Buy to Let News

50,000 landlords have left the PRS since 2019

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th November 2022, 3 years ago | 17

It has been revealed that the UK has 2.74 million unincorporated landlords and in 2020-21 they earned £41bn from rents,...

Rented home demand to remain strong as FTBs put off buying

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th November 2022, 3 years ago | 0

More than a million Brits under the age of 45 could rule themselves out of the first-time buyer market due...

Lender offers landlords £50m to help enhance energy efficiency

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th November 2022, 3 years ago | 0

Buy-to-let landlords who want to improve the sustainability of their investment properties can access a lending fund with lower mortgage...

Landbay reduces rates across all five-year fixes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd November 2022, 3 years ago | 5

The specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has revealed that it has reduced the rates on all of its five-year fixed rate...

Sadiq Khan calls for a national rogue landlord database

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd November 2022, 3 years ago | 28

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is calling for a national rogue landlord database – after revealing that half a...

UK house prices set to fall for the next two years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd November 2022, 3 years ago | 1

House prices in the UK are predicted to fall for the next two years before they will increase again, the...

Wealthy Londoners who can’t sell become ‘accidental landlords’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd November 2022, 3 years ago | 1

A growing number of wealthy Londoners who can’t sell their homes are becoming accidental landlords instead, a report has found....

Propertymark says the pressure on rents is easing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2022, 3 years ago | 0

Propertymark, the body for property agents, says that the average number of new prospective tenants registered with each member branch...

Worried landlords increasingly ask for rent guarantors

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2022, 3 years ago | 3

Increasingly worried landlords are demanding that their tenants offer a guarantor in the face of looming rent arrears, research reveals....

Majority of property investors looking to invest next year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2022, 3 years ago | 0

More than 50% of property investors are looking to further expand their portfolio in 2023 – despite the uncertainty of...

Rising bills will create tension between housemates

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th November 2022, 3 years ago | 0

The rising cost of household bills will cause more arguments between housemates over the coming months – with higher energy...

The Autumn Statement – property sector reacts

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th November 2022, 3 years ago | 2

The much-anticipated Autumn Statement has seen the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, delivering a mixed bag of tax rises...

Autumn Statement 2022 – Landlord Reactions

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th November 2022, 3 years ago | 14

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, has today announced his Stealthy tax threshold increasing budget in a plan to...

Property damage and cleaning top tenancy deposit disputes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th November 2022, 3 years ago | 4

More than half of tenancy deposit disputes during the last year concerned property damage and cleaning, The Deposit Protection Service...

Shelter staff announce strike – workers ‘unable to pay rent’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th November 2022, 3 years ago | 14

More than 500 workers at the housing charity Shelter will stage a two week strike next month, in response to...

Welsh Government unveils a social housing rent cap

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th November 2022, 3 years ago | 0

Social housing landlords in Wales will face a rent cap of 6.5% from next year – and there’s an eviction...

NRLA proposal on anti-social behaviour accepted by the Government

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th November 2022, 3 years ago | 8

The Government has accepted a proposal from the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) to tackle anti-social tenants who cause misery...

The UK’s house prices stall – but rents rise

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th November 2022, 3 years ago | 1

The UK’s average house price increased by 9.5% over the year to September, down from 13.1% in August, data from...