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A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

HM Revenue and Customs has done a rapid U-turn on a decision to close its self-assessment telephone helpline for half the...

An activist group is demanding that the lower Capital Gains Tax should apply only to landlords who sell with sitting tenants. In...

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

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the private rental sector according to a report this morning...

The government has confirmed that Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment (MTD for ITSA) will cost landlords both extra money...

Two thirds of landlords say the demand for private rented housing is continuing to increase, according to new research commissioned by...

Although SDLT receipts have been volatile in recent years, the property tax’s effectiveness as a revenue-raiser for the Government is not...

Increasing the supply of homes for private rent would boost government finances by £10 billion, says the National Residential Landlords Association. The...

Despite inflationary and mortgage volatility over the last 12 months, a mortgage lender claims over a third of commercial landlords are...

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

HM Treasury has opened its representations portal, meaning landlords - and anyone else - can submit their ideas for the next...

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

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

Markets are saying the UK - and for that matter the US and mainland Europe - have all hit peak interest...

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

There may be tax cuts in today’s Autumn Statement if government-fuelled rumours are to be believed - but there’s been a...

Homes situated close to new electricity pylons and sub-stations could receive up to £1,000 a year off energy bills, for up...

Housing Secretary MIchael Gove is reported to be pressing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to increase Local Housing Allowance in next week’s...

Failed government policies are to blame for the chronic supply shortage in the private rental sector. That’s the view of the National...

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

The Generation Rent group of activists says Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey is on their side about Section 21 evictions. Bailey...

Dashly, a platform that monitors over £100 billion of mortgages, says landlords in London renewing loans soon will be, on average,...

The National Residential Landlords Association is backing a call for financial help for landlords who improve the energy efficiency of their...

An outspoken agent says he is seeing growing numbers of people renting in later life to reduce their inheritance tax liability. Trevor...

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...

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

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...

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

A top Tory who is chair of the Conservative backbench Treasury Committee and a member of the Treasury Select Committee says...

The government has accepted arguments put forward by landlords and accountancy groups, and delayed a key deadline for compulsory digital tax returns. A...

The next Budget, setting out government tax and spending plans, will be held on March 15 next year. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says...

New figures from HMRC this week show that the Treasury raked in another £4.1 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the...

The government’s Autumn Statement yesterday missed the opportunity to boost supply for the private rental sector, it’s been claimed.  Ben Beadle, chief...

Mortgage experts speaking to a committee of MPs have given an especially gloomy forecast for the buy to let sector in...

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

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

The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, says the limited cut in stamp duty in England and Northern Ireland announced in the mini-Budget...

The National Residential Landlords Association has renewed calls for stamp duty cuts on homes to let out. The NRLA initially made the...

The new Housing Secretary is to be Simon Clarke who, at 37, may be the youngest member of Liz Truss’s first...

Latest figures released by HM Revenue & Customs show yet another large increase in the amount of taxation received by the...

Landlords in London contributed to an extraordinary £440m in stamp duty paid on purchases in the first six months since the...

A senior figure at the Bank of England is warning that base rate could rise to 2.0 per cent or more...

Greg Clark is the new Housing Secretary, with responsibilities including steering the Renters' Reform Bill through parliament. He is part of a...

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

The government could benefit to the tune of £10 billion and the rental market could have soaring supply if stamp duty...

A new calculation suggests London needs almost 85,000 new private rented homes a year to meet its housing needs. And it adds...

New figures show that buy to let landlords quitting the sector or at least reducing their portfolios have helped the government...

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...

In recent days we have heard Michael Gove trumpet his plans to ‘level up’ the UK.  We knew that he would be...

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

The long-awaited government response to calls to tighten up Capital Gains Tax has come at last - and it’s no change...

A cross-party survey of MPs shows that they want to scale up the installation of renewable heating technologies in existing homes,...

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

This week’s Budget saw the Chancellor loosen the Treasury’s purse strings in a number of areas.  Yet this was a quiet Autumn...

If you let out holiday properties or have switched to Airbnb or similar platforms, tax inspectors may be coming for you. Accountancy...

The government’s Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme - which left thousands of landlords in the lurch when it collapsed earlier this...

Campaign group Generation Rent has issued an angry statement in response to the government’s decision to extend the eviction ban for...

A stinging attack on Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been made by the National Residential Landlords Association. The trade body has produced a...

The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...

The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...

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

The main landlords’ trade body has hit out at a bid by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to impose private...

One of the country’s leading property experts says landlords are now reassessing their portfolios as a result of possible Capital Gains...

Labour has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of prioritising a tax break for landlords over the need for affordable housing or help for...

The government is reported to be considering applying VAT to the use of Airbnb and other short let platforms in a...

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

Landlords could be in line for another huge tax burden - a doubling of Capital Gains Tax.  A report commissioned by the government...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce government spending plans for the next 12 months on November 25 - and he already has...

Although the last six months have undoubtedly been difficult for many property investors and landlords for others this has been a...

There is currently around £1.744bn worth of unclaimed property lying vacant across England and Wales, according to the latest research by...

The government is being encouraged to consider introducing a national register of rental properties to improve tax compliance in the buy-to-let...

The government is being urged to consider introducing a new capital gains tax on all residential properties in the UK to...

Rishi Sunak has distanced himself from reports that he is looking at increasing capital gains tax to help pay for the...

The chancellor’s decision to order a review of capital gains tax, signalling a future raid on second homeowners, including buy-to-let landlords,...

A House of Commons Treasury Committee is calling on ministers to plug gaps in government schemes designed to support people during...

The government has extended its wage-subsidy programme for workers until the end of June, which should help ensure many private tenants are...

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 Treasury looks set to suffer a near £5bn tax hit due to the coronavirus pandemic.  The Covid-19 outbreak has led to...

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

The tax and regulatory changes introduced in recent years have led to an increase in the number of landlords exiting the...

Robert Jenrick has been named the new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, while Esther McVey has been...

The Conservative leadership frontrunner, Boris Johnson, has said it is time to consider switching stamp duty liability from the house buyer...

Buy-to-let landlords are being unfairly penalised for the housing crisis, according to a new report by the Institute of Economic Affairs...

Every little helps to boost Tesco sales, and yet Britain’s biggest retailer is not paying anywhere near as much tax as...

The government’s decision to launch a consultation into a proposal to add 1% onto the stamp duty paid when buying a home in England...

The so-called housing charity, Shelter, targeted Ludlow Thompson a few months back, asking its supporters to block the letting agent’s telephone...

Private landlords provide a vital service for people looking for housing, and that is why the government is wrong to persecute...

Several ideas have been floated as potential proposals in this month’s Budget, including financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. But...

The government is considering plans to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies, according to the Sunday Times. The government is...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling for tax reforms to encourage and support more landlords to offer longer tenancies. In its...

The Chancellor Philip Hammond may have only announced last week that the Autumn Budget will take place on Monday 29 October,...

The government appears to have scrapped proposals that will give tenants a minimum three-year contract. According to an article in The Sun...

The government is coming under growing pressure from landlords to be more ambitious when it comes to the energy efficiency of...

Buy-to-let landlords could face another stamp duty rate hike in the Autumn Budget to further curb the acquisition of second homes. The...

Members of the armed forces deployed within the UK or overseas are being adversely affected by the government’s tax hikes on private...

The government has responded to a petition calling on the reintroduction of full mortgage interest relief and the scrapping of the...

Lord Flight, a former Conservative Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has once again criticised his own party’s buy-to-let tax changes,...