Property Investment News

New Year bounce sees house prices go up

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th January 2023, 4 years ago | 0

The average new seller’s asking price went up in January after two months of falls, Rightmove says. According to its...

Leaseholder refusing to contribute towards ‘Major works’?

Author: Readers Question

16th January 2023, 4 years ago | 22

Hello, Firstly thanks for taking the time to read my article/questions. I have recently acquired a property and freehold which...

Tenant to pay 6 months upfront rent but with guarantor?

Author: Readers Question

13th January 2023, 4 years ago | 27

Hello. I am planning to rent out my property on ATS for the entire 12 months. The potential tenant, whom...

Buy direct or use a property investment company?

Author: Readers Question

13th January 2023, 4 years ago | 9

First of all, a little background about my particular circumstances, which led to this question. My step-mother passed away last...

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...

What are you using to track Portfolio / income / expenses?

Author: Readers Question

13th January 2023, 4 years ago | 18

Hi All! I was wondering what fellow landlords are using to track their portfolio info, income, expenses etc. I have 50...

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...

Janet Finch-Saunders: Welsh tenants are being let down by their Government

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th January 2023, 4 years ago | 11

Not only has the Welsh MS Janet Finch-Saunders branded the new tenancy laws in Wales as a ‘disaster’ for landlords...

Propertymark says banks are still misinterpreting AML rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2023, 4 years ago | 0

Propertymark says that letting agents still face difficulties maintaining their pooled client accounts from high street banks that are still...

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...

Shelter says 271,000 people were homeless in 2022

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th January 2023, 4 years ago | 14

The homeless charity Shelter says there were ‘at least’ 271,000 people who were homeless on any given night last year...

New rental scheme for landlords approved to tackle homelessness

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th January 2023, 4 years ago | 7

Private landlords are being offered an initiative to rent out their properties to people who are homeless and get a...

Renters’ Reform Bill will dominate the PRS in 2023, says safeagent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th January 2023, 4 years ago | 0

Landlords and agents will see the private rented sector (PRS) being dominated by the proposals and progress of the Renters’...

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...