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![Zoopla demands mandatory training for all lettings agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2238369719.jpg)
Zoopla lettings chiefs have told the government it should tighten up its imminent Renters Rights Bill by demanding all lettings agents...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Prime London lettings markets boosted by summer surge](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/1-HousePriceRising.png)
Property consultancy JLL says there’s been a noticeable rise in prime Central London lettings activity. Average rents rose 0.9% from Q1 to...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Popular Buy To Let mortgage lender is latest to cut rates](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Paragon Bank has reduced rates on its core range of buy-to-let mortgages, taking 15bps off 10 products, in addition to launching...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Election result already priced-in to housing market, says top analyst](/upload/images/Election%20housing%20.jpg)
The result of the election isn’t likely to be a gamechanger for the housing market, a prominent business consultancy says. An analysis...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate Decision announced by Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
The Bank of England has kept base interest rate at 5.25%. Some industry figures hoped for a cut following yesterday’s inflation news,...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![No Excuse Not To Cut Rates Today - Agents’ demands](/upload/images/shutterstock_2103114257(1).jpg)
Inflation back on target and following speculation about a summer interest rate cut have prompted Propertymark to insist that the Bank...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s big idea to shift first time buyers from rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Labour is launching a new Freedom to Buy scheme to get 80,000 young people on the housing ladder, over the next...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental Eco-grants and first time buyer help - Rightmove’s Election Wishlist](/upload/images/shutterstock_2028954719.jpg)
Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Forget party policies - check interest rate movement](/upload/images/shutterstock_2355420851(1).jpg)
A prominent housing market analyst says people shouldn’t bother reading election literature but instead study interest rates if they want to...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![More tenants borrowing to fund deposits on next property - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_2164284997.jpg)
The percentage of tenants borrowing money to fund their cash deposits on their next property has risen over the last 12...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows market returning to normal](/upload/images/shutterstock_2271512647.jpg)
Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Boost for Buy To Let as mortgage product choice improves](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
There's good news for the buy to let sector as mortgage product availability is showing signs of stability, according to the...
23 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agencies merge lettings teams and set up Joint Venture operation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Two agencies are merging their lettings operations and launching a Joint Venture company to enable continued growth in their respective areas...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech: Foxtons to extend digital lettings service into sales](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Massive PropTech boost from Rightmove and finance institutions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business. This is the first...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Material Information - new digital tool aims to help letting agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertySearch-400x310.png)
The Open Property Data Association has released a new version of its property data standards framework to help letting agents comply...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Energy Efficiency - new RICS standard for agents to launch this year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPCx400x310.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Crunch Week ahead for interest rates and inflation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents demand mortgage lenders cut rates to help market](/upload/images/shutterstock_2038493723.jpg)
The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Beware 1% Deposits - Knight Frank lays into government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let lending for older landlords falls off a cliff](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Major agency reinstates lettings division three years after sell-off](/upload/images/shutterstock_1309929943.jpg)
Major regional independent agency Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding its offering by re-entering the residential lettings and property management market...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents plead with Bank of England after buy to let mortgage arrears soar](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_2-400x310.png)
Propertymark wants the Bank of England to cut interest rates following data showing soaring mortgage arrears and repossessions. Lenders trade body UK...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate Decision - all eyes on Bank of England](/upload/images/shutterstock_2155405011.jpg)
The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Over-50 year old first time buyers show significant increase](/upload/images/shutterstock_1393919921.jpg)
There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Row over government bid to turn renters into first time buyers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuyRent-400x310.png)
Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock figures put interest rate cut on the back burner](/upload/images/shutterstock_2148997377.jpg)
There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Big mortgage rate cuts likely this year - agency revises forecast](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Knight Frank has revised its housing market forecasts for 2024, just two weeks into the new year. It’s done this on the...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Breakthrough allows rent payments to be reported to credit agencies](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NB%20-%20M%26P%20March%20blog%201%20-%20No%20budget%20boost%20from%20the%20Chancellor%20but%20it's%20not%20all%20doom%20and%20gloom.jpg)
The long-running aspiration of many to allow rental payments to be counted towards credit ratings appears to have taken a step...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rates War! Mortgage lenders slash BTL borrowing costs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/mortgage-400x310.png)
A series of lenders have slashed their buy to let mortgage rates in a bid to win business. These include: - LendInvest Mortgages...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Knight Frank warns that Rwanda controversy could force early election](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Will tumbling mortgage rates turn tenants into buyers?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Lower mortgage rates - still falling in the days since the end of the festive break - may be persuading some...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage Lenders set out buy to let forecasts for 2024/2025](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Covid Fraud - property company bosses given suspended sentences](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
Two property company bosses have been sentenced following an Insolvency Service investigation which found they had abused a £30,000 Bounce Back...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![This week’s inflation news may determine a New Year interest rate cut](/upload/images/shutterstock_2164169901.jpg)
All eyes are on HM Treasury this week ahead of the next inflation figures, to be released on Wednesday morning. Analysts suggest...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let Mortgage Arrears Double In Just One Year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Cases of buy-to-let arrears have doubled in a single year, according to a new analysis. The research, from Octane Capital, analysed quarterly...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Eyes on Lenders - rates expected to drop sharply this week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Mortgage experts are expecting significant falls in the cost of borrowing this week as lenders drop their rates. Following last week’s decision...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![40 year buy to let mortgage available from today](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/L%26G%20Mortgage%20club%20announces%20MortgageApplyNow_400x310.png)
HSBC is increasing its maximum mortgage term to 40 years for buy to let, purchase, remortgaging and additional borrowing. Second homes will...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Under-pressure landlords now more choosy about letting agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
A prominent figure in the London property world says landlords under increasing financial pressure are being more selective about the letting...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Good news (sort of) for tenants wanting a mortgage to buy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/mortgage-400x310.png)
Tenants seeking a way to buy a home have been given at least slightly reassuring news by Rightmove. The portal says the...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bank of England reveals latest interest rate decision](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_1-400x310.png)
The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has announced its decision on base rate. It will rise by 0.25 per cent to...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shocking rise in numbers of landlords desperate to sell](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
A sales agency specialising in disposing of buy to let portfolios says it’s now received an averaged 240 enquires a month...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Public want more tax on Airbnbs and higher private rental standards](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
A mortgage lender has conducted a survey of homeowners which has produced a string of anti-landlord and anti-overseas investor attitudes. Market Financial...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage Mayhem: will six months breathing space stop housing crash?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Sharp%20rise%20in%20property%20transaction%20fall-throught%20cost%20MortgageApplyNow_400x310.png)
Concern remains that the mayhem surrounding the mortgage market may yet trigger a housing market crash. At the start of the weekend...
26 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Chancellor’s Crisis Meeting - pleas for rental help mount](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tenant_Dispute-400x310.png)
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is today charing a crisis meeting of mortgage lenders, as calls mount for him to take action to...
23 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shock interest rate decision by Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_2-400x310.png)
The Bank of England has announced its latest change in base rate, which is used by most lenders to determine interest...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental market set to benefit as buyers hit by cost woes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
The rental market is set to benefit from a surge in potential buyers putting their purchase plans on hold. Data from NerdWallet...
08 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Big increase in ‘good EPC’ buy to let mortgage borrowing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
One of the biggest lenders in the rental space - Paragon Bank - recorded a 19 per cent increase in buy...
07 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let mortgage deals pulled from market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Moneyfacts, the respected independent mortgage market monitor, is warning that lenders have been withdrawing buy to let fixed deals. Within the buy...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rates - Bank of England reveals latest decision](/upload/images/Bank%20Increase.jpg)
The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Third of tenants must borrow to raise rental deposits - survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Young%20people%20more%20likely%20MortgageCalculated1_400x310.png)
Nearly a third of tenants are borrowing money to fund a cash deposit, a survey claims. A poll of 1,000 current renters...
10 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents try to shore up investor confidence after house price fall](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
Trade bodies have been trying to shore up investor confidence after the latest house price index, by the Nationwide, showing another...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents react to Bank of England interest rate decision](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_4-400x310.png)
The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Cash Is King for buy to let as interest rates hit investors](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_309559970.jpg)
New buy to let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, says Hamptons lettings agency. So far this...
13 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Crystal Balls? Solicitor predicts five trends for buy to let in 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
A prominent legal firm has given its view on the five key trends facing the private rental sector in 2023. These come...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent-to-Own PropTech platform wins huge cash injection](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AdultChildren-400x310.png)
Keyzy, a rent-to-own service aimed at aspiring homeowners, has raised £3m in a seed funding round. The proceeds will accelerate its purchases...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Market slowdown starting according to latest house price figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
The average house price in Wales reached a new peak of £249,076 at the end of 2022 but cost of living...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Net Zero Targets - Why no help for private rental sector to meet them?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Low_EPC-400x310.png)
Propertymark is querying why there’s no help for the private rental sector to meet energy efficiency targets expressed in a new...
17 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lettings expert honoured in King Charles’ first list](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Recruitment-400x310.png)
Long-standing lettings expert Kate Faulkner has been given an OBE in King Charles’ first New Year Honours list. Faulkner is well known...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rock Bottom! Housing market sentiment nears all-time low, say lenders](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-2-400x310.png)
The Building Societies Association says housing market sentiment remains close to the all-time low. In a sentiment survey some 47 per cent...
29 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![As You Were! Rate rise won’t change market dynamics - Rightmove](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_4-400x310.png)
Rightmove says yesterday’s Bank of England base rate rise to 3.5 per cent - the ninth hike in as many Bank...
16 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lettings key to agents’ survival if sales slump in 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Data from the mortgage lenders’ trade body UK Finance shows the wisdom of agents having a lettings division. The body says: “We...
14 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![What do agents want in 2023? New survey reveals all](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/2023Loading-400x310.png)
This may be 2022’s least surprising research finding - most property professionals want interest rates to fall. A webinar poll undertaken by...
14 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Enough Is Enough - should next interest rate rises be delayed?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
A senior lettings industry figure says the Bank of England should delay future base rate rises to allow the housing market...
04 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Savills adds to gloom with forecast of major price falls next year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...
04 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Change EPCs and use stamp duty to make homes greener - call](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
With the private rental sector stressed at the prospect of stricter energy efficiency rules in the coming years, the body representing...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Spread of Green Mortgages key to improving rental sector EPCs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_EfficientHome-400x310.png)
Green mortgage discounts could be a key tool in helping landlords make the energy efficiency upgrades necessary to achieve an EPC...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sunak in No 10 - Sigh of relief from agents and industry](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Rishi%20Sunak%2003_400x310.png)
There seems to be an industry-wide sigh of relief that Rishi Sunak has become Prime Minister. His coronation marks the end of...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Warning to buy to let sector - yields are set to drop](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesdecrease_400x310.png)
The current higher interest rate environment and the temporary mortgage product withdrawals after the mini Budget will hurt future rental yields,...
21 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lettings bosses reveal climate change risks to industry](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
The Lettings Industry Council, a group of rental industry chiefs, has joined with other property professionals to reveal what they see...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Mini-Budget leads to house prices falls in 2023 and maybe 2024 - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Budget-Purse-400x310.jpg)
The Knight Frank lettings and estate agency is warning that it expects house prices to fall in 2023. Tom Bill, its head...
03 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shock for lettings and sales markets as big interest rate rise announced](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/AdobeStock_345890261.jpeg)
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has announced that base rate is rising from 1.25 to 1.75 per cent. The rate is now...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Building Society slammed for mortgage ban on second homes](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MortgageDeclined-400x310.png)
A building society which has taken the unprecedented step of stopping lending on second homes has been sharply criticised by a...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property investment salesman predicts buy to let renaissance](/upload/images/Back-link-images/AdobeStock_103723164.jpeg)
The sales director of a property investment firm says high house prices, rising interest rates and the broader cost of living...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ body queries ability of courts to cope with possessions](/upload/images/Coronavirus/CoronavirusLockdown-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark is questioning whether the Scottish Government is adequately funding the First-tier Tribunal to cope with any extra demand placed on...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Renting cheaper than buying after latest interest rate rises](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Angels%20Sales%20%20Lettings%202019%20(360x280).jpg)
The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let mortgage costs rising with worse to come - warning](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Mortgage-House-Keys-400x310.jpg)
The costs of buy to let fixed rate mortgages have risen sharply with more increases likely if, as expected, the Bank...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Warning to Buy To Let sector - this interest rate rise isn’t the last…](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BTL400x310.png)
The chief executive of an online mortgage broker is warning that yesterday’s base rate rise announced by the Bank of England...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let winning out over Holiday Lets, says agency](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BTL400x310.png)
Lettings agency Galbraith reports that landlords are now returning to the residential lets sector from holiday lets after several years without...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage bonanza for buy to let - best choice for 15 years](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyPurchase-1-400x310.jpg)
There’s a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage products available for current or new landlords. The...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent investment to improve rental stock energy efficiency](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/green-deal400x310.png)
One of the biggest Build To Rent operators in the UK is investing in new technology with the aim of boosting...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let lending set to fall back this year - forecast](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BTL400x310.png)
Buy To Let lending is set to fall back this year, after a hectic 2021. That’s the forecast from the Intermediary Mortgage...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ex-ARLA chief lifts the lid on how Buy To Let was created 25 years ago](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents has lifted the lid on how buy to let came about,...
31 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Huge rise in buy to let mortgage activity in 2021](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
UK Finance, the umbrella group representing major mortgage lenders, says there will have been a massive 83 per cent surge in...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Licensing: PropTech suppliers buddy up to improve compliance](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlinePropertySearch-3-400x310.jpg)
PropTech suppliers Kamma and CoreLogic UK have teamed up to help improve the process of buy to let lending and compliance. Kamma...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech: could open banking help the lettings industry?](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/SmartphoneUse-400x310.jpg)
A PropTech firm says Open Banking could help to transform the lettings industry for the better if it is fully embraced. And...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![They’re back: Parents are buying buy-to-lets for student offspring](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/StudentHouse-400x310.jpg)
The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![New drive to make all rental properties improve energy efficiency](/img/default/lat.png)
A Bill is being introduced into both Houses of Parliament this week which will ramp up the pressure on the private...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Scandal of lettings director banned for emptying bank account](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings agency director has been disqualified for seven years after he emptied its bank account following its liquidation. Ghanshyam Sarup Batra, from...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Eviction court process should be simplified in reform package - call](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading buy to let mortgage expert has backed the government’s pledge to issue a White Paper and additional consultation before...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents warned about cash crisis amongst renters under 40](/img/default/lat.png)
Flatshare website SpareRoom says over a fifth of 18 to 24 years olds have moved back in with their parents to...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Foreign buy to let investors wooed by lender’s reduced rates](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the most active lenders for international investors in UK buy to let claims to have produced a market-leading mortgage...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![David Alexander is joint CEO of apropos](/img/default/lat.png)
For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...
04 February 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Boost for investors as mortgage choice improves across Buy To Let](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...
16 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Renting off the hook? Government intervention shifts to ownership](/img/default/lat.png)
Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Everything you ever wanted to know about evictions - and more...](/img/default/lat.png)
A definitive document has been published by the House of Commons library listing every eviction-related measure taken by UK governments during...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Repossession looms for buy to let investors because of eviction ban](/img/default/lat.png)
Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer. Mary Rouse,...