The government has been accused of mismanaging reforms to no-fault evictions saying: “It’s created uncertainty upon uncertainty”. Theresa May first made the...
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Landlords and renters’ activists are at either end of the spectrum reacting to a controversial report on the private rental sector. Yesterday...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer and the party’s controversial Mayor of London Sadiq Khan are at loggerheads over rent controls. Khan has...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The management of BTL properties, whether it's a modest collection of three units or a more sizable portfolio of fifteen, can...
15 March 2024
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Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
More than a quarter of private landlords plan to increase the size of their property portfolios in the next year, compared...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The government should tax property ‘hoarders’ cashing in on the UK housing market says a left-leaning think tank. A report by the New Economics...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
It’s not just the weather that’s wet and dreary – the outlook looks bleak for landlords too as we head towards...
17 November 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Landlord confidence has improved over the course of the past quarter according to a respected quarterly sentiment survey. The Q3 2023 BVA...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A think tank that describes itself as “centre right” praises the Renters Reform Bill and claims the fear of landlords selling...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Over a third of private landlords would sell properties if rent controls were introduced in their area, according to a trade...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Dashly, a platform that monitors over £100 billion of mortgages, says landlords in London renewing loans soon will be, on average,...
05 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Making an investment in a country with a different currency introduces exchange rate risk. Ideally, a UK investor would buy the...
26 August 2023
From: Agent Advice
The data from the 2021 to 2022 tax year reveals that it has been a bumper year for capital gains in...
12 August 2023
From: Tax & Finance
Last month, Housing Secretary Michael Gove declared the Government was “asking too much, too quickly” of landlords by setting a 2028...
12 August 2023
From: Rental Reform
Property investment dates back centuries – millennia, even. As a fundamental necessity for post-nomadic humanity, residential and commercial real estate have...
29 July 2023
From: Tax & Finance
An angry reader has contacted Landlord Today with a letter from housing minister Rachel Maclean - which the recipient has branded...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has this morning revealed that 16 per cent of properties currently for sale were previously available on the rental market,...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
An experienced property lawyer who has specialised in residential landlord and tenant law for 22 years says she is embarrassed at...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
I have read a great deal in the media recently about a mass landlord ‘exodus’. The story goes along the lines of...
20 May 2023
From: Rental Reform
Section 21: Research carried out by Leaders Romans Group has found that Section 21 is rarely overused, and even more rarely...
20 May 2023
From: Rental Reform
A mortgage broker claims there’s “no downside” to the current problem of landlords quitting the private rental sector. Jonathan Burridge, founding adviser...
18 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The controversial Section 21 powers are neither overused by landlords, nor abused by them - despite some organisations claiming otherwise. Research by...
12 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The mass exodus of landlords unhappy with increased tax and regulation appears not to have happened - at least yet. A quarterly...
16 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Renters’ Reform Bill The Renters’ Reform Bill will dominate the PRS policy agenda in 2023. Signs are encouraging that DLUHC is considering...
07 January 2023
From: Legislation & Compliance
Tenants should brace themselves for soaring rents in the New Year, a property expert warns. The National Association of Property Buyers predicts...
21 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlord and letting agent fears over the impact of rental reform could be eased if only the industry used rigorous and...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Rent rises could finally be set to slow down because more housing stock is becoming available due to the cost of...
07 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The time taken to introduce legislation reforming the private rented sector is triggering an exodus of landlords, a lettings industry chief...
01 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The buy-to-let market is going through a rough patch. With legislative change on the horizon, coupled with bleak ROI forecasts, many...
24 September 2022
From: The Big Issues
The Scottish Government’s dramatic immediate introduction of a rent freeze and eviction ban could mark the beginning of the end of the...
07 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...
07 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Trading Standards has approved a new alternative dispute resolution body for the private rental sector. It’s The Dispute Service Ltd, and it...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent Conservative has branded the rush towards rent controls by some politicians as “heavy-handed and economically illiterate”. Janet Finch Saunders, an...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The number of private rental homes has increased by 18,610 in the last five years - defying those suggesting an exodus...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News
There is no evidence of a mass exodus of landlords from the sector despite the new regulations and slashed tax benefits...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Rents in Greater London are up an annualised 25 per cent, with much of the increase attributed to the stock of...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Bromsgrove is a classic rental market. The Worcestershire market town is enveloped by green space but is just a thirty-minute commute...
08 January 2022
From: Industry Views
A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The demise of the buy to let market has been much predicted over recent years. Major tax changes, a three per...
20 November 2021
From: Tax & Finance
A lettings agent says a new HMO licensing regime in one of London’s highest profile boroughs will reduce the number of rental...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the first submissions to Chancellor Rishi Sunak ahead of his autumn Budget and spending review later this month asks...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A mortgage expert who is a prominent sceptic about the lettings market has stepped up his criticisms, saying renting is no...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A new report to be released on Wednesday reveals that far from the pandemic building up arrears, it significantly reduced them. A...
13 September 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s a warning today that some office-to-resi and shop-to-resi conversions - often thought to be popular purchases by buy-to-let investors -...
19 August 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the most respected and experienced agents in Prime Central London has given an insight into the lettings market in...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News
London agency Dexters says the number of lettings applicants rose 50 per cent in 2020 with a particular surge in November...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News
New data from letting agents suggests that there’s been a substantial rise in the number of landlords selling buy to let...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News
The chancellor’s decision to order a review of capital gains tax, signalling a future raid on second homeowners, including buy-to-let landlords,...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News
It’s no secret that the war on landlords has escalated heavily since 2016 and as we find ourselves in a new...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Is the UK on the brink of a mass landlord exodus? It may seem like an ominous question, but ask people...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The housing plans being put forward by Boris Johnson have been described by the National Landlords Association (NLA) as “ruinous” and...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Proposals by the main political parties, including the Tory government, to scrap Section 21 notices to evict tenants could potentially pave...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their existing buy-to-let portfolio, new research from...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News
The tenant fee ban is new to most of the UK, but has been in place in Scotland since 2012. Advocates...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News
The rental market in prime central London has proved resilient this year despite the impact of political uncertainty surrounding Brexit negotiations,...
15 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Tax and legislative changes have unsurprisingly left many buy-to-let investors with little alternative but to pass costs onto tenants by pushing up...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News
There was a significant increase in the number of landlords exiting the rental market in December 2018 as rents increased for...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Rents in the UK’s private rented sector increased by 0.97% in the 12 months to November 2018, virtually unchanged from the...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Rents in London are expected to increase further in 2019 due to the widening supply-demand imbalance in the capital’s rental market,...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News
The reversal of controversial alterations to mortgage interest relief and the scrapping of the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional properties understandably...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The chances of a no-deal Brexit are looking increasingly likely after EU leaders snubbed Theresa May’s latest compromise offer, but that...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Fears that regulatory changes will pave the way for an exodus from the buy-to-let market may be a little premature, according...
26 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Rent prices in London are forecast to see strong growth following a significant drop in the number of homes available to rent...
24 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Landlords are selling close to 4,000 buy-to-let properties a month resulting in the first recorded fall in the number of rental...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News
One in five landlords plan to stay in the buy-to-let market indefinitely, with the same number of portfolio landlords foreseeing the...
21 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Landlords generally believe that many recent regulation changes have gone too far and want to see the government rethink the swathes...
17 August 2018
From: Breaking News
The government must start to provide financial incentives for buy-to-let landlords prepared to offer longer tenancies or risk seeing rents soar,...
14 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Bricks and mortar have provided stellar returns for many people over the past couple of decades, prompting many to rely on...
16 July 2018
From: Breaking News
An exodus of landlords from the buy-to-let market has caused a significant drop in rental property listings in recent month with...
12 July 2018
From: Breaking News
The UK is facing a critical rental shortage as many landlords continue to offload properties due to recent tax a change,...
15 June 2018
From: Breaking News
The private rented sector will not experience a “mass exodus” of private landlords as a result of tax changes and tougher...
22 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Lord Flight, a former Conservative Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has once again criticised his own party’s buy-to-let tax changes,...
04 April 2018
From: Breaking News
This week, there have been warnings that the buy-to-let market is looking ‘increasingly bleak’ and that landlords are deterred from entering...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News
2017 was a year of flux for landlords, with Brexit becoming a reality and two Budgets from Phillip Hammond dictating the...
04 January 2018
From: Breaking News
As the government prepares to invoke Article 50 to leave the EU, very few experts forecast that Brexit will have an...
10 March 2017
From: Breaking News
Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...
05 August 2016
From: Sponsored Content
There has been a surge in high quality tenants, including many corporate tenants working for blue chip companies, flocking to the...