Category: Property News

London’s rental market is contracting dramatically as landlords exist the market, a new joint report by estate agency Savills and the London School of Economics has highlighted. Its report, which…

A court has heard the terrifying story of a tenant who attacked his landlords with a home-made flame thrower within his shared apartment. Landlords Waldemar and Justyna Fijakowski were cleaning…

Landlords have warned the Bank of England that its decision to raise the base rate by a quarter of a percent to 5.25% will only put more pressure on to…

The average rent for a property in the UK has hit a historic high of £1,367 a month, helping push void periods between tenancies down to their lowest ever, an…

The pattern of office working is changing and nowhere is its effect on commercial property being felt more strongly than in London’s Docklands’ Canary Wharf. A once thriving financial centre…

Home buying company the Open Property Group (OPG) has reported a 56% jump in PRS property purchases during the past year, with landlords blaming red tape for their decision to…

They’ve been dubbed “fireproof tenants” – news this week reached fever pitch for landlords who rallied together in outrage to hear that multiple local councils had advised tenants “not to…

Ditching leaseholds is ‘entirely possible’ although some flat owners still aren’t convinced about moving across to commonhold, a government report has concluded. It explains that while reaching a point at…

A veteran landlord with an OBE has been handed a whopping £300,000 fine after two decades of managing illegally converted houses. Nirpaul Riat was given one of the largest ever…

Landlords and holiday homeowners continue to be clobbered by a tax grab from the Welsh Revenue Authority. The latest figures show revenue from the higher rate of stamp duty –…