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Rented home demand to remain strong as FTBs put off buying

Rented home demand to remain strong as FTBs put off buying...

More than a million Brits under the age of 45 could rule themselves out of the first-time buyer market due to financial pressures caused by the cost-of-living crisis, a survey reveals. The findings from...

Lender offers landlords £50m to help enhance energy efficiency

Lender offers landlords £50m to help enhance energy efficiency...

Buy-to-let landlords who want to improve the sustainability of their investment properties can access a lending fund with lower mortgage rates worth £50m to help. Leading specialist lender OSB Group has...

Government to fund rogue landlord crackdown

Government to fund rogue landlord crackdown...

The government has today revealed that it will fund councils with high numbers of ‘poor privately rented homes’ in a bid to crack down on rogue landlords and drive-up standards in the private...

Property transactions will plummet by 17% as seasonal slowdown approaches

Property transactions will plummet by 17% as seasonal slowdown...

The UK’s property market could see transactions slide by as much as 17% come spring of next year – and the downward trend could start next month as the market winds down for the Christmas period,

Commercial agents and landlords warned of energy efficiency regulation changes

Commercial agents and landlords warned of energy efficiency regulation...

Propertymark is warning commercial letting agents and landlords about a change in energy efficiency regulations for business buildings. They say that from 1 April 2023, the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented...

Record spike in rent protection uptake from landlords

Record spike in rent protection uptake from landlords...

Over the last six months there has been a 57% increase in the uptake of rent protection as an optional extra alongside standard landlord’s insurance, one provider reveals. General insurance platform...

Landbay reduces rates across all five-year fixes

Landbay reduces rates across all five-year fixes...

The specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has revealed that it has reduced the rates on all of its five-year fixed rate mortgages by up to 0.30% and added two new products to its variable fee range. Paul...

Sadiq Khan calls for a national rogue landlord database

Sadiq Khan calls for a national rogue landlord database...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is calling for a national rogue landlord database – after revealing that half a million tenants in the capital have accessed the Rogue Landlord and Agent Checker...

Funding help is needed to make homes more energy efficient

Funding help is needed to make homes more energy efficient...

Only cash help to make homes and businesses energy efficient will enable the government to meet a pledge set out by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, in his Autumn Statement last week, Propertymark...

Demand for rent protection insurance grows

Demand for rent protection insurance grows...

Growing economic uncertainties has seen a rise in the number of letting agents supporting their landlords against rental arrears or income disruption. According to the latest data from Goodlord and Vouch,

UK sees house transactions rise by 2% in October

UK sees house transactions rise by 2% in October...

The number of UK house transactions increased by 2% in October to reach a seasonally adjusted total of 108,480, HMRC reports, though these figures do not reflect the market chaos seen after the Government’s...

UK house prices set to fall for the next two years

UK house prices set to fall for the next two years...

House prices in the UK are predicted to fall for the next two years before they will increase again, the government’s official forecaster says. According to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR),

Wealthy Londoners who can’t sell become ‘accidental landlords’

Wealthy Londoners who can’t sell become ‘accidental landlords’...

A growing number of wealthy Londoners who can’t sell their homes are becoming accidental landlords instead, a report has found. That’s because the housing market in the capital has slowed down to the...

Propertymark says the pressure on rents is easing

Propertymark says the pressure on rents is easing...

Propertymark, the body for property agents, says that the average number of new prospective tenants registered with each member branch in October fell by 42% on the month before. This drop in demand will,

Worried landlords increasingly ask for rent guarantors

Worried landlords increasingly ask for rent guarantors...

Increasingly worried landlords are demanding that their tenants offer a guarantor in the face of looming rent arrears, research reveals. According to referencing firm Goodlord, the region with the largest...

Majority of property investors looking to invest next year

Majority of property investors looking to invest next year...

More than 50% of property investors are looking to further expand their portfolio in 2023 – despite the uncertainty of the UK’s economic outlook, research reveals. The findings from bridging...

Gina Peters publishes ‘Lettings Law for Property Professionals’ to help landlords and agents

Gina Peters publishes ‘Lettings Law for Property Professionals’...

As a landlord, would you know what to do if a tenant said they are leaving a tenancy immediately because of a ghost in your property? Or how to deal with a tenant who hoards rubbish? These, and a lot of...

Landlords! We have lost the moral high ground and it’s not coming back

Landlords! We have lost the moral high ground and it’s not...

While landlords have never been flavour of the month, we have lost the moral high ground over standards in private rented accommodation and it’s not coming back. It’s hard to believe that landlord...

Rising bills will create tension between housemates

Rising bills will create tension between housemates...

The rising cost of household bills will cause more arguments between housemates over the coming months – with higher energy bills already causing friction, research reveals. The findings from Comparethemarket...

The Autumn Statement – property sector reacts

The Autumn Statement – property sector reacts...

The much-anticipated Autumn Statement has seen the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, delivering a mixed bag of tax rises and policy changes. And now the property sector has seen what the potential...

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