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The changes to Mortgage Interest Tax Relief and impact on your wallet Before April 2017 landlords with a mortgage on their buy-to-let...

A Labour MP is demanding action against unscrupulous predator landlords who demand sex from tenants in lieu of rent. The Daily Mail...

The Acorn group of rental activists has created a detailed crib sheet of responses to a council consultation on landlord licensing. Acorn,...

According to recent statistics, British homeowners have spent an average of £4,035.70 each on house renovations this year. With people spending...

Buyers of second or holiday homes in Snowdonia National Park should require planning permission to purchase. That’s the view of the park's...

A new website has been launched with a  view to helping landlords find quality tenants.  Using Tenancy Trust, landlords can invite reviews...

Industry leaders are calling on the government to provide urgent support for young people living in private rented housing.  As the chancellor...

Almost half of UK-based investors see property as a safe and secure asset despite the existing Covid-19 pandemic, new research shows.  FJP Investment...

Online visits and engagement by homebuyers and tenants in the UK has dropped 4.1% over the past six months as many...

Most landlords are wary of the potential damage, smells and noise complaints that can come with accommodating a tenant with pets,...

The Guild of Property Professionals is calling on the new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to use his Budget speech, which will take...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) and the National Landlords Association (NLA) are calling on the new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to use...

A good buyer’s agent can save you money, provide you with expert advice, and secure you a great property. But how...

Chasing an ex-tenant for money owed on unpaid rent is challenging at the best of times, and so imagine the difficulty...

Most private tenants are not currently interested in buying a property, fresh research shows.  Just 42% of tenants are interested in purchasing...

Sajid Javid has dismissed a report in the Times over the weekend that claimed he planned to make property sellers rather than...

A number of landlords would not currently consider investing in the buy-to-let sector as a consequence of buy-to-let tax and legislative...

The private rental sector in the UK generates more income than 130 world nations and FTSE 100 companies, new research shows. The...

Renters who move home regularly often face excessive costs associated with moving, new research shows. The study by MoneySuperMarket reveals that the...

The majority of landlords in the UK’s private rented sector do not believe that new Prime Minister Boris Johnson has a...

Boris Johnson is being to urged to do more to support investment in the private rented sector, as research shows that...

Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson, the two men competing to become the next Conservative Party leader, are being to urged to...

Private landlords would be banned from above-inflation rent rises if Labour wins power after the next general election, according to a...

The Tory leadership contest is well underway with just two candidates - Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt - left in the...

The UK has been ranked the fourth happiest place in Europe when it comes to satisfaction with our homes, according to...

The rental market in prime central London has proved resilient this year despite the impact of political uncertainty surrounding Brexit negotiations,...

Few people familiar with the UK property market would dispute the fact that the Right to Rent scheme has been deeply...

Traditionally, many renters have often sought properties with good local amenities close by in an area that falls within the catchment...

The slump in the UK home ownership rate from 73% a decade ago to just 63% today reflects the fact that...

Buy-to-let landlords are often blamed, primarily by those under the age of 40, for the existing housing crisis because property investors acquire...

If you’ve been reading about the Manchester property market, then you will probably have read that overall sales volumes have fallen...

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate Agent Today,...

With a growing number of Build to Rent (BTR) developments increasing, broadband and utilities provider, Glide, has put together the top...

Many tenants face the uncertainty of potentially having to find a new home as a result of a change in ownership,...

It’s now three years since the then Conservative Chancellor George Osborne introduced a series of measures aimed, principally, at cooling the...

Rents in the UK’s private rented sector increased by 0.97% in the 12 months to November 2018, virtually unchanged from the...

Draconian tax changes applying to buy-to-let investors will leave many private landlords with little alternative but to evict tenants and sell...

Millennials looking to get a foot on the housing ladder are now able to do so two years earlier because of the...

Renters in central London now face having to bid against each other, pushing rents up in the process, as a result...

Kensington Mortgages has extended its limited time offer across its range of buy-to-let and residential products until Monday 5th November. The buy-to-let...

Philip Hammond is coming under increasing pressure to reverse draconian tax changes applying to buy-to-let landlords. A number of landlords have been...

Kensington Mortgages has cut rates across selected buy-to-let for a limited time only. The lender’s two-year fixed rate buy-to-let product at 75%...

Philip Hammond is being urged to use his Autumn Budget, which will take place on 29 October, to support investment in...

Rent prices in London are forecast to see strong growth following a significant drop in the number of homes available to rent...

Going by press headlines, it would be easy to imagine that buy-to-let landlords in the UK are struggling to keep going...

While most private renters in the UK aspire to buy property, the reality is that many people simply cannot afford to...

There has been a significant increase in the number of buy-to-let landlords selling up, along with a notable reduction in the...

Rents are forecast to see strong growth over the next five years, according to the latest residential property forecast from the...

The idea of the property-owning democracy has deep roots and has long defined housing policy in this country, with various schemes...

Having a poor performing rental property or one you simply wish to get rid of quickly can be a real drain...

There has been a significant increase in the number of millennials investing in property crowdfunding, new research by Shojin Property Partners...

High house prices and years without real-terms wages growth have prompted a growing number of young people to abandon the idea...

Private landlords provide an increasingly vital source of affordable and flexible accommodation for many people and the government should do more...

Wealthy foreigners are prepared to spend up to £50,000 a week renting luxury homes in London, and this now risks sending...

Tenants collectively paid a whopping £51.6bn in rent last year, which is £1.8bn higher than the previous year and more than...

A community-spirited buy-to-let landlord is preparing to saddle up for an epic 3,000 mile coast to coast bike ride from the...

Whilst it has been a challenging year for private landlords, the buy-to-let sector continues to offer plenty of investment opportunities, but...

Millennials renting in this country will have spent more than £110,000 in rent by the time they are finally in a...

The UK has dropped into the bottom five European buy-to-let markets for investors as UK yields plummet, according to the latest...

A landlord who endangered the lives of his tenants has been successfully prosecuted and fined more than £200,000 for failing to...

Letting agents will compensate for potential losses resulting from a future ban on letting agent fees paid by tenants by increasing...

Buy-to-let landlords are being encouraged to improve the standard of their rental properties by keeping them free from damp, condensation and...

The proposed ban on any letting fees charged to tenants by landlords and letting agents is widely viewed as a draconian...

There has been a sharp decline in the number of in EU nationals looking to move to the UK following the...

A rogue landlord who forced susceptible women into prostitution and sexually assaulted others while ruling his £16m property empire has been...

Young private renters are facing staggering new hurdles to simply live alone and make a decent wage, new research shows.   Those attempting...

Former British prime minister Tony Blair made headlines over the Bank Holiday weekend for announcing a return to domestic politics to...

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

National Landlords Association (NLA) has teamed up with the National Insulation Association (NIA) to provide landlords with an easy to use...

The proportion of landlords who intend to sell their rental properties as a result of the government's draconian tax changes has...

Following the events of 2016, it’s easy to see why experts across the country are torn when it comes to the...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has reiterated its call for the government to reconsider banning letting agents in England...

Letting agents in England will be banned from charging fees to tenants under plans announced by the chancellor in his Autumn...

Our new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, looks like a considered man and one hopes that he will be able to ‘kick away’...

The Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, the UK’s most comprehensive property exhibition, takes place at London ExCeL this week – 7...

Investors, landlords and property enthusiasts will descend on London's ExCel on October 7 and 8 for the annual Property Investor &...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

As predicted, the pound is in freefall and the world stock markets are gyrating but this will be short lived once...

ONE of the fastest growing property companies in London has been voted the best letting agency in the UK after its...

A legal campaign to fight punitive tax relief changes for buy-to-let landlords has progressed to the next stage. Two landlords, Steve...

The two landlords behind a campaign to seek a judicial review of George Osborne’s controversial mortgage interest tax relief change say...

Opinions are split about whether limiting the amount of tax relief landlords can claim on mortgage interest payments will cause private...