Landlords who carry out work to upgrade buy to let properties under the Green Deal could be paying out up to £1,000 in ‘referral’ fees wrapped up in the price of the work. The National EPC Company has recruited James Dodd as regional development director with a brief to encourage letting agents to earn commission […]

House prices in university towns are increasing faster than average – with property values in ‘new’ university towns rising the fastest. In 10 years, despite the house price slump, values have risen by 70% in towns and cities that have established universities since 1960. Average prices have soared from £91,612 in 2001 to £155,953 in […]

Not much is said about the Serviced Apartment rental market. At about the same cost per person as staying in a good quality hotel, this area is a good viable option for both landlords and larger companies who are constantly sourcing hotel accommodation for consultants or staff.  An average consultant’s stay can be  a week away from […]

With house prices dropping everywhere but London, Knight Frank has sold £158million of top end property in North Surrey since April. The mammoth figure has come from each home selling for in excess of £4million each, with nearly half the buyers coming from Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (43%). The UK has provided […]

A thug landlord who ruled his tenants with threats and intimidation lent them cash at more than 5,600% APR. Loan shark Derrick Morgan, of Neath, South Wales, was jailed for a year after admitting six charges of illegal money lending and dishonestly claiming benefits in the names of his tenants at Swansea Crown Court. Morgan […]

The latest home price survey reveals a no-holds-barred analysis of the property market. Prices in England and Wales fell for the fourth month running in July – by 0.1% on prices in June, according to the Acadametrics house price index. The average home value is now £217,300 and in the 12 months to July, prices […]

Based on the rapid growth and popularity of our Property News (UK Alexa rank 3,407 today) and our Testimonials Based Directory (launched this week) we are looking to develop a sister site for the USA market. The new website will require private investment which we will look to raise via private financing and a stake […]

After receiving the highest number of complaints against letting agents for 20 years, the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks have issued advice for landlords, tenants and letting agents to combat problems. The AIIC say letting agents are often stuck in the middle of tenant and landlord disputes, but admit a tenant’s life could be made […]

Buy to let landlords are realigning their property finances rather than purchasing more homes for their portfolios. The latest buy to let mortgage figures show borrowing increased as 32,000 loans worth £3.5 billion were agreed with lenders in the three months ending June 30 – but two thirds of the business was remortgaging.

More retirement savers relying in property rather than pensions, according to new figures. The number of people relying on property to help ease their retirement finances is increasing year-on-year – up to 13% of all non-retired adults.

Student landlords in London can look forward to around thousands of students from the UK and overseas seeking private rented rooms for the next academic year. University housing specialist CB Richard Ellis has reported that the capital has seen no publicly funded student accommodation provided in 20 years – and despite billions of pounds of […]

Around a quarter of UK landlords are feeling more optimistic about the prospects for their property portfolios, rental income and yields, according to a sentiment survey by a buy-to-let lender. The findings of the Paragon Mortgages research come at the same time as those of another sentiment survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors […]

Property investors looking to benchmark their businesses and profile the buy-to-let market can download a comprehensive professional review from the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA). The research looks at the buy to let market in detail and reveals the investment hotspot of the UK is the North-East, followed by the Midlands and London. Falling […]

Insurers have reassured landlords with rental properties in riot-hit cities that their homes and businesses are protected. Shocking images of burning buildings, cars and buses have lit up the news reports as gangs of rioters smash their way into shops and homes. Key targets for the rampaging thugs are pubs, off licences and electrical goods […]

Thank you to Vanessa Warwick and Nick Tadd of the Property Tribes forum for sharing this video interview. In this video interview, Paul Routledge talks about his property journey and how he’s managed to build and manage a portfolio of over 100 properties in the south western seaside destination of Weston-Super-Mare. Paul is perhaps more […]

This is one of the more recent trending viral videos…… ….. I am assuming it took more than a few takes to produce!

New research from mortgage lenders reveals negative equity black spots across the UK. Around 827,000 homes were in negative equity during the first three months of 2011, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). The worst regions for negative equity, mainly because house prices have suffered more than in other regions, are Yorkshire, Humberside […]

Selling a property relies as much on first impressions as it does location and price. Many people when viewing a property can often see past the dated kitchen, avocado bathroom suite and dated wallpaper. But there are always some that can’t. Maximising the appearance of the interior can mean the difference between a sale or no sale.

Rents are still trickling up, according to Homelet’s latest Rental Index for July as the average rent rose to £767 up from £750. The whole of the UK saw rents rise, with the exception of Scotland and the North West of England, with the South West seeing a rise of nearly 5% from £734 to […]

Landlords are under fire for failing to keep buy to let homes warm enough as a tenant’s rights protest coalition claims they should be forced to meet minimum energy standards.

More than 2,000 householders a day have a row with builders and decorators – with many forced to turn to the courts or trade bodies to help them resolve their problems. According to the latest findings from a Which? survey, 2.4 million people have complained about tradesmen in the past three years.