House prices are set to rise next year as buyers rush to beat stamp duty changes.
According to Zoopla’s House Price Index, house prices will rise by 2.5% in 2025, and by 7.5% over the next three years.
The Labour government is considering banning landlords from accepting advance rent payments from tenants.
During a question to Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook, Dr Simon Opher, Labour MP for Stroud,
The NRLA has criticised the government’s plan for a landlord database as “bureaucratic”.
Under the Renters’ Rights Bill, a private rented sector database is set to be established, which the government...
Blackpool Council has approved a new selective licensing scheme which will come into effect on 1 April 2025.
It says the scheme will address poor management practices by some private landlords and ensure...
A leading firm of landlord and housing law experts has slammed a recent report suggesting councils in England and Wales are failing to adequately address landlord misconduct as ‘misleading and inaccurate’.
Aldermore has announced a relaxation of its buy to let remortgage criteria for properties purchased within the last six months.
The move is designed to provide landlords with greater flexibility and potentially...
HM Land Registry is set to pocket an extra £27 million a year following a fee hike that will come into effect on December 9, one organisation has calculated.
The increase will affect a range of services,
An estate agent is warning landlords of a new Airbnb scheme that allows tenants to sub-let their rental properties.
Knight Frank says the scheme could be open to abuse by tenants, allowing them to list...
Monthly rents across the UK have surged to unaffordable levels in every region except the North East, research reveals.
Analytics firm TwentyCi has published its latest Property and Homemover Report which...
A lawyer has slammed the Renters’ Rights Bill impact assessment, calling it “unreliable.”
David Smith, head of dispute resolution at JMW Solicitors, says the government’s assessment doesn’t “paint...
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has unveiled plans to introduce rent-controlled homes to help make housing more affordable for key workers in the capital.
The proposed ‘Key Worker Living Rent’ homes...
Propertymark has welcomed the government’s Warm Homes Plan, which aims to help homeowners save money on energy bills and improve home energy efficiency.
The plan includes grants for heat pumps,
London’s terraced houses are the most lucrative property type for buy to let investors, research reveals.
With average property prices of £579,743 and rent of £2,594, terraced houses in the capital...
Rents across Britain have surged over the past year by 8.7%, with some areas experiencing staggering increases – including one area that saw a jaw-dropping 30.1% rent hike.
The research from Zero...
The first survey of social housing tenants has found that while many of them are happy with their homes, there’s still room for improvement.
It found that just one in three tenants are happy with how...
The impact of the Renters’ Rights Bill is expected to cost £33 million a year, but the government insists it will not trigger a mass exodus of landlords.
According to the government’s impact assessment,
Growing uncertainty around the Renters’ Rights Bill has led to more landlords leaving the market and rents to rise, according to Knight Frank.
According to the estate agent, rents could jump by 17.6%...
A major landlord has unveiled plans to sell its private rented sector (PRS) business portfolio of 3,147 homes across 53 schemes in Greater London.
London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) is looking...
A landlord uncovered £10,000 in damages to his rental property after discovering it had been used as a marijuana farm.
Nick Lyons, CEO of inventory management service No Letting Go, said everything seemed...
Scotland’s landlords are ‘working people’ with the right to a ‘return’ on their investments, housing minister Paul McLennan has confirmed.
The Minister made the comments during...
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