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A regional agent says the fear of further taxes on the private rental sector may lead to a spurt of landlords...

New figures published by HMRC show a 7% rise in Capital Gains Tax liabilities on the sale of residential property in...

The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...

Knight Frank says the incoming Labour government faces a potential clash between what is politically desirable and economically possible, in terms...

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

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords.   The news comes as a poll conducted...

Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

A new survey of 4,000 landlords has identified the three qualities they look for in a letting agent. Whereas trust and liveability...

Rightmove has released its annual league table of busiest rental locations. Wrexham is this year’s busiest, with each home available to rent...

The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...

It’s claimed that as many as one in five tenants has lost out in a rental bidding war during the last...

There may be a substantial number of small-scale private landlords selling up right now, but no fewer than 88 per cent...

The Renters Reform Bill can be the perfect opportunity for the industry to become more professional - just so long as...

It’s no secret – 2023 is a difficult year for the property industry. While rising rents should lead to increased income...

London’s renters are most at risk from finding their homes either being un-lettable or their landlord selling up due to the...

Prime London rents picked up again over the first three months of this year, says Savills. Rental prices are up 1.4 per...

The Scottish Parliament’s so called Cost of Living Act - imposing rent controls on the private sector - is backfiring. That’s the...

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

Mortgage experts appearing before a committee of MPs have given an especially gloomy forecast for the buy to let sector in...

A senior lettings industry figure says the Bank of England should delay future base rate rises to allow the housing market...

Jeremy Hunt’s firm grasp of fiscal policy after the market turmoil of recent weeks won’t stop what one housing expert calls...

Propertymark says there’s already been a decline in the number of homes available for rent in Scotland because of rising costs...

Demand for pied a terres from those working in offices for only three days of the week is fuelling demand for...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Clifford Thomas – Sales Director at The Letting Partnership What is...

An activist group claims that homeless cases arising from Section 21 evictions are now at their highest level since records began...

One of the leading lettings agencies in Liverpool has issued a warning about the city’s controversial new licensing scheme. The Labour council...

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

ARLA Propertymark has fired a shot across the bows of the government as it aims to improve energy efficiency in the...

The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...

Buy to let investors are not cashing out of the private rental sector despite the restrictions and taxes imposed by government. Hamptons’...

There’s been a spectacular surge in demand for lettings properties as vendors take advantage of the stamp duty holiday by selling...

Labour says the latest extension to the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions doesn’t go far enough to help tenants. The extension to the...

Some 90 per cent of branches from franchise giant Belvoir believe house rents will rise or at least stay static in 2021,...

Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer.  Mary Rouse,...

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

The Times claims there have been well over 200 complaints lodged with redress schemes, alleging that lettings agents tried to charge...

The pressure group Generation Rent, which in the past has been highly critical of letting agents and other aspects of the...

A Labour think tank considered on the right wing of the party says it wants rent controls that make a difference...

A family-run property management and letting agency, launched at the start of the year, has doubled its year one target within...

There’s been another call on the government to rethink its plans to change the Section 21 eviction process.  The founder of Landlord...

The typical landlord who sold a rental property in England and Wales made a gross gain of £79,770 before tax last...

Buy to let investors are facing a double whammy as stagnating rents and reduced tax relief are hitting profitability. A study from...

It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...

A PropTech firm says buy to let investors should not respond to the slowing market by selling up, but should instead...

Rent controls of the kind which London mayor Sadiq Khan wishes to introduce will worsen what is already a huge exodus...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is demanding 'property MOTs' to help landlords trying to meet new energy efficiency targets. The government’s...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says letting agents must provide value for their landlord clients through technology, transparency and service if they...

The number of landlords exiting the market in the East of England is 100 per cent higher than the national average...

Research by franchise lettings agency company Belvoir suggests that landlords are continuing to exit the property market, although not at the...

A poll of 1,250 landlords suggests that far from being concerned about the profitability of buy to let, almost 80 per...

Free seminars are to be held next month to help letting agents restructure their business to optimise opportunities in the current...

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

Generation Rent, the controversial pressure group campaigning alongside Shelter and others for the scrapping of landlords’ rights to evict under Section...

Belvoir says more landlords are selling up and fewer newcomers are investing in the private rental sector because of increased legislation...

It appears that take-up of an apparently compulsory licensing scheme in one city has been shockingly low - and the scheme...

A new study has revealed that the key reason tenants move between rental properties is to experience a different area. This is...

Buy to let investors are taking a wait and see approach when it comes to additional investment in the sector according...

Up to 500,000 so-called Baby Boomers have been hit by allegedly unaffordable rents and a lack of appropriate housing for older...

Latest lettings findings from franchise agency Belvoir shows that in the third quarter of this year average rents were just £3 a...

A fall in the supply of available rental properties suggests some landlords may be quitting the buy to let sector as...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it is seeing a consolidation of agencies ahead of the ban on agents’ fees...

Landlords who rent out their property via online letting agents are in a stronger position to deal with new financial and...

Letting agents have reporting an average of four landlords per branch selling up and quitting the buy to let sector in...

A lettings agent has poured scorn on a survey suggesting a quarter of landlords are about to quit buy to let,...

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

The total number of evictions last year reached a record high of 42,728 according to data from the Ministry of Justice.  Whilst...

The government’s reduction of mortgage interest tax relief on buy to let properties in a major factor for 50 per cent...

UK landlords own their properties for an average of 17 years before selling up, according to Countrywide's latest Lettings Index. This is...

The number of landlords selling their buy-to-let properties increased during April, according to the latest report from the Association of Residential...