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Congratulations on taking the leap into becoming a landlord! Property investing offers numerous benefits, from generating passive income to building long-term...

Buy to let landlords have been savagely attacked by the country’s biggest investment company - which just happens to be a...

Property logbook company Chimni is trialling a new form of Digital Property Logbook aimed at the rental markets.   The new logbooks...

Co-living developments are a type of purpose-built rental housing, under the same principle as Build To Rent (BTR) but offering smaller size...

A new housing deal will provide another 92 Build To Rent units run by Legal & General. The properties will be two,...

Nearly a third of landlords predict that the retail sector will see the highest level of negative growth over the next...

A London council has successfully prosecuted two landlords who failed to comply with a planning enforcement notice originally issued against substandard...

Millennials, long seen as a financially disadvantaged generation, are on the brink of becoming the wealthiest generation in history thanks to...

An analysis of government data suggests that potential first time buyers have failed to take advantage of literally hundreds of millions...

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

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

The capital gains tax allowance will be cut on April 6 from £6,000 to £3,000, so more people will pay CGT. The...

The Penrith Building Society has scrapped mortgage application fees for all buy to let and residential  products, including further advances, until...

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

Landlords frustrated by poor returns and high taxes in the buy to let arena are looking for ways to diversify investment...

An insurance firm is warning landlords about the risks of personal guarantees as a condition of buy to let mortgages. Purbeck Personal...

A property entrepreneur is seeking up to 200 portfolio landlords or developers to invest in his company.  Jamie Lester says the offer to...

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

A local authority is reported to have said that a controversial new policy will reduce house values by five per cent. Gwynedd...

Unpaid rent can cause significant financial problems for commercial landlords. Thankfully, there are several options available to address the issue.  Simon Smith,...

The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving landlords and letting agents and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...

Buy-to-let landlords with property assets held in a company could be taking advantage of the current dip in house prices to...

The data from the 2021 to 2022 tax year reveals that it has been a bumper year for capital gains in...

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

If you are a landlord looking for the silver lining in a dark cloud, June’s interest rate decision will have certainly...

A landlord and three property management companies have been fined approaching £80,000 for health and safety failings. Mohammed Ali Abbas Rasool, Cadogan...

Inheritance tax receipts hit £600 million in April 2023 according to data released by HMRC. This is £100 million higher than...

A quarter of Britons are considering becoming holiday let landlords to earn extra income from the continued popularity of UK staycations,...

Rent controls and political uncertainty are affecting investor appetite to fund and deliver Build to Rent homes in Scotland, according to...

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

Landlords on non-domestic units are being urged to adhere to new regulations for their properties, or face thousands of pounds of fines. With...

A third of landlords say that the scrapping of Section 21 is of major concern to them according to a Mortgages...

The capital gains tax allowance will be cut from £12,300 to £6,000 on April 6 – the lowest the allowance has...

The relatively small number of landlords who use Purplebricks to handle tenants for their properties appear to face an uncertain future. The...

Landlords who intend to sell their properties this year are being urged to act quickly ahead of the Capital Gains Tax...

A new survey of UK-based investors reveals the outlook for alternative investments amid growing concerns over the state of the economy. The...

When life is impossibly expensive, it’s not a surprise to see a rise in financial abuse. And to make matters worse,...

The reduction in landlords’ Capital Gains Allowance has triggered a sell-off by landlords at a 13-year high according to new figures. Last...

It’s been known for over a year that John Lewis wishes to diversify into the private rental sector and now it...

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

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

A bankrupt landlord in the Midlands is behind bars or eight months for failing to tell the Official Receiver about an...

A website that describes itself as promoting “popular capitalism” is urging the government not to consider raising Capital Gains Tax on...

As landlords know better than most, property taxes are a rich seam of revenue for the government. And now, new figures show...

Large numbers of Britons are considering becoming holiday let landlords to earn extra income from the continued popularity of UK staycations,...

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

Who are you? I am the Head of Broking for Newable Finance. A specialist commercial finance brokerage. What is Newable Finance? Newable Finance is...

The Hargreaves Lansdown Savings and Resilience Barometer - which looks at national resilience on debts, savings, investing and planning for later...

A new political party called Breakthrough is campaigning for radical reform of the rental sector and housing in general. The party -...

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

Labour wants to bring in a UK-wide licensing system for holiday lets to preserve the “spirit” of costal and rural communities. The...

The mystery as to why so many MPs appear anti-landlord deepens with the news that at least 17 per cent of...

Who are you? My Name is Alec Chohan, and I am a senior finance broker within the Newable Finance team based in...

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

Legal & General’s Retirement Institutional division has announced a massive £2.5 billion investment to deliver as many as 7,000 Build To...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants the government to put a stop to the capital being used for international money...

The Covid pandemic has had a significant impact on the economy, with long term consequences that are still not fully appreciated....

A landlord must demolish two penthouse apartments by mid July - or else go to jail. It’s being reported that a case...

One of the UK’s most prestigious agencies claims that deals to buy the country’s dearest homes have been negotiated using asset-backed...

A high profile PropTech entrepreneur has come out against the scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Alexander Siedes, chief executive and...

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

A business analyst is warning owners of older properties that the value of their assets may be cut if energy efficiency...

Rik Smith, Head of Tenant Services at Goodlord, outlines in this tips piece how agents can support tenants with rising energy...

Labour says the funding of social care could be achieved by increasing tax on landlords. Party leader Sir Keir Starmer is today expected...

London based landlord and property developer Richard Leahy has agreed to hand over assets worth almost £2m. This settles a civil recovery...

Understanding the exact position of your property portfolio is crucial, this means, you need to   get constant access to accurate information. The...

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...

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

Landlords are warning the government that if it increases Capital Gains Tax the rental market will freeze up. Chatter has increased in...

Two property investment companies and an associated business have all been closed down “in the public interest” by the government’s Insolvency...

Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...

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

A  leading property law firm says the government’s ‘eviction ban by the back door’ means many buy to let properties are...

Summer 2020 saw changes to the 30-day Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rule come into force and talk of a CGT increase...

Tax experts at specialist landlord accountancy firm Gorilla Accounting are giving the sector fresh advice on minimising CGT liability when selling...

An investment consultancy says landlords seeking mortgages to acquire new properties via a company have been finding some applications rejected as...

The Financial Conduct Authority wants to find people who unwittingly invested in an unauthorised land banking scheme - they may be...

The government has launched an official consultation on proposals to make the private rental sector more energy-efficient - and they include...

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

As new details regarding the new Green Homes Grant emerge, landlords should hopefully be in a better position to assess whether...

Average UK rents slowed in the second quarter of the year as the coronavirus pandemic took its toll. Zoopla’s latest quarterly Rental...

Thousands of renters face the prospect of losing their homes when the rental eviction ban lifts next month unless the government...

The weather is set to get warmer as we head into the Easter weekend, but people will not be making the...

COVID-19 has presented a hugely challenging and uncertain time for everyone, with many landlords and tenants in desperate need of fresh...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on a new Build-to-Rent (BTR) site in Chelmsford City Centre, on behalf of its UK...

The 31st January deadline to submit your self-assessment tax return for the year ended 5 April 2019 has come and gone, however,...

Greater confidence and more certainty in the housing market following last month’s Tory election victory looks set to boost the housing...

After yet another year dominated by Brexit uncertainty, political instability, tax, and regulatory changes, most buy-to-let landlords will be looking for...

A number of landlords are jeopardising their property investments - probably their biggest assets - by failing to comply with basic...

Many young people would find it significantly harder to get a foot on the housing ladder, leaving many effectively renting for...

The English Private Landlord Survey shows that couples aged 25 - 49 make up the largest proportion of private renters, a...

Buy-to-let landlords could soon be required to pay more money in capital gains tax (CGT) under new proposals put forward by...

An HMO landlord’s attempt to rent out bedrooms smaller than the national minimum size has been thwarted after his legal case...

Legal & General will develop 318 Build to Rent flats as part of a £400m regeneration of Cardiff’s Central Square district...

There is a growing need to improve fraud detection in the private rented sector, according to Landlord Action. Paul Shamplina, the founder...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) is calling on local authorities to take much firmer action against rogue letting agents that tarnish...

Earlier this month the Tenant Fee Ban was introduced, after much fanfare from the Government. However, it is not the only...

BLP Insurance has been awarded a new contract with Legal & General to underwrite the Mustard Wharf Build to Rent (BTR)...

Renters would stop paying council tax under radical plans being considered by the Labour Party. A Labour-commissioned report calls on the party...