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A mortgage lender specialising in working with ex-pat and foreign buy to let investors says the city apartment and house remain...

The number of HMOs in England has fallen as a result of government intervention in the market. In 2018 new regulations were...

An increasing number of house purchases are made by buyers who are not in chains - a trend driven by the...

Annual rental yields in England and Wales have dipped but tenant demand is set to stay strong for the rest of...

Unsurprisingly, perhaps, buy to let investors are becoming increasingly keen on upgrading homes to make them more energy efficient according to...

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

Owners of some rental properties, and agents acting on their behalf, can now apply for grants to contribute towards the cost...

Energy efficiency is the hot topic in the lettings sector right now with new minimum EPC levels expected to be introduced...

A property finance company says increased taxes and regulations for the private rental sector mean that energy efficiency improvements to raise...

There’s been a broad welcome from letting agents to the Spring Statement not loading more tax or restrictions on buy to...

The chief executive of an online mortgage broker is warning that yesterday’s base rate rise announced by the Bank of England...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says landlords should wise-up by using a letting agent to improve yields, rather than sell-up because of...

Letting agents are being urged to respond to a consultation opening today from rhe independent Office for Tax Simplification.  The OTS has published an...

An eye-watering annualised rent rise in Greater London of 27.3 per cent has helped pushed the all-UK total yearly hike to...

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

The costs of upgrading properties to meet new energy efficiency standards are likely to be passed on to tenants via higher...

Lettings agency Galbraith reports that landlords are now returning to the residential lets sector from holiday lets after several years without...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to add to fuel price pressures with a typical household annual bill now predicted to...

A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...

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

The UK’s rental market is now the world’s fourth largest by total volumes of privately rented properties according to research from...

Propertymark, the letting agents’ trade body, has accused governments across the UK of using Covid 19 rule changes to slip in...

The criticism by landlords aimed at Housing Secretary Michael Gove for some of his comments regarding the cladding issue, has now...

New research shows that despite tax and regulatory changes restricting buy to let returns, this remains a far healthier investment than...

An independent agency in the Midlands has set up a club attracting investors from as far as Hong Kong, Dubai and...

Cornwall has been in the spotlight as an area with an acute shortage of long-term rental properties because landlords have switched...

Politicians across the UK appear to be growing more vocal in their support for rent controls. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru...

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

Buy to let mortgage rates will rise “very quickly” this year according to a leading broker. Angus Stewart, chief executive of online...

Propertymark has entered the debate about whether buy to let landlords should be amongst those receiving help from the government in...

There’s a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage products available for current or new landlords. The...

Birmingham, Bristol and Leicester are seeing the fastest growth in Buy To Let investment according to new figures from a business...

Skipton International says it’s seen “remarkable growth” in the Buy To Let mortgage market for expats, with completions skyrocketing in comparison...

Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...

EU citizens with settled status in the UK, but who have stayed in their native countries during the pandemic, are likely...

While the number of companies set up by individual landlords to hold buy to lets reached a record high last year,...

Buy To Let lending is set to fall back this year, after a hectic 2021. That’s the forecast from the Intermediary Mortgage...

A leading agency handling international investors and buyers says Russians will displace the Chinese as the main purchasers of buy to...

A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents has lifted the lid on how buy to let came about,...

A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...

The lettings agency boss at the centre of a major industry takeover has fired a warning shot about rent controls and...

The trade body representing Airbnb and other short let providers and sector suppliers says the short let industry is best placed...

UK Finance, the umbrella group representing major mortgage lenders, says there will have been a massive 83 per cent surge in...

PropTech suppliers Kamma and CoreLogic UK have teamed up to help improve the process of buy to let lending and compliance. Kamma...

A new Buy To Let ‘tracker’ from a prominent buy to let mortgage lender has revealed what it considers to be...

ARLA Propertymark has fired a shot across the bows of the government as it aims to improve energy efficiency in the...

Property is fast becoming a preferred investing option for advocates of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, an investment company claims.  Sequire Property Investment...

Buy to let investors many quit the sector if proposals in the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill go-ahead in their existing...

New figures show how effective the stamp duty holiday was in stimulating buy to let - and how similar measures could...

Home, the property website that publishes an authoritative market snapshot for lettings and sales each month, says the long-standing supply drought...

Just as COP26 is drawing to a close, so one of the lettings industry’s leading legal voices is warning that the...

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...

The private rental sector is already attempting to improve its EPC results according to research from Shawbrook Bank.  From 2025 new rules...

A new bank called Monument is aiming at property investors and established buy to let landlords seeking to grow their portfolios. Its...

Foxtons is extensively praising the apparent benefits of Build To Rent, a sector in which the agency is keen to become...

New figures from the National Home Building Council suggests the popularity of detached properties has soared during the pandemic - prompting...

Confirming many Covid-related trends, it appears that outer city properties have seen their yields and rents grow to a greater degree...

Some 4,500 people and 90 exhibitors attended the Property Investor Show a few days ago - the first face-to-face event of...

Propertymark has told the government that imposing the same solution to the Net Zero challenge on all of the private rental...

A leading lettings agency wants next week’s Budget to unveil incentives to bolster supply in the long term rental sector. Richard Davies,...

Savills says an increase in the number of new builds bought for buy to let and other property investment will help...

A new report suggests that agents may already be seeing more middle-aged and older landlords - and if that hasn’t happened...

The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...

A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...

Lettings agency Hamptons, part of Connells, says there’s little sign that the stamp duty holiday led to large numbers of new...

The end of the stamp duty holiday today has triggered a reduction in the number of buy to let investors saying...

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

New research reveals that student property portfolios based in smaller university towns or cities typically generate the best returns. The findings, from...

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told the Labour Party conference that if her party wins the next General Election she will...

The flurry of increased interest in buy to let means the choice of mortgage products for investors is now greater than...

An auctioneer says the strong interest of investors from around the world shows how Buy To Let has a second wind...

Research by Paragon Bank has revealed the sector that has out-performed the rest of the private rental investment landscape - student...

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

The new owner of a lettings agency is aiming to fuel growth in his new business after swapping petrol stations and...

The value of the Private Rented Sector in England, Wales and Scotland grew by 5.8 per cent to a jaw dropping...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent campaign, says rents in Wales, Scotland and South West England have soared thanks...

Flats, so long the favourite of buy to let investors, still constitute 15 per cent of all homes purchased according to...

Agents will be aware that demand for rental property is high right now - so a property consultancy has worked out...

A Labour council leader has hit after being attacked for his support for buy to let and property investment. Last week we...

London-based buy to let purchasers in the first half of the year have looked outside the capital in high numbers according...

Two PropTech companies say tenant fraud - reported to be a growing problem in buy to let - is now an...

The rate at which holiday let businesses is being set up has more than doubled during the pandemic according to the...

A letter from a tenant’s union is demanding that a Labour councillor “publicly explain” his actions as an accountant advising investors...

A respected buy to let mortgage monitor is suggesting that investors in the sector may be more successful if they allow...

Airbnb has launched a scheme it calls the UK Trust and Safety Alliance to offer hosts information on health, safety and...

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

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

A new estimate put the value of the UK private rental sector at almost £1.4 trillion. Buy to let and investment consultancy...

Women now make up 48 per cent of the 2.6m buy to let investors in the UK, according to London lettings...

Yet another buy to let lender has released new products aiming to push the sector into more environmentally-friendly properties.  The Foundation Home...

There’s good news for the buy to let sector today as an independent mortgage market monitor reports a 15-month high in...

A politician is stepping up his bid to ban buy to let purchasers acquiring any units at a 150-home scheme. ITV News...

A lettings agency that works closely with Build To Rent developers says half of the schemes allow pets. Pet rentals have been...

ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a call for HMRC to extend the time limit for the payment of Capital...

An experienced buy to let mortgage specialist has completed on its largest and most complex loan to date — a £17.35m...

Paragon Bank increased its focus on specialist buy to let lending during the first half of its financial year as its...

A major student accommodation platform says its local area has become a regeneration hotspot for proper investment. UniHomes says Sheffield has already...

Landlords spend an estimated £839m each year upgrading newly purchased rental property before letting it out to tenants, helping to drive-up...

A student accommodation provider has been granted planning consent to turn a building in central Leeds into a 350-bed purpose-built block. Study...

The Build to Rent market remains small in volume but it is making some inroads, leading to BTR rent rises predominantly...

The five years since the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes has led to a...

A leading buy to let mortgage expert has backed the government’s pledge to issue a White Paper and additional consultation before...

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

Propertymark has waded in to the debate over flood prevention measures in the UK:il it wants insurance for homeowners and landlords faced...

A bank has seen a surge in Honk Kong residents purchasing UK buy to let properties. Skipton International, the Guernsey-licensed bank, says...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests it was reducing in size for some years before the pandemic. Nationwide’s specialist...

A third of buy to let investors would change the way they voted in the EU referendum if they could. That’s the...

Real estate fund management company Moorfield has teamed up with PropTech company Bricklane to buy a portfolio of 2,000 homes to...

The extended stamp duty holiday is having a significant positive impact on the rental market, according to new research. In a survey...

One of the most active lenders for international investors in UK buy to let claims to have produced a market-leading mortgage...

Booming demand for homes in commuter zones and well-connected towns is causing a mini-boom in the lettings market. That’s the view of...

A survey by a comparison website suggests landlords are evenly split about how they find letting agents. Some 28 per cent favour physically searching...

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

Kevin Hollinrake, who until recently was the chairman of Hunters, has been named in an article about Tory MPs who have...

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

The government’s embarrassing axing of the Green Homes Grant means there must now be a replacement to help the private rental...

The government’s much-vaunted ‘tax day’ produced few challenges to the status quo - but holiday lets are under scrutiny. Currently the holiday let...

After years of deliberation there still appears to many to be little progress on the recommendations of the Regulation of Property...

Some £3.5 billion of investment was placed in the growing Build To Rent sector in 2020, despite concerns over the pandemic...

A lettings agency in the growing Lomond Group has purchased a rental portfolio on the south coast.  Brand Vaughan has bought the lettings...

Manchester-based Ascend Properties has acquired its second company in as many months.  Ascend has now purchased Rent Smart UK, a Lancashire firm...

A property lawyer is forecasting a surge in buy to let purchasing in the coming months as the stamp duty extension...

This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...

A new agency doesn’t hold back about its importance, describing itself as “the future of buy to let property offering a...

A leading tax expert is forecasting that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will duck making any changes to CGT in tomorrow’s Budget and...

A new survey suggests only a small minority of landlords use agents to partly or wholly manage their portfolios. The survey, by...

One of the first franchisees for a new business model put forward by the Century 21 UK agency is a buy...

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that new energy efficiency targets for EPCs could stifle buy to let investment in future. In...

An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers.  Barrows and...

A 24 month community order and 200 hours of unpaid work are the price being paid for an unlawful eviction.  Buy to...

A call has gone out for the longer-term buy to let rental sector to have a similar tax regime as the largely-unregulated...

The latest rental market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark suggests that only 30 per cent of tenants experienced rent increases in December...

How did you get into property? My grandparents did some small property developments when I was growing up which always interested me,...

Research from independent financial service market monitor Moneyfacts shows a small but encouraging increase in the number of buy to let mortgages...

Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...

A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...

A rental market snapshot says the UK-wide lettings picture is dragged down by Greater London's excess of supply, and by the...

A leading property law expert says there is now pressure on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise stamp duty on buy to...

High end agency Savills says it’s raised over £270m in nine auctions this year, with an average sold price of over...

An investment group of companies specialising in student accommodation says letting agents can be very important - but it also says...

Around one in seven residential properties purchased in November were snapped up by buy to let investors, according to Countrywide research. A...

An end-of-year market snapshot by the Association of Residential Letting Agents shows the supply of rental accommodation was the highest on record...

The rental market is recovering fast from the Coronavirus crisis and still has a strong ‘offer’ for investors - but it’s...

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...