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A new agency doesn’t hold back about its importance, describing itself as “the future of buy to let property offering a...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading tax expert is forecasting that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will duck making any changes to CGT in tomorrow’s Budget and...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A new survey suggests only a small minority of landlords use agents to partly or wholly manage their portfolios. The survey, by...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the first franchisees for a new business model put forward by the Century 21 UK agency is a buy...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that new energy efficiency targets for EPCs could stifle buy to let investment in future. In...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News

An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers. Barrows and...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A 24 month community order and 200 hours of unpaid work are the price being paid for an unlawful eviction. Buy to...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A call has gone out for the longer-term buy to let rental sector to have a similar tax regime as the largely-unregulated...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest rental market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark suggests that only 30 per cent of tenants experienced rent increases in December...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
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20 January 2021
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Research from independent financial service market monitor Moneyfacts shows a small but encouraging increase in the number of buy to let mortgages...
20 January 2021
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Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A rental market snapshot says the UK-wide lettings picture is dragged down by Greater London's excess of supply, and by the...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading property law expert says there is now pressure on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise stamp duty on buy to...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News

High end agency Savills says it’s raised over £270m in nine auctions this year, with an average sold price of over...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

An investment group of companies specialising in student accommodation says letting agents can be very important - but it also says...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Around one in seven residential properties purchased in November were snapped up by buy to let investors, according to Countrywide research. A...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News

An end-of-year market snapshot by the Association of Residential Letting Agents shows the supply of rental accommodation was the highest on record...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The rental market is recovering fast from the Coronavirus crisis and still has a strong ‘offer’ for investors - but it’s...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A property entrepreneur critical of the quality of traditional buy to let says the government should create a Minister for Renting...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the second month in a row according to ARLA Propertymark. Its latest snapshot...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has drawn up a league table of which boroughs in the capital have had their...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has issued a warning to government not to use Capital Gains Tax reform to further punish the private rental...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent agent and industry commentator says the threat of higher Capital Gains Tax risks forcing yet more investors to quit...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A rebranded agency is now focussing on selling only tenanted buy to let properties in what it calls ‘second tier’ cities...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

An MP claims the proliferation of short lets via Airbnb and similar online platforms is indirectly pricing local people out of...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell by almost a fifth in the year to the end of September according...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance. The exercise...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Knight Knox has unveiled a new property investment website as it marks its 16th anniversary. The new site features the tagline ‘property...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Savills latest remote auction in 2020 saw £40m raised with 90 lots sold bringing the total value of property sold in 2020...
08 October 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the highest profile figures in the rental sector says rogue letting agents should be named and shamed as a...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has revealed its top 10 hotspots for buy to let investors seeking high rental yields. The analysis is based on rental returns...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Striving for higher yields remains the holy grail for buy to let, and new research suggests investors could be attracted by...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A new private rental licensing regime in a London borough is being described as “a major step forward in improving living...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer. Mary Rouse,...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest survey of buy to let landlords suggests a relatively healthy private rental sector notwithstanding the challenges of the Coronavirus...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A specialist mortgage operator is warning letting agents and landlords to gear up for a winter of discontent as a result...
25 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A league table has been drawn up to show which large cities in the UK have the highest demand for investment...
25 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Independent service Moneyfacts says that while the buy to let mortgage sector remains resilient, it has contracted slightly in recent weeks...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest house price index, produced by the website Home, gives a broadly optimistic outlook for landlords and other buy to...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A trade body is reminding new landlords tempted by the stamp duty holiday of the raft of health and safety measures they...
11 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Now may be the time for buy to let investors to consider incorporation - putting their property portfolios into a limited...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been sentenced to two years in prison after claiming income support despite being a professional portfolio...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Four out of 10 mortgage brokers expect more buy to let business in the coming 12 months, according to a Paragon...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A new web platform is launching encouraging reviews of landlords - but it claims not to be another opportunity for tenants...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent comparison website, Rentround, says the stamp duty holiday has spurred existing and would-be landlords to search for new...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Propertymark is the latest industry body to warn the government against Capital Gains Tax changes that may disincentivise landlords. A joint statement...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A new mortgage product aimed at buy to let investors wanting to enjoy a slice of the holiday home staycation market...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a warning that buy to let investors will simply hold on to properties and not sell them if rumoured Capital...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The Prime Minister has stepped into the ongoing row over a Labour claim that last week’s stamp duty holiday was merely...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Chris Pincher has entered the row over Labour claiming that the stamp duty holiday announced last week was in...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Buy to let landlords specialising in student accommodation are facing huge challenges with increased government legislation and the impact of Coronavirus. That’s...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Labour has described the stamp duty holiday introduced last week as “a £1.3 billion bung for landlords” because the tax break...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has given a warm welcome to this week’s news that buy to let investors as...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...
09 July 2020
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The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Four buy to let investors have each been fined £10,000 for letting out unlicensed HMOs. The unlicensed properties , all in the...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords are urged to lobby MPs to highlight the threat of the current eviction ban and to urge no...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot produced by agent data suggests that rent increases have hit a new low as the Coronavirus impacts on...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The council at the centre of one of the planning controversies involving Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has issued a warning to...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords who are remortgaging are currently doing so primarily to build a war chest. That’s the view of mortgage brokerage Mortgages for...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A stamp duty cut could reinvigorate the buy to let market and the wider economy as the country comes out of...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News

New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform claims to allow agents to generate a fully-compliant tenancy agreement with a standardised pet-friendly clause which includes a...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey suggests that 77 per cent of buy to letinvestors believe their tenants can pay full rent during the Coronavirus...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News

One bedroom properties provide the best returns to buy to let investors according to new research by a lettings management platform. Single...
18 June 2020
From: Breaking News

New figures show that typical capital gains for buy to let investors are on the way down. Hamptons International says that landlords...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The managing director of an insurer and legal services supplier to the lettings industry has accused some tenants of using the...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a significant increase in the mortgage choice available to landlords as the buy to let market gets closer to...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The so-called King and Queen of Buy To Let, the controversial husband and wife team of Fergus and Judith Wilson, are...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor who kept a group of men as slaves – making them work 90-hour weeks in return...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News

An analysis of buy to let returns from mortgage lender Mojo has produced a league table with no London locations in...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Research shows that half of those in the private rental sector are aged 16 to 34, making the lettings industry vulnerable...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News
The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...
28 May 2020
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A council wants buy to let landlords with one-bed flats or rooms in shared homes to help it find homes for...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Aldermore Bank is this week resuming physical mortgage valuations on properties for house purchase and remortgage in England, where strict social...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A London council has sent an open letting to its buy to let landlords urging them to show understanding to tenants...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The possibility of an extended mortgage holiday being introduced, for landlords as well as home owners, has been sharply criticised by...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A consumer group wants buy to let properties to be re-let only if the tenants in them want to move. The call...
19 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A specialist mortgage broker is suggesting that this is the right time for buy to let investors to bag bargain properties,...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News

From midnight lettings agents in England have been able to resume work thanks to an amendment to Coronavirus legislation that was...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Some buy to let mortgages are now more expensive than before for borrowers, despite the recent fall in the Bank of...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A council is being asked to prioritise consent to use a property as an HMO during the pandemic, with its four...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...
01 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of mortgage lenders still offering products to landlords is 42 - only seven fewer than at the peak of...
28 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Private landlords want the government to stop local authorities charging council tax on rented homes left empty because of the Coronavirus. The National...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A new automated lettings platform is launching next week and promising to ensure agents and buy to let investors stay compliant. PlanetRent...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News

HSBC says its unable to accept any new buy to let mortgage applications during the Coronavirus crisis. The same applies to applications...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Lettings PropTech company teclet has announced that its partnership with the Mortgage Advice Bureau has been extended to offer mortgage and...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Data from independent mortgage monitor Moneyfacts shows that there’s been a big drop in the choice of mortgage for buy to...
15 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Demand for rental properties with gardens or other outdoor space has soared in terms of portal listings - perhaps no surprise...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s not just navigating a path through the Coronavirus crisis that is proving the value of letting agents - it’s their...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The landlords’ newly-merged trade body has renewed its call for the government to do more to help the private rental sector...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The departure of almost all students from UK universities and colleges back to their parental homes for possibly several months has...
24 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A lender is now offering what it calls ‘instant decisions-in-principle’ for buy to let purchasers still buying property at the moment. Landbay...
24 March 2020
From: Breaking News

New research suggests the damage to the private rental sector in terms of non-payment of rent could be a remarkable £15...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey of the buy to let market conducted by a bank before the latest acceleration in the Coronavirus outbreak suggests...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News

HM Revenue & Customs has issued a new warning to buy to let and Holliday home owners about a major change...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent has completed a £2.6million property acquisition plan in one city on behalf of investors, and will go on...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been found guilty of letting out poor quality living accommodation that was said to pose...
10 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has rejected a council’s bid to extend its licensing scheme for privately rented housing. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A typical buy to let property pays over £600 in fees a year according to a new study released today. Insurance company...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been hit with a bill of almost £9,500 after being accused of allowing a tenant...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Two bedroom properties produce the best yields for buy to let investors according to the latest research. Lettings management platform Howsy has...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a new warning today for buy to let investors who will be hit by tax changes coming into effect on...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The typical landlord’s income from property has plummeted by a fifth in under a decade according to the National Landlords’ Association. Its...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Nearly four out of 10 landlords believe that tenant demand will rise this year, according to a study by high-profile buy...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A council in a leafy area of south east England has issued an emergency prohibition order to a buy to let...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that a clampdown on the buy to let sector by HM Revenue and Customs has produced millions of...
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Cynics who rejected claims that landlords would quit the buy to let sector because of increasing bureaucracy and higher taxes may...
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading buying agencies says buy to let is changing in prime central London, as corporate structures replace...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Ed Sheeran’s first massive hits was Lego House. And now, not many years later, it’s been revealed that he’s...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A London council tenant who for a period of seven years failed to disclose that he owned three houses, has been...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A third of all landlords live in Greater London and the South East according to data collated by a property management...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A mortgage firm claims some 22 per cent of existing lettings sector investors plan to buy at least another one lettings...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A council is lobbying the government to ask for landlords using Airbnb and other short let platforms to be charged business...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A rental management platform has compiled a league table of where tenant demand is strongest for homes to let - and...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Two major buy to let lenders have slashed their rates in a bid to win business. One of the highest profile lenders,...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Some 26 per cent of buy to let investors plan to sell one or more of their properties in 2020 according...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been an upbeat prediction on the lettings market given by leading market commentator Lucian Cook, head of residential research at...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has calculated that with many landlords exiting the buy to let market, the number of homes available to rent has...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord has been fined £1,384 for failing to get a council licence for two buy to let properties. The case...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...
24 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Mortgage costs in the buy to let market have continued to fall over the last three months - a trend seen across...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Richard Donnell, research director at Zoopla, is warning the government that future reform of the private rental sector must not jeopardise...
18 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Reports from China suggest that property investors from that country - a staple in the buy to let market in many...
17 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A prominent buy to let mortgage chief says lenders should be able to access the rogue landlord database launched last year. John...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Owners of buy to let properties across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges according...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A compliance consultant has explained why a local council’s penalty on a rogue landlord - initially £31,499 - was slashed to...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The owner of two properties has been fined £35,000 for breaches of the selective licensiing regime in his local area. At a...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Black Brick agency, which operates with high net worth clients, is forecasting that 2020 will see the arrival of a...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A short lets firm that describes itself as an “Airbnb management service” is launching an advertising campaign to woo landlords away...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Specialist buy to let mortgage lender Paragon has welcomed Labour's General Election pledge to force rental properties to undergo an annual...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech app-based service claiming to reduce paperwork in property management is rolling out in London and the south east. Herddle...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Two specific elements of Labour’s tax proposals, outlined in its manifesto, could “drive a nail into the coffin of buy to...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Another survey of private landlords show a majority feeling less confident about the market than they were three months ago. Last week...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Labour has dropped its controversial policy under which private tenants would have been able to buy their homes at a discount. Press...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

New figures just released by the government emphasise the significance of creating a specialist housing court says one of the lettings...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Almost two thirds of landlords say their next buy to let purchase will be through a limited company, not by themselves...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Labour’s controversial proposal to oblige landlords to sell their buy to let properties to tenants who wished to purchase them, unveiled...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News

An insurance firm has broken down the causes of major problems for buy to let landlords and tenants - and, perhaps...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the leading lettings sector trade bodies has unveiled what it describes as “a positive vision for the private rented...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade body says the private rental sector is facing a major crisis - more landlords are selling properties than buying...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News

New research suggests that the recent fall in the cost of fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages may be coming to a halt. Online...
24 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords have urged the authorities not to introduce rent controls in Manchester as they would 'choke off' supply of housing in...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News

An agency that specialises in letting and managing properties in one of the country’s investment hotspots is expanding into a new...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The majority of the UK’s private renters don’t want to purchase a home according to new research, coming just as the...
24 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech chief says there is nothing inherently wrong with private tenants being given the right to buy their property,...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News

New research indicates that the majority of property investors in the UK have their plans on pause for the next six...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord who divided his three-bedroom home in central London into eight flats has ended up with a bill of...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord who failed to provide information regarding a buy to let property has been fined £2,080. Tenants contacted Colchester council in...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords in a part of Teesside are to be allowed to operate a “collaborative” licensing scheme after a council backed down...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm says it has calculated the true cost of being a buy to let investor. Howsy says the average landlord...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Greater London rents have risen an average of four per cent in the past year - but some boroughs performing above-average...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Franchise agency group Winkworth claims the lettings fee ban impact has been less severe on its agents than on other companies,...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News

An influential think tank says Capital Gains Tax on buy to let properties and second homes should be levied at the...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Data published by specialist lender Precise Mortgages suggests that over a fifth of landlords are planning to expand their portfolio with...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News

More details have emerged about Labour’s controversial proposal to allow private rental tenants that right to buy their landlord’s property, at...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

There is increasing evidence of the so-called unintended consequences of the tenant fee ban according to a major regional lettings agency. Linley &...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

As the row over Labour’s proposal rumbles on the think tank Centre for Policy Studies - which has previously argued that...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents appears to have joined the chorus of criticism against Labour’s controversial right to buy policy...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Birmingham council has issued its first civil penalty against a House in Multiple Occupation landlord - and it says that move...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

One in six landlords is seeking to reduce the size of their portfolio in the next 12 months and around half...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Labour has this morning pledged to introduce a shock new policy if it wins the next general election - giving private...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News

With the country in febrile election mode, it’s perhaps unsurprising that the Association of Residential Letting Agents has got in on...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Police in South Shields have called for the sharing of information about tenants in HMOs - and a council is considering...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A husband and wife pair of buy to let investors have been prosecuted after letting out a property that contained serious...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading property management experts says buy to let is here to stay - but only if individual...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A new rental option for landlords could see them receiving an upfront annual lump sum of over £10,000. The Advanced Rent Option...
20 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Labour Party appears to be entering the arena of organising private rental sector tenants who have grievances. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn...
19 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Research by London agency Benham and Reeves says the cumulative cost of a landlord suffering a bad tenant and then evicting...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A private landlord has gone on record to explain her own dilemma with a tenant - and why the government’s scrapping...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News

New research shows more than half of landlords plan to use limited companies to buy properties in the year ahead. The study...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Rents in London are rocketing but a leading market commentator says this is no reason to give in to a “Marxist dystopia”...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A man who claimed he needed a council house but was actually a landlord has been ordered to pay back more...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Mirror newspaper says eight members of the new Boris Johnson-led Cabinet are buy to let investors - and it accuses...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Lettings experts are being invited to the unveiling of a service described by its creators as “a revolutionary rental product.” It is...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord who housed more than 25 tenants in a rundown property has been found guilty of serious housing and...
02 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

An analysis of rental properties in Scotland to discover the most numerous overseas landlords has discovered, perhaps surprisingly, that they come...
30 July 2019
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Manchester is becoming a buy to let investment hotspot according to the boss of a leading property management firm. David Alexander of...
29 July 2019
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A property education business says it’s targeting a major expansion with the launch of online additions to its nationwide courses in...
26 July 2019
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A buy to let investor has been fined almost £5,000 after admitting overcrowding. Matteo Mariano, from Gedling in Nottinghamshire, pleaded guilty at...
26 July 2019
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The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following a complaint about an advertisement which claimed a flat was just a one...
24 July 2019
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Some 12 per cent of homes to let are operated by a ‘company landlord’ according to an analysis by Countrywide high-end...
22 July 2019
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Buy to let investors in the UK are spending nearly £4.7 billion a year on their rental properties, an average of...
19 July 2019
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A campaign by HM Revenue & Customs to encourage buy to let investors to ‘fess up’ to their unpaid tax has...
17 July 2019
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A lettings agency is believed to be the first to offer landlords a year's rent in advance in one lump sum...
16 July 2019
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Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...
12 July 2019
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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...
10 July 2019
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A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...
02 July 2019
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The number of buy to let products for first time landlords has risen to an all-time high. Data from independent mortgage market...
02 July 2019
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Second home owners, landlords and property investors are being urged to beware a “dramatic change” to the current capital gains tax...
28 June 2019
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A new survey by a specialist property sector lender reveals that 19 per cent of landlords are looking to sell in...
27 June 2019
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A new survey by one of the sector’s most respected lenders, Paragon, suggests large scale landlords are now a bigger force...
27 June 2019
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Savills says some 120,000 buy to let mortgages have been redeemed since the launch of the additional homes stamp duty surcharge...
24 June 2019
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A European law firm has set out a critique of the driving forces behind Build To Rent - and it says...
24 June 2019
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A buy to let investor who let out an unsafe and unlicensed property in London has now been hit with a...
21 June 2019
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A landlord who illegally converted a London home into two flats without planning permission has been given a prison sentence after...
20 June 2019
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New research shows that some buy to let investors in London could typically lose over £19,000 a year if Berlin-style rent...
19 June 2019
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A buy to let investor has been fined £4,800 and ordered to pay £2,200 in costs for failing to keep his...
19 June 2019
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Landlords have been urged to seek advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties after a landmark tribunal case. A...
18 June 2019
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High profile agency Haart has issued a warning to landlords on what it sees as the three key risks to successful letting...
17 June 2019
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A leading buy to let specialist lender says the vast number of BTL mortgage products now on the market has made...
14 June 2019
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A leading housing market analyst says the sales market is increasingly determined by the acts of buy to let and other...
14 June 2019
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We may be all-too-familiar with the challenges facing letting agents and landlords in the private rental sector but there is at...
11 June 2019
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A holiday lettings company says it’s seen a 23 per cent increase in its portfolio over the past year as owners...
10 June 2019
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A leading lettings expert insists that greater regulation in the private rental sector can work for the benefit of landlords and...
10 June 2019
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A specialist broker says the costs of most fixed rate buy to let mortgages are beginning to rise. Property Master warned last...
07 June 2019
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A lettings agent and investment adviser says there is a positive interpretation of the fees ban introduced this month in England. Abi...
06 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests the typical buy to let investor will be lucky to generate annual...
05 June 2019
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A property management chief is arguing that rent controls would restrict mortgage loans to buy to let investors and drive existing...
04 June 2019
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Airbnb and short let management service Hostmaker - at the centre of a dispute involving a landlord trade body and the...
04 June 2019
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The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says the feared sell-off of private rental units is continuing apace on the eve of...
31 May 2019
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has been put on the spot by the person many consider to be the country’s most...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The head of a firm that seeks investors to put money into residential property funds rather than individual homes for tenants...
29 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A company appearing to call on landlords to abandon tenants and instead let their properties to short-let visitors is now trying...
28 May 2019
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The fierce competition in the lettings market in parts of London means that some tenants will feel no benefit from the...
28 May 2019
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A portal called Oneandonlypro says it’s using Artificial Intelligence to try to identify the top 10 best areas in London for...
23 May 2019
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A leading buy to let mortgage provider says the professional landlord with multiple properties is increasingly becoming the backbone of its...
23 May 2019
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There’s been another major industry survey revealing that a high number of lettings agents and landlords may quit the private rental...
22 May 2019
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Only one in six private landlords say they would support the Conservatives in an election according to a new poll. Buy to...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A damning report on taxation in the private rental sector (PRS) has accused the treasury of appearing not to understand 'the...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
10 May 2019
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A compliance company has accused “thousands” of buy to let investors of failing to address major household hazards which render properties...
07 May 2019
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A buy to let investor has been left with a £2,000 bill and a criminal conviction after letting out his property...
03 May 2019
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A quarter of private landlords are looking to sell at least one property over the next year according to new research...
02 May 2019
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A London council has won one of the largest-ever Proceeds of Crime claims from an unscrupulous buy to let investor. Andre Charles Trepel,...
02 May 2019
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New data from specialist mortgage firm Commercial Trust suggests that London’s buy to let sector turned a corner in the first...
02 May 2019
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A new report by a leading lettings sector expert cautions parents who are considering entering the Buy To Let sector by...
01 May 2019
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Two rogue landlords have been convicted of failing to comply with a Prohibition Order on the rental property they owned. Sandeep Jarjapu...
01 May 2019
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A property investment platform claims that investor sentiment in buy to let is actually improving despite ongoing political and economic uncertainty...
30 April 2019
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One of London’s best known lettings agents says unfurnished properties can take 30 per cent longer to let than a furnished...
30 April 2019
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Three years after the introduction of the second homes stamp duty surcharge, landlords are “beginning to come to terms with the...
30 April 2019
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The chief executive of a specialist buy to let lender says increasing the rent to combat additional costs put on landlords...
29 April 2019
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An online platform claims it has found a new and easy way for investors to become landlords, describing itself as ‘PayPal...
26 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of Hunters has told MPs there are 19 properties on its books which specify ‘No DSS’ - but...
25 April 2019
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Senior lettings agency figures are amongst those who will this morning give evidence to a committee of MPs investigating so-called ‘DSS...
24 April 2019
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The scrapping of Section 21, as proposed by the government, shows that Whiteall has “a Dickensian view” of the buy to...
17 April 2019
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The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...
15 April 2019
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Data from a Countrywide agency shows that 59 per cent of landlords who live in London purchased their buy to let...
15 April 2019
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A building expert is warning buy to let investors that they won’t enjoy unfettered rights to extend their properties upwards when...
15 April 2019
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A buy to let investor has received a hefty fine “for endangering the lives of his tenants by failing to meet...
12 April 2019
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There will be less buy to let remortgaging in future as landlords consolidate rather than expand their portfolios. The prediction comes from...
11 April 2019
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Savills has launched a new residential lettings service in one of the country’s most successful buy to let and investment locations...
11 April 2019
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Buy to let investors are facing a double whammy as stagnating rents and reduced tax relief are hitting profitability. A study from...
11 April 2019
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The government has beefed up its support for councils identifying and prosecuting rogue landlords. Yesterday the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local...
10 April 2019
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10 April 2019
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Agents and prospective buy to let investors keen to grab a slice of the capital’s growing lettings market now have a...
09 April 2019
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A trade body has welcomed calls by a parliamentary committee for tax incentives for the buy to let sector to improve...
08 April 2019
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A PropTech firm says buy to let investors could earn in excess of double the eight per cent yield most aim...
08 April 2019
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Two buy to let investors have been fined thousands of pounds after failing to carry out improvements to unfit rental properties. Adur...
05 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Fergus Wilson, arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord and almost certainly the individual with the largest number of buy to lets in...
02 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been hit with a £4,000 fine plus costs of over £5,000 after failing to license...
02 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy to let mortgage costs remain stable with little movement recorded over the past three months according to a market snapshot...
01 April 2019
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The number of London landlords exiting the market last month was a whopping 125 per cent higher than the national average. The...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Changes to Capital Gains Tax which reach their full impact in the next 12 months could fuel property changing hands between...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor who hid families in windowless rooms after failing to get planning permission for a block of...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Fergus Wilson - the controversial buy to let landlord who with his wife once owned 1,000 homes - has named his...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A property management company is taking the unusual approach of suggesting to buy to let investors that they purchase properties with...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Large-scale buy to let investors are continuing to move to limited company status in a bid to limit their exposure to...
25 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A survey of 500 buy to let landlords suggests that well over a third are planning to increase the size of...
25 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investment service says its podcasts are now downloaded over 200,000 times a month and it has an...
22 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The Nationwide is the latest lender to say it will not insist its buy to let borrowers enforce a No DSS...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The UK’s holiday lets sector could be a beneficiary of the current Brexit uncertainty and people not vacationing abroad because they...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade body says a recent court case threatens the right of buy to let landlords to repossess their properties. The Residential...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The average age of those buying investment property has fallen by more than three and a half years in the past...
19 March 2019
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The proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let homes in London with cash rose from 33 per cent in 2017 to...
18 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm says buy to let investors should not respond to the slowing market by selling up, but should instead...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News

There is a warning that the HMRC’s Let Property campaign, which received huge publicity and attention for some years, has so...
14 March 2019
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One of Britain’s most experienced lettings experts has condemned the government for “almost singlehandedly destroying the traditional lettings market.” Lisa Simon -...
13 March 2019
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A lettings sector trade body is demanding that the government brings forward tax measures to address what it calls “the scourge...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Income tax paid by buy to let landlords now exceeds £3.8 billion annually – that’s more than double Tesco’s entire annual...
12 March 2019
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A lettings agency that has analysed HMRC data says rental income for buy to let landlords has leaped 15 per cent...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been landed with a fine and costs of over £20,000 because he failed to apply...
06 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Momentum is building in the campaign to end ‘No DSS’ discrimination against private rental sector tenants in receipt of housing benefit. Late...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The gap between the cost of buying and renting is down 59 per cent to its lowest level in nine years...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Demand for room rentals in London is so high their average charge has risen two per cent in 2019 already, claims...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Brexit is not a good reason for delaying buy to let investment, insists a mortgage chief. Andrew Turner is chief executive at...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Doncaster council has paid £100,000 to a private landlord who threatened to take it to court over alleged slander. Local media outlets say...
28 February 2019
From: Breaking News

An online platform says its management service for landlords can vary depending on individual client needs - a vital response to...
26 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy to let may have been in the doldrums in recent years thanks to new taxes and stricter regulations but there’s...
26 February 2019
From: Breaking News

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has produced figures showing, indirectly at least, exactly why buy to let and property investment...
22 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Some 24 per cent of landlords have considered letting out their properties on a short let Airbnb-style basis - but only...
22 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord who left his tenant homeless after changing the locks while he was on holiday has been hit with a...
19 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor who converted three family homes to HMOs without securing planning permission has been jailed for falsifying...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A survey of mortgage experts conducted by one of the largest specialist buy to let lenders suggests that Brexit is hitting...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News

With good news in the buy to let sector in short supply, here’s a promising start to the week - a...
11 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest index from specialist buy to let platform Landbay says the slowdown in London’s lettings market since the Brexit vote...
08 February 2019
From: Breaking News

High-end lettings agency Strutt & Parker says the take-up of new rental tenancies decreased by 5.4 per cent over 2018 as...
07 February 2019
From: Breaking News

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank is predicting that £75 billion of investment will be committed to the Build To Rent sector...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord who failed to comply with orders to improve the standard of a property has had to pay over £7,500...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading landlord has hit out at a lettings agency’s portrayal of buy to let tax changes. Rosalind Beck, a campaigning landlord...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News

London-focussed lettings agency ludlowthompson says buy to let landlords across the country claimed a record £17.7 billion in tax relief last...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been a big rise in the volume of purpose-built student accommodation in the UK, suggesting that the market may be...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A Trading Standards team has prosecuted a landlord who allegedly 'knew' criminal activity was taking place in his buy to let...
28 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been an angry reaction to the suggestion that London’s Labour mayor, Sadiq Khan, is seeking to introduce rent controls in...
24 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor who let out a converted attic room despite it being the subject of a council prohibition...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A warning has been issued to lettings agents to review tenancy agreements to see if they are fit for purpose when...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has lost possession of his flat after converting it into an Illegal House in Multiple Occupation...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A new league table of worries for landlords shows exactly why letting agents are needed - and a lot of the...
21 January 2019
From: Breaking News

There has been a massive surge in the volume of lettings properties under construction for the burgeoning Built To Rent sector. Data...
18 January 2019
From: Breaking News

An online agency specialising in the sale of investment properties with tenants in situ claims the average time for a tenanted...
18 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests asking rents in London are now increasing at an annual rate not seen for...
17 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords in London are possibly £1,806 worse off since the vote to leave the EU in June 2016, according to specialist...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A council has prosecuted a buy to let investor for not making necessary improvements to his property. The landlord, Balwinder Singh Chandi,...
14 January 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the buy to let sector’s main mortgage lenders, Paragon, has refreshed its range of mortgages with new products which...
10 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The Daily Mail has reported on a massive buy to let fiddle which involved a £10.8m property empire, rents totalling £500,000...
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Most buy-to-let fixed rate mortgages are currently cheaper than they were a year ago - some by as much as £29...
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The stamp duty surcharge - which across the rest of Britain is currently three per cent on additional homes such as...
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot from LSL Property Services once again shows that buy to let investors in northern regions have enjoyed...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says letting agents must provide value for their landlord clients through technology, transparency and service if they...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A local authority has taken the unusual step of issuing a celebratory press release stating that it issued penalty notices adding...
31 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A property website says tenants and prospective renters in London are set to have ‘a torrid 2019’ because of a shortage of...
28 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Edinburgh has been identified as having the UK’s fastest growing rents with the average annual sum rising by 4.63 per cent...
27 December 2018
From: Breaking News
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been fined more than £5,000 and ordered to pay a further £4,000 after HMO offences. John...
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Research by franchise lettings agency company Belvoir suggests that landlords are continuing to exit the property market, although not at the...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A court has ordered a husband and wife pair of buy to let investors to pay back £322,282 in illegal income. A...
18 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The owner of a buy to let property already shut by police has been fined by a court in Devon. In June...
18 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investor Changhaiz Ishaq has been ordered to pay a £8,510 fine for defying a prohibition order on his...
18 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The proportion of homes let by an overseas based landlord has more than halved in the last eight years according to...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News

New data from online buy to let agency Yieldit claims to give an insight into which property types produce the best...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Rents in major regional cities are growing significantly faster than both London and the UK average, according to data from buy...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Famous buy to let landlord Judith Wilson has been fined £10,000 and ordered to pay almost £15,000 costs for failing to...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A couple from east London who illegally converted a town centre office block into 14 flats have been ordered to pay...
10 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A notorious rogue landlord must pay £1.5m or risk spending up to nine years in prison after what is thought to...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Continued political and economic uncertainty is likely to fuel increased tenant demand in the private rented sector, says Haart. The company’s latest...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has put together a brief summary of the 2018 rental market. In figures, the supply of...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Research released this morning reveals that university cities offer some of the highest buy to let yields in the country. The Free...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Letting Agent Today can reveal that the agency at the centre of the scandal over alleged charges for viewings has been...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A new investment company says its latest tool, powered by Artificial Intelligence, helps buy to let investors search for the best...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The controversial landlord Fergus Wilson says he has purchased a Body Worn Camera for £75 in a bid to avoid at...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The head of a lettings agency has launched a petition in opposition to a bid by a local council to extend...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A pressure group that in the past has protested outside letting agency branches has staged more direct action - this time against...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A government minister says the phrase ”rogue landlord” is too “cuddly” and he wants buy to let investors who broke the...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

We regularly carry stories about fines for landlords and letting agents who have apparently broken council or national laws - but...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

More landlords will leave the private rented sector in the next year as annual rental price growth has been flat or...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been forced to close down two rat infested homes he owns in Rotherham after they...
22 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The head of a buy to let specialist mortgage broker insists the sector remains a solid investment despite the slew of...
20 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Luton landlord Mervyn Kupshik has been ordered to pay nearly £30,000 to the Local council - and if he doesn’t do...
19 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Local press reports say that one of the country’s most controversial buy to let licensing schemes has seen thousands of applications...
16 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker is warning that mortgages for landlords are likely to become...
13 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A lettings trade body has welcomed extra government funding for English councils to clamp down on criminal landlords. But the Residential Landlords...
09 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Local authorities across the UK are to get another £2m to crack down on rogue operators in the buy to let...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

It should perhaps come as no surprise that this week’s tightening up of the energy efficiency regulations for the private rental...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading buy to let experts has given her reasoning behind the surge in the number of people...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The power held by tenants is growing across the UK, as new research indicates 61 per cent of buy to let...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors in England and Wales who own particularly cold homes are being targeted by new regulations. Since April this...
06 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A council says it has been preparing prosecution and penalty notices “for hundreds of private landlords that have failed to apply...
01 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The Republic of Ireland has adopted new policies requiring owners in 'high housing demand areas' to secure planning consent if they...
01 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The heavy-handed administration of selective licensing schemes is driving out buy to let investors. That’s the claim from David Kirwan of Kirwans...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is reporting that average asking rents outside London have topped £800 per month for the first time, fuelled by a...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Havering council in London has issued £261,750 in penalty notices to what it calls ‘criminals’ operating in the private rental sector. Between...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of buy to let lenders lending to limited companies has risen by 47 per cent over the past year,...
25 October 2018
From: Breaking News

An online estate agency specialising in the sale of tenanted buy to let units has produced a league table of regional...
25 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The proportion of buy to let investors looking to remortgage is now at an all-time high according to respected specialist mortgage...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News

One of London’s most respected lettings agencies says it’s recorded its best-ever quarter for business - defying claims from some that...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Urgent action is needed to tackle discrimination against benefit claimants by buy to let mortgage providers according to a leading trade...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A poll of 1,250 landlords suggests that far from being concerned about the profitability of buy to let, almost 80 per...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Since one London local authority introduced private rental sector licensing in 2013 an extra £5,002,203 in council tax has been collected...
19 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Fergus Wilson, frequently labelled Britain’s biggest individual landlord, says he is stopping letting out properties because of a shortage of East...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News

New data from Countrywide’s luxury brand agency Hamptons International says the average price of a home bought by a landlord in...
16 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide says landlords spent £12.1 billion buying rental properties in the first half of this year - a full 30 per...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News

With an average rental return of 7.69 per cent Ireland has been named as the top location in Europe for buy to...
11 October 2018
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The shock findings of a new survey suggest that 32 per cent of landlords would be less likely to buy new...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A new investment company has launched offering what it calls “opportunities to invest in key residential and commercial developments across the...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News

New research has attempted to quantify the number and scale of rent rises that are likely to take place as landlords...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor that let at least eight people from six different families rent space in his three-storey property...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The Haart agency is calling on the government to give the private rental sector a break in the autumn Budget, as...
27 September 2018
From: Breaking News

There’s less than a week to go to the introduction of new rules broadening the range of houses including in mandatory HMO...
25 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Latest government figures show that private rents paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 0.9 per cent in the 12...
24 September 2018
From: Breaking News

An agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman after receiving over 100 separate complaints, and failing to pay over £419,000...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The lettings director at Urban, the online agency recently snapped up by Emoov, says the rental market is faced with significant...
14 September 2018
From: Breaking News

New figures out show that buy to let mortgage rates are showing the effects of last month’s base rate rise. Online mortgage...