Category: Property News

The FT reports a surge in property stocks as inflation falls, and bricks and mortar property values could soon follow stocks? The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) measure of…

A leading portfolio landlord in Northern Ireland has vowed to focus on the commercial sector after becoming fed up with the UK’s overbearing tax regime. Ian Jackson, a Belfast-based property…

The number of available private rental homes has dropped by more than a third since 2019 to a 14-year low. Only 241,000 PRS homes were available last month compared with…

Landlords should be prevented from serving an eviction notice for at least the first year of a tenancy, in the case of repossession for selling or occupying the property, according to…

According to the Daily Telegraph, around 225,000 landlords will be in a loss making situation following the latest jump in refinancing costs. It is estimated that these landlords will be…

Landlords’ arrears are growing at a faster rate than homeowners’, according to new research that suggests fewer investors are being shielded from economic headwinds. Octane Capital found that buy-to-let arrears…

The cost of a proposed project can be broken down using a useful technique called a mechanical estimate, which is used by many different sectors. This is an estimate that…

A rogue letting agency boss who used heavies to scare tenants and misled them about their rights has been ordered to pay £8,000. Four residents complained to Tower Hamlets Council’s…

Heightened consumer awareness combined with a lack of government action has made leasehold property even harder to sell, landlords and home owners have been warned. Despite government pledges and the…

Loopholes in the Renters Reform Bill around alternative possession grounds leave it open to abuse by unscrupulous landlords, claims a Labour activist and lawyer. A landlord will simply need to…