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Landlords and renters’ activists are at either end of the spectrum reacting to a controversial report on the private rental sector. Yesterday...

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

Almost a million private rented households reliant on Universal Credit experience a shortfall between the benefit payments they receive and the...

A controversial proposal for a £300m tax grab on landlords appears to closely follow a policy suggestion put forward by activists...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the private rental sector according to a report this morning...

The Government quietly announced population projections towards the end of January that could have major implications for the types of homes...

Like a parent whose kids expected half term in Disneyland, Jeremy Hunt is spending the week managing expectations – and crushing...

The Conservative leader of a council which claims it has had problems with Airbnbs and short lets has given wholehearted backing...

Although SDLT receipts have been volatile in recent years, the property tax’s effectiveness as a revenue-raiser for the Government is not...

Landlords are selling up in significant volumes these days - partly to cash in on capital appreciation, but mostly thanks to...

Increasing the supply of homes for private rent would boost government finances by £10 billion, says the National Residential Landlords Association. The...

Paul Johnson - a director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies since 2011 and a visiting economics professor at University College...

The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help tnavigate legislative...

After the Autumn Statement unveiled a major tax cut for January, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’ll pay less tax in...

A mortgage lender survey suggests landlords are returning to fixed rate mortgages. Landbay says more investors are opting for five-year fixed mortgages...

When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets to his feet on Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement, he should consider offering support to...

Winkworth's chief executive says next week’s Autumn Statement must see the reinstatement of Mortgage Interest Tax Relief for investors. Dominic Agace says...

Propertymark has set out its stall for next month’s Autumn Statement - and many of the demands are for improvements that...

The ongoing freeze on housing benefit rates is a travesty that needs reversing immediately, the National Residential Landlords Association is warning.  The...

There is a real difficulty for Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party at the moment.  After 14 years in power, any failings land squarely...

The rise of ‘Generation Rent’ is well documented, along with the spiralling rent payments they are facing during a tightening cost...

Whoever forms the next government must put the private rental sector at the heart of its housing policy. That’s the view of...

In an unusual move, London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says home owners in dire financial difficulties should be able to switch...

Across the country landlords and renters are struggling as mortgage costs soar, tax hikes bite and uncertainty remains about the impact...

This year Tax Freedom Day fell on Thursday June 8. This was the day of the year by which, theoretically, the...

Scrapping a tax hike on rented housing may help ease the housing crisis faced by tenants, according to an analysis by...

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

The government has made no estimate of the number of people unable to meet housing costs due to the freeze on...

Tax changes in the private rented sector have contributed to the loss of £1.5 billion in Treasury revenue, according to a...

The normally under-the-radar Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has made an unusually outspoken plea to the government to help landlords. In particular,...

It looks like the buy to let mortgage market has bounced back after the disastrous mini-Budget. Moneyfacts, an independent mortgage monitor, says...

Plans to improve the energy efficiency of private rented housing have no hope of being met following the government’s failure to...

Yes, it’s that time again when the property hoi polloi impose their predictions for the following year on us and so,...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his long-awaited Autumn Statement - the fiscal event which he says will lead to “all of...

The latest monthly index from the Halifax shows average house prices falling 0.4 per cent in October, following the 0.1 per...

The Bank of England has increased its base rate from 2.25 per cent to 3.0 per cent. This is the largest hike...

Uncertainty has become a vastly overused word to describe our economic situation in recent years. But, once again, it’s an unwaveringly...

A think tank says that whatever Prime Minister Liz Truss may say, by 2025 most people will be paying £2 extra...

Speculation that the Truss government might move on to tax cuts to incentivise landlords appears wide of the mark. There has been...

Speculation is growing that next week there will be an Emergency Budget - or a ‘fiscal event’ as new Prime Minister...

The favourite to be named as the new Prime Minister and Conservative leader, Liz Truss, says there will be no new...

Our politics seems pretty broken to me and whilst I don’t wish to take a side between one flavour or the...

With the (eventual) departure of Boris Johnson, the next question for landlords and indeed much of the property industry is: What’s going...

Buy To Let may have had a resurgence in the past year but long-term lending patterns suggest landlords have been hit...

Some landlords admit to increasing their rents directly as a result of being taxed more through the various fiscal changes introduced...

The Times has highlighted chaotic scenes at HM Revenue and Customs where a landlord, amongst others, has been impacted. According to its...

This week’s Budget saw the Chancellor loosen the Treasury’s purse strings in a number of areas.  Yet this was a quiet Autumn...

The head of a building body says landlords and home owners need a replacement for the defunct Green Homes Grant to...

It looks as if buy to let investors looking for capital returns over yield may have struck lucky - so long...

Research by the buy to let specialist Sequre Property Investment suggests that landlords are largely undeterred by the slew of government...

There’s been a sharp fall in money raised from a campaign encouraging landlords to voluntarily disclose tax owed on rental properties...

A stinging attack on Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been made by the National Residential Landlords Association. The trade body has produced a...

Tenants with arrears accumulated during the pandemic are finding it tough to secure alternative accommodation because their credit scores have been...

A change in government policy will allow landlords to fund investment that will help businesses recover, says tax and advisory firm...

A property analyst says landlords with company structures to handle their buy to let portfolios are unlikely to be worried by changes in...

Property investors are being advised to head north for better returns, with new research revealing that Bootle in Merseyside is currently...

To say that the buy-to-let sector has had a tough time of it in recent years would be one hell of...

Every year is the same. Come tax season, landlords all over the UK find themselves confused when filing a self assessment...

New communities secretary Robert Jenrick and housing minister Esther McVey look set to focus on increasing homeownership, but this appears to...

The Tory leadership contest is well underway with just two candidates - Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt - left in the...

Parents with children at university may be considering whether it is worth buying them a property while they continue their education,...

The so-called housing charity, Shelter, targeted Ludlow Thompson a few months back, asking its supporters to block the letting agent’s telephone...

Proposals drawn up by Conservative think tank Onward to allow existing buy-to-let properties to be eligible for 100% capital gains tax...

Landbay has enhanced and expanded its product criteria for buy-to-let landlords. The lender has increased its maximum loan size from £1m to...

The level of landlord business looks set to stabilise over the next 12 months, according to Paragon’s latest Financial Adviser Confidence...

A tenant has appeared in court after being caught with a drug haul worth in the region of £60,000. The man was...

Paragon has seen a significant increase in mortgage lending supported by its buy-to-let offering. Best known for its specialist focus on buy-to-let...

Activity in the buy-to-let mortgage market took a further dip in May as the combination of tighter tax and mortgage rules...

A two-speed market has emerged in the buy-to-let sector as smaller landlords have stopped adding to their portfolios, according to Octane...

Buy-to-let landlords are currently in retreat in the housing market, leaving many tenants struggling to find suitable rented accommodation, new analysis...

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

The Treasury should focus on easing the housing crisis by thinking more ‘creatively’ and using taxation to ‘encourage and support’ buy-to-let...

Fresh research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) which reveals that young adults are less likely to own a home...

Activity in the buy-to-let mortgage market took a dip in November, owed in part to the base rate rise and tougher...

A series of fiscal and regulatory changes aimed at private landlords and challenging lending conditions are taking their toll on the...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has submitted recommendations to HM Treasury ahead of Autumn Budget Statement, due to be delivered on...

Almost half of buy-to-let landlords are looking to expand their property portfolios despite recent tax changes in the industry and tougher...

LandBay has cut rates and fees across its product range for amateur and professional buy-to-let landlords. Rates now start at 3.39% for...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is urging the government to reconsider pending taxation changes announced by the now former chancellor George...

Buy-to-let mortgage rates were largely unaffected by a sharp increase in swap rates in the final quarter of 2016, but this...

Lord Flight, a former Conservative Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has once again slammed his own party’s buy-to-let tax changes,...

Tenants are now spending two-thirds of their disposable income on rent as sky-high prices put even more homes out of reach. The...

The new lending criteria proposals for underwriting standards for future buy-to-let mortgage contracts put forward by the Prudential Regulatory Authority's (PRA)...

With tenant demand continuing to rise, the private rented sector (PRS) will remain a “fundamental part” of the UK’s housing market...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has hit out at claims made by the new Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell.   During his speech...

The independent Institute for Fiscal Studies has today warned that the Treasury’s budget analysis on the rental market is “plain wrong”. Speaking...