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The UK government's long awaited Spring Budget announced some key changes for the property market in an effort to stimulate activity...

A landlord who was involved in a decade-long dispute with a London council has been hit with a £1.44 million penalty...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

In an analysis of one of the largest data sets in the industry (consisting of buyers from 195 countries and 900,000...

This is back-to-school season and for the majority of university students who choose to move away from their family home during...

When moving abroad, many people weigh up the pros and cons of renting or purchasing their own property.  In its new survey,...

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has ruled out any increase in Capital Gains Tax if Labour wins power. She also says there will...

Families opt to rent so they can move fast to buy a home close to London’s top schools, according to a...

Some 80,460 homes across England and Wales are registered to companies located in offshore tax havens. They are worth an estimated £39.8...

A prominent buying agent operating at the high end of the prime London market has given an interesting insight into how...

Data from the English Housing Survey suggests that the number of English owners of second homes in Europe has fallen again. The...

A quarter of Britons are considering becoming holiday let landlords to earn extra income from the continued popularity of UK staycations,...

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

Labour’s proposed reforms to the housing market “raise many questions”, a property industry figure claims. Under controversial plans put forward by party...

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

Overseas buyers - likely in many cases to be investors - have taken a bigger stake in the wealthy enclave of...

Private rental property should be “acquired” and used for social housing according to a think tank. And it says tax penalties, laws...

The flat is back in demand in Britain’s most expensive rental enclave, a lettings agency says.  Demand for apartments in prime central...

Landlords who feel recent laws have singled them out may be interested to know that one group of property owners appears...

The top end of the UK’s residential market is experiencing a growing divergence between heavily mortgaged and equity-rich owners, according to...

Prime Central London will bounce back in 2023 according to national consultancy Carter Jonas - and it’s thanks to the poorly...

There’s been a significant drop in the number of students passing referencing. It’s down from 50 to 40 per cent this autumn...

Large numbers of Britons are considering becoming holiday let landlords to earn extra income from the continued popularity of UK staycations,...

Things are looking up in prime London with landlords enjoying both higher rents and lower void periods. That’s the news from investment...

There’s rather a lot going on in the economy as I write this and, by the time it is published, who...

Industry body Propertymark is reminding landlords as well as agents in England to be ready for significant changes to the way...

The new Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke for only 25 minutes but effectively turned the recent history of British tax policy...

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut.  In future there will be no stamp duty on the first £250,000...

Capital values in Prime Central London have increased according to the latest market snapshot from investment service London Central Portfolio. House have...

An asset management operation has launched a new service to guarantee consistent income for investors with multiple properties.  ‘Holland Assurance’ from Holland...

A new kind of property investor is evolving. They’ve enjoyed the fruits of their labours, creating UK investments in property but...

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

There’s more evidence of ex-pats re-entering the buy to let and holiday let markets. The Cambridge Building Society has introduced three buy...

A veteran lettings agency chief says future economic growth in part of the UK is under threat from a radical reform...

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

The dusk of 2021 is upon us and, as is customary in property circles at this juncture, we look forward to...

Demand for rooms has rocketed in recent months, coinciding with a huge shortage in the number of rooms available in the...

£223.7 billion. That’s how much better off UK landlords are than five years ago when you do the maths on the...

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

A former member of Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet has thrown his weight behind Generation Rent’s latest campaign. Lloyd Russell-Moyle - chair of...

A local authority is appealing directly to landlords to join a scheme rehousing Afghan refugee families. Wrexham council says the families will...

Estate agency Savills has upgraded its forecasts for the UK’s prime housing markets - good news for investors in this niche. The...

A buy to let mortgage broker says that investment in a National Park property could help landlords cash in on the...

The London international rental market, a long-term victim of the pandemic and travel restrictions, appears to be improving at last. High profile...

There’s been a “huge demand” for buy to let mortgages spurred on by dramatic house prices rises, according to a major...

The Guernsey-based lender Skipton International says there’s been a surge in interest in UK buy to let mortgages from overseas over...

The spring market in Florida is white-hot at the moment, rivalling the increasing temperatures across the state as people begin their...

Few landlords deal in the rarified surroundings of the central London market, and new figures from lettings agency Knight Frank show...

A lettings agency estimates that the number of overseas landlords owning property in the UK has hit a five-year high -...

A company is offering Sharia-compliant bridging finance for property investors. Sharia compliance in the finance world means for savers and borrowers, instead...

A councillor has criticised an MP who came out in favour of landlords in a dispute over licensing. Earlier this week Landlord Today...

Scams involving fake landlords and bogus lettings agents are rife in the private rentals sector, and may have been made worse...

On top of the rush to beat the stamp duty holiday deadline and changes to Help To Buy - both with cliff...

Figures from investment consultancy London Central Portfolio show how vulnerable the capital’s rental market is to Brexit and Coronavirus - but...

The public believe students should go rent-free if they do not use their private or college accommodation in the coming term...

The number of overseas landlords admitting tax avoidance has risen 65 per cent in five years according to an accountancy firm. Moore,...

An international consultancy specialising in investors’ residency and citizenship has lifted the lid on the huge tax savings open to overseas...

The government is being warned landlords won’t be able to meet new guidelines being set for Right To Rent once the Coronavirus...

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed so many things for so many people. For international real estate agents in Spain, it has...

If you are dreaming of buying a property in Spain, there is so much to think about and many things to...

No matter if you have a property abroad, a holiday home, or rent a place long-term, 2020 has definitely been a...

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, many of the countries worse hit – reliant on tourism and outward investment...

Summer 2020 saw changes to the 30-day Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rule come into force and talk of a CGT increase...

Buckinghamshire Building Society has relaunched its ex-pat buy-to-let product. The mortgage deal is available at 70% loan-to-value (LTV) on a two-year discount...

A growing number of international property investors are expected to increase their presence in the UK buy-to-let market over the next...

Landlords in central London have been forced to reduce rents by an average of 10%, according to Chestertons. The letting agency says...

Private landlords in London have been forced to drop rents by up to 15% following a significant increase in the number...

Student property will remain a very profitable asset class giving robust return despite the existing disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic,...

Skipton International has returned to remortgage lending for overseas buyers looking to invest in the UK buy-to-let market.  Skipton International had recently...

In an effort to get the UK economy open again, the UK’s tax regime should be simplified to encourage inward investment,...

Despite the growing concern amid the coronavirus pandemic, international property investors are expected to increase their presence in the UK buy-to-let...

Rishi Sunak's first Budget included new taxes for overseas property buyers, funding to remove unsafe cladding, fresh funds to support the...

Residential property prices across all English Cities have risen above pre-crisis peaks for the first time since 2007, the latest Zoopla...

Skipton International has launched a new remortgage offer that it hopes will appeal to UK expats. Skipton is offering to refund an...

Al Rayan Bank has introduced a new five-year fixed 80% finance-to-value (FTV) buy-to-let purchase plan (BTLPP), while also cutting the rental...

Hanley Economic Building Society has launched its first-ever expat buy-to-let mortgage product after entering the market. The product is available at up...

The proportion of homes let in this country by overseas-based landlords has increased, new figures show. The latest data from Hamptons International,...

The ongoing uncertainty over how the UK will leave the EU has seen sterling drop against the dollar and euro and...

It is now illegal for tenants to be charged by landlords or letting agents in Wales in order to set up or...

Many buy-to-let investors in the UK seem to be sitting on their hands at the moment, owed mainly to the tax...

Australia is the popular country of residence for overseas Scottish property owners, followed by the USA, new figures show. SafeDeposits Scotland, the...

HMRC is starting to catch up with overseas-based landlords who have not been paying tax on the rental income they receive...

The holiday rental market in this country looks set for another busy summer as the weak pound persuades millions to opt for...

The buy-to-let boom over the past 20 years has contributed significantly to the number of people who own second homes. More than...

Mansfield Building Society has introduced two new expat consumer buy-to-let mortgage products for borrowers who want to let out their property...

The rental market in prime central London has proved resilient this year despite the impact of political uncertainty surrounding Brexit negotiations,...

Housing Hand has launched a new rent guarantor scheme to help tenants secure accommodation. Research by Housing Hand shows that there has...

Recent years have seen a shift in buyer activity across the UK’s property market, with London’s much publicised decline in popularity...

Ipswich Building Society has cut the rates and fees on its existing buy-to-let five-year fixed rate products . There is a five-year...

Skipton International has extended its UK buy-to-let mortgages to foreign nationals based abroad. Skipton previously only offered its UK buy-to-let mortgages to...

Overseas investors snapped up more than half of all properties for sale in prime London in the second half of 2018...

The government’s decision to launch a consultation into a proposal to add 1% onto the stamp duty paid when buying a home in England...

Mansfield Building Society has launched a buy-to-let mortgage product exclusively for expat borrowers. The new product, available with no completion fee, is...

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has launched a range of ex-pat buy-to-let products for intermediaries and direct customers. Two fixed and two...

Marsden Building Society has launched a new five-year fixed expat buy-to-let product for landlords looking to buy or remortgage a buy-to-let...

Cambridge Building Society has unveiled a new range of expat mortgage products for landlords looking to acquire or remortgage a buy-to-let...

Six directors have been banned for a total of 54 years after misleading more than 300 investors who collectively invested at...

The proportion of let properties in the UK owned by overseas landlords is at its lowest in almost a decade, new...

Six out of 10 renters want tenancies of 12 months or less, a new AXA survey suggests. The government, which wants to...

The UK’s tourism sector is going from strength to strength with growing visits by foreigners in the country, and the increasing...