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Almost four in 10 portfolio landlords are continuing to upgrade their properties to EPC C or above, despite proposed regulations being...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year. The analysis, carried out by...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The management of BTL properties, whether it's a modest collection of three units or a more sizable portfolio of fifteen, can...
15 March 2024
From: Sponsored Content
The bank Shawbrook has completed a buy to let remortgage for a new customer in just 37 working hours. The landlord was...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Over a third of landlords will push back energy efficiency measures due to government flip-flopping on the issue. Research commissioned by tax...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association has teamed up with a provider of so-called ‘smart property protection technology’. This means that landlords can...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Air quality expert Stuart Smith writes: The average family produces 24 pints of water vapour a day through routine activity but many...
20 January 2024
From: Top tips & guides
One of the UK’s best known platforms for mortgages has significantly reduced its Buy To Let rates. Starting from 3.79 per cent,...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
By Luke Lightfoot, Regional Director of Asset Management at Sigma Capital As the fastest growing sub-sector in the UK rental market, it’s...
23 December 2023
From: Top tips & guides
Airbnb in the UK is bringing in restrictions on certain bookings over New Year’s Eve to deter guests holding anti-social parties. Proprietary...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The year of proptech The proptech revolution has been a long time coming but I think that 2024 will the year in...
16 December 2023
From: Agent Advice
A recycling company says landlords should do more to encouraging HMO tenants to boost recycling. The firm - First Mile - suggests...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A new rental website which claims to list “all available homes for young people in one place” has raised well over...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Buried in the small print of the Autumn Statement paperwork is a boost for digital technology and PropTech. In the documentation released...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A new study claims that two thirds of privately rented homes require urgent energy efficiency improvements - and that landlords need...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The rise of ‘Generation Rent’ is well documented, along with the spiralling rent payments they are facing during a tightening cost...
30 September 2023
From: Lettings PropTech
Another problem has emerged for the heat pump sector which had, until last week, anticipated rapid growth as part of the...
29 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A new study of over 600,000 available properties on Rightmove reveals that homes in need of renovation are the most in...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association has launched a new partnership with electrical and telecoms retailer Currys Business. It means that member landlords...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
An analysis conducted over the summer by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform...
05 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Leeds Building Society has launched a new range of Buy to Let mortgages for landlords operating as a limited company. In addition...
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
London landlords and letting agents have so far been hit with more than £900,000 in fines in the first half of...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
When choosing a buy-to-let property, there are many elements that need to be balanced in order to get the biggest return...
17 June 2023
From: Agent Advice
Airbnb has linked up with Neighbourhood Watch in a bid to stamp out anti-social behaviour in short lets this summer. As part...
08 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Airbnb says it’s using screening technology to weed out anti-social tenants this summer. The short lets platform has launched what it calls...
05 June 2023
From: Breaking News
With the cost-of-living crisis causing household bills to increase nationwide, many Britons are worried and concerned about the soaring energy prices...
03 June 2023
From: Top tips & guides
All landlords need to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), with few exemptions. As a property writer, landlord and Domestic Energy...
06 May 2023
From: Legislation & Compliance
A new law is being considered to crack down on predatory landlords exploiting vulnerable people for sex in return for free...
24 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Over 175 investors have put well over a combined £1m into a property management tech business targeting landlords. Digital platform EVO -...
14 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Tax expert David Hannah claims that the government's 12 new high-growth investment zones have already begun to drive property prices in...
14 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The Housing Ombudsman has released its special investigation into Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, the social housing provider which supplied accommodation to Awaab...
29 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The government will this week announce a new consultation on private rental sector energy efficiency - in particular, insulation. This will be...
27 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Energy Performance Certificates must change to properly support reaching net zero, tackling fuel poverty and improving buildings, according to an energy...
06 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has poured cold water on the prospect of any tax cuts in the near future -...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A buy to let investment site has used Artificial Intelligence to identify 10 top property investment opportunities in 2023. Based on analysis...
21 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Cycles of growth and housing market crashes, new technology, and, most recently, the pandemic-fuelled push to escape the city in search...
10 December 2022
From: Lettings PropTech
While many eyes have been focused on COP27 in recent weeks, a massive sea change in sentiment and investment towards climate...
03 December 2022
From: The Big Issues
Digital challenger bank Tandem has launched a new platform that allows people to check the EPCs of their or other properties,...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The residential sector is a key component of the government’s mission to lower carbon emissions – in 2021, it accounted for...
01 October 2022
From: Lettings PropTech
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has cast doubt on the UK’s ambitions to move towards Net Zero - which in...
23 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The UK government’s ban on the sale of new combustion cars from 2030 is fuelling a surge in Electric Vehicle adoption....
13 August 2022
From: The Big Issues
An analysis from PropTech firm Goodlord claims that landlords would have lost a combined £1m over the last year without anti-fraud...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Homes in the rental sector are more likely to have old and inefficient appliances for tenants to use in order to...
05 August 2022
From: Sponsored Content
Prominent buy to let service the Mortgage Advice Bureau has announced a new partnership that should allow landlords to arm themselves...
01 August 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s just possible that the new Prime Minister - whether Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss - might just redress the imbalance...
28 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A property investment platform is to spend £1 billion buying and retrofitting thousands of homes in the private rental sector, The...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords in London contributed to an extraordinary £440m in stamp duty paid on purchases in the first six months since the...
21 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A good broadband connection is one of the main amenities tenants expect from a rental property and something you, as a...
19 July 2022
From: Property Investment & Strategy
A utilities advice service has come up with a list of measures which it says can reduce expenditure by tenants and...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The long Jubilee Weekend celebration may be almost upon us but landlords are being urged respond to a major property tax...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News
No it’s not an April Fool - some tenants in Wales are experimenting with an alternative to radiators and heat pumps....
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The Home Office has issued yet another update of its Right To Rent guidance for landlords and tenants. It advises them on...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings platform that operates for female tenants has announced enhancements to its service. Her Roomies differentiates itself by being a female-focused...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Even before the pandemic, we were seeing dramatic changes across the buy-to-let landscape with holiday lets steadily increasing in appeal –...
02 April 2022
From: Top tips & guides
PropTech supplier Canopy has launched a new service to help tenants affected by the pandemic. Last year Canopy was awarded a grant...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A fledgling trade group its holding an online PropTech conference later this month. The Portfolio Landlords Action Network - PLAN - is...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
In recent days we have heard Michael Gove trumpet his plans to ‘level up’ the UK. We knew that he would be...
12 February 2022
From: The Big Issues
A new fixed-rate platform has been launched that says it will save landlords thousands of pounds in management fees. Rentd claims to...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The Portfolio Landlords Action Network - PLAN - is to hold its first tech exhibition with five companies explaining their benefits...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A personal finance app says it’s teamed up with a new technology firm to provide a service helping landlords prepare for...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The Home Office has confirmed that landlords, letting agents and employers will be able to use certified new technology to digitally...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
An accountancy firm is holding a free webinar for landlords and other property investors to look east ongoing changes to tax...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Households across the country are seeing their energy costs going up, so it is more important than ever that landlords do...
11 December 2021
From: Top tips & guides
The BBC Radio 4 consumer affairs programme You and Yours says 4,746 rental scams have been reported to the police and...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A high profile PropTech entrepreneur has come out against the scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Alexander Siedes, chief executive and...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A cross-party survey of MPs shows that they want to scale up the installation of renewable heating technologies in existing homes,...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The UK government’s target to reach net zero emissions by 2050 has necessitated the introduction of initiatives aimed at reducing fossil...
06 November 2021
From: The Big Issues
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Rajiv Singh |Founder & CEO RentOnCloud www.rentoncloud.com Tell me about RentOnCloud, what does...
04 November 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
PropTech firm Kamma says well over 100,000 private rental homes across the UK are being let illegally because they already fail...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Tell us about your role. I am the Customer Service Technology Group Manager at BSH (group brands include Bosch, NEFF and Siemens)...
02 November 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
There may be a breakthrough in clearing the huge backlog of possession cases as the government is allocating an extra £324m...
02 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The head of a building body says landlords and home owners need a replacement for the defunct Green Homes Grant to...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News
It’s been confirmed that landlords and other home owners in England and Wales will be offered subsidies of £5,000 from April...
19 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A Build To Rent operator claims some tenants - around a fifth - are willing to pay more for properties with...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A new report to be released on Wednesday reveals that far from the pandemic building up arrears, it significantly reduced them. A...
13 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A new portal set up by a leading buy to let mortgage provider claims it will “revolutionise” the borrowing process for...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The government has updated its formal guidance to landlords and letting agents on Right To Rent. This sets out the continuation of...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Virtual Right To Rent checks by landlords, which were to have been illegal from just next week, are now permissible until...
27 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The government needs to beef up enforcement if it wants to address rogue landlords who put tenants at risk, says the...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords will have to spend thousands to meet new government demands to improve energy efficiency in rental properties. Geospatial technology company Kamma...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Understanding the exact position of your property portfolio is crucial, this means, you need to get constant access to accurate information. The...
16 July 2021
From: Sponsored Content
The people behind a new smart system for controlling electric heating and household appliances claim it has the potential to save...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A new survey suggests that most tenants are uniikely to pay more for high tech homes - or even want the...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The number of second homes in the UK has risen 30 per cent over the last five years, according to a...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Oliver Andrews, editor at Property Claim Assist, outlines why it’s vitally important for landlords to keep record during the current Covid...
13 April 2021
From: Legislation, Regulation & Compliance
A bank says it can provide a formal mortgage offer to a buy to let investor in just 48 hours. Shawbrook says...
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News
In the first anniversary of the initial ban on repossessions, it appears the move has backfired spectacularly. Research for the National Residential...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords trying to expand their portfolios can avoid delays caused by residential buyers taking advantage of the Chancellor's stamp duty extension by using four 'buy-to-let hacks', according to broker Mortgages for...
10 March 2021
From: Property Investment & Strategy
Specialist buy to let broker Mortgages for Business says landlords buying now can use four tips to beat the chaos in the...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A virtual show about pest control is being targeted at landlords because of the strong links between pests and housing in...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News
An online mortgage broker specialising in buy to let has launched a new tool using Artificial Intelligence to show landlords how...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...
26 November 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
Technology colossus Samsung has teamed up with a Build To Rent provider to create what it calls “next generation neighbourhoods” of...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News
No matter if you have a property abroad, a holiday home, or rent a place long-term, 2020 has definitely been a...
30 October 2020
From: Overseas Property
Virtual viewings are on the increase according to a new study by the UK's technology-led estate agent, Purplebricks, with one in six buyers...
29 October 2020
From: Lettings PropTech
The Green Homes Grant scheme went live on September 30 2020, offering landlords and investors the chance to apply for £5,000...
29 October 2020
From: Property Investment & Strategy
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stuart Aikman & Mathew Walters, co-founders - Story of...
13 October 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
Not a whole lot has changed since the boom of the private rental sector in the 1980s. At least, not much...