2012 looks set to be a particularly fruitful year with buy-to-let lender Paragon Group revealing that landlords are expecting tenant demand in the UK to remain high, predicting a double-digit increase in the number of people who will choose to become "professional tenants", opting to rent rather than buy.

A Court of Appeal ruling today means that any Solar PV installations installed, commissioned and registered between December 12 last year and March 3 this year will receive the higher feed-in-tariff rate of 43.3p for the next 25 years.
Homeowners who register on or after March 3 will qualify for the higher rate until April 1 when it will drop to 21p.

‘MOVE quickly or miss out’ is the message aimed at first time buyers from housebuilder Barratt which is encouraging buyers to make the most of the Stamp Duty holiday which can save buyers up to £2,500.

Florida has flown to the top of TheMoveChannel.com's latest buy to let listings, according to the latest Investment Watch. The report, which ranks the monthly level of interest in the portal's listings, saw a Florida condo follow a Michigan apartment in November to become the most popular property on the real estate site at the end of 2011.

As London prepares to celebrate the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, Victorian themes are dominating the cultural scene, (see www.dickens2012.org) from film and theatre to festivals, exhibitions, cultural tours and interactive shows.