The latest Upad Rental Confidence Index shows that 61% of UK landlords feel more confident about the buy-to-let sector for March 2010, compared to February. >> More
Nearly 60 per cent of landlords favour proposals to regulate buy-to-let mortgage lending, believing it will provide additional protection for landlords looking for investment finance. >> More
Plans to make it illegal for rental properties that do not have loft and cavity insulation to come on the market have been dismissed as blatant electioneering. >> More
Lack of buy-to-let funding could strangle the private rented sector. >> More
A good turnout in the General Election, coupled with a Tory defeat, could devastate the property market, says one of the UK’s largest agents. >> More
Spicerhaart has teamed up with Tesco to launch iSold.com, an online estate agency that offers to market a property for just £999. >> More
The year of the Bank of England Base Rate being held at a record low of 0.5% has created both winners and losers, moneysupermarket.com claims. >> More
A hung Parliament or Labour win at the general election could add £65 to the cost of the average mortgage, a Citigroup economist has claimed. >> More
On the twentieth anniversary of mortgage rates hitting a record 15.4%, are rates on the way up? >> More
Buy-to-let investors looking for the best returns should look outside trendy hotspots, with many less fashionable areas delivering far better returns, a study shows. >> More
Government plans for the private rented sector have been shot down in flames by a lettings professional. >> More
Nationwide’s Consumer Confidence Index has risen for the second consecutive month, increasing by six points to 80 in February. This increase means that the Index now stands at its highest level since January 2008, and almost double the level recorded during the same period last year (41). >> More
The number of houses sold in February grew by 136.6%, more than double the sales achieved in January, and were the highest level of sales achieved for almost two years, since March 2008, according to Agency Express’s latest Property Activity Index. >> More
John Boyle, managing director of HomeLet, has welcomed the latest FindaProperty Rental Index revealing a rise in asking rents by 1.2% to £814 pcm. But he warned it may not be good news across the board. >> More
Government figures have confirmed the increasing importance of the private rented sector (PRS), with a growing proportion of households relying on the sector for their housing needs. >> More
House prices rose by 0.3% over February according to Hometrack’s latest house price survey. >> More
The US and Japan are set to see the biggest rise in distressed sales in the first quarter of 2010, according to RICS. >> More
The Communities and Local Government’s English Housing Report, published this week, shows that the number of households renting privately has risen by one million since 2001, from 2.1 million to 3.1 million in 2008-09. >> More
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