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Trading Standards has defended the introduction of ‘material information’ requirements on details of properties for sale, after a conveyancer warned landlords...

Landlords quitting the sector could have to spend hundreds of pounds more when selling their home owing to new Trading Standards...

The government’s proposal to introduce a new one per cent deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder...

Deciding on a residence in the bustling city of London is no small feat, especially when faced with the dichotomy of...

Scottish property portal ESPC has announced a free Buy To Let event targeted at aspiring property investors and landlords. The event will...

A property website has calculated how much it costs a landlord or general home owner to sell a home - and...

Landlords pulling out of buy to let because of high costs and overbearing regulation now have a guide to how quickly...

Landlords are often seen as stalwarts of property auctions, and are attributed with helping the sector’s growth over the past decade. Property...

At LRG we are currently seeing rental properties go within days, and sometimes hours of being placed on the market.  Rent is...

It’s taking longer and longer for property sales to move from the acceptance of an offer to an exchange of contracts...

As landlords continue to exit the market, there seems to be no easy solution for selling. Owning a buy-to-let portfolio can be...

A prominent lettings agency is warning its own and all other landlords that they are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

People you can trust are an essential part of your team when you get into investing in property. If you’re using solicitors,...

A new government-created committee is considering the introduction of the new Commonhold tenure. Commonhold is a form of freehold ownership, largely for...

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...

An investment company claims some investors who buy at auction lose money because of misrepresentations in the legal pack.  The Mistoria Group...

When it comes to conveyancing for landlords and investors, the purchasing process itself doesn’t differ that much from residential conveyancing, there...

There’s another warning today that buy to let landlords wanting to expand their portfolio are in a race against time to...

Would-be landlords are being wooed by an opportunity to win a 13-apartment portfolio in return for ... just a £10 ticket. It's...

Landlords with leasehold property within their portfolio, as well as their advisors, will be aware of the difficulty and delay a...

O’Neill Patient LLP has completed the acquisition of well established law firm, Cavendish Legal Group.  O’Neill Patient, which specialises in conveyancing services...

Landbay has joined the Lender Exchange in order to have access to better conveyancing solicitors. Lender Exchange, owned by Decision First, is...

Property trade associations, professional bodies and other parties have joined forces to call for urgent government action to help support the...

When it comes to buying, selling, letting or renting a property, you will likely be faced with words, phrases, acronyms and...

Whether you are looking to rent out your property or sell, it is worth noting that August is the most popular...

The number of people remortgaging on to five-year fixes remains high ahead of a potential increase in interest rates. Almost half -...

Leasehold property ownership has come under yet more fire today after a new report laid bare the scale of mis-selling in...

Dodgy solicitor Ross McKay, who helped a fraudster create a £10.8m property empire with the help of Tameside’s criminal underworld, has...

The reversal of controversial alterations to mortgage interest relief and the scrapping of the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional properties understandably...

LendInvest has named firms JMW Solicitors LLP and Lightfoots Solicitors on its first official panel of solicitors for its buy-to-let products.  The...

A recently launched digital buy-to-let mortgage brokerage service that enables landlords to find, compare and secure the best mortgage deals available...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has in conjunction with HM Land Registry launched a new survey as part of an informal consultation...

Harrison Murray Lettings is inviting private landlords to attend a public event this week that will offer expert buy-to-let tips and...

It is not the best time to be a buy-to-let landlord at the moment, with a raft of changes introduced by...

September was the worst month for remortgaging since the EU referendum, new figures from conveyancing firm LMS show. The research found that...

Dundee based Carling Property Group has become Scotland’s largest independent residential landlord after completing the purchase of Alloway Halls in Dundee...

The chancellor Philip Hammond is being urged to reverse George Osborne’s outright assault on buy-to-let by scrapping the 3% stamp duty...

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) has called for the government to abolish stamp duty to create a more “buoyant and...

The government will not force landlords of leasehold properties to belong to a redress scheme, despite growing pressure from conveyancers pushing...

There was a 10% increase in the number of residential property transactions in the first quarter of the year compared with the...

Q: What does it say on your business card? Head of Lettings, Connells Q: What is Connells? Connells is one of the UK’s leading...