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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...

There wasn’t much by way of good news in the Spring Budget for landlords and property investors last month. Although some rumours...

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

Landlords who paid Capital Gains Tax at 28% - before the Chancellor reduced it to 24% in this month’s Budget -...

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

A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...

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

A property industry commentator has set out what he calls a plan of action to rejuvenate the buy to let sector. Jonathan...

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

One of the biggest parts of buying a holiday home is securing a holiday let mortgage which can differ substantially to...

Speculation continues apace over the likely measures in next month’s Budget, especially after what is seen by political analysts as a...

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

Painful tax traps have been set for millions of people this year. Your pay may not even have kept pace with...

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...

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

The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...

There are now fewer than 35 days until self employed workers - including many landlords - will need to submit their...

A business consultancy claims the HMNRC Self-Assessment helpline - set up to assist those compiling and filing tax returns as the...

A prominent tax consultancy says landlords who transferred their rental properties in a company in 2017/18 are being targeted by HMRC. It’s...

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

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

HMRC has produced this material for landlords concerned at the prospect of self-assessment  - What is Self Assessment and why do I need...

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...

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...

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

A pressure group within the Labour Party wants a future government to provide £15 billion over 10 years to allow half...

Successive Chancellors (we’re looking at you Gordon Brown and George Osborne) have monkeyed around with the market as if it was...

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

Baron John Bird, co-founder of the Big Issue newspaper sold by the homeless and vulnerably-housed, is suggesting that landlords give tenants...

New data produced by lettings agency Savills gives an indication of how the buy to let sector may be threatened by...

This year Tax Freedom Day fell on Thursday June 8. This was the day of the year by which, theoretically, the...

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

Landlords have again become the focus of HMRC. The government department is currently using data from rent deposit schemes to assess...

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

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

Over two million more people are likely to be higher rate taxpayers by 2028 – thanks to the freezing of the...

With less than one month left until the end of the tax year, many experienced investors will have completed their tax...

The British Property Federation is calling on the government to use next week’s Budget to zero-rate VAT on work which allows...

Landlords of Airbnbs and other short-lets risk facing penalties for tax evasion if they fail to report income on their rental...

A perfect storm is brewing in the lettings market with rents spiralling driven by increasing demand fuelled by workers returning to...

Accountants and tax advisers are reporting that HMRC has sent out a spate of what are called ‘one-to-many’ letters to taxpayers. The...

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

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...

Landlords making self-assessment tax returns may already be starting to sweat - the deadline is midnight on January 31. Overall - landlords...

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

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,...

An influential new report wants higher taxes for landlords letting holiday properties. The Office for Tax Simplification - a division of HM...

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

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

If you are involved in property, it is important for tax purposes to be aware if your activities will be classed...

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

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

A properly industry leader is calling on government to cut taxes for landlords who agree to long term tenancies and rent...

Managing property finances can be hard work, long-winded and stressful. With regulation changes and market volatility, keeping on top of your...

On August 4 the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee voted to raise the base rate from 1.25 to 1.75 per...

Amateur landlords have fallen out of favour. Buy-to-let properties – once the darling of budding investors looking for stable, long-term returns...

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

Our politics seems pretty broken to me and whilst I don’t wish to take a side between one flavour or the...

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

Landlords are in danger of losing the narrative again. With rental inflation hitting record levels, much of the noise we see in...

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

Buy to let landlords claimed a record £18.5 in tax relief in the year to April 2021, the most recent data...

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

Covid-19 has upended most industries, at least for a short while, over the past two years. But the tourism sector has...

The Airbnb market in the UK is booming.  Before the pandemic there was over 223 thousand active listings on Airbnb in the...

The number of private rental homes has increased by 18,610 in the last five years - defying those suggesting an exodus...

A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...

Landlords will have to foot the bill for the government’s energy efficiency proposals without any apparent tax or grant help. That’s the...

Bromsgrove is a classic rental market. The Worcestershire market town is enveloped by green space but is just a thirty-minute commute...

Sarah Coles, senior personal finance analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, writes: The government has announced extra breathing space for anyone who hasn’t...

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

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...

It’s a common scenario: you put your house on the market, struggle to find a buyer, and then end up renting...

The leader of a council in one of the areas of the UK with the highest number of Airbnb-style short lets...

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

A change in government policy will allow landlords to fund investment that will help businesses recover, says tax and advisory firm...

The total value of tax relief declared as a result of the government’s Rent a Room Scheme has soared 187 per...

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

A survey conducted for a mortgage broker suggests one in six landlords is unaware that 2019-2020 - tax assessments for which...

The changes to Mortgage Interest Tax Relief and impact on your wallet Before April 2017 landlords with a mortgage on their buy-to-let...

This Thursday, December 17, sees The Great Tax Debate webinar aimed at helping landlords prepare for a year of change in 2021. The...

Landlords are feeling abandoned by the government during the pandemic according to a new survey.  Some 64 per cent say they haven’t...

When 2020 began one of the biggest issues most landlords faced was the ending of tax relief introduced over four years...

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

A financial planner is advising landlords on how to minimise their current Capital Gains Tax liability ahead of possible change. Chancellor Rishi...

Increasing numbers of landlords are registering as limited companies to reduce their tax liability, an investment specialist claims.  Thirlmere Deacon says there’s...

The buy-to-let market has been impacted by tax rule changes in recent years, and as a result landlords have been unable...

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...

There has been a sharp decline in the number of buy-to-let mortgage products available due to the coronavirus crisis. Moneyfacts UK Mortgage...

The new tax year got underway earlier this week, bringing with it a new set of rules. Since April 2017, the amount...

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

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

It’s no secret that the war on landlords has escalated heavily since 2016 and as we find ourselves in a new...