A comprehensive new survey gives the lowdown on buy to let in the UK. The study, by Uswitch, is lengthy and covers...
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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...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s been a huge rise in the number of buy to let property repossessions in the first quarter of 2024 compared...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Rental growth continued to cool in February, says the latest market snapshot from lettings agency Hamptons. Last month, the average rent on...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A property industry commentator has set out what he calls a plan of action to rejuvenate the buy to let sector. Jonathan...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The buy to let mortgage sector has seen fixed rates fall to their lowest point since September 2022, according to analysis...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A council has secured a banning order against a landlord, taking effect almost immediately. The order is against Grzegorz Surminski, a landlord...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has ruled out any reversal of Section 24 or other tax changes which have hurt landlords in...
24 October 2023
From: Breaking News
New research from lettings agency Benham and Reeves has shown that while net rental yields have increased over the last year,...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Thousands of landlords are planning to sell properties. A Simply Business survey of 1,455 UK landlords reveals that a quarter of landlords...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A new study has revealed the top 10 UK areas with the greatest rental yield making them ideal for a buy-to-let. Confused.com...
30 September 2023
From: Top tips & guides
As the ‘big buy-to-let’ sell off gathers momentum, we take a look ways you can guestimate the value of your rental...
14 September 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Three-quarters of landlords who intend to purchase a new property in the next year will use a Limited Company structure, it’s...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Rents will rise 25 per cent over the next four years, outpacing the modest 5.5 per cent House price growth across...
11 September 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
Yearly returns on the average buy-to-let property in the UK were over £4000 lower in June 2023, compared to the same...
01 September 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
HMRC has recently launched a renewed investigation into Airbnb hosts, with the site compelled to share earnings data to assist in...
17 June 2023
From: Tax & Finance
When choosing a buy-to-let property, there are many elements that need to be balanced in order to get the biggest return...
17 June 2023
From: Agent Advice
Only one in 10 landlords look likely to expand their portfolios according to a new survey - although if they go...
13 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The Scottish Government looks set to extend its rent cap for yet another six months - despite widespread opposition from the...
02 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The launch of a new landlord database, proposed by the Renters Reform Bill, could provide HMRC with a gold mine of...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Rising numbers of landlords are likely to switch to specialising in holiday rentals and short-term lets in the months ahead, an...
03 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A tax expert claims the government’s move to abolish the lifetime allowance for pension contributions may damage the buy to let...
20 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A landlord of a home with unsafe electrics has been issued with a fine of £7,500 by a west country council. Following...
24 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Two key figures jumped out at me from the National Residential Landlords Association’s (NRLA) excellent recent report on the private rented...
11 February 2023
From: The Big Issues
A Wirral landlord has become the first in the region to be served with a Banning Order, which will prohibit him...
19 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Although the property and mortgage markets have been in a state of flux for the past few months, with rising interest...
03 December 2022
From: Tax & Finance
A mortgage broker claims to have drawn up a regional league table of locations where buy to let properties attract a...
09 November 2022
From: Breaking News
HMRC is intensifying its efforts to track down landlords with undisclosed income, a financial consultancy claims. Perrys, a firm of chartered accountants,...
01 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Rising interest rates - which may rise further and dramatically in response to the government’s tax-cutting agenda - risk eroding the...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Who are you? I am the Head of Broking for Newable Finance. A specialist commercial finance brokerage. What is Newable Finance? Newable Finance is...
06 September 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
The new academic year is just around the corner, so many landlords will be thinking about student housing sector to diversify...
20 August 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
As landlords continue to exit the market, there seems to be no easy solution for selling. Owning a buy-to-let portfolio can be...
02 August 2022
From: Sponsored Content
There’s a gulf in the amount that landlords are willing to pay to meet proposed new EPC requirements and what they...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Three projects are underway investigating how a tourist tax, including a levy on holiday let renters, could apply in Wales. The three...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The proportion of landlords who plan to purchase their next buy to let property through a limited company has hit the...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Newable Finance, the finance brokerage & advisory arm of Newable, launches video advert campaign ahead of the new EPC legislations for...
15 June 2022
From: Sponsored Content
Who are you? My Name is Alec Chohan, and I am a senior finance broker within the Newable Finance team based in...
07 June 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
Airbnb’s general manager is claiming that there is no fact-based evidence to link the proliferation of short lets across the UK...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The government is reported to be considering extending the Right To Buy from just council tenants in England to housing association...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The staycation craze has made holiday lets a far more attractive proposition to many would-be landlords, according to a new survey. Research...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agency is warning its own and all other landlords that they are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agency says the rental growth seen in the past year will not be repeated in 2022, as tenants...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Has there ever been a better time to buy-to-let? Zoopla just last week revealed that demand and rent prices, especially in city...
19 February 2022
From: Top tips & guides
The specialist holiday let market is becoming increasingly attractive to ex-pat investors - and another mortgage lender has entered the sector...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A record number of companies were set up last year to hold buy to let property. In total there were 47,400 new...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
New preliminary figures released by CBRE reveal that a record £4.1 billion was invested in the UK’s Build to Rent sector...
15 January 2022
From: The Big Issues
Suffolk Building Society has just become one of the few lenders to consider applications from landlords who intend to market and...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
An unnamed landlord has been banned from letting out his property after allowing it to fall into poor condition. He was served...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The demise of the buy to let market has been much predicted over recent years. Major tax changes, a three per...
20 November 2021
From: Tax & Finance
Something that has been touching a raw nerve with me for some time now is the issue of so called ‘rent...
13 November 2021
From: The Big Issues
If you let out holiday properties or have switched to Airbnb or similar platforms, tax inspectors may be coming for you. Accountancy...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A national accountancy firm says HM Revenue & Customs has discovered huge numbers of landlords avoiding paying tax - as many as...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Substantial numbers of expats who own a buy to let property in the UK are approaching HMRC to admit they have...
20 September 2021
From: Breaking News
HM Revenue & Customs has announced webinars aimed at landlords in its latest bid to extract the maximum tax from buy...
22 July 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s been a sharp fall in money raised from a campaign encouraging landlords to voluntarily disclose tax owed on rental properties...
14 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is spending £100,000 on a feasibility study to investigate the setting up of...
13 July 2021
From: Breaking News
There are just three weeks left for landlords to respond to one of the largest consultations undertaken by a council in...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The landlord gender gap is closing, with women now accounting for half of private landlords in the UK. New research by Yieldit...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A new survey shows that just over a third of landlords have recently purchased another buy to let property or intend...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the leading industry suppliers has given a warning to government that continual regulation and legal changes restricting landlords will...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Three in five landlords are interested in green mortgages - a huge surge in recent times. The buy to let broker Mortgages...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News
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
The closing of a tax loophole which allow some owners of holiday lets to avoid paying council tax does not go...
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agency chief says tenants are becoming more eco-conscious, putting increased emphasis on landlords to meet expectations. Mike Cook -...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords have been warned not to try to deceive departing tenants after a controversial tribunal ruling. Lindsays law firm says Scotland’s first...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords trying to expand their portfolios can avoid delays caused by residential buyers taking advantage of the Chancellor's stamp duty extension by using four 'buy-to-let hacks', according to broker Mortgages for...
10 March 2021
From: Property Investment & Strategy
Specialist buy to let broker Mortgages for Business says landlords buying now can use four tips to beat the chaos in the...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News
The government has set out details of its new Debt Respite Scheme - also known as Breathing Space - which comes...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Britain’s holiday rental market is preparing for a busy year ahead, as many travellers are expected to opt for staycations over...
12 January 2021
From: Property Investment & Strategy
An accountancy firm claims that buy to let landlords who admit evading tax on their rental income have underpaid to HMRC...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The number of overseas landlords admitting tax avoidance has risen 65 per cent in five years according to an accountancy firm. Moore,...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
The furlough scheme has been extended for a month and while it’s being replaced eventually by a less generous scheme, there is...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News
The length of notice periods landlords must provide tenants when using certain grounds for possession whilst the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News
There appears to have been an increase in demand for buy-to-let property since the chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday, but...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News
As a landlord, it’s vital to conduct periodic inspections throughout each tenancy to ensure that the condition of your rental property...
17 August 2020
From: Sponsored Content
There was a surge in demand for buy-to-let property in July, according to the latest data released by mortgage technology provider,...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News
The government’s decision to temporarily increase the stamp duty threshold to £500,000 for property sales in England and Northern Ireland, until...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Landbay has responded to the growing demand for buy-to-let property by increasing its maximum loan sizes from £1m to £1.5m on...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News
There has been a significant drop in the proportion of annual sales to buy-to-let landlords as measured by Hamptons International. The estate...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Right to Rent checks has been temporarily adapted due to coronavirus, to make it easier for landlords to carry them out. Effective immediately,...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News
With savers receiving poor returns from banks and building societies, thousands of people unsurprisingly continue to turn to residential property as a means...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Short-term let property management firm Hostmaker has gone into administration, prompting redundancies for the entirety of the company’s London-based team. Houst, formerly...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Castle Trust is offering a 10-year term loan for people looking to invest in buy-to-let property. Castle Trust’s TermTen loan for buy-to-let...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Brighton has been named the most profitable city to invest in for buy-to-let landlords in the UK. Landlords investing in Brighton’s buy-to-let...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The number of landlords in the private rental sector has fallen to a seven-year low, according to Hamptons International’s latest monthly...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The 31st January deadline to submit your self-assessment tax return for the year ended 5 April 2019 has come and gone, however,...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The tax return deadline when filing your online Self Assessment for the tax year ending 5 April 2019 is just over...
23 January 2020
From: Breaking News
The Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, the UK’s most comprehensive property exhibition, takes place at London ExCeL in April – 3 &...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News
The tax return deadline when filing your online Self Assessment for the tax year ending 5 April 2019 is less than...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Landbay has become an institutional only platform after closing its retail investment arm and exiting the peer-to-peer lending market. The buy-to-let mortgage...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Hodge has introduced a new mortgage aimed at those wanting to acquire a holiday let property in the UK. The mortgage, which...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News
There was a significant fall in lending to buy-to-let landlords, according to the latest data from UK Finance. The figures show that...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News
If you’re an existing landlord with bad credit issues looking to remortgage your buy to let property or perhaps buy a...
20 November 2019
From: Sponsored Content
House sharing has becoming increasingly popular as more (and older) people opt to live with housemates over ownership or renting alone....
11 November 2019
From: Sponsored Content
Al Rayan Bank has increased its finance-to-value (FTV) on select buy-to-let mortgage products. The lender’s two-year discount at 3.74% has had its...