Connells, the estate agency group that is in the process of buying the Countrywide group, saw total house sale exchanges down by 16 per cent...
From spring 2022, new Welsh tenancy agreements will be for a minimum 12 months. This is among a raft of changes included in the Renting...
Walsall letting agent Homepoint Estate Agents Limited has gone into voluntary liquidation with debts of just under £1m. Of the £977,000 deficit, about £700,000 is...
A Barnsley landlord has been ordered to undertake 200 hours of unpaid community work, to participate in 15 days of ‘rehabilitation’ training, and to pay...
Warnings of a surge of evictions following the partial lifting of the repossessions ban in September last year proved to be unfounded, The National Residential...
An uninsured landlord’s claim that his letting agents should compensate him for more than £220,000 in losses has been largely turned down by a Scottish...
A Portsmouth letting agent that challenged a fine imposed by the council for letting a property without an HMO licence has had its penalty doubled...
Hundreds of thousands of leaseholders will be protected from the cost of replacing unsafe cladding on their homes, claimed Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick when unveiling...
London letting agents are predicting a fall in rents over the next three months. the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has reported. Its latest Residential...
Houses for rent are letting 30 per cent faster than a year ago, pushing rents higher, property portal Zoopla has reported. But this does not...
There are now more mortgage deals available than since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic began impacting the UK economy last March, MoneyFacts has reported....
Proposals to increase Capital Gains Tax would freeze the rental housing market making it less responsive to tenant demand, the National Residential Landlords Association has warned ahead of...
A third national lockdown has created a perfect storm for the property market, said property portal Zoopla this week. The crisis has caused many people...
House prices went down by 0.3 per cent last month, Nationwide’s latest house price survey suggests. This has translated into a slowing of the annual...
Further financial support for student renters ‘begs the question why student renters are being treated differently to all others’, said the National Residential Landlords Association...
A Government minister has batted back a question about landlord support during the Coronavirus pandemic with what appear to be out of date statistics. When...
Demand for rental property is up and rents continue to increase – but not in city centres. City centre landlords are seeing ‘a flood of...
More than 500 grant applications have been received by the Welsh Government’s Empty Homes Grant Scheme in the year since it was announced by deputy...
Over two thirds of student renters are worried about their ability to pay rent, with around a quarter already racking up arrears, a survey from...
Housebuilding is recovering, official figures suggest. Some 35,710 homes were started in July to September 2020 – a 111 per cent increase on the previous...
For homeowners looking to sell, be prepared to shell out more than £5,400, factoring in costs such as estate agency and conveyancing fees. And for…
Recent research by London-based lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, reveals a decline in landlords’ property portfolios. Their data indicates that since the past…
Octane Capital, renowned for its specialisation in property lending, has unveiled research suggesting that average landlord debt, resulting from buy-to-let mortgage loans, has risen by…
The property sector is set to undergo a significant revamp with the inception of the Landlord Leaders Community. This collective aims to unify the sector…
Hamptons estate agents’ latest report paints a concerning picture for the UK rental market. By the end of 2026, UK rents are predicted to jump…
The property market has observed a rising trend of gazundering, particularly in specific regions, as house prices see a decline. This practice, wherein buyers lower…
The Government has released new directives emphasising the responsibilities of private landlords concerning damp and mould in their properties. The guidance clearly states that not…
A recent survey indicates that should rent controls be enforced in certain areas, over a third of private landlords might choose to offload their properties….
House prices have seen a sharp decline in August. Data from Halifax reveals that prices plummeted by 1.9% in the month and have dipped 4.6%…
Paragon Bank has unveiled reduced rates on 22 of its buy-to-let mortgage offerings, now offering fixed deals from as low as 4.59%. This adjustment is…
Every region in the UK witnessed an increase in average rental prices for August 2023, according to recent data. London, in particular, saw a significant…
Landlords are expressing doubts over the efficacy of Michael Gove’s recently proposed planning reforms. According to data from the specialist buy-to-let broker, Mortgages for Business…
Two landlords in London have been handed hefty fines for breaching planning laws and ignoring warnings from Ealing Council. The two cases, which are not…
The CEO of the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has made waves in the property management arena by announcing the acquisition of the Safe2 platform,…
England’s rental market maintained its fervour in August. The recent Rental Index from Goodlord reveals that the cost of rent surged by 10% compared to…
