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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...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Clifford Thomas – Sales Director at The Letting Partnership What is...

One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...

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

The chief executive and founder of an award-winning sales and lettings brand is set to discuss the best practice approaches to...

A new investment league table has been drawn up to show best aggregate rent and capital appreciation income for those in...

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

OnTheMarket is today launched a lettings Automated Valuation Model tool that is claimed will provide landlords and investors with an instant...

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

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Alex Gibbs, Co-Founder and Director of Built Asset Management...

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

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...

A new player in the Build To Rent sector says it’s targeting locations in the London commuter belt with chronic supply...

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

Property management specialist Pinnacle Group has strengthened its digital offer for customers across its residential portfolio, signing a three-year deal with...

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

A platform that says it wants to help reduce letting agents’ reliance on traditional portals such as Rightmove and Zoopla has...

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...

The UK Apartment Association - set up six years ago as a form of trade body for Build To Rent operators...

A prominent lettings agency chief says a consultation looking at changes to private renting proposed by the Scottish Government is merely...

Research by the UK’s largest student accommodation search platform shows a 3.7 per cent uplift in London’s Purpose-Built Student Accommodation bed...

A developer says its new state-of-the-art sales centre in Hong Kong in set to boost Chinese investment in London. Galliard, the developer...

New data from Zoopla suggests that lettings demand has now recovered across the central districts of all  major cities including Birmingham,...

A new property management platform seeking support form letting agents claims to be the ‘Airbnb for shared living’. Vann Vogstad, the entrepreneur...

One of the leading lettings agencies in Liverpool has issued a warning about the city’s controversial new licensing scheme. The Labour council...

A prominent agent says the shortage of rental property is now so acute, and like to get still worse, that those...

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

A new Midlands property investment group has been launched, and says it will target both investors and landlords. Joseph Mews Property Group...

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,...

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

A lettings agency’s new website claims to offer increased support to landlords, tenants, and investors, “while cutting through the noise of...

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

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

A prominent consultancy advising the Build To Rent sector has identified one British city as the prime location for investment in 2022. BNP...

One of the institutions behind Build To Rent in the UK is pledging to have up to 1,000 new rental homes...

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

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...

PropTech investment platform Houzen has raised concerns over the government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy. This is the satrategy that offers rental sector...

A lettings agency in Manchester has received over 10,000 rental enquiries in just one month. Manchester Apartments says it received some  21,000...

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 lettings agency with links to Saudi Arabian investors has produced a case study of how faith is returning to the long...

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

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

Six agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensatory awards - five of them for offences...

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...

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

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

An investment firm has flagged up the recently announced move by banking giant Lloyds to enter the private rented sector as...

We may still be some months off 2022, but property experts are already beginning to make their predictions for next year...

A PropTech platform which uses Open Banking to help with tenant due diligence has raised another £1m in funding. Homeppl - which...

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...

Plentific - the PropTech firm that offers block management agents and Build To Rent operators a cloud-based maintenance platform - has...

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...

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...

Rapidly rising rents may trigger a new wave of investment buyers in London, helping to resuscitate the capital’s sales market in...

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

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...

High profile London lettings agency Chestertons says there’s been an increase in Hong Kong residents looking to rent a home in...

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

The director of a company targeting ‘flipping’ property investors has been disqualified from holding directorships for no less than 14 years.  Mitchell...

Sulets - a not-for-profit, charitable trust providing accommodation for students - has struck gold. It’s won a Gold award from Investors in...

PropTech start up Halo claims that what it calls a new “tenant engagement platform” will streamlines the rental onboarding process. The firm...

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

Halo.rent, a proptech startup from the UK, announces the launch of its tenant engagement platform that streamlines the entire rental onboarding...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid  In your experience,...

A leading banking and wealth management company says a growth area for the rental sector in the years to come will...

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

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

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

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

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

London lettings and estate agency Benham and Reeves has calculated a league table of the most popular postcodes in the capital...

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

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

An upbeat market snapshot for the lettings sector claims that one region of the UK has seen rent increases in excess...

Research by Hamptons suggests that the increased house prices caused by the stamp duty holiday sales surge has indirectly obliged more...

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

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

An agency in the north of England has outlined how it proposes to take investors to what it calls “multiple viewings”...

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 PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...

A prominent industry figure is warning Chancellor Rishi Sunak not to use property taxes to bail out the government over the costs...

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

There could be 700,000 private tenants in arrears by the end of this year - an unsustainable burden on agents and landlords,...

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...

The 60-branch London focussed agency chain Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is the latest agency to invest in Zero Deposit. The firm joins Andrews,...

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...

Franchise giant Belvoir has issued a statement to shareholders emphasising the success of its financial services wing. The Belvoir Group established its...

A new HMO and co-living property management platform launches today, aimed at optimising tenancy occupancy.  The service - called COHO - claims...

London agency Chestertons is warning that it’s going to be “another difficult year for the lettings market” in 2021. It says that...

There are growing calls for so-called ‘exempt accommodation’ to face the same controls that are exerted over the rest of the...

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...

Rightmove is hosting a live webinar this morning to help agents protect and maintain mental health.  Agents will be able to watch live...

A late-year surge in the number of Build To Rent applications has been forecast by a market commentator. Alex Blagden, senior researcher...

International investors dominate the high end London market says a new survey. Aston’s, a residency and citizenship consultancy, has analysed sold price records...

A prominent agent and industry commentator says the threat of higher Capital Gains Tax risks forcing yet more investors to quit...

A rebranded agency is now focussing on selling only tenanted buy to let properties in what it calls ‘second tier’ cities...

There’s been a flurry of new PropTech products launched, mostly focussed on lettings agencies. Australian-based supplier Movinghub, which works the UK market...

The recent survey in Letting Agent Today on why many landlords didn’t use agents was interesting and informative. That only 42.5%...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

I was asked recently, how can an agent generate more landlord leads? Well that got me thinking, firstly, we have to...

The Ringley Group has launched a new estate and block management division targeting high-end London instructions. Ringley Group already has over 12,000...

A new agency set up in Wiltshire says it goes beyond the traditional lettings services of existing operators, and instead seeks...

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has revealed significant new investment as its founder - ex-Zoopla commercial director Jon Notley - takes a...

Scotland must encourage more investors into its property market as a way of supporting its economy once the Coronavirus recedes according...

The huge disruption of the Coronavirus crisis to the UK's university education does not alter the sector’s long-term fundamentals, a specialist lettings...

A rent guarantor service says the rental sector has investors and landlords who are happy for tenants to defer rent payments...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

The decline of the high street - which has been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic - is forcing commercial investors to...

Some 25,000 investors and landlords have signed up to receive a free expert guide from Zoopla in just over a week...

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,...

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...

Now may be the time for buy to let investors to consider incorporation - putting their property portfolios into a limited...

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...

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...

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...

Landlords who are remortgaging are currently doing so primarily to build a war chest. That’s the view of mortgage brokerage Mortgages for...

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 buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

The plethora of support companies around Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK have told the government that it...

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...

A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...

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...

A new automated lettings platform is launching next week and promising to ensure agents and buy to let investors stay compliant. PlanetRent...

There’s been a 12 per cent increase in the number of Built To Rent homes across the UK that have been...

The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...

The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...

Although the worst of the stock market bloodletting triggered by Coronavirus now appears to have gone, franchise agency group Belvoir has...

A survey of the buy to let market conducted by a bank before the latest acceleration in the Coronavirus outbreak suggests...

A lettings market snapshot conducted before the worst effects of the Coronavirus were known suggests the rental market is relatively strong...

A massive £250m has been raised from a Swedish pension fund towards UK Build To Rent projects. Property development firm Oxford Properties...

A lettings agent has completed a £2.6million property acquisition plan in one city on behalf of investors, and will go on...

Hostmaker, a property management firm working with properties listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has ceased trading with its parent...

Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...

A newspaper claims that a short lets management firm that handles properties let on Airbnb and similar platforms is scrambling for...

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...

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...

Three more deposit alternative supplier have issued statements seeking to distance their product from criticisms raised in a BBC investigation. Yesterday we carried...

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent in the UK, says its current BTR pipeline stands at 24...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

A mortgage firm claims some 22 per cent of existing lettings sector investors plan to buy at least another one lettings...

A new survey suggests there may be an exodus of investors out of buy to let - some 27 per cent...

Some 26 per cent of buy to let investors plan to sell one or more of their properties in 2020 according...

Countrywide has calculated that with many landlords exiting the buy to let market, the number of homes available to rent has...

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...

Atlas Residential - a Build to Rent developer with over 75,000 international properties - is partnering with deposit alternative supplier flatfair...

Reports from China suggest that property investors from that country - a staple in the buy to let market in many...

Owners of buy to let properties across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges according...

The Black Brick agency, which operates with high net worth clients, is forecasting that 2020 will see the arrival of a...

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 think tank has come up with proposals to scrap Section 21 eviction powers and cap rents - and it also...

The proportion of homes in Great Britain let by overseas based landlords is 11 per cent, up from seven per cent...

Labour’s controversial proposal to oblige landlords to sell their buy to let properties to tenants who wished to purchase them, unveiled...

Zoopla is beefing up its customer relationship management programme with the appointment of RAPP UK to evolve the portal’s data infrastructure...

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...

A trade body says the private rental sector is facing a major crisis - more landlords are selling properties than buying...

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...

A PropTech platform that earlier this year was reported to be valued at £2.8m is making an unusual offer to letting...

Property investors are concerned that Brexit could deter international buyers from purchasing property in the UK, which could in turn weaken...

An agency that specialises in letting and managing properties in one of the country’s investment hotspots is expanding into a new...

The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...

New research indicates that the majority of property investors in the UK have their plans on pause for the next six...

There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...

One in six landlords is seeking to reduce the size of their portfolio in the next 12 months and around half...

Police in South Shields have called for the sharing of information about tenants in HMOs - and a council is considering...

A London-focused PropTech startup has just won another £7m in funding. Residently manages houses and flats for landlords, letting them directly to...

A husband and wife pair of buy to let investors have been prosecuted after letting out a property that contained serious...

A PropTech lettings platform is claiming to be valued at over £2.8m. Inadash describes itself as an “on-demand marketplace” which via an...

One of the country’s leading property management experts says buy to let is here to stay - but only if individual...

London-focussed lettings agency Portico, which has expanded into the north of England, has identified part of Liverpool as the area where...

Manchester-based agency Ascend has revealed it’s now taken over the management of a Build To Rent fund’s portfolio of almost 1,000...

The Mirror newspaper says eight members of the new Boris Johnson-led Cabinet are buy to let investors - and it accuses...

Lettings experts are being invited to the unveiling of a service described by its creators as “a revolutionary rental product.” It is...

An investment company has revealed that it’s acquired land in the north of England to create a Build To Rent scheme. Godwin...

London is growing in its importance as a Build To Rent market according to new research released today. International property consultancy JLL...

A property education business says it’s targeting a major expansion with the launch of online additions to its nationwide courses in...

Buy to let investors in the UK are spending nearly £4.7 billion a year on their rental properties, an average of...

A campaign by HM Revenue & Customs to encourage buy to let investors to ‘fess up’ to their unpaid tax has...

A lettings agency is believed to be the first to offer landlords a year's rent in advance in one lump sum...

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

A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...

Property investors are calling for the government to provide more support to the UK property market. A survey of investors, carried out...

A rise in the number of professional landlords means letting agents need to ensure their service meets the expectations of experienced...

Landlords can make savings by switching their buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages as average costs have started to fall.  The latest analysis from Mortgage...

A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...

There has been no change to rental yields across the UK over the past month as the lettings market settles down...

Second home owners, landlords and property investors are being urged to beware a “dramatic change” to the current capital gains tax...

A branch of Whitegates, part of The Property Franchise Group, has purchased an independent local operation to increase its managed property...

A European law firm has set out a critique of the driving forces behind Build To Rent - and it says...

New research shows that some buy to let investors in London could typically lose over £19,000 a year if Berlin-style rent...

Landlords have been urged to seek advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties after a landmark tribunal case. A...

High profile agency Haart has issued a warning to landlords on what it sees as the three key risks to successful letting...

A leading buy to let specialist lender says the vast number of BTL mortgage products now on the market has made...

A leading housing market analyst says the sales market is increasingly determined by the acts of buy to let and other...

We may be all-too-familiar with the challenges facing letting agents and landlords in the private rental sector but there is at...

A leading lettings expert insists that greater regulation in the private rental sector can work for the benefit of landlords and...

A lettings agent and investment adviser says there is a positive interpretation of the fees ban introduced this month in England. Abi...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests the typical buy to let investor will be lucky to generate annual...

A property management chief is arguing that rent controls would restrict mortgage loans to buy to let investors and drive existing...

The head of a firm that seeks investors to put money into residential property funds rather than individual homes for tenants...

A leading buy to let mortgage provider says the professional landlord with multiple properties is increasingly becoming the backbone of its...

Only one in six private landlords say they would support the Conservatives in an election according to a new poll. Buy to...

The agency handling the largest volume of student accommodation in Lincoln is celebrating its fourth birthday by opening a second office...

There was a notable increase in the number of older buy-to-let investors in 2018, according to Commercial Trust Limited. The specialist buy-to-let...

A compliance company has accused “thousands” of buy to let investors of failing to address major household hazards which render properties...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  My name is Daniel and I’m a director at...

A property investment platform claims that investor sentiment in buy to let is actually improving despite ongoing political and economic uncertainty...

Three years after the introduction of the second homes stamp duty surcharge, landlords are “beginning to come to terms with the...

An agency in the north east of England is moving its HQ off the High Street and into an office block...

An online platform claims it has found a new and easy way for investors to become landlords, describing itself as ‘PayPal...

A Liberal Democrat activist is considering establishing a landlords’ group consisting of party members. Tony Harris, writing on the LibDem Voice website,...

Figures calculated by Rightmove suggest that even when the Fees Ban and Deposit Caps kick in on June 1, some deposits...

Startling figures released this morning by Rightmove suggest that rents have risen 8.2 per cent in London in the past year...

Data from a Countrywide agency shows that 59 per cent of landlords who live in London purchased their buy to let...

A building expert is warning buy to let investors that they won’t enjoy unfettered rights to extend their properties upwards when...

Buy to let investors are facing a double whammy as stagnating rents and reduced tax relief are hitting profitability. A study from...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Taha Dar, founder and CEO of SearchSmartly. What is SearchSmartly and...

Agents and prospective buy to let investors keen to grab a slice of the capital’s growing lettings market now have a...

Flatfair, which describes itself as the UK’s fastest-growing tenancy deposit alternative, has been shortlisted in the Best Newcomer category of the...

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

Two buy to let investors have been fined thousands of pounds after failing to carry out improvements to unfit rental properties. Adur...

A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...

A property management company is taking the unusual approach of suggesting to buy to let investors that they purchase properties with...

Large-scale buy to let investors are continuing to move to limited company status in a bid to limit their exposure to...

A survey of 500 buy to let landlords suggests that well over a third are planning to increase the size of...

A buy to let investment service says its podcasts are now downloaded over 200,000 times a month and it has an...

The average age of those buying investment property has fallen by more than three and a half years in the past...

A PropTech firm says buy to let investors should not respond to the slowing market by selling up, but should instead...

Income tax paid by buy to let landlords now exceeds £3.8 billion annually – that’s more than double Tesco’s entire annual...

More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...

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

Momentum is building in the campaign to end ‘No DSS’ discrimination against private rental sector tenants in receipt of housing benefit. Late...

Demand for room rentals in London is so high their average charge has risen two per cent in 2019 already, claims...

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

Buy to let may have been in the doldrums in recent years thanks to new taxes and stricter regulations but there’s...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

High-end lettings agency Strutt & Parker says the take-up of new rental tenancies decreased by 5.4 per cent over 2018 as...

A leading landlord has hit out at a lettings agency’s portrayal of buy to let tax changes.  Rosalind Beck, a campaigning landlord...

The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...

Landlords in London are possibly £1,806 worse off since the vote to leave the EU in June 2016, according to specialist...

The latest market snapshot from LSL Property Services once again shows that buy to let investors in northern regions have enjoyed...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says letting agents must provide value for their landlord clients through technology, transparency and service if they...

A local authority has taken the unusual step of issuing a celebratory press release stating that it issued penalty notices adding...

Knight Frank has issued a relatively upbeat assessment of the prime London lettings market as the year draws to a close.  Firstly...

A property website says tenants and prospective renters in London are set to have ‘a torrid 2019’ because of a shortage of...

A court has ordered a husband and wife pair of buy to let investors to pay back £322,282 in illegal income. A...

The proportion of homes let by an overseas based landlord has more than halved in the last eight years according to...

New data from online buy to let agency Yieldit claims to give an insight into which property types produce the best...

The UK’s student accommodation sector is still booming according to Knight Frank, despite Brexit creating uncertainty over the future of foreign...

A new survey suggests that the demise of the High Street for shopping could lead to a surge in the supply...

Continued political and economic uncertainty is likely to fuel increased tenant demand in the private rented sector, says Haart.  The company’s latest...