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

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

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

Changes to empty home council tax rates could generate an additional £540m from Monday, a lettings agency claims. Since April 2013, billing...

Britain’s housing stock offers the worst value for money of any advanced economy, according new analysis published by the Resolution Foundation. The...

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

The removal of Section 21 notices and the end of fixed-term tenancies are the two issues that concern landlords the most,...

Landlords who paid Capital Gains Tax at 28% - before the Chancellor reduced it to 24% in this month’s Budget -...

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

Seasonality is returning to the prime London lettings market after three tumultuous years.  The pandemic meant the market was initially flooded with...

A new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...

New analysis claims that the North East of England has made “no progress on greening the highest-emissions homes in 13 years.” Meanwhile,...

Buy to let lender Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

The bank Shawbrook has completed a buy to let remortgage for a new customer in just 37 working hours.  The landlord was...

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

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

A landlord has warned her local authority that high charges for licensing are unaffordable without the fee being passed on to...

A bid to make three Northumberland holiday cottages available as permanent private residences has been rejected by planners. At a time when...

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

The Building Research Establishment - which undertakes research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards-setting for the housing sector - is calling...

Amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, designed to give landlords more protection, have won the backing of a prominent industry figure. Neil Cobbold,...

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

New research published by Lloyds Banking Group during Energy Saving Week has revealed the lack of confidence and skills gaps landlords...

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

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

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

Proposals for a ‘good landlord’ scheme in Greater Manchester have won the personal backing of the chief executive of the National...

Despite inflationary and mortgage volatility over the last 12 months, a mortgage lender claims over a third of commercial landlords are...

A building society is calling upon politicians, government, the Bank of England and local councils and other bodies to cooperate on...

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

A merger of two of the biggest names in the lettings agency world will mean the combined group managing 152,000 rental...

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

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

Many landlords say they’re set to expand investments in 2024 despite facing up to 80 per cent higher costs in the...

The substantial majority of landlords lack any optimism about their sector as they enter 2024. That’s the result of a new sentiment...

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

One in five (20 per cent of) landlords plans to reducing their buy to let holdings according to a new survey. The...

The government has launched a public consultation on a radical new UK home energy rating system to replace the long-standing Standard...

Generation Rent says it’s worked out what rent levels will be in two years’ time. The activists say rents will rise 14...

A respected financial body is warning that landlords face rising costs of up to 80 per cent in the next two...

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

The property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the third quarter of 2023. The...

The latest lettings market forecast from Savills says average UK rents to end 2023 at up 9.5 per cent year on...

Markets are saying the UK - and for that matter the US and mainland Europe - have all hit peak interest...

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

Airbnb is launching a new Sustainability Hub to help its landlord hosts in the UK retrofit and improve the energy efficiency...

London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan wants 10,000 private homes in the capital to be brought into the social rental sector within...

It’s not just the weather that’s wet and dreary – the outlook looks bleak for landlords too as we head towards...

Landlord confidence has improved over the course of the past quarter according to a respected quarterly sentiment survey. The Q3 2023 BVA...

No fewer than 88 per cent of portfolio landlords have added to their portfolios in the last six months, despite market...

A prominent lettings agent says he can see why tenants have lost faith in the government following delays in the banning...

One of the first forecasts for the rental market for 2024 suggests that strong growth will continue. Property consultancy JLL says that...

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

Owners of London HMOs rarely put them up for sale, meaning investors likely need to convert a residential home into an...

Stockton-on-Tees is the latest council seeking people's views on the introduction of Selective Licensing for private rented housing. It launched a consultation...

A think tank that describes itself as “centre right” praises the Renters Reform Bill and claims the fear of landlords selling...

Our generations-old obsession with home-ownership may be waning for the first time in recent memory. The introduction of the Housing Act in...

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

The cheapest end of the rental market is under-supplied and overly competitive, a deposit alternative service claims. The provider - Zero Deposit...

Plans to introduce Selective Licensing of privately rented properties have been agreed by leading Stockton-on-Tees councillors and now go for consultation. Under...

It’s taken some time but one of London’s biggest lettings agencies says a ‘traditional’ lettings market has returned to the capital.  Last...

A prominent property market analyst says he was “gobsmacked” to hear Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tone down the energy efficiency requirements...

Blackpool council will next week consider a new selective licensing scheme for some of the town’s privately rented properties. The scheme will...

Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...

This is back-to-school season and for the majority of university students who choose to move away from their family home during...

A new analysis suggests homes in England are less affordable and in worse conditions than in most other developed nations. The Home...

New research shows that 676,000 homes in England are sitting empty. The research comes from property purchasing firm House Buyer Bureau which...

The latest Rental Demand Index from the Barrows and Forrester agency has revealed that rental demand has surged during the third...

The continued attacks on the buy to let sector have resulted in a dramatic decline in investment plans by landlords. A new...

The National Residential Landlords Association is warning the Welsh government to steer clear of rent controls. In its response to the Welsh...

The latest government figures on the private rental sector show rents rose 5.5 per cent in the 12 months to August,...

To help or not to help: that is the question the government is facing with regard to under-pressure private rented sector...

Rental value growth in prime London postcodes declined further in August as supply built and demand cooled.  That’s the view of high...

Rental markets near London’s Crossrail stations have seen premiums emerge, a new survey suggests.  Areas which have benefitted from the largest reductions...

Landlords are reducing their stock - and they’re blaming the Tories for creating a hostile environment.  This is according to the latest...

Housing associations are urged to urgently check building specifications for the use of Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete or RAAC. RAAC is the...

London local authorities say there’s been a surge in landlords withdrawing from the sector providing temporary accommodation for homeless households. A survey by the...

Trade bodies and short let landlords have made a last-ditch appeal to politicians to stop new rules which could see the...

Authoritative new research suggests that there’s been a 91,000 rise in student numbers to 2.3m - yet in major student cities...

The lack of available housing stock is creating huge problems throughout the Private Rented Sector, including the supply chain. We all know...

Some 80,460 homes across England and Wales are registered to companies located in offshore tax havens. They are worth an estimated £39.8...

Over a third of homes in England are at high risk of overheating as summer temperatures of 40oC and above apparently...

The data from the 2021 to 2022 tax year reveals that it has been a bumper year for capital gains in...

There’s been a large increase in the number of complaints registered with The Property Ombudsman - with lettings agents in the...

July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...

Legislation requiring all rental properties to have an energy performance certificate  rating of C or above will require upgrades to around...

A prominent lawyer says the use of Section 8 eviction powers as envisaged under the Renters Reform Bill could lead to...

The latest research by London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has revealed the uphill struggle facing those in search of a...

New figures from London-focussed agency Foxtons show applicant demand up 19 per cent in June, as the capital enters the peak...

Successive Chancellors (we’re looking at you Gordon Brown and George Osborne) have monkeyed around with the market as if it was...

A prominent housing market website suggests that unprec­edented demand in the rental market may play “a key role” in restricting supply...

The latest rental market snapshot from lettings agency Barrows and Forrester has revealed the hottest location for tenant demand. It says Dorset...

The Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, says he is demanding the powers to seize usage or poor quality homes...

Landlords need to know the true energy efficiency of their property and have a deadline for improvements to calm fears around...

New data from UK Finance, the mortgage lenders’ trade body, throws light on how the mortgage and interest rate crisis may...

A leading buying agent says changing planning priorities amongst London councils are likely to mean that large lateral apartments will maintain...

An experienced property lawyer who has specialised in residential landlord and tenant law for 22 years says she is embarrassed at...

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill has been unveiled, as Ministers bid to address the housing crisis and create a fairer rental...

New data produced by lettings agency Savills gives an indication of how the buy to let sector may be threatened by...