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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...

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

The latest residential sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests a currently-subdued housing market but with a more...

Fewer landlords feel negative about their buy to let business according to the latest Landbay landlord survey. The specialist lender’s surveys typically...

Housing costs - rents and mortgages - are rising by about 3.6% a year according to a Barclays Bank assessment. This figure...

Rightmove is warning that the housing market is set for disruptions from the summer onwards, and suggests the brisk start to...

The average price of property coming to the market for sale rises by 1.5% (+£5,279) this month to £368,118, as the...

Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...

The latest index, from the Halifax, shows house prices rose 0.4 per cent in February – the fifth consecutive monthly increase....

Nearly a third of landlords predict that the retail sector will see the highest level of negative growth over the next...

Some 69 per cent of landlords have already or are planning to increase the size of their property portfolio, increasing to...

There’s a warning today that the Bank of England’s decision to freeze base rate at the high level of 5.25 per...

Average new seller asking prices rose 1.3 per cent between December and January - the biggest rise at this time of...

The latest HomeLet rental index begins 2024 with a glimmer of hope for tenants as rents have fallen for the second...

The substantial majority of landlords lack any optimism about their sector as they enter 2024. That’s the result of a new sentiment...

Landlord confidence has rebounded strongly in recent months according to a survey by a leading buy to let-focussed bank. All aspects of...

Middleton Advisors commissions ongoing research to investigate key trends and structural changes in prime UK housing markets.  Our latest research considers the...

A survey of some 2,000 landlords, agents and others in the private rental sector show renewed concern over Section 21 and...

Landlords relying on capital appreciation have good news this morning - there’s been a significant and unexpected leap in house asking...

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill did not even warrant a mention in a key speech yesterday by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

New research has found that nearly half of landlords feel it’s harder being a landlord now compared to the start of...

The proportion of landlords feeling optimistic about different aspects of letting is at the highest level for five years. As part of research...

Daytime TV programmes often feature amazing property bargains that can be won at auction - and there are fantastic bargains to...

Figures show that rent arrears are 20 per cent higher in Wales than England over the first half of 2021 New research published...

Rental yields on student lets are climbing steadily across England according to a new analysis by Goodlord.  In good news for landlords,...

A prominent PropTech supplier to the lettings sector predicts that as summer continues and Covid restrictions reduce, so more tenants will...

There’s good news for landlords considering investing or refinancing in the buy to let sector as interest rates are beginning to...

A new survey shows that just over a third of landlords have recently purchased another buy to let property or intend...

The latest sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors makes welcome reading for most landlords. RICS deals only with broad...

Investors are sitting on an average of over £37,000 each in investment capital they are poised to inject into the property market. That’s...

While there is optimism over Coronavirus vaccines, it’s likely that Covid-19 will continue to change tenants’ traditional aspirations in 2021 says...

The roll-out of a vaccine for Coronavirus could dramatically change the poor rental market performance in prime London in the coming...

When 2020 began one of the biggest issues most landlords faced was the ending of tax relief introduced over four years...

One in 10 landlords wants to buy another investment property in the coming year according to a new survey.  This compares to...

Letting agents are feeling more optimistic about the letting sector than they were at the outset of 2020 despite the challenges...

The government’s decision to temporarily increase the stamp duty threshold to £500,000 for property sales in England and Northern Ireland, until...

Boris Johnson’s emphatic December general election victory has triggered fresh optimism among buy-to-let landlords, despite tax and regulatory changes hitting their...

An increase in demand, coupled with the growing rental stock shortage, is placing upward pressure on rental values in prime London.  The...

The UK formally leaves the European Union at 11pm tonight, at which point it will instantly enter into an 11-month transition...

After two elections and three years of intense debate and hostility, the general election in December seemed to offer the political...

Towards the end of last year, I wrote an article for Landlord Today outlining the difficulties many landlords in the UK...

There was an increase in the number of landlords reporting growth in tenant demand in the third quarter of the year. Paragon’s...

More than two fifths (41%) of portfolio landlords aim to expand their portfolio over the next 12 months, new research shows. The...

With significantly more properties to choose from, tenants are firmly in control when it comes to the private rented market in...

Optimism among landlords has improved modestly over the past 12 months and suggests confidence is returning to the market following a...

Many tenants renting privately will almost certainly be hit with rent rises following changes to the tax regime for landlords, according...

Kicking off 2017, we’ve predicted stabilisation in the property market with sustainable growth and high demand. Whether you’re looking to take...

The first figures following the introduction of the stamp duty surcharge for buy-to-let landlords and second homebuyers have been released by...

The number of buy-to-let mortgage arrears looks set to fall below 7,000 by the end of the year, supported by low...

The Government’s reduction of landlord buy-to-let tax relief to the 20% basic rate is a major factor for half (50%) of...