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Spain’s Minister for Housing, Isabel Rodríguez, says the country is taking the first steps to eliminate the Golden Visa.  This visa was...

Activists are beginning to pile pressure on London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan, claiming the public will be disappointed if he toes...

A think tank based in central London says landlords would not quit the sector if much tougher - and more expensive...

Britain’s housing stock offers the worst value for money of any advanced economy, according new analysis published by the Resolution Foundation. The...

Green Party activists responsible for rent controls on Scotland have now slammed landlords who claim the number of rented homes is...

In a final call on the Chancellor to help the private rental sector in today’s Budget, the National Residential Landlords Association...

Airbnb has released new figures showing that the typical host landlord makes a modest £5,500 a year by sharing their space...

According to Haslams lettings agency’s latest House Price Index, a new hotspot has emerged for private rental sector investors. It claims Reading...

A survey by an activist group suggests that one in three tenants claim that their private renting conditions are impacting their...

Airbnb has given its backing to a proposal from Housing Secretary Michael Gove to introduce a mandatory register of short let...

The government has issued a lengthy statement claiming more home owners, including landlords, are fitting heat pumps - yet at the...

A wealthy landlord, who also ran a fake lettings agency, has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...

Mohammed Sharaz, a landlord from Bradford, recently seized an opportunity to enhance his property portfolio after Wildstone acquired the gable end...

Airbnb says it will continue to share hosting data with HMRC because its landlord hosts want to pay their fair share...

In an analysis of one of the largest data sets in the industry (consisting of buyers from 195 countries and 900,000...

Airbnb is changing the way prospective tenants can pay.  The launch is part of a phased global roll-out which will see Klarna...

London’s ultra-prime rental market has returned this year to pre-Covid levels for the first time, an agency claims. Beauchamp Estates - using...

Markets are saying the UK - and for that matter the US and mainland Europe - have all hit peak interest...

Airbnb is launching a new Sustainability Hub to help its landlord hosts in the UK retrofit and improve the energy efficiency...

The UK’s Office for National Statistics will soon have access to data on short-term lets listed on Airbnb, Booking .com and...

Scotland’s Court of Session has come down in favour of the Scottish Government when it comes to rent controls. A case against...

A new analysis suggests homes in England are less affordable and in worse conditions than in most other developed nations. The Home...

Scotland’s controversial licensing regime on Airbnbs and other short lets, due to start next month, may breach the European Convention on...

When moving abroad, many people weigh up the pros and cons of renting or purchasing their own property.  In its new survey,...

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

Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...

Data from the English Housing Survey suggests that the number of English owners of second homes in Europe has fallen again. The...

Britain has suffered the worst house price fall out of any major European economy according to a report from property consultancy Knight...

A non-for-profit hospitality group wants tighter regulations and restrictions to be imposed on Airbnb properties which affect both the rental market...

A property management company is forecasting that Prime Central London’s short-lets summer is set to be record breaking. Glenfield Property Management says...

There’s a 50:50 chance of yet another Bank of England base rate rise this week according to a leading business analyst. Susannah...

Airbnb claims its so-called ‘spare room’ landlords earn an a rage of just £2,400 a year - the equivalent of a...

Overseas buyers - likely in many cases to be investors - have taken a bigger stake in the wealthy enclave of...

An agency heavily involved in Build To Rent claims investment in the sector remains high - but soaring debt costs may...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has poured cold water on the prospect of any tax cuts in the near future -...

Four former Conservative housing ministers have backed a think-tank’s proposals for more housebuilding as a way to resolve the UK’s supply...

A coalition of landlords and lettings groups has submitted a Petition to the Court of Session in Edinburgh seeking a Judicial...

Prime Central London’s ultra-prime housing market for multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers has risen by 30 per cent according to a prominent...

Yes, it’s that time again when the property hoi polloi impose their predictions for the following year on us and so,...

It’s been known for over a year that John Lewis wishes to diversify into the private rental sector and now it...

There’s been a significant drop in the number of students passing referencing. It’s down from 50 to 40 per cent this autumn...

An influential new report wants higher taxes for landlords letting holiday properties. The Office for Tax Simplification - a division of HM...

Landlords are being advised to check when their current mortgage fixed terms are expiring or see whether they wish to have...

There’s widespread concern that the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, which meets today, is to unveil a 0.75 per cent...

Airbnb has made a £1.25m donation to English Heritage, supporting the charity’s conservation and repair of historic houses, castles, abbeys and...

The so-called emergency rent freeze and eviction ban in Scotland “can serve as a Europe-wide template for protecting tenants rights” according...

Managing property finances can be hard work, long-winded and stressful. With regulation changes and market volatility, keeping on top of your...

Homes in the rental sector are more likely to have old and inefficient appliances for tenants to use in order to...

New forecasts from an energy industry consultancy suggests that the average domestic consumer’s energy bills could soar to £3,363 a year...

With over 40 million Airbnb users across Europe and the US, and approximately 250,000 listings in the UK alone, the short-term...

Airbnb’s general manager is claiming that there is no fact-based evidence to link the proliferation of short lets across the UK...

A cleaning crisis caused by Brexit and Covid could threaten the well-being of the buy to let sector according to a...

A new kind of property investor is evolving. They’ve enjoyed the fruits of their labours, creating UK investments in property but...

Russia sending tanks into Ukraine sounds terrifying, but it also sounds a long way away. Unfortunately, in a world of global...

Legal & General’s Retirement Institutional division has announced a massive £2.5 billion investment to deliver as many as 7,000 Build To...

With over 40m Airbnb users across Europe and the US, and approximately 250,000 listings in the UK alone, the short-term accommodation...

Activists in the Generation Rent campaign group are urging the government to introduce what it calls “a winter truce” with no...

Belfast council has unanimously passed a motion calling for the Northern Ireland Executive to introduce a rent control scheme for the...

Post-Covid economic recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert.  Martha Peyton, managing director and...

A tracking study, conducted in partnership with the UK Short Term Accommodation Association, shows exactly how well Airbnb and other short...

An online platform that places landlords’ listings on portals and manages bookings is seeking new funding through the Seedrs crowdfunding site. Smarthost...

A new government-created committee is considering the introduction of the new Commonhold tenure. Commonhold is a form of freehold ownership, largely for...

An online corporate rental platform says Covid 19 has led to a six-fold increase in demand for medium-term rentals in this...

The number of second homes in the UK has risen 30 per cent over the last five years, according to a...

A Scandinavian company is bidding to create a short lets rival to Airbnb and has announced it is opening in the UK...

A senior Anglican priest has stood up for renting as a concept, and suggests Britain is too pre-occupied with home ownership. Angela...

HousingAnywhere, an internet lettings platform that calls itself Europe’s largest online rental accommodation marketplace for young professionals and international students, has...

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

A Green Party councillor is demanding that tenants be allowed to write the local authority’s policy for the private rental sector. According...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan says landlords in the capital could  discriminate against EU citizens living in the UK capital if those...

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

No matter if you have a property abroad, a holiday home, or rent a place long-term, 2020 has definitely been a...

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

The Green Party says there should be an end to private rental sector eviction grounds “such as the wish of the...

A prominent rental industry figure has backed Shelter’s sweeping condemnation of the lettings sector - but insists landlords are not to...

Is a new short-let accommodation provider in the capital likely to prove a further threat to traditional landlords? Stayo - described as...

Buckinghamshire Building Society has relaunched its ex-pat buy-to-let product. The mortgage deal is available at 70% loan-to-value (LTV) on a two-year discount...

A number potential property hotspots have been identified for buy-to-let investors with an eye on the future.   Government infrastructure spending and investment...

London has seen the second-largest decline in rent and living costs in Europe over the past three years when it comes...

A number of buy-to-let landlords have switched to short-term lets in recent years, as a consequence of skewed policy that favours...

Frustrated tenants struggling to afford to live in London can feel vindicated, as a new report shows that the cost of...

Online visits and engagement by homebuyers and tenants in the UK has dropped 4.1% over the past six months as many...

The increase in rental prices in London has slowed down to the level of 2015, new data shows.  Rental prices for London...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association’s (STAA) is lobbying the government for an emergency support package to help the short-term rental...

With the number of full-time students in the UK continuing to grow, student housing is now the number one Living investment,...

With short trips to European capital cities an increasingly more popular option, a growing number of people are turning to Airbnb...

The UK formally leaves the European Union at 11pm tonight, at which point it will instantly enter into an 11-month transition...

Whether a matter of choice or necessity, most private renters need long-term security and the vast majority of private landlords are...

The Short Term Accommodation Association (STAA), a UK trade body representing the entire short-term rental sector, from multinational platforms to individual...

Brexit has undoubtedly deterred many buy-to-let landlords from investing further in the private rented sector, with fresh research showing that more...

Coventry City Council has dismissed claims that its landlord licensing and accreditation scheme is potentially unlawful. The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) wrote...

Buy-to-let landlords who own property in Coventry should be wary of Coventry Council’s landlord licensing and accreditation scheme as it is...

Touchstone Education is planning to expand with the launch of online additions to its nationwide courses in property investment strategies. The property...

The UK has been ranked the fourth happiest place in Europe when it comes to satisfaction with our homes, according to...

With less than a week until the European elections take place, a new poll conducted by the National Landlords Association (NLA)...

New guidance on Right to Rent checks for EU citizens after Britain leaves the European Union has been published by the...

A private landlord in Lincoln has been warned that he could be given a prison sentence of up to 15 months...

A new landlord accreditation scheme in Oxford has been deemed both discriminatory and unlawful by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The association...

Few people familiar with the UK property market would dispute the fact that the Right to Rent scheme has been deeply...

The UK Build to Rent sector continues to go from strength to strength, with record levels of investment in the first...