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This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...
03 March 2021
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A new agency doesn’t hold back about its importance, describing itself as “the future of buy to let property offering a...
03 March 2021
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A leading PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...
23 February 2021
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A prominent industry figure is warning Chancellor Rishi Sunak not to use property taxes to bail out the government over the costs...
19 February 2021
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ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that new energy efficiency targets for EPCs could stifle buy to let investment in future. In...
19 February 2021
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There could be 700,000 private tenants in arrears by the end of this year - an unsustainable burden on agents and landlords,...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...
04 February 2021
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The 60-branch London focussed agency chain Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is the latest agency to invest in Zero Deposit. The firm joins Andrews,...
28 January 2021
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How did you get into property? My grandparents did some small property developments when I was growing up which always interested me,...
20 January 2021
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Research from independent financial service market monitor Moneyfacts shows a small but encouraging increase in the number of buy to let mortgages...
20 January 2021
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Franchise giant Belvoir has issued a statement to shareholders emphasising the success of its financial services wing. The Belvoir Group established its...
13 January 2021
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A new HMO and co-living property management platform launches today, aimed at optimising tenancy occupancy. The service - called COHO - claims...
07 January 2021
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London agency Chestertons is warning that it’s going to be “another difficult year for the lettings market” in 2021. It says that...
31 December 2020
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There are growing calls for so-called ‘exempt accommodation’ to face the same controls that are exerted over the rest of the...
21 December 2020
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An investment group of companies specialising in student accommodation says letting agents can be very important - but it also says...
14 December 2020
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Around one in seven residential properties purchased in November were snapped up by buy to let investors, according to Countrywide research. A...
14 December 2020
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An end-of-year market snapshot by the Association of Residential Letting Agents shows the supply of rental accommodation was the highest on record...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The rental market is recovering fast from the Coronavirus crisis and still has a strong ‘offer’ for investors - but it’s...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is hosting a live webinar this morning to help agents protect and maintain mental health. Agents will be able to watch live...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A late-year surge in the number of Build To Rent applications has been forecast by a market commentator. Alex Blagden, senior researcher...
01 December 2020
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International investors dominate the high end London market says a new survey. Aston’s, a residency and citizenship consultancy, has analysed sold price records...
19 November 2020
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A prominent agent and industry commentator says the threat of higher Capital Gains Tax risks forcing yet more investors to quit...
13 November 2020
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A rebranded agency is now focussing on selling only tenanted buy to let properties in what it calls ‘second tier’ cities...
05 November 2020
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There’s been a flurry of new PropTech products launched, mostly focussed on lettings agencies. Australian-based supplier Movinghub, which works the UK market...
05 November 2020
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The recent survey in Letting Agent Today on why many landlords didn’t use agents was interesting and informative. That only 42.5%...
02 November 2020
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The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

I was asked recently, how can an agent generate more landlord leads? Well that got me thinking, firstly, we have to...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

The Ringley Group has launched a new estate and block management division targeting high-end London instructions. Ringley Group already has over 12,000...
21 October 2020
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A new agency set up in Wiltshire says it goes beyond the traditional lettings services of existing operators, and instead seeks...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has revealed significant new investment as its founder - ex-Zoopla commercial director Jon Notley - takes a...
13 October 2020
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Scotland must encourage more investors into its property market as a way of supporting its economy once the Coronavirus recedes according...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
06 October 2020
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A rent guarantor service says the rental sector has investors and landlords who are happy for tenants to defer rent payments...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...
24 September 2020
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The decline of the high street - which has been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic - is forcing commercial investors to...
17 September 2020
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Some 25,000 investors and landlords have signed up to receive a free expert guide from Zoopla in just over a week...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has revealed its top 10 hotspots for buy to let investors seeking high rental yields. The analysis is based on rental returns...
10 September 2020
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Striving for higher yields remains the holy grail for buy to let, and new research suggests investors could be attracted by...
04 September 2020
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A new private rental licensing regime in a London borough is being described as “a major step forward in improving living...
03 September 2020
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Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer. Mary Rouse,...
01 September 2020
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Independent service Moneyfacts says that while the buy to let mortgage sector remains resilient, it has contracted slightly in recent weeks...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest house price index, produced by the website Home, gives a broadly optimistic outlook for landlords and other buy to...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Now may be the time for buy to let investors to consider incorporation - putting their property portfolios into a limited...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A new mortgage product aimed at buy to let investors wanting to enjoy a slice of the holiday home staycation market...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a warning that buy to let investors will simply hold on to properties and not sell them if rumoured Capital...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The Prime Minister has stepped into the ongoing row over a Labour claim that last week’s stamp duty holiday was merely...
16 July 2020
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The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has given a warm welcome to this week’s news that buy to let investors as...
10 July 2020
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A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...
09 July 2020
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The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...
09 July 2020
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Four buy to let investors have each been fined £10,000 for letting out unlicensed HMOs. The unlicensed properties , all in the...
09 July 2020
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A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...
02 July 2020
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Landlords who are remortgaging are currently doing so primarily to build a war chest. That’s the view of mortgage brokerage Mortgages for...
30 June 2020
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A survey suggests that 77 per cent of buy to letinvestors believe their tenants can pay full rent during the Coronavirus...
19 June 2020
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One bedroom properties provide the best returns to buy to let investors according to new research by a lettings management platform. Single...
18 June 2020
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New figures show that typical capital gains for buy to let investors are on the way down. Hamptons International says that landlords...
15 June 2020
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The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...
28 May 2020
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The plethora of support companies around Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK have told the government that it...
18 May 2020
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A specialist mortgage broker is suggesting that this is the right time for buy to let investors to bag bargain properties,...
14 May 2020
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From midnight lettings agents in England have been able to resume work thanks to an amendment to Coronavirus legislation that was...
13 May 2020
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A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...
04 May 2020
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Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...
01 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of mortgage lenders still offering products to landlords is 42 - only seven fewer than at the peak of...
28 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A new automated lettings platform is launching next week and promising to ensure agents and buy to let investors stay compliant. PlanetRent...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a 12 per cent increase in the number of Built To Rent homes across the UK that have been...
23 April 2020
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The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...
17 April 2020
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The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Although the worst of the stock market bloodletting triggered by Coronavirus now appears to have gone, franchise agency group Belvoir has...
24 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey of the buy to let market conducted by a bank before the latest acceleration in the Coronavirus outbreak suggests...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings market snapshot conducted before the worst effects of the Coronavirus were known suggests the rental market is relatively strong...
17 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A massive £250m has been raised from a Swedish pension fund towards UK Build To Rent projects. Property development firm Oxford Properties...
17 March 2020
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A lettings agent has completed a £2.6million property acquisition plan in one city on behalf of investors, and will go on...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hostmaker, a property management firm working with properties listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has ceased trading with its parent...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A newspaper claims that a short lets management firm that handles properties let on Airbnb and similar platforms is scrambling for...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Two bedroom properties produce the best yields for buy to let investors according to the latest research. Lettings management platform Howsy has...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a new warning today for buy to let investors who will be hit by tax changes coming into effect on...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading buying agencies says buy to let is changing in prime central London, as corporate structures replace...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Three more deposit alternative supplier have issued statements seeking to distance their product from criticisms raised in a BBC investigation. Yesterday we carried...
11 February 2020
From: Breaking News

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...
10 February 2020
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Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent in the UK, says its current BTR pipeline stands at 24...
07 February 2020
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...
06 February 2020
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A mortgage firm claims some 22 per cent of existing lettings sector investors plan to buy at least another one lettings...
24 January 2020
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17 January 2020
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Some 26 per cent of buy to let investors plan to sell one or more of their properties in 2020 according...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has calculated that with many landlords exiting the buy to let market, the number of homes available to rent has...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Atlas Residential - a Build to Rent developer with over 75,000 international properties - is partnering with deposit alternative supplier flatfair...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Reports from China suggest that property investors from that country - a staple in the buy to let market in many...
17 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Owners of buy to let properties across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges according...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Black Brick agency, which operates with high net worth clients, is forecasting that 2020 will see the arrival of a...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech app-based service claiming to reduce paperwork in property management is rolling out in London and the south east. Herddle...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Two specific elements of Labour’s tax proposals, outlined in its manifesto, could “drive a nail into the coffin of buy to...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Another think tank has come up with proposals to scrap Section 21 eviction powers and cap rents - and it also...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The proportion of homes in Great Britain let by overseas based landlords is 11 per cent, up from seven per cent...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Labour’s controversial proposal to oblige landlords to sell their buy to let properties to tenants who wished to purchase them, unveiled...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Zoopla is beefing up its customer relationship management programme with the appointment of RAPP UK to evolve the portal’s data infrastructure...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade body says the private rental sector is facing a major crisis - more landlords are selling properties than buying...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform that earlier this year was reported to be valued at £2.8m is making an unusual offer to letting...
15 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Property investors are concerned that Brexit could deter international buyers from purchasing property in the UK, which could in turn weaken...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News

An agency that specialises in letting and managing properties in one of the country’s investment hotspots is expanding into a new...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News

New research indicates that the majority of property investors in the UK have their plans on pause for the next six...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

One in six landlords is seeking to reduce the size of their portfolio in the next 12 months and around half...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Police in South Shields have called for the sharing of information about tenants in HMOs - and a council is considering...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A London-focused PropTech startup has just won another £7m in funding. Residently manages houses and flats for landlords, letting them directly to...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A husband and wife pair of buy to let investors have been prosecuted after letting out a property that contained serious...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech lettings platform is claiming to be valued at over £2.8m. Inadash describes itself as an “on-demand marketplace” which via an...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading property management experts says buy to let is here to stay - but only if individual...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News

London-focussed lettings agency Portico, which has expanded into the north of England, has identified part of Liverpool as the area where...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Mirror newspaper says eight members of the new Boris Johnson-led Cabinet are buy to let investors - and it accuses...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Lettings experts are being invited to the unveiling of a service described by its creators as “a revolutionary rental product.” It is...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News

An investment company has revealed that it’s acquired land in the north of England to create a Build To Rent scheme. Godwin...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

London is growing in its importance as a Build To Rent market according to new research released today. International property consultancy JLL...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A property education business says it’s targeting a major expansion with the launch of online additions to its nationwide courses in...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors in the UK are spending nearly £4.7 billion a year on their rental properties, an average of...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A campaign by HM Revenue & Customs to encourage buy to let investors to ‘fess up’ to their unpaid tax has...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency is believed to be the first to offer landlords a year's rent in advance in one lump sum...
16 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Property investors are calling for the government to provide more support to the UK property market. A survey of investors, carried out...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A rise in the number of professional landlords means letting agents need to ensure their service meets the expectations of experienced...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords can make savings by switching their buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages as average costs have started to fall. The latest analysis from Mortgage...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News

There has been no change to rental yields across the UK over the past month as the lettings market settles down...
02 July 2019
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Second home owners, landlords and property investors are being urged to beware a “dramatic change” to the current capital gains tax...
28 June 2019
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If you are a letting agent who has begun to question your worth, stop. The value of property management is rising...
27 June 2019
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A branch of Whitegates, part of The Property Franchise Group, has purchased an independent local operation to increase its managed property...
27 June 2019
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A European law firm has set out a critique of the driving forces behind Build To Rent - and it says...
24 June 2019
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New research shows that some buy to let investors in London could typically lose over £19,000 a year if Berlin-style rent...
19 June 2019
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Landlords have been urged to seek advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties after a landmark tribunal case. A...
18 June 2019
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High profile agency Haart has issued a warning to landlords on what it sees as the three key risks to successful letting...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading buy to let specialist lender says the vast number of BTL mortgage products now on the market has made...
14 June 2019
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A leading housing market analyst says the sales market is increasingly determined by the acts of buy to let and other...
14 June 2019
From: Breaking News

We may be all-too-familiar with the challenges facing letting agents and landlords in the private rental sector but there is at...
11 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading lettings expert insists that greater regulation in the private rental sector can work for the benefit of landlords and...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent and investment adviser says there is a positive interpretation of the fees ban introduced this month in England. Abi...
06 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests the typical buy to let investor will be lucky to generate annual...
05 June 2019
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A property management chief is arguing that rent controls would restrict mortgage loans to buy to let investors and drive existing...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The head of a firm that seeks investors to put money into residential property funds rather than individual homes for tenants...
29 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading buy to let mortgage provider says the professional landlord with multiple properties is increasingly becoming the backbone of its...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Only one in six private landlords say they would support the Conservatives in an election according to a new poll. Buy to...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The agency handling the largest volume of student accommodation in Lincoln is celebrating its fourth birthday by opening a second office...
17 May 2019
From: Breaking News

With the Tenant Fee Ban obliterating a key income stream, letting agents should be looking at ways they can increase the...
16 May 2019
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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...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A compliance company has accused “thousands” of buy to let investors of failing to address major household hazards which render properties...
07 May 2019
From: Breaking News
30 April 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

A property investment platform claims that investor sentiment in buy to let is actually improving despite ongoing political and economic uncertainty...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Three years after the introduction of the second homes stamp duty surcharge, landlords are “beginning to come to terms with the...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News

An agency in the north east of England is moving its HQ off the High Street and into an office block...
29 April 2019
From: Breaking News

An online platform claims it has found a new and easy way for investors to become landlords, describing itself as ‘PayPal...
26 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A Liberal Democrat activist is considering establishing a landlords’ group consisting of party members. Tony Harris, writing on the LibDem Voice website,...
24 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Figures calculated by Rightmove suggest that even when the Fees Ban and Deposit Caps kick in on June 1, some deposits...
18 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Startling figures released this morning by Rightmove suggest that rents have risen 8.2 per cent in London in the past year...
18 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Data from a Countrywide agency shows that 59 per cent of landlords who live in London purchased their buy to let...
15 April 2019
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A building expert is warning buy to let investors that they won’t enjoy unfettered rights to extend their properties upwards when...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors are facing a double whammy as stagnating rents and reduced tax relief are hitting profitability. A study from...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Taha Dar, founder and CEO of SearchSmartly. What is SearchSmartly and...
09 April 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

Agents and prospective buy to let investors keen to grab a slice of the capital’s growing lettings market now have a...
09 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Flatfair, which describes itself as the UK’s fastest-growing tenancy deposit alternative, has been shortlisted in the Best Newcomer category of the...
08 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm says buy to let investors could earn in excess of double the eight per cent yield most aim...
08 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Two buy to let investors have been fined thousands of pounds after failing to carry out improvements to unfit rental properties. Adur...
05 April 2019
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A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A property management company is taking the unusual approach of suggesting to buy to let investors that they purchase properties with...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Large-scale buy to let investors are continuing to move to limited company status in a bid to limit their exposure to...
25 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A survey of 500 buy to let landlords suggests that well over a third are planning to increase the size of...
25 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investment service says its podcasts are now downloaded over 200,000 times a month and it has an...
22 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The average age of those buying investment property has fallen by more than three and a half years in the past...
19 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm says buy to let investors should not respond to the slowing market by selling up, but should instead...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Income tax paid by buy to let landlords now exceeds £3.8 billion annually – that’s more than double Tesco’s entire annual...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News

More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...
08 March 2019
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A lettings agency that has analysed HMRC data says rental income for buy to let landlords has leaped 15 per cent...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Momentum is building in the campaign to end ‘No DSS’ discrimination against private rental sector tenants in receipt of housing benefit. Late...
05 March 2019
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Demand for room rentals in London is so high their average charge has risen two per cent in 2019 already, claims...
01 March 2019
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Brexit is not a good reason for delaying buy to let investment, insists a mortgage chief. Andrew Turner is chief executive at...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy to let may have been in the doldrums in recent years thanks to new taxes and stricter regulations but there’s...
26 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...
20 February 2019
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High-end lettings agency Strutt & Parker says the take-up of new rental tenancies decreased by 5.4 per cent over 2018 as...
07 February 2019
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A leading landlord has hit out at a lettings agency’s portrayal of buy to let tax changes. Rosalind Beck, a campaigning landlord...
01 February 2019
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The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords in London are possibly £1,806 worse off since the vote to leave the EU in June 2016, according to specialist...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot from LSL Property Services once again shows that buy to let investors in northern regions have enjoyed...
07 January 2019
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A leading PropTech entrepreneur says letting agents must provide value for their landlord clients through technology, transparency and service if they...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A local authority has taken the unusual step of issuing a celebratory press release stating that it issued penalty notices adding...
31 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank has issued a relatively upbeat assessment of the prime London lettings market as the year draws to a close. Firstly...
31 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A property website says tenants and prospective renters in London are set to have ‘a torrid 2019’ because of a shortage of...
28 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A court has ordered a husband and wife pair of buy to let investors to pay back £322,282 in illegal income. A...
18 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The proportion of homes let by an overseas based landlord has more than halved in the last eight years according to...
17 December 2018
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New data from online buy to let agency Yieldit claims to give an insight into which property types produce the best...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The UK’s student accommodation sector is still booming according to Knight Frank, despite Brexit creating uncertainty over the future of foreign...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A new survey suggests that the demise of the High Street for shopping could lead to a surge in the supply...
10 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Continued political and economic uncertainty is likely to fuel increased tenant demand in the private rented sector, says Haart. The company’s latest...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has put together a brief summary of the 2018 rental market. In figures, the supply of...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The average rent across Scotland is now running at £573 per calendar month - but that figure hides wide variations in...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A new investment company says its latest tool, powered by Artificial Intelligence, helps buy to let investors search for the best...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Rents are rising very gently across almost all of England and Wales with only London and East Anglia showing falls in...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The head of a lettings agency has launched a petition in opposition to a bid by a local council to extend...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A government minister says the phrase ”rogue landlord” is too “cuddly” and he wants buy to let investors who broke the...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The head of a buy to let specialist mortgage broker insists the sector remains a solid investment despite the slew of...
20 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker is warning that mortgages for landlords are likely to become...
13 November 2018
From: Breaking News

It should perhaps come as no surprise that this week’s tightening up of the energy efficiency regulations for the private rental...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The power held by tenants is growing across the UK, as new research indicates 61 per cent of buy to let...
08 November 2018
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The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...
06 November 2018
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Buy to let investors in England and Wales who own particularly cold homes are being targeted by new regulations. Since April this...
06 November 2018
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A property investment company operating a Ponzi scheme based on claims of capital appreciation and rental income has been shut down...
05 November 2018
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The heavy-handed administration of selective licensing schemes is driving out buy to let investors. That’s the claim from David Kirwan of Kirwans...
30 October 2018
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The proportion of buy to let investors looking to remortgage is now at an all-time high according to respected specialist mortgage...
24 October 2018
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One of London’s most respected lettings agencies says it’s recorded its best-ever quarter for business - defying claims from some that...
23 October 2018
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A poll of 1,250 landlords suggests that far from being concerned about the profitability of buy to let, almost 80 per...
22 October 2018
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New data from Countrywide’s luxury brand agency Hamptons International says the average price of a home bought by a landlord in...
16 October 2018
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With an average rental return of 7.69 per cent Ireland has been named as the top location in Europe for buy to...
11 October 2018
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Rental platform Goodlord - which in January made around 40 staff redundant in a restructuring move - has now announced that...
09 October 2018
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A new investment company has launched offering what it calls “opportunities to invest in key residential and commercial developments across the...
05 October 2018
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A major property platform says London’s rental and sales market may well be on the road to recovery - but that...
03 October 2018
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The latest rental figures produced by Your Move for Scotland have prompted a claim that the country now has better yields...
28 September 2018
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The Haart agency is calling on the government to give the private rental sector a break in the autumn Budget, as...
27 September 2018
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There’s less than a week to go to the introduction of new rules broadening the range of houses including in mandatory HMO...
25 September 2018
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An investment trust has been launched and looks likely to be competing for individual investors who may see it as an...
13 September 2018
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Managing agency Rendall & Rittner has scooped a Platinum Investors in People award, demonstrating commitment to high performance through good people...
13 September 2018
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Some industry observers say letting agents and Build To Rent are daggers drawn, but one agency in the Midlands is having...
12 September 2018
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The UK's second city Birmingham takes top spot when it comes to student property returns for buy-to-let investors. Analysis by online letting...
07 September 2018
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A survey has revealed that 44% of landlords are looking to sell properties as a challenging market takes its toll. Octopus Choice,...
06 September 2018
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Data produced by Sainsbury’s Bank Mortgages gives a trend-bucking upbeat assessment of investors’ renewed interest in buy to let. Figures siuggest that...
28 August 2018
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The average age of buyers of properties for buy to let has dropped from 52.3 years in 2014 to 42 years...
24 August 2018
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First the good news - investors are still purchasing buy to let properties; the less good news is that it’s a...
22 August 2018
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Almost one in five landlords intend to remain in the buy to let market indefinitely according to a new survey. Research for...
22 August 2018
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A new analysis of the buy to let market forecasts more bad news for agents, landlords and investors over the next...
21 August 2018
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The ownership of buy to let property is much more evenly split between women and men than amongst other forms of...
21 August 2018
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Over a third of London investors no longer view property as a good investment, according to a survey of over 1,000...
20 August 2018
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The Scottish Government’s private rental reforms are shaking up the sector according to new data, which reveals rental property sales have...
16 August 2018
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Agents and others wishing to respond to the official consultation on government proposals for longer tenancies have only until late evening...
14 August 2018
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The proportion of landlords of British buy to let properties who are themselves based overseas has fallen to a record low...
13 August 2018
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Rents are expected to surge 15 per cent over the next five years thanks to increasing demand and limited supply following...
09 August 2018
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Negative media portrayals of the buy to let sector could help to tip Britain into a housing crisis, claims an online...
08 August 2018
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Opposition is growing fast to the threat of another stamp duty attack on the buy to let sector, rumoured to be...
07 August 2018
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Controversial landlord Fergus Wilson has increased rents on all new tenancies in his property portfolio by £50 a week because of...
06 August 2018
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The latest Your Move rental tracker suggests that London’s lettings market has continued to cool with prices falling by 0.5 per...
03 August 2018
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More big fines have been handed out in recent legal action regarding buy to let investors who have not stuck by...
02 August 2018
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London is back as the most popular part of the UK for buy to let investment according to an analysis undertaken...
30 July 2018
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Britain’s most controversial landlord, Fergus Wilson, says the recent changes in buy to let legislation means that if he was starting...
25 July 2018
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The concept of deposit alternatives is gathering pace and now one PropTech firm closely involved in it - Reposit - has...
25 July 2018
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Buy to let is still an attractive investment compared to other asset classes but to make the best of the opportunity...
24 July 2018
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One of London’s leading letting agencies says in the current neutral rental market, buy to let owners must work hard to...
24 July 2018
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The latest LendInvest buy to let report, which ranks 105 postcode areas around England and Wales based on a combination of...
18 July 2018
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An online agency selling only buy to let units to would-be investors says it’s experiencing “positive growth” despite the challenges of...
13 July 2018
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A trade body says the country faces a net loss of 133,000 homes for private rent over the next year -...
12 July 2018
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A specialist buy to let mortgage lender says buy to let investors should act now - even if it means borrowing...
11 July 2018
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Yet another leading lettings agent has hit out at the government over its proposals for three year tenancies being the norm...
10 July 2018
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The British Property Federation says there are now 124,037 Build To Rent homes complete, under construction and in planning across the...
09 July 2018
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Legal & General, one of the biggest players in Britain’s burgeoning Build To Rent market, has exchanged contracts on its largest...
05 July 2018
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The cost of buy to let mortgages remain at record lows and - with little movement in costs and rates over...
05 July 2018
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The independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says there is now a record number of mortgage deals for those entering the buy...
04 July 2018
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Arguments have already started over the government’s proposals to make three year tenancies the norm in the private rental sector. Letting Agent...
02 July 2018
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A new analysis of rental yields across all of the UK’s local authorities has revealed exactly where the best places are for...
29 June 2018
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The government should scrap the tax on new homes which is punishing those in need of a home to rent, the...
29 June 2018
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We’re all for an optimistic interpretation of events but a new tool from comparison website GoCompare lists the UK’s top buy...
28 June 2018
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A specialist buy to let broker is urging landlords to tread with caution before jumping feet first into incorporating their property...
28 June 2018
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Tenants, landlords and buy to let investors are the targets for new online rental guides introduced by the Ministry of Housing,...
27 June 2018
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Landlords are most likely to have invested in a boiler upgrade in the last 12 months to boost the energy efficiency...
27 June 2018
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Propio, another crowdfunding platform, has launched with the ambitious claim of expecting returns from residential investments of between six and 15...
21 June 2018
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A trade body says it has evidence that families take up the least amount of property management time when compared to...
20 June 2018
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Investors in buy to let in the UK are losing thousands of pounds in income - and it’s their own fault...
20 June 2018
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An analysis of over 580,000 properties has produced a league table of Britain’s best and worst buy to let postcodes in...
18 June 2018
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A buy to let investor has ended up with a bill for thousands of pounds after being found guilty of breaching...
15 June 2018
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One in five UK landlords have entered buy to let without even planning to, finding themselves with a property ‘accidentally’ or...
14 June 2018
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A Build To Rent business says investors in the private rental sector should be more flexible in their approach to private...
12 June 2018
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A campaign opposing the government’s recent tax changes which have penalised buy to let investors has taken a leaf out of...
07 June 2018
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Knight Knox, a property consultancy specialising in investment, has launched an online platform, yieldit, which aims to simplify the sale and...
05 June 2018
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The Nationwide has bucked the trend of many industry organisations by insisting that the private rental market is still in good...
04 June 2018
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There’s been a big rise in the proportion of landlords remortgaging according to one of the sector’s most prominent lenders, Paragon. In...
31 May 2018
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Telford Homes says some of its massive 35 per cent growth in pre-tax profits over the past year is down to...
31 May 2018
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Buy-to-let lender Paragon says it has seen a 'marked shift' towards buy-to-let activity among professional investors. The organisation reports that this is...
29 May 2018
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Flatsharing website Ideal Flatmate has passed the seed funding milestone of £1 million. The website - which includes former Green & Co...
22 May 2018
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11 May 2018
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A specialist insurance provider says there is substantial mis-buying of insurance products by buy to let investors. A survey of 500 landlords...
11 May 2018
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Buy to let investors are taking a wait and see approach when it comes to additional investment in the sector according...
09 May 2018
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One of the most respected buying agencies says it believes that with well under a year before the UK quits the...
08 May 2018
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Property crowdfunding projects are now the investments of choice for millennials according to a PropTech platform. Shojin Property Partners claims to have...
24 April 2018
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A leading property law specialist has warned that many buy to let investors remain unaware of the new Minimum Energy Efficiency...
23 April 2018
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Over half of mortgage brokers say they have been approached by buy to let investors seeking to diversify their portfolios within...
20 April 2018
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Small-scale landlords and those with the very largest portfolios appear to be ‘resizing’ - selling off some units to cope with...
20 April 2018
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A new survey appears to buck the trend of recent rental market snapshots by showing that buy to let investors are...
18 April 2018
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The number of landlords re-mortgaging to release money for home improvements has reached a record high according to Countrywide. In the last...
16 April 2018
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Rental compliance platform GetRentr has raised over £500,000 from investors including a private equity firm and private individuals. GetRentr uses artificial intelligence...
16 April 2018
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Specialist funding platform Property Partner has conducted a survey which suggests that 54 per cent of landlords are selling all or some...
12 April 2018
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Some 43 per cent of all stamp duty comes from buy to let investors and holiday home purchasers - and almost...
10 April 2018
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09 April 2018
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A leading Conservative peer says the government should cut taxes for buy to let investors and regard them as part of...
05 April 2018
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Specialist buy to let lender LendInvest has looked at 105 postcodes across England and Wales to find the best (and worst)...
03 April 2018
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Another property crowdfunding investment product has been launched, aiming to offer investors an alternative to the increasingly regulated and taxed buy...
22 March 2018
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A new survey by a leading lettings trade body suggests that the Bank of England’s attempts to make buy to let...
21 March 2018
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Two landlords have been hit with hefty court fines for failing to comply with a local licensing scheme. The pair are the...
21 March 2018
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Increased volatility in the private rental sector and rising costs for landlords and investors have combined to lead to an increased...
20 March 2018
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The Bank of England has issued gloomy figures on buy to let lending, suggesting the clampdown on mortgage interest tax relief...
14 March 2018
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The average landlord who sold their rental property in 2017 did so for £86,651 more than they paid for it, having...
12 March 2018
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The British Property Federation is calling upon more councils to support Build To Rent following the government’s recognition of the sector in...
08 March 2018
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An analysis of data released by HM Revenue and Customs shows that 1.9 million people earned money from property in 2015-16...
08 March 2018
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Belvoir says there is no evidence of a large-scale sell-off of buy to let properties by beleaguered landlords, but 85 per...
07 March 2018
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The independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says some buy to let mortgage rates have gone back to record lows. The monitor says...
06 March 2018
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The ZPG-backed Zero Deposit scheme, one of a number now existing putting forward an alternative to traditional deposits, has announced four...
01 March 2018
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Bristol council is consulting on a licensing scheme which could see buy to let investors paying £1,660 for a five year...
22 February 2018
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A third of UK property professionals are set to expand their portfolios in 2018 despite a backdrop of increased challenges in...
16 February 2018
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Two buy to let investors have been fined a total of more than £27,000 under enforcement powers introduced in Burnley to...
16 February 2018
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Lettings agency IPS Estates is partnering with Midlands auction specialist SDL Auctions to sell tenanted properties online. IPS Estates, based in Derbyshire, will...
15 February 2018
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A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...
08 February 2018
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A new website called Vesta has launched aiming to sell investment properties with tenants in place. The team behind the site describe...
08 February 2018
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Specialist buy to let lender Commercial Trust claims at least two other regions of the UK are now vying with London...
07 February 2018
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Analysis of government figures by the Nationwide suggest that the buy to let sector is still growing despite tax changes and...
05 February 2018
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An online agency claims that serious portfolio landlords are staying faithful to buy to let despite recent tax and regulation changes...
05 February 2018
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Well over half of those investors who recently secured buy to let mortgages risk facing losses when mortgage interest tax changes...
26 January 2018
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Homes in Multiple Occupation produced average yields of 8.9 per cent in 2017, the highest of all buy to let property...
24 January 2018
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Nearly three quarters of portfolio landlords have found it more difficult to secure a mortgage since the Prudential Regulation Authority’s changes...
24 January 2018
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The head of franchise giant Belvoir says government interference in the rental sector is likely to result in a rise in...
23 January 2018
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The former executive director of LSL Property Services, David Newnes, is one of the key backers of a new property management...
19 January 2018
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The troubled PropTech firm Goodlord - which creates software to allow tenancies to be handled on a single system - has...
16 January 2018
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Surrenden Invest, which specialises in selling off-market new-build properties to buy to let investors, has opened an office in the north...
10 January 2018
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Online letting agency Upad is linking with high profile independent finance service John Charcol in a bid to make it easier...
08 January 2018
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A fall in the supply of available rental properties suggests some landlords may be quitting the buy to let sector as...
13 December 2017
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Larger scale landlords with 10 properties or more appear to be the most confident about the private rental sector, and are...
08 December 2017
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Research by The Guardian newspaper reveals that massive numbers of local authority councillors are also buy to let investors - and...
22 November 2017
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A survey has been undertaken of the top 25 UK postcodes in terms of yields for investors - and London and...
17 November 2017
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Barratt Homes’ London division is offering what it describes as ‘free property management’ on new-builds purchased at selected schemes and then...
16 November 2017
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A portal which allows renters to review their lettings experiences and which encourages agents to buy and download tenants' references has...
15 November 2017
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Rental growth is forecast to exceed house price growth in London, despite a glut of properties on the lettings market in...
03 November 2017
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The specialist property investment lender Together is diversifying its product range to cater for investors who want to let out their...
31 October 2017
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A crowdfunding site describing itself as an ‘ethical investment platform’ is the first international crowdfunder to enable investment in debt-free buy...
24 October 2017
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New analysis shows how the phasing out of mortgage interest tax relief for buy to let investors may prove a particular...
23 October 2017
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Equity release firm Retirement Advantage - which recently launched two new products aimed at buy to let operators aged 55 and...
12 October 2017
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Rents outside of London have dropped by 0.2 per cent in the third quarter of this year according to new data...
09 October 2017
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Portfolio landlords unable to borrow or contemplating selling because of new Prudential Regulation Authority rules are being urged to consider equity...
06 October 2017
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Greenwich is the latest council to make it compulsory for planning consent to be given before converting homes into Houses in...
05 October 2017
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The mortgage director of Romans, one of the country’s largest agency groups, says the new Bank of England rules being introduced...
29 September 2017
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A trade body says the expanding Build To Rent sector will never be large enough to meet tenant demand and as...
28 September 2017
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A leading accounting and advisory service says key tax changes that could damage the buy to let sector are still not...
26 September 2017
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A leading figure in the buy to let broker industry has called for would-be ‘pension pot’ landlords to seek advice before...
25 September 2017
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Consumer group Which? is warning that buy to let investors with multiple properties in one locality could risk being turned down...
19 September 2017
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Yields from buy to let in the UK are now amongst the worst in Europe according to a new league table drawn...
19 September 2017
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Some 61 per cent of chartered surveyors believe there will be a net exodus of landlords over the coming year thanks...
15 September 2017
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As applications from EU students to UK universities fall for the first time in six years, an over-supply of purpose-built student...
14 September 2017
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The number of new buy to let mortgages available to investors has hit 1,725 - its highest point since 1,942 products...
13 September 2017
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A respected letting agency research head says Build To Rent could be a significant step towards solving the overall shortage of...
08 September 2017
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Changes to buy-to-let lending criteria being introduced at the end of this month could encourage a surge of rental stock as...
05 September 2017
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A study by an online letting agent suggests that client demand and void periods are two of landlords' biggest concerns, and...
04 September 2017
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Romans says one in four of its registered buyers in the first half of this year has been an investor, suggesting...
30 August 2017
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Redwood Bank, an online institution which says one of its target customers is the professional landlord within the private rental sector,...
30 August 2017
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Equity release specialist Retirement Advantage has launched a range of products specifically for owners of Buy To Let properties. These products will...
24 August 2017
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, a survey reveals that most buy to let and other property investors want the three per cent stamp duty...
24 August 2017
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The National Landlords Association is urging buy to let investors to consider remortgaging in the very near future ahead of new...
23 August 2017
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Consumer group Which? says ‘micro-apartments’ - which have proliferated in recent years - may not be good investments. The group has focussed...
22 August 2017
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Belvoir is warning that some buy to let investors are quitting the sector. “Although we are not currently seeing a huge exit...
17 August 2017
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Humberts has launched an online-only lettings option for landlords with a PropTech firm which has previously operated a service described as...
14 August 2017
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Property investment platform LendInvest has raised £50m thanks to the over-subscription of its first retail bond, launched on the London Stock...
11 August 2017
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Former Countrywide chief executive and chairman Grenville Turner is one of a number of high profile new investors unveiled for Zero...
08 August 2017
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Buy to let investors are losing confidence in their ability to rely on steady rental yields, according to recent figures from...
08 August 2017
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LSL Property Services has unveiled PRSim, its new brand offering services to the burgeoning Build To Rent sector. PRSim offers “data, consultancy and...
07 August 2017
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The reasons behind ‘landlord churn’ - when buy to let investors sell up - are more connected with personal circumstances than...
28 July 2017
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More than half of buy to let landlords have taken measures to check the fire safety of their properties in the...
28 July 2017
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With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...
20 July 2017
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Countrywide says that the average price of a new let in Britain rose by 1.1 per cent year-on-year in June 2017...
18 July 2017
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Countrywide says the rapid growth in the size of the private rental sector in recent years is not down to a...
17 July 2017
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Landlords continue to look for cheaper, higher-performing properties according to the results of an index produced by Mortgages for Business. An analysis...
13 July 2017
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Paragon is the latest lender to announce it’s falling in line with Bank of England Prudential Regulation Authority requirements for more...
13 July 2017
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A prominent lettings industry campaigner says the head of a tenancy deposit scheme has “serious questions to answer” after his comments...
10 July 2017
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Paragon Mortgages says its most recent survey of buy to let investors makes it clear that the vast majority want the...
07 July 2017
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Far from being wealthy property investors, two thirds of individual landlords pay merely the basic rate of income tax according to...
06 July 2017
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Over half the value of buy to let lending in the second quarter of this year was provided to limited companies...
05 July 2017
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The BBC is reporting that the Welsh government is offering private buy to let investors who have properties in high-rise buildings...
04 July 2017
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Skipton International has launched a guide to help expat buy to let investors trying to make sense of the UK government’s...
30 June 2017
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The latest Kent Reliance Buy to Let Britain report - seen as a snapshot of the state of health of the...
23 June 2017
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Stoke-on-Trent has been named as the UK's buy-to-let 'sweet spot'. Analysis of data from Home.co.uk by property crowdfunding plaform Property Partner shows...
19 June 2017
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High street operator Metro Bank has announced that it is entering the consumer buy-to-let market and will now accept consumer applications...
14 June 2017
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The nation's landlords are adapting to ongoing restrictions to tax relief on buy-to-let mortgage interest, according to Mortgages for Business. Upon releasing...
09 June 2017
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The production company behind Grand Designs and Escape to the Country is looking for landlords to feature in a new BBC...
06 June 2017
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Investors in buy to let are the marketing target for a service which describes itself as the UK’s first digital mortgage...
31 May 2017
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A series of six video ‘shows’ - ideal for agents to promote to would-be investment buyers - has been launched by...
24 May 2017
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Some 1,500 landlords have responded to a trade group’s campaign calling for them to press General Election candidates to oppose changes...
22 May 2017
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Single property landlords are finally waking up to the fact they could be pushed in to a higher tax bracket following...
22 May 2017
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Research experts at high-end agency Savills say a total of £5.3 billion is expected to be invested in the student accommodation...
22 May 2017
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Property investors based in the capital are increasingly purchasing buy-to-let properties outside of London, according to Countrywide. The UK's largest agency's latest...
15 May 2017
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Landlords are increasingly looking to reduce the fees they pay to letting agents due to industry tax changes and increasing management...
12 May 2017
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Rental growth in London remained relatively stable during the first quarter of 2017, according to Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings. The firm's...
12 May 2017
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Agents and landlords are being warned by a property management agency to prepare for the next round of energy-efficiency regulation changes...
11 May 2017
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Almost half of the investors in the private rental sector do not know what the changes in mortgage relief will cost...
10 May 2017
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What does it say on your business card? Peter Mansfield, Group Chairman, The World Property Network, www.twpn.com and TheWorldPropertyNetwork.com What is The World Property Network...
05 May 2017
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The British Property Federation says it is doing all it can to urge the fledgling Build To Rent sector to fall...
26 April 2017
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Women now account for two in five landlords according to research by Simple Landlords Insurance. It says it has analysed tens of...
21 April 2017
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There has been a three per cent increase in remortgaging levels amongst buy to let investors in March according to data...
20 April 2017
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Data from the first three months of this year suggests that investors are increasingly purchasing smaller, cheaper properties. Specialist lender Mortgages for...
12 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A new study of landlords reveals that far more believe they will be affected by today’s buy to let mortgage interest...
06 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Steve Bolton, founder of investment consultancy Platinum Property Partners and one of two landlords who have led a campaign against restricting...
06 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Prominent market commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has been involved in a Twitter spat over whether the changes to mortgage...
05 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The range and pricing of buy to let mortgage products for limited companies has never been better according to a survey...
05 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The founder of Rightmove and former chief executive of Countrywide, Harry Hill, has joined a lettings start-up company called Lavanda which...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The Chartered Institute of Taxation has issued a reminder to buy to let investors that the first phase of the restriction...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The Metro Bank is the latest to make changes to its buy to let mortgage portfolio in a bid to attract...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of Andrews Property Group says the government’s three per cent additional homes stamp duty surcharge on buy to...
27 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Angry landlords in Shropshire have set up an online petition against local council proposals to introduce selective licensing. The Wrekin Landlords Association...
24 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Fergus Wilson, long-regarded as Britain’s biggest buy to let investor and landlord despite recent attempts to sell some of his homes,...
24 March 2017
From: Breaking News

LSL’s corporate client department, a subsidiary of LSL Property Services, is beefing up its offer to Build To Rent institutional investors...
17 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Cloud-based rental transaction platform Goodlord - already used by some agencies in the UK including Strutt & Parker and Remax -...
15 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Upad, which claims to be Britain's larges online lettings agency, says Manchester has seen a 100 per cent increase in buy to...
09 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting Agent Today’s Conor Shilling was in the audience of The Great Buy To Let Debate - always one of the...
01 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Professional independent inventories can save money for landlords at a time when tax changes threaten to make private letting for expensive...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The Chartered Institute of Housing wants the government to introduce a raft of new measures including significantly greater regulation of letting...
21 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The need for letting agencies to assist landlords with the increasingly-complicated private rental sector has been hammered home by the results...
15 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a stark warning about the cumulative effect of the additional homes stamp duty...
10 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The government has stepped in to clear up misunderstandings emerging from the Housing White Paper following its high profile call for...
09 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Shelter - the campaigning charity many feel has had influence on government policies for the lettings sector - has now turned around and...