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The head of lettings agency Benham and Reeves has made an outspoken attack on stamp duty. The agency analysed data from the...

The so-called ‘Boris bounce’ in the housing market after the last General Election failed to materialise, an estate agency chain claims. Winkworth,...

A landlord who used a fake name to evade detection has been hit with £485,000 in fines after illegally renting out...

Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina has endorsed a new PropTech tool aimed at stopping landlords falling victim to fraud. Title Guardian claims...

Buy-to-let landlords with property assets held in a company could be taking advantage of the current dip in house prices to...

Rents in the private sector of England and Wales increased by 5.1 per cent in the year to June — the...

Landlords who may be in the market for buying or selling this year are being warned about a dramatic 54 per...

The launch of a new landlord database, proposed by the Renters Reform Bill, could provide HMRC with a gold mine of...

Landlords have again become the focus of HMRC. The government department is currently using data from rent deposit schemes to assess...

The government response to a Freedom of Information request has shed light on the increasing number of homes in England and...

A company which failed to declare its interest in a property which had health and vermin risks has been ordered to...

There’s a dilemma for landlords wishing to expand their portfolios - do so now, just as some buyers are offering discounts?...

Changes to capital gains tax announced in Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement will see the average landlord pay as much as...

HMRC is intensifying its efforts to track down landlords with undisclosed income, a financial consultancy claims. Perrys, a firm of chartered accountants,...

The tax cuts announced in the government’s ill-fated mini-Budget may have been reversed but they gave Labour a chance to hit...

A prominent lettings agency is warning its own and all other landlords that they are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants the government to put a stop to the capital being used for international money...

A national accountancy firm says HM Revenue & Customs has discovered huge numbers of landlords avoiding paying tax - as many as...

When it comes to conveyancing for landlords and investors, the purchasing process itself doesn’t differ that much from residential conveyancing, there...

Landlords currently looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas should head north to places like Liverpool, Bradford and Sunderland, with new...

A new landlord organistaion has become the largest ever trade body in the letting sector after officially launching this morning.   The National...

Despite the slowdown in the UK housing market in recent years, caused in part by the Brexit vote which fuelled uncertainty...

The proportion of homes bought with cash has hit an all-time low as the number of investors acquiring property continues to...

The number of first-time landlord buy-to-let mortgage products hit a record high of  1,474 in October, up 297 on the same...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

Vendors will often accept an all-cash purchase offer over a higher-priced offer with a mortgage, highlighting the importance of cash in...

The High Court has shut down a Ponzi scheme operated by a property investment firm after ruling that it was misusing...

London house prices are continuing to fall, with the collapse in the buy-to-let sector increasing the number of homes on the...

When it comes to investing in property, it pays to know about the latest property hotspots and up-and-coming areas, not just...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has in conjunction with HM Land Registry launched a new survey as part of an informal consultation...

The owner of a three-bedroom house in Queensbury, north-west London, where 35 men were living in rooms full of mattresses has threatened to...

Activity levels in prime central London’s buy-to-let sector remains relatively sluggish, despite a pick up in the wider housing market in...

The National Landlord Association (NLA) has launched a free tenant finding service for its 70,000-plus members and teaming up with the...

As a buy-to-let property owner, the last thing you want is for your investment to be sitting empty. But it’s not...

As a landlord, you should know exactly who a potential tenant is before you hand over the keys to your property...

While buying property in London has proved to be a lucrative move for many buy-to-let landlords for capital gains in recent...

Manchester has been identified as the top city for rental yield but London offers buy-to-let landlords the best overall returns, a...

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MPs have introduced two new bills that will crackdown on rogue landlords. The first measure introduced to parliament yesterday was by the...