According to research carried out for mortgage and loans provider Ocean Finance, almost a third (32%) of those questioned say they hurried into renting their property and 61% admitted to disliking something about their...
Letting agents and landlords have made 636 enquiries since 1st December to a helpline set up by the Home Office to advise on immigration checks on tenants. Of these enquiries, 258 have originated from...
The latest Generation Report from Halifax shows that the number of first time buyers in 2014 was at its highest level for seven years. Further analysis of the report however shows a disconnect between...
Research from Emerging Property has found that buy-to-let landlords in the North East of England are the least confident in the market with only 21% believing that it will continue to grow. London on...
Buy-to-let lenders who are members of the Council of Mortgage Lenders are adopting a new statement of practice, designed to provide clarity about how responsible buy-to-let lenders operate. 31 lenders representing an estimated 90%...
The Department for Communities and Local Government’s housing standard review has excluded mandatory electrical safety checks in the private rented sector. This is despite the fact that the department has taken positive action on...
The new deregulation act will have major impacts on landlords, agents and tenants. From October tenants will be able to protect themselves from eviction by making a complaint about a property’s state of repair....
Under proposals recently announced by the Scottish government private tenancy laws will be reformed to protect renters from short-notice evictions. The consultation process will include a review of the controversial ‘no-fault’ repossession clause. This...
23% of UK landlords do not measure the return on their buy-to-let investments at all according to new research from Platinum Property Partners. This equates to £300bn of investment in BTL left unmonitored, meaning...
According to an influential group of MPs the next government should assess the possible impact on the private rented sector before making any decision either to implement, or rule out, a ban on letting...
