Tag: Property

Renters face higher rents and fewer choices in 2024, Rightmove warns

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th January 2024, 3 years ago | 1

Tenants face the prospect of rents rising even higher this year and the number of homes to rent will continue...

Thousands of home sellers discount prices as they re-enter the market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th January 2024, 3 years ago | 1

Landlords looking to invest in a property opportunity might want to check out the homes that have come back to...

Landlords and tenants warned over fake energy efficiency schemes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th January 2024, 3 years ago | 0

Letting agents must inform their landlord clients and tenants about the dangers of fake energy efficiency schemes, Propertymark is warning....

Savills predicts high returns for UK property investors

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th January 2024, 3 years ago | 1

The UK’s property market will offer attractive returns for investors in the next five years, with some asset classes and...

Northern cities lead the way for buy to let investors

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th December 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Buy to let investors can find the best returns in northern and Scottish cities, according to a new report from...

PRS set to bounce back in 2024 despite seasonal dip

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th December 2023, 3 years ago | 1

The UK’s private rental sector (PRS) is showing signs of slowing down as the festive season approaches, but one expert...

UK rent growth slows after hitting price peak

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th December 2023, 3 years ago | 1

The UK’s rent price growth is cooling down after reaching its highest point in three years with one prediction that...

Help to protect landlords from tenant sub-letting and property fraud unveiled

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th December 2023, 3 years ago | 3

Landlords and property owners can now protect themselves from tenant sub-letting and property fraud with a new service called Title...

London council unveils new selective licensing scheme

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th December 2023, 3 years ago | 8

The government has approved a new selective licensing scheme for a London council – one of the largest schemes in...

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...

Private rents in Scotland soar by 14.3% in a year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th November 2023, 3 years ago | 16

Despite a rent cap, there has been a sharp increase in average rents across all property sizes in Scotland, with...

Buyers get £18k off homes as the market cools down

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th November 2023, 3 years ago | 2

Buyers are getting an average of £18,000 off the asking price of their next home, according to one house price...

Rents will rise and house prices will fall in 2024 prediction

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th November 2023, 3 years ago | 4

A market forecast for the sales and lettings markets for the next two years reveals that tenants will see rents...

Britain’s top property portfolio yield rankings revealed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th November 2023, 3 years ago | 0

London might be a hotspot for property investors looking to buy ready-made portfolios – but the area with the highest...

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 –...

Landlords split on selling property amid rising costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th November 2023, 3 years ago | 4

Landlords in the UK have different plans for their portfolios in the next 12 months, with two-thirds (66%) of landlords...

45 Minutes with Mark Alexander on The HMO Podcast

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd November 2023, 3 years ago | 0

The founder of Property118, Mark Alexander, recently appeared on The HMO Podcast to share his 36 years of experience in...

London HMOs: A rare and lucrative investment opportunity

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd November 2023, 3 years ago | 0

If you are a landlord or investor looking for a high-yield property investment in London, you may want to consider...

Number of UK’s unincorporated landlords rises to 2.82 million

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd November 2023, 3 years ago | 0

The number of unincorporated landlords in the UK’s private rented sector (PRS) has increased to 2.82 million in 2021 to...

Landbay cuts the rates on its buy to let products

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Landlords looking to buy or remortgage properties can benefit from lower rates and more choices from Landbay. That’s because the...

TMW slashes buy to let rates for new and existing customers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th October 2023, 3 years ago | 1

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has announced a series of rate reductions across its buy to let products, effective from last...