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The National Residential Landlords Association predicts that the House of Lords is unlikely to make substantive changes to the Renters Reform...

While parts of Britain are considering tightening rules over Airbnbs and other short lets, the Channel island of Jersey appears to...

It’s all change at the start of the new tax year, and with so many tweaks to so many rules, it’s...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer and the party’s controversial Mayor of London Sadiq Khan are at loggerheads over rent controls. Khan has...

A landlord who failed to produce annual gas safety certificates as she ignored warnings from a council, has left court with...

Yet another council is consulting on whether to continue a selective licensing scheme. The scheme applies to several areas of Burnley and...

Like a parent whose kids expected half term in Disneyland, Jeremy Hunt is spending the week managing expectations – and crushing...

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

A think tank claims that the government will pay landlords in the private sector six times the expected spend on new affordable homes in the five-year period between 2021 and 2026. The New...

The Generation Rent activist group has called for a series of reforms about damp and mould. It wants the reinstatement of energy...

Warwick council is the latest to launch an Additional Licensing Scheme - it came into force just before last weekend. The district...

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on migrating away from the emergency rent controls introduced in September 2022 and extended...

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

Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - and has looked back on the past 12 months. This year, 2023, ends with...

A Labour politician has returned to the subject of rent controls - even though the party has officially abandoned this as...

Monthly interest costs have surged by 283 per cent since 2021 for landlords using interest-only mortgages, research shows. Octane Capital compared rates...

Three-quarters of landlords welcome the government’s decision in the autumn to scrap the proposal that all rental property must have an...

Generation Rent says it’s worked out what rent levels will be in two years’ time. The activists say rents will rise 14...

Cash and mortgage housing market data show average prices decline by an annual 4.6 per cent says e.surv. But the monthly trend...

Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - but just as it has done this, it’s revealed asking prices have dropped...

After the Autumn Statement unveiled a major tax cut for January, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’ll pay less tax in...

A mortgage lender survey suggests landlords are returning to fixed rate mortgages. Landbay says more investors are opting for five-year fixed mortgages...

Any hope of a near-term drop in interest rates appears to have been wiped out by a statement by Bank of...

The National Residential Landlords Association wants the government to commit to annual uprating of the Local Housing Allowance. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced...

Good news for landlords earning under £30,000 a year - they will not have to use the HMRC’s Making Tax Digital...

Campaigning charity Shelter has welcomed the decision by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance - but it wants it...

The energy price cap is to rise to an annual average of £1,928 from January. Regulator Ofgem says a typical household paying...

Buried in the small print of the Autumn Statement paperwork is a boost for digital technology and PropTech. In the documentation released...

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

Many have welcomed the move by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance - but some tenant activists say...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry.  The Local Housing Allowance is...

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

The rising cost of living - especially housing - remains the top issue on Londoners’ minds for the second year in...

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

When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets to his feet on Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement, he should consider offering support to...

A charity is suggesting that if only the government got on with abolishing S21 eviction powers, homelessness would be eased. Crisis -...

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

The new Housing Minister is Lee Rowley - who was a former housing minister in the short lived premiership of Liz...

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

Almost 60,000 Londoners in the private rented sector are likely to become homeless over the next six years if the government...

A panel of experts forecast house prices will fall as much as 10 per cent by Autumn 2024. Financial website Finder brought...

Savills is warning that the average UK house price is projected to fall by a further 3.0 per cent in 2024...

A prominent estate agency says there’s a stronger case for a stamp duty cut now than there was during the pandemic. Knight...

A rent guarantor service says the recent Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill has intensified scrutiny on the challenges faced...

Rents saw an autumn dip in October, following three months of rapidly escalating prices across England.  According to PropTech firm Goodlord the...

The best way to judge the UK housing market is to check on what’s happening in Parliament, not the price indices...

Propertymark has set out its stall for next month’s Autumn Statement - and many of the demands are for improvements that...

It’s peak repairs season according to an analysis of one million tenant requests over recent years. The analysis, by Fixflo, says repair...

It’s taken some time but one of London’s biggest lettings agencies says a ‘traditional’ lettings market has returned to the capital.  Last...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given Conservative conference delegates an update on the Renters Reform Bill. Contrary to speculation, mostly from anti-landlord...

The sudden drop in temperature as we move into Autumn isn’t just a shock to the system, it can also lead...

A northern council is considering tightening the planning rules around converting properties into HMOs. A report to Burnley council’s executive recommends removing...

Authoritative new research suggests that there’s been a 91,000 rise in student numbers to 2.3m - yet in major student cities...

Landlords and brokers are up in arms about alleged profiteering by buy to let mortgage lenders’ arrangement fees. These jumped last autumn...

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

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets again today with strong expectations that they will agree their 14th successive base...

The latest market snapshot from Zoopla suggests landlords’ capital appreciation over the second half of this year depends almost entirely on...

New government figures show 79,840 households faced homelessness in England between January and March 2023 – the highest number on record.  Now...

A prominent accountant is warning that the upcoming Renters Reform Bill, when it becomes law, will be used by HMRC to...

The head of the tenants’ activist group Generation Rent started work in the role of director in mid-June - and has...

A new law requiring landlords in three wards of the London borough of Brent to pay for a selective licence will...

It appears almost certain that the Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill - expected some weeks ago - will not...

The Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, says he is demanding the powers to seize usage or poor quality homes...

A vocal group of around 50 Conservative right wing MPs wants an end to stamp duty - except for additional homes...

A leading analyst says the most recent house price index - released just before the weekend - is a sign that...

This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...

Recently the government once again committed to banning 'no-fault' evictions, with the new government housing minister Rachel Maclean promising the ban on...

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

Roma Finance is the new main sponsor of Sky TV’s Property Elevator, the show for budding property entrepreneurs. The entrepreneurs pitch their...

.The National Residential Landlords Association has called for a full review of how landlords and the private rental sector are taxed. In...

Politicians in the Scottish Parliament have backed a controversial cap which means rent rises for private tenants mid-tenancy cannot exceed 3.0...

The Scottish Government, despite being in the middle of electing a new First Minister, is pressing ahead with legislation for long-term...

Activist group Generation Rent has accused landlords of “silencing” private tenants who live in flats hit with damp and mould. The claim...

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

Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...

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

New data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals that rents reached an all-time high in Q4 2022, with the average UK room...

There are early signs that the controversial private rental sector rent freeze in Scotland could be made permanent. The freeze, along with...

December saw a further sharp slowdown in annual house price growth to 2.8 per cent from 4.4 per cent in November...

There’s a warning that the next 12 months could be even worse than the last for the private rental sector in...

A major survey of 1,500 adults shows that a quarter plan to downsize their home in retirement, with many others suggesting...

A new survey shows that while some 78 per cent of landlords have now heard about government proposals around EPC ratings,...

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

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

Landlords are to face even longer waits for eviction court cases following the spending cuts announced in the Autumn Statement, it’s...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has praised tenants in the capital for using a register that names and shames rogue landlords -...

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

A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...

An accountancy expert claims that inflation and rising rents could push more landlords over the £10,000 threshold for Making Tax Digital.  Currently...

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

The freezing of Housing Benefit at 2020 levels, announced in the small print accompanying the Autumn Statement yesterday, risks leading to...

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

The main landlords’ trade body has blasted the government for ‘breaking’ the private rented sector through laws, measures and comments deliberately...

One of the leaders of campaign group Generation Rent is claiming that some landlords “force” tenants out using Section 21 powers. Dan...

HMRC is targeting residential landlords who it suspects are not declaring their full rental income, warns tax advisory service Kreston Reeves. The...

The north of England has a home energy efficiency mountain to climb, with poorly insulated homes costing tenants at least £680...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry is warning the Tories against ‘stealth increases’ for Capital Gains and Inheritance taxes. David Alexander...

There’s been a significant drop in the number of students passing referencing. It’s down from 50 to 40 per cent this autumn...

The latest monthly index from the Halifax shows average house prices falling 0.4 per cent in October, following the 0.1 per...

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