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The Property Redress Scheme, one of two approved ombudsman-style schemes for the private rental sector, has published the findings from a...

The tax reliefs enjoyed by landlords running Furnished Holiday Lets (FHL) were cut by the Chancellor this month. Some say the...

The average price of property coming to the market for sale rises by 1.5% (+£5,279) this month to £368,118, as the...

A prominent agent who advises many landlord clients says the Capital Gains Tax cuts announced in the Budget are too small...

One piece of good news to come out of the small print documents accompanying the Budget concerns capital appreciation. The Office for...

In a final call on the Chancellor to help the private rental sector in today’s Budget, the National Residential Landlords Association...

A controversial proposal for a £300m tax grab on landlords appears to closely follow a policy suggestion put forward by activists...

A property firm which has analysed transactions across the UK suggests the market is, at last, ‘back to normal’ in almost...

Reversing the tax penalties imposed on buy to let landlords in recent years would reduce the impact of short lets on...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to restrict Airbnb-style short lets do not go far enough, a group of activists has said. Yesterday...

I’m not especially political and certainly carry no candle for one flavour or another. I might argue that they’re all pretty...

Landlords seeking capital appreciation will be encouraged from two new housing market surveys - one showing a surprise rise in house...

If you're thinking of investing in a holiday home this year, there can be a lot to consider. From gathering insight to...

Paul Johnson - a director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies since 2011 and a visiting economics professor at University College...

An insurance firm claims landlords shopping for a new mortgage deal may be expected by lenders to prepare personal guarantees. Purbeck claims...

Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...

Airbnb has taken further steps to get in the good books of HMRC by issuing a guide on tax for its...

Many landlords say they’re set to expand investments in 2024 despite facing up to 80 per cent higher costs in the...

Almost two thirds of private landlords expect to see their mortgage payments increase over the next 12 months with warnings that...

A respected financial body is warning that landlords face rising costs of up to 80 per cent in the next two...

I recently attended the NRLA’s annual conference in Birmingham and a theme that still dominates discussion in the industry is the...

The Office for Budget Responsibility - a Treasury department operating independently from the government - released its central forecast for the...

When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets to his feet on Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement, he should consider offering support to...

Winkworth's chief executive says next week’s Autumn Statement must see the reinstatement of Mortgage Interest Tax Relief for investors. Dominic Agace says...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has ruled out any reversal of Section 24 or other tax changes which have hurt landlords in...

The National Residential Landlords Association has suspended its link with Less Tax 4 Landlords. This follows publicity surrounding Less Tax 4 Landlords...

HMRC has contacted Landlord Today to draw attention to new guidance it has issued over a tax avoidance scheme aimed at...

An agency chain is urging the Tories to stop in-fighting at their party conference and instead increase supply in the private...

A leading lettings industry figure says politicians should have the repeal of Section 24 as a major priority. Section 24 removes a...

The government must safeguard the private rented sector and the only way to do that is to lend its support to...

The Renters Reform Bill is the latest of many factors leaving little choice for some private buy-to-let landlords but to sell...

The head of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker has split from almost all of the industry by saying the...

Over the last 15 years, the HMO market has been transformed.  Back in the ‘90s, multi-lets were mainly student housing or cheap...

To help or not to help: that is the question the government is facing with regard to under-pressure private rented sector...

Three-quarters of landlords who intend to purchase a new property in the next year will use a Limited Company structure, it’s...

Whoever forms the next government must put the private rental sector at the heart of its housing policy. That’s the view of...

Sweeping tax changes for landlords have been demanded by letting agents group Propertymark. The group has analysed the impact of changes using...

Santander has been sharply criticised for increasing its Interest Coverage Ratio just as other lenders have been making it easier to...

By Richard O’Neill, managing director, lettings at Romans Estate Agents As a landlord, your property’s yield is an important figure. It indicates...

In an unusual move, London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says home owners in dire financial difficulties should be able to switch...

New research has come to a conclusion that will surprise few - that landlords today are twice as likely to be...

Landlords about to remortgage are being urged to secure a new rate as early as possible - even six months in...

The lack of available housing stock is creating huge problems throughout the Private Rented Sector, including the supply chain. We all know...

Property investment dates back centuries – millennia, even. As a fundamental necessity for post-nomadic humanity, residential and commercial real estate have...

Over the past year, we have witnessed an increase in the proportion of landlords opting to acquire properties through limited companies.  This...

A year ago, many landlords’ primary concern was what would be included in the Government’s long-awaited Renters (Reform) Bill. Today, with...

Across the country landlords and renters are struggling as mortgage costs soar, tax hikes bite and uncertainty remains about the impact...

If this was typical of the past 10 years we would be talking of a 0.6 per cent average house price...

Scrapping a tax hike on rented housing may help ease the housing crisis faced by tenants, according to an analysis by...

The Section 24 parliamentary petition, seeking to persuade MPs to reinstate mortgage interest tax relief for landlords, has fallen far short...

Against expectations, the average UK house price increased by 0.5 per cent last month following seven consecutive falls, according to the...

Today’s latest market snapshot from Rightmove shows the average price of property coming to market rising by just 0.2 per cent...

The Section 24 parliamentary petition, seeking to persuade MPs to reinstate mortgage interest tax relief for landlords, is still struggling for...

Tax changes in the private rented sector have contributed to the loss of £1.5 billion in Treasury revenue, according to a...

.The National Residential Landlords Association has called for a full review of how landlords and the private rental sector are taxed. In...

Student lets have come under the spotlight as a result of a slowdown in the building of new university student accommodation...

For many years, investing in property has been seen as a way of obtaining “passive” income. Compared to other types of...

A letting agents’ trade group is urging the industry to sign a parliamentary petition calling for the Section 24 changes for...

The National Residential Landlords Association is calling on the government to begin a full review of how private rented housing is...

A Conservative MP is calling on the government to help landlords boost rental supply by reforming taxation. Andrew Lewer, Conservative MP for...

As many buy-to-let landlords continue to question their place in the market with ever increasing legislation, finance and management costs, one...

The government may already have dismissed it, but the petition wanting landlords to be able to offset mortgage interest against tax...

Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...

A petition signed by well over 28,000 and calling for the reversal of tax measures introduced to penalise landlords has been...

The Hargreaves Lansdown business consultancy is forecasting a 10.4 per cent drop in house prices from their peak, to take place...

The petition to secure government action over the Section 24 tax issue affecting landlords has passed the 16,500 benchmark but has...

A petition calling on the government to reverse the section 24 tax change has passed a key threshold - but still has...

Landlords are being encouraged to sign a petition calling on the government to reverse the section 28 tax change which had...

Half of private renters have faced a rent increase in the last year, it’s claimed.  Activists in Generation Rent claims of those...

Propertymark says some 85 per cent of its member agents in Scotland have landlord clients who have expressed a wish to...

More must be done to keep private landlords in the rental sector, a new study has proposed. New Open Property Group says...

I think 2022 can be summarised as ‘unsettling’ to say the least. With three prime ministers in less than six months,...

Although the property and mortgage markets have been in a state of flux for the past few months, with rising interest...

Whingers who complain about financial perks for landlords and who then complain about rising rents when the perks are withdrawn and...

The main landlords’ trade body has blasted the government for ‘breaking’ the private rented sector through laws, measures and comments deliberately...

It’s disappointing to say, but once again the rhetoric from both the Labour and Conservative party conferences towards the private rented...

MPs from Opposition parties in the House of Commons have attacked the government’s recent stamp duty change - and taken the...

The latest Liz Truss U-turn will mean landlords are burdened with a large rise in corporation tax from next April. The announcement...

A rent freeze in Scotland - which has been condemned by many experts in the private rental sector and by housing...

The new Chancellor is about to unveil his strategy for growth - but for now at least the government appears hugely...

As inflation passes the 10% mark, it’s no surprise that many landlords are hurriedly reviewing the health of their buy to...

The lettings agency chain Winkworth says the attraction of buy to let is waning for both institutional and individual investors. This is...

Newport council in South Wales says it’s researching into the private rental sector to assess how best it can support landlords. In...

Generation Rent, which typically attacks all landlords and especially those involved in buy to let, has instead focussed its latest social...

The next Prime Minister must address the supply crisis in the private rented sector if homeownership ambitions are to become a...

New research showed a large month-on-month increase in the cost of typical buy to let fixed rate mortgages popular with landlords.   Online...

The continuing rent rises seen across much of the country are outpacing increases in interest rates, it’s been claimed.  Property website Home,...

Lack of rental stock is now the biggest challenge facing letting agents today. That is what every agent I’ve spoken to...

New research suggests that a like-for-like comparison shows short lets earning 21 per cent more than the same home let out...

Landlords have been hit with steep rises in the cost of buy to let fixed rate mortgages even before the Bank...

Taxes on buy to let investment are fuelling a supply crisis, hiking rents and making homeownership more difficult to afford. That’s the...

Some landlords admit to increasing their rents directly as a result of being taxed more through the various fiscal changes introduced...

A property company director is telling landlords to show compassion when they consider rent rises, because of the cost of living...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer and more transparent - but...

A record number of companies were set up last year to hold buy to let property.   In total there were 47,400 new...

With 2022 just hours away, here’s a reminder of two tax changes that will directly affect landlords next year - and...

Over half of private landlords responding to a new survey say recent tax changes in the rental market have had a...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

In recent years, letting property has become more challenging due to a range of tax and regulation changes and since March...

The sleaze allegations engulfing the government have moved to those MPs letting out their London homes while claiming money from taxpayers...