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London Mayor Sadiq Khan is demanding the government finally abolish Section 21 eviction powers - and claims over 30,000 households in...

A panel of experts forecast house prices will fall as much as 10 per cent by Autumn 2024. Financial website Finder brought...

A local authority’s teach-in for private tenants this weekend is to be addressed by a group which is known for its...

A council has prosecuted a landlord for a second time, for multiple offences.  The offences concerned a tenanted caravan that had been...

The latest Rental Demand Index from the Barrows and Forrester agency has revealed that rental demand has surged during the third...

A man assaulted his housemates before holding his landlord in a room at knifepoint. Amin Zehar, 37, was living at a property...

A website claims that Banning Orders on private landlords have not been served because of local government funding shortfalls. Open Democracy says...

A trio of Cambridge landlords have been fined more than £8,000 between them, after three separate HMOs were found to be...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has pledged to publish “shortly” revised timetables for the implementation of further energy efficiency targets for the...

Households are being hammered by higher council tax rates year after year with no sign of local authorities moderating the burden,...

An unnamed landlord has been fined more than £3,500 after an HMO in Cambridge was found to have been unlicensed. After receiving...

A landlord has been prosecuted after construction and renovation waste from his rental property was found dumped in Cambridgeshire. The dumped rubbish...

The top UK holiday hotspot for 2023 is Yorkshire, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages’ latest Staycation Index report. Known for its picturesque...

An unlikely location heads the latest league table purporting to show the highest returns on property investment. Aldermore’s Buy To let City...

Specialist mortgage lender Aldermore has named what it believes to be the five best cities for landlords to invest in for...

With cost of living increases impacting homeowners, landlords and tenants, are the 44,130 vacant houses across cities in England a bigger...

Personal finance website Money has produced a league table of cities where landlords can enjoy strong returns from student tenants. Top comes...

A council has taken the unusual step of making an announcement that investigations are underway into allegedly unlicensed private rental properties. Cambridge...

Media reports from Cambridge say that rent protesters in the city are to demand the council employs staff dedicated to chasing...

Landlords in London contributed to an extraordinary £440m in stamp duty paid on purchases in the first six months since the...

A couple growing cannabis at a house in Cambridgeshire jumped through a window and hid in the loft of their rental...

A council has secured a banning order against a rogue landlord who was found guilty of failing to comply with legal...

There’s more evidence of ex-pats re-entering the buy to let and holiday let markets. The Cambridge Building Society has introduced three buy...

A man who broke into the home of his prospective landlord and threatened him with a screwdriver has been jailed for...

More landlords are quitting the sector and bringing properties to the sales market, according to research from Zoopla.  In its latest snapshot...

A new league table has been prepared showing the average costs of listings on Airbnb - and London features outside the...

An agency and law firm, Coulters, has produced a league table of where landlords are most likely to make a loss...

An online student accommodation platform has identified where demand from students is strongest as they prepare for the next academic year. UniHomes...

A landlord has been prosecuted for failure to make improvements to his tenanted property, including failing to install a fire detection...

Chinese and Asian investment and marketing service Juwai IQI UK has revealed where in this country property investors from those locations...

An online corporate rental platform says Covid 19 has led to a six-fold increase in demand for medium-term rentals in this...

A new league table has been created of the best places for landlords to invest in buy to let. The Compare The...

Landlords trying to expand their portfolios can avoid delays caused by residential buyers taking advantage of the Chancellor's stamp duty extension by using four 'buy-to-let hacks', according to broker Mortgages for...

Specialist buy to let broker Mortgages for Business says landlords buying now can use four tips to beat the chaos in the...

A landlord has admitted voyeurism and has been handed a suspended prison sentence and placed on the sex offenders’ register for...

Insurance company CIA landlord has prepared a league table of the most and least profitable locations for buy to let landlords. It’s...

The Liberal Democrats want Airbnb to ensure its landlords offer free accommodation to victims and survivors of domestic abuse in Tier 3...

Many of our less affordable cities have seen rent levels drop because of the trend for tenants to work from home...

A league table of UK cities where it takes the longest for first time buyers to save for a deposit may...

Landlords are being invited to get involved in a scheme which a local council describes as “an attractive, risk-free financial offer.” Cambridge...

Buy-to-let investments with a tenant already in situ are most in-demand across Glasgow, according to Howsy.  The letting management platform reports that...

A majority of tenants are looking for unfurnished homes, new research shows.  Online property management platform Howsy analysed existing rental property listings...

There has been a significant increase in the number of rental properties hitting the market after lockdown on the sector was...

Demand for rental properties and the supply of rental stock have dropped significantly year-on-year across the majority of UK cities and...

Roma Finance has cut its bridging and development rates across its product range, which includes buy-to-let, after obtaining fresh and sustainable...

Fresh figures from Howsy has revealed the most in-demand cities to rent property in the United Kingdom, with some surprising findings.  The...

The locations that saw the biggest house price increases in the last year have been unveiled by the Post Office Money.  The...

An unscrupulous landlord has been ordered to pay almost £4,000 after tenants were discovered living in an appalling and unsafe property.  Officers...

Zoopla’s UK Cities House Price Index for July 2019, which focuses on trends in housing affordability as measured by the ratio...

Residential property prices are increasing faster in cities in the north of England and parts of Scotland than they are in...

Rental price growth in English cities undergoing extensive regeneration is outpacing the national average, new research shows. Looking at 12 cities in...

The average cost of renting a room in the UK increased by 8% between April and June and now stands at...

Demand for rented homes looks set to increase in the coming years as new data suggests that many people who do...

Most landlords feel optimistic about the existing UK buy-to-let environment, fresh research suggests. The study by Cambridge and Counties Bank showed that...

London unsurprisingly remains the most unaffordable city to rent a room in the UK with the average cost in the capital...

Recent years have seen a shift in buyer activity across the UK’s property market, with London’s much publicised decline in popularity...

The slump in the UK home ownership rate from 73% a decade ago to just 63% today reflects the fact that...

Prince William has expressed concern at the ‘slum’ conditions faced by some private renters following a trip to Blackpool where he...

Despite Brexit, homebuyers, including buy-to-let investors, in the north of England are showing much more confidence than those in the south. Since...

Renowned internationally for its designer shopping outlet, Bicester has long been the jewel in Oxfordshire’s crown, attracting millions of visitors annually...

There has been a moderate rise in residential property price growth across the UK, according to the latest analysis carried out...

Cambridge Building Society has unveiled a new range of expat mortgage products for landlords looking to acquire or remortgage a buy-to-let...

Liverpool has managed a very interesting and appealing double win, according to data from Hometrack. The city not only topped the list...

Proposals drawn up by Conservative think tank Onward to allow existing buy-to-let properties to be eligible for 100% capital gains tax...

Bootle in Merseyside has been named the best place to currently be a buy-to-let landlord, based on a number of key...

Luton and Colchester have been named among the best places for buy-to-let investors in the existing market, based on rental yields. The...

Ideal Flatmate has closed its second round of funding, taking total investment in the company to £1.25m. The website, a compatibility-based flatmate...

When ex-social worker and professional landlord Leslie-Ann acquired the 18th century two-bedroom cottage she lives next door to four years ago,...

Cambridge Building Society has joined forces with Legal & General Mortgage Club to offer its buy-to-let range to landlords across England...

Most areas of England and Wales have seen rental price growth over the past 12 months, but where are rents increasing...

The average rent in England and Wales hit £850 a month in December, up 2.2% year-on-year, led by gains in the...

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

As 2017 draws to a close, Rightmove has released fresh data, based on searches by prospective tenants browsing its website, revealing...

The Cambridge has launched a new range of buy-to-let mortgages, as the lender battles to remain competitive. Highlights include a two-year fixed rate...

The average rent in England and Wales hit £845 a month in October, up 2.4% year-on-year, which is down from 4.8%...

Buy-to-let landlords looking to acquire properties in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire and Suffolk, can now apply for two...

Private landlords and letting agents in Wisbech, a market town in Fenland, Cambridgeshire, are being invited to offer their views this...

Many landlords purchase properties near universities in order to take advantage of the lucrative yields that the student rental market often...

  For many years, rent has been called “dead money” and young people have been urged to “get on the housing ladder”...

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

Landlords can earn attractive returns when buying property near a university, but only if they are shrewd about where they purchase,...

The ESTAS, a kite mark of excellent service for property professionals, has announced the winners of the Letting Agents of the...

Complaints against letting agents often make the headlines, but the reality is that most tenants and landlords are happy with the...

Some buy-to-let landlords are bracing themselves for smaller profits over the coming years as a result of the new mortgage interest...

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

Buy-to-let landlords are currently being invited to list rooms for rent in London free of charge on Idealflatmate.co.uk, a compatibility based...

A proposed selective landlord licensing scheme has been pulled after Conservative councillors could not agree on how it could move forward. Plans...

The key to a successful long-term buy-to-let investment is securing solid rental yields for income returns and the potential for capital...

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...

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

We all know headlines sell newspapers, but a report in yesterday’s Daily Mirror brought shame on a host of letting agents...

The North West of England tops the charts as the best place to invest for high annual rental yields, whereas the...

The Brexit referendum is adding to housing market uncertainty which has seen a 2% drop in sales in major UK cities,...

A Cambridge letting agent who unlawfully evicted a tenant from a property has been ordered to pay a total of £4,315...

A landlord has been fined for breaching regulations for houses in multiple occupation following an early morning raid involving immigration enforcement officers. As...

Some 60% of London landlords would reduce the size of their property portfolios in the event of a rent freeze.  This is...

Accommodation for Students has released its annual report on the cost of student accommodation and found the most expensive accommodation in...

Police say a man has been arrested on suspicion of fraud following the closure of east of England letting agency Kirby...

Mystery surrounds the apparent closure of a Cambridgeshire letting agent. The Cambridge News has reported that Kirby Property Management in Cambourne appears...