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There’s been a bevvy of buy to let mortgage deal changes this week. Shawbrook has made a series of reductions across its...

National Landlord Investment Show has announced that the former Leader of the Conservative Party, the Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith,...

Three webinars next week will cover key aspects of deposit disputes between landlords and tenants. They’re organised by the Deposit Protection Service...

West One Loans has launched a new product range, called W3, containing a 6.84% five-year fix with a 4.99% fee and...

The popular narrative may have been that first time buyers have been priced out of the market, partly by landlords: but...

There have been more changes to buy to let mortgage ranges from lenders. Coming into effect today, The Mortgage Works will be...

Homes Under The Hammer property expert Lucy Alexander is fronting a new campaign to identify empty homes and bring them back...

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

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

Calling all landlords, Investors and property professionals: National Landlord Investment Show returns to Olympia London on 6th March for its first...

The National Landlord Investment Show returns to Olympia London on March 6 for its first show of the 2024 calendar. Now in...

Buy To Let lender Paragon Bank has added five-year fixed-rate ‘green’ products to its range of BTL mortgages. Rates start at 4.89...

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

A range of specialist buy to let mortgage products covering multi-occupancy properties, mixed-use or part-commercial properties, and expat investors, has been...

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

An insurance firm claims landlords shopping for a new mortgage deal may be expected by lenders to prepare personal guarantees. Purbeck claims...

The Penrith Building Society has scrapped mortgage application fees for all buy to let and residential  products, including further advances, until...

New research from a construction professional body shows a large proportion of people would not buy a newly built property due...

The Mortgage Works is reducing rates on products for new and existing landlord customers by up to 0.40 percentage points, with...

The National Residential Landlords’ Association’s annual conference next week is a sell out with all 800 or so tickets sold to...

Paragon Bank has announced a 4.69 per cent five-year fixed-rate buy to let mortgage, marking the lender’s lowest rate for this...

The Mortgage Lender has two new buy-to-let products. These include a standard two-year fixed, with an initial rate of 4.69 per cent...

The Scottish National Party councillor for Oban North and Lorn - which includes the village of Plockton, made famous by the...

Paragon Bank is the latest to reduce mortgage rates for landlords. It’s cut rates across 22 buy-to-let mortgage products, with fixed deals...

Former England footballer turned TV pundit and property expert Dion Dublin is to headline this month’s South East Property Expo. The centre...

If you live in a rented home, you’ll know the struggles of wanting to make your home feel like your own...

One of Britain's best known DJs has taken to social media to highlight what she sees as the unfair government policy...

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

Landlords pulling out of buy to let because of high costs and overbearing regulation now have a guide to how quickly...

Beverley Building Society has entered the buy to let market for the first time with two new products. Its variable rate BTL...

Mortgage lenders have launched a £5m media campaign to publicise the support available to owner occupier mortgage holders if they face...

Barclays is working with TV guru Phil Spencer to give home owners some £2,000 to make selected energy-efficiency improvements to their...

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

TV property guru Phil Spencer has offered a series of tips to letting agents on how to retain landlord clients, especially...

This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...

Consumer champion Martin Lewis - the man behind the Money Saving Expert website and TV shows - has backed the Renters...

TV property expert Phil Spencer has called for a radical simplification of the rules surrounding landlord licensing, fees and other regulations. In...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has still not given a new date for the publication of the Renters...

Housing minister Rachel Maclean has been ridiculed by a TV show audience over her claim that Brexit has no part in...

Move iQ, the consumer-facing online service operated by TV property guru Phil Spencer, is linking with the Build To Rent trade...

A court has heard that Amjad Ali Khattak, owner of a flat in Oxford, removed his tenant’s possessions and left them...

Virgin Money has cut a range of its core, exclusive and buy to let deals. BTL core and exclusive highlights include -...

Buy to let specialist lender Landbay has brought back its green five-year fixed rate range as well as launching two new...

Eight criminal landlords - three of them companies - have been fined approaching half a million pounds. They were prosecuted for offences...

The Green Party’s co-leader Carla Denyer has branded the government’s Right To Buy scheme as a “slum landlord’s charter”.  Denyer made the...

Location Location Location star Phil Spencer - a former buying agent - says he’s “particularly worried” about the private rental sector. He...

Roma Finance is the new main sponsor of Sky TV’s Property Elevator, the show for budding property entrepreneurs. The entrepreneurs pitch their...

Property guru Phil Spencer has set out five reasons to keep faith with buy to let. In an article for Estate Agent...

The National Landlord Investment Show has announced a series of free events for landlords, investors and property professionals throughout 2023. Co-founder Steve...

In 2020 to 2021, the private rented sector in the UK accounted for 4.4m households, housing over 11m people with an...

The perennial shortage of new homes in the capital has now collided with a sharp increase in government regulation, a tripling...

Suffolk Building Society has announced the launch of a new five-year fixed expat buy to let product for properties with an...

BBC Three is to show a TV programme about tenants facing eviction after being served with Section 21s. It’s an independent production...

Although the property and mortgage markets have been in a state of flux for the past few months, with rising interest...

The future of the private rented sector in England has been back under the Westminster spotlight in the last two weeks...

Comparison service Uswitch has created a new app which connects to a home smart meter - meaning, according to the firm,...

The Autumn Statement on November 17 may contain financial measures to help private renters, the Housing Secretary has hinted. “We know people in...

The tax cuts announced in the government’s ill-fated mini-Budget may have been reversed but they gave Labour a chance to hit...

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England has agreed to raise interest rates by 0.5 per cent to 2.25...

Specialist buy to let lender Fleet Mortgages new Green Mortgages across its three core ranges – standard, limited company and LLP,...

On August 4 the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee voted to raise the base rate from 1.25 to 1.75 per...

Landlords who take advantage of the annual Edinburgh festival by charging high fees for Airbnb-sale short lets have been accused of...

As the providers of housing for tenants, landlords are responsible for ensuring the property is safe for those living in it. Various...

  Who are you? Danny Wyrwoll What does it say on your business card? Sales & Marketing Director What is Glide? Glide are a...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been packed with MPs loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as...

A re-offending landlord housed himself and five tenants in what has been described as a death trap property.  The rogue Harrow landlord...

Independent mortgage sector monitor Moneyfacts says the choice for landlords wanting to borrow remains very strong - but increasingly interest rates...

A landlord has been jailed for a year after making a homeless woman perform sexual favours for him in return for...

Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina says he anticipates the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper may now be delayed further, possibly until...

A council has served improvement notices on a number of properties owned by the Salvation Army and let to private tenants...

Let’s face facts, landlords and the private rented sector have a reputation problem. Perceived to be the poor relation of housing provision, the sector is...

It’s been reported by local media that a controversial landlord licensing scheme introduced by a council may now be investigated by...

Landlords are being insulated from the worst effects of interest rate rises because lenders are so keen to win and keep...

There’s a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage products available for current or new landlords. The...

Automated rental payment platform PayProp recently held a webinar, attended by well over 100 people, in which a condensed video of...

The demise of the buy to let market has been much predicted over recent years. Major tax changes, a three per...

Something that has been touching a raw nerve with me for some time now is the issue of so called ‘rent...

Landlords, tenants and residents in parts of Nottingham may be eligible for free home safety improvements to crackdown on burglary. Nottinghamshire police...

Daytime TV programmes often feature amazing property bargains that can be won at auction - and there are fantastic bargains to...

Paragon Bank is doubling both the maximum loan amount it lends on an individual property and the total buy to let...

A Build To Rent operator claims some tenants - around a fifth - are willing to pay more for properties with...

The end of the stamp duty holiday, which was introduced in July 2020, is now only a few weeks away. The upcoming...

Understanding the exact position of your property portfolio is crucial, this means, you need to   get constant access to accurate information. The...

Buy to let lender Keystone says demand from landlords making the switch to holiday lets have driven it to expand its...

Evictions guru Paul Shamplina returns to the TV this evening but his Channel5 show has had a name change - it...

Specialist buy to let lender Landbay is the latest to try to turn landlords green by offering discounted mortgages for rental...

A landlord who fly-tipped the contents of a flat so another tenant could move in has been ordered to pay thousands...

It’s already a very un-typical part of the United Kingdom but now Jersey has set itself apart in a different way...

There’s good news for landlords considering investing or refinancing in the buy to let sector as interest rates are beginning to...

Landlord Antanas Klibavicius has pleaded guilty to illegally evicting his tenant and not taking any steps towards ending the tenancy properly...

TV star Robert Rinder - best known for his performances under the guise of Judge Rinder - has made an outspoken...

It’s been reported that a bid to impose a rental licensing regime on the Channel Island of Jersey - set to...

The spring market in Florida is white-hot at the moment, rivalling the increasing temperatures across the state as people begin their...

A consultation process is taking place on the Channel Island of Jersey about whether landlords should be banned from refusing to...

Buy to let mortgage choice has increased for the fifth month in a row, according to independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts. There...

The eviction ban may have made life less stressful for tenants but a housing lawyer claims otherwise. David Renton, writing in the...

From April, almost two-thirds (67%) of England’s councils are set to increase their council tax by 4.90 – 5.0%. However, the pandemic has...

The first thing you need to consider when you’re buying a second property is what are you buying it for –...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m David Hackett, Head of Business Development for The DPS    What...

This 10-part series - filmed before the pandemic - follows letting agents, eviction specialists and lawyers helping landlords chase rent arrears and...