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Top tips will be provided for landlords in the private rental market in a seminar next month organised by high profile...

Some 89% of higher-rate and 100% of lower-rate taxpaying landlords who sell will see their Capital Gains Tax bill rise in...

The chief executive of a short lets service says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is wrong to think penalising landlords will help solve...

The buy to let mortgage sector has seen fixed rates fall to their lowest point since September 2022, according to analysis...

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

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

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

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help tnavigate legislative...

Lenders’ trade body UK Finance says there were 11,540 buy to let mortgages in arrears of 2.5 per cent or more of...

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

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

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

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

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

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

A property law specialist wants a national register of tenants to allow landlords to check their history before rental agreements are...

There’s a new warning this morning that rents are set to soar as landlords struggle with much higher interest rate payments...

A prominent group of economists has predicted the measures in the Renters Reform Bill will backfire on the government. Matthew Lesh, Director...

Rising numbers of landlords are likely to switch to specialising in holiday rentals and short-term lets in the months ahead, an...

New figures show that property taxes - often rising as a result of frozen thresholds - lead the way as the...

Previous estimates that half a million landlords are set to sell up may actually be a massive under-estimate, a property industry figure...

Over the last couple of years, the government has made several changes to how income and profits are taxed. Some of...

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...

New data about the Prime London housing market shows that the average discount to asking price has increased to 8.4 per...

Landlords say housing standards in one of the UK’s biggest cities could sugar because of council tax changes for empty homes. Manchester’s...

Every year, those thinking about investing in property for the first time and even current landlords ask themselves whether it’s the...

The landlords’ trade body is broadly welcoming some proposals from MPs to reform the private rented sector. Some aspects of the Levelling...

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

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has poured cold water on the prospect of any tax cuts in the near future -...

The perennial shortage of new homes in the capital has now collided with a sharp increase in government regulation, a tripling...

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

Changes to capital gains tax announced in Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement will see the average landlord pay as much as...

New data just released by HM Revenue & Customs shows income tax, national insurance and capital gains tax receipts for April...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his long-awaited Autumn Statement - the fiscal event which he says will lead to “all of...

Brokers say that more than a quarter of their landlord clients plan to sell properties as a result of the red...

Speculation that the Truss government might move on to tax cuts to incentivise landlords appears wide of the mark. There has been...

A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...

The favourite to be named as the new Prime Minister and Conservative leader, Liz Truss, says there will be no new...

More SME landlords are seeking advice about whether now is the right time to incorporate, before progressing plans to secure more...

The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...

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

Don’t pick on landlords - that’s the message from a leading tax and advisory consultancy. Blick Rothenberg warns that the government needs...

The surge in rents will subside and the market will normalise before the end of the year. That’s the prediction from Zoopla...

A long-term shortage of stock means the rental sector is “massively underperforming” according to the property analytics service TwentyCi. It says in...

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

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of “stacking the economy against private renters who...

Official government data suggests that rents are rising by 1.8 per cent a year - but a prominent analyst has gone...

An accountancy firm is holding a free webinar for landlords and other property investors to look east ongoing changes to tax...

A leading accountancy firm says the relative good health of the rental market and house price appreciation will trigger stricter enforcement...

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...

The demise of the buy to let market has been much predicted over recent years. Major tax changes, a three per...

Half of landlords are positive about the future but new regulations and tax changes are causing concern, according to new research...

Private and commercial bank Arbuthnot Latham has set out what it considers to be the 10 easy mistakes which some landlords...

A leading agent is warning that any additional tax on landlords could lead to property sell-offs and a further supply shortage. Dominic...

Nearly a million landlords plan to review their buy to let portfolios over the next two years with the number planning...

The private rental sector is in slow retreat according to a new analysis by Nationwide-owned specialist lender, The Mortgage Works. Nationwide chief...

A property investment consultancy says growing numbers of UK and international landlords are incorporating to manage their buy to let portfolios...

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

Many landlords and property investors will have watched the Chancellor’s budget with a feeling of trepidation. There had been hints of...

A property analyst says landlords with company structures to handle their buy to let portfolios are unlikely to be worried by changes in...

Landlords are exiting the office on greater numbers since the government called for a review of Capital Gains Tax last year, claims...

It might be thought that banks have made significant mistakes of their own in the recent past - including triggering the...

Some policies towards landlords show how the government has lost its conservative ethos of supporting businesses and being the party of low taxes.  Rosalind...

Some 45 per cent of landlords remain optimistic about the year ahead, despite the obvious health and regulation challenges - and...

The financial services regulator, the Prudential Regulation Authority, is warning mortgage lenders to be strict on their assessment of customers wanting...

A property investment firm has given tips to landlords who may feel m threatened by the prospect of a hike in Capital Gain...

A research project funded by the Nationwide Foundation has revealed widespread tenant satisfaction with small-scale landlords in Scotland.  The project, RentBetter, looks...

Who are you? Ian Wiggett What does it say on your business card? Managing Director of Henry Adams Lettings and Henry Adams...

From this month, HMRC has enacted legislation requiring UK residents to submit capital gains tax (CGT) returns, as well as pay any...

There has been a significant drop in the proportion of annual sales to buy-to-let landlords as measured by Hamptons International.  The estate...

The Government should consider postponing upcoming tax changes because of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to Apropos by DJ Alexander.  The property management...

Fresh research shows almost half of landlords are considering divesting their portfolios and leaving the PRS due to an increase in regulation...

The Guild of Property Professionals is calling on the new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to use his Budget speech, which will take...

The cost of buy-to-let mortgages has continued to fall, according to the latest research from Property Master.  The biggest month-on-month fall in...

The Property Investor Show, the UK’s most comprehensive property exhibition, takes place at London ExCeL on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th April and...

Next month's Budget is a golden opportunity to reform Britain's broken housing market and get the country moving again, according to...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) and the National Landlords Association (NLA) are calling on the new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to use...

Cuts to tax relief and other rule changes are driving out smaller landlords, the latest figures show.   Official HMRC data reveals the...

More than 800 landlords have been surveyed to establish where they feel offer the best buy-to-let investment opportunities in 2020.  The study,...

An online comparison site has been launched by Buy-to-Let Direct with a view to helping landlords make the right decisions when...

Landbay has achieved a rather impressive 200% growth in lending volumes over the past 12 months.  The buy-to-let lender reports that recent...

There will be further growth in portfolio and complex buy-to-let lending in 2020, Paragon predicts. There has been greater demand over the...

The Liberal Democrats have launched their 2019 election manifesto, which sets out the polices the party aims to introduce should it...

As landlords increasingly feel the squeeze, amid increasing regulation and tax changes, some are questioning more than ever the point of...

Almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their existing buy-to-let portfolio, new research from...

The Leeds Building Society has announced a new buy-to-let mortgage product and a series of rate reductions. The new product is an...

A growing number of tenants are experiencing rent hikes due to the widening supply-demand imbalance in the market, according to Carter...

An overwhelming majority of buy-to-let landlords are optimistic about their future in the private rental sector with 84% looking to maintain...

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...

New communities secretary Robert Jenrick and housing minister Esther McVey look set to focus on increasing homeownership, but this appears to...

The majority of landlords in the UK’s private rented sector do not believe that new Prime Minister Boris Johnson has a...

Boris Johnson is being to urged to do more to support investment in the private rented sector, as research shows that...

Purchasing an investment property via a limited company, rather than as an individual, has become significantly more popular, and that largely...

Rental values in London’s super prime rental market dropped by 0.5% in the year to July on the back of a...

Some 12% of properties in the private rented sector are now owned by a company as tax changes make private landlords...

Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson, the two men competing to become the next Conservative Party leader, are being to urged to...

The Tory leadership contest is well underway with just two candidates - Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt - left in the...