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A PropTech ‘prospector’ tool which analyses Rightmove data from an investor’s perspective has produced a list of the 10 best average yields...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Renters are quitting London and heading for the regions in search of more space and bigger homes and gardens. That’s the claim...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

For over two decades, The Cumberland has been offering specialist lending to the hospitality sector, and 10 years ago, it became...
29 October 2020
From: Property Investment & Strategy

Small scale or accidental landlords will need agents to help them let studio and one-bedroom properties, Rightmove says in a market...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Would-be landlords are being wooed by an opportunity to win a 13-apartment portfolio in return for ... just a £10 ticket. It's...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm has drawn up a list of those regions with the highest proportion of rental properties with EPC rating...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A growing number of buy-to-let investors are heading north for better returns, according to Hamptons International. But while investor demand for property...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Almost three in 10 letting agents saw landlords increasing rent in June in response to high demand from prospective renters, new...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Accord Buy To Let is introducing 14 new mortgage products as part of a full range refresh to offer buy-to-let landlords...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Activity levels in the rental market bounced back to pre-lockdown levels in June, as the reopening of the housing market released...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News

London has long been home to the highest rental deposits, but what other regions in England are seeing tenants pay above...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) Commercial Mortgages has introduced a new limited company buy-to-let product targeted specifically at holiday letting properties in...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There has been a general softening in residential property prices across many parts of the UK in recent months, suggesting that...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove yesterday recorded a sharp rise in searches for property on its website as it was forced to deal with pent...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The average tenant in the UK is spending almost half of their monthly net income to cover the average cost of...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords currently looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas should head north to places like Liverpool, Bradford and Sunderland, with new...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords should be aware that eight estate and letting agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme (TPO), which means...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Average monthly rents across the country increased by just £2, or 0.26%, on Q4 2019 to hit an average of £775...
29 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Wage cuts and a surge in unemployment threaten to destabilize the housing market on an unprecedented scale, as the number of...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News

There has unsurprisingly been a sharp slowdown across the UK property market over the past few weeks as a consequence of...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Customers from Yorkshire Building Society, Accord Mortgages, Accord Buy to Let and Chelsea Building Society who have been financially affected by...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Average UK rents continued to rise in February, but failed to keep up with inflation, according to the latest HomeLet Rental...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Insurers are set to pay out an average £32,000 per household for flood claims following the destructive storms last month, according...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Buy to-to-let landlords across the Midlands are most likely to acquire new property over the next 12 months, new research show. A...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay more than £2,000 after ignoring several requests to carry out important repairs to...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The locations that saw the biggest house price increases in the last year have been unveiled by the Post Office Money. The...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined £1,384 after pleading guilty to failing to selectively license a rental property he owns in...
24 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Britain has faced terrible flooding this year. Floods and other property emergency can take minutes to occur and years to remedy....
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Accord Buy To Let is attempting to improve its service and make its mortgage products more widely accessible by amending its...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord who repeatedly rented out a substandard property in Yeadon, West Yorkshire, has been fined more than £25,000. Jack Collins,...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The UK housing market is showing signs of recovery following a prolonged period of uncertainty, according to JLL. The property firm forecasts...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News

There was more choice for those looking to rent in October, reflected by a notable rise in the number of homes...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords’ confidence in the buy-to-let sector continues to fall with the majority less confident about the PRS than they were three...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Rents in the UK’s private rented sector increased further in October, according to the latest data. The figures from HomeLet show that...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The proportion of homes let in this country by overseas-based landlords has increased, new figures show. The latest data from Hamptons International,...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News

SES Engineering Services has been appointed to provide mechanical, electrical and plumbing design and installation services on the Mustard Wharf Build...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News

There has been a notable increase in landlord insurance claims where properties have been damaged by people using them to grow...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Rents in the UK’s private rented sector continued to increase in September, the latest figures show. The data from HomeLet reveals that...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Rent increases in the third quarter of 2019, as released by The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) Rent Index, reveal growth...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords’ confidence in the buy-to-let sector has collapsed, as reflected by the latest industry research. However, despite gloomy forecasts, the fundamentals in...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

There has been a further improvement in letting market activity, according to board company Agency Express. The number of new rental property listings...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords’ confidence in the buy-to-let sector has collapsed, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA). Confidence in landlords’ business expectations has tumbled...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The average property increased in value by £2,046 during the first half of 2019, led by gains in the West Midlands,...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The vast majority of homeowners in Britain expect residential property prices to rise over the next six months, Zoopla’s latest ‘Housing market...
11 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The average cost of renting a property in the UK increased by 1.6% in the 12 months to May, according to...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News

There was a notable drop in the number of new rental listings, while the volume of properties let last month also...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Rents across England and Wales have edged slightly higher over the past 12 months, increasing by an average of 0.5% to...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The average rent across England and Wales has remained flat over the past 12 months, with rents reaching an average of...
29 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Weak rental growth has resulted in improved affordability for renters across many parts of the country, including London, while rents in...
17 April 2019
From: Breaking News

There has been a sharp decline in the number of buy-to-let landlords investing in the capital’s property market since the 3%...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News

UK rents have started to increase at a rate not seen in the market for more than two years, fresh figures...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The average rent across England and Wales has increased by 0.4% in the last 12 months, hitting an average of £861...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News

There was a significant drop in the number of new rental listings, while the volume of properties let last month also...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The gap between the cost of buying and renting is down 59%, its lowest level in nine years, according to the...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A new fire safety campaign urging private sector landlords and letting agents to always abide by the law and install smoke...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Vendors will often accept an all-cash purchase offer over a higher-priced offer with a mortgage, highlighting the importance of cash in...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News

When it comes to saving for retirement, many of us are split on whether property or a pension is the best...
22 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Three fifths of Brits have experienced a pest problem within their home, with 64% of those who have had an infestation...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A fall in annual rents and wage inflation helped ensure that renting became more affordable in 2018, according to The Deposit...
24 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Dodgy solicitor Ross McKay, who helped a fraudster create a £10.8m property empire with the help of Tameside’s criminal underworld, has...
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Rents in the UK’s private rented sector increased by 0.97% in the 12 months to November 2018, virtually unchanged from the...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News

There has been sharp slowdown in rental market activity as we draw closer to the festive period, the latest data from...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The average cost of renting a property in the UK increased by 1.5% in the 12 months to November, the latest...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Accord Buy To Let has added to its range of buy-to-let mortgage products for existing borrowers, with rates now starting from...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News

There was greater choice for those looking to rent last month, reflected by a sharp increase in the number of properties...
19 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords who have adopted a high yielding investment strategy may be interested in new analysis of the BTL market that...
13 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Accord has added to its range of buy-to-let products, including the launch of new cashback options on its two-year fixed rate...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords wishing to achieve the highest rental returns need to look at a variety of factors, but one of the...
25 October 2018
From: Breaking News

There was a further decline in the number of properties let last month, as a drop in supply restricted choice for...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The UK rental market is in recession for the first time since the global financial crisis, according to The Deposit Protection...
17 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Accord has cut its buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 0.25% in an effort to attract more business from landlords, particularly...
10 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A private tenant was shocked when he returned home to find the locks to his rental property had been changed and...
30 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The proportion of let properties in the UK that are owned by overseas landlords has dropped dramatically, according to new figures. The...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Accord Buy To Let has cut rates across its mortgage range by up to 0.16%. The intermediary-only lender, part of Yorkshire Building...
27 July 2018
From: Breaking News

There has been a further improvement in the letting market, according to board company Agency Express. The number of new rental property...
17 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Accord Buy to Let has reduced rates on selected mortgage deals, with products now available from below 2%. Buy-to-let landlords looking to...
12 July 2018
From: Breaking News

There is still plenty of money to be made in buy-to-let, provided you invest in the right areas, according to new...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Accord has launched two new fixed-rate mortgages for ‘first-time buyer’ landlords, on the back of a notable rise in the number...
28 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The total amount of equity released by homeowners, including buy-to-let landlords, was up 5.8% in May compared to the previous month,...
26 June 2018
From: Breaking News

There was a decline in the number of properties let last month, as a fall in supply restricted choice for prospective...
18 May 2018
From: Breaking News

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...
16 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Rental prices increased by 1.5% in April compared to the corresponding month a year earlier, according to the latest HomeLet Rental...
08 May 2018
From: Breaking News

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...
02 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Accord Buy To Let has reduced rates on selected fixed-rate products by up to 0.15%. These reductions are being applied to two-...
26 April 2018
From: Breaking News

There has been an improvement in the letting market, according to board company Agency Express. The number of new rental property listings...
20 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Low levels of activity in the sluggish housing market are forcing many homeowners to accept offers well below asking price, making...
20 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of landlords remortgaging in order to raise funds to improve their properties has reached an all-time high, new figures...
16 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Hackney in east London has recorded the fastest growth in rents on a typical two-bedroom home over the past decade, according...
28 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Private landlords are now being offered more choice when looking to remortgage after Accord Buy To Let launched a new mortgage...
23 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The average buy-to-let investor who sold their rental property in 2017 did so for £86,651 more than they paid for it,...
12 March 2018
From: Breaking News

There has been a reported surge in calls from landlords whose investment properties were damaged by the ‘Beast from the East’...
12 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Rental prices increased by 1.2% in February compared to the corresponding month a year earlier, the latest HomeLet Rental Index shows. The...
09 March 2018
From: Breaking News

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

Accord Buy To Let has overhauled its buy-to-let mortgage range by introducing 17 new products and reducing rates by up to...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News

With house prices increasingly steady outside of London and the South East, the housing market across many parts of the country...
16 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Accord Buy To Let is offering landlords who remortgage a £500 cashback on selected loans, including eight remortgage deals. The intermediary-only lender,...
08 January 2018
From: Breaking News

There has been a significant improvement in the letting market, according to board company Agency Express. The number of new rental property...
14 December 2017
From: Breaking News

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...
16 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The proportion of landlords acquiring properties in cash has reached an all-time high of 65%, according to fresh data from Countrywide. The...
13 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Annual rental price growth in the UK slowed to just 0.9% in October, which was less than half the 2.1% increase...
09 November 2017
From: Breaking News

From today Accord Buy To Let is offering free standard valuation and up to £1,000 cashback on all of its fixed...
01 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The number of new rental property listings increased by 2.4% during August compared to the same month a year ago, the...
21 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The number of buy-to-let landlords in the UK has fallen by 154,000 since 2015 despite the volume of rented homes increasing...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A growing number of landlords are selling off properties and increasing rents in response to regulatory changes and political uncertainty after...
30 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents are likely to rise in the third quarter of year as fewer rental homes come on to the market because...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents look set to increase further in the coming months, as the supply-demand imbalance continues to grow. With landlords facing increasing pressure...
10 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Rental yields remain steady, and yet many buy-to-let landlords are losing confidence in their ability to rely on rental income, a...
08 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Accord Buy To Let is the latest lender to announce that it is amending details of its buy-to-let lending criteria for...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News

There was a drop in the number of properties let last month, as a lack of supply restricted choice for potential...
19 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords in London have increased rents by 45% on average over the past decade, as the cost of renting in...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News

There has been a major slump in the number of homes for rent over the past six years, fresh figures show. There...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Landlords who agree to take out any of Accord’s buy-to-let mortgage products are being offered a lump sum of up to...
12 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The number of properties coming on to the private rental market continues to fall, driving up rents across many parts of...
07 June 2017
From: Breaking News

UK rental prices fell for the first time in eight years in May, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. The figures...
06 June 2017
From: Breaking News

There was a significant fall in both the number of new listings and properties let last month, as a lack of...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents in London have recorded their first annual drop for eight years, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. In April, the...
08 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Rental price growth in the UK remains sluggish, the latest HomeLet Rental Index shows. The annual rate of rental price inflation reached...
24 April 2017
From: Breaking News

There was a significant increase in both the number of new listings and properties let last month, but the rental market...
20 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The proportion of homes let through a limited company reached an all-time high of 20% in the first quarter of the...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Some buy-to-let landlords are bracing themselves for smaller profits over the coming years as a result of the new mortgage interest...
14 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents in the private rented sector rose by an average of 2% in Britain in the 12 months to March 2017,...
14 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Accord Buy to Let, the intermediary-only lender, has announced that it is now accepting applications from borrowers classed as consumers: non-professional...
11 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £800 for various breaches of his selective license. Stephen Halliday, 50, of Bingley,...
03 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents across in England and Wales rose in all but two of the eight regions analysed in the year to February...
27 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Average rents in Great Britain have fallen for the first time in more than six years, driven by a sharp drop...
13 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A high number of tenants in the private rented sector feel as though they are being left with little alternative but...
10 February 2017
From: Breaking News

As part of its commitment to support buy-to-let landlords, Accord Buy to Let has from today reduced rates on selected lower...
25 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords are increasingly looking to move out of central London to more affordable suburbs where higher yielding property investments are...
20 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Annual rental price growth slowed to just 1.7% in December, which was less than half the 3.8% increase recorded in December 2015,...
11 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Activity in the letting market improved dramatically in November, according to the latest data from Agency Express. Across the UK, the number...
19 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords who scrambled to acquire homes earlier this year are beginning to rent them out or now looking to re-let...
12 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Stamp duty should be coughed up by those selling their home rather than purchasers as this would boost property transactions, while...
06 December 2016
From: Breaking News

UK homeowners are more than twice as likely as buy-to-let landlords to be in arrears, according to Computershare, a major servicer of...
02 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Storms and floods wreaked havoc across much of southern England last week, leaving a number of homes and businesses damaged, and...
01 December 2016
From: Breaking News

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...
30 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Activity in the letting market slowed in October, according to newly released data from Agency Express. Across the UK, the number of...
18 November 2016
From: Breaking News

There was a sharp increase in new rental properties listed in October, mostly in major towns and cities, according to fresh...
11 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Some 440,000 basic-rate tax payers will be forced into a higher tax bracket from April next year once planned changes to...
22 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Activity in the letting market continued to grow in September, new figures from Agency Express show. Across the UK, the number of...
22 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The supply of homes listed on the market to let has fallen sharply now that pretty much all of the buy-to-let...
18 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Annual rental growth slowed to 3% in September, which is the lowest rate of increase this year, HomeLet’s latest Rental Index has...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Average rents paid by private tenants increased by 2.3% in the 12 months to August 2016, as demand for rental housing...
30 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Let's face it - landlords have a bad reputation. The press often portray buy-to-let landlords as greedy money-grabbers who are looking...
12 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The rental market remains steady in the face of the various economic and political headwinds the sector has faced recently, according...
07 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Accord Buy to Let has announced plans to expand into the consumer buy-to-let and first-time landlord markets over the next few...
30 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The number of new rental property listings increased by 3.6% during July, according to the latest figures from board supplier Agency...
17 August 2016
From: Breaking News

With many landlords now facing higher taxes and more stringent borrowing conditions, it is crucial that mortgage lenders do more to...
15 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Accord Buy To Let has reduced rates on its entire fixed rate range by up to 0.3% and launched new remortgage...
09 August 2016
From: Breaking News

There was a rise in the volume of homes ‘to let’ and ‘let’ last month, owed in part to the buy-to-let...
22 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents in Britain rose by an average of 2.5% in the 12 months to May, which was a marginal fall from...
28 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Keepmoat has struck an agreement with investment partner Sigma Capital Group to invest in the region of £800m in developing private...
06 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK increased by 2.6% in the 12 months to April 2016, unchanged when...
27 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Landlords have started to change their purchasing habits in response to the new 3% stamp duty charge for investors introduced last...
20 May 2016
From: Breaking News

With savers receiving dismal returns from banks and building societies, thousands of people have unsurprising turned to residential property as a...
13 May 2016
From: Breaking News

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

Investors seeking funding to invest in lower value properties are now being offered access to Accord mortgages after the firm reduced...
03 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The supply of rental housing stock on letting agents’ books fell in March, to the lowest level since the start of...
29 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Accord Buy to Let has reduced selected rates by up to 0.15% on its range of two-year fixed rate 60% and...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News

A Yorkshire landlord has been prosecuted after failing to provide gas safety certificates for two rented properties. Harrogate Magistrates’ Court heard that...
07 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The latest figures from the HomeLet Rental Index reveal that rents on new tenancies agreed over the three months to November...
09 December 2015
From: Breaking News

A survey of nearly 2,000 landlords commissioned by Paragon Mortgages reveals that tenant demand has continued to grow across the country...
08 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Research carried out by the National Landlords Association (NLA) shows tenant demand remains strong, with four in 10 landlords reporting an...
27 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The average tenant in the UK spends 41% of their monthly salary on rent, according to new research. London's tenants fork out...
25 September 2015
From: Breaking News

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