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Service charges soar to hit record high

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th February 2025, 1 year ago | 0

Flat owners in England and Wales face escalating costs as annual service charges surge to £2,300 – leaping by 11%...

Hamptons claim Landlords remain unfazed despite stamp duty hike

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th December 2024, 1 year ago | 0

Landlords remain resilient despite the stamp duty hike announced in the Budget. Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed that the stamp duty...

Buy-to-let market sees yields hit record highs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st October 2024, 2 years ago | 4

Despite a challenging rental market, buy-to-let properties in England and Wales are delivering their highest average gross yields in nearly...

North-South rent gap narrows to lowest point in a decade

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th September 2024, 2 years ago | 0

The gap between rents in the North and South of England has narrowed to its closest point in more than...

Lender urges government support for landlord EPC upgrades

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd August 2024, 2 years ago | 4

Skipton Group has called on the government to introduce incentives and support for landlords to upgrade their properties to meet...

Rents continue rising as the North outpaces London

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th August 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Rents across Great Britain continued their upward trajectory in July, with the North of England outpacing the capital by a...

Landlords face an uphill battle to meet Labour’s 2030 EPC target – it should be 2042!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th August 2024, 2 years ago | 22

Landlords face an uphill battle to meet the Labour government’s 2030 target of all privately rented homes achieving an EPC...

Sitting tenants see rents rise as gap with open market narrows

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th May 2024, 2 years ago | 5

Tenants renewing their tenancies are seeing rents rise at a faster pace than those moving to new homes, research reveals....

Most landlords will face higher CGT bills from April

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th March 2024, 2 years ago | 6

April will bring a surge in Capital Gains Tax (CGT) bills for landlords, with 89% of higher-rate and all lower-rate...

Housing market rebounds as buyers return

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd February 2024, 2 years ago | 0

The UK’s housing market showed signs of recovery in January as lower mortgage rates encouraged more buyers to resume their...

Rent price growth slows down – but rents will still beat inflation in 2024

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th February 2024, 2 years ago | 0

The annual increase in rents for new lettings in Great Britain dropped to 8.3% in January, the lowest level since...

House sellers made £100k profit in 2023 despite price dip

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd January 2024, 2 years ago | 2

House sellers in the UK pocketed an average of £100,000 more than they spent on their property in 2023, according...

High interest rates and inflation hit first-time buyers in 2023

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd January 2024, 2 years ago | 0

The number of people buying their first home with a mortgage dropped to its lowest level in 10 years in...

Londoners leave capital as affordability challenges impact home purchases

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th December 2023, 2 years ago | 1

The number of homes bought by Londoners outside the capital fell to their lowest levels in nine years. According to...

Brits paid out £85.6bn in rent during 2023

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th December 2023, 2 years ago | 3

Renters in Great Britain will pay a staggering £85.6bn in rent this year – that’s more than double the amount...

Landlord sell-off slows down as rents continue rising

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th November 2023, 2 years ago | 5

Landlords in Great Britain are holding on to their properties as rents soar to new heights, according to the latest...

Rising mortgage rates hit landlords hard and could trigger a sell-off

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th October 2023, 3 years ago | 5

Landlords are now paying £15bn in mortgage interest every year as their cheap buy to let mortgage deals end –...

Is the landlord exodus as bad as everyone thinks?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th September 2023, 3 years ago | 11

We all hear about the landlord exodus but just how bad is it? New figures from the Office for National...

Rents predicted to rocket 25% by 2026

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th September 2023, 3 years ago | 4

A housing market forecast is offering an alarming prediction that rents could rocket between 2023 and 2026 by 25%. The...

Landlords selling up see capital gains fall

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th August 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Landlords who have sold up this year have seen their capital gains take a hit – they are making £10,000...