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The ongoing freeze on housing benefit rates is a travesty that needs reversing immediately, the National Residential Landlords Association is warning. The...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
New data appears to show that the number of active short lets is lower - and not higher - than in...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Covid-19 has undoubtedly shifted the way new landlords will be looking to invest in 2022, and our ranking makes it clear...
22 January 2022
From: Tax & Finance
Rents in Greater London are up an annualised 25 per cent, with much of the increase attributed to the stock of...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Fines on landlords and letting agents that fall foul of London council regulations have risen dramatically in the past month alone. Research...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords wanting to break into London buy to let have been provided with a guide to boroughs with the most discounted...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Former Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has spoken out against what he calls “the greed of the mega-landlords.” The veteran MP -...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords looking mostly long-term capital appreciation rather than yields may have to invest in an unlikely location which topped a league...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Rental affordability in the capital has improved markedly during the pandemic according to London lettings agency Benham and Reeves. The firm analysed...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News
New figures released by Rightmove this morning show that 65 per cent of London locations now have lower rent levels than...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The Momentum movement on the left wing of the Labour Party is staging a series of protests this weekend targeting landlords...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Two landlords have been handed hefty fines after pleading guilty to renting out shared houses without the correct paperwork. The owner of...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A property development firm says it’s to spend up to £500m in land acquisitions over the next three years, as part...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Renters are quitting London and heading for the regions in search of more space and bigger homes and gardens. That’s the claim...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords face having to reduce rents by at least 5% over the next five years as a growing number of...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Ed Sheeran has reportedly spent £57m on investing in the property market. The singer, 28, is said to be the owner of...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Rents in prime London and its commuter belt are expected edge higher this year due to the widening supply-demand imbalance in...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The National Landlords Association (NLA) is calling on local authorities to take much firmer action against rogue letting agents that tarnish...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News
A growing number of young professionals and students are choosing to house share, driving up the average cost of renting room...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News
There are growing signs of confidence returning to the London market, with a resurgence in house prices being anticipated owed in...
21 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Private landlords across the UK collectively earned £33.8bn from their buy-to-let investments in the year from 5 April 2017 to 2018,...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Rents for residential properties fell across parts of London in quarterly terms as the supply of properties coming on to the...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Hackney in east London has recorded the fastest growth in rents on a typical two-bedroom home over the past decade, according...
28 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Tenants in London are now required to pay up to £8,650 just to move into a rented home, it has been...
20 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Paul Cooney's sales team has had a flying start. Opened only six months ago and modelled on Horton and Garton's successful...
12 October 2017
From: Sponsored Content
At Horton and Garton, our message to West London is simple: we want to make a difference. Not just to the...
12 October 2017
From: Sponsored Content
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
From: Sponsored Content
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
In an attempt to improve standards in the private rented sector, a London-based letting agent is calling on buy-to-let landlords to adopt...
22 August 2017
From: Breaking News
Recent tax changes mean that investing in buy-to-let property will no longer deliver the returns it once did for many landlords,...
15 May 2017
From: Breaking News
Complaints against letting agents often make the headlines, but the reality is that most tenants and landlords are happy with the...
15 May 2017
From: Breaking News
Some buy-to-let landlords are bracing themselves for smaller profits over the coming years as a result of the new mortgage interest...
14 April 2017
From: Breaking News
A man has been sentenced to almost three-and-a-half-years in jail after being found guilty of remortgaging his elderly parents’ £1.5m house...
29 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Property licensing seminars will be held in London to help landlords and letting agents make sense of what is required when...