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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...

A campaign by HM Revenue & Customs to encourage buy to let investors to ‘fess up’ to their unpaid tax has...

The number of landlords admitting to not paying tax has soared in the past year, according to new data. During 2018/2019, 16,110...

A landlord who illegally converted a London home into two flats without planning permission has been given a prison sentence after...

New research shows that some buy to let investors in London could typically lose over £19,000 a year if Berlin-style rent...

A lettings agent and investment adviser says there is a positive interpretation of the fees ban introduced this month in England. Abi...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests the typical buy to let investor will be lucky to generate annual...

There will be less buy to let remortgaging in future as landlords consolidate rather than expand their portfolios. The prediction comes from...

A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...

More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...

A lettings agency that has analysed HMRC data says rental income for buy to let landlords has leaped 15 per cent...

Buy to let may have been in the doldrums in recent years thanks to new taxes and stricter regulations but there’s...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

A leading landlord has hit out at a lettings agency’s portrayal of buy to let tax changes.  Rosalind Beck, a campaigning landlord...

London-focussed lettings agency ludlowthompson says buy to let landlords across the country claimed a record £17.7 billion in tax relief last...

There’s been a strong start to the year for Build To Rent with news that a real estate investment trust dedicated...

A couple from east London who illegally converted a town centre office block into 14 flats have been ordered to pay...

Online lettings agency Upad says it’s to offer landlords a proprietary system to collect rental payments via Direct Debit. Its system, called...

An advertisement on a property management firm’s website suggesting that rental income would be guaranteed to landlords has been banned by...

A growing number of tenants say they want to stay put in their rented home even if the landlord sells up. A...

A property investment company operating a Ponzi scheme based on claims of capital appreciation and rental income has been shut down...

A council-run lettings agency looks likely to be scrapped after it apparently lost some £53,000 - even though it manages only...

A London agency has been fined for the second time in 11 months. Local media in Barking, east London, report that Primelodge...

There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...

Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...

An overcrowded property let by an unlicensed company with inadequate fire precautions and unheated rooms has led to a £46,620 fine...

Some industry observers say letting agents and Build To Rent are daggers drawn, but one agency in the Midlands is having...

The New Forest district council in Hampshire is appealling to letting agents and private tenants to sign up to its Private...

The ownership of buy to let property is much more evenly split between women and men than amongst other forms of...

One in five UK landlords have entered buy to let without even planning to, finding themselves with a property ‘accidentally’ or...

A trade body is claiming that armed service personnel who let out their homes whilst stationed away are being hit by...

London landlords and letting agents could be missing out on up to £111 million of short-term rental revenue each year, according...

The Build To Rent provider Grainger has reported a 23 per cent rise in profits and says it is looking for...

Time to put the gloom and doom about buy to let to one side - a new analysis shows that a...

Grainger, the UK's largest listed residential landlord, has snapped up a 132-flat Build To Rent scheme in Southampton for £27m.  The project...

A short lets management firm claims Londoners who let their homes over the upcoming Easter weekend could bag themselves a small...

A new survey by a leading lettings trade body suggests that the Bank of England’s attempts to make buy to let...

A couple who illegally converted an office block into 14 flats have been found guilty for disregarding planning laws - and...

An accountancy trade body, the Association of Accounting Technicians, is advising the government to investigate what it calls “the questionable tax...

The UK’s army of buy to let landlords will still benefit from £16.7 billion worth of tax relief even after the...

A rental investment platform is claiming to have succeeded with the world’s largest property crowdfunding exercise, raising £2,992,800. Property Partner says it...

Newham council in London has published the UK’s first ever ratings scheme for letting agents, in which firms receive anything from...

A buy to let investor reported to be receiving rental income of £150,000 a year must pay over £340,000 after illegally...

The mortgage director of Romans, one of the country’s largest agency groups, says the new Bank of England rules being introduced...

A letting agent named in a case concerning a rat-infested House in Multiple Occupation in Leytonstone, East London, has been fined...

The director of a lettings company has been banned from holding company office for eight years following the revelation that he...

A leading accounting and advisory service says key tax changes that could damage the buy to let sector are still not...

Changes to buy-to-let lending criteria being introduced at the end of this month could encourage a surge of rental stock as...

Skipton is the latest lender to confirm that it will continue lending to so-called portfolio landlords after new Bank of England...

An economics academic says the country’s taxpayers should be “very angry” with the government for failing to collect taxes to which...

Newham council is to set up the UK’s first letting agents rating scheme to protect residents and landlords from rogue agents.   The...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims around one in 10 landlords quit the lettings sector each year.   Using new research by YouGov it says...

Far from being wealthy property investors, two thirds of individual landlords pay merely the basic rate of income tax according to...

The weakness of the pound since Britain’s decision to quit the European Union a year ago means that holiday properties are...

New research shows that thousands of landlords are using what are described as “risky online sites” in their bid to avoid...

Online lettings agency Upad claims 20 per cent of landlords are set to increase their rents to their tenants thanks to...

Landlords are increasingly looking to reduce the fees they pay to letting agents due to industry tax changes and increasing management...

A property firm at the centre of the campaign against phasing out landlords’ mortgage interest relief says is urging tenants to...

Almost 20 per cent of the landlords using an online letting agency are apparently unaware of the mortgage interest tax relief...

Steve Bolton, founder of investment consultancy Platinum Property Partners and one of two landlords who have led a campaign against restricting...

A landlord who illegally converted a property into seven flats and rented them out without planning permission faces having to repay...

The Metro Bank is the latest to make changes to its buy to let mortgage portfolio in a bid to attract...

A landlord who ran multiple property companies but failed to declare his income or that he was a company director to...

Letting Agent Today’s Conor Shilling was in the audience of The Great Buy To Let Debate - always one of the...

The Loughborough Building Society is launching a Buy For Uni mortgage product seeking to encourage students to buy a home -...

David Miles, a former Bank of England economist, has described the government’s mortgage interest tax relief reform as “terrible” - but...

A property investment financing specialist says an increasing number of buy to let investors are converting properties into Houses in Multiple...

Airbnb’s new protocol seeking to stop London hosts short-letting their properties for more than 90 days a year without formal consent,...

A new survey suggests that a letting agent saves a landlord an estimated £1,910 a year.   The result of an investigation into 500...

The Leeds Building Society is the latest buy to let mortgage lender to amend its criteria for borrowers ahead of new...

Sigma, a Build To Rent developer, has completed and let its 1,000th rental home - a symbol of this fast-growing part...

The Mortgage Works, the buy to let lending arm of the Nationwide, has seen a dip in the amount borrowed by...

Sister agencies Leaders and Romans have undertaken research to show that property has been the most lucrative investment in the UK...

Several property experts have warned of possible dangers in landlords forming limited companies in a bid to minimise their tax liabilities.   There...

Franchise estate agency Winkworth has reported its figures for the first half of 2016, noting a particularly strong performance in its...

A campaign group is urging letting agents to join with landlords in lobbying MP over the government’s change to buy to...

An online agency says it has attracted ”many hundreds” of landlords by giving 12 months’ rent up-front. LetMe also offers a guarantee...

Research undertaken by one of Britain’s leading rental sector experts and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme Charitable Foundation gives perhaps the most...

Mortgage firms insisting on landlords proving their rental income could cover 145 per cent of their monthly payments could lead to...

A mortgage firm specialising in buy to let products says lending to landlords set up as limited companies surged in the...

Developers and investors have written to housing minister Brandon Lewis proposing a three-point action plan that could see more than 250,000...

The number of landlords in the UK increased by 7% to reach 1.75 million in 2013-2014. Analysis of Her Majesty's Revenue and...

An online letting agency is warning against investors angry at government attacks on the private rental sector looking for ‘easy alternatives’...

A buy to let index of returns compiled by a financial firm shows the greatest returns for investors are now to...

Tenants spend an average of 18 months in a rented property before moving on, according to new research by insurer Direct...

Buy to let returns have exceeded those from the FTSE-100 with average gains of 9.6 per cent across England and Wales...

Ahead of what some consider as the likely tightening of buy to let mortgage lending criteria by the Bank of England...

Two professional property investors are giving away a Manchester flat valued at £110,000 in a protest against Chancellor George Osborne’s attacks...

Good news for agents having to work harder to persuade would-be landlords that buy to let makes financial sense after the...

The two landlords hoping to secure a judicial review of the legislation restricting mortgage interest tax relief on buy to let...

MPs and members of the House of Lords want private sector tenants to be given clearer up-front information on the cost...

A former letting agent has pleaded guilty of nine offences of fraud involving the retention of deposits and rents belonging to...

Returns from buy to let properties have risen to their highest level in over a year.  Data from Your Move and Reeds...

The latest step in the legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposal to limit landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief comes in...

The legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s controversial buy to let tax change is underway with a letter sent to HMRC...

A landlord who let out dark, damp and overcrowded rooms has been hit with a huge £67,000 fine. Rogue landlord Liakath Ali,...

Buy to let loans could outstrip remortgaging within a matter of weeks as landlords rush to beat the April 1 stamp...

The rural agency team at Bidwells says it is concerned the Conservative government may - by accident or design - be...

The new three per cent stamp duty rate surcharge is the equivalent to 11 months income for the average mortgaged landlord,...

Ahead of expected restrictions on buy to let lending to be introduced next year by the Bank of England, some individual...

The sales market in Prime Central London may be in the doldrums but the lettings sector is on the rise with...

The Resort Group, the developer of the all-suite Llana Beach Hotel and Spa, which is due to open in 2016, has...

The Resort Group are looking for sales agents to help sell our 5-star property developments in Cape Verde. With a proven...

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £400,000 after converting a property into flats without permission. Gilbert Garrick let the...

The Daily Telegraph has undertaken an interesting exercise which effectively challenges Chancellor George Osborne’s assertion that buy to let tax changes...

The private rented sector is becoming an increasingly diverse place. Its growth into the UK's second largest form of housing has...

Investors with HMOs are better placed than other landlords to combat any financial damage caused by future interest rate rises. Analysis carried...

The petition against the proposed tax changes outlined by Chancellor George Osborne in last month’s Budget has now achieved 20,000 signatures. This...

New figures from a landlords’ organisation show that mortgage repayments are easily the biggest outgoing for a large proportion of landlords.  The...

A critic of the suggestion that buy to let landlords could set up companies to ‘beat’ the ending of tax breaks...

An accountancy firm is warning that there are pitfalls in trying to avoid the higher taxation which will result from the...

Agents have expressed their disappointment at the decision by the government to restrict mortgage interest relief for Buy To let investors...

Chancellor George Osborne has announced that mortgage interest tax relief for buy-to-let homebuyers are to be restricted to basic rate of...

The appetite of investors for trying relatively untested projects remains undiminished with news that a buy-to-let property recently sold out on...

A £212,900 property in Surrey which was advertising on a crowdfunding platform at 3pm was fully funded by 3.35pm, it is...

A financial adviser is warning that taking advantage of pension law changes and using a pension pot to buy a property...

Landlords and letting agents are at risk of overestimating the profitability of Buy To Let investments by neglecting to take into...

Labour’s onslaught on the private rental sector continues, with the party now setting out how it will implement its rent controls...