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The monthly costs for a first time buyer are some 13 per cent lower than that of a similar renter -...

Lloyds Banking Group - which this year announced its intention to become a private landlord through the acquisition of new build...

‘Generation rent’ was a term first coined in 2011 by the Halifax in a survey on the future of homeownership. It...

A PropTech firm says Open Banking could help to transform the lettings industry for the better if it is fully embraced.  And...

North of England agency Robert Watts is expanding into Halifax after completing the acquisition of independent firm Bennett Kaye for an...

Lloyds Bank says tenants will “within the next few weeks” move into the first of a series of new developments it...

It’s been reported that the Lloyds Banking Group is set to buy its first property as it seeks to become a...

The government’s pledge to introduce a lifetime deposits concept, theoretically making it easier and cheaper for tenants to move, has been...

The Yorkshire town immortalised in the long-running BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine - Holmfirth - is the location of the latest...

A report in the Financial Times over the weekend suggests that Lloyds Bank is poised to become a major residential landlord,...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

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

Around 40 per cent of tenants currently in the private rental sector believe they will never be able to buy their...

The most reliable indicator of rental trends in the UK As the largest provider of deposit protection in the UK, our database...

A former footballer's estate agency has completed the first stage of its expansion programme with an acquisition. Hamilton Bower, co-founded by ex-Bradford...

The gap between the cost of buying and renting is down 59 per cent to its lowest level in nine years...

Buy to let is still an attractive investment compared to other asset classes but to make the best of the opportunity...

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

Lancashire town Blackburn has recorded the highest increase in average rental yield over the last year, according to LendInvest.  The online mortgage...

A young independent agency in Manchester is set to hit a £1.5m turnover target after just 18 months following the addition...

Data from the Halifax suggested that the average price of a flat has increased by £86,474 (£1,029 per month) since property prices...

The Halifax is the latest of many house price indices to show higher than expected house price growth - and yet...