Property Investment News

Experts warn that landlords are facing a financial ‘timebomb’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th December 2022, 4 years ago | 5

Landlords coming to the end of a fixed-rate two-year mortgage deal are facing a ‘timebomb’ should their investments lose money,...

Survey reveals just 10% of tenants are not happy with their home

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th December 2022, 4 years ago | 3

It might go against the media narrative that landlords offer poor housing, but a survey of tenants has revealed that...

Property leaders urge Michael Gove to address PRS pressures

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th December 2022, 4 years ago | 9

Leading members of the property sector have written to Michael Gove calling on him to address the unsustainable pressures on...

BoE base rate rise – property experts respond

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th December 2022, 4 years ago | 1

News that the Bank of England has pushed up the base interest rate by 50 basis points to a 14-year...

Renters see biggest annual rent rise since 2016

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th December 2022, 4 years ago | 13

Tenants have seen rents rise yet again with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reporting that rent prices grew by...

Lib Dems call for a Christmas evictions ban

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th December 2022, 4 years ago | 12

The Government is being urged to implement a ban on evictions over Christmas in the private rented sector by the...

Charity begins with a home?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th December 2022, 4 years ago | 6

Hello, How about rather than LL’s setting up a charity [see ‘Landlords for homelessness charity to compete with Shelter and...

Rents to rocket by 20% as landlords pay higher mortgage costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th December 2022, 4 years ago | 8

A grim prediction from the Bank of England is forecasting that rents will rocket by 20% because landlords could be...

New model for Student HMOs post Renters Reform Bill?

Author: Readers Question

13th December 2022, 4 years ago | 34

For mitigation against the worst implications of the (expected) Renters’ Reform Bill for my Student HMOs, I am mulling a...

London’s rents have risen by 15% since last Christmas

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th December 2022, 4 years ago | 0

Tenants are struggling this Christmas with rising food and energy prices, and now comes news that rents have risen by...

Rising rents tempt landlords back to investing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th December 2022, 4 years ago | 4

Landlords are increasingly looking at investing in a rental property because of rising rents, one real estate firm says. According...

Property prices continue falling as buyers watch and wait

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th December 2022, 4 years ago | 0

A bigger seasonal dip than usual has seen property prices continue their slide with sellers dropping the price on a...

Leaseholder or freeholder responsibility?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th December 2022, 4 years ago | 8

Hello, A question on financial responsibility for the roof of a block of flats that has been sold to another...

Scotland set to see exodus of landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th December 2022, 4 years ago | 2

Letting agents in Scotland say that 85% of their landlord clients are planning to leave the private rented sector (PRS)...

Rocketing rents hurt single-earning tenants the most

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th December 2022, 4 years ago | 2

Single tenants are finding it harder to afford their rent with rocketing prices, one property platform reveals. In its latest...

Landlords worry as rents hit a new record across the UK

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th December 2022, 4 years ago | 4

Rents across the UK continue to hit new highs with the HomeLet Rental Index revealing that tenants are now paying,...

Renters Reform Bill concern!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th December 2022, 4 years ago | 8

Hello, After reading the Renters Reform Bill, try as I might, I can’t find any provision for landlords like me...

UK house prices fall – but rents go up

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th December 2022, 4 years ago | 11

House prices in the UK have continued to fall but rents, fuelled by falling supply and increasing demand, have risen,...