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A new study by the Nationwide has found that landlords selling properties with poor EPC ratings are unlikely to suffer huge...

It will take no less than 18 years for all private rental properties to achieve an EPC rating of C or...

There's speculation that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will use changes to Capital Gains Tax to help fill the hole in the public...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a collection of some 20 groups, fronted by Generation Rent - has announced that it is...

Housing has emerged as a key talking point during Labour's first few days in government. This comes at a fractious time for...

Build To Rent giant Grainger has issued a checklist of questions which it advises tenants to ask their landlords before agreeing...

The Conservatives have set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and related issues.  Here...

Figures from the Department for Energy and Net Zero indicate that only 4,648 households so far have taken advantage of the...

There’s been a bevvy of buy to let mortgage deal changes this week. Shawbrook has made a series of reductions across its...

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

The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...

A major property industry supplier claims that the housing sector could meet government targets to improve the Energy Performance Certificate ratings for homes.  Landmark...

A leader of the pro-tenant activist group Acorn has told MPs that “one man bands” are more likely to exploit tenants...

A range of grants, including new and enhanced schemes, are available to help landlords improve the energy efficiency of homes and...

The cheapest end of the rental market is under-supplied and overly competitive, a deposit alternative service claims. The provider - Zero Deposit...

Paragon Bank is the latest to reduce mortgage rates for landlords. It’s cut rates across 22 buy-to-let mortgage products, with fixed deals...

Households are being hammered by higher council tax rates year after year with no sign of local authorities moderating the burden,...

Proposed minimum energy efficiency standards regulation in England could leave residential landlords facing a £17.9 billion bill, a lettings agency warns. The...

Over the last couple of years, the government has made several changes to how income and profits are taxed. Some of...

Three quarters of local authorities are set to increase their council tax by the maximum amount in April as they complain...

Prime rental growth in London ended 2022 up 10.9 per cent on the year, according to Savills prime lettings index, as...

The government has announced plans for a £1 billion scheme - called ECO+ - which will see hundreds of thousands of...

Zoopla says a “widespread repricing” is underway in the sales market, but with no sign of cooling yet in the lettings...

The people behind the largest ever analysis of Build To Rent in England claim it shows  a broad and evolving customer...

The Bank of England has increased its base rate from 2.25 per cent to 3.0 per cent. This is the largest hike...

A leading financial analyst says what are generally called “period properties” are set to become financial nightmares for landlords or owner...

Surprise, surprise - 88 per cent of tenants quizzed in a major survey are happy with their homes. Only 12 per cent...

As the cost of energy spikes and the government rolls out new support, landlords and tenants involved in ‘bills included’ rental...

The government has repeated its demand that landlords pass on energy rebates to tenants. A written parliamentary question on this issue was...

New figures released this morning show that buy to let investors and second home buyers now pay almost half of the...

Landlords are being hit with more stamp duty as they expand their portfolios, thanks to the house price surge pushing homes...

Another council is offering landlords financial assistance in improving energy efficiency in their investment properties.  North Norfolk District Council has won £3.85m...

The increased energy price cap could mean bills for the average band G home hit almost £5,000 a year, up £145...

A senior Labour MP has written to the Housing Secretary Michael Gove seeking reassurances that landlords will not keep council tax...

One of the biggest buy to let lenders is the latest mortgage firm to launch a green product. From today the Barclays...

Paragon Bank is doubling both the maximum loan amount it lends on an individual property and the total buy to let...

A one-time promoter of The Rolling Stones was so busy on the road that he forgot to get an HMO licence...

The risk assessment system used by local authorities to judge health and safety issues relating to properties needs updating - and...

Foundation Home Loans has made a range of changes to its buy-to-let product range, which includes increases to loan-to-value (LTV) bands,...

A cap limiting landlord spending on energy efficiency improvements to £3,500 should be scrapped and replaced with a new £5,000 figure,...

It is estimated that around 33,000 properties across the UK may be unwittingly let illegally, according to research. A recent study exploring...

Santander has increased the maximum term, age and loan-to-value (LTV) for its buy-to-let products, while also making amendments to its affordability...

Tens of thousands of landlords across the UK could be unwittingly renting out property illegally because they have should have an...

It is common knowledge (and common sense) that university towns and cities are full of people who are natural renters. This...

More landlords of the draughtiest homes in England and Wales will be required to upgrade their properties after amendments to regulations...

Standards in the private rented sector have got better as buy-to-let landlords respond to a flurry of legislation aimed at improving...

Skipton Building Society this morning relaunched a number of its fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages cutting rates by up to 0.25%. The society...

There are now only six months until the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) are implemented – a sweeping change due...

The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) Regulations make it unlawful from April 2018 to let domestic and commercial buildings in England...

Around 5% of buy-to-let properties are set to fail new Minimum Energy Efficient Standards (MEES) that come into effect in April...

Very few of us enjoy filling in a tax return. But here are a few suggestions put forward by London based...

Around two-thirds of buy-to-let landlords lack awareness of new Minimum Energy Efficient Standards (MEES) that come into effect in April 2018,...

Marsden Building Society has broadened its product range across its buy-to-let, residential and older portfolios, including cutting prices and increasing loan-to-value...

The UK’s largest private landlord has drawn up a list of the sort of tenants that the he will and will...

A quarter of all residential properties acquired in the summer were either a buy-to-let investment or a second home, fresh data...

Investec Private Bank announced yesterday that it will be introducing a range of new loan-to-value (LTV) bands across its buy-to-let products with borrowing...

TSB has launched a range of new fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage products with interest rates lowered on certain products by up...

Skipton Building Society has launched a range of new fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage products with interest rates lowered on certain products...

Up to 330,000 buy-to-let landlords will be required to pay a “green tax” of up to £5,000 to make their properties...

Skipton Building Society has launched a refreshed range of fixed rate buy-to-let products with interest rates lowered on certain products by...

Landlords and property experts have continued to express their anger at changes to the stamp duty regime announced in the Autumn...

A critic of the suggestion that buy-to-let landlords could set up companies to ‘beat’ the ending of tax breaks has renewed...