According to Barclays Mortgages latest data, the buy-to-let climate is very much thriving across the UK with three quarters of UK buy-to-let homeowners choosing to purchase their property in order to invest in their family’s future,...
An opinion piece in London’s daily business newspaper, City A.M., focuses on the remarks made by the chancellor in this recent budget statement that buy-to-let landlords have a huge advantage in the market as...
In the wake of the warning from the Bank of England that the buy-to-let bubble could threaten the financial stability of the entire country, the UK chancellor, George Osborne, has indicated that a crack...
The average Scottish rent has reached a new peak of £549 per month according to the latest index data from letting agent Your Move. For the month of June this represents a year on...
In the budget delivered by George Osborne earlier this month it was revealed that from April 2016 the formal Wear and Tear Allowance, which allows 10% to be written off for notional wear and...
According to an independent survey for construction and regeneration company Keepmoat only 2% of renters plan on getting on the property ladder this year. The most common reason for not getting on the property ladder...
According to research from the mortgage and loans provider Ocean Finance, more than half of tenants surveyed in the UK say they have experienced problems with their rented homes over the past 12 months,...
A recent study by removal firm Kiwi Movers found that 52 per cent of tenants experienced difficulties over the return of deposits on check-out. The most common reason of items missing from the inventory...
New figures from Rightmove suggest growing affordability issues for tenants priced out of the house purchase market. Sam Mitchell, head of lettings at Rightmove, said: “Rents have grown this quarter in nearly all regions...
A new compulsory licensing and registration scheme for landlords is to be launched in Wales this autumn. The new scheme will require landlords to register themselves and their properties. If a landlord wants to...
