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A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...

The Leeds- and Manchester-based North Property Group is opening a base in London.  NPG was founded by Oli Banks and Tim Coen...

One of Scotland’s largest lettings agencies is voicing concern over what it calls “the lack of balance” in the Scottish government’s...

A high profile mortgage lender operating in the buy to let sector has launched a series of products aimed at investors...

London has continued to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year...

A buy to let investment site has used Artificial Intelligence to identify 10 top property investment opportunities in 2023.  Based on analysis...

A new analysis claims to show how difficult it has become for buy to let investors to secure finance as a...

An investment firm which has helped guide £100m into the UK buy to let market is to set up its second...

A leading light in the Generation Rent group is disputing the findings of a Propertymark survey of letting agents.  Agents from businesses...

There’s been a big rise in the number of private rental properties on the past decade, despite sweeping tax and regulation...

New research shows that despite tax and regulatory changes restricting buy to let returns, this remains a far healthier investment than...

A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...

Birmingham, Bristol and Leicester are seeing the fastest growth in Buy To Let investment according to new figures from a business...

New figures from the National Home Building Council suggests the popularity of detached properties has soared during the pandemic - prompting...

New research reveals that student property portfolios based in smaller university towns or cities typically generate the best returns. The findings, from...

Women now make up 48 per cent of the 2.6m buy to let investors in the UK, according to London lettings...

A major student accommodation platform says its local area has become a regeneration hotspot for proper investment. UniHomes says Sheffield has already...

The government’s much-vaunted ‘tax day’ produced few challenges to the status quo - but holiday lets are under scrutiny. Currently the holiday let...

A property lawyer is forecasting a surge in buy to let purchasing in the coming months as the stamp duty extension...

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that new energy efficiency targets for EPCs could stifle buy to let investment in future. In...

Knight Knox has unveiled a new property investment website as it marks its 16th anniversary. The new site features the tagline ‘property...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...

Two bedroom properties produce the best yields for buy to let investors according to the latest research. Lettings management platform Howsy has...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...

Research by London agency Benham and Reeves says the cumulative cost of a landlord suffering a bad tenant and then evicting...

Manchester is becoming a buy to let investment hotspot according to the boss of a leading property management firm.  David Alexander of...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following a complaint about an advertisement which claimed a flat was just a one...

Data from a Countrywide agency shows that 59 per cent of landlords who live in London purchased their buy to let...

A buy to let investment service says its podcasts are now downloaded over 200,000 times a month and it has an...

Brexit is not a good reason for delaying buy to let investment, insists a mortgage chief. Andrew Turner is chief executive at...

The popular belief that equity release damages the housing market is being challenged by claims from ER company Retirement Advantage. It claims...

The ownership of buy to let property is much more evenly split between women and men than amongst other forms of...

Over a third of London investors no longer view property as a good investment, according to a survey of over 1,000...

There’s more evidence today that the largest buy to let investment yields are coming from the north of England and the...

London is back as the most popular part of the UK for buy to let investment according to an analysis undertaken...

The independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says there is now a record number of mortgage deals for those entering the buy...

Increased volatility in the private rental sector and rising costs for landlords and investors have combined to lead to an increased...

Net buy to let investment has fallen 80 per cent in the past two years, a mortgage lenders’ group claims.  The Intermediary...

Specialist buy to let lender Commercial Trust claims at least two other regions of the UK are now vying with London...

Homes in Multiple Occupation produced average yields of 8.9 per cent in 2017, the highest of all buy to let property...

There has been a record number of new student accommodation bed spaces delivered in 2017, with possible consequences for future buy...

The mortgage director of Romans, one of the country’s largest agency groups, says the new Bank of England rules being introduced...

Yields from buy to let in the UK are now amongst the worst in Europe according to a new league table drawn...

The head of MartinCo, the country’s largest franchise agency group, says the government’s buy to let tax changes and lettings fee...

The UK is only the 15th best place in Europe to enjoy high returns from buy to let according to currency...

A major survey has given a vote of confidence to buy to let despite the wave of fiscal, political and economic...

A new report claims that over a third of student property investors plan to expand their portfolios in 2016, despite the...

A buy to let investment search portal has produced an interactive map based on a pull-together of research into the lettings market...

The two landlords hoping to secure a judicial review of the legislation restricting mortgage interest tax relief on buy to let...

The new stamp duty surcharge on buy to let properties coming into effect next Friday will increase rent costs for tenants...

The changes introduced to the tax and stamp duty levied on buy to let income and property appears not to have...

Returns from buy to let properties have risen to their highest level in over a year.  Data from Your Move and Reeds...

A legal expert is claiming that changes to S21 eviction procedures introduced back in October are not being adhered to by...

Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed out of hand appeals and comments from Letting Agent Today readers to reconsider the recent...

A Conservative peer and former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury has become the first senior Tory to speak out against...

The new three per cent stamp duty on buy to let properties coming into force from next April will effectively redraw...

A prominent buying agent active in prime central London says the capital’s high end buy to let market will become less...

Estate agents shying away from sales of buy to let properties because of recent government clampdowns on the sector risk missing...

Measures which discourage investment in the private rented sector can only push up rents and harm tenants more than landlords, a...

A residential property investment firm is using a speed-dating theme as the basis of a new TV advertising campaign to attract...

Investors with HMOs are better placed than other landlords to combat any financial damage caused by future interest rate rises. Analysis carried...

Nearly 40 per cent of all homes sold under Right To Buy in England have gone on to become buy to...

A £212,900 property in Surrey which was advertising on a crowdfunding platform at 3pm was fully funded by 3.35pm, it is...

Landlords and letting agents are at risk of overestimating the profitability of Buy To Let investments by neglecting to take into...