A Labour councillor is calling for city-wide landlord licensing in Sheffield after pilot schemes forced landlords to spend £1.45 million improving what he described as…
Rental properties make up just 32 percent of available housing stock across London – but in some outer boroughs the figure drops as low as…
Fleet Mortgages has removed its minimum income requirement for buy-to-let applicants as part of a wider shake-up of lending criteria aimed at expanding access to…
Institutional investors have deployed almost £40 billion into the UK’s build to rent market over the past decade, with £30 billion – around 75 percent…
Demand for London’s most expensive rental properties jumped 8 percent over the past year as wealthy individuals chose to rent rather than buy following tax…
OSB Group delivered a 19 percent increase in mortgage originations to £4.7bn in 2025, with strong growth in bridging and commercial lending as the specialist…
UK house prices reached a new record high in February as annual growth hit 1.3 percent – the strongest level in four months – according…
Propertymark has warned that the new Decent Homes Standard will only succeed if letting agents are properly trained and regulated, calling for stronger enforcement and…
Nationwide Building Society is doubling the number of mortgage customers who can access interest-free loans for energy efficiency improvements, expanding the scheme from 5,000 to…
Foxtons has grown its lettings portfolio to more than 32,000 tenancies – an increase of over 50 percent since 2021 – as the London-focused agent…
Local authorities collected just a quarter of the civil penalties they imposed on private landlords over the past two years, new data reveals. The figures…
Landlords who hold properties through limited companies are significantly more likely to increase rents than those who own in their personal names, according to new…
