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It’s hardly surprising that the property auction market has seen an increase in activity in recent years, with buyers looking to...

Making an investment in a country with a different currency introduces exchange rate risk. Ideally, a UK investor would buy the...

The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...

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

Landlords buying property today will get less for their money than in the past, as the average size of homes in...

Demand for property with land has risen significantly over the last 18 months according to a buying agency - but it’s...

Specialist buy to let lender Landbay has launched a range of mortgages for trading limited companies buying or remortgaging houses, apartments, HMOs...

A philanthropist claims the difficulty some younger people have in getting on the property ownership ladder is caused by Baby Boomers...

Increasing numbers of landlords are registering as limited companies to reduce their tax liability, an investment specialist claims.  Thirlmere Deacon says there’s...

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed so many things for so many people. For international real estate agents in Spain, it has...

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, many of the countries worse hit – reliant on tourism and outward investment...

With the academic year set to get underway, thousands of students are busily moving into flats and rented homes in towns...

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

There has been a general softening in residential property prices across many parts of the UK, according to some estate agents,...

With the residential property market reopening for business, investor confidence in the sector is starting to improve with Mortgages for Business...

Amid all the uncertainty facing the world, some people are in the middle of buying property, and while some home hunters...

A good buyer’s agent can save you money, provide you with expert advice, and secure you a great property. But how...

Auctions are a great way to add to a buy-to-let portfolio, with a wide range of bargains often going under the...

Buy-to-let landlords looking to add to their portfolio should consider buying property in the North East of England where rents are...

The proportion of homes bought with cash has hit an all-time low as the number of investors acquiring property continues to...

More than £1.25bn has been spent acquiring property in London to make way for High Speed Rail 2 (HS2), according to...

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

A third of UK renters have no plans to ever buy property, preparing instead for life as a long-term tenant, according...

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

With a growing number of Londoners renting property outside the capital, where affordability is stretched, more buy-to-let landlords are now looking...

Buy-to-let investors should be ‘extremely wary’ of buying property in an area affected by selective licensing rules because many local authorities...

Many people tend to hold off on buying property during times of uncertainty and that appears to be precisely what is...

Renting a property is now more expensive than buying in nine out of ten of the largest British cities, fresh data...

The number of properties acquired by landlords has dropped significantly over the past couple of years following the tax and regulatory...

With many landlords finding it harder to secure a mortgage since the Prudential Regulation Authority’s changes were introduced last year, some...

The average rate on a five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage has fallen to an all-time low of 3.4%, the latest figures...

Many buy-to-let landlords like the idea of investing in student housing, as it is considered to be a serious and lucrative...

The government must move now to start supporting those that invest in the private rented sector or risk seeing significantly more...

Buy-to-let landlords in the Midlands continue to invest in the sector on the back of a ‘positive outlook’, but elsewhere in...

More than two thirds of UK renters have no plans to acquire a property, according to new research by landlord insurer...

Almost two out of five buy-to-let landlords will use limited companies to acquire properties over the next 12 months compared to...

Some people are simply not interested in owning their own home, as reflected by new research revealing that 16% of private...

We all know that buying a home is a distant dream for many young people without wealthy parents, but there is...

Buy-to-let investors seeking the best returns should look at investing in key northern cities where the gap between asking and achieved...

Mansfield Building Society has launched a new family buy-to-let mortgage that enables landlords to let out their property to a close...

Auctions are a great way to acquire property competitively, with a wide range of great investment deals often going under the...

Auction rooms across the UK are often filled with property investors, including many buy-to-let landlords, looking to buy property, ensuring that...

With the plans for the Northern Powerhouse in full flow and the housing market in London currently being outperformed by other...

International investors’ interest in the UK buy-to-let market is starting to increase once more, according to a new Liquid Expat Mortgages...

Prime rents across the Home Counties increased further in the third quarter of the year as the market recovery continued, underpinned...

Buy-to-let landlords looking to invest in London’s rental market may wish to consider investing in the capital’s outer boroughs where the...

The fall in the pound over the past year or so has made the UK a cheaper location for overseas-based property...

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years has been fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions...

Many landlords purchase properties near universities in order to take advantage of the lucrative yields that the student rental market often...

A generation is being priced out of the housing market with homeownership levels set to fall further as younger people are...

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

Property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market may wish to consider buying property in Luton, which currently offers the...

Landlords seeking the highest buy-to-let yields in England and Wales may wish to consider buying property in the North East, where...

Landlords can earn attractive returns when buying property near a university, but only if they are shrewd about where they purchase,...

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

There has been a significant drop in the number of buy-to-let landlords snapping up properties following the government’s outright assault on...

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

Rents across the UK are set to increase sharply over the next five years, as more people choose to rent, rather...

Auctions are a great way to add to a buy-to-let portfolio, with a wide range of bargains often going under the...

While buying property in London has proved to be a lucrative move for many buy-to-let landlords for capital gains in recent...

Millions of Britons are resigning themselves to the possibility of never owning their own home – with many people left with...

The new lending criteria proposals for underwriting standards for future buy-to-let mortgage contracts put forward by the Prudential Regulatory Authority's (PRA)...

As predicted, the pound is in freefall and the world stock markets are gyrating but this will be short lived once...

Soaring UK house prices, the recent hike in stamp duty for buy-to-let investors and now the EU referendum are creating renewed...

There has been a drop in the number of tenants falling into serious rent arrears, which is great news for renters...

British pensioners are increasingly choosing a rent a home by the seaside when they retire because the cost of buying property...

There was a notable decline in the volume of new rental properties listed by landlords in May as the recent stamp...

A report from a mortgage lender has claimed that new taxes on buy-to-let will trigger a lending surge as landlords rush...

Buy-to-let landlords are increasingly searching for lower-priced properties in a bid to secure higher yields, new research suggests. Seven in 10 landlords...