With the UK budget statement being delivered later this week by George Osborne it remains to be seen if measures will be introduced to close at least some of the tax breaks given to...
The Bank of England has expressed concerns over excessive landing to fund buy-to-let purchases. In its latest report, the BoE states that buy-to-let lending now accounts for 18% of new mortgage lending. This could...
Research conducted by Paragon Mortgages has found strong growth in the buy-to-let market during the second quarter, with 43% of landlords experiencing a rise in tenant demand. The latest figures confirm that demand is...
The number of properties being re-let before the existing tenant has moved out is on the increase. New research from Countrywide shows that in the current year 33% of all new lets were agreed...
The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has reported a fall in the number of rental properties available to tenants during May. The supply of rental property fell by 7% from April, with only...
At the start of the month a report by the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, claimed that private landlords are providing a sub-standard service whilst “pocketing £5.6bn in rent on unsafe housing”. This report however was...
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has accused the Government of discriminating against private landlords in relation to the roll out of Universal Credit. This follows the establishment of a helpline for social landlords with...
Moneyfacts today revealed that the number of buy-to-let deals available to first-time landlords has risen by 13%, up from 574 in April to 664 today, arguably as a result of the new pension freedoms. Charlotte...
Landlords have until tomorrow evening 23rd of June to protect any outstanding tenancy deposits they took for tenancies commencing before that date, according to the Deregulation Act 2015 amnesty, otherwise they will be barred...
According to a report published by the rochdaleonline.co.uk website, more than half of all North West landlords say they are struggling to keep up all the regulation changes which have been coming “thick and fast”...
