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A property industry group wants to restrict the private letting of properties bought in the future via the Right To Buy...

Police have issued a warning to landlords after a property was left badly damaged by an illegal cannabis grow. The property -...

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...

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

Rental growth in Britain has slowed says lettings agency Hamptons, with the average newly let rent rising 6.7% over the past...

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

The Labour-led government in Wales has issued a consultation proposing the abolition of Land Transaction Tax Multiple Dwelling Relief from June...

Landlords and renters’ activists are at either end of the spectrum reacting to a controversial report on the private rental sector. Yesterday...

New data sourced from millions of Barclays current accounts reveals growing stability in UK housing costs, which saw their lowest uplift...

According to a poll of 1,476 renters by SpareRoom the ongoing housing crisis (85%) tops the list of key priorities to...

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

Rent controls are at the heart of the local election manifesto of the Green Party of England and Wales. Co-leader Carla Denyer,...

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

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

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

A deposit alternative service claims rents have risen an average 46% in the last decade. Zero Deposit claims it’s analysed rental market...

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

The Property Redress Scheme, one of two approved ombudsman-style schemes for the private rental sector, has published the findings from a...

Some of the biggest names in the trade, lending and advisory sectors have produced a report outlining the vast significance that...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer and the party’s controversial Mayor of London Sadiq Khan are at loggerheads over rent controls. Khan has...

Some 89% of higher-rate and 100% of lower-rate taxpaying landlords who sell will see their Capital Gains Tax bill rise in...

The Chancellor has rendered hundreds of lettings businesses unviable overnight as a result of his Budget tax clampdown. That’s the view of...

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

Newly released data by flatshare website SpareRoom reveals average rental prices in Greater London have seen a drop. Average rental prices in...

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

A council is warning landlords and tenants after one landlord was ordered to pay more than £4,700 in fines and costs...

A Tory has slammed the proposed clampdown on short lets proposed by Housing Secretary Michael Gove - and he calls them...

The number of new rental instructions in February was 20 per cent higher year-on-year, says London-focused agency Foxtons. Average rent achieved rose...

The chief executive of a short lets service says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is wrong to think penalising landlords will help solve...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark has called for equal parity between short-term lets and the private rented sector to ensure they meet...

In what may appear a surprise to almost everyone, the Generation Rent activist group has described yesterday’s Budget as a “giveaway...

The National Residential Landlords Association has slammed yesterday’s lacklustre Budget as a missed opportunity. Yesterday’s announcements - like to be the last...

In a final call on the Chancellor to help the private rental sector in today’s Budget, the National Residential Landlords Association...

A landlord who failed to produce annual gas safety certificates as she ignored warnings from a council, has left court with...

A controversial proposal for a £300m tax grab on landlords appears to closely follow a policy suggestion put forward by activists...

A leader of the Renters Reform Coalition activist lobby has made a specific targeted attack on the motives and honesty of...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the private rental sector according to a report this morning...

Zoopla’s latest market snapshot, used as a guide to capital appreciation by some landlords, says there’s now a three-tier housing market...

A property firm which has analysed transactions across the UK suggests the market is, at last, ‘back to normal’ in almost...

Rightmove is calling on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to use next week’s Budget as an opportunity to incentivise landlords to make properties...

Rental sector and property industry views are split over the controversial idea of allowing first time buyers to put down a...

The Generation Rent group has thrown its weight behind a ban on mortgages for holiday homes buyers - and its chief...

The government’s proposal to introduce a new one per cent deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder...

Reversing the tax penalties imposed on buy to let landlords in recent years would reduce the impact of short lets on...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to restrict Airbnb-style short lets do not go far enough, a group of activists has said. Yesterday...

Airbnb has given its backing to a proposal from Housing Secretary Michael Gove to introduce a mandatory register of short let...

An insulation manufacturer is warning of unexpected consequences from insulating a property to make it more energy efficient. William Bown, the head...

Another rental market snapshot suggests that London is suffering an oversupply of properties to let - with rents dipping as a...

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

Almost a quarter of London tenants have had to move rental properties more than five times in five years, a tax...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a group of organisations including Shelter and Generation Rent - has again written to Housing Secretary...

Two thirds of landlords say the demand for private rented housing is continuing to increase, according to new research commissioned by...

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

Landlords seeking capital appreciation will be encouraged from two new housing market surveys - one showing a surprise rise in house...

Two new build household names often favoured by landlords buying investment properties have announced a merger. Barratt has reached a £2.5 billion...

Six in 10 landlords recorded increased tenant demand for their properties in the final quarter of 2023, Paragon Bank research has...

Research by Zero Deposit, a deposit alternative service, claims that under-30s face an almost impossible task when it comes to current...

A prominent London-focused agent and property consultant says landlords are prioritising long term ‘tenant quality’ over short term yields. Jo Eccles, founder...

The Labour Party has committed to extending a crackdown on social housing landlords who fail to fix mouldy homes, to include...

A majority of Buy to Let landlords have been focused on growing property portfolios in the last 12 months, and not...

Increasing the supply of homes for private rent would boost government finances by £10 billion, says the National Residential Landlords Association. The...

A property expert claims capital values on properties should drop significantly if they are not considered appropriately energy efficient. “Homes which aren’t...

If you're thinking of investing in a holiday home this year, there can be a lot to consider. From gathering insight to...

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

The government is considering allowing renters to buy their first homes with just one per cent deposits, according  to press reports...

Labour-controlled Haringey Council in London says the owners of short lets and furnished holiday homes will be forced to pay double...

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

The National Residential Landlords Association is urging MPs to back what it describes as “pragmatic” changes to the Renters Reform Bill...

There will be long term pressure on housing affordability and the private rental sector if demographic forecasts from a range of...

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...

A prominent analyst says the threat of rising inflation caused by the Red Sea shipping attacks - on top of this...

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

Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...

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

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 think tank says rents set in the social sector should reflect the energy efficiency of a property. It’s one of a...

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

There’s a warning this morning that stricter Energy Performance Certificate measures for the private rental sector may not have gone, after...

A building society says it is considering ending its policy of lending to buyers of holiday lets. Martese Carton, the director of...

Some 74 per cent of buy to let landlords are optimistic about the property market in the next 12 months, it’s...

Both sides of the rental divide have criticised Conservative proposals to boost housing demand while doing nothing about supply. Over the New...

With 2023 drawing to a close, flatshare website SpareRoom has revealed data which suggests a slowdown in the rental frenzy -...

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...

Almost two thirds of private landlords expect to see their mortgage payments increase over the next 12 months with warnings that...

Christmas goodwill towards landlords seems in short supply from activist group Generation Rent.  It has this week issued a statement saying the...

Solving the country’s rental crisis needs to be the number one priority for the government when it comes to tackling housing...

The latest RICS Residential Survey, out today, points to an improved outlook for the housing market, with the more optimistic sentiment...

A surprising one in seven lettings agents is now reporting a fall in rents rather than a rise. Although far more agents...

I recently attended the NRLA’s annual conference in Birmingham and a theme that still dominates discussion in the industry is the...

The proportion of private landlords who report increased demand for rental properties has more than tripled compared with demand for properties...

A BBC News report claims that increasing numbers of renters aged over 30 are moving to cheaper areas as rents have...

Housr, a student living start-up, says it’s started its second year by adding 45,000 properties to its platform ahead of the...

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

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

A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...