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When it comes to gathering evidence for deposit disputes, the need for thoroughness is understandable. However, on occasion some landlords take...

LettingaProperty.com has appointed Kevin Neary, ex-GameStop Group managing director and co-founder, as Board Chairman, to help drive the company's growth. This...

It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...

Portfolio landlords can be the key to running a successful lettings agency. That is the latest claim from lead generation software provider...

Agents should go further in allowing tenants to have digital access to key documents such as contracts and fees information. That’s one...

An auctioneer says the strong interest of investors from around the world shows how Buy To Let has a second wind...

Research by Paragon Bank has revealed the sector that has out-performed the rest of the private rental investment landscape - student...

There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...

The new owner of a lettings agency is aiming to fuel growth in his new business after swapping petrol stations and...

The value of the Private Rented Sector in England, Wales and Scotland grew by 5.8 per cent to a jaw dropping...

Lettings once again dominated the complaints received by The Property Ombudsman according to its latest annual report - out today but...

A local authority in Essex is cracking down on what it claims to be the increase of illegally positioned estate agent...

One HMO had 78 viewings while in the same city a £7,000 rental property was let after just one day of...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heidi Shackell, CEO of The Lettings Hub. How has your...

The controversy over whether a new PropTech service can be used by agents to charge people to view a property to...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent campaign, says rents in Wales, Scotland and South West England have soared thanks...

A housing market analyst is warning of "one heck of a dark cloud on the horizon for the lettings market” as...

There has still been no formal response to a government consultation on the database of rogue agents and landlords, 25 months...

Flats, so long the favourite of buy to let investors, still constitute 15 per cent of all homes purchased according to...

Guidance from Trading Standards suggests that it is possible, in some cases, to charge tenants to view a property to let...

Agents will be aware that demand for rental property is high right now - so a property consultancy has worked out...

A tenant who says his former rental property has been turned into an Airbnb has set up a petition demanding Chancellor...

Lettings agencies should continue to use IT solutions like livestream viewings even as the pandemic eases, according to one of the...

Barbon Insurance Group, which already owns Let Alliance and HomeLet, has now acquired PropTech platform Rent4sure. Luke Burton, Rent4sure’s chief operating officer,...

Through our FREE online deposit dispute webinars, we’ve trained thousands of landlords and letting agents about how the dispute resolution process...

A Labour council leader has hit after being attacked for his support for buy to let and property investment. Last week we...

London-based buy to let purchasers in the first half of the year have looked outside the capital in high numbers according...

Two PropTech companies say tenant fraud - reported to be a growing problem in buy to let - is now an...

The rate at which holiday let businesses is being set up has more than doubled during the pandemic according to the...

A letter from a tenant’s union is demanding that a Labour councillor “publicly explain” his actions as an accountant advising investors...

A town with one of the UK’s heaviest concentrations of holiday homes is clamping down on future purchases by outsiders who...

A new service has been launched to charge prospective tenants £30 - potentially even more - just to view a property...

A respected buy to let mortgage monitor is suggesting that investors in the sector may be more successful if they allow...

Airbnb has launched a scheme it calls the UK Trust and Safety Alliance to offer hosts information on health, safety and...

The capital appreciation of the past year proves that there’s no better investment than bricks and mortar, according to an agency...

Last week the tax firm Blick Rothenberg advised John Lewis and Lloyds Bank to stay out of the private rental sector...

A 360-degree virtual tour supplier says there’s been a 600 per cent increase in use of the technology since late 2019...

A new estimate put the value of the UK private rental sector at almost £1.4 trillion. Buy to let and investment consultancy...

Women now make up 48 per cent of the 2.6m buy to let investors in the UK, according to London lettings...

The Letting Partnership has been recognised for its excellence in Innovation, winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise. The supplier’s HealthChecks are widely...

Yet another buy to let lender has released new products aiming to push the sector into more environmentally-friendly properties.  The Foundation Home...

London’s rental market gathered momentum in June as tenants anticipated a return to the office with 24 per cent more tenancies...

There’s good news for the buy to let sector today as an independent mortgage market monitor reports a 15-month high in...

A firm creating an app showing live streams of properties to let or for sale claims one agency attracted 18 offers...

A politician is stepping up his bid to ban buy to let purchasers acquiring any units at a 150-home scheme. ITV News...

A lettings agency that works closely with Build To Rent developers says half of the schemes allow pets. Pet rentals have been...

The Dogs Trust campaign ‘lets with pets’ states: “Landlords and letting agencies who exclude pet owners from their properties are missing out...

A leading trade body says the rental sector must not discriminate against tenants on benefits - and has told government it...

Cornish MPs have spoken up in the House of Commons to highlight what they claim is the danger of having too...

It’s been reported that the Lloyds Banking Group is set to buy its first property as it seeks to become a...

Reliable referencing remains the cornerstone of every letting agent’s business. Landlords rely on their agents to get it right, and to protect...

ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a call for HMRC to extend the time limit for the payment of Capital...

Areas of the country which appear to have had a surplus of rental stock in the past is now reporting a...

An experienced buy to let mortgage specialist has completed on its largest and most complex loan to date — a £17.35m...

The local media in Manchester have published photographs of a property operated by a lettings agency was found to have multiple...

Paragon Bank increased its focus on specialist buy to let lending during the first half of its financial year as its...

Well known industry supplier FocalAgent has signed a new deal with Matterport to bring what it calls best-in-class 360° virtual tours...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That's very retro - I have not had one of...

Mistoria is opening its sixth office in the north west of England. The new branch in Cheadle follows Mistoria’s existing outlets in...

As we all know, there is an increasing number of PropTech solutions aiming to service the property and lettings industry, with...

A council is offering free training to letting agents, via online courses starting next Monday. Dorset council says it wants to work...

An outspoken property investor has launched an online petition on the government website to oppose the threat of rent controls. YouTube influencer...

A major student accommodation platform says its local area has become a regeneration hotspot for proper investment. UniHomes says Sheffield has already...

Landlords spend an estimated £839m each year upgrading newly purchased rental property before letting it out to tenants, helping to drive-up...

Data from a property consultancy suggests that two thirds of renters who use virtual viewings sign tenancies without actually visiting their chosen...

A student accommodation provider has been granted planning consent to turn a building in central Leeds into a 350-bed purpose-built block. Study...

Coming out of Covid and realising that relaxed procedures will be tightened up once again, will present challenges to letting agents...

With winter gone and spring now in full bloom, there’s no better time to inspect your property to check for damage...

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

Lettings agency Hamptons says there’s been “an unprecedented fall” in the number of rental homes on the market, leading to double-digit...

The five years since the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes has led to a...

A leading buy to let mortgage expert has backed the government’s pledge to issue a White Paper and additional consultation before...

London lettings agency Kalmar is thought to be the first to use the increasingly-fashionable social media platform TikTok to let and...

A scheme being proposed in Northern Ireland has been branded as a threat to letting agents. The Northern Ireland Executive is considering...

An agency which has for the past 11 years specialised in south west London is now expanding with a new office...

Propertymark has waded in to the debate over flood prevention measures in the UK:il it wants insurance for homeowners and landlords faced...

A bank has seen a surge in Honk Kong residents purchasing UK buy to let properties. Skipton International, the Guernsey-licensed bank, says...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests it was reducing in size for some years before the pandemic. Nationwide’s specialist...

Crowdhaus, which describes its product as a property discovery app, has secured almost £200,000 to take the next step forward following...

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

Real estate fund management company Moorfield has teamed up with PropTech company Bricklane to buy a portfolio of 2,000 homes to...

The extended stamp duty holiday is having a significant positive impact on the rental market, according to new research. In a survey...

One of the most active lenders for international investors in UK buy to let claims to have produced a market-leading mortgage...

Booming demand for homes in commuter zones and well-connected towns is causing a mini-boom in the lettings market. That’s the view of...

A survey by a comparison website suggests landlords are evenly split about how they find letting agents. Some 28 per cent favour physically searching...

One of the industry’s leading experts wants letting agents to engage with tenants and landlords over Covid-related arrears, agree to mediation,...

Buy to let investors are not cashing out of the private rental sector despite the restrictions and taxes imposed by government. Hamptons’...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to let his Oxfordshire cottage out - and predictably, he’s chosen an upmarket letting agent. Strutt &...

Kevin Hollinrake, who until recently was the chairman of Hunters, has been named in an article about Tory MPs who have...

Rent guarantees and upfront cash payments from local authorities are the most effective means of opening the private rented sector to...

The popularity of buy to let mortgage products offering exclusive rates for higher value loans is a sign of optimism in...

The government’s embarrassing axing of the Green Homes Grant means there must now be a replacement to help the private rental...

The initiative which the government hoped would transform energy efficiency in the private rental sector is being axed this week. The Green...

The government’s much-vaunted ‘tax day’ produced few challenges to the status quo - but holiday lets are under scrutiny. Currently the holiday let...

After years of deliberation there still appears to many to be little progress on the recommendations of the Regulation of Property...

The long-established agency marketing and services supplier ehouse has been bought by CoreLogic UK, the domestic arm of a global property...

Marketing platform TheHouseShop says letting agents can secure over £300 per property listed as it is “redefining the relationship between agents...

An upbeat market snapshot for the lettings sector claims that one region of the UK has seen rent increases in excess...

Foxtons has made no bones about how it sees future growth - it wants to acquire lettings books from other agencies. “There...

Some £3.5 billion of investment was placed in the growing Build To Rent sector in 2020, despite concerns over the pandemic...

A lettings agency in the growing Lomond Group has purchased a rental portfolio on the south coast.  Brand Vaughan has bought the lettings...

Manchester-based Ascend Properties has acquired its second company in as many months.  Ascend has now purchased Rent Smart UK, a Lancashire firm...

A property lawyer is forecasting a surge in buy to let purchasing in the coming months as the stamp duty extension...

This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...

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

A leading tax expert is forecasting that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will duck making any changes to CGT in tomorrow’s Budget and...

A new survey suggests only a small minority of landlords use agents to partly or wholly manage their portfolios. The survey, by...

A PropTech supplier says rental market activity remains relatively robust through this third lockdown, with a 25 per cent drop in...

Fledgling portal MoveStreets has signed over 100 agents, with an inventory of 16,500 properties to let and for sale. It says its latest...

One of the first franchisees for a new business model put forward by the Century 21 UK agency is a buy...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team is appealing to the industry to be eagle-eyed for scams. This follows the...

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that new energy efficiency targets for EPCs could stifle buy to let investment in future. In...

An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers.  Barrows and...

A 24 month community order and 200 hours of unpaid work are the price being paid for an unlawful eviction.  Buy to...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors study suggests tenant demand has increased over the past quarter but at a slowing...

A lettings agency is warning that fraudsters have copied property listings and put them on Facebook Marketplace, demanding deposits from the...

A call has gone out for the longer-term buy to let rental sector to have a similar tax regime as the largely-unregulated...

The latest rental market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark suggests that only 30 per cent of tenants experienced rent increases in December...

How did you get into property? My grandparents did some small property developments when I was growing up which always interested me,...

Research from independent financial service market monitor Moneyfacts shows a small but encouraging increase in the number of buy to let mortgages...

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

A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...

A regional lettings agency says its better-than-expected 2020 performance is down at least partly to having what it calls a unique...

A rental market snapshot says the UK-wide lettings picture is dragged down by Greater London's excess of supply, and by the...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...

Propertymark is making it clear that rent controls are not the way to operate an efficient lettings market. In a formal response...

A leading property law expert says there is now pressure on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise stamp duty on buy to...

High end agency Savills says it’s raised over £270m in nine auctions this year, with an average sold price of over...

The debate over rental properties listed on portals with ‘No DSS’ statements has reignited over the weekend. This follows a BBC investigation...

An investment group of companies specialising in student accommodation says letting agents can be very important - but it also says...

Around one in seven residential properties purchased in November were snapped up by buy to let investors, according to Countrywide research. A...

An end-of-year market snapshot by the Association of Residential Letting Agents shows the supply of rental accommodation was the highest on record...

The UK Association of Lettings Agents is recommending transparency in relation to the disclosure of referral fees to landlord clients. Last month...

The rental market is recovering fast from the Coronavirus crisis and still has a strong ‘offer’ for investors - but it’s...

A property entrepreneur critical of the quality of traditional buy to let says the government should create a Minister for Renting...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the second month in a row according to ARLA Propertymark. Its latest snapshot...

A council says it’s let 21 properties thanks to a rent guarantee system launched to woo private landlords to supply homes...

Agents have another 12 months to make referral fees more transparent according to an update from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting...

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has drawn up a league table of which boroughs in the capital have had their...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a warning to government not to use Capital Gains Tax reform to further punish the private rental...

A prominent agent and industry commentator says the threat of higher Capital Gains Tax risks forcing yet more investors to quit...

The government is urging agents and landlords to be “considerate” when deciding whether to accept tenants on the basis of their...

One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

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

An MP claims the proliferation of short lets via Airbnb and similar online platforms is indirectly pricing local people out of...

The government has unveiled the public health regulations which will underpin the second national lockdown in England - and the exemptions...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell by almost a fifth in the year to the end of September according...

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

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...

Agents are being warned to prepare now for likely controls on referral fees, following recommendations made to the government by the...

PropTech firm Goodlord is for the first time offering ‘bank-grade’ facial recognition to letting agents. As part of an update to its...

Knight Knox has unveiled a new property investment website as it marks its 16th anniversary. The new site features the tagline ‘property...

A major north of England local authority wants to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live, following analysis...

A London agency has won the instruction for a particularly prestigious let - a four bedroom apartment in the capital, once...

Online agency eXp UK has launched a new lettings service allowing agents who join the organisation can now offer a lettings...

A call to action has been sent to letting agents to make their voices heard about new EPC proposals from the Department...

Rents continue to fall in Prime Central London according to agency Knight Frank. After September’s data is taken into account the annual...

Savills latest remote auction in 2020 saw £40m raised with 90 lots sold bringing the total value of property sold in 2020...

One of the highest profile figures in the rental sector says rogue letting agents should be named and shamed as a...

There have been more Coronavirus-inspired changes to lettings regulations in Scotland. Firstly the Scottish Government has passed the Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Amendment...

The letting market experienced a traditional seasonal decline in August, according to the latest analysis from Agency Express. Its Property Activity Index...

Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...

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

Zoopla has revealed its top 10 hotspots for buy to let investors seeking high rental yields.  The analysis is based on rental returns...

Striving for higher yields remains the holy grail for buy to let, and new research suggests investors could be attracted by...

A new private rental licensing regime in a London borough is being described as “a major step forward in improving living...

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

The latest survey of buy to let landlords suggests a relatively healthy private rental sector notwithstanding the challenges of the Coronavirus...

A specialist mortgage operator is warning letting agents and landlords to gear up for a winter of discontent as a result...

A league table has been drawn up to show which large cities in the UK have the highest demand for investment...

Independent service Moneyfacts says that while the buy to let mortgage sector remains resilient, it has contracted slightly in recent weeks...

The latest house price index, produced by the website Home, gives a broadly optimistic outlook for landlords and other buy to...

New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...

A trade body is reminding new landlords tempted by the stamp duty holiday of the raft of health and safety measures they...

Uncertainty around the start of the academic year and pressure on corporate budgets means lettings activity has been lower than normal...

A property litigation expert is warning letting agents and landlords about far-reaching consequences of the recent ruling which declared a blanket...

Now may be the time for buy to let investors to consider incorporation - putting their property portfolios into a limited...

Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter claims some lettings agencies are ignoring the recent ruling that private landlords cannot discriminate against...

A  buy to let investor has been sentenced to two years in prison after claiming income support despite being a professional portfolio...

Four out of 10 mortgage brokers expect more buy to let business in the coming 12 months, according to a Paragon...

A lettings portal says almost half of the prospective renters it has surveyed claim to have regarded some viewings as “disgusting”...

Reports into Letting Agent Today suggest there’s still some confusion over new regulations surrounding electrical checks in the private rental sector. If...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

A new web platform is launching encouraging reviews of landlords - but it claims not to be another opportunity for tenants...

A lettings agent comparison website, Rentround, says the stamp duty holiday has spurred existing and would-be landlords to search for new...

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...

Propertymark is the latest industry body to warn the government against Capital Gains Tax changes that may disincentivise landlords. A joint statement...

A new mortgage product aimed at buy to let investors wanting to enjoy a slice of the holiday home staycation market...

There’s a warning that buy to let investors will simply hold on to properties and not sell them if rumoured Capital...

The Prime Minister has stepped into the ongoing row over a Labour claim that last week’s stamp duty holiday was merely...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has entered the row over Labour claiming that the stamp duty holiday announced last week was in...

A PropTech firm is offering what it calls “free landlord leads” to letting agents who register with the company in July...

Buy to let landlords specialising in student accommodation are facing huge challenges with increased government legislation and the impact of Coronavirus. That’s...

Labour has described the stamp duty holiday introduced last week as “a £1.3 billion bung for landlords” because the tax break...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has given a warm welcome to this week’s news that buy to let investors as...

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

The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...

Four buy to let investors have each been fined £10,000 for letting out unlicensed HMOs. The unlicensed properties , all in the...

Another agent reports huge surge in supply of London properties to let Yesterday Chestertons reported a large rise in the supply of...

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

Agents and landlords are urged to lobby MPs to highlight the threat of the current eviction ban and to urge no...

The latest market snapshot produced by agent data suggests that rent increases have hit a new low as the Coronavirus impacts on...

The council at the centre of one of the planning controversies involving Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has issued a warning to...

Landlords who are remortgaging are currently doing so primarily to build a war chest. That’s the view of mortgage brokerage Mortgages for...

A stamp duty cut could reinvigorate the buy to let market and the wider economy as the country comes out of...

Landlords or their agents wanting to obtain possession of their property should act sooner rather than later despite the current ban. That’s...

New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...

A PropTech platform claims to allow agents to generate a fully-compliant tenancy agreement with a standardised pet-friendly clause which includes a...

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

One bedroom properties provide the best returns to buy to let investors according to new research by a lettings management platform. Single...

The next formal review of lockdown processes in Wales takes place today, with high expectation that the housing market is likely...

New figures show that typical capital gains for buy to let investors are on the way down. Hamptons International says that landlords...

The managing director of an insurer and legal services supplier to the lettings industry has accused some tenants of using the...

The chairman of an agency chain is advising landlords to prepare for stock surpluses in some areas and to win tenants...

There’s been a significant increase in the mortgage choice available to landlords as the buy to let market gets closer to...

The so-called King and Queen of Buy To Let, the controversial husband and wife team of Fergus and Judith Wilson, are...

A buy to let investor who kept a group of men as slaves – making them work 90-hour weeks in return...

An analysis of buy to let returns from mortgage lender Mojo has produced a league table with no London locations in...

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

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

The HMRC’s long-awaited online register for letting agents to register their anti-money laundering activities has opened - almost six months after...

A council wants buy to let landlords with one-bed flats or rooms in shared homes to help it find homes for...

Aldermore Bank is this week resuming physical mortgage valuations on properties for house purchase and remortgage in England, where strict social...

A London council has sent an open letting to its buy to let landlords urging them to show understanding to tenants...

The possibility of an extended mortgage holiday being introduced, for landlords as well as home owners, has been sharply criticised by...

A consumer group wants buy to let properties to be re-let only if the tenants in them want to move. The call...

Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second month in a row according to data from Hamptons International.   In April the average...

A specialist mortgage broker is suggesting that this is the right time for buy to let investors to bag bargain properties,...

From midnight lettings agents in England have been able to resume work thanks to an amendment to Coronavirus legislation that was...

Some buy to let mortgages are now more expensive than before for borrowers, despite the recent fall in the Bank of...

There’s been a substantial 20 per cent rise in formal complaints about agents taken up by The Property Ombudsman.  The figures refer...

Reapit is offering lettings and sales agents free training courses for its CRM software.  The offer will provide non-customers with complimentary access...

A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...

New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...

A council is being asked to prioritise consent to use a property as an HMO during the pandemic, with its four...

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...

The number of mortgage lenders still offering products to landlords is 42 - only seven fewer than at the peak of...

Private landlords want the government to stop local authorities charging council tax on rented homes left empty because of the Coronavirus.  The National...

A new automated lettings platform is launching next week and promising to ensure agents and buy to let investors stay compliant. PlanetRent...

Seven out of 10 tenancies that were due to end in March were renewed according to Hamptons International - the highest...

A leading London lettings agency is reporting only a very low rent default rate so far, despite fears that the Coronavirus...

HSBC says its unable to accept any new buy to let mortgage applications during the Coronavirus crisis. The same applies to applications...

Demand for homes to rent has surged back by some 30 per cent in the two weeks to April 14 according...

The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...

Lettings PropTech company teclet has announced that its partnership with the Mortgage Advice Bureau has been extended to offer mortgage and...

Data from independent mortgage monitor Moneyfacts shows that there’s been a big drop in the choice of mortgage for buy to...

The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...

Demand for rental properties with gardens or other outdoor space has soared in terms of portal listings - perhaps no surprise...

A PropTech firm has issued a dramatic offer to letting agents to pay the company only when they themselves get paid...

Good morning and welcome to today’s edition, helping agents find a way through the Coronavirus crisis by sharing information with the...

It’s not just navigating a path through the Coronavirus crisis that is proving the value of letting agents - it’s their...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...

Despite the challenges being thrown up to the lettings sector by Coronavirus, this is a reminder that new MEES regulations on...

The landlords’ newly-merged trade body has renewed its call for the government to do more to help the private rental sector...

The departure of almost all students from UK universities and colleges back to their parental homes for possibly several months has...

A lender is now offering what it calls ‘instant decisions-in-principle’ for buy to let purchasers still buying property at the moment. Landbay...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...

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

The average rent for a newly let property rose 3.3 per cent in the year to the end of February -...

Hello - here we are with Friday’s help and advice.  A reminder, if you need it, that we want to share your...

The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...

A survey of the buy to let market conducted by a bank before the latest acceleration in the Coronavirus outbreak suggests...

HM Revenue & Customs has issued a new warning to buy to let and Holliday home owners about a major change...

The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...

A shocking case of a buy to let HMO that did not even have a working smoke detector has led to...

A lettings agent has completed a £2.6million property acquisition plan in one city on behalf of investors, and will go on...

A buy to let investor has been found guilty of letting out poor quality living accommodation that was said to pose...

The Guild of Property Professionals is reminding the rental sector that owners of properties to let have only until April 1...

The West Midlands Police force says it’s secured what it calls a “landmark court order” against a rogue landlord who turned...

Growing demand and a shrinking supply of rental properties in prime central London has led to a 50 per cent surge...

The clampdown on referral fees, until now concentrated on the sales sector, will extend to letting agents too. James Munro, head of...

The government has rejected a council’s bid to extend its licensing scheme for privately rented housing. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...

A typical buy to let property pays over £600 in fees a year according to a new study released today. Insurance company...

Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...

A buy to let investor has been hit with a bill of almost £9,500 after being accused of allowing a tenant...

London agency Draker Lettings is expanding its patch - and offering landlords a free service for six months. Draker, which is 10...

Two bedroom properties produce the best yields for buy to let investors according to the latest research. Lettings management platform Howsy has...

There’s a new warning today for buy to let investors who will be hit by tax changes coming into effect on...

The typical landlord’s income from property has plummeted by a fifth in under a decade according to the National Landlords’ Association. Its...

Nearly four out of 10 landlords believe that tenant demand will rise this year, according to a study by high-profile buy...

A council in a leafy area of south east England has issued an emergency prohibition order to a buy to let...

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

Cynics who rejected claims that landlords would quit the buy to let sector because of increasing bureaucracy and higher taxes may...