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House prices last month were just 1.1% higher than April 2023, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index. The average house...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
The Renters Reform Bill returns to the House of Commons today with activist groups critical of amendments put forward to reach...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove is warning that the housing market is set for disruptions from the summer onwards, and suggests the brisk start to...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Responding to confirmation that the Renters Reform Bill will return to the Commons next Wednesday, Ben Beadle of the National Residential...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
There wasn’t much by way of good news in the Spring Budget for landlords and property investors last month. Although some rumours...
18 April 2024
From: Sponsored Content
A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A council is looking to work with more private landlords to help reduce homelessness. Over the past few years Shropshire council has...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Amendments to be made to the Renters Reform Bill when it returns to the Hoise of Commons next week won’t significantly...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The government has committed to returning the amended Renters Reform Bill to the House of Commons in mid-April. MPs return from their...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
23 March 2024
From: Tax & Finance
The Property Redress Scheme, one of two approved ombudsman-style schemes for the private rental sector, has published the findings from a...
23 March 2024
From: The Big Issues
Slowing inflation may - just may - lead the way for reduced interest rates. The headline inflation rate is now just 3.4%,...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The average price of property coming to the market for sale rises by 1.5% (+£5,279) this month to £368,118, as the...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Newly released data by flatshare website SpareRoom reveals average rental prices in Greater London have seen a drop. Average rental prices in...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A landlord who illegally converted a property into six flats has been ordered to pay more than £220,000. A previous unlawful change...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in February, says the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal effects. This resulted in...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Landlords play a crucial role in providing safe and comfortable housing for tenants while also managing rental properties effectively. Staying informed...
01 March 2024
From: Sponsored Content
The National Residential Landlords Association says it wants a speedy implementation of the Renters Reform Bill to avoid uncertainty - and...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Analysis by Zoopla says rent controls introduced in Scotland have directly led to higher rents. The property portal’s research team has analysed...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A council has won an appeal to enforce a Financial Penalty Notice that was served on a landlord who let out...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The Renters Reform Coalition - a group of organisations including Shelter and Generation Rent - has again written to Housing Secretary...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
This week’s official inflation rate is now expected to show a possible rise, rather than a fall. Although there is widespread expectation...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
I’m not especially political and certainly carry no candle for one flavour or another. I might argue that they’re all pretty...
10 February 2024
From: Legislation & Compliance
The Generation Rent activist group says the government must “make it clear that landlords and letting agents can let homes to...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Landlords considering selling up have received guidance from Rightmove on when to do it and how. The portal claims February is the...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Average new seller asking prices rose 1.3 per cent between December and January - the biggest rise at this time of...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Direct Line is highlighting the importance of residential landlords having their properties inspected regularly, with research revealing 83 per cent of...
13 January 2024
From: Legislation & Compliance
The chief executive of Generation Rent has slammed the chair of the NatWest Bank for comments over first time buyers. At the...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove claims that a new record number of sellers came to market on Boxing Day, with a 26 per cent increase...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 -...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
New data from HM Revenue and Customs reveals a 22 per cent annual drop in residential transactions in the year to...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A new council licensing scheme has been given the go ahead by the government. Peterborough council’s selective licensing scheme will be run...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A business consultancy claims the HMNRC Self-Assessment helpline - set up to assist those compiling and filing tax returns as the...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords providing much-needed private rented accommodation in part of Merseyside are to fall under an expanded licensing regime. Wirral councillors have voted...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The Renters Reform Bill’s proposal to replace Assured Shorthold Tenancies with rolling ‘periodic’ lets could put landlords’ properties at risk, it’s...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
I recently attended the NRLA’s annual conference in Birmingham and a theme that still dominates discussion in the industry is the...
02 December 2023
From: Tax & Finance
Housr, a student living start-up, says it’s started its second year by adding 45,000 properties to its platform ahead of the...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Markets are saying the UK - and for that matter the US and mainland Europe - have all hit peak interest...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A slew of MPs who are members of the Renters Reform Bill committee receive money from letting out rooms or properties...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Next month Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, will be one of the experts at an Agent...
21 October 2023
From: Rental Reform
Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...
13 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A fire and rescue service is urging tenants to know their rights when it comes to fire safety. Warwickshire Fire and Rescue...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says a new How To Rent guide will be issued today, October 2. Private...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The classic “landlord favourite” for buying and selling - the auction house - appears to be bucking the downward trend in...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Rental sector organisations have been given an indication by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that a new How...
15 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Rents will rise 25 per cent over the next four years, outpacing the modest 5.5 per cent House price growth across...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The Renters Reform Bill is not scheduled for debate this week in Parliament - and time is running out for it...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
House prices fell 1.9 per cent in August and are down 4.6 per cent over the year, according to Halifax. It’s the...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Making an investment in a country with a different currency introduces exchange rate risk. Ideally, a UK investor would buy the...
26 August 2023
From: Agent Advice
There’s a blunt warning to renters from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A statement from Oxford’s Labour controlled council says private landlords in the city have under a month to apply for a...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The number of property transactions fuelled by the mortgage sector has fallen by 42 per cent so far this year. Britain’s more...
01 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Labour controlled Brent council in London has taken the possibly-unique step of paying a landlord’s legal fees and rent to avert...
27 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s leading mortgage brokers predicts a rise in the Bank of England base rate next month - and...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Spiralling interest rates, soaring inflation and rocketing mortgages have created a “perfect storm” which will result in another five per cent...
17 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords who may be in the market for buying or selling this year are being warned about a dramatic 54 per...
05 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A council has given an insight into its past five years of enforcement actions against private landlords. The Labour council in Newham,...
03 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The government has taken limited action over the soaring cost of mortgages - but there’s no direct help for landlords and...
26 June 2023
From: Breaking News
One of London’s most aggressive landlord licensing regimes says it has an early-bird offer running until July 14. Landlords applying for Newham...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
House prices were largely unchanged in May, edging down by just £130 compared to April - but on an annual basis...
08 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The Labour Mayor of Newham in London has called for a vast extension of landlord licensing. Rokhsana Fiaz says she welcomes a...
05 June 2023
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s most popular destinations for both visitors and short let accommodation is likely to be hit with a...
02 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Moneyfacts, the respected independent mortgage market monitor, is warning that lenders have been withdrawing buy to let fixed deals. Within the buy...
01 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The Renters (Reform) Bill introduced by the Government signals the long-awaited reform to existing housing legislation and the headline grabbing abolition of...
27 May 2023
From: Legislation & Compliance
I have read a great deal in the media recently about a mass landlord ‘exodus’. The story goes along the lines of...
20 May 2023
From: Rental Reform
Research conducted by activist group Generation Rent is claiming “shocking discrimination towards minority ethnic communities while navigating the private rental market.” The...
15 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A trade body says inventories are set to play an increasingly important role in the private rental sector as fire regulations...
12 May 2023
From: Breaking News
When the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II took place on 2nd June 1953 the average house cost just £1,692...
06 May 2023
From: The Big Issues
The Welsh Government has published draft legislation that changes the terms of converted contracts and any renewals that replace them, closing...
03 May 2023
From: Breaking News
HMRC says UK residential transactions in March totalled 89,560 - that’s a chunky 19 per cent lower than the same month a...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
New figures show that property taxes - often rising as a result of frozen thresholds - lead the way as the...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The number of new prospective tenants registering at each branch of a Propertymark-member lettings agency held steady at 106 in March,...
19 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A tax expert has set out top tips for landlords as they embark on a new financial year. Mike Parkes, tax expert...
05 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
A new How To Rent guide has been released today by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Trade bodies were...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
In the last three months of 2022, mortgages agreed for the coming months were down by a third from the previous...
18 March 2023
From: Tax & Finance
A new How To Rent guide is to be issued on Friday, according to a government communication with the National Residential...
14 March 2023
From: Breaking News
New data about the Prime London housing market shows that the average discount to asking price has increased to 8.4 per...
14 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Proposed government reforms of the private rented sector threaten to make it harder for students to enter higher education, according to...
13 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords increasingly reliant on capital appreciation may be relieved to hear that one of the country’s best respected indices suggests house...
08 March 2023
From: Breaking News
House prices fell by an average 1.1 per cent over the past year - the first annual decline since June 2020,...
02 March 2023
From: Breaking News
An influential housing market analyst says it now looks like house prices will stay flat in 2023, rather than fall. Nicholas Mendes,...
24 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The better-than-expected sales market has been a surprise to investors, owners, buyers and sellers alike, says Rightmove. In its latest monthly snapshot...
20 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Three quarters of local authorities are set to increase their council tax by the maximum amount in April as they complain...
15 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A London borough council has revealed the number of cases it has taken against private landlords since the start of 2021...
08 February 2023
From: Breaking News
In 2020 to 2021, the private rented sector in the UK accounted for 4.4m households, housing over 11m people with an...
04 February 2023
From: Agent Advice
Government plans to reform the private rented sector risk making it more difficult for students to enter higher education. That’s the warning...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Prime rental growth in London ended 2022 up 10.9 per cent on the year, according to Savills prime lettings index, as...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
After two months of falls, the average price of property coming to the market for sale rises again by 0.9 per...
16 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Research from Midlands lettings agency Barrows and Forrester shows the volume of homes entering the market for sale has almost halved...
10 January 2023
From: Breaking News
New data from Rightmove reveals the areas which have seen the largest price jumps in the past year. It says that Eastwood...
09 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The average house price fell a further 1.5 per cent in December according to the Halifax - and that comes on...
09 January 2023
From: Breaking News
New research has found that nearly half of landlords feel it’s harder being a landlord now compared to the start of...
04 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Students face chaos as government plans to reform the rental market threaten to cause widespread uncertainty as to whether housing will...
29 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The mood music surrounding the housing market downturn appears to have become less dramatic with news from the Nationwide that there...
28 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A council says it is looking to work with more private landlords to help reduce homelessness. Over recent years Shropshire council says...