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A leading business analyst is firmly blaming interest rates for the see-saw in house prices seen in recent indices. The latest, from...

UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March. Nevertheless, the annual rate of house price growth edged higher to 1.6% in...

Co-living developments are a type of purpose-built rental housing, under the same principle as Build To Rent (BTR) but offering smaller size...

The so-called ‘Boris bounce’ in the housing market after the last General Election failed to materialise, an estate agency chain claims. Winkworth,...

A new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...

The latest index, from the Halifax, shows house prices rose 0.4 per cent in February – the fifth consecutive monthly increase....

Building on the momentum of 2023, the North West is poised for continued growth in rental and property prices. Early investment...

Zoopla’s latest market snapshot, used as a guide to capital appreciation by some landlords, says there’s now a three-tier housing market...

Landlords selling up because of rising taxes and unaffordable regulations are being advised not to be over ambitious with asking prices.  Tim...

The average price of a home in Wales fell to £234,086 at the end 2023 following continued economic and financial pressures,...

UK landlords are doubling down on urban flats amidst a slow but definite return to conventional office working. Data from Shawbrook Bank...

Despite inflationary and mortgage volatility over the last 12 months, a mortgage lender claims over a third of commercial landlords are...

Average new seller asking prices rose 1.3 per cent between December and January - the biggest rise at this time of...

Rightmove is building the hype ahead of its much-vaunted Boxing Day listing of new properties to the market. The portal claims that...

How to Achieve Low Season Holiday Let Bookings This year, with families across the UK facing a squeeze to their budgets, we’ve...

It’s the number of homes changing hands rather than their price that’s bearing the brunt of the slowdown say research chiefs...

As the ‘big buy-to-let’ sell off gathers momentum, we take a look ways you can guestimate the value of your rental...

The latest edition of a housing market measure has suggested that one borough of London has seen rent rises of 33...

The Nationwide says March saw a further decline in house prices - they are down 3.1 per cent compared with the...

One of the property industry’s most respected bodies says Build To Rent won’t solve the lettings supply shortfall. The claim comes in...

At LRG we are currently seeing rental properties go within days, and sometimes hours of being placed on the market.  Rent is...

The mood music surrounding the housing market downturn appears to have become less dramatic with news from the Nationwide that there...

Prices fell 1.4 per cent from October, which was the largest month-on-month fall since June 2020. And annual house price growth saw...

Zoopla says a “widespread repricing” is underway in the sales market, but with no sign of cooling yet in the lettings...

The housing market has lost further momentum in September, according to the latest RICS Residential Market Survey.   The institution says the...

The mini-Budget was always billed as a tax-cutting, growth-generating affair - and so it proved - but Labour has criticised it...

Grainger, the UK’s largest landlord and a huge player in the Build To Rent sector, says it’s going to implement only...

* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - The latest lettings market...

Annual UK house price growth slowed to 10 per cent in August, from 11 per cent in July - and the...

Landlords who use the Moneyfacts service to help find the most competitive offers on the mortgage market can now benefit from...

Annual house price growth in the UK accelerated to 11 per cent last month, a smidgeon up on June’s 10.7 per...

Unscrupulous landlords in the ‘exempt rental’ niche will be driven out by a new clampdown, the government insists. The exempt sector provides...

Annual house price growth slowed slightly last month, dipping to 10.7 in June from 11.2 per cent in May, according to...

May saw a slight slowing in the rate of annual house price growth to 11.2 per cent from 12.1 per cent...

House prices rose less than expected last month after expanding at the fastest rate for almost two decades.  The Nationwide says annual...

Bizarre but true - a tenant has undergone a pseudo-marriage ceremony with her cat in a bid to get around any...

It looks as if landlords have enjoyed further capital appreciation with the latest housing market index showing still-rising asking prices for...

Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina says he anticipates the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper may now be delayed further, possibly until...

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

A major supplier to the lettings industry has just acquired a pet referencing company and suggests that greater due diligence could...

Last month, I wrote about what’s in store for the private rented sector in 2022 and, like most commentators in our...

One of the most respected buying agents in London says buy to let in the capital is losing its appeal for...

The campaign to ensure that landlords are included in the government’s measures to alleviate the problem of dangerous cladding is gathering...

It looks as if buy to let investors looking for capital returns over yield may have struck lucky - so long...

A petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners is now nearing its 50,000...

Momentum for pets to routinely be allowed in rental properties has chiefly come from politicians and tenant groups - but now...

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

Former Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has spoken out against what he calls “the greed of the mega-landlords.” The veteran MP -...

The Momentum group on the left of the Labour Party has outlined a three-stage campaign to secure a longer term ban on...

The spring market in Florida is white-hot at the moment, rivalling the increasing temperatures across the state as people begin their...

The Momentum movement on the left wing of the Labour Party is staging a series of protests this weekend targeting landlords...

One of the country’s leading property experts says landlords are now reassessing their portfolios as a result of possible Capital Gains...

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

On top of the rush to beat the stamp duty holiday deadline and changes to Help To Buy - both with cliff...

There is growing momentum for local councils to freeze their plans for landlord licensing while the pandemic continues. Lettings agency trade body...

Momentum is building against councils pushing ahead with licensing schemes despite the pandemic. Earlier this week ARLA Propertymark, the letting agents’ trade...

The post-lockdown rebound in buying momentum looks set to continue in and around London as we head into Autumn, according to...

The number of residential property sales agreed have surged in the month since the chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday, with...

Potential reforms to the leasehold system could lead to a sharp rise in the number of freeholders looking to sell their...

The chancellor’s decision to temporarily cut stamp duty has led to a surge in property searches, according to Rightmove.  The property website...

Rightmove yesterday recorded a sharp rise in searches for property on its website as it was forced to deal with pent...

Online property searches have surged back to normal levels with Rightmove recording the highest number of unique enquiries in one day...

Fresh figures show that there was a rise in the number of housebuilders completing new homes in England last year, helping to alleviate...

Demand for rental homes with outdoor space has surged in recent weeks as a result of the existing coronavirus lockdown, according...

With renters, landlords, buyers, and sellers being advised to delay their home moves if possible and not to allow new viewings,...

It’s no secret that the war on landlords has escalated heavily since 2016 and as we find ourselves in a new...

Momentum towards an interest rate cut is growing after a third of members of the Bank of England’s rate-setting committee signalled...

Rental prices in London are set to increase by an average of 15% over the next five years compared to 10%...

There was a significant improvement in the letting market, the latest figures from Agency Express shows. The number of new rental property...

There has been a significant rise in the number of landlords re-entering the buy-to-let market after coming to terms with the...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

The UK Build to Rent sector continues to go from strength to strength, with record levels of investment in the first...

There has been an improvement in the letting market, according to board company Agency Express. The number of new rental property listings...

PLATFORM_ has been awarded planning consent to build just over 200 homes on the site of the former Browning Jones &...

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has announced enhancements to its buy-to-let product criteria. Tipton says that the move is part of its...

CreditLadder has joined forces with Bud to help tenants use rental payment history in credit scoring, with a view to helping...

A proposal to scrap Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988, the clause which allows landlords to evict tenants without cause, would...

The UK housing market continued to slow last month as reflected by a drop in new mortgage lending, with many buy-to-let...

There was a drop in the number of properties ‘let’ last month, while there was also a decline in the number...

UK house price growth has slowed to the lowest level since August 2013, according to the latest data from the Office...

While the UK weather continues to defy all expectation, with scorching temperatures raging across the country, the rental market in London...

There has been a further improvement in the letting market, according to board company Agency Express. The number of new rental property...

Principality Building Society has cut the rate on its five-year buy-to-let mortgage product at 75% loan-to-value by 0.1% to 2.75%, making...

Following a slowdown in rental market activity in April, new letting data from the Agency Express Property Activity Index has revealed...

LendInvest has reduced rates on a number of its buy-to-let mortgage deals. The specialist lender has introduced a two-year fixed rate at...

There has been an improvement in the letting market, according to board company Agency Express. The number of new rental property listings...

With residential property prices in super prime London continuing to fall, an increasing number of would-be purchasers are turning to luxury...

Theresa May continued to shake-up her ministerial team yesterday by handing jobs to several junior ministers, but he her decision to...

Buy-to-let mortgage sales increased by 10.8%, or £334.1m, in November compared with a month earlier, fresh analysis of the intermediary marketplace...

A new online property letting website backed by newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror has been launched, offering to cut out the role...

Landbay has reported a record month of buy-to-let lending in September, despite the latest crack down on the sector. Stricter portfolio buy-to-let...

The number of properties being listed to let dropped for the fourth consecutive month in April, and this is placing upward...

There was a significant increase in both the number of new listings and properties let last month, but the rental market...

Rents in this country are now around half of tenants’ average take-home pay, according to a report on the state of...

Buy-to-let landlords north of the border are being offered an alternative to conventional, interest-bearing, property finance products, following the launch of...

Specialist lender Paragon remains positive about buy-to-let, despite a tightening of regulations in the market that has included a major crackdown...

There was a sharp decline in the amount buy-to-let investors borrowed to acquire property in August, reflecting the fact that a...

The first figures following the introduction of the stamp duty surcharge for buy-to-let landlords and second homebuyers have been released by...

With just hours remaining until the polls close, the outcome of the EU referendum is too close to call. The sense of...

A legal campaign to fight punitive tax relief changes for buy-to-let landlords continues to build momentum as campaigners move closer to...