Buy to Let News

New rental homes account for just 16% of the total available

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th January 2023, 4 years ago | 4

Of the total number of available homes to rent in the UK, just 16% came to the market in the...

Scotland looks set to extend rent freeze and eviction ban

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th January 2023, 4 years ago | 17

Landlords and property investors in Scotland have hit out after the Scottish Government recommended that the current rent freeze and...

Rocketing rent is ‘number one concern’ for tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2023, 4 years ago | 9

The rocketing cost of rent is the number one concern for renters as they look to the year ahead, a...

House prices drop by up to £315,000 after disastrous mini-Budget

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2023, 4 years ago | 0

The worst hit area after the disastrous mini-Budget saw its house values being slashed by up to £315,000, research reveals....

House price crash ‘looks increasingly unlikely’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2023, 4 years ago | 3

After several real estate firms, lenders and property platforms predicted that house prices would fall in 2023 by up to...

Bank of England orders lenders to be ‘ready for a prolonged period of credit stress’

Author: Jonathan Chapman

11th January 2023, 4 years ago | 0

The executive director of the Bank of England financial watchdog, David Bailey, has warned that the Bank of England intends...

Petition calling for landlord tax relief to be reinstated hits 20,200 signatures

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th January 2023, 4 years ago | 3

A petition that was launched to reinstate tax relief allowing a landlord’s mortgage interest to be set against rental income...

Exodus of private landlords ‘exaggerated’ – claim

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th January 2023, 4 years ago | 32

A survey has revealed that landlord confidence is ‘robust’, though many worry about the government’s meddling in the private rented...

Rents are growing at fastest rate in seven years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th January 2023, 4 years ago | 1

Tenants are seeing rents growing at their fastest rate since 2016 when records began, says the Office for National Statistics...

Freeholder administration charges for permission to let?

Author: Readers Question

10th January 2023, 4 years ago | 15

Hello, I own a leasehold flat with 900 years lease, no service charges and peppercorn ground rent. My lease states I...

Landlords warn that energy efficiency plans are ‘dead in the water’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th January 2023, 4 years ago | 55

Landlords are warning that plans to improve the energy efficiency of homes in the private rented sector (PRS) are ‘dead...

Landlord Accreditation Scheme closing?

Author: Readers Question

10th January 2023, 4 years ago | 4

Hello, I’m interested in what your opinions are about this. I’ve received an email from my local Accreditation Scheme, advising...

2023’s housing market will be ‘calmer’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th January 2023, 4 years ago | 0

2023’s housing market will be a lot calmer than has been seen in the last two years because the economic...

Why not pay Housing Benefit directly to Landlords?

Author: Readers Question

9th January 2023, 4 years ago | 22

Housing Benefit is paid to tenants to cover their housing costs (sorry for stating the obvious). There would be numerous...

Will student tenants leave the utility bill?

Author: Readers Question

9th January 2023, 4 years ago | 6

Hello, my question is, I have a buy to let property, and have noticed my tenants’ gas and electric bill...

The UK’s house price hotspot is revealed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th January 2023, 4 years ago | 0

According to Rightmove, average asking prices for homes were 5.6% higher across Great Britain at the end of 2022 than...

Council tax liability?

Author: Readers Question

6th January 2023, 4 years ago | 39

Hello, My tenant had a two years AST but she left after 18 months. The council made her liable for...

Letting agents predict 2023 will be tough for tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th January 2023, 4 years ago | 0

The private rented sector (PRS) will endure a tough 2023 with rising rents and more tenants falling into arrears, the...