The lettings industry has welcomed news that reforms to Universal Credit will include a new online system for private landlords to get rents paid directly to them. The news was one of a number...
The number of letting agents in the UK is set to shrink by a fifth over the next two years, franchised lettings giant Belvoir has claimed. This prediction is made by the company in...
Following a prolonged period of strong growth, the Highlands and Islands region has been replaced as Scotland’s fastest growing rental market. According to the latest Scotland Buy to Let Index from Your Move, Glasgow...
The UK’s largest provider of inventory services says the creation of an MOT certificate system for properties in the rental sector is the next logical step to improve standards. No Letting Go says the...
Three million new social homes must be built in England over 20 years to solve the “housing crisis”, a report says. Housing charity Shelter says upfront costs of £11bn a year could come from...
Rents continued to rise below the level of inflation in most UK regions in November, data shows. Figures from Your Move show that UK rents were up 1.8% annually in November 2018 to £864...
The government says it will shortly respond to over 8,700 responses it received about its suggestions for longer standard tenancies in the private rental sector. The consultation which formally closed in late August invited...
It’s the lull before the storm for private tenants according to the Association of Residential Lettings Agents. In its market snapshot looking at November, ARLA says the number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell...
Buy-to-let landlords should invest the time in getting to know their tenants, according to new research. A survey conducted by Upad shows that one of the biggest regrets of experienced landlords when they first...
New data from online buy to let agency Yieldit claims to give an insight into which property types produce the best yields for investors. Drawing on the agency’s current inventory, it says three out...
