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Only 2% of current properties listed for sale in London have a tenant in situ, according to lettings agency Benham and...

The head of lettings agency Benham and Reeves has made an outspoken attack on stamp duty. The agency analysed data from the...

Changes to empty home council tax rates could generate an additional £540m from Monday, a lettings agency claims. Since April 2013, billing...

I’m not especially political and certainly carry no candle for one flavour or another. I might argue that they’re all pretty...

Landlords seeking capital appreciation will be encouraged from two new housing market surveys - one showing a surprise rise in house...

A prominent lettings agent says he can see why tenants have lost faith in the government following delays in the banning...

House prices rose by 9.8 per cent year-on-year in December compared with the same month in 2021, the Office for National...

There’s rather a lot going on in the economy as I write this and, by the time it is published, who...

The property industry has this week remonstrated at the video that housing charity Shelter has published and in which they portray...

Prime central London may not seem to most obvious part of the UK for buy to let investors but a leading...

I hope you weren’t holding your breath for the Chancellor to announce a package of help for landlords in his Spring...

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

A little-known law unearthed by a lettings agency may be bad news because it means some private renters are likely to...

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

£223.7 billion. That’s how much better off UK landlords are than five years ago when you do the maths on the...

Some tenants are effectively “professional crooks” taking advantage of Coronavirus law changes to avoid paying landlords, a leading letting agent says. Benham...

A new analysis by a London lettings agency has assessed the relative investment merits of residential and commercial property. Benham and Reeves...

Rental affordability in the capital has improved markedly during the pandemic according to London lettings agency Benham and Reeves.  The firm analysed...

A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are looking to take advantage of cheaper borrowing rates, growing demand from renters, and the...

A number of buy-to-let landlords have worked closely with tenants to support those in rent arrears as a result of the...

The UK housing market is in growth mode as the recovery gathers pace, the latest figures show.  According to Rightmove, the post-lockdown...

With the latest report from Zoopla showing that rents look set to drop to their lowest level in almost six years, landlords...

Boris Johnson’s “Build Build Build” announcement yesterday was designed to help drag the UK economy out of what could prove to...

The property market had enjoyed a boost thanks to the outcome of the general election in December, but now the market faces...

Residential property prices in London continued to grow up until a week ago, as the market recovered following Boris Johnson’s election...

Rents in England are almost half of tenants’ average take-home pay, according to a new report on the state of the...

Residential property price growth remains subdued owed largely to the ongoing uncertainty created by the Brexit shenanigans in Parliament.  The data from...

Monday’s Queen's Speech opened a new session of parliament, setting out policies on crime, health, the environment, and Brexit.  But while the Queen’s Speech...

As a general election surely looms, Benham and Reeves has undertaken some research that could potentially help you decide who to...

Evicting an unscrupulous tenant could potentially cost landlords thousands, even hundreds of thousands of pounds, new research shows. Benham and Reeves has...

Letting and managing agents in England face the prospect of having to abide by a new regulatory framework, in accordance with...

The level of fraudulent rental applications being received by letting agents is on the up, new research shows. The study by Benham...

Residential property is currently the best long-term investment when compared to all other asset classes, according to buy-to-let investors. Benham and Reeves...

New research looking at the best buy-to-let markets to recoup your investment on both property price and stamp duty costs based...

Despite a number of tax and legislative changes making it harder to make money in buy-to-let, there are still pockets of...

Private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1% in the 12 months to January 2019, unchanged from...

The government’s decision to launch a consultation into a proposal to add 1% onto the stamp duty paid when buying a home in England...

Rents for residential properties fell across parts of London in quarterly terms as the supply of properties coming on to the...

Recent tax changes mean that investing in buy-to-let property will no longer deliver the returns it once did for many landlords,...

The percentage of people in the UK who own their own home is currently falling, and not just because housing is...

Buy-to-let landlords in London have not resorted to panic-selling as a consequence of the Brexit vote and are sensibly opting not...