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Green Party activists responsible for rent controls on Scotland have now slammed landlords who claim the number of rented homes is...

A majority of Buy to Let landlords have been focused on growing property portfolios in the last 12 months, and not...

Landlords considering selling up have received guidance from Rightmove on when to do it and how. The portal claims February is the...

Many landlords say they’re set to expand investments in 2024 despite facing up to 80 per cent higher costs in the...

One in five (20 per cent of) landlords plans to reducing their buy to let holdings according to a new survey. The...

A council is to spend £10m to buy homes on the open market to house local people - some at risk...

Right now, the property market is entering a period of uncertainty. Falling property prices and a rising regulatory burden are just...

A third of landlords have suggested they are considering retiring or quitting the sector because of attacks and obstacles in the...

Landlords have been selling more homes than they bought in every year since 2016 when a raft of tax and regulatory...

A think tank that describes itself as “centre right” praises the Renters Reform Bill and claims the fear of landlords selling...

Thousands of landlords are planning to sell properties. A Simply Business survey of 1,455 UK landlords reveals that a quarter of landlords...

The continued attacks on the buy to let sector have resulted in a dramatic decline in investment plans by landlords. A new...

The Renters Reform Bill is the latest of many factors leaving little choice for some private buy-to-let landlords but to sell...

The classic “landlord favourite” for buying and selling - the auction house - appears to be bucking the downward trend in...

The property industry in recent years has been tough to work in.  Clearly the challenges we faced with the pandemic, lockdown and...

Landlords are reducing their stock - and they’re blaming the Tories for creating a hostile environment.  This is according to the latest...

Over a third of private landlords would sell properties if rent controls were introduced in their area, according to a trade...

Zoopla says a buy to let property sold off by a landlord is “typically priced 25 per cent lower than the...

A new analysis shows growth in the trend for buy to let properties to be sold with tenants in situ.  The analysis...

Investors selling a buy to let so far in 2023 made gains which were 10.1 per cent lower than those who...

A group of local authorities is asking the government to give individual councils the cash to buy properties off private landlords. London...

The University of Dundee and letting agents’ body Propertymark want to understand more about the future plans of landlords.  This is happening...

A prominent buying agent operating at the high end of the prime London market has given an interesting insight into how...

Property investment dates back centuries – millennia, even. As a fundamental necessity for post-nomadic humanity, residential and commercial real estate have...

Rightmove has this morning revealed that 16 per cent of properties currently for sale were previously available on the rental market,...

A housing trust says landlords fed up with higher taxes and red tape should not sell up but instead lease their...

The founder of a luxury holiday lets firm in one of the UK’s tourist hotspots says even wealthy landlords are now...

Against the trend of many recent surveys, a study by lending service Landbay claims over 40 per cent of landlords want...

There’s a new warning this morning that rents are set to soar as landlords struggle with much higher interest rate payments...

A quick buy property company says there’s been a surge in the number of landlords quitting the rental sector. “We’ve seen a...

Three-quarters of landlords want to raise rents in the face of the new Renter’s Reform Bill - mostly because of pets. When...

Some 11 per cent of the homes on sale right now are owned by landlords quitting the private rental sector. That’s the...

A tax expert is advising landlords to avoid failing to register their property sales for Capital Gains Tax within 60 days...

Private landlords should hold fire on plans to quit the private rental sector and give the government a chance to incentivise...

A mortgage broker claims there’s “no downside” to the current problem of landlords quitting the private rental sector. Jonathan Burridge, founding adviser...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has added its voice to the chorus of concern over landlords quitting the private sector In...

The number of landlords planning to sell rented properties has reached its highest rate on record according to new data. Polling for...

Previous estimates that half a million landlords are set to sell up may actually be a massive under-estimate, a property industry figure...

Research from Mortgage Advice Bureau shows that almost two-thirds of landlords would consider selling their property due to not being able...

Jo Eccles, director of London-focussed buying agency and property consultancy Eccord, says she is witnessing some landlords willing to quit the...

One in 10 landlords plan to exit the sector following the absence of any government help in the Budget. That’s the claim...

Propertymark says some 85 per cent of its member agents in Scotland have landlord clients who have expressed a wish to...

A business analyst has given a colourful assessment of the shortfall of homes to let, describing the current rental market as...

More must be done to keep private landlords in the rental sector, a new study has proposed. New Open Property Group says...

The buy-to-let market is going through a rough patch. With legislative change on the horizon, coupled with bleak ROI forecasts, many...

Many landlords who do not want to commit to high levels of expenditure to improve the energy efficiency of their homes,...

PropTech firms Goodlord and Voich have released the findings of their annual State of the Lettings Industry survey. Some 2,600 agents, landlords...

A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...

Landlord numbers may have dropped in recent months but a longer term analysis shows the reverse. Total Landlord Insurance analysed the current...

New market analysis by lettings and sales agency Hamptons suggests that landlords are the largest group likely to sell up over...

Government plans to ban Section 21 evictions could push up rents and reduce rental stock, a property dispute expert is warning. Lee Pearce...

Landlords are in danger of losing the narrative again. With rental inflation hitting record levels, much of the noise we see in...