The UK lockdown has been essential for containing the spread of coronavirus, but it is causing major disruption and distress, so when can it be lifted?  There are huge decisions for the government to make, as [...]

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that Universal Credit rent arrears deductions have been suspended amid the coronavirus pandemic. Third-party deductions, which typically see claimants have money they owe taken from their [...]

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has criticised the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) after it announced yesterday that the process for paying back rent arrears through Universal Credit deductions has been suspended.  Third-party [...]

Coventry for Intermediaries has increased its maximum loan-to-value (LTV) across its buy-to-let range to 75%.  The lender also has a selection of Flexx Fix options offering greater flexibility for buy-to-let borrowers. There are also product [...]

Landlords who have benefited from a mortgage holiday should pass this on to financially distressed tenants, according to Mary-Anne Bowring, group managing director at Ringley, which manages thousands of homes across the UK. Bowring wants [...]

Average monthly rents across the country increased by just £2, or 0.26%, on Q4 2019 to hit an average of £775 during the second quarter of the year. The data provided by The Deposit Protection Service [...]

Many tenants have been laid off, furloughed, or have seen their incomes plummet because of the response to the coronavirus outbreak, and yet there has only been a 2% increase in late rental payments, according [...]

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 has been applicable to all tenants in England for just over a month, including those who signed their leases before March 2019. The act aims to ensure [...]

Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) has updated its Tenant Fees Matrix, initially introduced in 2019, with a view to simplifying the most important points in the Tenant Fees Act 2019 in England and the Renting Homes [...]

A high number of buyers have postponed or pulled out of property deals as a result of the coronavirus outbreak fearing that economic uncertainty would make their purchase unaffordable or hoping that prices would later [...]