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The move from the Bank of England to cut base rate for the first time in four years, from 5.25% to...

Research by comparison site GetAgent has shown that across Britain, the number of home sellers entering the market increased by 23%...

Our data reveals a striking trend: landlords buying property are getting younger.  The average age of landlords purchasing with a buy-to-let mortgage...

The fierce competition for landlord customers continues amongst lenders. Fleet Mortgages has changed its product range for HMOs launching a new two-year,...

The BBC - which through its use of exclusive Zoopla data has championed tenants in recent years - has acknowledged that...

Financial experts are warning that the increase in the headline rate of inflation from 2.0% to 2.2% might be enough to...

Speculation about which way the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee will go on interest rates today remains sharply divided.  The Bank’s...

TV property guru Phil Spencer says landlords would be wise to make long-term investments despite their strong position in the current...

Prime London rental growth picked up in Q2 (0.7% from 0.3% in Q1), according to the latest index results from Savills,...

The Labour landslide victory in last week’s election won’t change the weather when it comes to mortgage rates, a leading analyst...

Another slew of buy to let lenders have slashed rates on their products as competition for landlords hots up further. A statement...

“When it comes to housing policy, there is little difference between the two major parties” says Aneisha Beveridge, head of research...

Three more lenders have revised their buy to let mortgage range as competition continues apace to get landlord customers. Landbay has announced...

The year to March 2024 saw the fewest new housing sites consented than during any 12-month period since the data collection...

Several lenders have revised their products as competition for buy to let landlords hots up. Melton Building Society has launched four new...

The days of simply listing your property on Airbnb and waiting for the bookings to roll-in are sadly over. With the...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has held base rate at 5.25% for the sixth time in a row. The news...

Demand is still way ahead of supply min he private rental sector, a Rightmove survey has round. The property portal says there...

The average advertised rent of new properties coming onto the market hits a 17th consecutive record, with the average price of...

The government has been accused of mismanaging reforms to no-fault evictions saying: “It’s created uncertainty upon uncertainty”. Theresa May first made the...

Landlord Action founder Paul Shamplina says the government must set a date for Section 21 abolition to give all sides of...

Jonathan Rolande is a property industry and housing market commentator, and is founder of the National Association of Property Buyers.  It’s almost...

Landlords have only until Friday to give their views on a controversial licensing consultation from a council known for its aggressive...

Renters are typically staying in their properties for a third longer than they did four years ago, says the Deposit Protection...

New data sourced from millions of Barclays current accounts reveals growing stability in UK housing costs, which saw their lowest uplift...

The Government quietly announced population projections towards the end of January that could have major implications for the types of homes...

Confidence has returned to the mortgage market, with sentiment improving steadily month by month in the last quarter of 2023, according...

Research by Zero Deposit, a deposit alternative service, claims that under-30s face an almost impossible task when it comes to current...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

The average price of a home in Wales fell to £234,086 at the end 2023 following continued economic and financial pressures,...

Analysts have warned landlords and others interested in the housing market from celebrating too much following the latest Halifax index figures. The...

Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - and has looked back on the past 12 months. This year, 2023, ends with...

Consumer Price Inflation in November was 3.9 per cent - significantly lower than the 4.4 per cent expected by many analysts. It’s...

Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - but just as it has done this, it’s revealed asking prices have dropped...

It’s not just the weather that’s wet and dreary – the outlook looks bleak for landlords too as we head towards...

The asking price of homes coming to the market this month is down 1.7 per cent on October according to Rightmove.  The...

Average house prices are now falling 2.9 per cent annually in England and Wales according to the monthly e.surv index. Yorkshire and...

Authoritative new research suggests that there’s been a 91,000 rise in student numbers to 2.3m - yet in major student cities...

Landlords and brokers are up in arms about alleged profiteering by buy to let mortgage lenders’ arrangement fees. These jumped last autumn...

New figures from London-focussed agency Foxtons show applicant demand up 19 per cent in June, as the capital enters the peak...

Annual growth in rental values continues to increase in the traditionally busy summer months, with little sign of an imminent slowdown.  This...

A normally-ebullient auction company has admitted to a big slump in the number of bidders at its latest sale. Auction House’s May...

A sports team has made the unusual move of issuing a direct appeal to private landlords to help it find accommodation...

The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...

HMRC says UK residential transactions in March totalled 89,560 - that’s a chunky 19 per cent lower than the same month a...

A prominent estate agency says landlords and other property owners considering selling this spring must be realistic about asking prices. Savills -...

The Nationwide says March saw a further decline in house prices - they are down 3.1 per cent compared with the...

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out ways in which mortgage lenders can help customers struggling with payments - but landlords...

The Competition and Markets Authority is launching a three month probe into the workings of the private rental sector. It says the focus...

A perfect storm is brewing in the lettings market with rents spiralling driven by increasing demand fuelled by workers returning to...

New figures from London-focussed letting agency Foxtons show rental demand remaining very strong. Last month’s figures show that compared to January 2020,...

Every year, those thinking about investing in property for the first time and even current landlords ask themselves whether it’s the...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside London have risen to another new record of £1,172 per calendar month says Rightmove. This...

New data from Rightmove reveals the areas which have seen the largest price jumps in the past year. It says that Eastwood...

Foxtons says London’s market is finally cooling - at least a little - for the Christmas period. November followed the seasonal downward...

Investment buyers will snap up a higher proportion of homes in 2022 than they did in 2021, the Hamptons agency forecasts.   So...

Rents are still rising rapidly across Prime London, hitting a new record high, as the shortage of property available to rent...

The Competition and Markets Authority has raised concern about a Build To Rent deal which it believes could result in reduced...

Figures from London-focussed agency Foxtons suggest that rentals have reaching the highest ever weekly price in the capital. The average in September...

The winners have been revealed in a nationwide search for the UK and Ireland’s best holiday lets. The awards, which were organised...

New figures from London agency Foxtons highlight the continuing imbalance between supply and demand across the capital. It says rents were up...

Over 5,000 leaseholders – some of them private landlords – could get refunds on their ground rent after the Competition and...

A major lettings agency in London says the imbalance between the number of tenants and available rental properties continues to cause...

New research from an online buy to let mortgage broker shows that average rates for some typical deals favoured by landlords...

The UK government’s ban on the sale of new combustion cars from 2030 is fuelling a surge in Electric Vehicle adoption....

The Commonwealth Games, which begin today in Birmingham, could turbo-charge capital appreciation in the city by up to 15 per cent. That’s the...

Labour wants to bring in a UK-wide licensing system for holiday lets to preserve the “spirit” of costal and rural communities. The...

Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...

Lack of rental stock is now the biggest challenge facing letting agents today. That is what every agent I’ve spoken to...

Properties are still in high demand say auctioneers at Auction House London with no drop in the number of lots selling...

New data from Rightmove suggests that rental demand is cooling in some areas where the market was busiest during the pandemic. And...

Landlords renting out to holidaymakers could be in with a chance of winning £10,000 as part of a nationwide search for...

Landlords have enjoyed more capital appreciation with the average UK house price rising again in April, up by 1.1 per cent...

PropTech firm Canopy says four out of five tenants have never missed a rent payment and that this should give them...

It looks as if landlords have enjoyed further capital appreciation with the latest housing market index showing still-rising asking prices for...

The government has announced that its ban on charging ground rent on new leases in England and Wales comes into force...

Landlords are many people’s favourite pantomime villains, on the hunt to hike rents and squeeze profits. The reality, however, is proven...

Annual rental growth in prime London reached 11.1 per cent in the first quarter of this year, following a 3.4 increase...

Even before the pandemic, we were seeing dramatic changes across the buy-to-let landscape with holiday lets steadily increasing in appeal –...

Fifteen businesses which had bought freeh­olds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...

As we approach what is commonly the busiest month of the year, there is one question many in the sector many...

A prominent property website, which monitors the lettings market, suggests that rent controls would drive a proportion of rental stock to...

Airbnb entered the realm of holiday lettings in 2009, but it wasn’t until 2016 that it really started to gain traction...

Landlords are being insulated from the worst effects of interest rate rises because lenders are so keen to win and keep...

A prominent country property expert has issued an urgent appeal to rural landlords to become involved in the consultation process which...

Landlords are targeting semi-detached homes over terraced houses for the first time, but with limited stock availability and strong competition from...

Property insurers have forced “crippling costs” on to residents of medium and high-rise apartment blocks in the aftermath of the Grenfell...

Last month, I wrote about what’s in store for the private rented sector in 2022 and, like most commentators in our...

Newly published rental yield from Rightmove reveals that the average yield across Great Britain is 5.5 per cent. This is the highest...

Yesterday Landlord Today reported that there was now a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage...

Landlords are being warned that the next Bank of England base rate rise, possibly at its next meeting in early February,...

The relationship between the overwhelming number of good landlords and local authorities tends to be limited or possibly non-existent. With the far...

There are a huge array of products and services covering the entire journey of lettings, from prospecting all the way through to...

New data from Rightmove reveals the effect the staycation boom is having on the rental market across Britain. Seaside towns and other...

Zoopla says rental properties are typically letting almost a week faster than a year ago. It claims that with supply and demand...

A new league table has been prepared showing the average costs of listings on Airbnb - and London features outside the...

New research from online buy to let mortgage broker Property Master reveals there are currently 41 BTL mortgages at the record...

A holiday lettings agency is offering £10,000 to the owner of what it declares to be Britain’s Best Holiday Let. Sykes Holiday...

Reduced demand and falling rents continue throughout the London prime flats market, with values down in all areas except the south west...

The Competition and Markets Authority is to probe property investment companies that have purchased freeholds from developers and that go on...