Tag: Landlords

More people than ever before are looking to rent a home

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th January 2023, 4 years ago | 0

Propertymark has revealed its concerns and opportunities for landlords, buyers, tenants, sellers and investors in 2023. And its annual report...

Strong tenant demand pushes room rents to record high

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th January 2023, 4 years ago | 6

As tenant demand continues to outstrip supply, room rents have hit a record high, a survey reveals. According to SpareRoom,...

House prices rose by 10.3% in the year to November

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th January 2023, 4 years ago | 0

The average UK house price rose by 10.3% in the year to November 2022, which is down from 12.4% in...

TDS publishes an energy efficiency guide for rented properties

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th January 2023, 4 years ago | 2

To help landlords and their tenants, a new guide that offers help on how to make a rented property more...

Landbay updates its Special Edition BTL mortgage range

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th January 2023, 4 years ago | 1

Landbay has updated its five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage range with the introduction of lower loan-to-values and rates now starting...

Frustrated sellers decide to rent out in London

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th January 2023, 4 years ago | 0

Data shows that a significant proportion of the new rental properties coming to London’s rental market had previously been put...

Poor areas drive PRS growth – with record rent paid in 2022

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th January 2023, 4 years ago | 0

An analysis of the latest census data shows that between 2011 and 2021 the number of households renting privately increased...

Letting agents predict rise in arrears and drop in landlord numbers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th January 2023, 4 years ago | 1

Most letting agents say they expect to see more landlords leave the market in 2023 – against a backdrop of...

Janet Finch-Saunders: Welsh tenants are being let down by their Government

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th January 2023, 4 years ago | 11

Not only has the Welsh MS Janet Finch-Saunders branded the new tenancy laws in Wales as a ‘disaster’ for landlords...

Rocketing rent is ‘number one concern’ for tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2023, 4 years ago | 9

The rocketing cost of rent is the number one concern for renters as they look to the year ahead, a...

Bank of England orders lenders to be ‘ready for a prolonged period of credit stress’

Author: Jonathan Chapman

11th January 2023, 4 years ago | 0

The executive director of the Bank of England financial watchdog, David Bailey, has warned that the Bank of England intends...

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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th January 2023, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 years ago | 2

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

Bernie Wales: Why leasehold law is never boring

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th January 2023, 4 years ago | 3

He’s a well-known character among landlords and for anyone interested in leasehold property management, he is the ‘leasehold guru’. And...

Cost of living crisis hits rental demand

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th January 2023, 4 years ago | 7

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