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A politician is claiming that second home council tax premiums, where owners pay up to double the normal rate, is resulting...

An all-party House of Commons committee is calling on Local Housing Allowance to be updated automatically and annually. LHA rates have been...

There will be long term pressure on housing affordability and the private rental sector if demographic forecasts from a range of...

A merger of two of the biggest names in the lettings agency world will mean the combined group managing 152,000 rental...

New figures show that property taxes - often rising as a result of frozen thresholds - lead the way as the...

Councils are to be given powers to enact huge tax increases on second homes and empty properties, the Scottish Government proposes. New...

Tax expert David Hannah claims that the government's 12 new high-growth investment zones have already begun to drive property prices in...

A tax expert has set out top tips for landlords as they embark on a new financial year. Mike Parkes, tax expert...

Over the last couple of years, the government has made several changes to how income and profits are taxed. Some of...

The Housing Ombudsman has released its special investigation into Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, the social housing provider which supplied accommodation to Awaab...

The relatively small number of landlords who use Purplebricks to handle tenants for their properties appear to face an uncertain future. The...

Three quarters of local authorities are set to increase their council tax by the maximum amount in April as they complain...

Landlords say housing standards in one of the UK’s biggest cities could sugar because of council tax changes for empty homes. Manchester’s...

Typical household disposable incomes for working-age families are on track to fall by three per cent this financial year, and by...

Propertymark has come out in favour of private landlords being allowed to follow the example of social landlords in agreeing an...

Grainger, the UK’s largest landlord and a huge player in the Build To Rent sector, says it’s going to implement only...

The UK’s buy-to-let market has changed beyond recognition over the last few years and with a recession on the horizon, landlords...

The UK government’s ban on the sale of new combustion cars from 2030 is fuelling a surge in Electric Vehicle adoption....

New figures show that the amount of Capital Gains Tax raked in by HM Revenue & Customs has skyrocketed.  The Revenue received...

New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...

A prominent buy to let mortgage lender says there’s been a surge of interest in so-called green mortgages linked to good...

Bromsgrove is a classic rental market. The Worcestershire market town is enveloped by green space but is just a thirty-minute commute...

Paragon Bank increased buy to let lending to landlords by 33.9 per cent to £1.61 billion in its last financial year,...

Over 150,000 households in Britain are in ‘exempt’ accommodation, a rental sector which some say is “dangerously under-regulated.” ‘Exempt accommodation’ is intended...

Substantial numbers of expats who own a buy to let property in the UK are approaching HMRC to admit they have...

Landlords have welcomed a proposal by the Office for Tax Simplification to extend the 30 day payment of Capital Gains Tax...

An operator in the co-living rental niche in London has recorded an average 44 per cent annual growth over the past...

A record pipeline has been reported by one of the leading buy to let mortgage lenders as landlords race to beat...

Paragon’s specialist portfolio buy-to-let lending grew during the first half of its financial year, the company has announced.  Specialist buy-to-let lending was...

Paragon’s specialist portfolio buy-to-let lending grew during the final quarter of 2019. Specialist buy-to-let lending was 1.1% higher year-on-year at £375.4m, whilst...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has welcomed the Welsh government's plans to increase spending on housing in their draft budget for...

There was a 73% increase in the number of landlords and letting agents that signed up to the TDS' custodial scheme during 2018-19,...

Buy-to-let landlords could soon be required to pay more money in capital gains tax (CGT) under new proposals put forward by...

Investors have long turned to residential property as a means of supplementing their income, supported by strong demand from tenants and...

If as a landlord you are not yet in the self-assessment tax system then you need to register for tax self-assessment...

With the new tax year approaching, now is a good time to get your tax affairs up to date, and to...

The buy-to-let property market is currently experiencing a wave of reforms, with the government looking to alter the way in which...

It is well known that homeownership rates have been falling rapidly, particularly among young people, despite government efforts to reverse the...

Grainger PLC saw adjusted earnings for the full year to the end of September increase by more than 30% thanks to a...

There has been a sharp rise in the number of landlords using limited companies to manage their buy-to-let portfolios as a...

Landlords are being reminded to remain attentive when viewing or inspecting rental homes in order to weed out tenants that may...