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Landbay reduces its five-year fixed BTL mortgage rates

Landbay reduces its five-year fixed BTL mortgage rates...

Landlords looking for a five-year fixed rate mortgage can benefit from lower rates offered by Landbay. The specialist buy to let lender has reduced the rates on its standard five-year fixed product range...

Generation Rent slams government for scrapping EPC targets

Generation Rent slams government for scrapping EPC targets...

A tenant activist group is raging at the shelving of EPC targets calling the move “appalling”. Generation Rent told the London Assembly that scrapping EPC rules for landlords “is a terrible move...

Are selective licensing schemes to blame for soaring rents?

Are selective licensing schemes to blame for soaring rents?

For anyone wondering what the impact of selective licensing schemes is on tenants and rent prices, then one landlord has news for you. He claims that the selective licensing scheme introduced in Nottingham...

Renters face affordability crisis despite LHA boost

Renters face affordability crisis despite LHA boost...

Low-income renters in England will struggle to afford their homes even after the government’s recent benefit boost, a campaign group has warned. Generation Rent said that the increase in Local Housing...

Sellers lower prices as housing market cools down

Sellers lower prices as housing market cools down...

The UK housing market saw a bigger than usual drop in new seller asking prices this month, as sellers became competitive in a more stable and less frenzied market. According to Rightmove, the average asking...

Brits paid out £85.6bn in rent during 2023

Brits paid out £85.6bn in rent during 2023...

Renters in Great Britain will pay a staggering £85.6bn in rent this year – that’s more than double the amount paid in 2010 and £8bn more than last year. The report from Hamptons also shows...

137 properties a day have the asking price slashed

137 properties a day have the asking price slashed...

Property investors will be interested in the latest research that reveals home sellers are cutting their asking prices at a rate of 137 properties a day in England, as they try to attract buyers in a cooler...

Help to protect landlords from tenant sub-letting and property fraud unveiled

Help to protect landlords from tenant sub-letting and property...

Landlords and property owners can now protect themselves from tenant sub-letting and property fraud with a new service called Title Guardian. The service monitors various sources, such as sales and letting...

BTL landlords are facing a shocking 80% rise in borrowing costs

BTL landlords are facing a shocking 80% rise in borrowing costs...

Buy to let landlords with mortgages will struggle to break even in the next two years with their borrowing costs soaring by an anticipated 80% as they remortgage after enjoying historically low fixed rates.

Zoopla boss blames record migration for UK rent crisis

Zoopla boss blames record migration for UK rent crisis...

The UK is facing a rent crisis as record net migration has increased the demand for rental accommodation, according to the boss of Zoopla, one of the UK’s leading property websites. Richard Donnell,

Daily Telegraph wants to speak to landlords facing issues with cladding

Daily Telegraph wants to speak to landlords facing issues with...

Are you a landlord who is facing problems because of cladding? Then, Alexa Phillips, the property and money reporter for the Telegraph would like to speak with you. Alexa would like to ask Property118...

Daily Telegraph wants to speak to landlords about trying to sell a property with difficult tenants

Daily Telegraph wants to speak to landlords about trying to sell...

Are you a landlord who is trying to sell a property but having problems arranging viewings because of difficult tenants? Then, Alexa Phillips, the property and money reporter for The Telegraph would like...

London council unveils new selective licensing scheme

London council unveils new selective licensing scheme...

The government has approved a new selective licensing scheme for a London council – one of the largest schemes in the country. Brent council has announced that it will launch its licensing scheme...

UK property prices rise again in November

UK property prices rise again in November...

House prices in the UK increased by 0.5% in November, the second consecutive monthly rise, the Halifax house price index reveals. The average price of a home now stands at £283,615, which is £40,000...

Homeless refugees on the rise in London amid accommodation crisis

Homeless refugees on the rise in London amid accommodation crisis...

London Councils is warning of a surge in rough sleeping among refugees and asylum seekers who are evicted from Home Office accommodation without adequate support. The cross-party group represents the 32...

Property fraud risk is higher in some UK regions

Property fraud risk is higher in some UK regions...

A new study has revealed that some regions of the UK may be more prone to property fraud than others, due to the higher proportion of mortgage-free properties in those areas. The study, conducted by client...

Labour wants to ban tenant bidding wars – landlord explains why that won’t work

Labour wants to ban tenant bidding wars – landlord explains...

The Labour Party says it wants the UK to outlaw tenant bidding wars for rented homes, adopting a New Zealand policy, the Party’s Shadow Housing Minister, Matthew Pennycook, says. Several Australian...

Tenant bidding wars lead to them paying £1,200 more

Tenant bidding wars lead to them paying £1,200 more...

A survey has revealed that four in 10 households renting privately (39%) that moved within the last year are paying an average of £1,200 a year above the advertised rate for their property. The findings...

Landlords increase rent to cope with higher mortgage costs

Landlords increase rent to cope with higher mortgage costs...

The majority of buy to let landlords in the UK have increased rent in the past year, mainly to cover higher mortgage costs, a new survey reveals. The findings from Landbay, which polled 1,000 landlords,

Periodic tenancies could make being a landlord riskier

Periodic tenancies could make being a landlord riskier...

The Renters’ (Reform) Bill will scrap fixed-term tenancies (ASTs) and introduce periodic ones that could expose landlords’ properties to more damage, NoLettingGo warns. The managing director...

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