UK mortgage rates rise to highest level in a month as Middle East tension bites
UK mortgage rates rise to a one-month high as Middle East tension stalls rate-cut hopes. What landlords and portfolio investors should do next.
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Limited company landlords boom as registrations climb 1,700 per cent since 2000
Limited company landlords are multiplying, with a record 34,128 firms registered in 2025. See where growth is fastest…
Angela Rayner returns as housing secretary in Burnham’s first cabinet
Angela Rayner is back as housing secretary under PM Andy Burnham. What her return means for landlords, the…
What the new chancellor means for the property market as John Healey takes No 11
John Healey is in at No 11. What the new chancellor means for the property market, from stamp…
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Unite cuts UK student accommodation rents to shore up occupancy
Britain's largest student landlord has been quietly discounting rooms to fill them, and the tactic is working.
How Britain’s £298bn defence plan is rewriting the industrial property playbook
Britain's £298bn Defence Investment Plan could unlock 32m sq ft of new industrial and logistics demand. Here is…
Priced to sit: three in five homes stay unsold as mortgage rates test buyers’ nerve
High mortgage rates have left 60% of UK homes listed since January unsold, Zoopla reports. See the regional…
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Geoff Marlow: ‘Three cottages out-earn my teaching pension, and I feel slightly guilty’
Geoff Marlow spent 34 years teaching history in Ipswich and planned a quiet retirement. Instead the 68 year old runs three Airbnb cottages in…
Sarah Okafor: ‘The landlord exodus is the biggest buying opportunity of my career’
Priya Nair: ‘International students saved my portfolio, and most landlords turn them away’
Tom Brindle: ‘My tenants repair their own roofs. Try that with a buy-to-let’
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Cyprus emerges as the last open door for Mediterranean property investors
Enquiries from Middle East buyers jump 327% as Spain and Portugal slam shut their Golden Visa routes, leaving…
Maui tops the league as American holiday-let landlords bank £48,000 a year
Maui tops a new ranking of the most profitable US cities for holiday-let investors in 2026, with owners…
Spaghetti House landmark seeks £4m buyer in rare Fitzrovia opportunity
The former Spaghetti House in Fitzrovia is on the market at £4m. Why this restaurant property for sale…