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The husband-and-wife directors of a Cornish lettings and estate agency have been disqualified from being company directors for a combined 12...

The percentage of tenants borrowing money to fund their cash deposits on their next property has risen over the last 12...

There's good news for the buy to let sector as mortgage product availability is showing signs of stability, according to the...

Houses in Multiple Occupation are making up an increasing percentage of buy-to-let business, according specialist lender Shawbrook.  In both 2022 and 2023,...

An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

Almost one in three buy to let landlords are set to sell up in the next 12 months. That’s the shock statistic...

NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

Owners of vacant properties are being offered an improved incentive to bring their house back into use. Plymouth council is re-launching its...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords.   The news comes as a poll conducted...

Propertymark wants the Bank of England to cut interest rates following data showing soaring mortgage arrears and repossessions. Lenders trade body UK...

A wealthy landlord who set up a fake lettings agency in Hull has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...

A trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...

There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...

The UK government has taken an equity stake in the rental investment platform Shojin through the conversion of a pandemic-era loan...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

One of the lettings sector’s longest-standing suppliers - Mortgages for Business - is rebranding. It’s to be known as Mortgage Finance Brokers,...

A series of lenders have slashed their buy to let mortgage rates in a bid to win business. These include: - LendInvest Mortgages...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...

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...

The date has been set for the Spring Budget - the last before the General Election.  It’s to be on Wednesday March...

One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...

Two property company bosses have been sentenced following an Insolvency Service investigation which found they had abused a £30,000 Bounce Back...

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...

A consultation to introduce boilers into homes and the private rented sector needs ‘more carrot than stick’ according to a prominent...

Cases of buy-to-let arrears have doubled in a single year, according to a new analysis. The research, from Octane Capital, analysed quarterly...

A student lettings business claims the cycle of booking accommodation for the 2024-25 academic year has already started in some cities. The...

Rents for student accommodation have increased by an average of 14.6 in two years and swallow up nearly all of the...

Propertymark has urged Labour to licence letting agents under its plans to ‘fundamentally reform the private rented sector’. The trade body also...

The buy to let sector appears more heavily reliant on mortgages than some analysts have previously suggested. Specialist lending service Octane Capital has...

Some prospective buy to let landlords may be about to use their equity to snap up investment properties at discounted rates,...

A deposit alternative service says increasing numbers of renters need multiple sources of funding for traditional deposits. Zero Deposit says its survey...

A new survey reveals that rental properties with an EPC rating below C are already more difficult to sell to other...

The owners of one of the first Build To Rent schemes in Edinburgh is bidding to improve the EPC rating while...

Propertymark has set out a five point plan to improve the status and usefulness of the Energy Performance Certificate and to...

New figures showing the growing size of first time buyer deposits suggest that many would-be purchasers will be staying with the...

A property industry commentator wants buy to let mortgage rules to be relaxed so that frustrated sellers can let out their...

A prominent property law consultancy wants Help To Buy, or similar schemes, to be resurrected.  Dutton Gregory Solicitors says that with the...

Moneyfacts, the respected independent mortgage market monitor, is warning that lenders have been withdrawing buy to let fixed deals. Within the buy...

The Nationwide Building Society is embarking on an experiment - at first for owner occupiers only - which may be extended...

Propertymark has told a group of MPs that many benefit recipients are excluded from the private rented sector due to the...

The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...

Nearly a third of tenants are borrowing money to fund a cash deposit, a survey claims. A poll of 1,000 current renters...

Renters are being offered a 100 per cent mortgage by the Skipton Building Society - the first time such a product...

One of the UK governments has backed a call for private landlords to get cash help to meet new Minimum Energy...

One of the country’s biggest Build To Rent players has secured funding for 1,000 new BTR homes. Legal & General has signed...

A new survey of lettings agents and landlords has put the reinstatement of Section 24 mortgage tax relief at the top...

A lettings agency maintenance manager stole almost £100,000 from her company - but has escaped prison. Farida Mughal was working at the...

Retirement housing specialist Pegasus wants to become a big player in Build To Rent and has employed the  Savills agency to...

A consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition says funding options exist for companies wishing to buy others, despite rising interest rates. Lucy...

Buy to let investors have created the largest increase in the mortgage market in the past year, it’s being claimed. Octane Capital...

Shawbrook is becoming a bigger player in the buy to let lending market following the acquisition of specialist lender Bluestone Mortgages. Launched...

The head of a property investment firm has been disqualified from being a director for 12 years following the discovery that...

Spanish bank Santander says UK residential property prices look set to fall 10 per cent this year and will return to...

Interest rates may be on the way up right now following the latest Bank of England decision but there’s good news...

Hybrid agency EweMove has expanded its brand presence into 189 territories across the UK according to its parent company, The Property...

Propertymark wants to see more energy-efficient homes, but with realistic targets and incentives to act. In its submission to the government ahead...

The equity release market has expanded by 27 per cent to hit a record £5.58 billion of new lending last year,...

A lettings agent has been banned from holding office in a company for 11 years for abusing Covid loans - but...

Agents are being urged to sign a petition launched by a landlord facing higher tax burdens which may force him to...

Keller Williams UK - which has seen market centre closures in recent months - insists that its lettings business KW Move...

A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...

A new study from Rightmove reveals what aspiring first-time buyers are most likely to cut back on in a bid to...

Mortgage experts appearing before a committee of MPs have given an especially gloomy forecast for the buy to let sector in...

The Bank of England has increased its base rate from 2.25 per cent to 3.0 per cent. This is the largest hike...

With the private rental sector stressed at the prospect of stricter energy efficiency rules in the coming years, the body representing...

There’s widespread concern that the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, which meets tomorrow, is to unveil a 0.75 per cent...

Green mortgage discounts could be a key tool in helping landlords make the energy efficiency upgrades necessary to achieve an EPC...

There seems to be an industry-wide sigh of relief that Rishi Sunak has become Prime Minister. His coronation marks the end of...

A property management chief has been disqualified as a director for 12 years after using his firms to take out £135,000...

New research shows that there’s little to choose between the costs of renting and owning - a change from previous research...

The Bank of England is warning that many households will struggle to meet their rent or mortgage commitments if interest rates...

A Build To Rent scheme has been handed a huge cash boost from City investors. Investec Real Estate has given Edmond de...

Chestertons has named a new lettings manager for its Chelsea branch. Jonathan James has been working in the industry for the past...

Headline-grabbing demands for more regulation and rent freezes risk frightening buy to let investors away, a leading analyst warns. Doug Shephard is...

A warning has been issued that as many as 250,000 homes - some likely to be in the private rental sector...

With the next Bank of England interest rate decision timed for tomorrow, it’s just been revealed that rate increases so far...

A building society which has taken the unprecedented step of stopping lending on second homes has been sharply criticised by a...

The costs of buy to let fixed rate mortgages have risen sharply with more increases likely if, as expected, the Bank...

A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have set out what they want to see...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

There’s a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage products available for current or new landlords. The...

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

A new bank called Monument is aiming at property investors and established buy to let landlords seeking to grow their portfolios. Its...

Research by a student accommodation search platform suggests that the sector may rely too heavily on the apparent year-on-year growth in...

Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent wants the government to help tenants clear Covid-related arrears through an overhaul of Discretionary Housing Payments. Enhancing these...

Councils across Scotland have been given £10m to provide grants to tenants who have Covid-related arrears and risk eviction. The grants will...

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

Private tenants and landlords across the country face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefit...

It is understood that Lloyds Bank may use local agencies to find tenants for new private rental sector activities. In recent weeks...

Specialist property lender Castle Trust Bank has agreed a £13.2m development loan for a Build To Rent scheme within a mixed...

Student rent has increased almost 20 per cent over the last year.  In data released as part of the 2021 NatWest Student...

A new £10m scheme to help renters with Covid-related arrears has been launched in Wales.  Called the Tenancy Hardship Grant, and introduced...

The UK Association of Letting Agents trade body is warning of “widespread evictions” unless government support is offered to tenants. UKALA chairman...

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

Yet another buy to let lender has released new products aiming to push the sector into more environmentally-friendly properties.  The Foundation Home...