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A controversial proposal for a £300m tax grab on landlords appears to closely follow a policy suggestion put forward by activists...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Reversing the tax penalties imposed on buy to let landlords in recent years would reduce the impact of short lets on...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to restrict Airbnb-style short lets do not go far enough, a group of activists has said. Yesterday...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
I recently attended the NRLA’s annual conference in Birmingham and a theme that still dominates discussion in the industry is the...
02 December 2023
From: Tax & Finance
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
The National Residential Landlords Association has suspended its link with Less Tax 4 Landlords. This follows publicity surrounding Less Tax 4 Landlords...
09 October 2023
From: Breaking News
HMRC has contacted Landlord Today to draw attention to new guidance it has issued over a tax avoidance scheme aimed at...
06 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
A leading lettings industry figure says politicians should have the repeal of Section 24 as a major priority. Section 24 removes a...
25 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
Whoever forms the next government must put the private rental sector at the heart of its housing policy. That’s the view of...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
New research has come to a conclusion that will surprise few - that landlords today are twice as likely to be...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Property investment dates back centuries – millennia, even. As a fundamental necessity for post-nomadic humanity, residential and commercial real estate have...
29 July 2023
From: Tax & Finance
A year ago, many landlords’ primary concern was what would be included in the Government’s long-awaited Renters (Reform) Bill. Today, with...
08 July 2023
From: The Big Issues
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
Tax changes in the private rented sector have contributed to the loss of £1.5 billion in Treasury revenue, according to a...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
.The National Residential Landlords Association has called for a full review of how landlords and the private rental sector are taxed. In...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association is calling on the government to begin a full review of how private rented housing is...
06 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A Conservative MP is calling on the government to help landlords boost rental supply by reforming taxation. Andrew Lewer, Conservative MP for...
01 February 2023
From: Breaking News
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
Whingers who complain about financial perks for landlords and who then complain about rising rents when the perks are withdrawn and...
29 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The main landlords’ trade body has blasted the government for ‘breaking’ the private rented sector through laws, measures and comments deliberately...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The lettings agency chain Winkworth says the attraction of buy to let is waning for both institutional and individual investors. This is...
30 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Generation Rent, which typically attacks all landlords and especially those involved in buy to let, has instead focussed its latest social...
20 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The next Prime Minister must address the supply crisis in the private rented sector if homeownership ambitions are to become a...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords have been hit with steep rises in the cost of buy to let fixed rate mortgages even before the Bank...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Taxes on buy to let investment are fuelling a supply crisis, hiking rents and making homeownership more difficult to afford. That’s the...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer and more transparent - but...
28 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
Over half of private landlords responding to a new survey say recent tax changes in the rental market have had a...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News
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
A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has neared its 45,000-signature target over the weekend. Former...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Rishi Sunak is being urged not to increase capital gains tax, as part of the government’s attempts to claw back the...
17 July 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
A number of property firms and landlord organisations have welcomed government action to support landlords and tenants affected by coronavirus. Private tenants...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) and the National Landlords Association (NLA) are calling for a package of measures from government and...
17 March 2020
From: Breaking News
The Guild of Property Professionals is calling on the new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to use his Budget speech, which will take...
10 March 2020
From: Breaking News
A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are switching to short-term lets, as a consequence of skewed policy that favours holiday homes...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) and the National Landlords Association (NLA) are calling on the new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to use...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The latest data demonstrates the failure of government policy for the private rented sector, which in turn is having an adverse...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The tax and regulatory changes introduced in recent years have led to an increase in the number of landlords exiting the...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News
The National Landlord Investment Show will return this year with events set to take place across the UK. The first of six...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News
A number of buy-to-let landlords and property enthusiasts will visit the Olympia Conference Centre in London today in order to obtain...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords and property enthusiasts will once again descend on the Olympia Conference Centre in London next month where they will...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Howsy has issued a stark warning over the health of the UK’s private rented sector as tax and regulation changes continue...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News
The government has been attacked by a former member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee for its “incoherent” approach...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News
A number of landlords would not currently consider investing in the buy-to-let sector as a consequence of buy-to-let tax and legislative...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News
New communities secretary Robert Jenrick and housing minister Esther McVey look set to focus on increasing homeownership, but this appears to...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News
There is no such thing as 'no-fault' eviction under Section 21, according to evictions specialist Paul Shamplina. The founder of Landlord Action insists...
02 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Boris Johnson is being to urged to do more to support investment in the private rented sector, as research shows that...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson, the two men competing to become the next Conservative Party leader, are being to urged to...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The Tory leadership contest is well underway with just two candidates - Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt - left in the...
28 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Most landlords feel optimistic about the existing UK buy-to-let environment, fresh research suggests. The study by Cambridge and Counties Bank showed that...
25 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords and property enthusiasts will once again descend on the Olympia Conference Centre in London today where they will be...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News
A new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has been launched with a view to looking into short-term lets. The new group, which...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Returns for private landlords have dropped in recent years, while strong returns have instead come from investing in corporate residential landlords, according...
18 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Tax and legislative changes have unsurprisingly left many buy-to-let investors with little alternative but to pass costs onto tenants by pushing up...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith has criticised policies of former Conservative chancellor George Osborne with regard to housing. Speaking at...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Philip Hammond is once again being urged to reverse the previous chancellor George Osborne’s deeply unpopular tax reforms as they are...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News
On the surface, registering as a limited company could serve higher taxpayers and larger investors well, while mainstream lenders remain a...
21 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil will chair the Government Panel Debate at the National Landlord Investment Show in London, it has...
12 February 2019
From: Breaking News
There was a significant increase in the number of landlords exiting the rental market in December 2018 as rents increased for...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News
With the 31 January deadline for the 2017/18 self assessment tax returns just days away, Blick Rothenberg offers some last minute...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Investors have long turned to residential property as a means of supplementing their income, supported by strong demand from tenants and...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords and property enthusiasts will once again descend on the Olympia Conference Centre in London in March where they will...
28 December 2018
From: Breaking News
UK rents are expected to increase by 7.5% over the next three years, as the supply of rental accommodation dwindles while...
24 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Draconian tax changes applying to buy-to-let investors will leave many private landlords with little alternative but to evict tenants and sell...
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Having ignored calls to stop punishing landlords and rethink its stamp duty attack on the buy-to-let sector, along with the phasing out of mortgage...
05 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let is a lot tougher than it once was. Landlords’ returns have been squeezed by the introduction of the 3% stamp duty...
05 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Rents in London’s prime property market have increased further, rising by 1.1% in the 12 months to September, as more people...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News
As the Chancellor prepares for today’s Autumn Budget, more residential taxes are widely mooted to be introduced, according to various experts. The...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The reversal of controversial alterations to mortgage interest relief and the scrapping of the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional properties understandably...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News
A number of tenants have been hit by rent rises over the past 12 months as landlords respond to extra taxes...
16 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Philip Hammond is coming under increasing pressure to reverse draconian tax changes applying to buy-to-let landlords. A number of landlords have been...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News
A new guide to help brokers navigate recent and upcoming tax changes with their landlord clients’ has been launched by Accord...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The number of tenants experiencing rent hikes in August increased to an all-time high of 40%, up from 31% a month...
28 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Philip Hammond is being urged to use his Autumn Budget, which will take place on 29 October, to support investment in...
27 September 2018
From: Breaking News
TSB has cut rates on selected two-, three- and five-year fixed rate buy-to-let purchase and remortgage products. Two-year fixed rates between 60%...
24 September 2018
From: Breaking News
The number of buy-to-let landlords acquiring new properties continues to tumble as recent tax changes bite, but property remains a viable...
13 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Tax and regulation changes continue to have an adverse impact on the buy-to-let market, with the value of mortgages taken out...
12 September 2018
From: Breaking News
The government must move now to start supporting those that invest in the private rented sector or risk seeing significantly more...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Landlords are selling close to 4,000 buy-to-let properties a month resulting in the first recorded fall in the number of rental...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News
The UK housing market continued to slow last month as reflected by a drop in new mortgage lending, with many buy-to-let...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News
With savers receiving appalling returns from banks and building societies, many people are unsurprising still interested in investing in buy-to-let as...
24 August 2018
From: Breaking News
The UK’s tourism sector is going from strength to strength with growing visits by foreigners in the country, and the increasing...
23 August 2018
From: Breaking News
The attraction of buy-to-let is starting to wane as far as some people are concerned due to a series of recent...
17 August 2018
From: Breaking News
The government must start to provide financial incentives for buy-to-let landlords prepared to offer longer tenancies or risk seeing rents soar,...
14 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords could face another stamp duty rate hike in the Autumn Budget to further curb the acquisition of second homes. The...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Many buy-to-let landlords have so far refrained from passing on extra costs to tenants despite feeling the squeeze from a stamp duty...
03 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Activity in the buy-to-let mortgage market took a further dip in May as the combination of tighter tax and mortgage rules...
13 July 2018
From: Breaking News
There was an increase in the number of tenants in the private rented sector experiencing a rent increase in May compared...
02 July 2018
From: Breaking News
As a private landlord you have a crucial role in providing a much needed housing option for people and so why...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News
The government’s decision to review how selective licensing is used across the private rental sector in order to find out how well...
21 June 2018
From: Breaking News
Rents in the UK are set to increase as demand for rental properties grows, but the number of homes coming on...
15 June 2018
From: Breaking News
The UK is facing a critical rental shortage as many landlords continue to offload properties due to recent tax a change,...
15 June 2018
From: Breaking News
Registration is now live for the National Landlord Investment Show which will take place at London Olympia this week. Hundreds of buy-to-let landlords...
11 June 2018
From: Breaking News
Rental prices increased by 2% in May compared to the same month last year, the latest HomeLet Rental Index shows. The average...