According to the Retirement Advantage estimate buy-to-let landlords in the UK over the age of 55 could be entitled to almost £50 billion via equity release. Research combined the most recent average house price with its own equity release …
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Asking rents are continuing to drop as the supply of property to let increases, according to a new report. Historically, asking rents for new properties coming on to the market increases in the third quarter of the year, …
London has become the weakest performing region for house price growth for the first time since 2005 according to the latest House Price Index from Nationwide. The average property value is down by 0.6% on an annual basis in …
Proposed changes to housing benefit (HB) will not only have significant and severe implications for the tenant in receipt of benefit, it could also have serious financial consequences for the private landlord, according to Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) …
At the annual Savill’s Scottish Property Outlook seminar attended by 300 property experts in Glasgow on September 8th it was revealed that Scotland’s property market is at its strongest since 2008. Despite the EU Referendum, this year’s general …
The UK is now home to 625,000 millionaires, the highest number on record, with one in 79 Britons aged 21 or over worth at least £1million.
The volume of rented homes has increased by 171,000 since 2015, with the average size of a landlord portfolio now reaching a new high of 1.44 properties. Countrywide’s latest monthly letting index for August reveals the number …
A future ban on letting agent fees will ultimately be paid for by tenants, according to new claims. It is expected that many lettings agents will compensate for any losses experienced as a result of the ban by …
According to HouseSimple research London commuter towns are seeing the biggest rise in estate agents cutting property prices.
The latest survey by bridging finance lender MT Finance has revealed that a majority of UK property investors want the Government to reverse the changes made to property taxes including scrapping the 3% stamp duty surcharge altogether.