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The average price of property coming to the market for sale rises by 1.5% (+£5,279) this month to £368,118, as the...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest index, from the Halifax, shows house prices rose 0.4 per cent in February – the fifth consecutive monthly increase....
09 March 2024
From: The Big Issues
Nearly a third of landlords predict that the retail sector will see the highest level of negative growth over the next...
09 March 2024
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Some 69 per cent of landlords have already or are planning to increase the size of their property portfolio, increasing to...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s a warning today that the Bank of England’s decision to freeze base rate at the high level of 5.25 per...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Average new seller asking prices rose 1.3 per cent between December and January - the biggest rise at this time of...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest HomeLet rental index begins 2024 with a glimmer of hope for tenants as rents have fallen for the second...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The substantial majority of landlords lack any optimism about their sector as they enter 2024. That’s the result of a new sentiment...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlord confidence has rebounded strongly in recent months according to a survey by a leading buy to let-focussed bank. All aspects of...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Middleton Advisors commissions ongoing research to investigate key trends and structural changes in prime UK housing markets. Our latest research considers the...
07 October 2023
From: The Big Issues
A survey of some 2,000 landlords, agents and others in the private rental sector show renewed concern over Section 21 and...
05 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords relying on capital appreciation have good news this morning - there’s been a significant and unexpected leap in house asking...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill did not even warrant a mention in a key speech yesterday by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...
05 January 2023
From: Breaking News
New research has found that nearly half of landlords feel it’s harder being a landlord now compared to the start of...
04 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The proportion of landlords feeling optimistic about different aspects of letting is at the highest level for five years. As part of research...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Daytime TV programmes often feature amazing property bargains that can be won at auction - and there are fantastic bargains to...
30 October 2021
From: Top tips & guides
Figures show that rent arrears are 20 per cent higher in Wales than England over the first half of 2021 New research published...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Rental yields on student lets are climbing steadily across England according to a new analysis by Goodlord. In good news for landlords,...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A prominent PropTech supplier to the lettings sector predicts that as summer continues and Covid restrictions reduce, so more tenants will...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s good news for landlords considering investing or refinancing in the buy to let sector as interest rates are beginning to...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A new survey shows that just over a third of landlords have recently purchased another buy to let property or intend...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The latest sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors makes welcome reading for most landlords. RICS deals only with broad...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News
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...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News
While there is optimism over Coronavirus vaccines, it’s likely that Covid-19 will continue to change tenants’ traditional aspirations in 2021 says...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The roll-out of a vaccine for Coronavirus could dramatically change the poor rental market performance in prime London in the coming...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News
When 2020 began one of the biggest issues most landlords faced was the ending of tax relief introduced over four years...
01 December 2020
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One in 10 landlords wants to buy another investment property in the coming year according to a new survey. This compares to...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Letting agents are feeling more optimistic about the letting sector than they were at the outset of 2020 despite the challenges...
17 September 2020
From: Breaking News
The government’s decision to temporarily increase the stamp duty threshold to £500,000 for property sales in England and Northern Ireland, until...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Boris Johnson’s emphatic December general election victory has triggered fresh optimism among buy-to-let landlords, despite tax and regulatory changes hitting their...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News
An increase in demand, coupled with the growing rental stock shortage, is placing upward pressure on rental values in prime London. The...
04 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The UK formally leaves the European Union at 11pm tonight, at which point it will instantly enter into an 11-month transition...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News
After two elections and three years of intense debate and hostility, the general election in December seemed to offer the political...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Towards the end of last year, I wrote an article for Landlord Today outlining the difficulties many landlords in the UK...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News
There was an increase in the number of landlords reporting growth in tenant demand in the third quarter of the year. Paragon’s...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News
More than two fifths (41%) of portfolio landlords aim to expand their portfolio over the next 12 months, new research shows. The...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News
With significantly more properties to choose from, tenants are firmly in control when it comes to the private rented market in...
21 April 2017
From: Breaking News
Optimism among landlords has improved modestly over the past 12 months and suggests confidence is returning to the market following a...
07 April 2017
From: Breaking News
Many tenants renting privately will almost certainly be hit with rent rises following changes to the tax regime for landlords, according...
20 February 2017
From: Breaking News
Kicking off 2017, we’ve predicted stabilisation in the property market with sustainable growth and high demand. Whether you’re looking to take...
27 January 2017
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The first figures following the introduction of the stamp duty surcharge for buy-to-let landlords and second homebuyers have been released by...
01 August 2016
From: Breaking News
The number of buy-to-let mortgage arrears looks set to fall below 7,000 by the end of the year, supported by low...