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Landlords who use the Property Hub Lets online agency are in for a change - in future, their properties will be...

A mortgage lender’s buy to let market index shows yields slightly dipping. Fleet Mortgages’ regional snapshot covers all areas of England and...

Any restrictions on Airbnb and other short lets platforms will hit millions in the UK, according to the people behind new...

An online rental platform suggests almost a third of rental homes may be deemed unaffordable. Ocasa, using Office for National Statistics data,...

New research shows that, since 2016, the average stamp duty payment on buy to let homes has increased by £11,848 in...

Growing numbers of people are feeling psychologically affected by the cost of living crisis according to the latest Inflation Nation report...

Landlords with larger portfolios are more likely to increase rent than small-scale landlords. A poll by The Landlord Works shows that 75...

The highest rental growth since the Global Financial Crisis, coupled with the cost of living crisis, is putting increased pressure on...

A council is considering imposing Banning Orders on unregulated and ‘informal’ landlords who have no lettings background and who advertise on...

A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...

Landlords who have mortgages from the Yorkshire Building Society have been told that they do not need to inform the lender...

Rental affordability is deteriorating in parts of England. The research by rental platform Rentd looked at the current average income of a...

A strong rental market means fewer and shorter void periods - and that’s exactly what’s happening now. Rental platform Rentd analysed the...

New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...

A local authority says the fact that it has conducted no prosecutions against private landlords despite over 1,100 complaints from tenants...

The number of private rental homes has increased by 18,610 in the last five years - defying those suggesting an exodus...

The new housing minister is a landlord - and has already attracted criticism from some sections of the media. Yesterday Chris Pincher...

Newly published rental yield from Rightmove reveals that the average yield across Great Britain is 5.5 per cent. This is the highest...

Local media are reporting that landlords on a housing estate known to harbour drug traffickers and criminal gangs are being given...

The BBC Radio 4 consumer affairs programme You and Yours says 4,746 rental scams have been reported to the police and...

An agency is claiming its series of webinars for buy to let landlords and investors is proving a big success -...

Many agencies give their forecasts for the following year or years in the late autumn, but one of the most detailed...

Many homeowners face situations where they have no other option but to rent out their home. Often there are periods where...

The council in Harrogate, Yorkshire, has issued what appears to be a celebration statement about its legal action against rogue landlords. The...

New research shows that the average rental yield in Britain has remained at roughly 4.2 per cent throughout the pandemic. Regionally, the...

Some student rents have increased by over 25 per cent in the past five years according to new research. Specialist rental industry...

Landlords, letting agents and tenants in South Yorkshire are being warned about an increase in rental fraud. Local police there say they...

A landlord who failed to comply with improvement notices for a vulnerable tenant and threatened to evict her if the improvements...

Demand for private rented housing has reached a five year high says the National Residential Landlords Association. In the association’s survey of...

A new table of UK city affordability offers some guidance for landlords looking for urban properties in some of the least...

New research by a property investment consultancy has revealed which regions of England present the most promising opportunities for buy to...

The latest rental market snapshot released by ARLA Propertymark shows a little of the heat coming out of the rental market...

The best buy to let yields can be found in the North East of England according to new research.  The region as...

For the first time in seven years it’s now cheaper to rent a home than buy one. So says the Hamptons lettings...

An expert assessment of the average cost of damage caused by rogue tenants growing cannabis suggests landlords will typically pay almost...

An analysis of the Green Homes Grant applications show exactly which areas will be hit most when the scheme comes to...

A PropTech ‘prospector’ tool which analyses Rightmove data from an investor’s perspective has produced a list of the 10 best average yields...

Renters are quitting London and heading for the regions in search of more space and bigger homes and gardens. That’s the claim...

For over two decades, The Cumberland has been offering specialist lending to the hospitality sector, and 10 years ago, it became...

Small scale or accidental landlords will need agents to help them let studio and one-bedroom properties, Rightmove says in a market...

Would-be landlords are being wooed by an opportunity to win a 13-apartment portfolio in return for ... just a £10 ticket. It's...

A PropTech firm has drawn up a list of those regions with the highest proportion of rental properties with EPC rating...

A growing number of buy-to-let investors are heading north for better returns, according to Hamptons International. But while investor demand for property...

Almost three in 10 letting agents saw landlords  increasing rent in June in response to high demand from prospective renters, new...

Accord Buy To Let is introducing 14 new mortgage products as part of a full range refresh to offer buy-to-let landlords...

Activity levels in the rental market bounced back to pre-lockdown levels in June, as the reopening of the housing market released...

London has long been home to the highest rental deposits, but what other regions in England are seeing tenants pay above...

Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) Commercial Mortgages has introduced a new limited company buy-to-let product targeted specifically at holiday letting properties in...

There has been a general softening in residential property prices across many parts of the UK in recent months, suggesting that...

Rightmove yesterday recorded a sharp rise in searches for property on its website as it was forced to deal with pent...

The average tenant in the UK is spending almost half of their monthly net income to cover the average cost of...

Buy-to-let rental yields have remained largely flat, increasing by just 0.1% over the past 12 months, according to Sourced Capital. The research...

Landlords currently looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas should head north to places like Liverpool, Bradford and Sunderland, with new...

Landlords should be aware that eight estate and letting agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme (TPO), which means...

Average monthly rents across the country increased by just £2, or 0.26%, on Q4 2019 to hit an average of £775...

Wage cuts and a surge in unemployment threaten to destabilize the housing market on an unprecedented scale, as the number of...

There has unsurprisingly been a sharp slowdown across the UK property market over the past few weeks as a consequence of...

Customers from Yorkshire Building Society, Accord Mortgages, Accord Buy to Let and Chelsea Building Society who have been financially affected by...

Average UK rents continued to rise in February, but failed to keep up with inflation, according to the latest HomeLet Rental...

Insurers are set to pay out an average £32,000 per household for flood claims following the destructive storms last month, according...

Buy to-to-let landlords across the Midlands are most likely to acquire new property over the next 12 months, new research show.  A...

Two-bedroom properties make the best investment for buy-to-let landlords in England when it comes to existing rental yields, fresh research shows.  Howsy...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay more than £2,000 after ignoring several requests to carry out important repairs to...

The locations that saw the biggest house price increases in the last year have been unveiled by the Post Office Money.  The...

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined £1,384 after pleading guilty to failing to selectively license a rental property he owns in...

Britain has faced terrible flooding this year. Floods and other property emergency can take minutes to occur and years to remedy....

Accord Buy To Let is attempting to improve its service and make its mortgage products more widely accessible by amending its...

A rogue landlord who repeatedly rented out a substandard property in Yeadon, West Yorkshire, has been fined more than £25,000. Jack Collins,...

The UK housing market is showing signs of recovery following a prolonged period of uncertainty, according to JLL.  The property firm forecasts...

There was more choice for those looking to rent in October, reflected by a notable rise in the number of homes...

Accord Buy to Let has made modest reductions to the cost of its 80% loan-to-value buy-to-let mortgage range.  The intermediary only subsidiary...

Landlords’ confidence in the buy-to-let sector continues to fall with the majority less confident about the PRS than they were three...

Rents in the UK’s private rented sector increased further in October, according to the latest data.  The figures from HomeLet show that...

The proportion of homes let in this country by overseas-based landlords has increased, new figures show. The latest data from Hamptons International,...

SES Engineering Services has been appointed to provide mechanical, electrical and plumbing design and installation services on the Mustard Wharf Build...

There has been a notable increase in landlord insurance claims where properties have been damaged by people using them to grow...

Rents in the UK’s private rented sector continued to increase in September, the latest figures show.  The data from HomeLet reveals that...

Rent increases in the third quarter of 2019, as released by The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) Rent Index, reveal growth...

Landlords’ confidence in the buy-to-let sector has collapsed, as reflected by the latest industry research. However, despite gloomy forecasts, the fundamentals in...

There has been a further improvement in letting market activity, according to board company Agency Express. The number of new rental property listings...

Landlords’ confidence in the buy-to-let sector has collapsed, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA). Confidence in landlords’ business expectations has tumbled...

The average property increased in value by £2,046 during the first half of 2019, led by gains in the West Midlands,...

A buy-to-let landlord in South Yorkshire has been fined £4,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,121 as well as a...

The vast majority of homeowners in Britain expect residential property prices to rise over the next six months, Zoopla’s latest ‘Housing market...

The average cost of renting a property in the UK increased by 1.6% in the 12 months to May, according to...

There was a notable drop in the number of new rental listings, while the volume of properties let last month also...

Rents across England and Wales have edged slightly higher over the past 12 months, increasing by an average of 0.5% to...

The average rent across England and Wales has remained flat over the past 12 months, with rents reaching an average of...

Weak rental growth has resulted in improved affordability for renters across many parts of the country, including London, while rents in...

There has been a sharp decline in the number of buy-to-let landlords investing in the capital’s property market since the 3%...

UK rents have started to increase at a rate not seen in the market for more than two years, fresh figures...

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

There was a significant drop in the number of new rental listings, while the volume of properties let last month also...

The gap between the cost of buying and renting is down 59%, its lowest level in nine years, according to the...

A new fire safety campaign urging private sector landlords and letting agents to always abide by the law and install smoke...

Vendors will often accept an all-cash purchase offer over a higher-priced offer with a mortgage, highlighting the importance of cash in...

When it comes to saving for retirement, many of us are split on whether property or a pension is the best...

Three fifths of Brits have experienced a pest problem within their home, with 64% of those who have had an infestation...

Accord Buy to Let has launched a five-year fixed rate deal at 2.22% up to 60% loan-to-value (LTV), as part of...

A fall in annual rents and wage inflation helped ensure that renting became more affordable in 2018, according to The Deposit...

Dodgy solicitor Ross McKay, who helped a fraudster create a £10.8m property empire with the help of Tameside’s criminal underworld, has...

Rents in the UK’s private rented sector increased by 0.97% in the 12 months to November 2018, virtually unchanged from the...

There has been sharp slowdown in rental market activity as we draw closer to the festive period, the latest data from...

The average cost of renting a property in the UK increased by 1.5% in the 12 months to November, the latest...

Accord Buy To Let has added to its range of buy-to-let mortgage products for existing borrowers, with rates now starting from...

There was greater choice for those looking to rent last month, reflected by a sharp increase in the number of properties...

Buy-to-let landlords who have adopted a high yielding investment strategy may be interested in new analysis of the BTL market that...

Accord has added to its range of buy-to-let products, including the launch of new cashback options on its two-year fixed rate...

Buy-to-let landlords wishing to achieve the highest rental returns need to look at a variety of factors, but one of the...

There was a further decline in the number of properties let last month, as a drop in supply restricted choice for...

The UK rental market is in recession for the first time since the global financial crisis, according to The Deposit Protection...

Accord has cut its buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 0.25% in an effort to attract more business from landlords, particularly...

A private tenant was shocked when he returned home to find the locks to his rental property had been changed and...

The proportion of let properties in the UK that are owned by overseas landlords has dropped dramatically, according to new figures. The...

Accord Buy To Let has cut rates across its mortgage range by up to 0.16%. The intermediary-only lender, part of Yorkshire Building...

There has been a further improvement in the letting market, according to board company Agency Express. The number of new rental property...

Accord Buy to Let has reduced rates on selected mortgage deals, with products now available from below 2%. Buy-to-let landlords looking to...

There is still plenty of money to be made in buy-to-let, provided you invest in the right areas, according to new...

Accord has launched two new fixed-rate mortgages for ‘first-time buyer’ landlords, on the back of a notable rise in the number...

The total amount of equity released by homeowners, including buy-to-let landlords, was up 5.8% in May compared to the previous month,...

There was a decline in the number of properties let last month, as a fall in supply restricted choice for prospective...

The majority of buy-to-let landlords with properties in Yorkshire and Humberside are feeling positive about the future of the rental market, with many...

Rental prices increased by 1.5% in April compared to the corresponding month a year earlier, according to the latest HomeLet Rental...

Accord Buy To Let has reduced rates on two and five-year fixed-rate remortgage products by up to 0.18%. Accord, which is part...

Accord Buy To Let has reduced rates on selected fixed-rate products by up to 0.15%. These reductions are being applied to two-...

There has been an improvement in the letting market, according to board company Agency Express. The number of new rental property listings...

Low levels of activity in the sluggish housing market are forcing many homeowners to accept offers well below asking price, making...

The number of landlords remortgaging in order to raise funds to improve their properties has reached an all-time high, new figures...

Hackney in east London has recorded the fastest growth in rents on a typical two-bedroom home over the past decade, according...

Private landlords are now being offered more choice when looking to remortgage after Accord Buy To Let launched a new mortgage...

The average buy-to-let investor who sold their rental property in 2017 did so for £86,651 more than they paid for it,...

There has been a reported surge in calls from landlords whose investment properties were damaged by the ‘Beast from the East’...

Rental prices increased by 1.2% in February compared to the corresponding month a year earlier, the latest HomeLet Rental Index shows. The...

The private rented sector has enjoyed a strong start to 2018, according to the Agency Express Property Activity Index. National month-on-month figures...

Accord Buy To Let has overhauled its buy-to-let mortgage range by introducing 17 new products and reducing rates by up to...

With house prices increasingly steady outside of London and the South East, the housing market across many parts of the country...

Accord Buy To Let is offering landlords who remortgage a £500 cashback on selected loans, including eight remortgage deals. The intermediary-only lender,...

There has been a significant improvement in the letting market, according to board company Agency Express. The number of new rental property...

Accord Buy to Let has cut selected remortgage rates for buy-to-let landlords by up to 0.17%. The intermediary-only lender, which is part...

The proportion of landlords acquiring properties in cash has reached an all-time high of 65%, according to fresh data from Countrywide. The...

Annual rental price growth in the UK slowed to just 0.9% in October, which was less than half the 2.1% increase...

From today Accord Buy To Let is offering free standard valuation and up to £1,000 cashback on all of its fixed...

The number of new rental property listings increased by 2.4% during August compared to the same month a year ago, the...

The number of buy-to-let landlords in the UK has fallen by 154,000 since 2015 despite the volume of rented homes increasing...

A growing number of landlords are selling off properties and increasing rents in response to regulatory changes and political uncertainty after...

Rents are likely to rise in the third quarter of year as fewer rental homes come on to the market because...

Rents look set to increase further in the coming months, as the supply-demand imbalance continues to grow. With landlords facing increasing pressure...

Rental yields remain steady, and yet many buy-to-let landlords are losing confidence in their ability to rely on rental income, a...

Accord Buy To Let is the latest lender to announce that it is amending details of its buy-to-let lending criteria for...

There was a drop in the number of properties let last month, as a lack of supply restricted choice for potential...

Buy-to-let landlords in London have increased rents by 45% on average over the past decade, as the cost of renting in...

There has been a major slump in the number of homes for rent over the past six years, fresh figures show. There...

Landlords who agree to take out any of Accord’s buy-to-let mortgage products are being offered a lump sum of up to...

The number of properties coming on to the private rental market continues to fall, driving up rents across many parts of...

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

There was a significant fall in both the number of new listings and properties let last month, as a lack of...

Rents in London have recorded their first annual drop for eight years, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. In April, the...

Rental price growth in the UK remains sluggish, the latest HomeLet Rental Index shows. The annual rate of rental price inflation reached...

There was a significant increase in both the number of new listings and properties let last month, but the rental market...

The proportion of homes let through a limited company reached an all-time high of 20% in the first quarter of the...

Some buy-to-let landlords are bracing themselves for smaller profits over the coming years as a result of the new mortgage interest...

Rents in the private rented sector rose by an average of 2% in Britain in the 12 months to March 2017,...

Accord Buy to Let, the intermediary-only lender, has announced that it is now accepting applications from borrowers classed as consumers: non-professional...

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £800 for various breaches of his selective license. Stephen Halliday, 50, of Bingley,...

Rents across in England and Wales rose in all but two of the eight regions analysed in the year to February...

Average rents in Great Britain have fallen for the first time in more than six years, driven by a sharp drop...

A high number of tenants in the private rented sector feel as though they are being left with little alternative but...

As part of its commitment to support buy-to-let landlords, Accord Buy to Let has from today reduced rates on selected lower...

Buy-to-let landlords are increasingly looking to move out of central London to more affordable suburbs where higher yielding property investments are...

Annual rental price growth slowed to just 1.7% in December, which was less than half the 3.8% increase recorded in December 2015,...

Activity in the letting market improved dramatically in November, according to the latest data from Agency Express. Across the UK, the number...

Buy-to-let landlords who scrambled to acquire homes earlier this year are beginning to rent them out or now looking to re-let...

Stamp duty should be coughed up by those selling their home rather than purchasers as this would boost property transactions, while...

UK homeowners are more than twice as likely as buy-to-let landlords to be in arrears, according to Computershare, a major servicer of...

Storms and floods wreaked havoc across much of southern England last week, leaving a number of homes and businesses damaged, and...

Accord, the intermediary lending subsidiary of Yorkshire Building Society, has cut rates across some of its buy-to-let products. From today, buy-to-let landlords...

Activity in the letting market slowed in October, according to newly released data from Agency Express. Across the UK, the number of...

There was a sharp increase in new rental properties listed in October, mostly in major towns and cities, according to fresh...

Some 440,000 basic-rate tax payers will be forced into a higher tax bracket from April next year once planned changes to...

Activity in the letting market continued to grow in September, new figures from Agency Express show. Across the UK, the number of...

The supply of homes listed on the market to let has fallen sharply now that pretty much all of the buy-to-let...

Annual rental growth slowed to 3% in September, which is the lowest rate of increase this year, HomeLet’s latest Rental Index has...

Average rents paid by private tenants increased by 2.3% in the 12 months to August 2016, as demand for rental housing...

Let's face it - landlords have a bad reputation. The press often portray buy-to-let landlords as greedy money-grabbers who are looking...

The rental market remains steady in the face of the various economic and political headwinds the sector has faced recently, according...

Accord Buy to Let has announced plans to expand into the consumer buy-to-let and first-time landlord markets over the next few...

The number of new rental property listings increased by 3.6% during July, according to the latest figures from board supplier Agency...

With many landlords now facing higher taxes and more stringent borrowing conditions, it is crucial that mortgage lenders do more to...

Accord Buy To Let has reduced rates on its entire fixed rate range by up to 0.3% and launched new remortgage...

There was a rise in the volume of homes ‘to let’ and ‘let’ last month, owed in part to the buy-to-let...

Rents in Britain rose by an average of 2.5% in the 12 months to May, which was a marginal fall from...

Keepmoat has struck an agreement with investment partner Sigma Capital Group to invest in the region of £800m in developing private...

Private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK increased by 2.6% in the 12 months to April 2016, unchanged when...

Landlords have started to change their purchasing habits in response to the new 3% stamp duty charge for investors introduced last...

With savers receiving dismal returns from banks and building societies, thousands of people have unsurprising turned to residential property as a...

Rental prices in the private rented sector (PRS) rose by an average of 2.6% over the year to March 2016, unchanged...

Investors seeking funding to invest in lower value properties are now being offered access to Accord mortgages after the firm reduced...

The supply of rental housing stock on letting agents’ books fell in March, to the lowest level since the start of...

Accord Buy to Let has reduced selected rates by up to 0.15% on its range of two-year fixed rate 60% and...

A Yorkshire landlord has been prosecuted after failing to provide gas safety certificates for two rented properties.  Harrogate Magistrates’ Court heard that...

The latest figures from the HomeLet Rental Index reveal that rents on new tenancies agreed over the three months to November...

A survey of nearly 2,000 landlords commissioned by Paragon Mortgages reveals that tenant demand has continued to grow across the country...

Research carried out by the National Landlords Association (NLA) shows tenant demand remains strong, with four in 10 landlords reporting an...

The average tenant in the UK spends 41% of their monthly salary on rent, according to new research. London's tenants fork out...

The number of available private rented properties rose in July, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) monthly Private...

A tenant found in possession of drugs initially tried to pin the blame on his landlord. Police found £2,000 worth of cannabis...