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The head of lettings agency Benham and Reeves has made an outspoken attack on stamp duty. The agency analysed data from the...

The average house prices in England was £290,000 last year, some 8.3 times average annual earnings. This was actually down from 8.5...

Seasonality is returning to the prime London lettings market after three tumultuous years.  The pandemic meant the market was initially flooded with...

Another rental market snapshot suggests that London is suffering an oversupply of properties to let - with rents dipping as a...

The average home in England and Wales bought within the last 20 years and sold in 2023 achieved £102,650 or 48...

Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...

The Penrith Building Society has scrapped mortgage application fees for all buy to let and residential  products, including further advances, until...

According to a London property management company, the profile of renters in prime London is varying hugely.  Glenfield Property Management says that...

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

A landlord and a property management company have been found guilty of putting tenants at risk after a council probe. Kensington and...

New research shows that 676,000 homes in England are sitting empty. The research comes from property purchasing firm House Buyer Bureau which...

More than 300 landlords have applied for a new licence brought in this summer by Tory controlled Kensington and Chelsea council...

The latest research by London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has revealed the uphill struggle facing those in search of a...

A prominent housing market website suggests that unprec­edented demand in the rental market may play “a key role” in restricting supply...

London landlords and letting agents have so far been hit with more than £900,000 in fines in the first half of...

Private landlords and managing agents are being invited to take part in a new anti-burglary scheme being run by a Labour-controlled...

A leading buying agent says changing planning priorities amongst London councils are likely to mean that large lateral apartments will maintain...

Moneyfacts, the respected independent mortgage market monitor, is warning that lenders have been withdrawing buy to let fixed deals. Within the buy...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants new powers to impose higher tax on empty homes - and even seize them...

The government response to a Freedom of Information request has shed light on the increasing number of homes in England and...

The latest edition of a housing market measure has suggested that one borough of London has seen rent rises of 33...

The flat is back in demand in Britain’s most expensive rental enclave, a lettings agency says.  Demand for apartments in prime central...

A new rental market analysis has revealed where in the UK has the highest proportion of private landlords.  Benham and Reeves analysed...

Prime Central London will bounce back in 2023 according to national consultancy Carter Jonas - and it’s thanks to the poorly...

A London council and Airbnb are working together to try to counter large scale fraud amongst social housing tenants who sub-let...

A fake landlord who made over £2,500 a month letting out a London that he didn’t own has been taken to...

A lettings and estate agency has revealed a location where it says 50 per cent of its sales this year have...

Research by a rental platform suggests there are currently over 65,000 short let properties being advertised in London alone. The platform, Rentd,...

Landlords seeking capital appreciation from a recovering prime London market have been provided with a league table by a debt advisory...

Prime central London may not seem to most obvious part of the UK for buy to let investors but a leading...

Room rents in most major UK urban locations are now at a record high according to flatshare service SpareRoom.  Some 41 out...

Covid-19 has undoubtedly shifted the way new landlords will be looking to invest in 2022, and our ranking makes it clear...

Rents in Greater London are up an annualised 25 per cent, with much of the increase attributed to the stock of...

This year, landlord and owner-occupier Londoners purchased 112,780 homes outside the capital, the highest number since 2007. New data, from Connells-owned agency...

A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...

The Home property website has identified locations where rents have risen by up to 38 per cent in the past 12...

The government should factor in the property market’s huge regional variations when offering landlords incentives to become more energy efficient. That’s the call...

A lettings agent says a new HMO licensing regime in one of London’s highest profile boroughs will reduce the number of rental...

Landlords wanting to break into London buy to let have been provided with a guide to boroughs with the most discounted...

Knight Frank has identified part of central London which it describes as being historically overlooked but likely to be transformed in...

Landlords looking mostly long-term capital appreciation rather than yields may have to invest in an unlikely location which topped a league...

Rental affordability in the capital has improved markedly during the pandemic according to London lettings agency Benham and Reeves.  The firm analysed...

Owners of apparently empty or under-utilised properties in a prime London area are being asked to bring them into use to...

The Church of England has named its first Bishop for Housing, ahead of the publication of a report following a two...

Renters are quitting London and heading for the regions in search of more space and bigger homes and gardens. That’s the claim...

Landlords are being encouraged to give their views on plans to introduce licensing schemes in a number of regions across the...

Kensington Mortgages has introduced a range of rate cuts across its buy-to-let and residential ranges.  Rates have been cut by up to 0.3%...

Buy-to-let landlords face having to reduce rents by at least 5% over the next five years as a growing number of...

A new licensing scheme designed to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords has been put forward for consideration by  Liverpool City Council. The new...

The government’s decision to temporarily increase the stamp duty threshold to £500,000 for property sales in England and Northern Ireland, until...

The current average UK rental yield has dropped slightly from 3.6% to 3.5%, according to the latest data from Howsy.  Despite the existing...

Kensington Mortgages has withdrawn its buy-to-let purchase products during the Covid-19 outbreak.  Aside from withdrawing its buy-to-let purchase products, the specialist lender...

Rendered insulation could be a bigger issue for scores of tower blocks with flammable cladding, according to Andrews Property Group.  Almost three...

Kensington Mortgages has cut rates across its buy-to-let range. Highlights include its 85% loan-to-value product, available on a two-year fix, which has...

The average price of residential property in the UK has increased by 189% since 1999, according to fresh analysis from independent...

Many tenants who own at least one pet have struggled to find pet-friendly accommodation, and yet despite efforts to encourage more...

Liverpool and Manchester are both recognised as great destinations for property investors. Property is (still) very affordable and both cities have...

Buy-to-let landlords who own property in Liverpool could potentially achieve short-term rental yields of just over 27%, according to Portico Host. The...

Germany’s rent controls place strong restrictions on in-tenancy rent increases, while the ‘rent brake’ introduced a couple of year ago makes...

The rental market in prime central London has proved resilient this year despite the impact of political uncertainty surrounding Brexit negotiations,...

The soaring cost of renting property in prime central London has once again come under the spotlight following WikiLeaks founder Julian...

The average rent for a property in the UK increased by 0.96% in the year to March but London remains a...

If you are looking to expand your buy-to-let portfolio this year with a low-cost property purchase you may wish to consider buying...

Rental values in prime London remain firm on the back of greater demand from tenants, as continued political uncertainty continues to...

Kensington Mortgages has cut rates across its buy-to-let mortgage range by up to 0.4%. Rates on two-year fixed rate products now start...

Buy-to-let landlords who own property in Liverpool or Manchester could potentially achieve short-term letting yields of up to 30.7%, according to...

A growing number of young professionals and students are choosing to house share, driving up the average cost of renting room...

As an income investment, buy-to-let continues to look attractive, especially compared to low savings rates and stock market swings, but when...

New research has identified London’s most uninhabitable boroughs for the capital’s tenants, based on the cost of living there to the...

Kensington Mortgages has introduced new rates across its Select product range. The new deals are available across the lender’s 75% loan-to-value (LTV)...

Private landlords across the UK collectively earned £33.8bn from their buy-to-let investments in the year from 5 April 2017 to 2018,...

The increase of London Living Wage to £10.55 per hour and UK Living Wage to £9 per hour has been welcomed...

Kensington Mortgages has extended its limited time offer across its range of buy-to-let and residential products until Monday 5th November. The buy-to-let...

Kensington Mortgages has cut rates across selected buy-to-let for a limited time only. The lender’s two-year fixed rate buy-to-let product at 75%...

The Residential Landlords Association’s (RLA) next Future Renting Conference takes places in London tomorrow. The one-day conference, which will be held at...

The owner of a three-bedroom house in west London has not received a penny in rent despite her property being sub-let,...

A landlord who burnt his tenant’s possessions has been ordered to pay £12,000 compensation. Buy-to-let investor Tyrone Holmes, of Kensington Grove in...

Buy-to-let has recently taken a bit of a bashing with some landlords forced to exit the market as profits drop amid...

Some 93% of landlords financing buy-to-let property chose a fixed rate mortgage in the second quarter of the year, fresh figures...

Tickets are now on sale for the Residential Landlords Association’s (RLA) next Future Renting Conference in London. The one-day conference, which will...

Rents for residential properties fell across parts of London in quarterly terms as the supply of properties coming on to the...

Tickets have been released for the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) next Future Renting conference in London. The one-day conference, which will be...

The UK is facing a critical rental shortage as many landlords continue to offload properties due to recent tax a change,...

Kensington Mortgages has increased the loan-to-value limits and reduced rates on a series of its buy-to-let mortgages to improve the affordability...

Industry experts have joined forces to launch a campaign urging policy makers to create legislation on appliance testing in rental properties. It...

With the number of people living in private rented accommodation continuing to grow, more tenants are seeking permission to keep pets...

London now has significantly more Airbnb listings than ever before, with a growing number of buy-to-let landlords turning to the holiday letting...

Who are you? I am Director of Remax Key Properties, West Kensington. How long have you been trading? I’ve worked in property since graduating...

Tenants in London are now required to pay up to £8,650 just to move into a rented home, it has been...

While rental growth may have slowed in London over recent months, the appetite to invest in HMO properties across the capital...

According to official figures, more than 200,000 homes in England were empty for at least six months during 2016. In London,...

Uncertainties over Brexit will continue to hit property investor sentiment in prime central London (PCL), according to a leading letting agent. While...

A landlord who endangered the lives of his tenants has been successfully prosecuted and fined more than £200,000 for failing to...

Fresh research using a combination of house prices, salaries and rental prices suggest that Stoke-on-Trent is the best destination to invest...

Most single tenants renting privately in the capital are now paying more than half of their monthly salary on average to...

The owner of a rental property in west London, which was described by a judge as a “deathtrap”, has been told...

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

Rent increases across the UK have slowed to their lowest level since 2013, fresh data has revealed, with prices in London...

More than half of buy-to-let landlord would consider investing in houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) if it helped to protect their...

London’s super-prime landlords appear to be benefitting from higher stamp duty costs and Brexit uncertainty, as reflected by a rise in...