Property passports should be introduced to help landlords prove their homes are compliant, decent and safe housing. The call came from the National Residential Landlords...
Houses close to an Ofsted-rated ‘outstanding’ school are likely to command a premium price. And never more so than in Sunderland, it seems. The financial...
Private renting laws and regulations are ‘like a puzzle with lots of pieces that need to be joined up’, leading industry players have told the...
Landlord possession claims, orders, warrants and repossessions by county court bailiffs are all still well down on pre-Covid levels, government statistics have confirmed. Mortgage and...
Property values may be all to do with location, location, location. But it seems street numbers also play a part in value. This is according...
Rents are shooting up across the UK, the property portal Zoopla has concluded. Its latest quarterly Rental Market Report puts the current annual rate of...
Just under half of renters do not have contents insurance in place for personal possessions, and third say this is because the rising cost-of-living means...
Buy to let mortgage company Shawbrook has announced an ‘Energy Efficiency Discount’ on its arrangement fees. To qualify, landlords will have to produce an Energy...
Admitting to the rental property shortage but returning to its landlord-bashing ways, the homeless charity Shelter has claimed private renters in England are being forced...
Help for more people to own their own home ‘whilst enhancing the rights of those who rent’ was promised in the Queen’s Speech today. Setting...
Successive governments are to blame for a chronic shortage in available rental properties, the National Residential Landlords Association has claimed. ‘Since 2015 the government has...
More than 18,000 affordable houses have been lost as a result of office-to-residential conversions under permitted development, the Local Government Association warns. A total of...
In April, house prices were up 10.8% in a year, to a record high average of £286,079. They’re up £47,568 in two years. It took...
Today the Bank of England has raised interest rates by 0.25% to 1%, the highest in 13 years. And what next as inflation set for...
Buy to let landlords should note that monthly house price growth slowed slightly to 12.1% in April – but it’s still the 11th consecutive month...
Good news for landlords who own or are looking to purchase a new build property, as earlier this week The Mortgage Works (TMW) increased its...
Landlords who believe in providing tenants with as much potentially helpful information as possible have been given a helping hand by Revenue and Customs. It...
North East landlords are calling on the Government to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance and restore the link between benefits and costs. The move follows...
Private rented housing is failing far too often to provide safe and secure homes for tenants, the Commons Public Accounts Committee has concluded in its...
New guidance has been published aimed at assisting commercial landlords and their business tenants settle unpaid rent arising from the Coronavirus emergency. Part of the...
In a strategic move to bolster their financial offerings, Precise and Kent Reliance, both entities under the OSB Group, have announced significant updates to their…
In an environment fraught with economic uncertainties and heightened mortgage rates, the property market in England and Wales has shown remarkable resilience. According to recent…
Starting from 6th April 2024, landlords contemplating selling their properties will encounter a slight reduction in capital gains tax, offering some financial reprieve. Zero Deposit’s…
Ashford Borough Council alleges that Fergus Wilson, a well-known landlord from Maidstone, has not ceased in his harassment of council staff and councillors, flouting a…
Michael Tutt, a 40-year-old man, has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for posing as a letting agent and scamming a couple out of…
Housing Secretary Michael Gove faces increasing pressure to expedite the progress of critical rental reform legislation, amid warnings that delays are causing significant harm to…
A recent investigation by Monta Capital, a boutique real estate investment manager, has shed light on the UK rental market, revealing that a staggering 85%…
Landlords across the South West are being prompted to adopt cutting-edge technology that leverages artificial intelligence to detect and address energy inefficiencies within their properties….
Recent research conducted by Yopa, a leading full-service estate agency, uncovers that London, despite experiencing the steepest drop in house prices among England’s major cities,…
A significant portion of UK landlords are on the brink of a remortgage decision, with research indicating that 40% are set to renew their mortgage…
In a significant legal victory for Haringey Council, a landlord who unlawfully converted a Bounds Green property into six flats has been ordered to cough…
In a stark contrast to the wider public reception, Generation Rent has labelled the recent Budget announcements as a boon for landlords, potentially endangering the…
The Government has signalled a clear intent for private landlords to sell off their properties and exit the housing market, according to insights from Jeremy…
UK house prices have seen a modest increase of 0.4% in February, marking the fifth consecutive month of growth, according to the Halifax house price…
The Chancellor has unveiled the Spring Budget, introducing several measures including a fuel duty freeze, funding for new homes in Barking Riverside and Canary Wharf,…
