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A rent guarantor service says the recent Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill has intensified scrutiny on the challenges faced...

This is back-to-school season and for the majority of university students who choose to move away from their family home during...

A prominent buying agent operating at the high end of the prime London market has given an interesting insight into how...

Data from the English Housing Survey suggests that the number of English owners of second homes in Europe has fallen again. The...

A quarter of Britons are considering becoming holiday let landlords to earn extra income from the continued popularity of UK staycations,...

Housing minister Rachel Maclean has been ridiculed by a TV show audience over her claim that Brexit has no part in...

Overseas buyers - likely in many cases to be investors - have taken a bigger stake in the wealthy enclave of...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has set out a radical programme of devolution to local authorities at city and county level...

Yes, it’s that time again when the property hoi polloi impose their predictions for the following year on us and so,...

There’s been a significant drop in the number of students passing referencing. It’s down from 50 to 40 per cent this autumn...

Uncertainty has become a vastly overused word to describe our economic situation in recent years. But, once again, it’s an unwaveringly...

Industry body Propertymark is reminding landlords as well as agents in England to be ready for significant changes to the way...

We seem to be living in a continuous stream of ‘once in a lifetime’ events. From Brexit, to the pandemic and...

Landlords who take advantage of the annual Edinburgh festival by charging high fees for Airbnb-sale short lets have been accused of...

Cabinet minister Michael Gove and junior minister Eddie Hughes - architects of the pro-renter White Paper issued last month - are staying...

Overnight speculation of a Cabinet reshuffle has yet again led to uncertainty over the Renters’ Reform Bill, pledging a radical shake-up...

A cleaning crisis caused by Brexit and Covid could threaten the well-being of the buy to let sector according to a...

EU citizens returning to the UK following the disruptions of the pandemic and Brexit May be the biggest losers from rental...

The National Landlord Investment Show is back in London next week with a pledge that it will be the most spectacular...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Giles Atkinson and I’m one part of...

In this feature article, Stuart Kerr from Restorations UK sets out why this could be the worst winter yet for mould...

The Scottish private rental market is facing shortages according to one of that country’s most prominent lettings experts.  David Alexander, head of...

Two prominent Brexiteer MPs are spearheading a campaign that claims Net Zero energy efficiency policies are unpopular. In their launch statement, they...

In recent years, letting property has become more challenging due to a range of tax and regulation changes and since March...

The proportion of landlords feeling optimistic about different aspects of letting is at the highest level for five years. As part of research...

The government’s Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme - which left thousands of landlords in the lurch when it collapsed earlier this...

Post-Covid economic recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert.  Martha Peyton, managing director and...

Landlords facing upcoming changes to Right To Rent procedures should invest in automation to ease the red tape burden. That’s the call...

A landlord group in a major city in the south of England says many are giving up on HMOs and converting...

The Covid-19 pandemic sparked a global trend of remote working and companies realising that work can now be where your laptop...

The Guernsey-based lender Skipton International says there’s been a surge in interest in UK buy to let mortgages from overseas over...

A third of landlords surveyed in a poll this month say they wish they could now change the way they voted...

The number of second homes in the UK has risen 30 per cent over the last five years, according to a...

A lettings agency estimates that the number of overseas landlords owning property in the UK has hit a five-year high -...

London-focussed lettings agency Portico has drawn up highly localised hotspots within the capital for landlords seeking the best yields.  According to the...

The first thing you need to consider when you’re buying a second property is what are you buying it for –...

Demand for student accommodation is greater than ever, a specialist online platform suggests. This is despite high supply of new purpose built...

On top of the rush to beat the stamp duty holiday deadline and changes to Help To Buy - both with cliff...

An analysis of the rental market in England has revealed a dramatic drop in the number of EU nationals taking up...

Figures from investment consultancy London Central Portfolio show how vulnerable the capital’s rental market is to Brexit and Coronavirus - but...

Consumer service Which? says it anticipates landlords choosing short term mortgages in the coming year, rather than five year options. The service...

The latest HomeLet rental index suggests that the average rent in the UK is now £974 after a 2.9 per cent...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan says landlords in the capital could  discriminate against EU citizens living in the UK capital if those...

The government is being warned landlords won’t be able to meet new guidelines being set for Right To Rent once the Coronavirus...

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, many of the countries worse hit – reliant on tourism and outward investment...

A developer claims a poll of its clients show landlords to be bullish about the market, despite Coronavirus and Brexit. The company...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stuart Aikman & Mathew Walters, co-founders - Story of...

Letting agents are feeling more optimistic about the letting sector than they were at the outset of 2020 despite the challenges...

The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests that the housing market continued to recover at the tail...

The UK housing market is in growth mode as the recovery gathers pace, the latest figures show.  According to Rightmove, the post-lockdown...

Residential property prices increased across the UK by an average of 2.1% in the year to March, up from 2% in...

Southwark Council has given the go-ahead for the introduction of a new licensing scheme which could see landlords across the borough...

Housing market activity is on track for a drastic fall this summer, as significantly fewer homes change hands due to the...

New Labour leader Keir Starmer finalised his shadow cabinet appointments yesterday, with Thangam Debbonaire securing the role of shadow housing secretary. Debbonaire,...

Remortgaging activity has surged in recent weeks as homeowners, including buy-to-let landlords, rush to lock into low-rate loans amid uncertainty over...

These are difficult times in the property market, with a constantly changing situation creating a great deal of uncertainty. The world...

Heading into March, the UK housing market was showing the kind of green shoots appropriate for the start of spring, with...

Who are you? Rolitex was Established in 1995, we are based in Greenford and a leading residential property company in the UK,...

With savers receiving poor returns from banks and building societies, thousands of people unsurprisingly continue to turn to residential property as a means...

The cost of buy-to-let mortgages has dropped further, the latest research from Property Master shows.  The biggest month-on-month fall in cost was...

It is common knowledge the UK is facing an undersupply of housing. Unfortunately, this is not a sudden phenomenon – the...

The UK formally leaves the European Union at 11pm tonight, at which point it will instantly enter into an 11-month transition...

The UK housing market has enjoyed a relatively strong start to 2020 after Boris Johnson’s general election victory ended Brexit uncertainty.  A...

After two elections and three years of intense debate and hostility, the general election in December seemed to offer the political...

The outlook for the UK housing market has improved over the past few weeks with the decisive nature of the general election...

Void periods can be a serious pain. While they are undoubtedly part of running a buy-to-let business, it would seem that...

The decisive result of last month’s general election has sparked a surge in housing market activity, placing upward pressure on house...

MPs are being encouraged to ensure EU citizens with settled status can continue to rent a property in this country and...

Towards the end of last year, I wrote an article for Landlord Today outlining the difficulties many landlords in the UK...

Now that 2020 is underway, activity in the property market is likely to start picking up due to the traditional seasonal...

Rents look set to rise over the next 12 months as the supply of new rental properties dries up, according to...

Just over a month on from the Conservative Party's election victory and all eyes are firmly fixed on Boris Johnson and...

There has been a significant increase in demand for London’s most expensive homes from wealthy buyers, including property investors, following last...

Property investors are being advised to head north for better returns, with new research revealing that Bootle in Merseyside is currently...

Greater confidence and more certainty in the housing market following last month’s Tory election victory looks set to boost the housing...

The National Landlord Investment Show will return this year with events set to take place across the UK.  The first of six...

The Short Term Accommodation Association (STAA), a UK trade body representing the entire short-term rental sector, from multinational platforms to individual...

After yet another year dominated by Brexit uncertainty, political instability, tax, and regulatory changes, most buy-to-let landlords will be looking for...

Despite the slowdown in the UK housing market in recent years, caused in part by the Brexit vote which fuelled uncertainty...

Rental prices in London are set to increase by an average of 15% over the next five years compared to 10%...

Although the recent election was indisputably dominated by the Brexit question, the fact is that there’s far more to managing the...

With just one day until voting day, each of the main political parties has outlined its plans for the country, including for...

Which party will win the landlord vote?  Given that the mainstream parties all have policies that appear to work against BTL landlords,...

The main political parties have laid out their blueprints for government ahead of what is likely to be one of the...

The UK housing market is showing signs of recovery following a prolonged period of uncertainty, according to JLL.  The property firm forecasts...

Boris Johnson launched the Conservative Party manifesto yesterday with a promise to “Get Brexit done”, and although the document was rather...

Shorter-term fixed rate mortgages have increased in popularity, with more borrowers opting for two-year fixed rate products, the latest resaerch from...

Brexit, climate change and the environment, and education are the top three issues for tenants as they prepare to cast their...

It is a potentially good time for buy-to-let landlords to add to their portfolio, the latest housing market snapshot suggests.  With buy-to-let...

The mortgage industry is predicting a 1% increase in buy-to-let business in the next 12 months, according to Paragon’s latest Financial...

A number of buy-to-let landlords and property enthusiasts will visit the Olympia Conference Centre in London today in order to obtain...

Just when we thought we might have finally made some credible progress on Brexit, it looks as though looming uncertainty will...

Boris Johnson’s call for a snap general election on December 12 to try to settle the issue of Brexit took very...

Journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil will once again chair the Government Panel Debate at the National Landlord Investment Show in London...

With Britain edging closer to its first recession since the financial crisis, a leading property auctioneer is urging property investors, including...

Residential property price growth remains subdued owed largely to the ongoing uncertainty created by the Brexit shenanigans in Parliament.  The data from...

Buy-to-let landlords and property enthusiasts will once again descend on the Olympia Conference Centre in London next month where they will...

Monday’s Queen's Speech opened a new session of parliament, setting out policies on crime, health, the environment, and Brexit.  But while the Queen’s Speech...

There was a further increase in mortgage lending for first-time-buyers and home movers in August compared with the previous month and...

Demand from buyers, including buy-to-let landlords, for new build homes has leveled off as political and economic uncertainty unsettles potential investors.  The...