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Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...

OnTheMarket is starting another round of its Town Hall in-person sessions - once again in a bid to win agents. Jason Tebb...

Letting agents are reported to be making special offers to students in one of the biggest UK university cities. Durham’s student newspaper...

UK consumers feel worse off than a year ago, but remain relatively optimistic about the property . That’s the conclusion of a...

Professional cleaning firm Prompt Cleaners has created a league table of regions and local authorities where renting is cheapest and dearest. The...

My Property Box Tyne & Wear has extended its all-inclusive rent deal - and it says it’s in response to concerns...

One of the largest vacation lettings agencies - Sykes Holiday Cottages - says a survey shows that two thirds of holiday...

A Labour MP has written to letting agents in her constituency demanding they explain high rents and their student allocation policies. Mary...

The lettings agency operated by controversial agent Ajay Jagota has been sold for an undisclosed sum. Jagota set up KIS Lettings with...

University students have queued on the street overnight to secure a home for next year in one of the UK’s most...

A lettings agency says the cost of living crisis calls into question the viability of a selective licensing scheme in its...

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...

A new and huge private rental licensing scheme has launched in County Durham. A total of at least 29,000 properties, or 42...

A long-standing estate agency is launching a lettings service for the first time in its 30 year history. The Carver Group, based...

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

A local authority has extended its consultation process for a selective licensing system which, if it goes ahead, would see some...

A group of local landlords and others in the private rental sector are challenging a local authority’s licensing proposals with their...

Several local authorities at different stages of implementing rental licensing schemes have put their proposals on ice until the Coronavirus crisis...

Another council is consulting on introducing a selective licensing scheme - and again it claims it will “create better housing for...

A lettings agency is calling on local councils to tackle the growing problem of long-term empty homes. My Property Box says that...

Durham county council wants to spend just over £250,000 setting up a lettings agency to place tenants with private landlords. The authority...

A flat-sharing website has created a league table of average rents in locations surrounding the top-ranked universities in the United Kingdom....

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

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

The heavy-handed administration of selective licensing schemes is driving out buy to let investors. That’s the claim from David Kirwan of Kirwans...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £452 after he breached the terms of his licence in an area of County...

There’s more evidence today that the largest buy to let investment yields are coming from the north of England and the...

Specialist buy to let lender LendInvest has looked at 105 postcodes across England and Wales to find the best (and worst)...

A league table drawn up by a rental sector insurance specialist claims private rental accommodation in university locations can produce yields...

A student landlord has been fined for failing to obtain the appropriate licences for two rental properties. Lisa Chatfield was ordered to...

Manchester council is considering a city-wide ban on letting agents’ To Let boards.   The local authority says the plethora of boards in some...

A consultation on whether to introduce stronger rules to control the number of 'to let' boards in Durham has just started.    The...

A landlord has been given a suspended prison sentence following his failure to maintain or check the gas fittings in one of his properties. A...

Student accommodation provider Student Cribs has secured £200m in funding from institutions to expand its portfolio - and it’s looking for...

The typical deposit paid when a tenant moves to a new property in England and Wales is set to break the...

Peer-to-peer lender Lendinvest, using data from Zoopla and the Land Registry, says Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff, Coventry and Oldham produce the highest...

A row has broken out between one of the north east’s most prominent letting agents and Zoopla over the worst place...

Private landlords are being encouraged to sign up to a new local authority accreditation scheme which offers them advice and support...