The government is facing mounting criticism for refusing to release its internal Justice Impact Test for the Renters’ Rights Bill, which campaigners believe will expose...
Buy-to-let activity in the UK has staged a notable comeback in early 2025, with new figures revealing a 38.6% jump in buy-to-let loans in the...
Private renters across the UK have seen their monthly housing costs increase more sharply than mortgaged homeowners over the past three years, according to new...
Working-age renters, low-income families and North East households are bearing the brunt of England’s substandard housing - but landlords say they’re being unfairly scapegoated while...
Rents for newly let homes across the UK have slowed sharply, with year-on-year growth at just 0.4% in June 2025 - the slowest pace since...
Landlords across England and Wales are being forced to wait up to nine months to legally repossess their properties due to chronic delays in the...
Rightmove has cut its 2025 house price growth forecast from 4% to 2%, citing a decade-high supply of homes and flat annual growth of just...
The long-awaited Renters Rights Bill has officially been delayed until autumn, after the Government failed to allocate time for further debate before MPs break for...
New figures from the English Housing Survey 2023–2024 have revealed that private renters are now spending more on housing than mortgage holders, exposing a deepening...
Paragon Bank is celebrating 30 years since it launched its very first mortgage for landlords-an early move that helped lay the foundations of what is...
UK landlords are seeing stronger net returns from their buy-to-let investments in 2025, even as upfront costs and headline incomes have shifted. New analysis by...
UK house prices rose by 3.9% in the year to May 2025, pushing the national average to £269,000-£10,000 more than this time last year-according to...
Landlords and skilled overseas workers are set to benefit from a wave of new lending enhancements announced by Shawbrook Retail Mortgages, as part of its...
A UK landlord has won a landmark complaint against Apex Dwellings Ltd, after the Property Redress Scheme (PRS) ordered the letting agent to pay £3,450...
Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has dismissed concerns that the Renters’ Rights Bill will destabilise the UK rental market – but landlords say the government is...
Mortgage brokers are now confident the Bank of England will cut interest rates next month, following disappointing GDP figures for April and May. The UK...
Landlords are once again being cast as political scapegoats – this time by Housing Secretary Angela Rayner, who has sparked backlash after claiming that increasing...
The UK housing market showed signs of stabilisation in June 2025, but underneath the surface, warning lights are flashing for the private rented sector. According...
London landlords are once again under fire for supposedly driving up rents – but new analysis from Benham and Reeves shows the capital’s rental price...
Landlords in England have welcomed a key amendment to the Renters’ Rights Bill, as the House of Lords voted to halve the re-letting ban from...
More landlords in Scotland sold property than bought over the past year, with disposals running at nearly three times the rate of new investment. Research…
UK inflation fell to a 10-month low of 3 percent in January, strengthening expectations that the Bank of England will cut interest rates next month….
Property firms handling Stamp Duty Land Tax submissions will need to register as tax advisers under new HMRC rules coming into force in May 2026….
More than 43,000 homes built in England over the past two years are located in areas at medium or high flood risk, with insurers and…
Landlords are losing more money to void periods as the gap between tenants widens and rents continue to rise. New data shows average void costs…
A Scottish council has launched a partnership scheme offering private landlords guaranteed monthly rent and no void periods in exchange for leasing their properties to…
Landlords are being fined twice for the same offences under what one licensing specialist calls a “double jeopardy” enforcement practice by local authorities, with councils…
The government has failed to issue a response to the pro-landlord petition calling for faster evictions and better protections – despite the petition passing the…
The UK rental market is entering a new phase as demand begins to ease and more tenants transition into homeownership, according to property investment experts….
Rents on newly let homes have fallen for the first time, with the South of England driving a broader cooling across the market. Data from…
The government has launched a new online tool to help landlords find Making Tax Digital-compatible software as the April rollout approaches. Ministers claim they are…
Landlords in London face a growing student housing crisis under the Renters Rights Act, Propertymark has warned. The trade body says the legislation’s restrictions on…
Professional landlords continue to borrow, refinance and restructure their portfolios despite growing concerns over the Renters’ Rights Act, according to new research from Foundation Home…
Westminster Council has recruited 52 new staff to its Private Renters Team as it shifts from reactive enforcement to a proactive approach under its selective…
Property values in central London’s most expensive boroughs have fallen by 12 percent over the past three years as higher taxation and tougher regulation weigh…
