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An influential think tank says Capital Gains Tax on buy to let properties and second homes should be levied at the...

The government has been criticised yet again for what is described as its “incoherent” approach to the private rental sector. David Miles,...

Manchester is becoming a buy to let investment hotspot according to the boss of a leading property management firm.  David Alexander of...

Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...

The operations director of letting agency haart has told landlords not to 'stress too much' over Brexit. Paul Sloan says it's easy...

A controversial new survey claims to have identified the best cities for millennials to live in based on factors such as...

A lettings agency that has analysed HMRC data says rental income for buy to let landlords has leaped 15 per cent...

Brexit is not a good reason for delaying buy to let investment, insists a mortgage chief. Andrew Turner is chief executive at...

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has produced figures showing, indirectly at least, exactly why buy to let and property investment...

Belvoir says a survey of its franchisees shows that Brexit is having what it calls “a significant impact” on the rental...

A survey of mortgage experts conducted by one of the largest specialist buy to let lenders suggests that Brexit is hitting...

The number of people renting a home aged between 35 and 54 has risen by 15 per cent in the last...

Home ownership rates for families aged 25 to 34 are rising for the first time in 30 years but high barriers...

Most tenants believe they will never be able to own a home because of the burden of saving for a deposit...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

Brexit is causing concern among landlords, according to HomeLet. The initial results of HomeLet’s annual landlord survey says nine out of 10...

A major property platform says London’s rental and sales market may well be on the road to recovery - but that...

The Haart agency is calling on the government to give the private rental sector a break in the autumn Budget, as...

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £947, up 0.9 per cent on last year - or up...

OneSavings Bank, the parent organisation of specialist buy to let lender Kent Reliance, has given a warning on the possible impact...

A newspaper in warning that the beleaguered buy to let sector may be under attack yet again with the government considering...

A new analysis of rental yields across all of the UK’s local authorities has revealed exactly where the best places are for...

We’re all for an optimistic interpretation of events but a new tool from comparison website GoCompare lists the UK’s top buy...

The conclusions of a new think tank analysing the private rental sector are “fundamentally wrong” according to a trade body.  The Residential...

The growth of the private rental sector has slowed thanks to government intervention and economic uncertainty - but it will expand...

Time to put the gloom and doom about buy to let to one side - a new analysis shows that a...

The government has been told is should simply adopt some Labour rental policies or risk losing the next General Election -...

Belvoir has published what it calls ‘a decade of data’ tracking the changes in the private rental sector since 2008, when...

Rightmove has revealed that the 10 year average growth in asking rents across London has been 25 per cent, and over...

The average landlord who sold their rental property in 2017 did so for £86,651 more than they paid for it, having...

A pullback in the buy to let market is threatening to reduce sale prices further in London and parts of the...

A cocktail of tax reform and tighter regulation is slowing growth across the private rental sector, despite its value hitting a new...

A survey has been undertaken of the top 25 UK postcodes in terms of yields for investors - and London and...

What is believed to be the first-ever study of Airbnb’s effects on house prices - not just rents - suggests the...

Some 61 per cent of chartered surveyors believe there will be a net exodus of landlords over the coming year thanks...

Consumer group Which? says ‘micro-apartments’ - which have proliferated in recent years - may not be good investments.    The group has focussed...

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

New data from a survey of tenants suggests demand for the private rental sector looks set to be high for the...

Countrywide claims that the proportion of landlords paying in cash for a property reached 61 per cent in January, the highest...

The latest demand by anti-letting agent pressure group Generation Rent is for the government to abolish the right of landlords or...

  Over 5.5m Britons think that they will never be able to own a home on the grounds of cost.   A survey of...

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

The average rent in England and Wales has reached an all-time high of £846 per month - a year-on-year increase of...

"A large proportion of 25 to 45 year olds will be permanent tenants rather than buyers" a senior economist has predicted.   Tony...

No fewer than 86 per cent of renters - the equivalent of over six million households - have less than a...

There has been another high-level prediction that mortgage lending for buy to let investors is likely to be restricted further in the...

Agents have been giving their reaction to the shock Brexit referendum result - and their comments have ranged from the gloomy...

The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...

Deutsche Bank has issued a dire warning about the buy to let market in the UK, along with a broadside warning...

It started off as an idea from Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign to become Labour leader but today it’s being backed by a...

Rents across the UK continued to rise during May but at a decreasing rate, says HomeLet.  Data shows that rents agreed on...

Average price for a property paid by investors in April fell by 8.3 per cent from £194,000 a month earlier to...

A buy to let index of returns compiled by a financial firm shows the greatest returns for investors are now to...

Ian Wilson, chief executive officer of Martin & Co, has given David Cameron’s government a “two out of 10” score for...

Around three quarters of young Britons believe they are unlikely to ever own their own property and will instead rent for...

The proposed stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy-to-let properties will fail to deter landlords from expanding...

A typical tenant in a two-bed property in England will have paid over £40,000 in rent in the past five years...

The gap between average incomes and the pay of tenants who want to buy their first property has reached a post-recession...

A new report from the independent Social Market Foundation think tank has found that almost two million more people have been...

The total number of evictions last year reached a record high of 42,728 according to data from the Ministry of Justice.  Whilst...

L&Q has launched its programme to create 5,000 new homes for the Build To Rent sector in London and south east...

A Conservative peer and former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury has become the first senior Tory to speak out against...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is predicting that rents are likely to increase even faster than house prices in the...

The Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is the latest influential figure to hint that there may soon be additional restrictions...

Rents are set to sky-rocket by 27 per cent in the next decade according to research commissioned by the Association of...

The scores are in - we have asked 20 senior agents and analysts for their forecasts for capital values the 2016...

A new survey of mortgage approvals suggests first time buyers are continuing to lose out - and are thus likely to...

It is not often that a national newspaper dedicates an article to praising buy to let - and even rarer for...

A property investment search portal has launched an online petition via the UK Parliament website, calling for a national register of...

In an unusual boost for the benefits of the private rental sector, new data suggests tenants routinely rent in more expensive...

The private rented sector is becoming an increasingly diverse place. Its growth into the UK's second largest form of housing has...

One in four households in the UK will be privately renting by 2025 - that’s the conclusion of research by respected...

There has been a sharp rise in rent arrears - they made up 8.7 per cent of all rent payable in...

In case we didn’t learn the lesson last time around, we appear to be on the brink of a refresher course...

The UK Association of Letting Agents has teamed up with around 30 other European professional property bodies to consider how to...

When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...

The National Landlords Association has issued a briefing note which it says is a warning to Labour’s leadership and deputy leadership...

Whether you are single or a family, looking to invest in rental property or want to lay down roots of your...

This week RICS reported a further drop in the number of people putting their homes up for sale; new instructions fell...

Poldark, a period drama recently on the BBC, has inspired a new trend dubbed the 'Poldark Effect'.  Rather than an increase in...

So, a sigh of relief.  Most agents will be pleased with the election result - even if they are not Tory supporters...

Gentrification is a divisive, provocative issue, but why are estate agents (especially Foxtons) appearing to bear the brunt of the public’s...

Under new pension freedom reforms, people aged 55 and over can access as much of their savings from their defined contributions...