We are delighted to announce the Property118.com website awards for County Antrim. Judging decisions were based on a combination of powerful analysis algorithms and human experience. Click here for further information about the awards and the judging process. View the winners from other counties by clicking here.

We are delighted to announce the Property118.com website awards for Cornwall. Judging decisions were based on a combination of powerful analysis algorithms and human experience. Click here for further information about the awards and the judging process. View the winners from other counties by clicking here. So without further ado, the winners are:- For the […]

Rents are still rising – but at a much slower rate than a year ago, according to a study from one of the UK’s largest letting agents. Average rents in England and Wales nudged up 0.01% to £712 a month in January – the first time rents have risen in January and the first monthly […]

House prices in just two towns as high now than at the peak of the housing bubble in 2007, according to a study by the Halifax. Home owners in Rochford, Essex have seen their homes increase in value by just 1% in four years. The price of an average home in Rochford is now £231,595, […]

We are delighted to announce the Property118.com website awards for Clwyd. Judging decisions were based on a combination of powerful analysis algorithms and human experience. Click here for further information about the awards and the judging process. View the winners from other counties by clicking here. So without further ado, the winner For the Estate […]

We are delighted to announce the Property118.com website awards for Cleveland. Judging decisions were based on a combination of powerful analysis algorithms and human experience. Click here for further information about the awards and the judging process. View the winners from other counties by clicking here. So without further ado, the winners are:- For the […]

We are delighted to announce the Property118.com website awards for Clackmannanshire. Judging decisions were based on a combination of powerful analysis algorithms and human experience. Click here for further information about the awards and the judging process. View the winners from other counties by clicking here.

We are delighted to announce the Property118.com website awards for Cheshire. Judging decisions were based on a combination of powerful analysis algorithms and human experience. Click here for further information about the awards and the judging process. View the winners from other counties by clicking here.

We are delighted to announce the Property118.com website awards for Channel Islands. Judging decisions were based on a combination of powerful analysis algorithms and human experience. Click here for further information about the awards and the judging process. View the winners from other counties by clicking here. So without further ado, the winners are:-

We are delighted to announce the Property118.com website awards for Cambridge. Judging decisions were based on a combination of powerful analysis algorithms and human experience. Click here for further information about the awards and the judging process. View the winners from other counties by clicking here.

-By Guest Columnist Daniel Coleman The first ever government-backed mortgage indemnity scheme is set to be officially launched within the next few weeks. The NewBuy Guarantee scheme which takes off in March, aims to help 100,000 homebuyers who only have access to a five percent deposit to purchase a new-build property, in order to kick-start […]

In the last month I have received letters from three of my mortgage lenders suggesting that I should make overpayments on my buy to let mortgages. Their logic is that my mortgage payments have reduced considerably due to interest rates having dropped substantially since I first took the mortgages. They are right! I’m paying less […]

Hopefully none of my regular readers will ever find themselves in this position as they will have built up a liquidity reserve, enjoy positive cashflow and will have paid off expensive forms of debt before they ever think of committing themselves to making repayments on their cheap interest only buy to let mortgages which also […]

Police are warning about fraudsters who are ripping off landlords and tenants by posing as bogus letting agents. Scotland Yard detectives are looking for those behind two scams. In the first, tenants pay over a deposit and first month’s rent on buy to let homes that are already let.

Landlords are starting to feel a squeeze on rental profits despite rising rents, according to a new study. The number of buy to let landlords with large portfolios of 20 or more rental homes making a loss soared to 8%, says the research for the National Landlords Association. The findings for the last three months […]

I read with interest an article in the Daily Mail this week based on an announcement by Santander that they are radically over-hauling their policy on interest only mortgages. Now you can’t get an interest only mortgage from Santander unless you have 50% deposit to put down. Business as usual, they can run things as […]

Rightmove Premium Listings ‘Do they work?’ Rightmove themselves state that their own research indicates that properties with a “Premium Listing” banner generate 21% more enquiries. Of course they have a vested interest because they charge Agents £10 for every listing, which is all extra profit for them. In truth, it is impossible to test this […]

A council hit-team is readying to prosecute rogue landlords who have dodged signing up to a selective licensing scheme. The team is tracking down a group of landlords in Sunderland who have ignored calls to license their buy to let and HMO properties in the city. Investigators are planning to interview them under caution with […]

Lloyds is the latest bank to tighten up interest-only lending criteria following the lead of Santander. Both banks are significantly restricting interest only borrowing for personal residential mortgages, but leaving buy to let options intact.

The latest news and views from the private rented sector including top tips on how to find the perfect tenant from Steve Hanbury, the legalities of evicting a bad tenant by Mary Latham and Mark Alexander raises the question of whether the major property portals could help clean up the lettings industry.

The thriving buy to let market is driving a letting agent boom as firms respond to increasing demand from tenants eager to rent a home. Two key nationwide firms are pouring millions in to expansion plans. Countrywide has earmarked £5 million on growing lettings and has acquired a number of smaller specialist buy to let […]