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A new report reveals that the private rented sector in the North West region of England makes a gross value added...

A prominent rental market analyst is warning that elements of the reform legislation proposed by Labour “are casting dark shadows” over...

Rents continued to rise across the country in recent weeks, buoyed by double-digit hikes in the North of England.  Lettings agency Hamptons...

A series of records were broken in July with the highest rental averages ever recorded by the Goodlord Rental Index.  The average...

The average property value could change by as much as £12,500 in the time it takes to progress an offer to...

UK house prices stayed relatively flat for the third successive month in June, according to figures released over the weekend by...

There’s a property revolution starting today with a large scale defeat expected for the Tories - that’s the view of a...

A prominent industry figure has criticised politicians for leaving all sides of the private lettings sector with uncertainty - and allowing...

Rents in June 2024 rose by 6.7% year-on-year, according to the latest figures from the Goodlord Rental Index.  The Index, which analyses...

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

A new analysis of property sales expenses suggests that landlords who sell now are paying up to 21% more in estate...

Mortgage industry research on affordability estimates that the cumulative shortfall in first-time buyer numbers since the financial crisis reached 3.1m by...

A new first-time buyer study from Rightmove reveals that the average first-time buyer mortgage payment has risen by 61% since the...

Average house prices remained broadly stable in May, down just 0.1% on a monthly basis. This actually took the annual rate of...

Figures publicised in a new House of Commons report suggests there’s been a huge rise in the number of short lets...

Research by PropTech firm APRAO has asked whether London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has delivered on new homes for the capital. On...

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

New market analysis by peer-to-peer investment platform easyMoney has identified 10 areas of the nation on track for growth of more...

The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...

Detached homes in Wales are the slowest property types to sell across the UK and take an average of 92 days...

Only 2% of current properties listed for sale in London have a tenant in situ, according to lettings agency Benham and...

Rental growth in Britain has slowed says lettings agency Hamptons, with the average newly let rent rising 6.7% over the past...

UK house prices grew in March on a quarterly basis, by 2.0%, with annual growth slowing to 0.3%, from 1.6% in...

UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March. Nevertheless, the annual rate of house price growth edged higher to 1.6% in...

Changes to empty home council tax rates could generate an additional £540m from Monday, a lettings agency claims. Since April 2013, billing...

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

UK house prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in February, up by 0.4 per cent or £1,091 in cash terms,...

Building on the momentum of 2023, the North West is poised for continued growth in rental and property prices. Early investment...

A property firm which has analysed transactions across the UK suggests the market is, at last, ‘back to normal’ in almost...

A property finance consultancy claims that unmortgageable properties can be snapped up with a discount of 27 per cent. Apex Bridging says...

Deciding on a residence in the bustling city of London is no small feat, especially when faced with the dichotomy of...

Six in 10 landlords recorded increased tenant demand for their properties in the final quarter of 2023, Paragon Bank research has...

A respected league table of yields in different parts of England and Wales has issued its latest figures. The Fleet Mortgages Buy-to-Let...

Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...

The Build To Rent trade body, the UK Apartment Association, is backing the proposals outlined to clampdown on rogue landlords put...

The latest Halifax house price index shows average house prices rose by 1.1 per cent in December, the third monthly rise...

An analysis of homes that have returned to the market after failing to find a buyer in 2023 suggests that sellers...

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

The latest RICS Residential Survey, out today, points to an improved outlook for the housing market, with the more optimistic sentiment...

Cash and mortgage housing market data show average prices decline by an annual 4.6 per cent says e.surv. But the monthly trend...

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

London’s ultra-prime rental market has returned this year to pre-Covid levels for the first time, an agency claims. Beauchamp Estates - using...

A new analysis has produced a league table of the most and least affordable rental locations in England. The findings placed Rutland...

Owners of London HMOs rarely put them up for sale, meaning investors likely need to convert a residential home into an...

The government's Office for National Statistics has revealed that it conducts an exercise to assess the likelihood that landlords will increase...

Room rents continue to skyrocket across the UK, reaching new highs in the third quarter of 2023 according to flatware website...

Thousands of landlords are planning to sell properties. A Simply Business survey of 1,455 UK landlords reveals that a quarter of landlords...

New research shows that 676,000 homes in England are sitting empty. The research comes from property purchasing firm House Buyer Bureau which...

The latest data release by comparison site GetAgent shows the average sale price over the past six months has been 97.3...

A new survey has revealed the regional breakdown of EPC ratings in residential properties.   Region Number of Lodgements (homes) Percentage of properties (D - G...

Landlords are reducing their stock - and they’re blaming the Tories for creating a hostile environment.  This is according to the latest...

New data from Zoopla this morning makes grim reading for landlords, especially those reliant on capital appreciation and with investment properties...

A new analysis shows growth in the trend for buy to let properties to be sold with tenants in situ.  The analysis...

July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...

A property investment platform has analysed rental yields to see the best returning areas for buy to let investors. Sourced Franchise analysed...

There have been several examples of local councils asking private landlords to help find accommodation for refugees - but now the...

The cost of rent rose in seven of the eight regions monitored by Goodlord during June.  The average cost of rent per...

Auctions have long been a favourite way for buy to let and other investors to bag a property bargain. And now it...

The North East was England’s most affordable region to privately rent last year, Paragon Bank analysis has revealed. In the North East...

Specialist buy to let lender Fleet Mortgages says there’s been both an annual and quarterly increase in rental yields, up from...

The government response to a Freedom of Information request has shed light on the increasing number of homes in England and...

After a hectic period of rent rises it appears that the lettings market is at a standstill according to PropTech firm...

As many as one in 10 homes have a reduced asking price within a month of entering the market, a new...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is urging tenants to complain about sub-standard housing with the government’s ‘Make Things Right’ advertising campaign. Social housing...

The rental market is firing on all cylinders again according to the latest market snapshot from PropTech firm Goodlord. It says void...

Landlords expanding portfolios through cash purchases are securing discounts as high as £88,000 in cooling market conditions says a buying firm. House...

Landlords with funds to expand their portfolios may be in luck - a growing proportion of properties on sale have reduced...

A debt advisory service claims it has calculated the overall size of the private rental sector. Sirius Property Finance analysed the current...

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

A Wirral landlord has become the first in the region to be served with a Banning Order, which will prohibit him...

New rental stock accounts for just 16 per cent according to fresh figures released about the lettings market. Property company Ocasa has...

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

The rental market remained relatively steady in recent weeks, according to the latest index from PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods have remained...

Specialist mortgage lender Aldermore has named what it believes to be the five best cities for landlords to invest in for...

The latest rental market index from Goodlord shows rents down over the past month, with voids inching up.  All seven English regions...

There’s a dilemma for landlords wishing to expand their portfolios - do so now, just as some buyers are offering discounts?...

England’s private rental is forecast to top five million households within the next two years or so. The specialist rental platform Ocasa...

When accounting for inflation, renters are better off today than they were a year ago despite nominal rent increases of up...

Rising interest rates - which may rise further and dramatically in response to the government’s tax-cutting agenda - risk eroding the...

The average cost of rent across England dipped one per cent during August, taking prices down to a national average of...

A portfolio landlord’s deal for an £11m re-financing package has been struck with a bank. The landlord was looking to refinance 63...

Landlords who use the Property Hub Lets online agency are in for a change - in future, their properties will be...

Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. It says the average...

A mortgage lender’s buy to let market index shows yields slightly dipping. Fleet Mortgages’ regional snapshot covers all areas of England and...

Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...

A landlord who repeatedly let out an unsafe house has been fined £20,000 by magistrates. Housing officers from Salford council found fire...

An online rental platform suggests almost a third of rental homes may be deemed unaffordable. Ocasa, using Office for National Statistics data,...

New research shows that, since 2016, the average stamp duty payment on buy to let homes has increased by £11,848 in...

Landlords with larger portfolios are more likely to increase rent than small-scale landlords. A poll by The Landlord Works shows that 75...

The highest rental growth since the Global Financial Crisis, coupled with the cost of living crisis, is putting increased pressure on...

The cost of a newly let home rose 9.8 per cent over the last 12 months to £1,125 pcm, marking the...

A survey of over 600 landlords by a business insurance service has found that 55 per cent have still to make...

A lettings market snapshot prepared each month by PropTech firm Goodlord claims there has been a dramatic rise in the typical...

A rental platform forecasts that within 12 months the average UK tenant could be paying £800 more a year in rent...

There’s been a big rise in rents in the past month according to PropTech supplier Goodlord. They are now at their highest...

The great imbalance between tenant demand and available stock continues, according to the latest market snapshot from the letting agencies’ trade...

Rental affordability is deteriorating in parts of England. The research by rental platform Rentd looked at the current average income of a...

The number of private rental homes has increased by 18,610 in the last five years - defying those suggesting an exodus...

The Halifax is suggesting that while capital values are still high - in fact running at a record - growth is...

It’s a familiar story from PropTech supplier Goodlord as it releases its latest rental market snapshot - a lack of stock...