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Zoopla’s latest House Price index shows a housing market steadily recovering from higher mortgage rates with prices rising slowly. But it...

There’s been a lot of “over-dramatisation” around the likely targets for private rental properties to have improved energy efficiency, says a...

The BBC - which through its use of exclusive Zoopla data has championed tenants in recent years - has acknowledged that...

Landlords using the OpenRent online agency will not be listed on Rightmove from September 1.  Rightmove - in a statement issued via...

The National Residential Landlords Association says it’s met with new housing minister Matthew Pennycook to discuss improving standards in the rental...

A new analysis by Zoopla suggests and one in eight homes currently for sale were previously let out. The portal says this...

Nothing in the King’s Speech or the new government’s housing plans has had any material impact on the outlook for the...

As the new Labour Government settles into power, rental reform will be one of the items at the top of the...

Entrepreneur and former star of TV show Dragon’s Den James Caan will be the keynote speaker at the National Residential Landlords...

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 house price forecast by peer-to-peer real estate investment platform, easyMoney, suggests average house price growth of 6.3% by the...

In an unusual intervention for a lettings industry supplier, Zoopla has made an impassioned plea for a new Renters Reform Bill. The...

Shock new figures from Zoopla show that although rental demand has softened over the last year there are still 15 people...

There’s been a big rise in the supply of homes for sale - 20% up on this time last year. This is...

The Bank of England says one in four mortgages will end when the mortgage borrower is in retirement, as more people...

An online lettings platform claims to have launched the first “end-to-end self-service lettings platform” which could save landlords around £3,800. Hello Neighbour...

An all-party House of Commons committee is calling on Local Housing Allowance to be updated automatically and annually. LHA rates have been...

Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...

Zoopla’s latest market snapshot, used as a guide to capital appreciation by some landlords, says there’s now a three-tier housing market...

A survey by an activist group suggests that one in three tenants claim that their private renting conditions are impacting their...

Analysis by Zoopla says rent controls introduced in Scotland have directly led to higher rents. The property portal’s research team has analysed...

An energy industry supplier claims that the housing sector in the UK offers too little help for those wanting to live...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on migrating away from the emergency rent controls introduced in September 2022 and extended...

House prices fell 1.2 per cent in the past year, according to a new Zoopla report out today, with average discounts...

Many have welcomed the move by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance - but some tenant activists say...

Zoopla is warning that there will be further house price falls in 2024 on top of the 4.5 per cent drop...

Battersea, the charity behind the Pet Friendly Properties campaign, says the Renters Reform Bill must become law as soon as possible. Battersea...

A new rental property listings platform - called Krispyhouse - allows landlords and tenants to communicate directly, without letting agents acting...

It’s taken some time but one of London’s biggest lettings agencies says a ‘traditional’ lettings market has returned to the capital.  Last...

The National Residential Landlords’ Association’s annual conference next week is a sell out with all 800 or so tickets sold to...

Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...

The ongoing freeze on housing benefit rates is a travesty that needs reversing immediately, the National Residential Landlords Association is warning.  The...

This is back-to-school season and for the majority of university students who choose to move away from their family home during...

The housing market remains a buyers’ market, with 80 per cent more homes for sale than in September 2021 according to...

Zoopla has given its latest market update on the private rental sector, with the headline rent rise now being 10.5 per...

As the ‘big buy-to-let’ sell off gathers momentum, we take a look ways you can guestimate the value of your rental...

Zoopla says a buy to let property sold off by a landlord is “typically priced 25 per cent lower than the...

The National Residential Landlords Association is moving into PropTech by providing a platform for safety compliance and one for managing aspects...

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

Over recent years, as successive governments have tightened lettings legislation and increased the tax burden on landlords, some with investment properties...

The latest market snapshot from Zoopla suggests landlords’ capital appreciation over the second half of this year depends almost entirely on...

New figures from London-focussed agency Foxtons show applicant demand up 19 per cent in June, as the capital enters the peak...

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

If you are a landlord looking for the silver lining in a dark cloud, June’s interest rate decision will have certainly...

Annual growth in rental values continues to increase in the traditionally busy summer months, with little sign of an imminent slowdown.  This...

Across the country landlords and renters are struggling as mortgage costs soar, tax hikes bite and uncertainty remains about the impact...

The BBC says discussions are underway to extend the Renters Reform Bill to specifically outlaw any rental listing banning families and benefit recipients...

New data from Zoopla shows that 42 per cent of sellers are accepting offers over five per cent below the asking price...

When choosing a buy-to-let property, there are many elements that need to be balanced in order to get the biggest return...

Some 11 per cent of the homes on sale right now are owned by landlords quitting the private rental sector. That’s the...

I have read a great deal in the media recently about a mass landlord ‘exodus’. The story goes along the lines of...

Tax changes in the private rented sector have contributed to the loss of £1.5 billion in Treasury revenue, according to a...

The asking-to-achieved price gap has widened to its largest for five years according to new data from Zoopla.  While sales volumes have...

Any landlord quitting the market and selling up may find demand from buyers muted until Easter. That’s the warning from Zoopla which...

The perennial shortage of new homes in the capital has now collided with a sharp increase in government regulation, a tripling...

It appears that the government has finally woken up to the fact that there are too few rental homes to meet...

An upbeat trading statement from buy to let mortgage lender Paragon suggests that the sector is relatively healthy, but losing many...

Zoopla says a “widespread repricing” is underway in the sales market, but with no sign of cooling yet in the lettings...

Renters don’t have it easy. Housemates can be unpredictable, rules can be strict, but worst of all – it’s expensive.  Most tenants...

The government’s Autumn Statement yesterday missed the opportunity to boost supply for the private rental sector, it’s been claimed.  Ben Beadle, chief...

The main landlords’ trade body has blasted the government for ‘breaking’ the private rented sector through laws, measures and comments deliberately...

Rent rises could finally be set to slow down because more housing stock is becoming available due to the cost of...

Zoopla has now joined Knight Frank and Lloyds Bank in forecasting a price drop in 2023. The property website’s executive director, Richard...

Landlords across the country will be aware of the government’s shiny new proposed policy package for the Private Rental Sector, released...

There is no real prospect of improved rental supply in the near term as private landlords continue to sell off homes...

New data from Zoopla suggests that growing concern about the cost of living crisis and in particular rising interest rates may...

Zoopla is warning that low-income renters across England are facing a ‘housing black hole’ due to soaring rents and the freeze...

Zoopla’s latest house price index suggests capital appreciation will rumble into next year despite the slowdown.  Levels of price growth will return...

Landlords are still enjoying substantial capital appreciation - but the latest Zoopla house price index reveals the lowest rate of monthly...

A prominent financial analyst says the fast-rising costs of renting mean tenants are becoming less financially resilient - and this applies...

A new survey claims to show the rent differences between furnished and unfurnished homes to let in various cities. For example London...

Landlords are in danger of losing the narrative again. With rental inflation hitting record levels, much of the noise we see in...

A new survey by Zoopla suggests the average property price has hit £250,200 for the first time - but a slowdown...

The surge in rents will subside and the market will normalise before the end of the year. That’s the prediction from Zoopla...

Activists in Generation Rent have repeated once again their call for a rent freeze and yet another eviction ban.  “Rents have been...

Contrary to recent figures from Zoopla and others, pointing to double-digit rental inflation in the past year, official statistics show the...

A business analyst has given an interesting interpretation of the soaring rental market - and says it keeps the wider sales...

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

Landlords are being hit with more stamp duty as they expand their portfolios, thanks to the house price surge pushing homes...

Has there ever been a better time to buy-to-let?  Zoopla just last week revealed that demand and rent prices, especially in city...

A prominent buy to let mortgage provider is advising landlords to ensure they check EPCs and energy efficiency issues on properties...

Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...

Earlier this week Zoopla released some rather healthy statistics on the UK rental market. In recent months, the rental market has been...

After two years in the doldrums and high levels of over supply, prime central London is at last a landlord’s rental...

Acute tenant demand over the third quarter of 2021 has propelled UK rental growth to its highest level for over a...

A national accountancy firm says HM Revenue & Customs has discovered huge numbers of landlords avoiding paying tax - as many as...

The dynamic of the private rental market has been changing in recent years. There's been a decline in private landlords, yet almost...

More landlords are quitting the sector and bringing properties to the sales market, according to research from Zoopla.  In its latest snapshot...

Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, is to sit on a new Lettings sector body set up...

Zoopla says rental properties are typically letting almost a week faster than a year ago. It claims that with supply and demand...

A mortgage expert who is a prominent sceptic about the lettings market has stepped up his criticisms, saying renting is no...

The UK rental market has revved up amidst a sharp rise in demand for city living, driving the highest rate of...

Landlords with houses in their portfolios will have seen a dramatic increase in their capital value according to Zoopla. It says demand...

An online platform that places landlords’ listings on portals and manages bookings is seeking new funding through the Seedrs crowdfunding site. Smarthost...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has made the most explicit admission yet of the government’s desire to diminish the private rental sector. In...

Several high-flying lettings sector bodies say rental properties advertised on portals should carry much more upfront information. This means landlords who use agents...

One of the country’s leading property experts says landlords are now reassessing their portfolios as a result of possible Capital Gains...

Landlords are exiting the office on greater numbers since the government called for a review of Capital Gains Tax last year, claims...

New research out this morning suggests that Coronavirus continues to change the lettings landscape, with houses now renting more quickly than a...