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Rental market remains steady with high demand

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th January 2023, 3 years ago | 0

The lack of homes to rent and strong tenant demand has helped the rental market remain steady in December –...

Record number of sellers leads to a ‘Boxing Day bounce’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th January 2023, 3 years ago | 2

The number of new sellers putting their home on the market on Boxing Day leapt by 46% compared with the...

Energy-inefficient homes a turn-off for renters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th January 2023, 3 years ago | 11

More than half of renters say they would avoid an energy-inefficient property if it had an EPC rating of D...

Demand for London’s rental homes is ‘unseasonably high’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th January 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Tenant demand for homes to rent in London is ‘unseasonably high’ but rent rises are beginning to slow down, one...

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Two more lenders reveal their New Year BTL offerings

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th January 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Landbay and Accord Mortgages have revealed new products and rate cuts to help landlords looking for buy to let mortgage...

Replacement guarantor?

Author: Readers Question

4th January 2023, 3 years ago | 14

Hello, We rent a house to a young family who have been tenants for 2 years. At the time we...

Paragon unveils 5-year fixes and re-prices SVR

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd January 2023, 3 years ago | 3

Paragon Bank has announced the launch of four 5-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages, featuring reduced rates and fees, alongside the...

How (best) to increase the rent with longstanding tenants?

Author: Readers Question

3rd January 2023, 3 years ago | 18

Hello, The totality of my portfolio is now 25% below market value in rents, amounting to at least five digits...

Rents predicted to rocket by 12.9% in 2023

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd January 2023, 3 years ago | 5

Not only will demand for rental property in the UK remain high in 2023 – but rents will rocket by...

Half of landlords say PRS is tougher – and 62% will put up rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd January 2023, 3 years ago | 6

Life as a landlord in 2022 didn’t get any easier and new research reveals that nearly half of landlords say...

Robert Mellors: From being homeless to housing homeless people

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th December 2022, 3 years ago | 21

In the run-up to Christmas, there was a reader’s question on Property118 about landlords setting up a charity to help...

Student landlords face losing out on £3.2 million in rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th December 2022, 3 years ago | 14

The cost-of-living crisis is hitting students so hard that landlords could miss out on £3.2 million as they consider moving...

Affordability will hit tenant demand and rent rises in 2023

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th December 2022, 3 years ago | 3

The prospect for big rent rises in 2023 is slim with affordability already hitting a tenant’s ability to pay rent,...

The best city for buy to let investment revealed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th December 2022, 3 years ago | 0

The best city for buy to let investors isn’t London – it’s a city that has robust property prices and...

70,000 BTL landlords exited the PRS this year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th December 2022, 3 years ago | 19

An accountancy firm says that 70,000 buy-to-let landlords have exited the UK’s rental market over the last 12 months. UHY...

Property market predictions for 2023

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th December 2022, 3 years ago | 1

With signs that the UK’s property market is cooling, experts from across the property sector have shared their thoughts on...

Home sellers cut prices to find a sale

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd December 2022, 3 years ago | 0

A major house price index says that the UK’s house price inflation is continuing to slow down – leading to...

Rental market was chilled by the snowy weather

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd December 2022, 3 years ago | 0

Freezing temperatures and snow-hit travel disruption had a cooling effect on the country’s rental market, research reveals. Vouch and Goodlord...