Growth in buy-to-let incorporations driven by international landlords

The Green Party’s controversial policy to abolish private landlords has “a lot of merits” despite only being unachievable over “a very long time,” a big private landlord has surprisingly revealed. John Kane, who has a portfolio of properties across the Midlands, made the eye-raising comment during a discussion on BBC Politics Midlands with the motion’s…

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There has been a surge in London’s luxury lettings market as the rich elect to rent rather than buy homes, claims Beauchamp Estates. Its latest survey reveals that during the first half of 2025, 1,588 lettings deals of over £1,000 per week were agreed, generating a combined rental income of £82.8 million. In H1 2024,…

One of the jobs of any column writer is to prompt a debate among their readership and this happened after my most recent missive went live last month. It tackled the issue of up-front fees (usually between £300-500) paid voluntarily by vendors at the point of instruction in return for a lower overall commission or…

More than 300,000 homes have been sitting empty in England for at least six months, with an estimated market value of almost £90billion. New figures from the House Buyer Bureau show there are 754,264 vacant homes, with 303,185 or 40.2%, classed as long-term vacant. This is an estimated £88.6bn worth of residential property currently sitting…

Property asking prices rose fastest in less desirable locations, with areas in the North and Scotland recording the largest increases, according to new Rightmove data. Of the top 50 places where asking prices grew the most last year, only seven are priced above the current national average of £368,031. First place Hawick in Roxburghshire in…