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Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times. If you have any appropriate advice you...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News

McCarthy & Stone, long associated with retirement properties only available to buy, has introduced a renting option at a number of...
07 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency that launched just two years ago has snapped up an independent firm in the same city in a...
15 November 2019
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New research from an international law firm shows that the rental sector in major cities is now changing its demographic make-up...
10 September 2019
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A private landlord has gone on record to explain her own dilemma with a tenant - and why the government’s scrapping...
14 August 2019
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Legal & General, one of the largest specialist builders of so-called retirement communities for the over-55s, is now going to let...
26 July 2019
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The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...
18 July 2019
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A rental provider specialising in property for older tenants has attacked what he calls “hidden costs” involved when people buy purpose-built...
10 July 2019
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Recent figures suggesting that nearly £1 billion was withdrawn by over-55s through equity release in the first three months of 2019...
21 May 2019
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Fergus Wilson - the controversial buy to let landlord who with his wife once owned 1,000 homes - has named his...
26 March 2019
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A lettings agency that has analysed HMRC data says rental income for buy to let landlords has leaped 15 per cent...
07 March 2019
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Councils have been accused of routinely pursuing the most serious enforcement option open to them if they find a local licensing...
14 January 2019
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Somerset agency Mark Templer Residential has acquired independent company Wrington Vale Lettings. Husband and wife team John and Vanessa Webb with business...
12 November 2018
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The heavy-handed administration of selective licensing schemes is driving out buy to let investors. That’s the claim from David Kirwan of Kirwans...
30 October 2018
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The popular belief that equity release damages the housing market is being challenged by claims from ER company Retirement Advantage. It claims...
31 August 2018
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Controversial landlord Fergus Wilson has increased rents on all new tenancies in his property portfolio by £50 a week because of...
06 August 2018
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One in five UK landlords have entered buy to let without even planning to, finding themselves with a property ‘accidentally’ or...
14 June 2018
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An experienced agent claims that forgoing the services of a letting agent to save money is a false economy for landlords. In...
24 May 2018
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Up to 500,000 so-called Baby Boomers have been hit by allegedly unaffordable rents and a lack of appropriate housing for older...
02 May 2018
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A growing number of over 60s in the UK are renting, according to new research from the Centre for Ageing Better. It...
26 March 2018
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There has been a drop in the proportion of people becoming buy to let landlords in order to boost their retirement...
16 March 2018
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New figures appear to show that younger people may prefer investing in property over pensions - giving new hope to the...
26 January 2018
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Legal & General - one of the country’s largest players in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector - has made a...
11 January 2018
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Millennials renting an average-sized property outside of London, who begin their tenancy at age 21, will spend an average of £110,830...
15 December 2017
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Gascoines agency at Southwell in Nottinghamshire is celebrating the retirement of one of its most loved staff members after no less...
01 December 2017
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The pressure group Generation Rent - often identified with highlighting issues concerning young tenants - is now warning of a massive...
14 November 2017
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Equity release firm Retirement Advantage - which recently launched two new products aimed at buy to let operators aged 55 and...
12 October 2017
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Portfolio landlords unable to borrow or contemplating selling because of new Prudential Regulation Authority rules are being urged to consider equity...
06 October 2017
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A leading figure in the buy to let broker industry has called for would-be ‘pension pot’ landlords to seek advice before...
25 September 2017
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Equity release specialist Retirement Advantage has launched a range of products specifically for owners of Buy To Let properties. These products will...
24 August 2017
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Two independent agencies in Newbury are merging. After a 40 year career in agency, Jeffery Brown from Atkinson Keene decided to retire...
25 July 2017
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The impact of recent changes to the way buy to let properties are taxed could create the next pension crisis, a...
21 July 2017
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Ian Duncan Smith is the latest Conservative to criticise his own government’s fiscal policies regarding buy to let. Writing on the Conservative...
19 July 2017
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Two letting agents who have run their town centre business for 24 years are starting well-earned retirements. Nicky Nettelfield and Irene Brown...
31 May 2017
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Buy to let valuations fell to just seven per cent of the total valuations market activity in April as the sector...
18 May 2017
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The head of MartinCo, the country’s largest franchise agency group, says the government’s buy to let tax changes and lettings fee...
03 February 2017
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Paragon Mortgages, best known for its significant position in the buy to let market, has launched a range of residential mortgage...
17 January 2017
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Another prominent mortgage chief has called on the government to show its support for the private rental sector by repealing some...
10 November 2016
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A survey by the National Landords’ Association reveals that the number of retired people living in private rented accommodation has soared...
04 July 2016
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The number of people living in private rented accommodation in retirement has soared by more than 200,000 in the last four...
20 June 2016
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Independent comparison website Moneyfacts says mortgage lenders are slashing rates on products designed for landlords, in a bid to buoy up...
15 April 2016
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The changes introduced to the tax and stamp duty levied on buy to let income and property appears not to have...
04 March 2016
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The UK’s new Build To Rent initiative, where institutions fund and manage purpose-built rental accommodation, has received £1.45 billion in investment...
29 January 2016
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The UK’s new Build To Rent initiative, where institutions fund and manage purpose-built rental accommodation, has received its second big investment...
28 January 2016
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Barclays has increased its age cap for those applying for buy to let mortgages from 75 to 80 with immediate effect. The personal...
27 January 2016
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A Conservative peer and former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury has become the first senior Tory to speak out against...
06 January 2016
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Grainger is reported to have sold its equity release division to two private equity companies for £325m. Patron Capital Partners, which owns...
05 January 2016
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One of Scotland’s largest independent letting agencies has entered into two deals adding over 600 properties to its inventory. The Edinburgh-based DJ...
08 December 2015
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Former Conservative housing minister Mark Prisk says the recent clampdowns on the traditional buy to let sector may end up helping...
04 December 2015
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A property solicitors’ practice says buy to let investors who intend using their property to fund some, or all, of their...
15 September 2015
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The new shadow chancellor has said that he is against a ‘crack down’ on letting agencies and rent controls. Labour’s Chris Leslie,...
02 June 2015
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A financial adviser is warning that taking advantage of pension law changes and using a pension pot to buy a property...