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Apartments are underperforming when it comes to capital growth, according to the Nationwide. The lender, in its latest house price index, says...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the third time...

The north of England is outperforming the south when it comes to yields and capital appreciation, a new survey has discovered. In...

Property portal Citylets says average rents in Scotland rose 12.4 per cent in the past year to £1,007 per month -...

Location, Location, Location star Phil Spencer says it’s time for agents to go for the ‘hard sell’ on Buy To Let,...

Figures out this morning from high end agency Savills shows a 5.1 per cent increase in capital appreciation on average across...

Rental yields have increased by as much as 2.5 per cent in the past year as rent values outperform house prices.  The...

Winkworth is expanding in the south west with a new office opening in the Bishopston area of Bristol, tapping into a...

New research predicts that northern regions of England will see many of the best investment opportunities in 2023. It is also these...

Increasing demand for homes in cities was the driving force behind the rapid house price inflation witnessed earlier this year, with...

A developer building flats and houses in Cornwall has set up a lettings operation promising a fixed 10 per cent gross...

Asking prices of homes coming to the market continue to rise, even before the expected surge in demand following the government’s...

A high profile PropTech entrepreneur is amongst a series of investors linked to a new fund, launched today, cashing in on...

Capital appreciation over the next five years amongst properties in prime areas of cities and countryside will be strongest in the...

Buy to let and other investors hoping for a rapid recovery in the prime central London market are likely to be...

Property prices in Birmingham are expected to rise more than any other city in the UK following the Commonwealth Games, it’s...

A high profile London lettings agency says some owners of properties in prime areas of the capital have seen capital appreciation...

House price growth in prime country and coastal locations is beginning to plateau after two years of runaway growth, with urban...

Research by deposit protection provider mydeposits has revealed that the average deposit paid has fallen year on year since the start...

A new investment league table has been drawn up to show best aggregate rent and capital appreciation income for those in...

The average HMO is worth a third more than a comparably sized house according to new research. The typical HMO now costs...

A business consultancy is warning that buy to let sellers in the current market are likely to be squeezed - and...

Agents tasked with persuading possible investors as to the benefit of buy to let have new ammunition, in the shape of...

A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...

Capital appreciation over the past decade has been driven more by the value of homes in the rental market than by...

New figures provide further evidence of the difficulties first time buyers have getting on the property ladder - and why as...

More buy to let properties are being put on the sales market, despite the strength in the lettings sector, says Zoopla. In...

There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...

The capital appreciation of the past year proves that there’s no better investment than bricks and mortar, according to an agency...

Last week the tax firm Blick Rothenberg advised John Lewis and Lloyds Bank to stay out of the private rental sector...

An agency which has for the past 11 years specialised in south west London is now expanding with a new office...

Buy to let investors are not cashing out of the private rental sector despite the restrictions and taxes imposed by government. Hamptons’...

The popularity of buy to let mortgage products offering exclusive rates for higher value loans is a sign of optimism in...

An assessment by Savills suggests capital values - including those for properties in the lettings sector - are likely to soar...

Zoopla has revealed its top 10 hotspots for buy to let investors seeking high rental yields.  The analysis is based on rental returns...

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...

An agency has rebranded following a ‘de-merger’ with a rival firm. Earlier this week we reported that Chichester husband-and-wife agency Hancock and...

Lenwell is a busy lettings agency covering Luton, Dunstable, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Biggleswade, Hitchin and Northampton - and now, busy in...

There’s no escaping team activity at epropservices - and in a good way. The company, which is the parent firm of The...

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...

A group of landlords in the North East are the latest to criticise Labour's plans to introduce a Right to Buy...

A PropTech firm says it has calculated the true cost of being a buy to let investor.  Howsy says the average landlord...

More details have emerged about Labour’s controversial proposal to allow private rental tenants that right to buy their landlord’s property, at...

University towns in the north of England and the Midlands score highest when it comes to yields and capital appreciation. The assessment...

A portal called Oneandonlypro says it’s using Artificial Intelligence to try to identify the top 10 best areas in London for...

A PropTech firm says buy to let investors could earn in excess of double the eight per cent yield most aim...

A new investment company says its latest tool, powered by Artificial Intelligence, helps buy to let investors search for the best...

A property investment company operating a Ponzi scheme based on claims of capital appreciation and rental income has been shut down...

A new analysis of rental yields across all of the UK’s local authorities has revealed exactly where the best places are for...

We’re all for an optimistic interpretation of events but a new tool from comparison website GoCompare lists the UK’s top buy...

The average landlord who sold their rental property in 2017 did so for £86,651 more than they paid for it, having...

A rental investment platform is claiming to have succeeded with the world’s largest property crowdfunding exercise, raising £2,992,800. Property Partner says it...

Consumer group Which? says ‘micro-apartments’ - which have proliferated in recent years - may not be good investments.    The group has focussed...

A new report says buy to let will continue to provide good investment opportunities but requires an increasingly professional approach.   The report,...

Upad, which claims to be Britain's larges online lettings agency, says Manchester has seen a 100 per cent increase in buy to...

Rents rose by a year-on-year average of 0.8 per cent at the end of last month - while inflation in the...

Rent increases across the UK are now running at an average that is less than half the level of a year...

Lettings expert Kate Faulkner says yields - a traditional long-standing measure of success for buy to let landlords - are becoming...

Sister agencies Leaders and Romans have undertaken research to show that property has been the most lucrative investment in the UK...

A student accommodation specialist is warning about the potential pitfalls of investing in individual student rooms or small pods as opposed...

Good news for agents having to work harder to persuade would-be landlords that buy to let makes financial sense after the...

Returns from buy to let properties have risen to their highest level in over a year.  Data from Your Move and Reeds...

Rents across England and Wales rose by an average of 3.4 per cent in 2015 - the fastest annual growth rate...

Buy to let investors in England and Wales have seen their returns rise to around 10 per cent in the past...

The National Landlords Association says it is to lobby Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne on private rental sector tax issues...