Private landlords are abandoning their property portfolios in unprecedented numbers, a group of surveyors claims. The Manchester-based chartered surveyors and auctioneers -...
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![Renting cheaper than mortgages for first time in 13 years](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Zoopla’s research team says the rise in mortgage interest rates means it’s now cheaper to rent than to buy for the...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let mortgages worst hit by rate rises - new figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Buy to let mortgages have seen the largest interest rate increase of any mortgage category according to new research. Barrows and Forrester...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![So Much For Rent Controls - figures show increases, not falls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentOnlineSearch-400x310.png)
Property portal Citylets says average rents in Scotland rose 12.4 per cent in the past year to £1,007 per month -...
27 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tenants under 30 risk being “stuck” renting for years - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AdultChildren-400x310.png)
A tax expert says the current economic climate has made it so hard to save for a deposit that many tenants...
11 January 2023
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
![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
![Rents hit new record as supply shortage goes on and on](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BritishPound-400x310.png)
Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London have risen to a new record of £1,162 per calendar month according...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent caps ‘will scare lettings investors away’ warns analyst](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/AgentKeysImage-mio-WideInArticle.jpg)
Headline-grabbing demands for more regulation and rent freezes risk frightening buy to let investors away, a leading analyst warns. Doug Shephard is...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lettings sector set to soar as rent rises beat interest rate hikes](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RisingRents-400x310.jpg)
The continuing rent rises seen across much of the country are outpacing rises in interest rates, it’s been claimed. Property website Home,...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Record number of buy to let landlord companies set up](/img/default/lat.png)
Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...