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A property entrepreneur critical of the quality of traditional buy to let says the government should create a Minister for Renting...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the second month in a row according to ARLA Propertymark. Its latest snapshot...

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has drawn up a league table of which boroughs in the capital have had their...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a warning to government not to use Capital Gains Tax reform to further punish the private rental...

A prominent agent and industry commentator says the threat of higher Capital Gains Tax risks forcing yet more investors to quit...

One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...

A rebranded agency is now focussing on selling only tenanted buy to let properties in what it calls ‘second tier’ cities...

An MP claims the proliferation of short lets via Airbnb and similar online platforms is indirectly pricing local people out of...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell by almost a fifth in the year to the end of September according...

Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance.  The exercise...

Knight Knox has unveiled a new property investment website as it marks its 16th anniversary. The new site features the tagline ‘property...

Savills latest remote auction in 2020 saw £40m raised with 90 lots sold bringing the total value of property sold in 2020...

One of the highest profile figures in the rental sector says rogue letting agents should be named and shamed as a...

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...

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

Striving for higher yields remains the holy grail for buy to let, and new research suggests investors could be attracted by...

A new private rental licensing regime in a London borough is being described as “a major step forward in improving living...

Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer.  Mary Rouse,...

The latest survey of buy to let landlords suggests a relatively healthy private rental sector notwithstanding the challenges of the Coronavirus...

A specialist mortgage operator is warning letting agents and landlords to gear up for a winter of discontent as a result...

A league table has been drawn up to show which large cities in the UK have the highest demand for investment...

Independent service Moneyfacts says that while the buy to let mortgage sector remains resilient, it has contracted slightly in recent weeks...

The latest house price index, produced by the website Home, gives a broadly optimistic outlook for landlords and other buy to...

New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...

A trade body is reminding new landlords tempted by the stamp duty holiday of the raft of health and safety measures they...

Now may be the time for buy to let investors to consider incorporation - putting their property portfolios into a limited...

Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...

A  buy to let investor has been sentenced to two years in prison after claiming income support despite being a professional portfolio...

Four out of 10 mortgage brokers expect more buy to let business in the coming 12 months, according to a Paragon...

A new web platform is launching encouraging reviews of landlords - but it claims not to be another opportunity for tenants...

A lettings agent comparison website, Rentround, says the stamp duty holiday has spurred existing and would-be landlords to search for new...

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...

Propertymark is the latest industry body to warn the government against Capital Gains Tax changes that may disincentivise landlords. A joint statement...

A new mortgage product aimed at buy to let investors wanting to enjoy a slice of the holiday home staycation market...

There’s a warning that buy to let investors will simply hold on to properties and not sell them if rumoured Capital...

The Prime Minister has stepped into the ongoing row over a Labour claim that last week’s stamp duty holiday was merely...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has entered the row over Labour claiming that the stamp duty holiday announced last week was in...

Buy to let landlords specialising in student accommodation are facing huge challenges with increased government legislation and the impact of Coronavirus. That’s...

Labour has described the stamp duty holiday introduced last week as “a £1.3 billion bung for landlords” because the tax break...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has given a warm welcome to this week’s news that buy to let investors as...

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...

The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...

Four buy to let investors have each been fined £10,000 for letting out unlicensed HMOs. The unlicensed properties , all in the...

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

Agents and landlords are urged to lobby MPs to highlight the threat of the current eviction ban and to urge no...

The latest market snapshot produced by agent data suggests that rent increases have hit a new low as the Coronavirus impacts on...

The council at the centre of one of the planning controversies involving Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has issued a warning to...

Landlords who are remortgaging are currently doing so primarily to build a war chest. That’s the view of mortgage brokerage Mortgages for...

A stamp duty cut could reinvigorate the buy to let market and the wider economy as the country comes out of...

New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...

A PropTech platform claims to allow agents to generate a fully-compliant tenancy agreement with a standardised pet-friendly clause which includes a...

A survey suggests that 77 per cent of  buy to letinvestors believe their tenants can pay full rent during the Coronavirus...

One bedroom properties provide the best returns to buy to let investors according to new research by a lettings management platform. Single...

New figures show that typical capital gains for buy to let investors are on the way down. Hamptons International says that landlords...

The managing director of an insurer and legal services supplier to the lettings industry has accused some tenants of using the...

There’s been a significant increase in the mortgage choice available to landlords as the buy to let market gets closer to...

The so-called King and Queen of Buy To Let, the controversial husband and wife team of Fergus and Judith Wilson, are...

A buy to let investor who kept a group of men as slaves – making them work 90-hour weeks in return...

An analysis of buy to let returns from mortgage lender Mojo has produced a league table with no London locations in...

Research shows that half of those in the private rental sector are aged 16 to 34, making the lettings industry vulnerable...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

A council wants buy to let landlords with one-bed flats or rooms in shared homes to help it find homes for...

Aldermore Bank is this week resuming physical mortgage valuations on properties for house purchase and remortgage in England, where strict social...

A London council has sent an open letting to its buy to let landlords urging them to show understanding to tenants...

The possibility of an extended mortgage holiday being introduced, for landlords as well as home owners, has been sharply criticised by...

A consumer group wants buy to let properties to be re-let only if the tenants in them want to move. The call...

A specialist mortgage broker is suggesting that this is the right time for buy to let investors to bag bargain properties,...

From midnight lettings agents in England have been able to resume work thanks to an amendment to Coronavirus legislation that was...

Some buy to let mortgages are now more expensive than before for borrowers, despite the recent fall in the Bank of...

A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...

New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...

A council is being asked to prioritise consent to use a property as an HMO during the pandemic, with its four...

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...

The number of mortgage lenders still offering products to landlords is 42 - only seven fewer than at the peak of...

Private landlords want the government to stop local authorities charging council tax on rented homes left empty because of the Coronavirus.  The National...

A new automated lettings platform is launching next week and promising to ensure agents and buy to let investors stay compliant. PlanetRent...

HSBC says its unable to accept any new buy to let mortgage applications during the Coronavirus crisis. The same applies to applications...

The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...

Lettings PropTech company teclet has announced that its partnership with the Mortgage Advice Bureau has been extended to offer mortgage and...

Data from independent mortgage monitor Moneyfacts shows that there’s been a big drop in the choice of mortgage for buy to...

The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...

Demand for rental properties with gardens or other outdoor space has soared in terms of portal listings - perhaps no surprise...

It’s not just navigating a path through the Coronavirus crisis that is proving the value of letting agents - it’s their...

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...

The landlords’ newly-merged trade body has renewed its call for the government to do more to help the private rental sector...

The departure of almost all students from UK universities and colleges back to their parental homes for possibly several months has...

A lender is now offering what it calls ‘instant decisions-in-principle’ for buy to let purchasers still buying property at the moment. Landbay...

New research suggests the damage to the private rental sector in terms of non-payment of rent could be a remarkable £15...

The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...

A survey of the buy to let market conducted by a bank before the latest acceleration in the Coronavirus outbreak suggests...

HM Revenue & Customs has issued a new warning to buy to let and Holliday home owners about a major change...

The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...

A shocking case of a buy to let HMO that did not even have a working smoke detector has led to...

A lettings agent has completed a £2.6million property acquisition plan in one city on behalf of investors, and will go on...

A buy to let investor has been found guilty of letting out poor quality living accommodation that was said to pose...

The government has rejected a council’s bid to extend its licensing scheme for privately rented housing. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...

A typical buy to let property pays over £600 in fees a year according to a new study released today. Insurance company...

Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...

A buy to let investor has been hit with a bill of almost £9,500 after being accused of allowing a tenant...

Two bedroom properties produce the best yields for buy to let investors according to the latest research. Lettings management platform Howsy has...

There’s a new warning today for buy to let investors who will be hit by tax changes coming into effect on...

The typical landlord’s income from property has plummeted by a fifth in under a decade according to the National Landlords’ Association. Its...

Nearly four out of 10 landlords believe that tenant demand will rise this year, according to a study by high-profile buy...

A council in a leafy area of south east England has issued an emergency prohibition order to a buy to let...

It’s been revealed that a clampdown on the buy to let sector by HM Revenue and Customs has produced millions of...

Cynics who rejected claims that landlords would quit the buy to let sector because of increasing bureaucracy and higher taxes may...

One of the country’s leading buying agencies says buy to let is changing in prime central London, as corporate structures replace...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...

One of Ed Sheeran’s first massive hits was Lego House. And now, not many years later, it’s been revealed that he’s...

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...

The government’s hugely-publicised database for rogue letting agents and landlords has been running for almost two years and has…wait for it…just...

The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...

A London council tenant who for a period of seven years failed to disclose that he owned three houses, has been...

More tenants save to go on holiday than to put a deposit down on a home to own according to buy...

A third of all landlords live in Greater London and the South East according to data collated by a property management...

A mortgage firm claims some 22 per cent of existing lettings sector investors plan to buy at least another one lettings...

A council is lobbying the government to ask for landlords using Airbnb and other short let platforms to be charged business...

A new survey suggests there may be an exodus of investors out of buy to let - some 27 per cent...

A rental management platform has compiled a league table of where tenant demand is strongest for homes to let - and...

A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...

Two major buy to let lenders have slashed their rates in a bid to win business. One of the highest profile lenders,...

Some 26 per cent of buy to let investors plan to sell one or more of their properties in 2020 according...

There’s been an upbeat prediction on the lettings market given by leading market commentator Lucian Cook, head of residential research at...

Countrywide has calculated that with many landlords exiting the buy to let market, the number of homes available to rent has...

A rogue landlord has been fined £1,384 for failing to get a council licence for two buy to let properties. The case...

There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...

Mortgage costs in the buy to let market have continued to fall over the last three months - a trend seen across...

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...

Richard Donnell, research director at Zoopla, is warning the government that future reform of the private rental sector must not jeopardise...

Reports from China suggest that property investors from that country - a staple in the buy to let market in many...

A prominent buy to let mortgage chief says lenders should be able to access the rogue landlord database launched last year. John...

Owners of buy to let properties across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges according...

A compliance consultant has explained why a local council’s penalty on a rogue landlord - initially £31,499 - was slashed to...

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

The owner of two properties has been fined £35,000 for breaches of the selective licensiing regime in his local area.  At a...

The Black Brick agency, which operates with high net worth clients, is forecasting that 2020 will see the arrival of a...

A short lets firm that describes itself as an “Airbnb management service” is launching an advertising campaign to woo landlords away...

Specialist buy to let mortgage lender Paragon has welcomed Labour's General Election pledge to force rental properties to undergo an annual...

A new PropTech app-based service claiming to reduce paperwork in property management is rolling out in London and the south east. Herddle...

Two specific elements of Labour’s tax proposals, outlined in its manifesto, could “drive a nail into the coffin of buy to...

Another survey of private landlords show a majority feeling less confident about the market than they were three months ago. Last week...

Labour has dropped its controversial policy under which private tenants would have been able to buy their homes at a discount. Press...

New figures just released by the government emphasise the significance of creating a specialist housing court says one of the lettings...

Almost two thirds of landlords say their next buy to let purchase will be through a limited company, not by themselves...

Labour’s controversial proposal to oblige landlords to sell their buy to let properties to tenants who wished to purchase them, unveiled...

An insurance firm has broken down the causes of major problems for buy to let landlords and tenants - and, perhaps...

One of the leading lettings sector trade bodies has unveiled what it describes as “a positive vision for the private rented...

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...

A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...

A landlord has been found guilty of failing to license an HMO - and has ended up with a bill of...

A trade body says the private rental sector is facing a major crisis - more landlords are selling properties than buying...

New research suggests that the recent fall in the cost of fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages may be coming to a halt. Online...

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

Landlords have urged the authorities not to introduce rent controls in Manchester as they would 'choke off' supply of housing in...

An agency that specialises in letting and managing properties in one of the country’s investment hotspots is expanding into a new...

The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...

The majority of the UK’s private renters don’t want to purchase a home according to new research, coming just as the...

A leading PropTech chief says there is nothing inherently wrong with private tenants being given the right to buy their property,...

New research indicates that the majority of property investors in the UK have their plans on pause for the next six...

A rogue landlord who divided his three-bedroom home in central London into eight flats has ended up with a bill of...

A landlord who failed to provide information regarding a buy to let property has been fined £2,080.  Tenants contacted Colchester council in...

Landlords in a part of Teesside are to be allowed to operate a “collaborative” licensing scheme after a council backed down...

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

Greater London rents have risen an average of four per cent in the past year - but some boroughs performing above-average...

Franchise agency group Winkworth claims the lettings fee ban impact has been less severe on its agents than on other companies,...

An influential think tank says Capital Gains Tax on buy to let properties and second homes should be levied at the...

Data published by specialist lender Precise Mortgages suggests that over a fifth of landlords are planning to expand their portfolio with...

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

There is increasing evidence of the so-called unintended consequences of the tenant fee ban according to a major regional lettings agency. Linley &...

As the row over Labour’s proposal rumbles on the think tank Centre for Policy Studies - which has previously argued that...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents appears to have joined the chorus of criticism against Labour’s controversial right to buy policy...

There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...

Birmingham council has issued its first civil penalty against a House in Multiple Occupation landlord - and it says that move...

One in six landlords is seeking to reduce the size of their portfolio in the next 12 months and around half...

Labour has this morning pledged to introduce a shock new policy if it wins the next general election - giving private...

With the country in febrile election mode, it’s perhaps unsurprising that the Association of Residential Letting Agents has got in on...

Police in South Shields have called for the sharing of information about tenants in HMOs - and a council is considering...

A husband and wife pair of buy to let investors have been prosecuted after letting out a property that contained serious...

One of the country’s leading property management experts says buy to let is here to stay - but only if individual...

A new rental option for landlords could see them receiving an upfront annual lump sum of over £10,000. The Advanced Rent Option...

The Labour Party appears to be entering the arena of organising private rental sector tenants who have grievances. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn...

Research by London agency Benham and Reeves says the cumulative cost of a landlord suffering a bad tenant and then evicting...

A private landlord has gone on record to explain her own dilemma with a tenant - and why the government’s scrapping...

New research shows more than half of landlords plan to use limited companies to buy properties in the year ahead.  The study...

Rents in London are rocketing but a leading market commentator says this is no reason to give in to a “Marxist dystopia”...

A man who claimed he needed a council house but was actually a landlord has been ordered to pay back more...

The Mirror newspaper says eight members of the new Boris Johnson-led Cabinet are buy to let investors - and it accuses...

Lettings experts are being invited to the unveiling of a service described by its creators as “a revolutionary rental product.” It is...

A rogue landlord who housed more than 25 tenants in a rundown property has been found guilty of serious housing and...

A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...

An analysis of rental properties in Scotland to discover the most numerous overseas landlords has discovered, perhaps surprisingly, that they come...

Manchester is becoming a buy to let investment hotspot according to the boss of a leading property management firm.  David Alexander of...

A property education business says it’s targeting a major expansion with the launch of online additions to its nationwide courses in...

A buy to let investor has been fined almost £5,000 after admitting overcrowding.  Matteo Mariano, from Gedling in Nottinghamshire, pleaded guilty at...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following a complaint about an advertisement which claimed a flat was just a one...

Some 12 per cent of homes to let are operated by a ‘company landlord’ according to an analysis by Countrywide high-end...

Buy to let investors in the UK are spending nearly £4.7 billion a year on their rental properties, an average of...

A campaign by HM Revenue & Customs to encourage buy to let investors to ‘fess up’ to their unpaid tax has...

A lettings agency is believed to be the first to offer landlords a year's rent in advance in one lump sum...

Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...

There’s been an “unprecedented” across-the-board fall in fixed rate buy to let mortgage rates according to an online investment platform.   Property Master...

A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...

The number of buy to let products for first time landlords has risen to an all-time high. Data from independent mortgage market...

Second home owners, landlords and property investors are being urged to beware a “dramatic change” to the current capital gains tax...

A new survey by a specialist property sector lender reveals that 19 per cent of landlords are looking to sell in...

A new survey by one of the sector’s most respected lenders, Paragon, suggests large scale landlords are now a bigger force...

Savills says some 120,000 buy to let mortgages have been redeemed since the launch of the additional homes stamp duty surcharge...

A European law firm has set out a critique of the driving forces behind Build To Rent - and it says...

A buy to let investor who let out an unsafe and unlicensed property in London has now been hit with a...

A landlord who illegally converted a London home into two flats without planning permission has been given a prison sentence after...

New research shows that some buy to let investors in London could typically lose over £19,000 a year if Berlin-style rent...

A buy to let investor has been fined £4,800 and ordered to pay £2,200 in costs for failing to keep his...

Landlords have been urged to seek advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties after a landmark tribunal case. A...

High profile agency Haart has issued a warning to landlords on what it sees as the three key risks to successful letting...

A leading buy to let specialist lender says the vast number of BTL mortgage products now on the market has made...

A leading housing market analyst says the sales market is increasingly determined by the acts of buy to let and other...

We may be all-too-familiar with the challenges facing letting agents and landlords in the private rental sector but there is at...

A holiday lettings company says it’s seen a 23 per cent increase in its portfolio over the past year as owners...

A leading lettings expert insists that greater regulation in the private rental sector can work for the benefit of landlords and...

A specialist broker says the costs of most fixed rate buy to let mortgages are beginning to rise.  Property Master warned last...

A lettings agent and investment adviser says there is a positive interpretation of the fees ban introduced this month in England. Abi...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests the typical buy to let investor will be lucky to generate annual...

A property management chief is arguing that rent controls would restrict mortgage loans to buy to let investors and drive existing...

Airbnb and short let management service Hostmaker - at the centre of a dispute involving a landlord trade body and the...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says the feared sell-off of private rental units is continuing apace on the eve of...

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has been put on the spot by the person many consider to be the country’s most...

The head of a firm that seeks investors to put money into residential property funds rather than individual homes for tenants...

A company appearing to call on landlords to abandon tenants and instead let their properties to short-let visitors is now trying...

The fierce competition in the lettings market in parts of London means that some tenants will feel no benefit from the...

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

A leading buy to let mortgage provider says the professional landlord with multiple properties is increasingly becoming the backbone of its...

There’s been another major industry survey revealing that a high number of lettings agents and landlords may quit the private rental...

Only one in six private landlords say they would support the Conservatives in an election according to a new poll. Buy to...

A damning report on taxation in the private rental sector (PRS) has accused the treasury of appearing not to understand 'the...

There was a notable increase in the number of older buy-to-let investors in 2018, according to Commercial Trust Limited. The specialist buy-to-let...

A compliance company has accused “thousands” of buy to let investors of failing to address major household hazards which render properties...

A buy to let investor has been left with a £2,000 bill and a criminal conviction after letting out his property...

A quarter of private landlords are looking to sell at least one property over the next year according to new research...

A London council has won one of the largest-ever Proceeds of Crime claims from an unscrupulous buy to let investor. Andre Charles Trepel,...

New data from specialist mortgage firm Commercial Trust suggests that London’s buy to let sector turned a corner in the first...

A new report by a leading lettings sector expert cautions parents who are considering entering the Buy To Let sector by...

Two rogue landlords have been convicted of failing to comply with a Prohibition Order on the rental property they owned. Sandeep Jarjapu...

A property investment platform claims that investor sentiment in buy to let is actually improving despite ongoing political and economic uncertainty...

One of London’s best known lettings agents says unfurnished properties can take 30 per cent longer to let than a furnished...

Three years after the introduction of the second homes stamp duty surcharge, landlords are “beginning to come to terms with the...

The chief executive of a specialist buy to let lender says increasing the rent to combat additional costs put on landlords...

An online platform claims it has found a new and easy way for investors to become landlords, describing itself as ‘PayPal...

The chief executive of Hunters has told MPs there are 19 properties on its books which specify ‘No DSS’ - but...

Senior lettings agency figures are amongst those who will this morning give evidence to a committee of MPs investigating so-called ‘DSS...

The scrapping of Section 21, as proposed by the government, shows that Whiteall has “a Dickensian view” of the buy to...

The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...

Data from a Countrywide agency shows that 59 per cent of landlords who live in London purchased their buy to let...

A building expert is warning buy to let investors that they won’t enjoy unfettered rights to extend their properties upwards when...

A buy to let investor has received a hefty fine “for endangering the lives of his tenants by failing to meet...

There will be less buy to let remortgaging in future as landlords consolidate rather than expand their portfolios. The prediction comes from...

Savills has launched a new residential lettings service in one of the country’s most successful buy to let and investment locations...

Buy to let investors are facing a double whammy as stagnating rents and reduced tax relief are hitting profitability. A study from...

The government has beefed up its support for councils identifying and prosecuting rogue landlords. Yesterday the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local...

The owner of a buy to let HMO has been found guilty of six offences but has received a fine of...

Agents and prospective buy to let investors keen to grab a slice of the capital’s growing lettings market now have a...

A trade body has welcomed calls by a parliamentary committee for tax incentives for the buy to let sector to improve...

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

Two buy to let investors have been fined thousands of pounds after failing to carry out improvements to unfit rental properties. Adur...

Fergus Wilson, arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord and almost certainly the individual with the largest number of buy to lets in...

A buy to let investor has been hit with a £4,000 fine plus costs of over £5,000 after failing to license...

Buy to let mortgage costs remain stable with little movement recorded over the past three months according to a market snapshot...

The number of London landlords exiting the market last month was a whopping 125 per cent higher than the national average. The...

A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...

It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...

Changes to Capital Gains Tax which reach their full impact in the next 12 months could fuel property changing hands between...

A buy to let investor who hid families in windowless rooms after failing to get planning permission for a block of...

Fergus Wilson - the controversial buy to let landlord who with his wife once owned 1,000 homes - has named his...

A property management company is taking the unusual approach of suggesting to buy to let investors that they purchase properties with...

Large-scale buy to let investors are continuing to move to limited company status in a bid to limit their exposure to...

A survey of 500 buy to let landlords suggests that well over a third are planning to increase the size of...

A buy to let investment service says its podcasts are now downloaded over 200,000 times a month and it has an...

The Nationwide is the latest lender to say it will not insist its buy to let borrowers enforce a No DSS...

The UK’s holiday lets sector could be a beneficiary of the current Brexit uncertainty and people not vacationing abroad because they...

A trade body says a recent court case threatens the right of buy to let landlords to repossess their properties. The Residential...

The average age of those buying investment property has fallen by more than three and a half years in the past...

The proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let homes in London with cash rose from 33 per cent in 2017 to...

A PropTech firm says buy to let investors should not respond to the slowing market by selling up, but should instead...

There is a warning that the HMRC’s Let Property campaign, which received huge publicity and attention for some years, has so...

One of Britain’s most experienced lettings experts has condemned the government for “almost singlehandedly destroying the traditional lettings market.” Lisa Simon -...

A lettings sector trade body is demanding that the government brings forward tax measures to address what it calls “the scourge...

Income tax paid by buy to let landlords now exceeds £3.8 billion annually – that’s more than double Tesco’s entire annual...

A lettings agency that has analysed HMRC data says rental income for buy to let landlords has leaped 15 per cent...