New electrical safety rules have been introduced to ensure that private tenants are protected. New regulations, which were introduced yesterday, are designed to strengthen electrical safety practices and bring in line with those already well-established within gas [...]
With Premier League football poised to return on 17 June after a three-month shutdown, Sourced Capital has decided to analyse average residential property prices and rents surrounding each football stadium to decide which team landlords [...]
Buy-to-let is no longer the investment of choice for some people, new data suggests. The buy-to-let share of all online mortgage searches has dropped to just 17.99% versus 65.94% for standard residential searches, which is down [...]
People who invest in a property that has an annexe and therefore believe they have acquired two properties and can claim stamp duty relief may be disappointed, according to leading tax and advisory specialists. Last month [...]
All buy-to-let loans above £500,000 are now offered by The Mortgage Lender with a reduced completion fee of 0.5%, and from 0.75% for loans exceeding £750,000. The reduced fees are available for individual, limited company [...]
A number of buy-to-let landlords face financial hardship because of the coronavirus crisis, especially if the existing ban of tenant evictions is extended. Some landlords who already had possession cases for rent arrears going through [...]
With the Coronavirus crisis widely expected to lead to a rise in rent arrears as many tenants face financial hardship, Citizens Advice is calling on the government to do more to help people desperately in [...]
More than 2,500 households have agreed not to pay rent thanks to a campaign, launched by the London Renters Union (LRU), which encourages people to withhold payments to landlords amid the Coronavirus crisis. The activists are [...]
A survey of tenants suggests around one in eight private sector tenants have fallen behind with housing costs since the coronavirus crisis began. The research by the Resolution Foundation, based on a YouGov survey of [...]
Virgin Money has launched a wide range of new products, with lending up to 80% loan-to-value (LTV) available on buy-to-let cases. Virgin Money announced at the start of April that it was no longer accepting [...]