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The ongoing debate over ground rents within Government is rapidly becoming a Parliamentary farce that could soon lead to an economic...

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

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

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

Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...

Corporate student accommodation provider Unite Group has reported a big jump in earnings on the back of a shortage of lets...

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

Just under half of mortgage brokers expect to place more limited company buy-to-let business throughout the next 12 months, Paragon Bank...

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...

Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...

Last week’s Autumn Statement - which fell short of expectations in terms of help for the private rental sector - is...

Landlords in the UK are paying 40 per cent more mortgage interest than in August 2022, forcing more of them to...

Media reports in Brighton say that a lettings agency which serve tenants with illegal eviction notices and unjustified legal threats has...

Landlords in England and Wales have seen their rental portfolio income increase by 8.7 per cent in the past year.  That’s according...

In the face of stretched incomes, rising interest rates and escalating consumer prices, an increasing number of tenants are at risk...

Propertymark is backing a call for financial help for landlords who improve the energy efficiency of their properties. The think tank E3G...

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

Industry supplier HomeLet says rent guarantee insurance is now heavily advised because rents have reached what it calls an “astonishing” level. Andy...

A second lettings sector body is demanding government action over the problem of client account closures. Accreditation service Safeagent says the government...

The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is being urged to act now to stop the problems banks are creating for letting agents. Following a...

Five franchisees who purchased an investment platform say they want to double the size of the business by 2028. Established in 2007,...

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

One of Scotland’s largest lettings agencies is voicing concern over what it calls “the lack of balance” in the Scottish government’s...

Location, Location, Location star Phil Spencer says it’s time for agents to go for the ‘hard sell’ on Buy To Let,...

A letting agents’ trade body is urging the industry to sign a parliamentary petition calling for the Section 24 changes for...

Propertymark says banks are still misinterpreting Anti-Money Laundering rules regarding pooled client accounts, making life difficult for letting agents.  The trade body...

A high profile lettings agency has backed a petition demanding the reinstatement of tax relief for landlords. Benham and Reeves says it...

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

A new scheme offering landlords the opportunity to lease property through a local authority has been launched.   Leasing Scheme Wales: Gwynedd gives...

A high profile PropTech entrepreneur is amongst a series of investors linked to a new fund, launched today, cashing in on...

A former lettings agent has been jailed for almost three years after admitting conning landlords out of over £80,000. The sentence for...

Maintenance costs now account for over a fifth of the average rental income of a property, it’s been claimed. A company called...

A letting agent who stole over £80,000 from landlords is awaiting sentence. Frank Smart - owner of Smart Residential Letting Agents in...

The number of active holiday lets has increased by a third in some of England’s most popular short break destinations. The biggest...

Homes in the rental sector are more likely to have old and inefficient appliances for tenants to use in order to...

London-focussed lettings agency Benham and Reeves says renters who secured bargain properties during the pandemic now face huge rent rises when...

More than four in 10 landlords claim their letting agents charge too much - and one in six has been hit...

Grainger plc, the UK's largest listed residential landlord and a growing player in the Build To Rent sector, has delivered an...

Winkworth has told its shareholders that the rental market is to boom - a lot. “In lettings we anticipate that prices will...

An online lettings agency says two thirds of landlords and tenants have ‘issues’ with their agents - and substantial numbers claim...

Letting agents are being urged to respond to a consultation opening today from rhe independent Office for Tax Simplification.  The OTS has published an...

Agents tasked with persuading possible investors as to the benefit of buy to let have new ammunition, in the shape of...

New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...

More and more people are committing tenancy fraud and it’s having a massive impact on the industryAs a lettings agency, you...

The end of the stamp duty holiday today has triggered a reduction in the number of buy to let investors saying...

There’s been a sharp reduction in average void periods this year - a sign of how strong the rental market has...

Tenants are paying almost £70bn of rent to landlords a year, research claims. Buy-to-let specialist Sequre Property Investment has found the best...

The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...

A leading private rental trade body says only bespoke financial help can ensure the private rental sector meets government energy efficiency...

A London lettings agency is exposed on TV this evening over what turns out to be a sham guaranteed rent scheme. Landlords...

Rents have climbed up to 68 per cent across England since the financial crash in 2008. Research by Ascend Property shows that...

A PropTech firm that manufactures virtual tours claims the feature can increase the asking rents of properties listed. Digital company U-See Homes...

The Build to Rent market remains small in volume but it is making some inroads, leading to BTR rent rises predominantly...

A third of buy to let investors would change the way they voted in the EU referendum if they could. That’s the...

Winkworth says its London rental activities have suffered because of a lack of international travel, and students and young professionals returning to...

A quarterly index suggests that there’s been a sharp uplift in tenant demand for rental properties across the UK’s major cities...

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

A new agency doesn’t hold back about its importance, describing itself as “the future of buy to let property offering a...

Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...

Unite Students, one of the UK's leading student accommodation providers, is giving tenants a rent reduction. Students will be able to apply...

PropTech provider Canopy is linking with a legal protection service which it says could enhance agents’ offer to landlords. If the tenant does...

One of the largest Build To Rent operators in the country is reporting that the pandemic has had relatively minor effects...

A rebranded agency is now focussing on selling only tenanted buy to let properties in what it calls ‘second tier’ cities...

Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance.  The exercise...

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

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...

Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer.  Mary Rouse,...

A leading lettings sector trade body has set out reasons why the eviction ban should be lifted - which may help...

There’s a warning this morning that the consequences of the Coronavirus crisis mean that rents will fall at least five per...

A regional independent agency generating more than £20 million in rental income annually has snapped up a five-branch independent firm. Alexander & Co,...

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...

In another sign of concern at the speed and volume of eviction cases once the ban is lifted at the end...

A survey suggests that 77 per cent of  buy to letinvestors believe their tenants can pay full rent during the Coronavirus...

Landlords have expressed disappointment at the government decision to extend the ban on evictions by a further two months.  It will be...

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

Rents in London have dropped by between 10 and 15 per cent as fewer people are willing or able to move...

Research shows that half of those in the private rental sector are aged 16 to 34, making the lettings industry vulnerable...

Grainger, one of the biggest forces in the UK’s Build To Rent sector, says it has proved the resilience of the...

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

The commercial arm of Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure...

A lettings agency has given a full apology after a letter - not approved by the company - was sent out...

A leading Proptech expert says agents must have robust payment systems to cope with the unusual pressure of tracking mortgage and...

New research suggests the damage to the private rental sector in terms of non-payment of rent could be a remarkable £15...

It’s been revealed that a clampdown on the buy to let sector by HM Revenue and Customs has produced millions of...

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...

A developer offering a rent guarantee on its homes has amended its advertisement wording after an intervention by the Advertising Standards...

New research from the National Landlords Association reveals that migrant workers, and not professional executives, provide the best rental yield. The NLA...

A short lets firm that describes itself as an “Airbnb management service” is launching an advertising campaign to woo landlords away...

A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...

The Property Ombudsman has expelled three lettings agencies from its scheme because of unpaid awards to landlord clients. The first is Kingsman...

Former QPR and Nottingham Forest striker Dexter Blackstock has been fined over £25,000 and branded a rogue landlord after admitting 12 licencing offences. He...

Legal & General is introducing a Rental Protection Plan for tenants, thought to be one of the first examples of this...

A PropTech firm says it has calculated the true cost of being a buy to let investor.  Howsy says the average landlord...

Data published by specialist lender Precise Mortgages suggests that over a fifth of landlords are planning to expand their portfolio with...

HM Revenue & Customs has launched what appears to be a fishing expedition to find out information about investor landlords who...

A pioneering lettings agency that allocates second and subsequent year students with private sector and university-owned homes has delivered its best...

Research by London agency Benham and Reeves says the cumulative cost of a landlord suffering a bad tenant and then evicting...