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Nick Woodward, director of lettings at Essential Living, gives insights into why renting may be the best option for many. 1. Responsibility...

Tenant referencing provider Canopy has released data from a  rental affordability index, which claims most tenants are at the very limit...

Four years after the first Covid restrictions, new research by Centre for Cities shows Londoners’ escape to the country during the...

Homes Under The Hammer property expert Lucy Alexander is fronting a new campaign to identify empty homes and bring them back...

Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...

Buy to let lender Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton...

Building on the momentum of 2023, the North West is poised for continued growth in rental and property prices. Early investment...

Generation Rent has yet again come out for rent control over the private sector - and wants it to be an...

A survey by an activist group suggests that one in three tenants claim that their private renting conditions are impacting their...

Analysis by Zoopla says rent controls introduced in Scotland have directly led to higher rents. The property portal’s research team has analysed...

Generation Rent has given a qualified thumbs up to Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s ideas for homes on brownfield land. This week Gove...

A property expert claims capital values on properties should drop significantly if they are not considered appropriately energy efficient. “Homes which aren’t...

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on migrating away from the emergency rent controls introduced in September 2022 and extended...

UK landlords are doubling down on urban flats amidst a slow but definite return to conventional office working. Data from Shawbrook Bank...

Landlords, being key players in the housing sector, can make a significant impact by fostering a greener mindset among their tenants....

Escalating rents have led many first time buyers to adjust their property expectations and accept smaller homes when they purchase, a...

A lack of Energy Performance Certificate enforcement is putting tenants at risk from high energy costs or cold homes, according to...

A new rental website which claims to list “all available homes for young people in one place” has raised well over...

Housr, a student living start-up, says it’s started its second year by adding 45,000 properties to its platform ahead of the...

New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...

Landlords have been urged to protect their properties against bed bugs with regular inspections. Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent...

The growth of private renting in the past decade has given renters more political power, an activist group claims. Generation Rent’s analysis...

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

The average asking price across the UK based on the available stock is now £1,829 per month according to property consultancy...

Room rents continue to skyrocket across the UK, reaching new highs in the third quarter of 2023 according to flatware website...

Landlords frustrated by poor returns and high taxes in the buy to let arena are looking for ways to diversify investment...

Rental activists are up in arms because Housing Secretary Michael Gove failed to mention the Renters Reform Bill during his keynote...

A new study has revealed the top 10 UK areas with the greatest rental yield making them ideal for a buy-to-let. Confused.com...

Landlords don’t believe Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s planning reforms will help build a million new homes in England, claims a buy-to-let...

While there has been a shortage of all types of rental accommodation across the UK for several years now, the student...

Authoritative new research suggests that there’s been a 91,000 rise in student numbers to 2.3m - yet in major student cities...

One in eight tenants admit to letting out part or all of their rented property - and that rises to a...

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

Savills’ latest market snapshot for prime properties in the UK regions suggest that tenant priorities are gently shifting. Across UK prime regional...

A non-for-profit hospitality group wants tighter regulations and restrictions to be imposed on Airbnb properties which affect both the rental market...

One in three Britons could be facing poverty in retirement according to Scottish Widows - with renters amongst the most vulnerable. The...

A pressure group is calling on the government to introduce in-tenancy restrictions on how much rents can be raised, and claims...

When choosing a buy-to-let property, there are many elements that need to be balanced in order to get the biggest return...

There’s news for tenants on a budget - it may now cost less to be a lodger in a house than...

An insurance firm has identified locations which, according to current portal listings, have the highest proportion of dog-friendly rental properties. The league...

2023 could be a landmark year for the private rented sector if Michael Gove succeeds in his pursuit of reforming the...

With spring in the air, adjudicators at The Deposit Protection Service have revealed some of the interesting and unusual tenancy deposit...

With the government considering short let landlords having to seek planning consent for the use of complete houses, AirBnb has announced...

A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...

Rent controls and political uncertainty are affecting investor appetite to fund and deliver Build to Rent homes in Scotland, according to...

A Liberal Democrat MP is calling on the government to bring forward a clampdown on Airbnb and other short lets.  The government...

New rules making it tougher for people to let houses via AirBnb and other short let platforms have been unveiled by...

The London Mayor has been told to act urgently against the landlords of so-called ‘exempt accommodation’ in London. This is the largely-unregulated...

  Second home market growth and falling house prices could be a combination for success. There’s been a clear positive correlation between profit...

Student lets have come under the spotlight as a result of a slowdown in the building of new university student accommodation...

A perfect storm is brewing in the lettings market with rents spiralling driven by increasing demand fuelled by workers returning to...

A new licensing scheme for landlords in one of the country’s most controversial cities is likely to be approved next week. Nottingham...

Landlords say housing standards in one of the UK’s biggest cities could sugar because of council tax changes for empty homes. Manchester’s...

Grainger, the Newcastle company that is active in Build To Rent and claims to be Britain’s biggest landlord, has enjoyed a...

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

London continues to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year running. Data...

As much as 75 per cent of purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) for the next educational year has already been taken...

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

New research from the bank Handelsbanken suggests some landlords will reduce their portfolios if economic conditions worsen. Almost 60 per cent of...

Student property enquiries in the run-up to the letting season for the 2023/24 academic year are significantly up on a year...

The Competition and Markets Authority has raised concern about a Build To Rent deal which it believes could result in reduced...

Rent rises could finally be set to slow down because more housing stock is becoming available due to the cost of...

Increasing demand for homes in cities was the driving force behind the rapid house price inflation witnessed earlier this year, with...

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

A survey by industry supplier CIA Landlord Insurance has analysed the comparative costs of traditional renting and Airbnb in major world...

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

Paragon Bank has revealed the locations where landlords letting to students can achieve the strongest yields - and they are typically...

A new campaign has been launched calling for the regulation of Airbnb and other short lets in England. Action on Short Term...

A new analysis of the housing market by a leading rental sector expert appears to show little potential for a crash. Some...

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

There is a perfect storm brewing for landlords and tenants in the UK.  Sky-rocketing energy bills, food prices and increasing rent paints...

Rents across Great Britain rose by an average of 8.3 per cent over the last 12 months, marking a gradual slowdown...

A 10 week consultation by Portsmouth council on proposals for new HMO licensing has finished with 1,050 responses. Licences are required for...

Landlords who use the Property Hub Lets online agency are in for a change - in future, their properties will be...

The Commonwealth Games, which begin today in Birmingham, could turbo-charge capital appreciation in the city by up to 15 per cent. That’s the...

A new rent-to-own scheme means some tenants can save a slice of their rent to help build a deposit to buy. Financial...

Rents across the UK rose by an average 2.47 per cent to £870 per calendar month during the second quarter 2022...

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

A new league table shows landlords the cities across the UK where the highest average Airbnb nightly prices are charged. The data,...

As part of The Renters’ Reform White Paper, the UK government proposed that all tenants be moved onto a single system...

Landlords are still enjoying substantial capital appreciation - but the latest Zoopla house price index reveals the lowest rate of monthly...

A new survey claims to show the rent differences between furnished and unfurnished homes to let in various cities. For example London...

A prominent London council wants rental properties to be included in the government’s Flood Re reinsurance scheme. Westminster council says the current...

The Deposit Protection Service has given landlords tips on how to prepare their homes for pets because, it says, the single...

New data from Rightmove suggests that rental demand is cooling in some areas where the market was busiest during the pandemic. And...

Activists in Generation Rent have repeated once again their call for a rent freeze and yet another eviction ban.  “Rents have been...

Airbnb’s general manager is claiming that there is no fact-based evidence to link the proliferation of short lets across the UK...

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...

Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter - but some tenants are paying above the going rate to...

Two of the country’s leading Conservative MPs have spoken at a Shelter conference which claimed millions of private renters were being...

Room rents in most major UK urban locations are now at a record high according to flatshare service SpareRoom.  Some 41 out...

A pressure group of campaigners highly critical of landlords and letting agents is organising protests at cities this weekend. Acorn - which...

The former Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer says rent controls are a vital part of a four-pronged ‘Radical Recovery Programme’. John McDonnell has...

A local politician says the quality of the private rental sector appears to be more important in cities than in towns. Ian...

Buy to let landlords are increasingly targeting smaller, secondary towns and cities rather than big urban centres. Data from Paragon Bank shows...

A prominent lettings agent says politicians wanting an open door policy for refugees from Ukraine do not explain how they will...

Build To Rent provider Wise Living is to deliver 90 new homes in two small schemes alongside an existing development of...

Airbnb says its short lets business is back almost to 2019 pre-Covid levels in cities, and it reports many work-from-home renters...

Legal & General’s Retirement Institutional division has announced a massive £2.5 billion investment to deliver as many as 7,000 Build To...

In recent days we have heard Michael Gove trumpet his plans to ‘level up’ the UK.  We knew that he would be...