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Despite the recent tax and regulatory changes, buy-to-let continues to look an attractive income investment at a time of low-interest rates...

An HMO landlord’s attempt to rent out bedrooms smaller than the national minimum size has been thwarted after his legal case...

With the summer holiday season in full swing, UK coastal districts are seeing a boom in staycation bookings. Cornwall was discovered to...

Top-flight football returns this weekend, with Liverpool preparing for tonight’s Premier League opener versus Norwich City, but what team should landlords...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £7,000 for neglecting the garden at one of his properties and allowing to become...

Legal & General has been granted planning permission to develop the Longley Industrial Estate into Brighton’s first Build to Rent (BTR)...

Four in ten buy-to-let landlords are planning to expand their portfolio this year, according to new research. With buy-to-let continuing to deliver...

A number of buy-to-let landlords prefer to rent out property on a room by room basis instead of renting the whole...

Property website Zoopla is trialling a new Property Valuation Report (PVR) in nine areas across the country ahead of a broader...

A private landlord who illegally modernised an historic house in Brighton has been told by a judge to pay out more...

Brighton and Hove Council has given the go-ahead for new selective landlord licensing to be introduced across 12 wards in the...

A now former landlord has been fined £20,000 for putting the lives of five residents at risk after a broke out...

One in three renters never intend to buy their own home, mainly because they are happy living in the private rented sector,...

Colchester has been named the best place for buy-to-let investors in today’s market, based on a combination of capital value growth,...

The average tenancy deposit paid by tenants in Britain’s largest cities now stands at £1,057, with deposits for properties in London and...

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating 200 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Brighton as part...

The average two-year buy-to-let fixed mortgage deal at 75% loan-to-value (LTV) has fallen to a record-low of 2.47%, as many landlords...

Tenants are spending an increasing proportion of their earnings on rent, new figures have revealed. Fresh research undertaken by rentals platform CreditLadder...

UK rents grew by 0.56% in 2017, led by gains in London commuter hotspots, according to the latest rental price index...

Ever since Margaret Thatcher declared her belief in a ‘property-owning democracy’ and introduced Right to Buy in 1980, the UK was...

Buy-to-let landlords can still expect to achieve double-digit yields when investing up north, fresh research shows. A new survey by TotallyMoney provides...

There has been a significant increase in the number of students living in purpose-built student accommodation across Britain, making it harder...

Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to give cities the power to introduce rent controls under a Labour government. Yesterday was the last day...

A tenant who has won a legal case permitting him to pay cheap rent for life has panned his landlord for...

Maintaining your property is one of the most important aspects of being a homeowner or landlord, and that includes giving your...

Rogue landlords who target vulnerable people for sex by posting online classified adverts offering accommodation in exchange for other services, could...

Fresh research using a combination of house prices, salaries and rental prices suggest that Stoke-on-Trent is the best destination to invest...

Some rogue landlords are targeting young, vulnerable people for sex by posting online classified adverts offering accommodation in exchange for other...

A landlord has been fined more than £45,000 after 12 people were found living in slum-like conditions in a four storey...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is urging landlords to lobby their local MP over taxation changes announced by the now former...

Rents in the residential property sector are continuing to rise across many parts of the UK with no fewer than 20...

The Southern Rail strikes which have caused disruption for commuters have started to have an impact on rental price growth in...

The supply of homes listed on the market to let has fallen sharply now that pretty much all of the buy-to-let...

Student rents have increased by as much as 10% over the past 12 months amid a severe housing shortage across the...

Buy-to-let landlords seeking high rental yields should consider buying properties to let to students in the north of England, research suggests.  Of...

The most lucrative university cities in the UK, based on house prices, rents and growth in local housing markets, have been...

There has been a notable increase in the number of people wanting to step off the property ladder and rent in...

A new study which looked at coastal towns across England and Wales has found that Hull offers landlords the highest average rental...

British pensioners are increasingly choosing a rent a home by the seaside when they retire because the cost of buying property...

In less than seven years Sawyer & Co has become the fastest growing Lettings Agents in Brighton & Hove. Silver winners of...

Data from Homelet shows that Brighton, Bristol, Edinburgh and Newcastle showed the highest rental increases in 2015. HomeLet’s annual review of the...

Two Brighton & Hove landlords of shared houses have been prosecuted for failing to license their properties as Houses in Multiple...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has hit out at claims made by the new Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell.   During his speech...

Wakefield, Coventry, Brighton, Nottingham and Greater London top the list of hotspots where tenants new to the area account for the...

Q: What does it say on your business card?  Director of Operations – South Q: Who are Orchard and Shipman?  Orchard and Shipman is...