Average asking rents in London rose to an all-time high of £2,091 a month in the first quarter of the year as the number of available properties continued to drop sharply, according to new research. [...]
Returns for Britain’s private landlords have dropped, while strong returns have instead come from investing in corporate residential landlords, according new research by BondMason. The property investment specialist BondMason has created a new index to [...]
Private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK increased by 1.2% in the 12 months to March 2019, up from 1.1% a month earlier, according to the data from the Office for National Statistics [...]
Buy-to-let landlords and letting agents will find that they will typically achieve the highest number of leads during weekday evenings, with the level of tenant enquiries typically peaking at 8pm on Monday, according to Zoopla, the owner [...]
Paragon has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range for portfolio and non-portfolio landlords, with products including mortgages with no product fee, no application fee, free mortgage valuation and up to £400 cashback. There are mortgage options [...]
Weak rental growth has resulted in improving affordability for renters across many parts of the country, including London, while rents in northern regions are now the most affordable for a decade, new research shows. The [...]
The government’s announcement earlier this week that there will be radical reforms of the PRS will not just create open-ended tenancies and restrict a landlord’s ability to remove tenants, but will also dissuade property investors, [...]
Abolishing Section 21 without making Section 8 fully “fit for purpose” will have dire consequences on our housing supply. This week, the government outlined plans to consult on new legislation to abolish Section 21 in [...]
A new app has been launched with a view to reducing the legal costs involved with disputes between landlords and tenants. LegalDefence, a subscription-based legal service which also reduces the legal costs involved in buying [...]
Barclays has made alterations to some of its buy-to-let mortgage products. Rate reductions in the buy-to-let range include a two-year fix at 60% loan-to-value (LTV) with a 1% product fee. The rate on this product [...]
