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Over 50% of landlords regard the management of their properties as a full-time job, a survey by a buy to let...

A new sentiment survey suggests that only a minority of landlords are now feeling positive about the future of buy to...

The mass exodus of landlords unhappy with increased tax and regulation appears not to have happened - at least yet. A quarterly...

A lender is now offering what it calls ‘instant decisions-in-principle’ for buy to let purchasers still buying property at the moment. Landbay...

More tenants save to go on holiday than to put a deposit down on a home to own according to buy...

Contrary to the impressions given in some quarters, no fewer than 75 per cent of tenants are happy to rent, and...

The majority of the UK’s private renters don’t want to purchase a home according to new research, coming just as the...

A home being pet-friendly is the most desirable attribute in a rental property, according to research by a specialist mortgage lender.  The...

There’s more evidence today that pet-friendly properties are becoming increasingly popular with tenants.  A study by specialist lender Landbay quizzed 2,000 tenants...

A slow rental market in London is weighing down on growth across the rest of the UK, according to the latest...

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

The latest index from specialist buy to let platform Landbay says the slowdown in London’s lettings market since the Brexit vote...

Landlords in London are possibly £1,806 worse off since the vote to leave the EU in June 2016, according to specialist...

Edinburgh has been identified as having the UK’s fastest growing rents with the average annual sum rising by 4.63 per cent...

Rents in major regional cities are growing significantly faster than both London and the UK average, according to data from buy...

A survey by specialist lender Landbay reveals that tenants outside of London typically spend 33 per cent of their monthly pay,...

The average rent in the UK increased by 0.13% last month - the highest level of monthly growth recorded since April...

Rents in the UK, excluding London, are still increasing but at their slowest rate for five years. Figures from specialist lender Landbay...

Rents in London rose by 0.1 per cent in the 12 months to June - it’s the first annual rental increase...

Rental growth in England, excluding London, was just 1.18 per cent over the last year, the slowest annual rate since April...

The average UK rent outside London is now £761, with London’s average being £1,879 - meaning tenants across the country now...

Rents in the UK grew by an average, and tiny, 0.69 per cent in the year to the end of February,...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

The average cost of renting a home is now rising across every UK region for the first time in almost two...

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

Millennials renting an average-sized property outside of London, who begin their tenancy at age 21, will spend an average of £110,830...

Rents across the UK began to shrink for the first time in over half a decade toward the end of 2017,...

Graduates sharing in London spend upwards of 45 per cent of their monthly take home pay on accommodation according to a...

Specialist buy to let mortgage lender LandBay has teamed up with financial services giant Legal & General to provide a new...

The average rent of a new letting in the UK grew by 0.24 per cent in the first six months of...

Expanding buy to let lender Landbay says it plans to launch an accounting, reporting and tax compliance service for those holding...

The prospect of today's General Election as well as ongoing uncertainty surrounding Britain's exit from the European Union is having a...

Tenants aged between 18 and 39 and living alone spend 69 per cent of their monthly post-tax income on rent according...

The speed at which rents across are growing has more than halved since a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on second...

A buy to let mortgage lender claims that five out of six areas affected by the long-running spate of strikes on...

  The average rent paid for a home in the UK outside London hit £750 in December, rising by 2.04 per cent...

Rents across the UK grew by a modest 1.12 per cent in 2016 according to buy to let lender Landbay -...

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

The average rent for a one-bedroom property was £1,010 in August, according to the latest Landbay Rental Index. Between July and August,...

A survey conducted for buy to let lender Landbay claims that a strong lettings market even in winter demonstrates “the shortage...

A seasonal slowdown has hit the lettings sector with rents dipping 0.4 per cent in November to a UK monthly average...

Rents climbed 0.7 per cent in October to a UK average of £1,294. There were increases in every region with the...

Landbay, a relatively new peer-to-peer lender focussed on the buy to let sector, has appointed a former senior figure from Paragon...

Rents are rising faster for three bedroom homes than for any other property type. They show a rise of 4.6 per cent...

A new lettings sector index to be launched later this month claims new “insight into the UK private rented sector.” The index...