The UK mortgage market is growing at its slowest annual rate in two years, according to the latest Housing Market Activity Report by Connells Survey & Valuation. While the total number of residential valuations...
If the private rented sector is to meet the increasing challenges being placed on it to satisfy ever increasing demand, maintain standards and prevent rents from rocketing, there needs to be urgent reform of...
Interest rates have also fallen over this period with fixed rates down by as much as 1.00%. Today there are 411 prime Buy-to-let deals on the market at an average variable rate of 4.53% and fixed...
Tenancy Deposit Protection became mandatory in Scotland yesterday. The law affects everyone who rents or rents out a property, whether they are landlord or tenant. It was passed by the Scottish Government last year,...
Figures are good for buyers making their first investment or for current buy-to-let investors. Although the news is filled with property woes at the moment, with the UK economy being in some turmoil in...
A guaranteed rent scheme affords a landlord peace of mind in the knowledge that they will receive a fixed monthly income from their letting agent even if their property is vacant, or rents have...
With both those with a small deposit and first time buyers set to be affected by the increase in the cost of borrowing, it looks like more people will be renting and for potentially...
Landlords need to switch on to a new tribunal ruling that orders them to make sure heating in rented homes is affordable for tenants. Liverpool City Council won a case on appeal before the...
The average yield on rental property increased from 6.1% in the first quarter of the year to 6.5% in the second, according to the latest Private Rental Sector Trends Survey commissioned by buy-to-let lender...
Disputes about tenancy deposits are raised almost equally by both sides: 48% of disputes are raised by landlords or their agents, and 51% by tenants. But tenants stand a better chance of winning all...
