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Buy to let investors in the UK are spending nearly £4.7 billion a year on their rental properties, an average of...

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

Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will face an immediate crisis in the private rented sector if government doesn’t rethink its plans to...

Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...

The chairman of Hunters estate agency, who is also a Conservative MP, has hit out at the government over its handling...

Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...

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 holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...

Property investors are calling for the government to provide more support to the UK property market. A survey of investors, carried out...

A rise in the number of professional landlords means letting agents need to ensure their service meets the expectations of experienced...

A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...

The number of buy to let products for first time landlords has risen to an all-time high. Data from independent mortgage market...

A leading trade body is urging the candidates to lead the Conservative Party to adopt a more positive approach to the...

Second home owners, landlords and property investors are being urged to beware a “dramatic change” to the current capital gains tax...

A new survey by a specialist property sector lender reveals that 19 per cent of landlords are looking to sell in...

A new survey by one of the sector’s most respected lenders, Paragon, suggests large scale landlords are now a bigger force...

A trade body has accused the government of going back on its promise not to introduce a national register of landlords. The...

A senior Labour politician has claimed that there is a city in the UK where two out of every 13 residential...

A director of a lettings agency has been fined for creating false tenancies in a bid to avoid paying council tax...

Despite criticism from some within the industry about the effects of short lets, the high-end agency Knight Frank has spoken of...

Landlords have been urged to seek advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties after a landmark tribunal case. A...

A holiday lettings company says it’s seen a 23 per cent increase in its portfolio over the past year as owners...

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

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has been put on the spot by the person many consider to be the country’s most...

The head of a firm that seeks investors to put money into residential property funds rather than individual homes for tenants...

The fierce competition in the lettings market in parts of London means that some tenants will feel no benefit from the...

A council claims that its decision to set up its own lettings agency has prevented homelessness for almost 50 families and...

ARLA Propertymark is urging agents across England and Wales to ensure they have every preparation in place for the arrival of...

With the Tenant Fee Ban obliterating a key income stream, letting agents should be looking at ways they can increase the...

The typical landlord who sold a rental property in England and Wales made a gross gain of £79,770 before tax last...

A damning report on taxation in the private rental sector (PRS) has accused the treasury of appearing not to understand 'the...

A rogue landlady has been hit with a fine of £24,000 after conning her tenants and the local authorities with a...

A rental market expert is urging landlords to be cautious when considering to use short-term lets websites such as Airbnb to...

New data from specialist mortgage firm Commercial Trust suggests that London’s buy to let sector turned a corner in the first...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  My name is Daniel and I’m a director at...

Three years after the introduction of the second homes stamp duty surcharge, landlords are “beginning to come to terms with the...

The chief executive of a specialist buy to let lender says increasing the rent to combat additional costs put on landlords...

An online platform claims it has found a new and easy way for investors to become landlords, describing itself as ‘PayPal...

A Liberal Democrat activist is considering establishing a landlords’ group consisting of party members. Tony Harris, writing on the LibDem Voice website,...

A senior lettings agent has raised the spectre of rental properties in future being German-style ‘empty shells’ - without even white...

Startling figures released this morning by Rightmove suggest that rents have risen 8.2 per cent in London in the past year...

A new utilities management platform for tenants says it will generate additional revenue streams for letting agents. Love Resident gives tenants online...

Data from a Countrywide agency shows that 59 per cent of landlords who live in London purchased their buy to let...

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

Buy to let investors are facing a double whammy as stagnating rents and reduced tax relief are hitting profitability. A study from...

It’s been revealed that the Welsh version of the Tenants Fees ban will come into effect on September 1. “Agents need to...

A trade body has welcomed calls by a parliamentary committee for tax incentives for the buy to let sector to improve...

Belvoir Lettings has continued its solid growth with a trading statement revealing a 40 per cent rise in pre-tax profit and...

Fergus Wilson, arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord and almost certainly the individual with the largest number of buy to lets in...

Latest lettings market data from high-end agency Knight Frank shows that average rents in prime central London rose 1.1 per cent...

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

Changes to Capital Gains Tax which reach their full impact in the next 12 months could fuel property changing hands between...

A buy to let investor who hid families in windowless rooms after failing to get planning permission for a block of...

Large-scale buy to let investors are continuing to move to limited company status in a bid to limit their exposure to...

A buy to let investment service says its podcasts are now downloaded over 200,000 times a month and it has an...

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...

The UK’s holiday lets sector could be a beneficiary of the current Brexit uncertainty and people not vacationing abroad because they...

The proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let homes in London with cash rose from 33 per cent in 2017 to...

There is a warning that the HMRC’s Let Property campaign, which received huge publicity and attention for some years, has so...

One of Britain’s most experienced lettings experts has condemned the government for “almost singlehandedly destroying the traditional lettings market.” Lisa Simon -...

A lettings sector trade body is demanding that the government brings forward tax measures to address what it calls “the scourge...

Income tax paid by buy to let landlords now exceeds £3.8 billion annually – that’s more than double Tesco’s entire annual...

The London-focussed rental app Movebubble has revealed major new investment from Build To Rent developer Quintain, which is taking a 10...

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...

Data from Knight Frank shows that annual rental values actually grew in parts of prime outer London last month for the...

Doncaster council has paid £100,000 to a private landlord who threatened to take it to court over alleged slander.  Local media outlets say...

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

Some 24 per cent of landlords have considered letting out their properties on a short let Airbnb-style basis - but only...

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...

You may be forgiven for thinking that rent takes up an ever-greater proportion of tenants’ income - but new figures out...

Countrywide’s upmarket lettings and sales brand, Hamptons International, has launched branded taxis in celebration of its 150th birthday.  The taxis will operate...

A flat-share website claims typical rents in some 38 per cent of London are now so high they render the areas...

A lettings sector trade body has put the blame firmly on government for the scale of poverty amongst those who privately...

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...

A buy to let investor has lost possession of his flat after converting it into an Illegal House in Multiple Occupation...

A new league table of worries for landlords shows exactly why letting agents are needed - and a lot of the...

A lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests asking rents in London are now increasing at an annual rate not seen for...

The man who is arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord - Fergus Wilson - is likely to be issuing up to 90...

The Daily Mail has reported on a massive buy to let fiddle which involved a £10.8m property empire, rents totalling £500,000...

The stamp duty surcharge - which across the rest of Britain is currently three per cent on additional homes such as...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding members of tax changes ahead - a timely intervention with the deadline for...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says letting agents must provide value for their landlord clients through technology, transparency and service if they...

Agents who want to go the extra mile for their landlord clients may want to point them to assistance for the...

Rents are likely to rise 2.5 per cent in 2019, then 3.0 per cent in 2020 and a further 2.0 per...

Research by franchise lettings agency company Belvoir suggests that landlords are continuing to exit the property market, although not at the...

Rents in major regional cities are growing significantly faster than both London and the UK average, according to data from buy...

High end lettings agency Knight Frank says the proportion of properties listed for rent in prime London residential markets in October...

Tenants know very little about their rights and responsibilities as renters according to a new survey produced by TotallyMoney. Some 97 per...

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

Continued political and economic uncertainty is likely to fuel increased tenant demand in the private rented sector, says Haart.  The company’s latest...

A lettings agency says proposals for landlords to pay more council tax on homes they leave empty could indirectly help the...

Rent increases seen in London this year are likely to continue in 2019 because of the diminishing supply of homes to...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has put together a brief summary of the 2018 rental market. In figures, the supply of...

Two thirds of local authorities in England and Wales brought no prosecutions against private landlords in 2017/18 according to research by the...

The head of a buy to let specialist mortgage broker insists the sector remains a solid investment despite the slew of...

The number of lettings listings in prime central London fell 18 per cent in the year to September, says Knight Frank. The...

A survey by specialist lender Landbay reveals that tenants outside of London typically spend 33 per cent of their monthly pay,...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

Rental sector experts are expressing growing fears that the relatively low-key Budget announcements made on Monday could herald something more dramatic...

The second reading of the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill is to take place in the House of Commons on November 23 -...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

The number of buy to let lenders lending to limited companies has risen by 47 per cent over the past year,...

The proportion of buy to let investors looking to remortgage is now at an all-time high according to respected specialist mortgage...

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

A poll of 1,250 landlords suggests that far from being concerned about the profitability of buy to let, almost 80 per...

Since one London local authority introduced private rental sector licensing in 2013 an extra £5,002,203 in council tax has been collected...

A newspaper claims landlords who ‘game’ the current tax regime for short term lets and lodging may be in the firing...

New research may explain why the government and Labour appear to be competing with each other to attack landlords and letting...

A new quarterly overview of the UK lettings sector reveals three key trends: viewings are rising and more tenancies are being...

With an average rental return of 7.69 per cent Ireland has been named as the top location in Europe for buy to...

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...

A man who submitted false VAT returns for the Lincoln franchise branch of Martin & Co for a period of six...

Knight Frank says the annual rental value growth has returned to prime central London due to declining supply levels - the...

New research has attempted to quantify the number and scale of rent rises that are likely to take place as landlords...

A major property platform says London’s rental and sales market may well be on the road to recovery - but that...

Two new PropTech services launched, targeting the lettings industry. Tenancy referencing firm FCC Paragon has launched MyMoveIn, an online platform that supports...

The first of the industry trade bodies to issue a series of demands for this month’s Budget is the National Landlords Association...

The Haart agency is calling on the government to give the private rental sector a break in the autumn Budget, as...

Three London lettings sub-markets performed relatively weakly according to data just released by Knight Frank. Wimbledon’s rental values fell 1.5 per cent...

One of Scotland’s top lettings agents is warning of “an air of criminality” in the rental industry north of the border. His...

20% more landlords* are struggling compared to last year. They’ve been caught in a perfect storm of higher interest rates, bigger...

The lettings director at Urban, the online agency recently snapped up by Emoov, says the rental market is faced with significant...

An investment trust has been launched and looks likely to be competing for individual investors who may see it as an...

Franchise giant Belvoir Lettings has told the City and the firm’s shareholders that revenues and profits have risen in the first...

A survey has revealed that 44% of landlords are looking to sell properties as a challenging market takes its toll. Octopus Choice,...

A leading letting agent argues that the UK housing market is not prepared to deal with a growing number of lifetime...

A top London letting agent working for Knight Frank has commented on the 'irony' that the government's series of tax changes...

OneSavings Bank, the parent organisation of specialist buy to let lender Kent Reliance, has given a warning on the possible impact...

Belvoir says more landlords are selling up and fewer newcomers are investing in the private rental sector because of increased legislation...

First the good news - investors are still purchasing buy to let properties; the less good news is that it’s a...

A new analysis of the buy to let market forecasts more bad news for agents, landlords and investors over the next...

Over a third of London investors no longer view property as a good investment, according to a survey of over 1,000...

Speculation is growing that three year tenancies for private renters - long favoured by the government - could be announced as...

Rent rises in the private rental sector have merely tracked inflation and the Retail Price Index over the past five years...

The proportion of landlords of British buy to let properties who are themselves based overseas has fallen to a record low...

One of the country’s largest independent property management firms says it’s seeing a clear shift within the rental sector from traditional...

Rents are expected to surge 15 per cent over the next five years thanks to increasing demand and limited supply following...

The government should be more ambitious when it comes to ensuring the private rented sector becomes increasingly energy efficient. That’s the message...

Controversial landlord Fergus Wilson has increased rents on all new tenancies in his property portfolio by £50 a week because of...

Government plans aimed at stopping the abuse of the current Rent A Room tax perk may overcomplicate the system and deter...

Data from Knight Frank’s lettings division suggests that rents in the troubled Prime Central London area have risen for the second...

Chestertons has announced record lettings results for the first half of 2018, claiming growth in market share and increased productivity. The agency...

Connells Group says a growing number of small-scale landlords are likely to quit because of the tax and regulation red tape...

Britain’s most controversial landlord, Fergus Wilson, says the recent changes in buy to let legislation means that if he was starting...

Some 18 per cent of properties let in the first half of 2018 were registered in the name of a company...

A trade body says the country faces a net loss of 133,000 homes for private rent over the next year -...

The government has suggested that it is at least considering changing the terms of its Rent A Room system which could...

Yet another leading lettings agent has hit out at the government over its proposals for three year tenancies being the norm...

One of the most respected buying agencies, Black Brick, says the collapse in demand for buy to let is the most...

A Tory activist has made an outspoken attack on the government’s policies towards the private rental sector on the pages of...

There has been strong support for an e-petition calling for the scrapping of the stamp duty surcharge on buy to let...

The independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says there is now a record number of mortgage deals for those entering the buy...

Buy to let landlords are welcoming proposals being considered by the government to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. In...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

The government should scrap the tax on new homes which is punishing those in need of a home to rent, the...

A specialist buy to let broker is urging landlords to tread with caution before jumping feet first into incorporating their property...

Buy to let landlords are on the way out and Build To Rent will dominate the sector in the foreseeable future.  That’s...

The conclusions of a new think tank analysing the private rental sector are “fundamentally wrong” according to a trade body.  The Residential...

The chief executive of franchise giant Belvoir says government interference in the lettings sector will be to blame for higher rent...

Letting agents and others in the private rental sector have responded to the latest government intervention - a review into how...

Investors in buy to let in the UK are losing thousands of pounds in income - and it’s their own fault...

A regional newspaper claims that a lettings agency has collapsed, its boss has gone to ground, and thousands of pounds are...

Landlords exiting the market because of tax and red tape have led to “an acute shortage of available properties to rent”...

The growth of the private rental sector has slowed thanks to government intervention and economic uncertainty - but it will expand...

Letting agents and landlords could be missing out on £61m of rent every month because families in temporary and emergency accommodation...

A campaign opposing the government’s recent tax changes which have penalised buy to let investors has taken a leaf out of...

A council tax fraud totaling over £2,800 across three properties and over six years has resulted in the buy to let...

There’s been a huge 15 per cent slump in the number of properties to let in prime central London over the...

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

Two million tenants will this year be hit with rent rises totalling a combined £46m a month according to an online...

There’s been a big rise in the proportion of landlords remortgaging according to one of the sector’s most prominent lenders, Paragon. In...

Telford Homes says some of its massive 35 per cent growth in pre-tax profits over the past year is down to...

The government has responded to a petition calling for it to abolish the 3% stamp duty surcharge and reintroduce full buy-to-let...

The introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of buy-to-let properties and the phasing out of buy-to-let mortgage...

An online petition which calls on the government to reintroduce full buy-to-let mortgage interest tax relief and abolish the 3% stamp...

The government has announced that it is to formally consult on proposals for longer tenancies in the private rental sector. Although there...

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

The latest major piece of research into the private rental sector is forecasting a huge surge in demand - meaning there...

An online lettings service which says it’s aiming to triple its level of business in the next 12 months claims it’s...

A trade body has stepped up its calls on government to help the lettings industry do more for older renters. Responding to...

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

Countrywide - which is making the lettings sector a key part of its ‘back to basics’ programme - is proposing to...

Buy to let investors are taking a wait and see approach when it comes to additional investment in the sector according...

One of the most famous names in buy to let mortgages, Paragon, has revealed that it’s on the acquisition trail. There had...

Buy to let sector confidence across a range of measures remained stable or increased in the first quarter of 2018 compared...

Private rental sector tenants have spent the year so far working only to pay for their accommodation, the BBC claims.  The broadcaster...

Spring – the season of rebirth, revitalisation and regeneration – is now upon us, and it’s a time of the year...

There’s been a significant rise in the number of fixed-rate buy to let mortgages available to limited companies, says independent mortgage...

Over half of mortgage brokers say they have been approached by buy to let investors seeking to diversify their portfolios within...

Small-scale landlords and those with the very largest portfolios appear to be ‘resizing’ - selling off some units to cope with...

A new survey appears to buck the trend of recent rental market snapshots by showing that buy to let investors are...

An influential think tank is calling on government to radically reform the private rental sector because a generation of young people...

Goodlord, the PropTech company which restructured earlier this year and laid off a reported 40 members of staff, is fighting back...

Specialist funding platform Property Partner has conducted a survey which suggests that 54 per cent of landlords are selling all or some...

Belvoir has reported a year of strong growth in 2017, with group revenue up 14 per cent and pre-tax profit soaring...

The number of buy to let investors in the UK has hit a record high of 2.5m in the latest tax...

Foxtons is warning that the private rental sector - traditionally a strong earner for the company even in times of challenging...

A leading Conservative peer says the government should cut taxes for buy to let investors and regard them as part of...

Another property crowdfunding investment product has been launched, aiming to offer investors an alternative to the increasingly regulated and taxed buy...

Increased volatility in the private rental sector and rising costs for landlords and investors have combined to lead to an increased...

A lettings trade body says a major house builder has blamed, in part, recent tax increases on private landlords as a...

There has been a drop in the proportion of people becoming buy to let landlords in order to boost their retirement...

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, will is to reveal his vision for the private rental sector to a Residential...

A trade body says new figures released by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility show that the government’s recent tax increases...

The Bank of England has issued gloomy figures on buy to let lending, suggesting the clampdown on mortgage interest tax relief...

An analysis of data released by HM Revenue and Customs shows that 1.9 million people earned money from property in 2015-16...

Belvoir says there is no evidence of a large-scale sell-off of buy to let properties by beleaguered landlords, but 85 per...

Tax increases on the rental sector are leaving young people unable to access the homes they need, an industry body claims. The...

Your buy-to-let investment is an extremely valuable asset and you need to know the income generated from it will be safely...

Tonight's edition of BBC Panorama will investigate the Section 21 evictions process, also known as 'no-fault evictions'. The show - 'Evicted for...

A trade group says diminishing rates of home ownership amongst younger people shows the need to have a thriving private rental...

High end agency Strutt & Parker is warning that older properties in prime central London are getting harder to let, with...

The number of buy to let properties in arrears has risen again according to figures released by UK Finance, formerly the...

No fewer than 44 per cent of landlords plan to expand their portfolios before July 2018 despite tax obstacles, according to...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

A new website called Vesta has launched aiming to sell investment properties with tenants in place.  The team behind the site describe...

The average cost of renting a home is now rising across every UK region for the first time in almost two...

Net buy to let investment has fallen 80 per cent in the past two years, a mortgage lenders’ group claims.  The Intermediary...

Analysis of government figures by the Nationwide suggest that the buy to let sector is still growing despite tax changes and...

An online agency claims that serious portfolio landlords are staying faithful to buy to let despite recent tax and regulation changes...

The trend towards reducing or eliminating deposits at the same time as edging towards a ban on letting agents’ fees on...

Well over half of those investors who recently secured buy to let mortgages risk facing losses when mortgage interest tax changes...

New figures appear to show that younger people may prefer investing in property over pensions - giving new hope to the...

Romans has thrown its weight behind the banning orders being introduced in April which could see rogue letting agents and landlords...

The government has been accused by a lettings sector trade body of skewing the market to encourage more short-lets.  The claim comes...

The head of franchise giant Belvoir says government interference in the rental sector is likely to result in a rise in...

Almost three-quarters of buy to let mortgage transactions made by landlords operating via limited companies in the final quarter of last...

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

The National Landlords Association says 20 per cent of its members plan to reduce the size of their portfolios in the...

Specialist buy to let lender Accord Mortgages says seven per cent of its business in 2017 came from first time landlords...

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

A survey from a specialist rental insurance firm suggests that contrary to popular belief, landlords care more than a little about...

Millennials renting an average-sized property outside of London, who begin their tenancy at age 21, will spend an average of £110,830...

HM Revenue & Customs has launched a consultation on adding tax checks to private rental sector licensing schemes - in other...

A fall in the supply of available rental properties suggests some landlords may be quitting the buy to let sector as...

Some 70 per cent of letting agents expect taxes on the rental sector to rise further next year according to research...

The rental market in Prime Central London has shown signs of recovery at the end of 2017, according to a new...

A cocktail of tax reform and tighter regulation is slowing growth across the private rental sector, despite its value hitting a new...

Larger scale landlords with 10 properties or more appear to be the most confident about the private rental sector, and are...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it is seeing a consolidation of agencies ahead of the ban on agents’ fees...

The selective licensing scheme operated by Newham council in London is reported to have won government backing to be extended until...

One of Britain’s best known and highest profile buy to let specialist lenders says the number of new BTL mortgages being...

It’s been discovered that a Capital Gains Tax measure buried in the small print of the Budget is likely to hit...

The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...

After the series of anti-buy to let measures contained in recent Budgets, it is perhaps unsurprising that a survey of landlords...

A trade body says there are 15 formal government consultations going on within the private rental sector - and now it’s...

Rental growth is forecast to exceed house price growth in London, despite a glut of properties on the lettings market in...

A leading accountancy and business advice consultancy says residential landlords who want to downsize their portfolios because of recent tax changes...

New analysis shows how the phasing out of mortgage interest tax relief for buy to let investors may prove a particular...

The private rental sector in Wales is at risk of contracting next year, warns the Residential Landlords’ Association.   RLA Wales policy officer...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a 10 point guide for tenants - with the emphasis very much on...

There’s been another large increase in the number of buy to let mortgages sought by limited companies - they accounted for...

Rents in the UK rose by an average of 2.1 per cent during September according to HomeLet.   HomeLet says last month’s rise continues...

Portfolio landlords unable to borrow or contemplating selling because of new Prudential Regulation Authority rules are being urged to consider equity...

Trade groups have reacted angrily to Labour’s proposal to introduce rent controls if the party enters government.   The announcement, made by Labour...

A trade body says the expanding Build To Rent sector will never be large enough to meet tenant demand and as...

Jeremy Corbyn has used his leader’s speech at the end of this week’s Labour conference in Brighton to commit the party...

The number of letting agents who saw landlords increasing rent costs for tenants rose to 35 per cent in August according...

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

The National Landlords’ Association appears to be first off the starting blocks with its submission to government ahead of the next...

A leading figure in the buy to let broker industry has called for would-be ‘pension pot’ landlords to seek advice before...

Labour's housing spokesman has called on the government to give councils greater powers over the regulation of the private rental sector.   In...

Yields from buy to let in the UK are now amongst the worst in Europe according to a new league table drawn...

The Nationwide Building Society says it is assembling what it calls ‘an industry alliance’ to support the increasingly-beleaguered private rental sector.   The...

New figures assembled by the Nationwide reveal precisely how much, on average, it costs to operate a privately rented property.    The numbers...

Some 61 per cent of chartered surveyors believe there will be a net exodus of landlords over the coming year thanks...

The local authority in Islington, north London, is attempting to close what it calls a loophole concerning private rental property and...

Hallmark, which has been working with agents and property management firms for over a decade, has formally launched its new name...

The number of landlords has fallen over the last two years despite a rise in supply of homes available to rent,...

A trade body is seeking volunteers to meet with government officials to discuss future initiatives for the private rental sector.    The volunteers...

A survey for online letting agency Upad claims that 66 per cent of landlords are not going to change their property...

Graduates sharing in London spend upwards of 45 per cent of their monthly take home pay on accommodation according to a...

A third of tenants can't imagine ever taking their first step on the property ladder and owning their own home. This is...

Belvoir, the UK's largest property franchise group, has reported an increase in profit and revenue in the first six months of...

A study by an online letting agent suggests that client demand and void periods are two of landlords' biggest concerns, and...

A survey conducted for MyDeposits suggests some nine per cent of landlords - or one in 11 - is likely to...

Your Move says a shrinking supply of properties, in part created by government measures against the lettings sector, has led to...

Political uncertainty across the UK and increased restrictions on buy to let are leading many landlords to raise rents and review...

A new report identifies in detail over 145 laws and regulations governing the private rental sector, varying across the four countries...

Landlords who rent out their property via online letting agents are in a stronger position to deal with new financial and...

More landlords are quitting conventional letting and resorting to holiday lets or, increasingly, Airbnb-style short lets.    The move is particularly acute in...

Equity release specialist Retirement Advantage has launched a range of products specifically for owners of Buy To Let properties.    These products will...

Perhaps unsurprisingly, a survey reveals that most buy to let and other property investors want the three per cent stamp duty...

The National Landlords Association is urging buy to let investors to consider remortgaging in the very near future ahead of new...

Belvoir is warning that some buy to let investors are quitting the sector.   “Although we are not currently seeing a huge exit...

A council claims that up to 13,000 private landlords are “of interest” to HM Revenue and Customs, where there are alleged...

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