The Association of Letting Agents (ARLA) is urging UK Chancellor George Osborne to boost the private property sector in his Budget later this month. The organisation wants to see Landlords treated as small businesses and says that stamp duty must be reviewed along with other barriers to investment in the sector. It believes that the [...]
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More home owners are being forced to move out and let their property to tenants. Britain is fast becoming a nation of “accidental landlords” as home owners let out properties they cannot sell. However, lenders are toughening up on the “let-to-buy” market, which could leave unwary landlords vulnerable. Figures from the National Landlords Association (NLA) [...]
Our Senior Lettings Negotiator featured in the Manchester Evenig News this week commenting on the rentals in Manchester. Flat hunters in Manchester city centre are getting locked in bidding wars as rentals go through the roof. Occupancy has reached 96 per cent – and demand is now so high that desperate flat-hunters are signing up [...]
Price hikes in London’s residential rental property market appear to have peaked and in some locations, are entering a period of adjustment with rents slightly reduced, it is claimed. It is widely thought in order to keep hold of the best tenants, landlords must realise that the market has stabilised and re-assess their rents accordingly. [...]
More rental properties are coming onto the market in the UK and as a result prices are falling, according to the latest rental index from FindaProperty. The number of available rental properties rose to its highest point since August 2009, triggering a 3.3% decrease in asking prices which fell from an average £890 per month [...]
