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Landlords have again become the focus of HMRC. The government department is currently using data from rent deposit schemes to assess...
13 May 2023
From: Tax & Finance
Many landlords who do not want to commit to high levels of expenditure to improve the energy efficiency of their homes,...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
In an ideal world, home ownership would be the accepted way for everyone to live, with people enjoying the security, warmth,...
27 August 2022
From: Agent Advice
Who are you? My name is Jason Harris-Cohen and I am the Managing Director of Open Property Group. What is your company and...
02 August 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
A Labour council in London has announced plans to expand its crackdown on what it calls “shoddy landlords.” Southwark council says the...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Many homeowners face situations where they have no other option but to rent out their home. Often there are periods where...
06 November 2021
From: Tax & Finance
Letting agency Knight Frank has identified an opportunity for landlords to cash in on a supply shortage - but only if...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News
It’s a common scenario: you put your house on the market, struggle to find a buyer, and then end up renting...
09 October 2021
From: Tax & Finance
A property accountant is warning that ‘accidental landlords’ may not have been aware of the complexity of property taxation and so...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Small scale or accidental landlords will need agents to help them let studio and one-bedroom properties, Rightmove says in a market...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News
From accidental landlords to those wanting to embark on buy-to-let as a business, renting out property can be extremely rewarding, and...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Swansea Building Society has launched a new range of lower rate mortgage products aimed at a wide selection of borrowers, including...
08 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let is no longer a viable investment opportunity for many landlords due to the upcoming changes facing the market, according to...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Bunk has teamed up with Nationwide Building Society to strengthen its service with a view to strengthening its landlord service to...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Although new capital gains tax rules could cost some landlords thousands of pounds when they sell up, property is still a...
25 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords need to minimise potential risks that make the difference between ‘profitable calm’ and ‘money-pit worry’ to help ensure that...
14 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Mansfield Building Society has introduced two new expat consumer buy-to-let mortgage products for borrowers who want to let out their property...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News
We all know that ensuring your property is of a high standard can yield better returns and more loyal tenants, but...
12 April 2019
From: Breaking News
There could soon be a sharp rise in the number of buy-to-let looking to sell up as a consequence of the...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News
HMRC’s Let Property Campaign, which provides an opportunity for landlords to come forward and report undeclared rental income and expenditure to...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Rental values in prime London has started to see some slowdown in decline as initial signs of a bottoming out have...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Cooperation has been identified as key to improving standards in the private rented sector (PRS), according to a report by Kate Faulkner,...
07 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Letting a home can be an intimidating task if you’re doing it for the first time. You may have deliberately entered...
06 December 2018
From: Sponsored Content
Buy-to-let is a lot tougher than it once was. Landlords’ returns have been squeezed by the introduction of the 3% stamp duty...
05 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let investment in the long-term is still likely to beat savings rates by a significant margin over the coming years, despite recent...
16 October 2018
From: Breaking News
With savers receiving appalling returns from banks and building societies, many people are unsurprising still interested in investing in buy-to-let as...
24 August 2018
From: Breaking News
There are around 2.4 million landlords in the UK, but what are the characteristics of the average buy-to-let investor? Two thirds of...
23 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Small scale buy-to-let investors and accidental landlords face more upheaval under the government’s plan to introduce mandatory minimum three-year tenancies, according...
11 July 2018
From: Breaking News
One in five landlords in this country entered the buy-to-let sector without even planning to, finding themselves with a property ‘accidentally’...
13 June 2018
From: Breaking News
When it comes to rental responsibilities during a tenancy, there remains some confusion among so-called ‘accidental landlords’ when it comes to...
22 May 2018
From: Breaking News
The phasing out of mortgage interest relief and tougher mortgage lending conditions contributed to what was a rather difficult 2017 for...
03 January 2018
From: Breaking News
A slower sales market in the south of England has revived the accidental landlord as more people chose to rent their...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News
A significant number of private landlords are planning to increase rents to help cope with changes to the way they are...
22 August 2017
From: Breaking News
There has been a major slump in the number of homes for rent over the past six years, fresh figures show. There...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News
London has been identified as the most expensive region in Britain to be a landlord, according to fresh research by Kent...
19 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords currently contribute £15.9bn per year to the British economy through pre-tax spending on running their portfolios, which is more...
12 May 2017
From: Breaking News
A growing number of women are investing in the buy-to-let market as an alternative to the failing of the pensions industry,...
21 April 2017
From: Breaking News
Accord Buy to Let, the intermediary-only lender, has announced that it is now accepting applications from borrowers classed as consumers: non-professional...
11 April 2017
From: Breaking News
Home staging can not only help to make a property highly desirable, but it can also help to deliver a higher...
10 January 2017
From: Breaking News
Deciding to let your property because you cannot sell it is not an easy option and should not be undertaken lightly,...
11 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Rents have started to fall as landlords who rushed to acquire homes before the introduction of the extra stamp duty surcharge...
20 June 2016
From: Breaking News
Landlords are now less likely to fall behind on their mortgage repayments, with just 9,300 cases of buy-to-let mortgage arrears of...
15 June 2016
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let continues to provide double-digit bumper returns for investors with rents currently rising at the fastest pace since last autumn. The latest...
24 May 2016
From: Breaking News
The Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD), could bar accidental landlords from switching to cheaper mortgage deals on affordability grounds. Many could be told...