Bill in its latest amended version now runs to 15 pages, and is available on the Parliament website. The...

Pipes aren’t normally the first thing that spring to mind when we think of wrapping up for winter, but with an...

Rightmove is building the hype ahead of its much-vaunted Boxing Day listing of new properties to the market. The portal claims that...

Cash and mortgage housing market data show average prices decline by an annual 4.6 per cent says e.surv. But the monthly trend...

Almost all landlords letting out properties in a London borough will soon be legally required to have a selective license. It’s one...

The government’s Office for National Statistics is introducing a new way of measuring rent rises from the spring. It will double the...

Campaigning charity Shelter has welcomed the decision by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance - but it wants it...

Landlords have been urged to protect their properties against bed bugs with regular inspections. Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent...

The UK’s Office for National Statistics will soon have access to data on short-term lets listed on Airbnb, Booking .com and...

Savills is warning that the average UK house price is projected to fall by a further 3.0 per cent in 2024...

The latest market snapshot from Zoopla suggests landlords’ capital appreciation over the second half of this year depends almost entirely on...

A Labour Mayor whose post was abolished by a public vote last year now wants to become an MP. Marvin Rees’ position...

If this was typical of the past 10 years we would be talking of a 0.6 per cent average house price...

A leading analyst says the most recent house price index - released just before the weekend - is a sign that...

The Scottish Government looks set to extend its rent cap for yet another six months - despite widespread opposition from the...

Landlords relying on capital appreciation have good news this morning - there’s been a significant and unexpected leap in house asking...

With spring in the air, adjudicators at The Deposit Protection Service have revealed some of the interesting and unusual tenancy deposit...

HMRC says UK residential transactions in March totalled 89,560 - that’s a chunky 19 per cent lower than the same month a...

Research from Propertymark highlights a growing concern for the private rental sector in Scotland. As the Scottish National Party lurches from crisis...

The National Residential Landlords Association and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme have produced what they call a comprehensive spring cleaning guide for...

Today’s latest market snapshot from Rightmove shows the average price of property coming to market rising by just 0.2 per cent...

A prominent estate agency says landlords and other property owners considering selling this spring must be realistic about asking prices. Savills -...

A think tank is accusing landlords of being unwilling to spend money on insulating draughty rental properties. The cross-party Social Market Foundation...

The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...

The average price of property coming to the market rises by 0.8 per cent this month to £365,357, reports Rightmove. This is...

Good EPC ratings are increasingly important for tenants when considering which properties to rent, it’s been claimed. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of...

Dacorum council in Hertfordshire has prosecuted a private landlord who rented out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King was fined...

It looks like the buy to let mortgage market has bounced back after the disastrous mini-Budget. Moneyfacts, an independent mortgage monitor, says...

The better-than-expected sales market has been a surprise to investors, owners, buyers and sellers alike, says Rightmove. In its latest monthly snapshot...

Propertymark has come out in favour of private landlords being allowed to follow the example of social landlords in agreeing an...

Capital values are set to fall “further and faster” between now and the spring, a property expert predicts. Mortgage lender figures have...

There’s been a dramatic short-term improvement in the number of mortgage products available for buy to let landlords. The independent mortgage market...

The government has announced plans for a £1 billion scheme - called ECO+ - which will see hundreds of thousands of...

As the energy crisis gather pace, households are increasingly likely to be in the position where they are unable to afford...

Home buying agency Spring has analysed which parts of the country have the dubious distinction of having the most rental homes...

Landlords and agents are being asked their views on proposals to expand Selective Licensing to eight new areas of Manchester. There are...

Figures from an authoritative mortgage industry source suggest many more buy to let landlords are diversifying into the holiday let sector. According...

The National Residential Landlords Association has renewed calls for stamp duty cuts on homes to let out. The NRLA initially made the...

As inflation passes the 10% mark, it’s no surprise that many landlords are hurriedly reviewing the health of their buy to...

Rents across Great Britain rose by an average of 8.3 per cent over the last 12 months, marking a gradual slowdown...

A 10 week consultation by Portsmouth council on proposals for new HMO licensing has finished with 1,050 responses. Licences are required for...

In an unexpected statement from the government it’s been announced that social housing residents will be able to get training and support...

Letting agents have come out with figures to back up an argument that landlords have been making for some time  -...

Lettings agency Knight Frank says it doubts the current high levels of capital appreciation will be derailed this year by uncertainty...

Lettings agency Knight Frank says it doubts the current high levels of capital appreciation will be derailed this year by uncertainty...

The UK’s largest listed provider of private rental homes, Grainger, is proposing pet-friendly ‘stay as long as you like up to...

Grainger, the UK’s largest listed provider of private rental homes, is launching its first Build To Rent development in Derby.  It is...

It looks as if landlords have enjoyed further capital appreciation with the latest housing market index showing still-rising asking prices for...

Whether you own a leasehold or freehold property, if you’re an HMO landlord who rents out rooms, individual flats or even...

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

Representatives of holiday let landlords say they hope to capitalise on the increased number of staycations for economic-conscious  holidaymakers. They claim the...

Thousands of landlords are to be quizzed to establish the true cost of damages to rental accommodation by tenants. The “What’s the...

The increased energy price cap could mean bills for the average band G home hit almost £5,000 a year, up £145...

I hope you weren’t holding your breath for the Chancellor to announce a package of help for landlords in his Spring...

Even before the pandemic, we were seeing dramatic changes across the buy-to-let landscape with holiday lets steadily increasing in appeal –...

The government appears to have admitted that the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper has now been delayed yet again, this time...

The Deposit Protection Service is warning landlords not to delay discussions about damp and mould until the end of the tenancies. DPS...

Horrendous price rises are set to hit hard this year. The Spring Statement laid out plans to mitigate the pain of...

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of “stacking the economy against private renters who...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement was something - but not enough. That’s the view of Ben Beadle - chief executive of the...

Shock figures suggest that Airbnb owners are charging up to 600 per cent more to stay at their properties during major...

The former Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer says rent controls are a vital part of a four-pronged ‘Radical Recovery Programme’. John McDonnell has...

The Deposit Protection Service is hosting two webinars this Spring to help landlords and letting agents reduce the chances of deposit...

Applications open later this week for one of the country’s largest and most controversial landlord licensing schemes - in Liverpool. The new...

It goes without saying that any decent landlord wants to provide their tenants with a safe and secure home and to...

The Generation Rent activist group has launched a lobbying campaign, giving a template letter for people to send to MPs ahead...

Around half of the Nightingale courts set up in 2020 at the height of the pandemic are to close, with the...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer and more transparent - but...

Russia sending tanks into Ukraine sounds terrifying, but it also sounds a long way away. Unfortunately, in a world of global...