Tag: Landlords

Petition calling for landlord tax relief to be reinstated hits 20,200 signatures

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th January 2023, 3 years ago | 3

A petition that was launched to reinstate tax relief allowing a landlord’s mortgage interest to be set against rental income...

New rental scheme for landlords approved to tackle homelessness

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th January 2023, 3 years ago | 7

Private landlords are being offered an initiative to rent out their properties to people who are homeless and get a...

Renters’ Reform Bill will dominate the PRS in 2023, says safeagent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th January 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Landlords and agents will see the private rented sector (PRS) being dominated by the proposals and progress of the Renters’...

Exodus of private landlords ‘exaggerated’ – claim

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th January 2023, 3 years ago | 32

A survey has revealed that landlord confidence is ‘robust’, though many worry about the government’s meddling in the private rented...

Rents are growing at fastest rate in seven years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th January 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Tenants are seeing rents growing at their fastest rate since 2016 when records began, says the Office for National Statistics...

Landlords: Give this article about future renting problems to your tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th January 2023, 3 years ago | 26

As the headline says, landlords who want to explain just how difficult life is right now to their tenants should...

Letting agents predict 2023 will be tough for tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th January 2023, 3 years ago | 0

The private rented sector (PRS) will endure a tough 2023 with rising rents and more tenants falling into arrears, the...

The UK’s house prices continue to fall

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th January 2023, 3 years ago | 2

Average house prices in the UK have fallen for the fourth consecutive month with the prospect that an annual price...

Cost of living crisis hits rental demand

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th January 2023, 3 years ago | 7

Tenant demand is starting to fall across England with some areas seeing demand falling by up to -29%, research reveals....

Demand for London’s rental homes is ‘unseasonably high’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th January 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Tenant demand for homes to rent in London is ‘unseasonably high’ but rent rises are beginning to slow down, one...

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Two more lenders reveal their New Year BTL offerings

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th January 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Landbay and Accord Mortgages have revealed new products and rate cuts to help landlords looking for buy to let mortgage...

Replacement guarantor?

Author: Readers Question

4th January 2023, 3 years ago | 14

Hello, We rent a house to a young family who have been tenants for 2 years. At the time we...

Call for EPC cash funding to help landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th January 2023, 3 years ago | 2

Propertymark has called on the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to widen access to cash support to...

Paragon unveils 5-year fixes and re-prices SVR

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd January 2023, 3 years ago | 3

Paragon Bank has announced the launch of four 5-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages, featuring reduced rates and fees, alongside the...

Half of landlords say PRS is tougher – and 62% will put up rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd January 2023, 3 years ago | 6

Life as a landlord in 2022 didn’t get any easier and new research reveals that nearly half of landlords say...

Bid to mandate second staircases to make buildings safer

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th December 2022, 3 years ago | 0

The Government is proposing to mandate second staircases in new residential buildings that are more than 30m high in a...

Affordability will hit tenant demand and rent rises in 2023

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th December 2022, 3 years ago | 3

The prospect for big rent rises in 2023 is slim with affordability already hitting a tenant’s ability to pay rent,...

70,000 BTL landlords exited the PRS this year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th December 2022, 3 years ago | 19

An accountancy firm says that 70,000 buy-to-let landlords have exited the UK’s rental market over the last 12 months. UHY...

Record year for landlord and agent fines

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd December 2022, 3 years ago | 3

Rogue landlords and letting agents have been hit with fines that averaged £90,000 per month in 2022 in a sign...

Landlords feel unfairly penalised – but tenants want more regulation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd December 2022, 3 years ago | 19

A survey has revealed the gap in how landlords and tenants see the private rented sector – with most landlords...