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The average house for a first-time buyer costs £241,502, meaning that the average renter bought one with a 10% deposit and...

The deputy chief executive of Generation Rent claims to have suffered “horrendous exploitation” at the hands of lettings agents.  Dan Wilson Craw...

Speculation is growing ahead of the General Election around how first-time buyers will fair, and if they’ll receive the support they...

“When it comes to housing policy, there is little difference between the two major parties” says Aneisha Beveridge, head of research...

The Conservatives say they will scrap Capital Gains Tax for landlords who sell to sitting tenants, if they win the General...

The ink was hardly dry on Labour’s plan for a mortgage guarantee scheme for first time buyers before some left wing...

The Generation Rent activist group has issued a statement appearing sharply critical of Labour’s first new policy on housing in the General...

If you’re moving home and have either plenty of equity or savings you can use for a deposit, plus a decent...

Around half of first-time buyers say their prospects of owning a home are further away than ever due to the ongoing...

Over half of current home owners with adult children have or expect to help their children financially to buy a property...

It’s all change at the start of the new tax year, and with so many tweaks to so many rules, it’s...

Millennials, long seen as a financially disadvantaged generation, are on the brink of becoming the wealthiest generation in history thanks to...

Rental sector and property industry views are split over the controversial idea of allowing first time buyers to put down a...

One might immediately answer 'no' to this question, but does the HMO property industry possess adequate understanding of this delicate subject...

The Labour Party has committed to extending a crackdown on social housing landlords who fail to fix mouldy homes, to include...

Painful tax traps have been set for millions of people this year. Your pay may not even have kept pace with...

Escalating rents have led many first time buyers to adjust their property expectations and accept smaller homes when they purchase, a...

Many households are struggling with rising costs, while renters in particular continue to struggle with low quality housing, the Resolution Foundation...

One in four people don’t have enough savings to cover a 25 per cent drop in earnings - and that rises...

Parents and pet owners are paying as much as £460 per month more for rent and bills, it’s claimed. The claim comes...

New analysis reveals that other family members beyond parents are increasingly lending their financial support to first-time buyers.   So far this year...

Families opt to rent so they can move fast to buy a home close to London’s top schools, according to a...

Successive Chancellors (we’re looking at you Gordon Brown and George Osborne) have monkeyed around with the market as if it was...

A pressure group is calling on the government to introduce in-tenancy restrictions on how much rents can be raised, and claims...

The Renters (Reform) Bill introduced by the Government signals the long-awaited reform to existing housing legislation and the headline grabbing abolition of...

A mortgage expert is warning renters tempted by news that the Skipton Building Society has launched a 100 per cent mortgage...

A think tank is accusing landlords of being unwilling to spend money on insulating draughty rental properties. The cross-party Social Market Foundation...

A business consultancy says the high cost of renting is ruining the retirement dreams of different groups, such as single people...

A cross-party think tank, Demos, says inheritance is becoming an ever more important aspect of the UK housing market. In a new...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that “at least” 271,000 are homeless in England alone. The figure - compiled from a Freedom of Information...

A new survey from Aviva has revealed that over a million people may rule themselves out of the first-time buyer market,...

One in eight private renters aged between 18 and 35 years old have already moved home to save money during the...

To put it mildly, landlords are very rarely subject to an outpouring of sympathy from the general public. When the economy...

Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...

A fifth of independently-living adults are contemplating moving back in with parents to cope with the rising cost of living, according...

If you’re counting the days until you’ll get help with runaway price rises, it helps to know exactly how many days...

The Hargreaves Lansdown Savings and Resilience Barometer - which looks at national resilience on debts, savings, investing and planning for later...

Conservative party leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak says he wants today’s renters, along with young adults obliged to live at home with...

The number of adults living at home with parents has increased 20 per cent in the past 10 years, it’s been...

A business analyst at a prominent consultancy says landlords who resist the temptation to quit the sector are “in a position...

A man has been sentenced to 33 years after murdering his landlords at their property in south London. Daniel Briceno Garcia was...

The popularity of staycations is set to continue into 2022, with bookings for UK holiday lets reportedly up 22 per cent compared...

Representatives of holiday let landlords say they hope to capitalise on the increased number of staycations for economic-conscious  holidaymakers. They claim the...

Renters are amongst the three groups likely to suffer worst as the cost of living crisis unfolds, an analyst has warned.  Sarah...

The significant majority of private renters are happy with their properties, status and their landlords according to a new survey. A report...

In this weekend feature, Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) and the managing director of Home...

Shelter claims that 200,000 children living in privately rented homes are at risk of being evicted this winter – equivalent to one in every 50 children in England.   A study for the campaigning charity claims that 104,000 private...

Shelter claims the end of the eviction ban has contributed to creating over 274,000 people who are homeless in England right now, including 126,000 children. Shelter’s interpretation of official...

Demand for rooms has rocketed in recent months, coinciding with a huge shortage in the number of rooms available in the...

A new analysis of government figures shows major changes in Britain’s families and the ‘home unit’ between 2015 and 2020. This may be...

A Citizens Advice and Students Union study into student accommodation in its patch says there should be an additional licensing scheme...

It may not be a typical part of the country but on one of the Channel Islands there is now a...

Despite the global pandemic putting many major life plans on hold, almost three fifths of renters continue to have ownership as...

Public funds are to be used to assist students in Northern Ireland cover rent this year as they cope with remote...

Some tenants will spend years living in temporary Airbnb-style short let accommodation after the Coronavirus crisis ends, a lettings platform claims. The...

Over two thirds of student renters are worried about their ability to pay rent with around a quarter having been unable...

A landlord has opened up to a news website about the difficulties trying to accommodate student tenants during the lockdown.  Elizabeth Hunter is...

The public believe students should go rent-free if they do not use their private or college accommodation in the coming term...

Citizens Advice says the government should prioritise tenants with rent arrears who are the most significant victims of the financial fallout...

Members of a wealthy Blackburn family of landlords with a portfolio of properties have been sentenced for defrauding the Department for...

A league table of UK cities where it takes the longest for first time buyers to save for a deposit may...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stuart Aikman & Mathew Walters, co-founders - Story of...

Data from estate agency Carter Jonas reveals which borough in the capital appears to be seeing the largest number of people...

Around 1.9 million people in this country are paying rent on accomodation they are not using, new research suggests,  The study by...

Student property has long been one of the most lucrative investments available to landlords, with sky-high double-digit yields typically available in...

Parents with children at university may be considering whether it is worth buying them a property while they continue their education,...

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

With a growing number of young families choosing to rent instead of buy, more landlords are now accepting tenants with young...

An increasing number of over 60s are looking to sell up and rent in retirement, research shows. According to the Centre for...

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

There has been a 15% rise in the number of people renting a home aged 35-54 in the last three years as...

The views and opinions of British and international students regarding their accommodation choices across the UK have been unveiled in the...

Many buy-to-let landlords like the idea of investing in student housing, as it is considered to be a serious and lucrative...

Many landlords consider family tenants the Holy Grail with recent research by the National Landlords Association (NLA) revealing that properties rented...

Young people, particularly students, are increasingly required to provide guarantors when they rent a property, ensuring that if they default on...

Changes to the way in which buy-to-let mortgages are assessed and sold has meant that those wishing to invest in property...

A new development featuring the first family houses built exclusively for rent in Hampshire has been launched by Grainger, the UK’s...

We all know that buying a home is a distant dream for many young people without wealthy parents, but there is...

Mansfield Building Society has launched a new family buy-to-let mortgage that enables landlords to let out their property to a close...

The annual rate of house price growth increased to 2.5% in October, according to the latest figures, pushing homes further out...

Local authorities now have greater powers to control properties rented out in their areas, thanks to changes in the mandatory HMO...

A buy-to-let landlord is raffling off a three-bedroom house in the Leicestershire town of Wigston which is worth in the region...

After a lifetime with the parents, students naturally want to let their hair down before the serious study starts, and that...

Damp, a lack of running water and unwanted guests including rats, slugs and bed bugs, are among the main issues that...

Student property has proved itself to be the highest performing asset class over the past few years and the appeal is...

Following the events of 2016, it’s easy to see why experts across the country are torn when it comes to the...

The number of second homes liable to pay stamp duty increased to 62,800 in the final quarter of last year, up...

Close to 100,000 households, including more than 40,000 single parents with a child under the age of five will be materially...

A man has been sentenced to almost three-and-a-half-years in jail after being found guilty of remortgaging his elderly parents’ £1.5m house...

A Birmingham landlord from Hall Green was fined £5,037.97 at Birmingham Magistrates Court yesterday after pleading guilty to failing to obtain...

Landlords are increasingly letting second properties to their children, according to a new study.  Post Office Money calculates that around a quarter...

The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an appeal in which it was argued that, where private sector residential landlords seek to evict...

A radical proposal initially put forward by the leader of the Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn, to extend the Right to Buy...

Around three quarters of young Britons believe they are unlikely to ever own their own property and will instead rent for...

Aldermore has enhanced its bridging loan offering, by reducing its minimum valuation for light refurbishment to £75,000, down from £100,000, in...