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Anyone renting an Airbnb or other short let property in Edinburgh from the summer of 2026 is likely to be hit...

A tax expert is advising anyone involved in the furnished holiday lettings sector to ‘act now’ ahead of upcoming tax changes. Ben...

The number of buy to let property purchases in the UK fell 14% from 224,700 in 2022/23 to 193,700 in the...

Zoopla lettings chiefs have told the government it should tighten up its imminent Renters Rights Bill by demanding all lettings agents...

Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...

Tenants renewing an existing contracts have been faced with high rent rises according to Hamptons lettings agency. It says they rose 8.3%...

Propertymark has urged Scotland’s new First Minister to end the country’s housing emergency. John Swinney is now First Minister and says he...

The political chaos in Scotland presents sensible politicians with an ideal chance to resent housing policies and ditch rent controls. That’s the...

Houses in Multiple Occupation are making up an increasing percentage of buy-to-let business, according specialist lender Shawbrook.  In both 2022 and 2023,...

Almost one in three buy to let landlords are set to sell up in the next 12 months. That’s the shock statistic...

Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...

The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...

Just under half of mortgage brokers expect to place more limited company buy-to-let business throughout the next 12 months, Paragon Bank...

A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth.   The average rent on a newly let property in...

The lettings market shows little sign of slowing as rents rose 11.7 per cent year-on-year across Britain in October, says the...

Propertymark says it’s delivering a powerful message to the Scottish Government - despite losing a recent key legal case. The agents trade...

Propertymark has urged the government to tackle rising landlord costs immediately.The warning comes as new research suggests that landlords are spending...

The average rate of annual rental growth on a newly let property in Britain hit 12.0 per cent in August, the...

The average rent on a newly let property in Britain rose to £1,273 pcm in June, a new record according to...

The pace of rental growth cooled in May, with the average rent on a newly let home in Britain rising 9.1...

The pace of rental growth cooled in May, with the average rent on a newly let home in Britain rising 9.1...

The Scottish Government looks set to extend its rent cap for yet another six months, despite widespread opposition from the lettings...

Strong rental growth pushed the average monthly rent on a newly let property outside London up to £1,002 pcm in April,...

A survey of nearly 700 landlords by Paragon Bank found that 67 per cent experienced increased tenant demand during the first...

A new survey of landlords has revealed a patchy record of awareness of new energy efficiency regulations for the rental sector. The...

The online agency Yopa is linking with an existing PropTech platform to offer a lettings option to landlord customers. The link is...

A prominent legal firm has given its view on the five key trends facing the private rental sector in 2023. These come...

Leaders Romans Group is offering its landlord clients a new investment service. ‘Smart Investment’, powered by GetGround, is described as a fully...

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

A new director of lettings has been announced for an independent residential consultancy that helps high net worth individuals buy, sell...

Rising interest rates are eroding the profitability of buy to let for mortgaged landlords, says Connells-owned agency Hamptons.   It says that its...

A network of professional landlords is warning the government that its reform agenda for the private rental sector is plain wrong...

Newcastle-based agency Walton Robinson is offering a buy to let property sourcing service.  This year, the agency claims it’s secured rental increases...

Rental values in prime areas of London are now nine per cent higher than they before the pandemic, with Knight Frank...

ARLA Propertymark is the latest rental industry organisation to hit out at what it calls the “tenant-centred approach” being taken to...

Lettings agency Galbraith reports that landlords are now returning to the residential lets sector from holiday lets after several years without...

Wales and Scotland are ahead of the game when it comes to limiting the impact of short term lets on the...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

Industry supplier FocalAgent has launched the National Property Photography Awards. Its network of over 1,000 professional photographers submit shots each month: those...

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...

The value of the Private Rented Sector in England, Wales and Scotland grew by 5.8 per cent to a jaw dropping...

The independent Chancellors agency chain has signed an exclusive contract to use The Lettings Hub pre-tenancy platform BOX for the next...

ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a call for HMRC to extend the time limit for the payment of Capital...

The latest rental market snapshot produced by HomeLet shows average rents outside of London soaring to higher levels and dropping in the capital itself.  The...

Propertymark has waded in to the debate over flood prevention measures in the UK:il it wants insurance for homeowners and landlords faced...

Booming demand for homes in commuter zones and well-connected towns is causing a mini-boom in the lettings market. That’s the view of...

Marketing platform TheHouseShop says letting agents can secure over £300 per property listed as it is “redefining the relationship between agents...

There's been a warning that tenants should not be deceived when a landlords wants possession of their property. Lindsays law firm says...

A new agency doesn’t hold back about its importance, describing itself as “the future of buy to let property offering a...

The Guild of Property Professionals and The Lettings Hub is to continue its partnership. Iain McKenzie, The Guild’s chief executive, says: “Having...

A call has gone out for the longer-term buy to let rental sector to have a similar tax regime as the largely-unregulated...

Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...

Propertymark is making it clear that rent controls are not the way to operate an efficient lettings market. In a formal response...

ARLA Propertymark has given a detailed response to a government consultation on how the pandemic has hit the private rental sector. The...

The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...

Making sure the check-in process for tenants is carried out in a smooth manner is more important than ever, in light...

One in eight homes coming onto the rental market in inner London since May has previously been an Airbnb or other...

Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...

New data from Hamptons International reveals that in June the average rent on a newly let property in Britain dipped 0.6...

The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...

New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...

New figures show that typical capital gains for buy to let investors are on the way down. Hamptons International says that landlords...

The government has relaxed some provisions of the controversial Right To Rent regulations for the duration of the Coronavirus outbreak. The temporary...

The average rent for a newly let property rose 3.3 per cent in the year to the end of February -...

A typical buy to let property pays over £600 in fees a year according to a new study released today. Insurance company...

Arun - which has the brands of Douglas Allen in East London and Essex, Ward & Partners in Kent, Cubitt &...

It’s been revealed that a clampdown on the buy to let sector by HM Revenue and Customs has produced millions of...

Cynics who rejected claims that landlords would quit the buy to let sector because of increasing bureaucracy and higher taxes may...

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...

A tenant is thought to be the first ever to have been awarded damages under new Scottish lettings legislation. Dambaru Baral was...

Owners of buy to let properties across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges according...

The average rent of a newly let property in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in October according to data from...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

A fifth of buy-to-let landlords claim they have reduced the number of properties in their portfolios due to a range of...

A landlord who failed to provide information regarding a buy to let property has been fined £2,080.  Tenants contacted Colchester council in...

Data from Countrywide estate agents analysed by Hamptons International reveals that the average rent of a newly-let property in the UK...

A PropTech firm says it has calculated the true cost of being a buy to let investor.  Howsy says the average landlord...

More details have emerged about Labour’s controversial proposal to allow private rental tenants that right to buy their landlord’s property, at...

A man who claimed he needed a council house but was actually a landlord has been ordered to pay back more...

Buy to let investors in the UK are spending nearly £4.7 billion a year on their rental properties, an average of...

A campaign by HM Revenue & Customs to encourage buy to let investors to ‘fess up’ to their unpaid tax has...

The number of landlords admitting to not paying tax has soared in the past year, according to new data. During 2018/2019, 16,110...

Property investors are calling for the government to provide more support to the UK property market. A survey of investors, carried out...

A research report claims letting agents could be missing out on thousands of pounds of potential income each year by not...

A damning report on taxation in the private rental sector (PRS) has accused the treasury of appearing not to understand 'the...

One of London’s best known lettings agents says unfurnished properties can take 30 per cent longer to let than a furnished...

There is a warning that the HMRC’s Let Property campaign, which received huge publicity and attention for some years, has so...

A lettings agency that has analysed HMRC data says rental income for buy to let landlords has leaped 15 per cent...

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...

A Trading Standards team has prosecuted a landlord who allegedly 'knew' criminal activity was taking place in his buy to let...

The owner of a buy to let property already shut by police has been fined by a court in Devon.  In June...

Continued political and economic uncertainty is likely to fuel increased tenant demand in the private rented sector, says Haart.  The company’s latest...

New data from Countrywide’s luxury brand agency Hamptons International says the average price of a home bought by a landlord in...

A survey has revealed that 44% of landlords are looking to sell properties as a challenging market takes its toll. Octopus Choice,...

If you’re a landlord who owns a buy to let property or perhaps a portfolio and need to raise money against...

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

No fewer than 93 per cent of landlords financing buy to let property chose a fixed rate mortgage in the second...

An online agency selling only buy to let units to would-be investors says it’s experiencing “positive growth” despite the challenges of...