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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

It’s been reported that the Lloyds Banking Group is set to buy its first property as it seeks to become a...

Propertymark has joined forces with the likes of Generation Rent and Shelter to step up the campaign for the provision of...

The government has admitted that “hundreds of thousands” of people will use the new Breathing Space system, during which they cannot...

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

An influential group of MPs wants an end to repeated last minute extensions to the ban on evictions and instead wants financial support...

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

An estimated 840,000 private tenants have arrears over the past year since the first eviction ban was announced, according to a...

Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...

The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...

A report in the Financial Times over the weekend suggests that Lloyds Bank is poised to become a major residential landlord,...

This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...

A think tank says large scale intervention in the rental market via loans to tenants is the only way of addressing...

The government has announced yet another ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in the private rental sector. The existing ban was due to expire...

Government data suggests that scare stories talking of a glut of evictions if the current ban is lifted are simply unfounded. Data...

ARLA Propertymark has reiterated its demand for the government to give financial support to the private rental sector. In its submission to...

While the Westminster government has extended its version of the eviction ban in England until February 21, a longer ban -...

The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...

ARLA Propertymark is one of seven trade and charity groups calling on the government to help bail out private renters with...

A charity claims that private tenants in the areas with the higher tiers of Coronavirus measures face “harsh enforcement” if they...

ARLA Propertymark has welcomed the creation of a financial lifeline for tenants in Wales in arrears because of Coronavirus.  The association has...

Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...

A leading trade body has broadly welcomed the Winter Economy Plan outlined by Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday, but says this still...

A leading figure in the private rental sector says the lettings industry has been largely ignored once again by Chancellor Rishi...

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...

A Tory member has used the Conservative Home website to tell his party that it should introduce interest-free loans to help tenants...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging its members to write to their MPs over the provision of cash help...

A scheme providing interest-free loans to tenants with Covid-related arrears should be offered across the UK. That’s the view of David Alexander...

ARLA and the NRLA have teamed up with charities - some usually critical of letting agents and landlords - to lobby...

A leading trade body has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that some landlords face receiving no rent for two years.  In a...

Belvoir is backing a call for a loans scheme in England - similar to one in Wales - to protect tenants...

The largest survey yet conducted about rent payments during the pandemic shows the claims of pressure groups about widespread evictions are unfounded. Over...

The Welsh Government has launched a new Tenancy Saver Loans scheme to allow tenants to borrow to pay off arrears built up...

A lettings sector trade body, acting with homelessness charities, is urging the government to do more as young people in rented...

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

The industry’s major landlord trade body is urging its members to write to MPs to explains what it calls “the devastating...

The Chartered Institute of Housing has published proposals aimed at avoiding a spike in private rental sector evictions when the current...

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

A foundation which receives substantial funding from trade unions and a charity linked to the Nationwide is calling for rents to...

The Scottish government has announced a £5m fund that will offer interest-free loans to landlords whose tenants are having difficulty paying...

The number of mortgage lenders still offering products to landlords is 42 - only seven fewer than at the peak of...

Airbnb and similar platforms have seen a collapse of business since the start of the Coronavirus crisis with some 70 per...

A council says it’s considering lending funds for improvement to landlords who “behave fairly and appropriately” - and buy into a...

A London council tenant who for a period of seven years failed to disclose that he owned three houses, has been...

A new rental deposit alternative scheme claims that some renters have to resort to high-interest payday lenders in order to afford...

There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...

A Southampton lettings agency owner has been jailed after defrauding landlords and tenants out of £230,000. Andrew Whitehead has been jailed for...

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...