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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...

A private landlord was described as “despicable” by a local councillor after being found guilty this week of 18 offences relating...

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...