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Around half of first-time buyers say their prospects of owning a home are further away than ever due to the ongoing...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...
16 April 2024
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UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March. Nevertheless, the annual rate of house price growth edged higher to 1.6% in...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A charity is calling for landlord licensing schemes which cost enough to fund annual inspections, and the issuing of “sentencing guidelines”...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
In September the Prime Minister announced that landlords will no longer be required to meet the minimum EPC minimum energy rating...
09 March 2024
From: Agent Advice
UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in February, says the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal effects. This resulted in...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A leader of the Renters Reform Coalition activist lobby has made a specific targeted attack on the motives and honesty of...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Landlords play a crucial role in providing safe and comfortable housing for tenants while also managing rental properties effectively. Staying informed...
01 March 2024
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In the buy to let market, success goes beyond the transaction of paying rent. Ultimately, fostering a healthy landlord-tenant relationship can...
07 February 2024
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UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in January, resulting in an improvement in the annual rate of house prices...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Increasing the supply of homes for private rent would boost government finances by £10 billion, says the National Residential Landlords Association. The...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
We believe a well-functioning housing system is one that meets everyone’s housing needs. There will always be people who can’t or...
16 January 2024
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A merger of two of the biggest names in the lettings agency world will mean the combined group managing 152,000 rental...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Landlords have long been a backbone of the auction industry but one player in the sector says the future is online...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s no prospect of a rapid recovery for the housing market in 2024 despite some green shoots appearing. The warning comes from...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
UK house prices ended 2023 down 1.8 per cent compared with December 2022, leaving them almost 4.5 per cent below the...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Nationwide says 2023 has seen a surprisingly-resilient housing market but there will be no full scale recovery in 2024 -...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
UK house prices rose an average of 0.2 per cent month on month in November - prompting the Nationwide to call...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the leader of activist group Generation Rent have teamed up for an anti-damp and mouldy...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association wants the government to commit to annual uprating of the Local Housing Allowance. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Shelter has issued new claims about homelessness triggered in part by private rents, as it prepares for its annual festive fundraising...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
October saw a surprise 0.9 per cent rise in UK house prices according to the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Claims on social media by a leader of the Renters Reform Coalition - who is also a contributor to a Labour-supporting website...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A new survey of over 1,000 landlords has revealed that just over half would consider leaving the market due to the...
28 October 2023
From: Legislation & Compliance
Airbnb is linking up with private landlord agency OpenRent to offer reduced-price gas and boiler safety certificates. The short lets platform says...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
August saw a further softening in house prices which are now 5.3 per cent down on a year ago. The Nationwide says...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Housing associations are urged to urgently check building specifications for the use of Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete or RAAC. RAAC is the...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association is backing a call for financial help for landlords who improve the energy efficiency of their...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A finance house says it’s seeing an increase in tenants offering to buy their properties off their landlords. James Briggs, head of...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
House prices have fallen an average of 3.8 per cent across the UK in the past year according to the Nationwide. This...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Details have emerged of an extraordinary ‘stress test’ created by the Bank of England and tested on eight major banks to...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent buying agent says nervous buyers are pre-emptively slashing asking prices before the housing market worsens. If true, this could present...
03 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords with some of the country’s largest portfolios say they expect to pay £500,000 or more in the next year on...
03 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest rental market snapshot from lettings agency Barrows and Forrester has revealed the hottest location for tenant demand. It says Dorset...
30 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Activists who at one time appeared broadly happy with the pro-tenant Renters Reform Bill now appear to have changed their mind. Over...
13 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A plan to regulate short lets such as Airbnbs has been ruled unlawful by a judge before it even comes into...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The Nationwide Foundation - a charitable foundation founded by the Nationwide Building Society - says the Renters Reform Bill should be...
08 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A leading analyst says the most recent house price index - released just before the weekend - is a sign that...
05 June 2023
From: Breaking News
With the cost-of-living crisis causing household bills to increase nationwide, many Britons are worried and concerned about the soaring energy prices...
03 June 2023
From: Top tips & guides
Average house prices edged down in May according to the Nationwide - and it gives a warning of possibly worse to...
02 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A recent study by nationwide conveyancers Muve, using official data from the Office for National Statistics, has revealed the most and...
20 May 2023
From: The Big Issues
Against expectations, the average UK house price increased by 0.5 per cent last month following seven consecutive falls, according to the...
03 May 2023
From: Breaking News
New data released by the Nationwide shows house prices in every region of the UK slowing - and in most of...
13 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The Nationwide says March saw a further decline in house prices - they are down 3.1 per cent compared with the...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The Mortgage Works, the specialist buy to let mortgage wing of the Nationwide Building Society, has revised its product range for...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The government will this week announce a new consultation on private rental sector energy efficiency - in particular, insulation. This will be...
27 March 2023
From: Breaking News
In the last three months of 2022, mortgages agreed for the coming months were down by a third from the previous...
18 March 2023
From: Tax & Finance
House prices fell by an average 1.1 per cent over the past year - the first annual decline since June 2020,...
02 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Lloyds Bank says house prices are forecast to drop seven per cent this year. The bank - which is Britain’s largest mortgage...
23 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The head of residential research at a prominent estate agency says the signs look ominous that “the housing market is headed...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
02 February 2023
From: Breaking News
New data produced this morning by the Nationwide suggests prospective first time buyers are having a tough time - and many...
13 January 2023
From: Breaking News
December saw a further sharp slowdown in annual house price growth to 2.8 per cent from 4.4 per cent in November...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Price growth for flats remains sluggish despite the pandemic trends favouring houses slipping away over time. The Halifax says it has continued...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
January 9 is the date from which a range of mortgage lenders are honouring their commitment to ensure flats in blocks...
30 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The mood music surrounding the housing market downturn appears to have become less dramatic with news from the Nationwide that there...
28 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Yes, it’s that time again when the property hoi polloi impose their predictions for the following year on us and so,...
17 December 2022
From: The Big Issues
Prices fell 1.4 per cent from October, which was the largest month-on-month fall since June 2020. And annual house price growth saw...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A breakdown of essential and non-essential spending by individuals, devised by the Nationwide, reveals the extra amount that tenants are paying...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The Nationwide has quantified the cost of energy to properties with different EPCs - and that’s despite the Energy Price Guarantee. Under...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords relying on capital appreciation to help offset the growing costs of letting out property have been given bad news. October saw...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the many activist groups in the so-called Renters’ Reform Coalition has pledged to “train people across the country to...
13 October 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s been a slowdown in the annual growth rate of house prices - a movement described as “modest” by the Nationwide. The...
03 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Shelter claims that almost 1.1m private renters in England – one in seven – had their rent increased in the last...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The winners have been revealed in a nationwide search for the UK and Ireland’s best holiday lets. The awards, which were organised...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Tenants planning to cancel direct debits in protest at rising fuel bills could face “paying the price for many years” a...
21 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A leading financial analyst says what are generally called “period properties” are set to become financial nightmares for landlords or owner...
05 September 2022
From: Breaking News
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The government has been given the clearest signal yet that substantial numbers of landlords will quit the sector if radical reforms...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Annual house price growth in the UK accelerated to 11 per cent last month, a smidgeon up on June’s 10.7 per...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s second home and holiday let hotspots has been told it will be unable to levy extra council...
28 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A new rent-to-own scheme means some tenants can save a slice of their rent to help build a deposit to buy. Financial...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Lack of rental stock is now the biggest challenge facing letting agents today. That is what every agent I’ve spoken to...
09 July 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
London-focussed lettings agency Douglas & Gordon gives its rundown on what new landlords should know to get the most out of...
02 July 2022
From: Agent Advice
Annual house price growth slowed slightly last month, dipping to 10.7 in June from 11.2 per cent in May, according to...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent agency has revised its market forecast for the rest of 2022 and says prices will rise more and for...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News
May saw a slight slowing in the rate of annual house price growth to 11.2 per cent from 12.1 per cent...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A survey of over 600 landlords by a business insurance service has found that 55 per cent have still to make...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords renting out to holidaymakers could be in with a chance of winning £10,000 as part of a nationwide search for...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News
House prices rose less than expected last month after expanding at the fastest rate for almost two decades. The Nationwide says annual...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Looking after rental property is more complicated and more important than it was 20 years ago according to a leading lettings...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Rental activists have made clear that they are not going to stop when their objective to scrap Section 21 eviction powers...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s not an April Fool - capital appreciation of homes really is running at 14.3 per cent a year according to...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Annual house price growth accelerated to 12.6 per cent in February, up from 11.2 per cent in January and the strongest...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper includes a dramatic reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction powers will be...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords have welcomed an initiative to provide £30m to work with the private rental sector to end homelessness. Local authorities in Wales...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The demise of the buy to let market has been much predicted over recent years. Major tax changes, a three per...
20 November 2021
From: Tax & Finance
A firm of solicitors claims that private and social sector tenants face long delays for repairs to be addressed - and...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Many homeowners face situations where they have no other option but to rent out their home. Often there are periods where...
06 November 2021
From: Tax & Finance
The Generation Rent activist group has repeated its call for a landlord register in England, saying it could mean more tax...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Experts are already warning of shortcomings in the government’s latest Green initiative, banning new boilers from 2035 and offering £5,000 grants...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A free service has been launched by the Nationwide to help landlords manage properties and get through the maze of laws and...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Activists’ group Generation Rent says it’s to lobby MPs on Tuesday next week against the return of normal eviction notice periods...
10 September 2021
From: Breaking News
With landlords under pressure to improve energy efficiency, a new report suggests that even significant improvements in EPC levels won’t be...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A nationwide buy to let consultancy says it believes one specific area of the country is on the verge of a...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association has joined a series of charities and Propertymark to warn about the poverty risk of expected...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords will have to spend thousands to meet new government demands to improve energy efficiency in rental properties. Geospatial technology company Kamma...