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Landlords now face the prospect of two unsuccessful tenant applications on average for every successful one, resulting in an increase in...

Many people invest in property or sign up to investment club arrangements, which are not uncommon in the industry, but sometimes it...

It is becoming increasingly clear that some letting agents may not survive the tenant fee ban coming into force next spring...

More than half - 53% - of tenants in this country do not understand their rights and new regulations brought in...

The government appears to have scrapped proposals that will give tenants a minimum three-year contract. According to an article in The Sun...

There are around 2.4 million landlords in the UK, but what are the characteristics of the average buy-to-let investor? Two thirds of...

The government must start to provide financial incentives for buy-to-let landlords prepared to offer longer tenancies or risk seeing rents soar,...

Changes to the buy-to-let tax regime are squeezing landlords’ margins, yet many are thinking about exiting the private rented sector not...

Many buy-to-let landlords have so far refrained from passing on extra costs to tenants despite feeling the squeeze from a stamp duty...

Bricks and mortar have provided stellar returns for many people over the past couple of decades, prompting many to rely on...

Kit Malthouse has been named as the government’s latest housing minister after Dominic Raab, who spent just six months in the...

Rent hikes are inevitable unless the government reverses tax changes for landlords, it has been claimed.  Tenants face paying an average of £23 a...

MakeUrMove is warning that a significant number of buy-to-let landlords are thinking about quitting the private rented sector due to problem tenants...

A growing number of private landlords are planning to exit the buy-to-let market, prompting fears that rents will rise sharply as the...