Tag: Landlords

Periodic tenancies could make being a landlord riskier

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th December 2023, 3 years ago | 9

The Renters’ (Reform) Bill will scrap fixed-term tenancies (ASTs) and introduce periodic ones that could expose landlords’ properties to more...

Renters are happy with location and flexibility, but not landlords or agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th December 2023, 3 years ago | 3

Most renters (76%) are happy with their current rented home, and more than half (54%) live in their preferred area,...

Rents rise across England despite winter slowdown

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th December 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Rents have increased across England by 7.3% compared to November 2022, despite the onset of the winter season, a leading...

BTL mortgage arrears double in a year as landlords face higher costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th December 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Landlords are feeling the squeeze from rising mortgage rates and energy bills, as new research shows that buy to let...

Scotland’s rent cap disaster – a warning to landlords and tenant groups everywhere

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st December 2023, 3 years ago | 30

News this week that the rent cap in Scotland has led to higher rents will be a story ignored by...

Landlords report surge in tenant demand after covid crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st December 2023, 3 years ago | 1

The covid pandemic has fuelled a record high demand for private rental properties, while the supply of available homes dwindles,...

Landlords favour five-year fixed mortgages again

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st December 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Remortgaging landlords are showing more confidence in five-year fixed rate mortgages than they did earlier this year, a survey has...

UK rents soar by over a third above inflation in a year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th November 2023, 3 years ago | 4

UK renters are feeling the pinch as rents rose by more than a third above inflation in the past year,...

Housing Coalition: A new voice for the private rented sector

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th November 2023, 3 years ago | 8

The private rented sector (PRS) in the UK has a new campaign group: the Housing Coalition. The group consists of...

Landlords cancel EPC plans after government U-turn

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th November 2023, 3 years ago | 12

The UK government’s decision to scrap its plans to require energy performance certificates (EPC) for rental properties to have at...

How renting out 1.74% of empty bedrooms could lower rents by 22%

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th November 2023, 3 years ago | 8

With the UK facing a severe rental crisis, with demand for rooms far outstripping supply and rents reaching record highs,...

74% of landlords welcome EPC U-turn

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd November 2023, 3 years ago | 2

The government’s decision to drop its proposal that all rental properties must have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of...

Landlords optimistic about PRS after government’s EPC U-turn

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd November 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Landlords are more confident about their letting businesses and the private rental sector (PRS) after the government scrapped plans to...

Renters want bills included but few landlords offer it, study finds

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd November 2023, 3 years ago | 14

More than half of tenants in England would like to have their utilities included in their rent, but just 12%...

Housing Ombudsman orders social housing landlords to improve complaint handling

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2023, 3 years ago | 0

The Housing Ombudsman has revealed that it issued 52 orders to social housing landlords for failing to handle complaints properly...

Landlords optimistic about rental yields and the PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2023, 3 years ago | 4

Landlords in the UK have seen a strong rebound in their confidence levels in the third quarter of 2023, according...

Portfolio landlords defy rising interest rates to expand

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Despite inflationary pressures and rising interest rates, the UK’s portfolio landlords – those with five or more rental properties –...

London leads the way in rental affordability improvement

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Renting in London is still the most expensive in England, but the capital has also seen the biggest improvement in...

Tenant demand hits record high amid rising rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th November 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Tenant demand in the UK reached a record high in the third quarter of the year, with more than seven...

Landlords slash borrowing amid rising interest rates

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th November 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords have cut down their mortgage debt by almost 20% in a year of economic turmoil, according...