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Housing Minister Jacob Young will address members of the National Residential Landlords Association in an exclusive webinar on Thursday. This is the...

Nick Woodward, director of lettings at Essential Living, gives insights into why renting may be the best option for many. 1. Responsibility...

Responding to confirmation that the Renters Reform Bill will return to the Commons next Wednesday, Ben Beadle of the National Residential...

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

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

A London council has prosecuted landlord Syed Shah, owner of an HMO, for a string of  breaches that posed significant risks...

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 percentage of tenants choosing to live alone has dropped over the last three years, research suggests.  A study compiled by Reposit,...

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

The average house prices in England was £290,000 last year, some 8.3 times average annual earnings. This was actually down from 8.5...

Members of the union UNISON who participate in round-table discussions with activist group Generation Rents are to receive gift vouchers 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...

Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...

The management of BTL properties, whether it's a modest collection of three units or a more sizable portfolio of fifteen, can...

Some 40% of residential landlords with a mortgage - fixed, tracker or discount - are due to renew their mortgage rate...

Another council is consulting about a controversial selective licensing scheme.  North Lincolnshire council says the proposed scheme is “designed to improve housing...

In September the Prime Minister announced that landlords will no longer be required to meet the minimum EPC minimum energy rating...

The latest index, from the Halifax, shows house prices rose 0.4 per cent in February – the fifth consecutive monthly increase....

Almost a million private rented households reliant on Universal Credit experience a shortfall between the benefit payments they receive and the...

One of the biggest parts of buying a holiday home is securing a holiday let mortgage which can differ substantially to...

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

Average rents on newly let properties across Britain rose 8.3 per cent year-on-year in January, the slowest pace for 13 months...

Analysis by Zoopla says rent controls introduced in Scotland have directly led to higher rents. The property portal’s research team has analysed...

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

A survey from NatWest and ratings giant S&P Global shows that 75 per cent of renters across the UK want landlords...

A recent survey by digital mortgage lender, Molo, revealed that nearly 60% of UK landlords have seen a rise in late...

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

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

UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in January, resulting in an improvement in the annual rate of house prices...

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

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

Direct Line is highlighting the importance of residential landlords having their properties inspected regularly, with research revealing 83 per cent of...

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

Another house price index has indicated a gentle rise in capital appreciation coming through at the end of 2023. Richard Sexton, director...

The chief executive of Generation Rent has slammed the chair of the NatWest Bank for comments over first time buyers. At the...

Analysts have warned landlords and others interested in the housing market from celebrating too much following the latest Halifax index figures. The...

The latest Halifax house price index shows average house prices rose by 1.1 per cent in December, the third monthly rise...

UK house prices ended 2023 down 1.8 per cent compared with December 2022, leaving them almost 4.5 per cent below the...

There are now fewer than 35 days until self employed workers - including many landlords - will need to submit their...

Thousands of Britons earning from letting their spare room or using parts of their home on platforms like Airbnb could be...

Monthly interest costs have surged by 283 per cent since 2021 for landlords using interest-only mortgages, research shows. Octane Capital compared rates...

The Nationwide says 2023 has seen a surprisingly-resilient housing market but there will be no full scale recovery in 2024 -...

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

London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons.   The average rent...

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

London’s ultra-prime rental market has returned this year to pre-Covid levels for the first time, an agency claims. Beauchamp Estates - using...

UK house prices rose an average of 0.2 per cent month on month in November - prompting the Nationwide to call...

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

A new analysis has produced a league table of the most and least affordable rental locations in England. The findings placed Rutland...

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

October saw a surprise 0.9 per cent rise in UK house prices according to the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal...

The breakthrough on council tax and HMOs, announced just before the weekend, may not be all that it seems. That’s the view...

Propertymark has set out its stall for next month’s Autumn Statement - and many of the demands are for improvements that...

The latest rent rise figure produced by the government has triggered an angry response from one of Britain’s top agents. Greg Tsuman,...

Room rents continue to skyrocket across the UK, reaching new highs in the third quarter of 2023 according to flatware website...

Average house prices are now falling 2.9 per cent annually in England and Wales according to the monthly e.surv index. Yorkshire and...

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

Landlords grappling with tax returns have been given some advice - file them sooner, rather than later. Data analysed by business consultancy...

A lettings industry expert has admitted he has “little hope” that the current rental market crisis for renters will improve. Andy Halstead, HomeLet &...

Parents and pet owners are paying as much as £460 per month more for rent and bills, it’s claimed. The claim comes...

It’s the number of homes changing hands rather than their price that’s bearing the brunt of the slowdown say research chiefs...

Lendlord, a platform for the property investment space, has launched a Tenants App to streamline the way renters communicate with landlords. The...

Who are you, and what does it say on your business card? I'm Ashley Day, the Director of Bristol Property Centre.   What is...

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

Data from flatshare site SpareRoom suggests London is now entirely unaffordable to graduates, thanks to sky-high rents. September sees many new graduates...

Over the last 15 years, the HMO market has been transformed.  Back in the ‘90s, multi-lets were mainly student housing or cheap...

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

A prominent analyst says her reading of the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market snapshot makes her believe more house...

As the ‘big buy-to-let’ sell off gathers momentum, we take a look ways you can guestimate the value of your rental...

The average UK rental price hits another all-time high of £1,261 pcm, increasing a further 1.4 per cent from last month.  Excluding...

Dashly, a platform that monitors over £100 billion of mortgages, says landlords in London renewing loans soon will be, on average,...

Yearly returns on the average buy-to-let property in the UK were over £4000 lower in June 2023, compared to the same...

New data from Zoopla this morning makes grim reading for landlords, especially those reliant on capital appreciation and with investment properties...

Making an investment in a country with a different currency introduces exchange rate risk. Ideally, a UK investor would buy the...

By Richard O’Neill, managing director, lettings at Romans Estate Agents As a landlord, your property’s yield is an important figure. It indicates...

Landlords about to remortgage are being urged to secure a new rate as early as possible - even six months in...

Over recent years, as successive governments have tightened lettings legislation and increased the tax burden on landlords, some with investment properties...

There’s a blunt warning to renters from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered...

Average house price fell by 0.3 per cent in July, a fourth consecutive monthly decline, according to the Halifax. This means property...

House prices have fallen an average of 3.8 per cent across the UK in the past year according to the Nationwide. This...

Property investment dates back centuries – millennia, even. As a fundamental necessity for post-nomadic humanity, residential and commercial real estate have...

Today's inflation figures effectively seal the fate of the housing market for the rest of this year - including the crucial...

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

Details have emerged of an extraordinary ‘stress test’ created by the Bank of England and tested on eight major banks to...

A new Bank of England forecast predicts that average monthly payments on buy to let mortgages will increase by around £275...

New data shows the slump in transactions across the UK - and may trigger opportunities for aggressive investors seeking to take...

Annual growth in rental values continues to increase in the traditionally busy summer months, with little sign of an imminent slowdown.  This...

The average UK house price fell slightly in June, by around £300 compared to May with a typical property now costing...

The average UK rental price is now £1,229 pcm, increasing 1.3 per cent from last month.   Greater London sees a massive...

Research from the Home Builders Federation claims owners of new homes will save an average £135 a month on running costs...

The government has taken limited action over the soaring cost of mortgages - but there’s no direct help for landlords and...

A charity is warning that growing numbers of private tenants are likely to have difficulties keeping up with their financial commitments. The...

The Bank of England has announced its latest change in base rate, which is used by most lenders to determine interest...

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

One of the country’s most prominent housing market indices says the current imbalance between supply and demand in the rental sector...

Landlords are being asked for any evidence or case studies that can help build a case against rent controls. The National Residential...

There’s a new warning this morning that rents are set to soar as landlords struggle with much higher interest rate payments...

There’s news for tenants on a budget - it may now cost less to be a lodger in a house than...

One in five first-time buyers taking out mortgages lasting over 35 years A record 19 per cent of first-time buyers took out...