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Renters are typically staying in their properties for a third longer than they did four years ago, says the Deposit Protection...

A property firm which has analysed transactions across the UK suggests the market is, at last, ‘back to normal’ in almost...

The Housing Ombudsman has ordered Yorkshire Housing to pay £3,780 after it found three findings of severe maladministration for how it...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

Another house price index has indicated a gentle rise in capital appreciation coming through at the end of 2023. Richard Sexton, director...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 -...

The proportion of private landlords who report increased demand for rental properties has more than tripled compared with demand for properties...

A BBC News report claims that increasing numbers of renters aged over 30 are moving to cheaper areas as rents have...

A prominent estate agency says there’s a stronger case for a stamp duty cut now than there was during the pandemic. Knight...

The Housing Ombudsman - who presides over social housing landlords - has issued his report on what he calls the “deeply...

It’s taken some time but one of London’s biggest lettings agencies says a ‘traditional’ lettings market has returned to the capital.  Last...

Landlords grappling with tax returns have been given some advice - file them sooner, rather than later. Data analysed by business consultancy...

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

There is currently a lot of discussion about the mortgage crisis, its impact on borrowers and landlords – and calls for...

There’s a warning that the next 12 months could be even worse than the last for the private rental sector in...

The Guild of Property Professionals has issued a warning that house prices are going to fall. A 645-word statement from the Guild...

Buy to let broker Mortgages for Business is seeking to reassure landlords worries that the values of their properties will crash. The...

Surprise, surprise - 88 per cent of tenants quizzed in a major survey are happy with their homes. Only 12 per cent...

Landlord insurance claims increased 13 per cent during the pandemic, with malicious tenant damage among the fastest growing causes of a...

A landlord has been fined and must pay compensation after being involved in an illegal eviction. The landlord - Tahir Aziz - was...

Our politics seems pretty broken to me and whilst I don’t wish to take a side between one flavour or the...

Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...

Down-sizing, once the preserve of retired home owners, is now a phenomenon in the rental market too. That’s the claim of Sarah...

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

Landmark Auctions, a new property auctioneer has launched its services offering residential and commercial property, development, investment and land through in-house,...

The government recently passed into law the much-anticipated Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022. This effectively ends government interventions to prevent commercial...

A private tenant who stabbed his landlords to death has been convicted of murder. Daniel Garcia unleashed what an Old Bailey trial...

A cleaning crisis caused by Brexit and Covid could threaten the well-being of the buy to let sector according to a...

The lack of stock available to rent continues to limit lettings activity and drive rents higher in areas of prime London,...

Capital appreciation for landlords has seen another surge according to the latest house price index, just released by the Halifax. It shows...

With the housing market showing little sign of a slowdown, interest in auction properties also signals a busy year ahead. Here's my...

There’s been a bounce back in confidence amongst London landlords - although they remain more pessimistic than their peers elsewhere in...

A record number of companies were set up last year to hold buy to let property.   In total there were 47,400 new...

There are numerous reasons as to why renting is the way forward and how it can bring just as much, if...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dodged a question from an MP about the timing of the long-awaited Rental Reform Bill and...

Rental price growth in London’s commuter belt cities and towns have outperformed villages and rural areas over the past year, says...

As I write, at home in bed recovering from Covid, I can’t fail to notice the irony of attempting to predict...

The dusk of 2021 is upon us and, as is customary in property circles at this juncture, we look forward to...

Airbnb can make life easier for UK landlords by increasing yields, simplifying the rental process and providing peace of mind against...

Demand for private rental housing is at an all time high according to new research by the National Residential Landlords Association. A...

The demise of the buy to let market has been much predicted over recent years. Major tax changes, a three per...

Avoiding over-regulation across the UK should be a priority to keep existing landlords in the sector as well as attracting buy...

Acute tenant demand over the third quarter of 2021 has propelled UK rental growth to its highest level for over a...

The Home property website has identified locations where rents have risen by up to 38 per cent in the past 12...

The majority of private landlords helping tenants out during the pandemic by cutting their rent absorbed the losses from their savings...

After lengthy periods in the doldrums, prime London’s rental market is looking up at last according to data consultancy LonRes -...

A major supplier to the lettings sector says there’s no reason landlords should not allow pets into properties so long as there...

Research by buy to let consultancy Sequre Property Investment suggests that despite the return to near-normal in much of the country,...

A Build To Rent operator claims some tenants - around a fifth - are willing to pay more for properties with...

Independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says there’s been a big increase in choice available to landlords wanting to enter the holiday...

A landlord has pleaded guilty to harassing one of his tenants during the eviction ban period. Abid Butt from Sheffield has been...

A new report to be released on Wednesday reveals that far from the pandemic building up arrears, it significantly reduced them. A...

The UK rental market has revved up amidst a sharp rise in demand for city living, driving the highest rate of...

Letting agents have reported huge surges in demand for pet-friendly properties.  Richard O’Neill, managing director at Romans Lettings, says: “There has certainly...

The latest updates affecting the work of local landlords, letting agents and property managers, plus a chance to network and catch...

The London rental market may be in for a boom as figures show Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside the capital...

A virtual tour company says this kind of property viewing is now being adopted by holiday let operators as well as...

The government has updated its guidance for landlords and tenants to explain the possession action process in the county courts in...

The latest study of the mortgager market by Aldermore Bank suggests the self-employed are finding it harder than ever to get...

There’s a new call for all Section 24 evictions to be suspended until the passing of the Rental Reform Act -...

The National Residential Landlords Association says it’s going to submit a report to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Chancellor Rishi Sunak, and...

A favourite route for a landlord acquiring properties - at auction - is likely to remain at least partly virtual in...

Investment consultancy Thirlmere Deacon says serviced apartments, typically for visitors, can provide an attractive option for investors right now. Thirlmere Deacon director...

A stinging attack on Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been made by the National Residential Landlords Association. The trade body has produced a...

Propertymark, the trade body for letting agents, has joined landlords in writing to junior housing minister Eddie Hughes to call for...

Conservative Peer Lord Black of Brentwood - Guy Black, a former newspaper magnate and Conservative activist - has urged the government...

Rental growth accelerated in May to reach a new record high according to Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons.   Last month the average cost...

There’s been a “huge demand” for buy to let mortgages spurred on by dramatic house prices rises, according to a major...

One in six landlords have allegedly lost tenants who have taken advantage of new five per cent deposit mortgage schemes. Online agency Accommodation says...

We’re on track for a bumper summer of lettings according to one of the sector’s most authoritative rental market monitors. Goodlord’s latest...

The government has revised its guidelines for its new mediation scheme, which it says will avoid some possessions now that the...

Tenants with arrears accumulated during the pandemic are finding it tough to secure alternative accommodation because their credit scores have been...

Lettings platform Mashroom has pulled together what it suggests are the most influential landlords using the social media service TikTok. For the...

There’s good news for landlords considering investing or refinancing in the buy to let sector as interest rates are beginning to...

Direct Line Business Insurance has outlined seven tell-tale signs of cannabis cultivation, which it says is an increasing problem for landlords across...

Private sector tenants are leaving London in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, changing the rental market fundamentally. According to new research, landlords...

The latest sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors makes welcome reading for most landlords. RICS deals only with broad...

Landlords have welcomed the government’s announcement to end the eviction ban and reduce the notice period required for the private rental...

The government has announced changes to tenancy notice periods in line with the phased easing of the pandemic restrictions.  Whilst some notice...

An expert assessment of the average cost of damage caused by rogue tenants growing cannabis suggests landlords will typically pay almost...

An operator in the co-living rental niche in London has recorded an average 44 per cent annual growth over the past...

An online corporate rental platform says Covid 19 has led to a six-fold increase in demand for medium-term rentals in this...

For the first time in four years, the proportion of landlords who say they plan to expand their portfolios is higher...

New figures show that there is no widespread sell-off by landlords, despite the tax and regulation changes of recent years. Data from...

One of the leading consultancies involved in prime London lettings says 86 per cent of new tenancies in Q1 2021 were...

There’s been a surge in the number of mortgage products aimed at landlords in the holiday let market. There’s been a 45...

The landlords’ trade body has backed a call from MPs demanding a clear exit strategy at the end of the latest...

In the first anniversary of the initial ban on repossessions, it appears the move has backfired spectacularly. Research for the National Residential...

Investors are sitting on an average of over £37,000 each in investment capital they are poised to inject into the property market. That’s...

The eviction ban may have made life less stressful for tenants but a housing lawyer claims otherwise. David Renton, writing in the...

A lettings agency being put into liquidation owes landlords almost £500,000 in unpaid rent.  Local media in the Midlands report that the...

It’s almost exactly a year since Britain went into its first lockdown, heralding a large number of measures affecting renting, notably...

The main landlords’ trade body has made a blistering attack on the government of one of the UK nations, asking it...

The government’s latest extension for the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions - taking it up until the end of May - is...

Letting agents in London say there's more interest from prospective tenants now the vaccine and Coronavirus roadmap suggest something like normality...

Scottish private sector landlords and tenants who face financial difficulties caused by the pandemic have more time to access support after...

Labour wants the government to change its Coronavirus guidance to end the internal reading of electric and gas meters during lockdown. The party claims...

A landlord who persistently broke residential lettings rules has been banned from operating in what a local council calls “a landmark...

The first thing you need to consider when you’re buying a second property is what are you buying it for –...

A second attempt by Labour to halt in-person property viewings during the pandemic has been batted away by the government. Labour’s shadow...