Extension of the ban in England on repossessions will do nothing to help landlords and tenants hit financially by the Coronavirus pandemic, the National Residential...
When Walsall letting agent Homepoint Estate Agents Limited went into voluntary liquidation last month it owed almost £460,000 in rent it had collected but not...
Mortgage commitments agreed by lenders were a quarter more at the end of 2020 than at the end of 2019, the private investor platform Hargreaves...
Re-opening the courts last year after their six month Covid closure, did not lead to a surge in possession actions, Cloud software specialist Decorus for...
Scotland is to introduce private rented sector reforms ‘early in the next parliament’, Housing Minister Kevin Steward has promised. Subject to re-election, the Government will...
Propertymark, the umbrella organisation for property agents, valuers and auctioneers, has said it is continuing to back a campaign for launch of a Welsh...
House prices have continued to soar, Nationwide’s latest House Price Survey has reported. It puts the February annual rate of growth at 6.9 per cent,...
‘We want to turn Generation Rent into Generation Buy’, said Chancellor Rishi Sunak when delivering his 2021 Budget this week. It contained an extension of...
Notice periods given to tenants in England from 29 August 2020 (to at least 31 March 2021) must be at least six months for most...
There is ‘urgent need’ for reform to support energy improvements to rented housing, the National Residential Landlords Association has told the Chancellor of the Exchequer...
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...
The UK Government has recently disclosed more specifics about the information landlords must supply to the forthcoming Property Portal, marking a significant move in the…
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has ruled out any reversal of Section 24 or other tax changes which have hurt landlords in recent years. The Select…
The timeless charm of Georgian properties is proving irresistible to buyers, with new research showing that these classic homes command premiums of up to 47%…
In a shocking revelation, Zola McGoldrick, 50, a director of the Scottish Women’s Premier League (SWPL) and also known by the name Zola Affley, has…
Recent studies conducted by the estate agent comparison website, GetAgent.co.uk, have brought to light a dramatic surge in Google searches for ‘gazundering’, pointing to a…
The UK is witnessing unprecedented surges in rental costs, with the third quarter of 2023 marking new heights in the ongoing rental crisis. Fresh statistics…
Recent data indicates a deceleration in the UK’s house price growth, with a mere 0.2% increase recorded in the year to August, a notable decline…
Recent statistics indicate a critical need for competitive property pricing, as October sees the most modest rise in seller asking prices since 2008. According to…
London’s rental market, which faced an extraordinary scarcity of rental stock last summer, is showing signs of stabilisation with a notable increase in available properties…
Newly uncovered research brings to light that the UK’s buy-to-let mortgage market exhibited a robust growth, standing tall at a total value of £41.3 billion…
Recent data has signalled the most dramatic fall in house prices for over a decade. With a 4.7% dip between September 2022 and 2023, as…
A decline in fixed mortgage rates has been observed, providing a welcome respite for borrowers after what’s been a tumultuous year. Moneyfacts’ recent data indicates…
Landlords are turning their attention to the commercial property sector, with recent research from Shawbrook suggesting that 19% are mulling over the idea of venturing…
Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has officially sealed a partnership deal with The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA), stepping up as the association’s chief lettings partner….
HMRC has raised an alarm over a controversial tax planning strategy, often presented as a ‘hybrid business model’, targeted towards individual landlords seeking to restructure…
