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Labour deputy leader and shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner says she is not ashamed to have brought her council house at...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A property finance consultancy claims that unmortgageable properties can be snapped up with a discount of 27 per cent. Apex Bridging says...
24 February 2024
From: Top tips & guides
A London council is consulting on another controversial landlord licensing scheme. Barking and Dagenham council’s existing Selective Licensing Scheme has been applied to...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A landlord has warned her local authority that high charges for licensing are unaffordable without the fee being passed on to...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Bristol’s controversial Labour council is extending previous licensing schemes to other parts of the city at some £1,800 HMO per licence...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association has teamed up with a provider of so-called ‘smart property protection technology’. This means that landlords can...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Landlords, being key players in the housing sector, can make a significant impact by fostering a greener mindset among their tenants....
13 January 2024
From: Top tips & guides
An analysis of homes that have returned to the market after failing to find a buyer in 2023 suggests that sellers...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A new analysis of discounts available to cash buyer suggests they can save tens of thousands of pounds on some property...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
House prices fell 1.2 per cent in the past year, according to a new Zoopla report out today, with average discounts...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Homes situated close to new electricity pylons and sub-stations could receive up to £1,000 a year off energy bills, for up...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The housing market remains a buyers’ market, with 80 per cent more homes for sale than in September 2021 according to...
29 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association has launched a new partnership with electrical and telecoms retailer Currys Business. It means that member landlords...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
As many as one in 10 homes have a reduced asking price within a month of entering the market, a new...
14 March 2023
From: Breaking News
New data about the Prime London housing market shows that the average discount to asking price has increased to 8.4 per...
14 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A council launching a new selective licensing regime admits that three quarters of the applicants so far have omitted to provide...
07 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Local authorities exist to improve housing stock in their area; however, licensing is not the best way to improve standards across...
04 March 2023
From: Legislation & Compliance
Landlords expanding portfolios through cash purchases are securing discounts as high as £88,000 in cooling market conditions says a buying firm. House...
01 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The asking-to-achieved price gap has widened to its largest for five years according to new data from Zoopla. While sales volumes have...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
There’s a dilemma for landlords wishing to expand their portfolios - do so now, just as some buyers are offering discounts?...
30 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Zoopla says a “widespread repricing” is underway in the sales market, but with no sign of cooling yet in the lettings...
28 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Green mortgage discounts could be a key tool in helping landlords make the energy efficiency upgrades necessary to achieve an EPC...
24 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent Tory thinker has suggested that English councils should be obliged to sell off an estimated 31,000 councils houses and...
24 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Many landlords are already undertaking substantial work on their properties to make them more energy efficient, a new survey shows. The Shawbrook...
14 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A new selective licensing scheme has been launched this week in Leicester. The scheme will be in operation in three main cluster...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
New build homes are often at the forefront of market downturns and new data suggests new builds are already seeing price...
08 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords are being encouraged to work with a local council “to give families a stable home, improve the quality of properties...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A charity, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, wants a form of Right To Buy to be given to private tenants. Right To Buy...
29 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Rightmove is warning landlords and other sellers that properties with poor levels of energy efficiency may have to sell with a discount. The...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A council says it’s launching a rolling programme of inspections of all 29,000 rental properties in its selective licensing scheme. The scheme...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The early bird discount period for what many regard as the country’s most controversial landlord licensing scheme has been extended. The discount...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s been confirmed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to announce plans to extend the Right To Buy to housing associations. Under...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association has teamed up with a property sales management firm to offer a new service to landlords...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A new and huge landlord licensing scheme has launched in County Durham. A total of at least 29,000 properties, or 42 per...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Prime central London may not seem to most obvious part of the UK for buy to let investors but a leading...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Even before the pandemic, we were seeing dramatic changes across the buy-to-let landscape with holiday lets steadily increasing in appeal –...
02 April 2022
From: Top tips & guides
Private landlords who let out properties in Central West Bromwich are being urged to check if they need to apply for...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Applications open later this week for one of the country’s largest and most controversial landlord licensing schemes - in Liverpool. The new...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords with large budgets and who are seeking a surprising discount, even in today’s market, could be tempted by research which...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A council has launched what it calls a “scores on the doors” style accreditation scheme for landlords. The Decent and Safe Homes...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
As founder of Landlord Action and chief operating officer at Hamilton Fraser, I’ve been talking to landlords for over 25 years...
09 October 2021
From: The Big Issues
Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...
29 September 2021
From: Agent Advice
Airbnb has blocked nearly 80,000 UK reservation attempts following the introduction of restrictions that prevent under 25-year-olds from making entire home...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Three in five landlords are interested in green mortgages - a huge surge in recent times. The buy to let broker Mortgages...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The spring market in Florida is white-hot at the moment, rivalling the increasing temperatures across the state as people begin their...
13 April 2021
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The country’s largest landlord for students has extended its discounted rent scheme for another three weeks. Unite Group says its 50 per...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Many landlords may be all-too-familiar with cowboy builders but new research reveals a problem with ‘cowboy customers’ robbing tradespeople of income. Mobile...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Figures from investment consultancy London Central Portfolio show how vulnerable the capital’s rental market is to Brexit and Coronavirus - but...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News
A landlord has opened up to a news website about the difficulties trying to accommodate student tenants during the lockdown. Elizabeth Hunter is...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The Rent Smart Wales quango, now five years old, has been sharply criticised by the National Residential Landlords Association. A report commissioned...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News
An operator of co-living rental units in London has linked with a PropTech platform to reward tenants for their loyalty. Built Asset...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News
From Monday, landlords will be able to apply for an early bird discount for Scarborough Borough Council’s new selective licensing scheme,...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords will soon be able to apply for an early bird discount for Scarborough Borough Council’s new selective licensing scheme,...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News
The government’s decision to launch a £200m pilot scheme last week to extend Right to Buy to housing association tenants -...
20 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Private renters are more discerning about the type of property they are prepared to rent than they were a generation ago....
25 July 2018
From: Breaking News
A buy-to-let landlord who owns 30 properties in York and Leeds has been handed a fine of more than £1,000 and...
05 June 2018
From: Breaking News
It is undoubtedly a buyer’s market in London at the moment, with those who are looking to buy property in the...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Low levels of activity in the sluggish housing market are forcing many homeowners to accept offers well below asking price, making...
20 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Newbury Building Society has cut its buy-to-let mortgage rates, including those to landlords operating through a limited company, by up to...
02 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Loyalty programmes are popping up in every corner of the retail space, and that is because businesses understand the importance of...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let investors seeking the best returns should look at investing in key northern cities where the gap between asking and achieved...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News
A new licensing system in the West London neighbourhoods of Hammersmith, Shepherd’s Bush, Fulham, Chiswick and Ealing aims to protect landlords...
12 October 2017
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Local authorities now have greater powers to control properties rented out in their areas, thanks to changes in the mandatory HMO...
12 October 2017
From: Sponsored Content
Activity levels in prime central London’s buy-to-let sector remains relatively sluggish, despite a pick up in the wider housing market in...
01 September 2017
From: Breaking News
The Residential Landlord Association (RLA), National Landlord Association (NLA), Leeds Landlords’ Accreditation Scheme (LLAS) and Unipol have teamed up with Leeds...
09 May 2017
From: Breaking News
Landlords in Ashfield are being encouraged to take advantage of discounted property licensing fees. From 1 May, landlords in Ashfield will require...
20 April 2017
From: Breaking News
In a concerted effort to improve standards in the private rented sector (PRS), the North Tyneside Council has joined forces with...
30 March 2017
From: Breaking News
Barclays has announced a selection of rate reductions across its main buy-to-let mortgage range in addition to its core residential and...
12 October 2016
From: Breaking News
The new mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged to do all in his power to help make London “better” after...
09 May 2016
From: Breaking News
MPs will offer their reaction to Lords amendments to the Housing and Planning Bill this afternoon, which may take a while given...
03 May 2016
From: Breaking News
A government committee has raised concerns about the number of homes sold through Right To Buy that end up in the...