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Jonathan Rolande is a property industry and housing market commentator, and is founder of the National Association of Property Buyers. It’s almost...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
There wasn’t much by way of good news in the Spring Budget for landlords and property investors last month. Although some rumours...
18 April 2024
From: Sponsored Content
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
Landlords who paid Capital Gains Tax at 28% - before the Chancellor reduced it to 24% in this month’s Budget -...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The chief executive of a short lets service says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is wrong to think penalising landlords will help solve...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
In a final call on the Chancellor to help the private rental sector in today’s Budget, the National Residential Landlords Association...
06 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
One of the biggest parts of buying a holiday home is securing a holiday let mortgage which can differ substantially to...
24 February 2024
From: Agent Advice
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
I’m not especially political and certainly carry no candle for one flavour or another. I might argue that they’re all pretty...
10 February 2024
From: Legislation & Compliance
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
If you're thinking of investing in a holiday home this year, there can be a lot to consider. From gathering insight to...
27 January 2024
From: Agent Advice
Paul Johnson - a director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies since 2011 and a visiting economics professor at University College...
24 January 2024
From: Breaking News
An insurance firm claims landlords shopping for a new mortgage deal may be expected by lenders to prepare personal guarantees. Purbeck claims...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Airbnb has taken further steps to get in the good books of HMRC by issuing a guide on tax for its...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...
06 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
A business consultancy claims the HMNRC Self-Assessment helpline - set up to assist those compiling and filing tax returns as the...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent tax consultancy says landlords who transferred their rental properties in a company in 2017/18 are being targeted by HMRC. It’s...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The Office for Budget Responsibility - a Treasury department operating independently from the government - released its central forecast for the...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
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
HMRC has produced this material for landlords concerned at the prospect of self-assessment - What is Self Assessment and why do I need...
04 November 2023
From: Tax & Finance
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
An agency chain is urging the Tories to stop in-fighting at their party conference and instead increase supply in the private...
29 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The Renters Reform Bill is the latest of many factors leaving little choice for some private buy-to-let landlords but to sell...
22 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The head of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker has split from almost all of the industry by saying the...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Sweeping tax changes for landlords have been demanded by letting agents group Propertymark. The group has analysed the impact of changes using...
05 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A pressure group within the Labour Party wants a future government to provide £15 billion over 10 years to allow half...
17 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Successive Chancellors (we’re looking at you Gordon Brown and George Osborne) have monkeyed around with the market as if it was...
15 July 2023
From: The Big Issues
Across the country landlords and renters are struggling as mortgage costs soar, tax hikes bite and uncertainty remains about the impact...
08 July 2023
From: Tax & Finance
Baron John Bird, co-founder of the Big Issue newspaper sold by the homeless and vulnerably-housed, is suggesting that landlords give tenants...
05 July 2023
From: Breaking News
New data produced by lettings agency Savills gives an indication of how the buy to let sector may be threatened by...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
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
Scrapping a tax hike on rented housing may help ease the housing crisis faced by tenants, according to an analysis by...
01 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords have again become the focus of HMRC. The government department is currently using data from rent deposit schemes to assess...
13 May 2023
From: Tax & Finance
The Section 24 parliamentary petition, seeking to persuade MPs to reinstate mortgage interest tax relief for landlords, has fallen far short...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The Section 24 parliamentary petition, seeking to persuade MPs to reinstate mortgage interest tax relief for landlords, is still struggling for...
05 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
The British Property Federation is calling on the government to use next week’s Budget to zero-rate VAT on work which allows...
10 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords of Airbnbs and other short-lets risk facing penalties for tax evasion if they fail to report income on their rental...
27 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A perfect storm is brewing in the lettings market with rents spiralling driven by increasing demand fuelled by workers returning to...
22 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Accountants and tax advisers are reporting that HMRC has sent out a spate of what are called ‘one-to-many’ letters to taxpayers. The...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has poured cold water on the prospect of any tax cuts in the near future -...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
As many buy-to-let landlords continue to question their place in the market with ever increasing legislation, finance and management costs, one...
26 January 2023
From: Sponsored Content
The government may already have dismissed it, but the petition wanting landlords to be able to offset mortgage interest against tax...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords making self-assessment tax returns may already be starting to sweat - the deadline is midnight on January 31. Overall - landlords...
21 January 2023
From: Tax & Finance
A petition signed by well over 28,000 and calling for the reversal of tax measures introduced to penalise landlords has been...
19 January 2023
From: Breaking News
More must be done to keep private landlords in the rental sector, a new study has proposed. New Open Property Group says...
09 December 2022
From: Breaking News
I think 2022 can be summarised as ‘unsettling’ to say the least. With three prime ministers in less than six months,...
03 December 2022
From: Rental Reform
An influential new report wants higher taxes for landlords letting holiday properties. The Office for Tax Simplification - a division of HM...
07 November 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s disappointing to say, but once again the rhetoric from both the Labour and Conservative party conferences towards the private rented...
29 October 2022
From: Rental Reform
The latest Liz Truss U-turn will mean landlords are burdened with a large rise in corporation tax from next April. The announcement...
17 October 2022
From: Breaking News
If you are involved in property, it is important for tax purposes to be aware if your activities will be classed...
15 October 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
The new Chancellor is about to unveil his strategy for growth - but for now at least the government appears hugely...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A properly industry leader is calling on government to cut taxes for landlords who agree to long term tenancies and rent...
16 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Managing property finances can be hard work, long-winded and stressful. With regulation changes and market volatility, keeping on top of your...
10 September 2022
From: Tax & Finance
On August 4 the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee voted to raise the base rate from 1.25 to 1.75 per...
03 September 2022
From: Tax & Finance
Amateur landlords have fallen out of favour. Buy-to-let properties – once the darling of budding investors looking for stable, long-term returns...
13 August 2022
From: Agent Advice
More SME landlords are seeking advice about whether now is the right time to incorporate, before progressing plans to secure more...
13 August 2022
From: Tax & Finance
Our politics seems pretty broken to me and whilst I don’t wish to take a side between one flavour or the...
09 July 2022
From: Agent Advice
Lack of rental stock is now the biggest challenge facing letting agents today. That is what every agent I’ve spoken to...
09 July 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
Landlords are in danger of losing the narrative again. With rental inflation hitting record levels, much of the noise we see in...
11 June 2022
From: The Big Issues
Some landlords admit to increasing their rents directly as a result of being taxed more through the various fiscal changes introduced...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Buy to let landlords claimed a record £18.5 in tax relief in the year to April 2021, the most recent data...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A property company director is telling landlords to show compassion when they consider rent rises, because of the cost of living...
25 March 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
The Airbnb market in the UK is booming. Before the pandemic there was over 223 thousand active listings on Airbnb in the...
12 February 2022
From: Tax & Finance
The number of private rental homes has increased by 18,610 in the last five years - defying those suggesting an exodus...
11 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
Landlords will have to foot the bill for the government’s energy efficiency proposals without any apparent tax or grant help. That’s the...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Bromsgrove is a classic rental market. The Worcestershire market town is enveloped by green space but is just a thirty-minute commute...
08 January 2022
From: Industry Views
Sarah Coles, senior personal finance analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, writes: The government has announced extra breathing space for anyone who hasn’t...
08 January 2022
From: Tax & Finance
With 2022 just hours away, here’s a reminder of two tax changes that will directly affect landlords next year - and...
31 December 2021
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
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
It’s a common scenario: you put your house on the market, struggle to find a buyer, and then end up renting...
09 October 2021
From: Tax & Finance
The leader of a council in one of the areas of the UK with the highest number of Airbnb-style short lets...
31 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Nearly a million landlords plan to review their buy to let portfolios over the next two years with the number planning...
01 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A change in government policy will allow landlords to fund investment that will help businesses recover, says tax and advisory firm...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The total value of tax relief declared as a result of the government’s Rent a Room Scheme has soared 187 per...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A property analyst says landlords with company structures to handle their buy to let portfolios are unlikely to be worried by changes in...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A survey conducted for a mortgage broker suggests one in six landlords is unaware that 2019-2020 - tax assessments for which...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The changes to Mortgage Interest Tax Relief and impact on your wallet Before April 2017 landlords with a mortgage on their buy-to-let...
14 January 2021
From: Sponsored Content
This Thursday, December 17, sees The Great Tax Debate webinar aimed at helping landlords prepare for a year of change in 2021. The...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Landlords are feeling abandoned by the government during the pandemic according to a new survey. Some 64 per cent say they haven’t...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
When 2020 began one of the biggest issues most landlords faced was the ending of tax relief introduced over four years...
01 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content
The financial services regulator, the Prudential Regulation Authority, is warning mortgage lenders to be strict on their assessment of customers wanting...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
A financial planner is advising landlords on how to minimise their current Capital Gains Tax liability ahead of possible change. Chancellor Rishi...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Increasing numbers of landlords are registering as limited companies to reduce their tax liability, an investment specialist claims. Thirlmere Deacon says there’s...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News
The buy-to-let market has been impacted by tax rule changes in recent years, and as a result landlords have been unable...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Who are you? My name is Benjamin Hall and I’m the Founder and Managing Director of LOFT. What services does LOFT provide? LOFT delivers...
26 June 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
There has been a sharp decline in the number of buy-to-let mortgage products available due to the coronavirus crisis. Moneyfacts UK Mortgage...
15 April 2020
From: Breaking News
The new tax year got underway earlier this week, bringing with it a new set of rules. Since April 2017, the amount...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News
The Government should consider postponing upcoming tax changes because of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to Apropos by DJ Alexander. The property management...