The DPS and Tenant Shop Partnership Will Help Letting Agents and Tenants
The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) has announced a partnership with Tenant Shop to help make life easier for letting agents…
Will new regulations slow buy-to-let market?
Over the past year, residential landlords have been subjected to a whole host of new regulations. Alterations to mortgage interest…
CEO of lettings agency in scathing attack on the government
A chief executive officer of a leading lettings agency has slammed the Government’s performance for its first year in office.…
Making Landlord Admin Quicker for You and Your Tenants
With so many changes affecting the buy-to-let sector and a heap of regulations to adhere to, wouldn’t making landlord admin…
Extent of surge in BTL activity in March revealed
New figures from Countrywide have revealed the monetary extent of the surge in buy-to-let investment ahead of the stamp duty…
RICS calls for mandatory licensing for agents
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has called for the introduction of a mandatory, legally recognised licensing scheme for all…
Residential landlords’ actions to change in 2 years?
A leading credit ratings agency has given its forecast for the buy-to-let market in the next two years. Fitch has…
Fake Gas Safety engineer given suspended sentence
A rogue gas fitter has been given a suspended jail sentence after illegally installing a gas boiler in a privately…
ONS figures show changing face of UK housing market
Interesting data released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) shows the economic downturn has shifted the demographic of home…
House prices up by 2.9% in Q1 of 2016
Data released today indicates that the average UK house price now stands at £214,811, with annual property value growth hitting…