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Golden house model and sold sign on stacked coins symbolising UK housing market growth.

UK housing market sees strongest start in three years – Zoopla

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th January 2025, 2 years ago | 0

The UK’s housing market has seen its strongest beginning in three years, with new sales agreements surging 12% compared to...

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Balance struck for rent control amendment but more landlord support needed in Scotland

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th January 2025, 2 years ago | 0

Two industry bodies claim while a balance may have been struck for rent controls in the Scottish Housing Bill, the...

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Rents soar over 10 years by up to 72%

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th January 2025, 2 years ago | 5

The rise in rents across England and Wales over the past decade shows that the most dramatic increase was for...

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Property Investors Awards – Property Trader of the Year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th January 2025, 2 years ago | 0

Starting his property journey in a bedroom to building a thriving property business, Abrar Shah’s journey into property investment has...

Stressed landlord at laptop with smoke rising, symbolizing pressure from Scottish rent controls and taxes

Scottish PRS faces tax and rent control challenges

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th January 2025, 2 years ago | 0

Scottish residential lettings site, Citylets, says the nation’s private landlords are facing a range of challenges this year. It points...

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Two BTL lenders expand mortgage options

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th January 2025, 2 years ago | 0

CHL Mortgages has expanded its limited edition buy to let range, introducing new higher fee options on its two-year and...

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Commercial property investment surges as interest rates fall

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th January 2025, 2 years ago | 0

There has been a big increase in demand for commercial property investment compared to the same period last year, coinciding...

Landlord walking away after selling property, symbolizing UK housing crisis.

Landlords selling up is fuelling the UK’s housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th January 2025, 2 years ago | 11

A Parliamentary report has underlined the critical connection between inadequate Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates and the mounting risk of...

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Tenants still struggling despite slowing rent growth warns charity

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th January 2025, 2 years ago | 0

A debt charity is warning that tenants are facing ongoing financial difficulties, despite new data pointing to the slowest increase...

Property industry leaders discuss the Renters’ Rights Bill at Goodlord-hosted event

Renters’ Rights Bill sparks industry debate

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th January 2025, 2 years ago | 14

The potential ‘unintended consequences’ on the private rented sector of the Renters’ Rights Bill was at the forefront of a...

Lorraine Kelly fronting Ofgem campaign urging RTS meter upgrades before June 2025

Landlords urged to upgrade RTS meters before June 2025

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th January 2025, 2 years ago | 2

A new campaign urges landlords and owners of Radio Teleswitch (RTS) electricity meters to accept meter upgrades from their energy...

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High Court rules DWP’s Universal Credit deduction scheme unlawful

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th January 2025, 2 years ago | 38

The High Court has declared the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) method of deducting rent payments from Universal Credit...

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Paragon unveils new BTL mortgage platform for brokers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th January 2025, 2 years ago | 0

Paragon Bank has launched a new buy to let mortgage platform designed to streamline the application process for brokers. Developed...

Falling rent prices outside London since 2019 highlighted by Rightmove data

Rents outside London fall for the first time since 2019

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th January 2025, 2 years ago | 0

The average advertised rent of properties coming to market outside of London has fallen this quarter for the first time...

Confident landlord holding house model, symbolizing optimism in rental market despite new legislation.

Landlord confidence rises amidst Renters’ Rights Bill concerns

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th January 2025, 2 years ago | 5

There has been a rise in landlord optimism, despite the introduction of higher Capital Gains Tax (CGT) and the potential...

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Scottish house prices surge by 6.3%

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th January 2025, 2 years ago | 0

Average house prices in Scotland rose by £11,613 over the past 12 months, reaching £195,036 in November 2024, data reveals....

Homeless man sitting on a London street holding a cup, highlighting homelessness crisis

Homelessness bill is pushing London’s councils ‘to the brink’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th January 2025, 2 years ago | 5

London Councils is warning that rocketing homelessness in the capital is ‘pushing boroughs to the brink’, with unsustainable pressure on...

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North East leads for the highest HMO yields

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th January 2025, 2 years ago | 0

There are big regional disparities for HMO landlords in the UK with Greater London boasting the highest average property value...