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Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
As the Renters Reform Bill heads towards the House of Lords, a free webinar is targeting landlords operating in the student...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Escalating rents have led many first time buyers to adjust their property expectations and accept smaller homes when they purchase, a...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Citra Living, the Build To Rent arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has announced another new scheme. It is a 95-flat development at...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Melton council in Leicestershire has prosecuted a resident who pleaded guilty of failing to comply with a planning contravention notice which...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords have been urged to protect their properties against bed bugs with regular inspections. Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest Rental Demand Index from the Barrows and Forrester agency has revealed that rental demand has surged during the third...
30 September 2023
From: The Big Issues
The latest rental market snapshot from lettings agency Barrows and Forrester has revealed the hottest location for tenant demand. It says Dorset...
30 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A lettings agent with 3,500 properties under management has written a long letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove complaining about the...
29 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A council launching a new selective licensing regime admits that three quarters of the applicants so far have omitted to provide...
07 March 2023
From: Breaking News
An unlikely location heads the latest league table purporting to show the highest returns on property investment. Aldermore’s Buy To let City...
27 January 2023
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London continues to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year running. Data...
27 January 2023
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There’s a dilemma for landlords wishing to expand their portfolios - do so now, just as some buyers are offering discounts?...
30 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Limits to the number of homes being converted into Houses in Multiple Occupation in parts of Leicester are due to be...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent Tory thinker has suggested that English councils should be obliged to sell off an estimated 31,000 councils houses and...
24 October 2022
From: Breaking News
With cost of living increases impacting homeowners, landlords and tenants, are the 44,130 vacant houses across cities in England a bigger...
19 October 2022
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A new selective licensing scheme has been launched this week in Leicester. The scheme will be in operation in three main cluster...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
As I write this, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has gone back on his mini budget plan to abolish the 45p...
08 October 2022
From: The Big Issues
Personal finance website Money has produced a league table of cities where landlords can enjoy strong returns from student tenants. Top comes...
03 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A new rent-to-own scheme means some tenants can save a slice of their rent to help build a deposit to buy. Financial...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
New selective licensing measures are to be introduced across three parts of Leicester in a new clampdown on landlords. The combined areas...
13 July 2022
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A landlord has been jailed for a year after making a homeless woman perform sexual favours for him in return for...
11 May 2022
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A landlord must demolish two penthouse apartments by mid July - or else go to jail. It’s being reported that a case...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A new large-scale Build To Rent landlord, which describes itself as providing “high-quality luxury student accommodation,” has revealed a second scheme...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A new large-scale Build To Rent landlord, which describes itself as providing “high-quality luxury student accommodation,” has revealed a second scheme...
08 December 2021
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A council is consulting over a range of private rental sector measures. Leicester council is proposing a range of measures requiring landlords...
03 December 2021
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A Midlands city is starting consultation on a major extension of powers over HMOs. Leicester council wants to have an extended Article...
04 November 2021
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Landlords with student tenants, as well as the growing number of institutional landlords of purpose built student accommodation, appear to be...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A council in Leicestershire is poised to introduce two new licensing schemes for private landlords. Charnwood council has now approved the conditions...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A rogue landlord has been fined £2,000 and must pay a victim surcharge of £22 after pleading guilty to breaching a...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Three lettings agencies have been expelled for The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensation to landlords. And as they are now...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A lettings platform specialising in student accommodation has a new way to spot locations with excess supply. UniHomes says Southampton, Portsmouth and...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A not-for-profit educational charity that acts as a lettings agency has praised private landlords for contributing to a rent discount scheme. Sulets...
04 February 2021
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Landlords in the the Charnwood area of the Midlands are invited to give their views on the proposed conditions for two...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News
HMOs are an important part of the UK housing market as they offer students and young professionals affordable accommodation. There is...
10 November 2020
From: Property Investment & Strategy
A local authority is thought to be the first in the country to be offering a Coronavirus lifeline to hard-pressed landlords. Leicester...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let investments with a tenant already in situ are most in-demand across Glasgow, according to Howsy. The letting management platform reports that...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News
With the academic year set to get underway, thousands of students are busily moving into flats and rented homes in towns...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News
A majority of tenants are looking for unfurnished homes, new research shows. Online property management platform Howsy analysed existing rental property listings...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Private renters naturally have rights and responsibilities, but it would appear that uncertainty presented by the outbreak of Covid-19 has left...
11 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Student property will remain a very profitable asset class giving robust return despite the existing disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic,...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Demand for rental properties and the supply of rental stock have dropped significantly year-on-year across the majority of UK cities and...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News
To help support our NHS workers, Seven Living are offering 50 self-contained properties for free to NHS staff embarking on 14-day...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News
As the escalating coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc, a number of tenants have been left in extremely vulnerable situations. Many who...
26 March 2020
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Residential property prices across all English Cities have risen above pre-crisis peaks for the first time since 2007, the latest Zoopla...
26 February 2020
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Newcastle upon Tyne has been named the most affordable place to rent in the UK. According to the research, undertaken by CompareTheMarketcom,...
05 February 2020
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Fresh figures from Howsy has revealed the most in-demand cities to rent property in the United Kingdom, with some surprising findings. The...
20 January 2020
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The locations that saw the biggest house price increases in the last year have been unveiled by the Post Office Money. The...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News
What has happened to residential property prices since the last general election just two years ago? On a national scale, the...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Landlords currently looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas should head north to places like Liverpool and Scotland, with new research...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News
With 2020 fast approaching, it is time for forward thinking buy-to-let landlords to start looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Owning property is rapidly becoming the impossible dream in this country for many renters, especially when it comes to purchasing property...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Zoopla’s UK Cities House Price Index for July 2019, which focuses on trends in housing affordability as measured by the ratio...
23 August 2019
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Top-flight football returns this weekend, with Liverpool preparing for tonight’s Premier League opener versus Norwich City, but what team should landlords...
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News
The average cost of renting a room in the UK increased by 8% between April and June and now stands at...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News
When you rent a property to a tenant, you are required to pay tax on any profit you make from rental...
26 June 2019
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has light-heartedly threatened to withhold rent if his landlord fails to do the football club a favour...
26 April 2019
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Despite Brexit, homebuyers, including buy-to-let investors, in the north of England are showing much more confidence than those in the south. Since...
28 February 2019
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There has been a moderate rise in residential property price growth across the UK, according to the latest analysis carried out...
27 February 2019
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A number of buy-to-let landlords prefer to rent out property on a room by room basis instead of renting the whole...
15 February 2019
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As 2018 draws to a close, the vast majority of areas have seen rents increase over the past 12 months, according...
27 December 2018
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An unscrupulous landlord who crammed six families into a three-bedroom house has been ordered to pay just under £3,000 by a...
02 October 2018
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The number of buy-to-let landlords acquiring new properties continues to tumble as recent tax changes bite, but property remains a viable...
13 September 2018
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Throughout September, Draker in partnership with Vue Cinemas will be offering two free cinema tickets to all the letting agency’s landlords. There...
10 September 2018
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Student property remains one of the most lucrative investments available to landlords, with sky-high yields of almost 12% currently on offer. With...
05 September 2018
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One in three renters never intend to buy their own home, mainly because they are happy living in the private rented sector,...
13 July 2018
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GoCompare has launched a new tool to help determine where you should invest your money for the best capital growth and...
21 June 2018
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Colchester has been named the best place for buy-to-let investors in today’s market, based on a combination of capital value growth,...
03 April 2018
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Most areas of England and Wales have seen rental price growth over the past 12 months, but where are rents increasing...
09 March 2018
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A generous landlord, who has asked to remain anonymous, has donated one of her rental properties to Jose Ragoobeer, whose family...
02 March 2018
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The average two-year buy-to-let fixed mortgage deal at 75% loan-to-value (LTV) has fallen to a record-low of 2.47%, as many landlords...
30 January 2018
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With the plans for the Northern Powerhouse in full flow and the housing market in London currently being outperformed by other...
02 January 2018
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Thousands of people are being offered the chance to win a three-bedroom house in the West Midlands The bungalow in Halesowen, which...
20 November 2017
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Four landlords in Gainsborough have been heavily penalised after failing to comply with West Lindsey District Council’s selective licensing scheme. The quartet...
03 November 2017
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dLighted, the insurance backed deposit-free renting solution, is once again trying to persuade more landlords and tenants to use its service...
27 October 2017
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Four landlords in Lincolnshire have been ordered to pay a collective fine of £232,155.68 for failing to comply with licensing regulations. The...
19 October 2017
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A buy-to-let landlord is raffling off a three-bedroom house in the Leicestershire town of Wigston which is worth in the region...
02 October 2017
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The ESTAS, a kite mark of excellent service for property professionals, has announced the winners of the Letting Agents of the...
16 May 2017
From: Breaking News
The rental market across England and Wales has enjoyed a strong start to the year, with rents rising in all but...
24 February 2017
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Rents in the residential property sector are continuing to rise across many parts of the UK with no fewer than 20...
13 February 2017
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There was a sharp increase in new rental properties listed in October, mostly in major towns and cities, according to fresh...
11 November 2016
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Bitex Home has announced that it will be holding a residential property investment seminar next week in aid of LOROS – a...
21 October 2016
From: Breaking News
The supply of homes listed on the market to let has fallen sharply now that pretty much all of the buy-to-let...
18 October 2016
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Tenants are now adopting a more short-term view on renting property, reflected in the average assured shorthold tenancy length which is...
13 May 2016
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A Leicester landlord who rented out a house in multiple occupation (HMO) without a license has been ordered to pay almost...
18 January 2016
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A landlord has been banned from renting out a converted garage after environmental health officers found a family living in sub-standard...