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

Zoopla’s latest House Price index shows a housing market steadily recovering from higher mortgage rates with prices rising slowly. But it...

Annual house price growth across the UK’s ‘Big Six’ regional cities has remained consistent despite the challenges posed by higher interest...

A survey claims tenants pay 20% more per month on average for a furnished apartment compared to unfurnished. And as the average...

Shock new figures from Zoopla show that although rental demand has softened over the last year there are still 15 people...

Brand new data from online mortgage broker Mojo Mortgages has revealed significant differences in the types of properties the average UK house...

Co-living developments are a type of purpose-built rental housing, under the same principle as Build To Rent (BTR) but offering smaller size...

Buy to let lender Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton...

SNP councillors in Scotland have come up with an innovative suggestion to improve energy efficiency in private rental properties. They want councils...

Analysis by Zoopla says rent controls introduced in Scotland have directly led to higher rents. The property portal’s research team has analysed...

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on migrating away from the emergency rent controls introduced in September 2022 and extended...

An estimated 1.6m private renters are set to receive an uplift to their housing support for 12 months from April 2024,...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

A lack of Energy Performance Certificate enforcement is putting tenants at risk from high energy costs or cold homes, according to...

New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...

Landlords have been urged to protect their properties against bed bugs with regular inspections. Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent...

A new study has revealed the top 10 UK areas with the greatest rental yield making them ideal for a buy-to-let. Confused.com...

A landlord showed a “flagrant disregard” for her duties, including failing to replace a condemned boiler, and has been struck off. In...

While there has been a shortage of all types of rental accommodation across the UK for several years now, the student...

One in eight tenants admit to letting out part or all of their rented property - and that rises to a...

A new study by a University of Glasgow-led research centre has found that the UK housing sector is lagging over 30...

Rent controls and political uncertainty are affecting investor appetite to fund and deliver Build to Rent homes in Scotland, according to...

Rental demand in Scotland remains high according to the first quarterly report by DJ Alexander Ltd and Stonehouse - the two...

An unlikely location heads the latest league table purporting to show the highest returns on property investment. Aldermore’s Buy To let City...

London continues to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year running. Data...

New data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals that rents reached an all-time high in Q4 2022, with the average UK room...

Research from Midlands lettings agency Barrows and Forrester shows the volume of homes entering the market for sale has almost halved...

A newspaper has discovered that over 1,500 warnings for damp or mould have been issued to landlords by just one city...

A Labour peer who was to have invested £1 billion in affordable homes has halted his scheme because of the threat...

AirBnb owners are leaving the market for long term lettings following changes to the regulations in Scotland according to a leading...

Local authorities in one part of the UK have revealed their charges for the licensing of Airbnb and other short lets. Scotland’s...

A new analysis of the housing market by a leading rental sector expert appears to show little potential for a crash. Some...

A convicted murderer has been blocked from becoming a private landlord. In Scotland landlords have to be registered before operating, with consent...

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...

Room rents in most major UK urban locations are now at a record high according to flatshare service SpareRoom.  Some 41 out...

Local media in Scotland report that no fewer than seven landlords have been struck off the register of landlords operating in...

A local authority in Scotland is calling on private landlords to get in touch if they have suffered hardship as a...

The UK Build To Rent sector recorded a total of £2.1 billion of investment in the final three months of 2021...

As we enter 2022 the private rented sector can look back on a year which marked the start of its recovery...

A firm of solicitors claims that private and social sector tenants face long delays for repairs to be addressed - and...

A landlord has been given a severe warning over a Glasgow apartment that has been home to a noisy bagpiper and has...

Climate change is at the top of the political agenda this week thanks to Cop26 taking place in Glasgow in a...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £2,400 to his former tenants after a tribunal appeal following the issuing of a...

More landlords and tenants are opting to solve disputes independently, saving them weeks of waiting and potential stress caused by lengthy...

A landlord has been refused a lettings licence by a local council because he failed to keep fire safety alarm records...

Rent controls, possibly ensuring that rents do not exceed 25 per cent of household income, are poised to be introduced into...

A new table of UK city affordability offers some guidance for landlords looking for urban properties in some of the least...

An agency and law firm, Coulters, has produced a league table of where landlords are most likely to make a loss...

A new study by a university suggests that some tenants are apparently afraid to speak out about the condition of the...

An online student accommodation platform has identified where demand from students is strongest as they prepare for the next academic year. UniHomes...

Private tenants in a major city are being invited to take up a voluntary role helping to shape the local rental...

An online corporate rental platform says Covid 19 has led to a six-fold increase in demand for medium-term rentals in this...

A landlord who did not secure the deposit of two students has been ordered to pay them £2,800.  The order was made...

A tenant organisation has written to almost 130 politicians asking them to do more to protect renters - especially lone females -...

It’s been revealed that in just one part of Scotland, renters have failed to claim back over £188,000 in deposits at...

A warning has been issued that a bid to curb private rental sector rents in Scotland could well backfire with more...

A Green Party councillor is demanding that tenants be allowed to write the local authority’s policy for the private rental sector. According...

A lettings chief says London may never regain its appeal to the typical renter, as new data shows the capital still...

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...

A majority of tenants are looking for unfurnished homes, new research shows.  Online property management platform Howsy analysed existing rental property listings...

Many property investors looking for high rental yields typically head north to places like Liverpool and Scotland, and for good reason,...

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...

New data from lettings management platform offers fresh insight into which property types produce the best yields for investors. The study found...

Landlords currently looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas should head north to places like Liverpool, Bradford and Sunderland, with new...

There has been a significant increase in the number of rental properties hitting the market after lockdown on the sector was...

The current average UK rental yield has dropped slightly from 3.6% to 3.5%, according to the latest data from Howsy.  Despite the existing...

Buy-to-let maintenance is costing private landlords up to 28% of their annual rental income, according to the latest research by Howsy.  The letting...

Brighton has been named the most profitable city to invest in for buy-to-let landlords in the UK.  Landlords investing in Brighton’s buy-to-let...

A proposed Bill to protect private sector tenants by introducing measures to limit rent increases could drive many buy-to-let landlords out...

The cost of renting a home in Scotland continued to rise during the final quarter of 2019, new figures show.  The Scottish...

New VR technology has been launched that will allow prospective homebuyers, including property investors, an opportunity to view developments, ahead of...

More than 800 landlords have been surveyed to establish where they feel offer the best buy-to-let investment opportunities in 2020.  The study,...

The worst served city for rental stock is Newport in Wales where just 13.5% of properties listed are to rent, according...

Following on from the success of recent training events in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness, designed to help landlords better manage tenancy deposits...

Landlords currently looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas should head north to places like Liverpool and Scotland, with new research...

With 543 disputes having arisen between landlords and tenants in the Glasgow postcode area in the last 12 months, SafeDeposits Scotland,...

More than 2,000 tenants in Scotland appear to have forgotten to claim back their deposits collectively worth in excess of £500,000,...

A buy-to-let investor, who previously spent time in prison for perjury after he lied during an inquiry into the deaths of...

New research looking at where is currently the best place to invest in buy-to-let property in this country, based on rental...

An increasing number of Airbnb owners in Edinburgh are moving away from short-term letting in favour of traditional long-term tenancies as...

Zoopla’s UK Cities House Price Index for July 2019, which focuses on trends in housing affordability as measured by the ratio...

Buy-to-let landlords north of the border have been applauded for renting responsibly after SafeDeposits Scotland researched rates of landlords failing to...

Buy-to-let landlords in Scotland are being urged to ensure that they protect tenancy deposits and seek legal advice if they are...

Construction has been completed on the first major city centre Build to Rent development in Glasgow. With young professionals flocking to the...

Rents rose in most areas of Scotland during the month of May, the latest figures from Your Move Scotland show, as...

Following on from the successful Glasgow Homebuilding & Renovating Show that took place at the SEC Centre earlier this month, the...

New research looking at the best buy-to-let markets to recoup your investment on both property price and stamp duty costs based...

There has been a notable rise in the number of English landlords investing in Scotland’s buy-to-let sector thanks to cheaper property prices...

London unsurprisingly remains the most unaffordable city to rent a room in the UK with the average cost in the capital...

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

The UK Build to Rent sector continues to go from strength to strength, with record levels of investment in the first...

The slump in the UK home ownership rate from 73% a decade ago to just 63% today reflects the fact that...

Buy-to-let landlords north of the border continue to achieve higher returns on their property investments than their counterparts south of the...

Four in ten buy-to-let landlords are planning to expand their portfolio this year, according to new research. With buy-to-let continuing to deliver...

Landlords in Scotland are being offered an opportunity to attend new tenancy deposit adjudication workshops designed to offer training in tenancy...

Following on from the successful South East Homebuilding & Renovating Show that took place at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference...

There has been a moderate rise in residential property price growth across the UK, according to the latest analysis carried out...

PLATFORM_ has been awarded planning consent to build just over 200 homes on the site of the former Browning Jones &...

Rental prices in Scotland increased further in the fourth quarter of 2018, the latest data shows. The Scottish national average increased to...

Legal & General has unveiled its first Build to Rent (BTR) scheme in Scotland to help meet the increasing demand for...