The latest data shows that while rents continue to climb, growth is starting to slow down. According to Nicky Stevenson, managing director...
Archive
15 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The charity Action on Empty Homes, which is mounting a campaign against short let properties, has attacked Airbnb for making a...
28 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Only six per cent of brokers questioned in a survey have ever sold a green mortgage, despite the high public profile...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A respected private rental sector body wants the government to slow its timetable for energy efficiency reform, warning that landlords could...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News
No fewer than 15 per cent of all sales agreed in November went to landlords, the highest figure for four years. The data...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Just over a fifth of landlords predict their tenants will escape to the country in search of more space because they...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Rental growth across Great Britain was flat in September according to the latest market survey by Countrywide brand Hamptons International. Average rents...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Is a new short-let accommodation provider in the capital likely to prove a further threat to traditional landlords? Stayo - described as...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News
One in eight properties sold for more than the original asking price in August as housing demand peaked following the chancellor’s...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News
The average buy-to-let landlord made £78,100 profit upon selling their rental property in 2019, fresh data shows. Landlords selling up in London made...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News
There was a 1.6 % fall in rents on renewed tenancies across Great Britain in May, the third consecutive monthly drop,...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second consecutive month in April, the latest Hamptons International Lettings Index shows. Last month, the average...
18 May 2020
From: Breaking News
There has been a significant increase in the number of landlords and homeowners switching from short-term lets to longer rentals. Across the...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News
A shortage of properties available to rent coupled with strong demand from tenants has led to notable rental price increases across...
30 December 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
Rents in Great Britain increased by an average of 2.3% year-on-year in August, fuelled primarily by growth in the South East...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News
There has been a sharp rise in the number of over 50s renting homes, according to new research from Hamptons International. Some...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News
The average buy-to-let landlord made £80,000 profit upon selling their rental property in 2018, new figures show. Landlords in London made the...
13 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Rents in Great Britain increased 1.9% year-on-year in March, driven by a 3.7% rise in Greater London where rents hit a...
15 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
The proportion of landlords acquiring properties in London in cash hit a seven-year high in 2018, according to fresh data from...
18 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Overseas investors snapped up more than half of all properties for sale in prime London in the second half of 2018...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News
As London continues to wane in popularity for investors and renters alike – with increasing numbers of people moving out of...
14 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content
Tenants spent £1.9bn less in rent in 2018 compared with a year earlier, marking the first annual decline in more than...
11 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Investors have long turned to residential property as a means of supplementing their income, supported by strong demand from tenants and...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Following a year dominated by Brexit uncertainty, political instability, higher interest rates and more stringent mortgage regulations, many buy-to-let landlords will...
31 December 2018
From: Breaking News
UK rents are expected to increase by 7.5% over the next three years, as the supply of rental accommodation dwindles while...
24 December 2018
From: Breaking News
The 60th National Landlord Investment Show will take place at Manchester United FC’s Old Trafford this week. The event, which will take...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News
On 29 March 2019, the UK is scheduled to leave the European Union (EU). Despite the profound significance of this event,...
22 August 2018
From: Industry Views
Landlords are being reminded to do all they can to avoid the trap awaiting borrowers when fixed-rate mortgage deals end. A third...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News
There has been a significant increase in the number of students and young professionals applying for a rent guarantor to secure...
12 June 2018
From: Breaking News
The number of properties rented as a second home in Great Britain reached 13,680 last year, the highest number on record,...
11 June 2018
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords are being reminded to do all they can to avoid the trap awaiting borrowers when fixed-rate mortgage deals end. A...
15 May 2018
From: Breaking News
The north-south gap in rental prices is narrowing, as rent hikes ease in the north but pick up in the south...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News
As the National Landlord Investment Show prepares to celebrate its fifth anniversary at Aston Villa Football Club on Wednesday May 16th,...
10 May 2018
From: 60 Second Interview
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
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
Tenants collectively paid a whopping £51.6bn in rent last year, which is £1.8bn higher than the previous year and more than...
12 February 2018
From: Breaking News
The proportion of homes bought by a landlord fell to a nine-year low of just 12.5% last year, as higher taxes...
15 January 2018
From: Breaking News
A slower sales market in the south of England has revived the accidental landlord as more people chose to rent their...
11 December 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 slowed between September and October with the cost of the average new let in Great Britain increasing...
13 November 2017
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords and property enthusiasts will descend on the Olympia Conference Centre in London today where they will be able to...
07 November 2017
From: Breaking News
With almost a quarter of existing buy-to-let landlords thinking about exiting the private rented sector and many more planning to increase...
19 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 run of eight consecutive months of falling rents in London came to an end last month, according to Countrywide. The UK's...
15 August 2017
From: Breaking News
The number of overseas investors with buy-to-let properties has dropped sharply after a tax and regulatory clampdown, reducing the number of...
04 August 2017
From: Breaking News
There has been a notable decline in the proportion of overseas based landlords in the UK as a growing number of...
18 July 2017
From: Breaking News
There has been a significant increase in the number of people renting homes when they retire over the past decade, according...
04 July 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
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
The proportion of buy-to-let landlords acquiring property in cash increased to 61% in January, the highest level since records began a...
13 February 2017
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
A Cricklewood landlord who was ordered in September to pay more than £700,000 after he breached Barnet Council’s planning enforcement rules...
06 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Deciding to let your property because you cannot sell it is not an easy option and should not be undertaken lightly,...
11 November 2016
From: Breaking News
There was a fall in the level of rents achieved on new lets across more than half of Great Britain last...
13 September 2016
From: Breaking News
The annual rate of rental price growth in London fell for the first time in six years in July as rents...
15 August 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
In the past year 12% of lets were agreed at more than the initial asking price, according to the latest figures...
15 March 2016
From: Breaking News
The Countrywide monthly Lettings Index for January has found that although rental growth is slowing, rents are now at their highest...
15 February 2016
From: Breaking News
Britain's largest letting agency Countrywide has reported that rents grew by an average of 3.1% in 2015, taking the average monthly...
19 January 2016
From: Breaking News
The new 3% stamp duty on buy-to-let properties coming into force from next April will effectively redraw the map for investors...
08 December 2015
From: Breaking News
Two million homes have changed tenure in the last decade, either switching from home owners to landlords or vice versa when...
09 November 2015
From: Breaking News
The proportion of properties bought by landlords with a sitting tenant has reached the highest level since 2005, according to Countrywide...