Buy to let landlords split over futures

Buy to let landlords in the UK are split over the future of the sector with 44% looking to sell up, a report reveals.

However, according to Octopus Choice they say that 56% of buy to let investors are looking

Landlords look forward to rent growth

Around a quarter of landlords in the UK say they are expecting rents to rise over the next six months, a report reveals.

The research was carried out by buy to let consults BDRC who also found that 41% of landlo

Property investment still attractive to Brits

A surprising number of Brits are looking to invest in property this year, a survey has revealed.

The findings from Sainsbury's Bank Mortgages also highlights that most landlords in the UK do not give up

Top agency says landlords are being forced to quit

One of the UK's leading letting agents says the government is forcing more landlords to quit the rental sector because of punitive tax policies and increasing legislation.

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As landlords leave the BTL sector, rental demand increases

As landlords begin leaving the UK's buy to let sector, rental demand has hit its highest level this year, figures reveal.

According to Arla Propertymark, the number of prosp

Landlords' day jobs revealed

The most common day jobs for landlords have been revealed by researchers with office admin roles taking top spot.

While many landlords will not have their property investment as

BTL mortgage brokers say business will ‘stabilise’

Most mortgage intermediaries are expecting levels of landlord business to stabilise over the next year, one index reveals.

Paragon's Financial Adviser Confidence Tracking Index found that 65% of bro

BTL landlords begin leaving the market

Growing numbers of landlords are leaving the UK's buy to let market after tougher borrowing conditions and tax changes have taken effect.

The warning comes from the One Savings Bank's sales director John Eastga

Student accommodation is tops for yields

For landlords facing dwindling profits, the best yields in any UK town or city is for those with a high student population, research reveals.

The findings from Totally Money highlight that in university citie

The UK's most vulnerable landlords are to be found in Chichester, research has revealed.

The findings from Gatehouse Bank show that landlords in the city are facing 269 days, on average, without a tenant in their property.

The study set out to find wh

Research has revealed that growing numbers of landlords are becoming increasingly unhappy with the negative portrayal of landlords on TV.

Despite providing homes for millions of tenants, two in three landlords say they have been demonised by TV shows which is for

The government needs to be more ambitious in pushing its energy efficiency agenda for the UK's rental housing, landlords say.

All new and renewed private sector tenancies since April have required that the rental property has an Energy Performance Certificate rat

Our friends at Glide Student, glide.co.uk know what makes students tick. In the best tradition of successful student businesses, Glide was set up by James Villarreal who was a student himself at the time.

As the business has evolved they have st

Rents set to rocket by 15%

Because landlords are being squeezed by the government and many are deciding to sell up, rents could rocket over the next five years by 15%, one organisation is warning.

The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) sa

Finance firm reports 30% rise in company landlords

There has been a big rise in the number of company landlords incorporating their portfolios between the first and second quarters of this year, a finance firm says.

Thistle Finance, a specialist pac

Landlords face a 'serious issue' with rent arrears

Landlords are facing a ‘serious and real issue’ if rents continue to rise and tenants fall behind with rent payments, one organisation warns.

Estate agency RentalStep says landlords should begin tak

The best buy to let hotspots revealed

The best places for buy to let investors to focus their attention have been revealed as Luton and Colchester by one BTL index.

The analysis by LendInvest looks at 105 postcode areas to determine which of

Drop in BTL investors hits London's house prices

A collapse in the number of buy to let investors in London is being blamed for falling house prices.

The Land Registry’s index for house prices reveals that London has seen its l

Five year mandatory electrical checks for landlords

It will become mandatory for electrical checks to be carried out every five years for all landlords in the private rental sector, it has been revealed.

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Despite rising fees, there has been a substantial rise in university applications across Britain, meaning that more young people than ever are heading off to university.

The main findings of increased applications point to a definite increase and were taken and d

With more and young people not expecting to get themselves onto the property ladder until their 30s, it looks like more millennials are heading down the route of renting, with many set to continue in the renting sphere for many years.

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A recent study by Accommodation for Students has revealed that two thirds of students have more than one form of income, meaning that thousands of students around the country are now working jobs on top of their degree just to support themselves.

According to a report by Accommodation for Students, there are 207 million higher education students worldwide, a figure that has more than doubled since 2010.

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The annual AFS Student Lifestyle Survey explores key characteristics of students’ life at university including course satisfaction, finances, social life and eating habits. In 2018, the survey also included questions about equal opportunities, diversity an

Spiralling landlord costs has led to nearly 4,000 buy to let properties being sold every month last year, official figures reveal.

It's the first drop in the number of rental homes being available in the UK for 18 years.

The figures are contained in a Ministry

Despite the gloom over the UK's buy to let sector, landlords are being encouraged that the market will surge over the next seven years.

Research from estate agency Hamptons International says that despite anti-landlord legislation increasing rec

We have continued to make further enhancements to www.accommodationforstudents.com over the last few months, resulting in significant improvements to the user experience and ultimately,

Since 2013, AFS have regularly conducted the Landlord and Agent Letting Survey trying to achieve a complete picture of how landlords and letting agents view the student. accommodation market. In early 2018 we conducted a further survey among our registered

The Labour Party is pledging to introduce a ‘living rent’ for tenants that will be at one third of the area's local average income.

This will make the homes dearer than renting social housing but cheaper than renting from a private landlord.

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Landlords are being urged to forget the old adage of ‘Location, location, location’ and instead focus on rent costs.

According to Dlighted, the most important factor for tenants who are choosing a rental property is not where it is located

For those landlords wondering where the best and worst areas in England for rental growth are, then a new survey has revealed all.

Landbay says that the average rental property grew by 0.64% in England in the 12 months to April.

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The best buy to let property investment hotspots in the UK have been revealed and it appears that the Midlands offers the best opportunities.

According to LendInvest, the property finance experts, the Mid

The flagship government Right to Rent scheme which compels a landlord to check the immigration status of their potential tenants has been criticised by a government inspector.

David Bolt, the Borders and Immigration’s independent chief inspector,

The government says that rental deposits being charged to tenants should be capped at five weeks’ of rent.

The Housing, Communities and Local Government committee has been struggling to find an acceptable level for deposits that are demanded from

The rate for an average five year fixed buy to let mortgage has fallen to 3.43%, a figure not seen since last October, data reveals.

The Moneyfacts website says this drop in rates is down to lenders wanting to attract potential borrowers who are consid

The Northwest of England is offering buy to let landlords the best opportunities of increasing yields, says one vital specialist.

Sequre Property Investment says that the latest index from Hometrack highlights that the UK’s house price inflation

The future potential of the Northern Powerhouse has been highlighted as a global property investment hotspot for property investors.

Property investment firm IP Global has carried out research by analysing the world's leading property investment market

The government is to create a new housing watchdog that will tackle rogue landlords over the state of home repairs.

The watchdog will have the power to resolve disagreements between tenants and landlords and also the ability to name and shame those who

There has been a big rise in the number of accidental landlords over the last three years, say researchers.

The findings from estate agents Bairstow Eves reveal that growing numbers of those who are currently letting a property had previously tried to

A third of property professionals and landlords in the UK are looking to expand their portfolios this year despite a growing number of challenges, a survey reveals.

The bridging finance firm MTF says that 33% of landlords in the buy to let sector are l

As part of our ongoing upgrade of www.accommodationforstudents.com we are currently focusing on improving the highest traffic areas of our website. The latest improvement is the launch o

Growing numbers of buy to let investors are starting to unload their properties, according to NFU Mutual.

The financial advice firm made the announcement after analysing the tax receipts in January and found that the Treasury raked in £5.5 billio

Over the last five years www.accommodatoinforstudents.com have worked closely with Glide, a company that specialise in shared bills for students.

During this period, the proportion of properties advertised

Landlords who say they will not accept DSS tenants in the private rental sector may be breaking the law.

The news comes after a recent legal case when a single mother won compensation from her letting agency after winning her claim for sex discriminati

Landlords in England are being warned that they should prepare for more regulation after the government published a consultation.

The warning comes from Tim Miles who is a partner at law firm Clarke Willmott.

He says that the Government is cons

One of the key criteria for a thriving student accommodation market in a city is a successful University.

The better the reputation of the University, the more likely the student population is to grow and increase the demand for accommodation. T

Student habits can change pretty quickly and what was once a new trend can quickly become an established feature of a dynamic market.

For this reason www.accommodationforstudents.com

As part of our ongoing programme of research we regularly review rents. We do this by using the rental data from our website as well as from external sources.

This year we have reviewed rents across private housing, private halls and univer

A big rise in the non-payment of rent in those areas where universal credit has been introduced has been predicted.

The National Landlords’ Association (NLA) says that universal credit will lead to a decrease