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Lettings agency chain Lomond has revealed a list of what it calls “up and coming rental hotspots” with yields having strengthened...

A review of Edinburgh’s controversial short term lets licensing will take place this summer. City councillors agreed to publicly consult on the...

A lettings agency director is suggesting the short lets boom may be over. Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, says...

An accountancy firm is warning those using Airbnb and similar short let platforms that new tax rules mean they could lose...

The Cotswolds is the most lucrative place in the UK to own a holiday let, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages. With annual...

An estate agency that promotes the self-employed model claims that three areas of the country lead when it comes to industry...

A lettings agent who is also on the executive of Propertymark claims one of Britain’s tourist hotspots has been over-run with...

Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...

The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...

A council that is buying private properties in second home hotspots to let to local people has struck a new agreement...

Prominent MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have renewed their onslaught on Airbnb and other short let platforms.  Former Lib...

Prime London’s rental growth has started to slow on an annual basis, according to the latest Savills prime lettings index. But the...

A mortgage lender has conducted a survey of homeowners which has produced a string of anti-landlord and anti-overseas investor attitudes. Market Financial...

A buyer has been announced for part of the lettings portfolio of Purplebricks, it has been announced today. The deal, finalised for...

A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...

The new trade body for short lets has reacted angrily to a government plan for AirBnb and other short let hosts...

A Conservative MP in a tourist region has blamed the switch of rental accommodation to Airbnbs for a shortage of places...

Cheshire has topped a new ranking of the best places in the UK to invest in a holiday let, according to...

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

New research predicts that northern regions of England will see many of the best investment opportunities in 2023. It is also these...

Governments across the UK must do more to understand the scale of short lets and the threat they may pose to...

The fast-growing Lomond Group of agencies has acquired a major online lettings service. But it's going to manage the properties through physical...

One of the country’s second home and holiday let hotspots has been told it will be unable to levy extra council...

Speculation in national newspapers suggests that the government is considering giving local mayors some powers over parts of the private rented...

New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...

A leading brand in the fast-growing and heavily-funded Lomond Group has snapped up another independent agency.  Linley & Simpson has added another...

Many of the country’s leading letting agency brands have joined forces with Propertymark to deliver a training and development strategy for...

A holiday lettings company says it’s the first in the industry to introduce a voluntary cap on the number of bookings...

The continuing shortage of supply in the lettings market is not only producing record high asking rents, but is also pushing demand...

A new investment league table has been drawn up to show best aggregate rent and capital appreciation income for those in...

New research from holiday lettings agency Classic Cottages shows that 2021 was a record year in one of the country’s staycation...

Build To Rent operator Avanton has pledged to build hundreds of new homes in two London hotspots under its A:Living brand. They...

Figures obtained by ITV News suggest that one of the country's most popular tourist locations has as many Airbnbs listed as...

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

A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has still not hit its 45,000-signature target. Former long...

The rush for space to work and relax at home will still dominate the rental market for the short term at...

Flats, so long the favourite of buy to let investors, still constitute 15 per cent of all homes purchased according to...

A tenant who says his former rental property has been turned into an Airbnb has set up a petition demanding Chancellor...

Linley & Simpson and Lomond Capital - which joined forces at the end of 2020 to create a new national agency...

Rightmove says falling rents in central London have led to a surge in interest from prospective tenants. Rightmove has analysed over 23 million...

Lomond Capital, which owns Scottish lettings and estate agents Braemore and Stonehouse, is to merge with Yorkshire firm Linley & Simpson. The...

The recent survey in Letting Agent Today on why many landlords didn’t use agents was interesting and informative. That only 42.5%...

Some 25,000 investors and landlords have signed up to receive a free expert guide from Zoopla in just over a week...

Zoopla has revealed its top 10 hotspots for buy to let investors seeking high rental yields.  The analysis is based on rental returns...

A new mortgage product aimed at buy to let investors wanting to enjoy a slice of the holiday home staycation market...

  Zoopla says its new digital ‘guide’ programme has been a tremendous success and is evidence that the portal’s investment in new...

A league table has been drawn up revealing the UK’s possession order hotspots - just as the government seems keen to...

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...

An agency that specialises in letting and managing properties in one of the country’s investment hotspots is expanding into a new...

A portal called Oneandonlypro says it’s using Artificial Intelligence to try to identify the top 10 best areas in London for...

Figures calculated by Rightmove suggest that even when the Fees Ban and Deposit Caps kick in on June 1, some deposits...

Rental growth remains in positive territory - just - but on average it’s still well below the general level of inflation...

Agents and prospective buy to let investors keen to grab a slice of the capital’s growing lettings market now have a...

A PropTech firm says buy to let investors could earn in excess of double the eight per cent yield most aim...

A controversial new survey claims to have identified the best cities for millennials to live in based on factors such as...

The lettings market is looking distinctly healthier now than a month ago according to data just released by board company Agency...

An analysis of over 580,000 properties has produced a league table of Britain’s best and worst buy to let postcodes in...

Data from Countrywide’s Hamptons International agency suggests that the number of second homes that were rented rather than purchased last year...

The holiday lets market is just starting to pick up and new research shows that 80 per cent of those who...

Liverpool and Nottingham are the UK’s best performing property investment locations, according to mortgage broker Private Finance.  Both cities enjoy average rental...

UK rents grew by a tiny 0.56 per cent in 2017 according to specialist lender Landbay. However, in a special exercise, the...

Research by The Guardian newspaper reveals that massive numbers of local authority councillors are also buy to let investors - and...

Rental growth in London remained relatively stable during the first quarter of 2017, according to Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings. The firm's...

The Conservatives should introduce rent controls to kick-start a seaside town renaissance, suggests an organisation set up originally by the David Cameron...

Another London borough is consulting on a further extension of its existing selective licensing - this time it’s Harrow council. It wants...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

A plentiful supply of freehold properties in our cities may become a thing of the past as urban areas become increasingly...

The average rent for a UK property grew by a negligible 0.05 per cent in October, despite a tiny fall in...

Lancashire town Blackburn has recorded the highest increase in average rental yield over the last year, according to LendInvest.  The online mortgage...

New research from HomeLet reveals that Brighton, Bristol, Edinburgh and Newcastle recorded the largest increase in rents last year amongst the...

Brandon in Suffolk is the most profitable location for pensioners to invest in buy-to-let property with an average yield of 8.59%. This...

HomeLet’s rental index figures for June shows another rise with average rents outside of London now standing at £747 per month,...