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Landlords and managing agents with responsibility for residential properties in Thanet are invited to an event on Friday September 27. The all-day...

Rents in London have dropped for the second consecutive quarter (Q1 and Q2 2024) new data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals. The...

House prices will be 1.5% higher by the end of the year says Zoopla.  It suggests that homebuyers are largely shrugging off...

PropTech platform Goodlord has partnered with safety certificate provider Safe2 to offer compliance work for the lettings sector.  Safe2 - recently acquired...

High profile landlord Fergus Wilson has been sentenced to six months in prison suspended for three years and ordered to pay...

* This piece is written jointly by Richard Rowntree (Managing Director, Paragon Bank) and Ben Beadle (Chief Executive of the National...

The management of BTL properties, whether it's a modest collection of three units or a more sizable portfolio of fifteen, can...

Landlords are being invited to a forum organised by a council’s own private lettings service and the National Residential Landlords Association. The...

The National Residential Landlords Association haas revealed two new appointments which it says “will enhance the service to its members as...

A council in the south east of England says it is “exploring the possibility” of introducing a huge landlord licensing scheme. Councillors...

This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...

Moneyfacts, the respected independent mortgage market monitor, is warning that lenders have been withdrawing buy to let fixed deals. Within the buy...

A maverick landlord who has hit the headlines countless times in recent years has lost his latest bid to sue the...

A council is urging landlords to attend a conference looking at issues affecting the private rental sector.  The Renters Reform Bill, the...

A council is offering a £3,000 cash incentive to any landlord of a three or four bedroom property available for immediate...

A new league table of capital values in seaside locations shows the affordability challenge of investing in areas with guaranteed holiday...

Bizarre but true - a tenant has undergone a pseudo-marriage ceremony with her cat in a bid to get around any...

Analysis by property portal Boomin claims that rental properties on cycle lanes in London are showing premium returns above those of...

Outspoken landlord Fergus Wilson, who has reportedly become a millionaire through his buy to let investments, has been hit with a...

Another council is appealing to private landlords to help provide accommodation for Afghan refugees. Maidstone council in Kent wants self-contained rental apartments...

Legendary south of England landlord Fergus Wilson is reported to have been arrested after a dispute in which he allegedly called...

London based landlord and property developer Richard Leahy has agreed to hand over assets worth almost £2m. This settles a civil recovery...

A local council which is inviting some 300 landlords to a virtual summit in the near future says it’s helped a...

Airbnb management company Houst is expanding its service into a new area. Houst has identified Kent as an area expecting one of...

A property development firm says it’s to spend up to £500m in land acquisitions over the next three years, as part...

Multi-millionaire landlord Fergus Wilson - at one time described as Britain’s most successful buy to let landlord - is reported to...

The Property Ombudsman has ordered a lettings agent to pay £200 compensation to a landlord after accepting a tenant on the...

Newcastle city council claims to be the first local authority in the UK to launch the rent-to-buy scheme allowing tenants to...

A London landlord must pay over £280,000 in three months after housing eight people in a flat deems illegal for even...

The Advanced Rent Option, which offers landlords a year’s rent up-front, is being rolled out across the UK. The ARO is the brainchild...

Kenton Finance, a major provider of bridging loans, has announced that it will be opening new offices for business within the...

The buy-to-let market has been impacted by tax rule changes in recent years, and as a result landlords have been unable...

The Court of Appeal yesterday ruled that Section 21 notices issued by landlords are valid provided a gas safety certificate is...

OneSavings Bank (OSB) has increased the loan-to-value (LTV) to 75% across their buy-to-let ranges available through Kent Reliance for Intermediaries, Precise...

Landlords should be aware that eight estate and letting agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme (TPO), which means...

While some lenders, such as HSBC, have stopped all buy-to-let activity during the Covid-19 outbreak due to limitations on physical valuations,...

The OneSavings Bank Group (OSB) has returned to lending with a range of new mortgage products.  The buy-to-let specific deals are available...

OneSavings Bank announced a series of changes to its HMO proposition. The specialist lending and retail savings group recently introduced a new...

With research revealing that buy-to-let landlords collectively contribute £16.1bn to the British economy through pre-tax spending, prime minister Boris Johnson is...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay almost £6,000 after the council was unable to determine if his property in...

Buy-to-let landlords and tenants, as well as vendors and property purchasers, are being warned that Kent-based Chambers Estates has been excluded...

Rental yields have increased to their highest level for two years, according to the latest edition of Kent Reliance for Intermediaries’...

Bexley’s annual Landlords Meeting will be held next week at the Hall Place & Gardens. The aim of the event, which takes...

A husband and wife have been issued with fines, penalties and costs totalling more than £8,000 after showing a complete disregard...

Fergus Wilson was courting controversy long before he appeared on last night’s episode of Panorama. The buy-to-let landlord, widely considered to be...

One of the UK’s largest and arguably most controversial buy-to-let landlords who has in the past banned ‘coloured people’ from renting...

Buy-to-let landlords collectively contribute £16.1bn to the British economy through pre-tax spending, which is almost double the estimated £8.5bn a decade...

Investing in residential properties can be a great way to accumulate wealth. But before parting with your cash, an investment strategy...

With a growing number of Londoners renting property outside the capital, where affordability is stretched, more buy-to-let landlords are now looking...

Kent Reliance’s buy-to-let maximum loan limit has been cut to £750,000, down from £1m, while the lender has removed its three-year...

One of the UK’s largest and most controversial private landlords plans to sell his entire portfolio of around 300 residential properties...

Folkestone Magistrates Court’s decision last week to find high profile landlord, Judith Wilson, guilty of failing to comply with an enforcement...

Britain’s biggest and arguably most contentious buy-to-let landlord could be slapped with an ‘unlimited’ fine after leaving a wheelchair-bound tenant without...

The High Court has shut down a Ponzi scheme operated by a property investment firm after ruling that it was misusing...

Kent Reliance has reduced the cost of its five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages in an effort to attract more business from...

Mortgages for Business is now automating the buy-to-let application submission process with lenders Kent Reliance and Paragon. The broker’s advisors will no...

A landlord faces prosecution after police found he had squeezed 31 beds into a very overcrowded three-bedroom house that had just...

A Lanarkshire-based letting firm has been told to stump up almost £1,000 in compensation to a disgruntled landlord after breaching the...

The Bank of England’s decision to raise interest rates by 0.25% last week could be a sign of things to come,...

One of the UK’s largest and arguably most controversial buy-to-let landlord who last year banned ‘coloured people’ from renting any of...

A couple who claim they are owed thousands of pounds in unpaid rent have called for a ban on the letting...

Landlords are being reminded to do all they can to avoid the trap awaiting borrowers when fixed-rate mortgage deals end. A third...

Rents in the UK are set to increase as demand for rental properties grows, but the number of homes coming on...

Specialist mortgage lender Kent Reliance has launched an income-backed buy-to-let mortgage for limited companies and individual lending. The mortgage provider will now...

Buy-to-let investment in the long-term is still likely to beat savings rates by a significant margin over the coming years, despite recent...

Hackney in east London has recorded the fastest growth in rents on a typical two-bedroom home over the past decade, according...

With the new tax year approaching, now is a good time to get your tax affairs up to date, and to...

The majority of UK landlords did not set out to create significant property businesses and, even today, about half (49.7%) of...

A controversial buy-to-let landlord who last year banned ‘coloured people’ from renting any of his properties because ‘they make them smell...

A combination of tax reform and stricter regulation for landlords is slowing the growth of the private rented sector (PRS), despite...

The UK’s largest and arguably most controversial buy-to-let landlord who earlier this year banned ‘coloured people’ from renting any of his...

The recent conviction of letting agent Lee Grace for illegally keeping £45,000 of tenancy deposits has contributed significantly to the near...

Andy Haldane, the Bank of England’s chief economist, last year confirmed what many of us already knew – investing in property...

Recent changes to tax for buy-to-let property has dented confidence among landlords with new research showing many are set to revise...

London has been identified as the most expensive region in Britain to be a landlord, according to fresh research by Kent...

With the number of households living in the private rented sector continuing to grow, significantly more rental homes are needed to...

Britain’s biggest and arguably most contentious buy-to-let landlord, who recently banned ‘coloured people’ from renting any of his properties has suggested...

The UK’s largest and arguably most controversial buy-to-let landlord who banned ‘coloured people’ from renting his properties because ‘they make them...

The ESTAS, a kite mark of excellent service for property professionals, has announced the winners of the Letting Agents of the...

Buy-to-let landlords currently contribute £15.9bn per year to the British economy through pre-tax spending on running their portfolios, which is more...

The UK’s largest and arguably most controversial buy-to-let landlord Fergus Wilson has called in the police after receiving a tirade of...

Britain’s biggest and arguably most contentious buy-to-let landlord has banned ‘coloured people’ from renting his properties because ‘they make them smell...

The UK’s largest private landlord Fergus Wilson has called out a local journalist over a prospective fight after being insulted by...

Kent Reliance, the specialist mortgage provider and part of OneSavings Bank plc, yesterday announced major changes to its five year fixed...

The Southern Rail strikes which have caused disruption for commuters have started to have an impact on rental price growth in...

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

Rents will continue to increase next year, owed in part to a reduction in housing supply in the private rented sector...

Almost half of buy-to-let landlords say they would dump their letting agent if their profits started to drop, fresh research from...

Tax changes and more stringent mortgage lending conditions will sound the death knell for small buy-to-let landlords, according to Britain’s largest...

The Mortgage Works is the latest lender to announce that it is increasing its rental stress rate for buy-to-let landlords as...

Landlord confidence is now at its highest in a year, as a growing number of buy-to-let investors seek to overcome recent...

Buy-to-let landlords may have failed last week in their legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set...

Student rents have increased by as much as 10% over the past 12 months amid a severe housing shortage across the...

The UK’s largest private landlord has sold almost half of his entire portfolio of around 900 residential properties, according to the...

A new digital letting service that aims to save landlords up to £1,600 per year has been launched.  NoAgent.co.uk uses technology to...

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

Specialist lender OneSavings Bank was one of the biggest risers on the FTSE 250 yesterday as high demand for buy-to-let mortgages...

Renters now spend more than a third of their disposable income on rent across large parts of England, new research has...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

The government will not force landlords of leasehold properties to belong to a redress scheme, despite growing pressure from conveyancers pushing...