Residential property rents across the UK, which have been rising since 2010, are expected to rise by 16% by 2018, according to a new report from Knight Frank. It points out that the pace...
The requirement for all letting and managing agents in England to belong to an ombudsman scheme as from next year has come closer. Yesterday, the Government set out its measures, saying: “Compulsory redress schemes...
It was interesting to see at the height of all the Help to Buy media hoopla recently that the Government was also highlighting the importance of the private rental sector and focusing on areas...
Figures from the latest Rent Check report, produced by BDRC Continental and Allsop LLP, show that Britons are increasingly at home with renting rather than buying their home. Most tenants in the study –...
National rents showed no sign of slowdown in October, up 1% month-on-month and 11% annually to £785 per month. This is according to research from lettings group Sequence which found that the average rent...
PricedOut says most first-time buyers would be better off renting and saving so they could access a better interest rate further down the line. First-time buyers would be better off renting than buying a home...
Strong demand for rental property and the lack of supply of new homes will push up rents for the foreseeable future, even if Help to Buy does help more tenants onto the property ladder....
With rental demand for properties continuing to outstrip supply across many parts of the country, landlords’ expectations remain high as far asking prices are concerned. But how do we know how much our properties...
A report by a cross-party group of MPs has thrown serious doubt on to how the immigration status of prospective tenants can be checked by landlords – checks that, in reality, will be carried...
The recent news that mortgage lenders are cracking down on residential customers who let out their homes to paying tenants without consent (referred to in the Telegraph, perhaps inaccurately, as ‘accidental landlords’) begs the...
