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Co-living developments are a type of purpose-built rental housing, under the same principle as Build To Rent (BTR) but offering smaller size...

A countryside body is blaming the government’s failure to provide affordable housing and the rise in short lets for a homelessness...

A national lettings agency chain is offering what it calls “first-of-its-kind EPC+” to landlords. Connells says this will provide landlords with better...

Buy to let landlords are increasingly targeting smaller, secondary towns and cities rather than big urban centres. Data from Paragon Bank shows...

With Christmas and the New Year now over, landlords, investors and property experts are back to questioning what the coming twelve...

One of the leading consultancies involved in prime London lettings says 86 per cent of new tenancies in Q1 2021 were...

Property search data from Rightmove over the past 12 months has been analysed to reveal the most sought-after areas for a...

The North West has long since ceased to be an “inside tip” amongst forward-looking property investors. It’s now one of the...

Recent years have seen a shift in buyer activity across the UK’s property market, with London’s much publicised decline in popularity...

The average rent across England and Wales has increased by 0.4% in the last 12 months, hitting an average of £861...

Legal & General has been granted planning permission to develop the Longley Industrial Estate into Brighton’s first Build to Rent (BTR)...

Renowned internationally for its designer shopping outlet, Bicester has long been the jewel in Oxfordshire’s crown, attracting millions of visitors annually...

PLATFORM_ has been awarded planning consent to build just over 200 homes on the site of the former Browning Jones &...

Anaconda Cut, standing at 131 metres tall, making it the tallest building in Salford, has been officially launched. The 44-storey tower, which...

Portico has expanded its short-term lettings service, bringing its Airbnb services to Manchester and Liverpool’s high streets. The estate agency, which currently...

Affordability is the overriding priority for renters of all ages when looking for private rented accommodation, according to a survey of...

Legal & General has unveiled its first Build to Rent (BTR) scheme in Scotland to help meet the increasing demand for...

Barclays has cut rates across its buy-to-let range by up to 0.26%. Buy-to-let purchase and remortgage products now start at 2.3% for...

Barclays Mortgages has launched a series of rate reductions across a number of buy-to-let – and residential – ranges for both...

Residential popery prices in Manchester have increased significantly in recent years, with research showing that the city outperformed all other core...

Plymouth has been identified as the top location for landlords looking to invest in purpose-built student accommodation in the UK by...

There has been a notable increase in the number of people wanting to step off the property ladder and rent in...

Glasgow or Edinburgh? Glasgow is a lot like Edinburgh, only more affordable. Obviously don’t make that comment if you’re actually talking...

A new build development of eight luxury flats has come on to the rental market in Shoreditch, east London. The new homes,...

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating 200 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Brighton as part...

Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has exchanged contracts with Abode Hallam Limited after agreeing a deal to acquire...

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating 220 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Birmingham, as part...

UK rental prices fell for the first time in eight years in May, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. The figures...

The Conservatives have announced a range of housing policies designed to help them win the general election, including pledging to build...

Nearly 17% of properties currently available on the private rented sector could become unrentable by 2018 if government plans for new...

Nearly one in ten properties currently available on the rental market could become unrentable by 2018 if government plans for new...

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) has called for the government to abolish stamp duty to create a more “buoyant and...

For many investors in London and the South East, the relentless pressure on buy-to-let income means that the numbers no longer add...

The vote to Leave the European Union is causing the financial instability predicted and past experience suggests that the UK housing...

LendInvest’s latest Buy-to-Let Index has revealed that you will stand to profit most from buy-to-let in London than anywhere else in...

Professional investors should be exempt from the recently introduced 3% stamp duty surcharge, according to the Better Renting for Britain campaign. Some of...

A new project which would work with private landlords to improve standards could be launched in Dundee later this year. Shelter Scotland...