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The latest official government rent index shows that average private rents across the UK as a whole increased by 9.2% in...

An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

Tenant referencing provider Canopy has released data from a  rental affordability index, which claims most tenants are at the very limit...

The percentage of tenants choosing to live alone has dropped over the last three years, research suggests.  A study compiled by Reposit,...

It’s all change at the start of the new tax year, and with so many tweaks to so many rules, it’s...

Campaigning charity Shelter - which has frequently been critical of landlords and their alleged treatment of poorer tenants - is advertising...

Research by Zero Deposit, a deposit alternative service, claims that under-30s face an almost impossible task when it comes to current...

Painful tax traps have been set for millions of people this year. Your pay may not even have kept pace with...

There will be long term pressure on housing affordability and the private rental sector if demographic forecasts from a range of...

There’s a warning this morning that stricter Energy Performance Certificate measures for the private rental sector may not have gone, after...

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

Data from flatshare site SpareRoom suggests London is now entirely unaffordable to graduates, thanks to sky-high rents. September sees many new graduates...

A survey of thousands of landlords, agents and tenants has provided new evidence of buy to let investors quitting in droves. Over...

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

Homelessness charities often berate private landlords for putting income before service to tenants. But a bitter dispute at one organisation has apparently revealed...

The North East was England’s most affordable region to privately rent last year, Paragon Bank analysis has revealed. In the North East...

When the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II took place on 2nd June 1953 the average house cost just £1,692...

Over two million more people are likely to be higher rate taxpayers by 2028 – thanks to the freezing of the...

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

Interviews for the post of director of Generation Rent are scheduled to be held this month. The most recent holder of the...

The Generation Rent campaign group is advertising for a new director - the role held in recent years by Alicia Kennedy,...

When life is impossibly expensive, it’s not a surprise to see a rise in financial abuse. And to make matters worse,...

New data from Zoopla suggests that growing concern about the cost of living crisis and in particular rising interest rates may...

A job at the Generation Rent campaign group is being advertised on a site dedicated to jobs working for MPs. The post...

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has announced that base rate is rising from 1.25 to 1.75 per cent. The rate is now...

Bristol’s Labour council has made a name for itself with policies shifting power from landlords to tenants. Earlier this year the Mayor,...

Don’t pick on landlords - that’s the message from a leading tax and advisory consultancy. Blick Rothenberg warns that the government needs...

New analysis by Rightmove is tracking first-time buyer affordability over the last 10 years - and it shows why so many...

The house price inflation facing first time buyers is “frankly frightening” according to a new analysis which suggests typical FTB house...

The property industry has this week remonstrated at the video that housing charity Shelter has published and in which they portray...

A lettings market snapshot prepared each month by PropTech firm Goodlord claims there has been a dramatic rise in the typical...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Walton and I am the Managing...

New research has produced a league table of locations where capital appreciation in the past year has exceeded the average wage...

There’s been a big rise in rents in the past month according to PropTech supplier Goodlord. They are now at their highest...

The National Residential Landlords Association is calling for clarity on how the private rental sector can help Ukraine. Home Secretary Priti Patel...

The New Year is typically a time for people to take stock of their finances and ensure that they’re on strong...

Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...

The chief finance officer of a PropTech company says the effects of the stamp duty holiday on house prices must not...

A pressure group for tenants wants the next Mayor of London to win powers from the government to reduce rents, through a...

The latest survey from PropTech platform Goodlord suggests the lettings landscape is relatively stable entering 2021 - but with the prospect...

The government has rejected a call for landlords to have powers to evict tenants who fall 14 days into arrears. Property investor...

Staff are being recruited by a coalition of groups campaigning for widespread restrictions on landlord powers in 2021. Called the Renters Reform...

A league table of UK cities where it takes the longest for first time buyers to save for a deposit may...

Zoopla says it’s a two-tier market with London trailing badly trailing the rest of the country. UK rents outside London are up...

When it comes to property investment, there is no one ‘right’ way to do it in order to succeed. Likewise, there...

Lower income areas - often with lower-priced homes too - produce higher yields than more affluent locations, new research shows. Lettings management...

The government’s former homelessness guru has criticised the Boris Johnson administration for risking the country entering a period of destitution, with...

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

The average tenant in the UK is spending almost half of their monthly net income to cover the average cost of...

With fraudulent mortgage applications up by 5% in 2019, anti-money laundering service, SmartSearch, has compiled some key things to consider to...

The government’s coronavirus job retention scheme is expected to be extended until September at a reduced rate of 60%  The furlough scheme,...

The best and worst cities for renters have been identified by taking into account several factors, including the average salary spend...

Despite increased rent prices, the proportion of income spent by tenants on rent decreased between 2016 and 2019, according to The Deposit...

Rents in England are almost half of tenants’ average take-home pay, according to a new report on the state of the...

If you’re an existing landlord with bad credit issues looking to remortgage your buy to let property or perhaps buy a...

It’s becoming more and more popular for landlords in the UK to buy properties through limited companies, rather than as individuals....

Many young people would find it significantly harder to get a foot on the housing ladder, leaving many effectively renting for...

The majority of medium and large companies pay higher wage rates to men than to women, according to the latest government...

The English Private Landlord Survey shows that couples aged 25 - 49 make up the largest proportion of private renters, a...

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has launched its first expat buy-to-let mortgage product range. Available for both purchase and remortgage applications, initial rates...

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...

Shelter has recently run a campaign aimed at banning ‘discrimination’ against tenants on benefits in the private rented sector, presenting a...

Dodgy solicitor Ross McKay, who helped a fraudster create a £10.8m property empire with the help of Tameside’s criminal underworld, has...

Tenants in the London borough of Kingston upon Thames are spending the lowest proportion of their salary on rent, according to new...

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

Tenants typically spend a third of their monthly salary before tax on rent, new figures show, but there are wide regional...

How many times has a potential tenant failed referencing? Too many times is probably your answer. This frustrating scenario ultimately arises because...

Two-thirds of Britain is effectively off-limits to many young people who want to rent a property of their own, a new...

Liverpool has once again been highlighted as an ideal destination for buy-to-let landlords seeking solid rental returns, this time by an...

Recent research from Fixflo shows that nearly 42% of all agents in the UK believe the looming letting fees ban will...

In the past couple of years there has been an increase in the number of private landlords running their letting business...

Tenants are spending an increasing proportion of their earnings on rent, new figures have revealed. Fresh research undertaken by rentals platform CreditLadder...

New research from Fixflo shows that nearly 42% of all agents in the UK believe the looming letting fees ban will...

With rents continuing to rise across the UK, fresh research shows that those looking to rent increasingly need to earn more...

Buy-to-let investors who acquire properties via a limited company could be £1,000 a year worse off due to higher mortgage rates,...

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

Rents in this country are now around half of tenants’ average take-home pay, according to a report on the state of...

London continues to be one of the most expensive cities in the world in which to rent property, second only to...

Tenant defaults could increase significantly over the next 12 months amid reports that many buy-to-let landlords plan to increase rents next...

Close to 100,000 households, including more than 40,000 single parents with a child under the age of five will be materially...

The chances of would-be buyers in London getting a foothold on the housing ladder remain slim, mainly due to high property...

Buy-to-let landlords face the risk of double taxation if they choose to put their property investments into a limited company to...

Rent increases for tenants across Britain continue to far outstrip inflation as demand exceeds the supply of rental stock on the...

With record high rents in London outstripping wages in every borough and a chronic shortage of new affordable homes being developed,...

Success in the letting industry hinges largely on the ability to find good tenants. And while it may be obvious what...

Londoners are now spending a whopping 70% of average income on rent and essential bills as sky-high prices put even more...

A website has claimed that rising rents and deposit requirements mean even the rental market will soon be out of reach...

The gap between average incomes and the pay of tenants who want to buy their first property has reached a post-recession...

London is off-limits to the average couple who want to start a family, according to research from Generation Rent. The group has...

New research by Gocompare.com claims that first-time buyers need on average a minimum household income of £50,000 to purchase a house...

The average tenant in the UK spends 41% of their monthly salary on rent, according to new research. London's tenants fork out...

Women living in shared, rented accommodation are £2,271 worse off than men, according to data from flat and house share site...

Landlords in Great Britain have seen total annual returns of £111.5bn in the last year, as the private rented sector continued...