The Government should consider postponing upcoming tax changes because of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to Apropos by DJ Alexander.  The property management firm wants to see the government delay implementing the final part of the [...]

Right to Rent checks has been temporarily adapted due to coronavirus, to make it easier for landlords to carry them out. Effective immediately, the temporary changes to the scheme, which requires landlords to check that all [...]

The number of homes sold rose again in February to hit their highest level in six months in a further sign that the housing market was picking up before the coronavirus outbreak, new figures show. The [...]

Gas Tag has launched a new feature to support landlords, housing providers, and contractors with compliance efforts during COVID-19. The update, designed to ensure that landlords meet regulatory requirements, such as annual gas safety checks [...]

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has temporarily withdrawn its high loan-to-value (LTV) buy-to-let mortgage products.  The specialist buy-to-let arm of Nationwide Building Society has pulled sales of mortgages above 75% LTV.   The decision has been [...]

Mansfield Building Society has limited lending to 65% loan-to-value across its buy-to-let mortgage range in response to the coronavirus outbreak.  The Society has also temporarily suspended lending on holiday lets.  Paul Lewis, national development manager at The Mansfield, said: “We’ve [...]

Rents continued to rise year-on-year in March while the number of homes available to let fell, according to the latest data from Home.co.uk.  Figures from the property website reveal that the supply of rental housing [...]

Labour has urged the government to permit private tenants who are struggling to pay their rent due to the coronavirus epidemic to be exempt from paying their landlord for three months. Many renters are being [...]

The government’s decision to suspend all ongoing housing possession actions, which means that neither cases currently in the or any about to go in the system can progress to the stage where someone could be evicted, [...]

To help support our NHS workers, Seven Living are offering 50 self-contained properties for free to NHS staff embarking on 14-day isolation periods.  This offer is exclusively for NHS staff who require isolation from their [...]