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![Connells says: “No sign of landlords quitting buy to let sector”](/upload/images/23%2011%2015%201%20shutterstock_1640429362.jpg)
In a statement which appears to go against the trend of much of the lettings sector, Connells says it sees no...
05 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Deposit alternatives boosted by cost of living crisis - video](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
An interview with a figure from one of the many deposit alternative services reveals a significant rise in interest in this...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenant Turnover - landlord sales and not evictions are chief cause](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Some 50% of tenants who moved last year did so because their landlords decided to sell the property. By contrast, eviction was...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Third of landlords may sell this year - shock buy to let statistics](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
Almost one in three buy to let landlords are set to sell up in the next 12 months. That’s the shock statistic...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ desperate plea to prevent exodus of student landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_646163290.jpg)
Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords. The news comes as a poll conducted...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Recent rise in buy to let landlords quitting, confirms Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Surveyors warn: Landlords can’t keep their heads above water](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Private landlords are abandoning their property portfolios in unprecedented numbers, a group of surveyors claims. The Manchester-based chartered surveyors and auctioneers -...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency calls for Landlords Reform Bill to redress rental balance](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let Sell Off - agency reports hundreds of thousands sold](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
The share of homes sold by a landlord in Britain has fallen from 15.7 per cent last year to 14.0 per...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Major boost for buy to let mortgage range](/upload/images/shutterstock_1713659548(1).jpg)
There’s been a significant increase in the buy to let mortgage product range according to analysis by independent service Moneyfacts. A year...
20 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency claims landlords not quitting rental sector in droves](/upload/images/shutterstock_714410761.jpg)
A lettings agency - Leaders Romans Group - claims that landlords are not quitting the private rental sector in droves after...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents urged to find buyers for landlords who want to sell up](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
A lettings industry mentor has issued a plea to agents to do more to protect their landlords’ livelihoods. Sally Lawson, founder of...
16 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent Reports Tenants In Tears as Landlords Quit Sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Stressed(F)Tenant-400x310.png)
Local media in one of Britain’s busiest cities for rentals says tenants have been left in tears as a result of...
03 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Frantic landlord exodus leaves more tenants in situ during sales](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
A new analysis shows growth in the trend for buy to let properties to be sold with tenants in situ. The analysis...
23 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lawyers warn that Renters Reform Bill will reduce supply](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
A law firm says the Renters Reform Bill is driving buy to let investors to quit because of their fears over...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![EPC targets threaten private rental sector if they are unchanged](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_Efficiency-400x310.png)
Stricter proposals for energy efficiency under review by the government risk damaging the private rental sector if they remain unchanged. That’s the...
26 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shocking rise in numbers of landlords desperate to sell](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
A sales agency specialising in disposing of buy to let portfolios says it’s now received an averaged 240 enquires a month...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill on agenda at flagship agent training event](/upload/images/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
Details have emerged of a flagship agent training event to be held later this year. Agent Rainmaker Live is to be a...
30 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sales market supply set to rise as more landlords quit - prediction](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy_EstateAgent-400x310.png)
More property is likely to come onto the sales market in the weeks and months ahead as rising numbers of landlords...
27 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech tool helps agents nab landlords quitting sector - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertyFind-400x310.png)
A new PropTech tool says it will help agents maximise their chances of handling the sales of properties being disposed of...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tenants getting first refusal as landlords quit rental sector](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Sad-Tenants-Evicted-400x310.jpg)
A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...
16 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlord numbers up despite taxes, new laws and red tape](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/HappyLandlord-400x310.jpg)
Landlord numbers may have dropped in recent months but a longer term analysis shows the reverse. Total Landlord Insurance analysed the current...