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Over half of current home owners with adult children have or expect to help their children financially to buy a property...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
National Landlord Investment Show has announced that the former Leader of the Conservative Party, the Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith,...
16 April 2024
From: Sponsored Content
The National Residential Landlords Association has partnered with GetGround, a property investment platform for buy-to-let landlords looking to find, structure, and...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
In the recent landlord sentiment survey conducted by the Property Redress Scheme, it came as no surprise to me to discover...
06 April 2024
From: The Big Issues
Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan-Smith is to address landlords at an event this summer. The MP - 70 next week - was...
05 April 2024
From: Breaking News
23 March 2024
From: Tax & Finance
The tax reliefs enjoyed by landlords running Furnished Holiday Lets (FHL) were cut by the Chancellor this month. Some say the...
23 March 2024
From: Tax & Finance
A prominent agent who advises many landlord clients says the Capital Gains Tax cuts announced in the Budget are too small...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
We are thrilled to report that the first National Landlord Investment Show of 2024 in London on March 6 was a...
13 March 2024
From: Sponsored Content
The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Building on the momentum of 2023, the North West is poised for continued growth in rental and property prices. Early investment...
02 March 2024
From: Top tips & guides
Speculation continues apace over the likely measures in next month’s Budget, especially after what is seen by political analysts as a...
17 February 2024
From: Tax & Finance
Deciding on a residence in the bustling city of London is no small feat, especially when faced with the dichotomy of...
17 February 2024
From: Agent Advice
Calling all landlords, Investors and property professionals: National Landlord Investment Show returns to Olympia London on 6th March for its first...
12 February 2024
From: Sponsored Content
The National Landlord Investment Show returns to Olympia London on March 6 for its first show of the 2024 calendar. Now in...
06 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Painful tax traps have been set for millions of people this year. Your pay may not even have kept pace with...
27 January 2024
From: Tax & Finance
The capital gains tax allowance will be cut on April 6 from £6,000 to £3,000, so more people will pay CGT. The...
20 January 2024
From: Tax & Finance
There are now fewer than 35 days until self employed workers - including many landlords - will need to submit their...
30 December 2023
From: Tax & Finance
Many landlords say they’re set to expand investments in 2024 despite facing up to 80 per cent higher costs in the...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help tnavigate legislative...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Two-thirds of private landlords in the UK are optimistic about how their property investments will perform in the coming years -...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
After the Autumn Statement unveiled a major tax cut for January, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’ll pay less tax in...
09 December 2023
From: Tax & Finance
Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
More than a quarter of private landlords plan to increase the size of their property portfolios in the next year, compared...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
In the ever-evolving landscape of property investments, one strategy continues to stand the test of time and prove its worth: property...
25 November 2023
From: Agent Advice
Winkworth's chief executive says next week’s Autumn Statement must see the reinstatement of Mortgage Interest Tax Relief for investors. Dominic Agace says...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Tenants claiming benefits are likely to get more assistance with court fees under a revised grant scheme starting this winter. The Help...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Lendlord, a platform for the property investment space, has launched a Tenants App to streamline the way renters communicate with landlords. The...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Zoopla says a buy to let property sold off by a landlord is “typically priced 25 per cent lower than the...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A wealth management organisation has raised the spectre that some families may end up overpaying inheritance tax. And with property wealth being...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The University of Dundee and letting agents’ body Propertymark want to understand more about the future plans of landlords. This is happening...
07 August 2023
From: Breaking News
I recently had the opportunity to challenge a lot of nonsense in Parliament. Or to put it another way, I was...
05 August 2023
From: Rental Reform
The next National Landlord Investment Show is taking place in London next month. It’s on September 27 at DoubleTree Hilton London Elstree...
04 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The challenges facing the property market right now are well reported; from rising interest rates pushing up mortgage payments to a...
03 August 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Property investment dates back centuries – millennia, even. As a fundamental necessity for post-nomadic humanity, residential and commercial real estate have...
29 July 2023
From: Tax & Finance
A property investment platform has analysed rental yields to see the best returning areas for buy to let investors. Sourced Franchise analysed...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A warning is going out today from the UK’s largest property auctioneer about the sensible pricing of property coming to the...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
If you are a landlord looking for the silver lining in a dark cloud, June’s interest rate decision will have certainly...
13 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
1. How Do I Ensure A Good Return On Investment In A Slow Market? This is one of our most frequently asked...
01 July 2023
From: The Big Issues
This year Tax Freedom Day fell on Thursday June 8. This was the day of the year by which, theoretically, the...
10 June 2023
From: Tax & Finance
One of Scotland’s largest lettings agencies is voicing concern over what it calls “the lack of balance” in the Scottish government’s...
12 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Over two million more people are likely to be higher rate taxpayers by 2028 – thanks to the freezing of the...
01 April 2023
From: Tax & Finance
With less than one month left until the end of the tax year, many experienced investors will have completed their tax...
11 March 2023
From: Tax & Finance
Analysis by professional cash buyer and portfolio landlord, LandlordBuyer (part of Open Property Group), has revealed what costs make up most...
07 March 2023
From: Sponsored Content
For many years, investing in property has been seen as a way of obtaining “passive” income. Compared to other types of...
04 March 2023
From: Tax & Finance
The capital gains tax allowance will be cut from £12,300 to £6,000 on April 6 – the lowest the allowance has...
25 February 2023
From: Tax & Finance
The Portuguese government has announced sweeping measures, mostly against landlords, which some activists want introduced in the UK too. Portuguese Prime Minister...
20 February 2023
From: Breaking News
An unlikely location heads the latest league table purporting to show the highest returns on property investment. Aldermore’s Buy To let City...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A new study claims to show where landlords should invest in 2023, based on recent profits. The website Money has looked at...
22 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A buy to let investment site has used Artificial Intelligence to identify 10 top property investment opportunities in 2023. Based on analysis...
21 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Three quarters of landlords in the UK have now used a limited company to invest in at least one of their...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A new survey of UK-based investors reveals the outlook for alternative investments amid growing concerns over the state of the economy. The...
14 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A fund is claiming that investors who put money into real estate funds as an avenue of investment have seen a...
12 December 2022
From: Breaking News
There are several key reasons why property owners choose to become landlords, some of which include regular income, investment and long-term...
10 December 2022
From: The Big Issues
A maverick landlord who has hit the headlines countless times in recent years has lost his latest bid to sue the...
05 December 2022
From: Breaking News
While many eyes have been focused on COP27 in recent weeks, a massive sea change in sentiment and investment towards climate...
03 December 2022
From: The Big Issues
New data just released by HM Revenue & Customs shows income tax, national insurance and capital gains tax receipts for April...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The Private Rental Sector is undeniably in need of some assistance, as recent changes to legislation and global events have put...
05 November 2022
From: Rental Reform
The residential sector is a key component of the government’s mission to lower carbon emissions – in 2021, it accounted for...
01 October 2022
From: Lettings PropTech
The new Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke for only 25 minutes but effectively turned the recent history of British tax policy...
24 September 2022
From: Tax & Finance
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut. In future there will be no stamp duty on the first £250,000...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
As inflation passes the 10% mark, it’s no surprise that many landlords are hurriedly reviewing the health of their buy to...
17 September 2022
From: The Big Issues
The UK’s buy-to-let market has changed beyond recognition over the last few years and with a recession on the horizon, landlords...
15 September 2022
From: Sponsored Content
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
New market analysis by lettings and sales agency Hamptons suggests that landlords are the largest group likely to sell up over...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The Hargreaves Lansdown Savings and Resilience Barometer - which looks at national resilience on debts, savings, investing and planning for later...
20 August 2022
From: The Big Issues
In June, the government finally released its long-awaited White Paper ‘A Fairer Private Rented Sector’. You will almost certainly have seen...
06 August 2022
From: Rental Reform
Bricks and mortar have become one of the best investment classes over the past year, according to new research. The Stripe Property...
21 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Another landlord has been hit with a substantial fine for failing to licence an HMO. Ryan Antony Otto, a director of Otto...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A trade body is calling for a partnership with the government to push the domestic heating market towards heat pumps as...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency claims to have identified which boroughs in the capital offer the best prospects for buy to let investors...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings and estate agency has revealed a location where it says 50 per cent of its sales this year have...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords work harder to ensure properties are suitable for their preferred tenant type, more than they do to achieve maximum profits. That’s...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News
For many years now developers, freeholders and landlords have been engaged in the practice of utilising ground rents as lucrative investments...
07 May 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
A new kind of property investor is evolving. They’ve enjoyed the fruits of their labours, creating UK investments in property but...
30 April 2022
From: The Big Issues
With the rising cost of living and the UK’s inflation crisis creating financial uncertainty, many are looking to make more secure...
30 April 2022
From: Agent Advice
Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina says he anticipates the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper may now be delayed further, possibly until...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Growing concerns over inflation and the cost of living are changing the way landlords interact with their tenants, it’s being claimed. A...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Proposals to make rental properties greener by enforcing a minimum energy performance certificate rating of C, is causing widespread confusion throughout...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords with large budgets and who are seeking a surprising discount, even in today’s market, could be tempted by research which...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Covid-19 has upended most industries, at least for a short while, over the past two years. But the tourism sector has...
19 February 2022
From: Tax & Finance
Legal & General’s Retirement Institutional division has announced a massive £2.5 billion investment to deliver as many as 7,000 Build To...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The Covid pandemic has had a significant impact on the economy, with long term consequences that are still not fully appreciated....
22 January 2022
From: Industry Views
An accountancy firm is holding a free webinar for landlords and other property investors to look east ongoing changes to tax...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords adopting a strategy of buying cheap in search of high yields are having a tougher task in finding the right...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the UK’s most prestigious agencies claims that deals to buy the country’s dearest homes have been negotiated using asset-backed...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
As we enter 2022 the private rented sector can look back on a year which marked the start of its recovery...
18 December 2021
From: The Big Issues
In recent years, letting property has become more challenging due to a range of tax and regulation changes and since March...
25 November 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Private sector landlords are being warned by a council to check their investments meet the legal minimum energy efficiency standard, or...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A new bank called Monument wants buy to let portfolio landlords and other ‘serious’ property investors to be amongst its relatively...
16 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Many agencies give their forecasts for the following year or years in the late autumn, but one of the most detailed...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News
People you can trust are an essential part of your team when you get into investing in property. If you’re using solicitors,...
06 November 2021
From: Top tips & guides
A leading market analyst says the looming threat of rent controls may be deterring landlords entering the buy to let sector,...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A lettings agent says a new HMO licensing regime in one of London’s highest profile boroughs will reduce the number of rental...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Around 20 per cent of landlords surveyed by a bank used a credit card or short-term finance to fund a recent...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A survey of over 500 property investors claims to have uncovered the UK’s hotspots for the coming year. It says some 44...