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The latest Rental Index from Goodlord reveals that rents are now up by 5.7% over the year.  The price per property over...

The National Residential Landlords Association predicts that the House of Lords is unlikely to make substantive changes to the Renters Reform...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

Estate agency data shows that the average time it takes for a landlord other vendor to sell a house has dropped...

Landlords who paid Capital Gains Tax at 28% - before the Chancellor reduced it to 24% in this month’s Budget -...

Slowing inflation may - just may - lead the way for reduced interest rates. The headline inflation rate is now just 3.4%,...

New analysis claims that the North East of England has made “no progress on greening the highest-emissions homes in 13 years.” Meanwhile,...

Knight Frank says that the Bank of England base rate is likely to stay unchanged at 5.25 per cent for at...

UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in January, resulting in an improvement in the annual rate of house prices...

A new analysis has produced a league table of the most and least affordable rental locations in England. The findings placed Rutland...

The Bank of England has left its base interest rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent. Its Monetary Policy Committee, which decides the...

Zoopla is warning that there will be further house price falls in 2024 on top of the 4.5 per cent drop...

The Daily Telegraph appears to have uncovered a catch in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s apparent boiler grant giveaway. Last week he announced...

Landlords with property in Outer London and the East Midlands are reporting the strongest levels of tenant demand in Britain, Paragon...

After a decade of steady growth, the number of older renters is poised to increase rapidly over the next 10 years...

The Bank of England has announced its latest change in base rate, which is used by most lenders to determine interest...

House prices were largely unchanged in May, edging down by just £130 compared to April - but on an annual basis...

HMRC has contacted Landlord Today to make a direct appeal to readers to explain the benefits of submitting their 2022 to...

After three consecutive months of growth, the average UK house price fell in April, down by 0.3 per cent or around...

New figures show that property taxes - often rising as a result of frozen thresholds - lead the way as the...

Lloyds Bank says house prices are forecast to drop seven per cent this year.  The bank - which is Britain’s largest mortgage...

The rental market remained relatively steady in recent weeks, according to the latest index from PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods have remained...

New figures from HMRC this week show that the Treasury raked in another £4.1 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the...

A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...

There’s been a slowdown in the annual growth rate of house prices - a movement described as “modest” by the Nationwide. The...

Latest figures released by HM Revenue & Customs show yet another large increase in the amount of taxation received by the...

The next Prime Minister must address the supply crisis in the private rented sector if homeownership ambitions are to become a...

With the (eventual) departure of Boris Johnson, the next question for landlords and indeed much of the property industry is: What’s going...

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

Capital appreciation for landlords is running at an average double-digit strength in seven regions of the UK according to the Halifax. Its...

There’s more evidence that the feared avalanche of debt and evictions post-Covid has failed to materialise. Research for buy to let lender...

Starling Bank has snapped up specialist buy-to-let mortgage lender Fleet Mortgages in a £50 million cash and share deal. Fleet Mortgages, based...

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...

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

The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the vast majority of respondents expect rents in...

As has been broadcast widely in the news the government has been going to extraordinary lengths to enforce their message that...

Buy-to-let properties in the UK are currently in high demand and there appears to be plenty of room for further growth,...

Buy-to-let rental yields have remained largely flat, increasing by just 0.1% over the past 12 months, according to Sourced Capital. The research...

The share of gross mortgage lending for buy-to-let purposes during the first quarter of the year was 14%, thus supplying around...

Average monthly rents across the country increased by just £2, or 0.26%, on Q4 2019 to hit an average of £775...

The cost of buy-to-let mortgages has continued to fall, according to the latest research from Property Master.  The biggest month-on-month fall in...

The private rented sector ended 2019 strongly, with 27% of landlords experiencing an increase in tenant demand, according to the latest...

The north of England provided the biggest jump in returns for buy-to-let landlords in the final quarter of last year as...

There was a significant fall in lending to buy-to-let landlords, according to the latest data from UK Finance.  The figures show that...

After an encouragingly buoyant summer period for the letting sector, there are growing signs that the rental market is starting to...

The average price of residential property in the UK has increased by 189% since 1999, according to fresh analysis from independent...

Buy-to-let mortgage rates continue to fall, albeit at a slower rate, the latest data provided by Property Master shows.  October’s report from...

The average cost of renting a room in the UK has increased by just 1% over the past 12 months to...

There was an increase in the number of landlords reporting growth in tenant demand in the third quarter of the year. Paragon’s...

The number of tenants evicted by private landlords has continued to fall, according to data from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). From...

Private rents paid by tenants in the UK increased by 1.3% in the 12 months to July 2019 and is unchanged...

The UK saw a sharp rise in average rent from £757 to £771 a month, up 1.79% during the second quarter...

Buy-to-let mortgage activity increased slightly in April, with landlord investors taking out 5,100 new buy-to-let home purchase mortgages, up from 5,000...

Fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage costs look set to rise in the near term, according to Property Master. Property Master’s May 2019 Mortgage...

Scottish rents continued to edge up in the first quarter of the year, the latest figures show. The Scottish national average increased...

Weak rental growth has resulted in improved affordability for renters across many parts of the country, including London, while rents in...

The cost of taking out a buy-to-let mortgage remains at an historic low, according to the latest analysis from Mortgage Brain. Despite...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases in February rose to the highest figure since August, as supply of new property...

Confidence in the UK housing market has slumped amid Brexit uncertainty, according to Paragon’s latest Financial Adviser and Confidence Tracking (FACT)...

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

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

The average rent across England and Wales increased by 2.2% in the 12 months to October to stand at an average...

The average rent across England and Wales increased by 2.3% in the 12 months to September, reaching an average of £861...

Rental prices in the UK look set to increase as demand for property continue to rise, but the number of homes...

Take up of new rental tenancies in prime central London in the second quarter of this year was up 27.7% compared...

Rents in England and Wales increased by 4.45% to an average of £861 in the 12 months to June 2018 but...

Rental prices in Scotland continued to edge upwards in the second quarter of the year, the latest figures reveal. The Scottish national...

The cost of taking out a buy-to-let mortgage remains at an historic low, and it is likely that this will remain...

Rents in the South West, which includes the likes of Bristol, Devon and Cornwall, has seen rental price increases outstrip all...

The pricing of five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage products continued to fall in the first quarter of the year, according to...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) today unveiled its modernised branding to reflect what it describes as its ‘new corporate identity, as...

There has been a significant increase in the number of landlords who are seriously behind with their mortgage payments, new figures...

The second phase of the Prudential Regulation Authority changes, coupled with the recent interest rate hike, appear to have had minimal...

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has launched a new limited company buy-to-let mortgage product range for professional landlords. There are five products being...

Mortgage lending to buy-to-let investors remained largely unchanged in August despite an overall increase in residential mortgage lending, according to the...

Private landlords faced with significantly higher costs, as a result of recent tax changes, are being left with little alternative but...

Skipton Building Society has announced that it has tightened its portfolio affordability requirements to 150% at 5.5%, and at 5% for...

Despite the fact that UK house prices are continuing to slow, with yesterday’s figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...

A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are looking to take advantage of record low borrowing rates by locking into longer term...

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

Many tenants renting privately will almost certainly be hit with rent rises following changes to the tax regime for landlords, according...

Rents in the residential property sector are continuing to rise across many parts of the UK with no fewer than 20...

Mansfield Building Society has unveiled a new buy-to-let range up to 75% LTV and updated its rental income criteria, in accordance...

Private rents dropped marginally in October compared to the previous month, according to the latest figures from letting agents Your Move. The...

Private tenants saw average rents rise by 2.3% in the 12 months to September 2016, unchanged compared with the year to...

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

Annual rental growth slowed to 3% in September, which is the lowest rate of increase this year, HomeLet’s latest Rental Index has...

Average rents paid by private tenants increased by 2.3% in the 12 months to August 2016, as demand for rental housing...

Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote were ‘wide of the mark’ as illustrated...

Rent increases for tenants across Britain continue to far outstrip inflation as demand exceeds the supply of rental stock on the...

There has been a slight uptick in the proportion of landlords and investors looking to expand their portfolios over the next...

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

There was a significant increase in lending to buy-to-let landlords borrowing via limited companies in the first half of this year,...

With impending changes to mortgage tax relief for landlords set to have an adverse impact for many buy-to-let investors, Coventry Building...

Rents in Britain rose by an average of 2.5% in the 12 months to May, which was a marginal fall from...

Private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK increased by 2.6% in the 12 months to April 2016, unchanged when...

Rents on new tenancies rose across most parts of the UK over the three months to the end of April, led...

Rental prices in the private rented sector (PRS) rose by an average of 2.6% over the year to March 2016, unchanged...

A bill now making its way through the Welsh Assembly may “radically alter the way tenancy contracts are written” – but...

Rents in Prime Central London have risen 7.4% over the course of the past year despite being unchanged for around six...