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23 March 2024
From: Tax & Finance
![Is the Furnished Holiday Let sector dead post-Budget?](/upload/images/shutterstock_1890342466.jpg)
The tax reliefs enjoyed by landlords running Furnished Holiday Lets (FHL) were cut by the Chancellor this month. Some say the...
23 March 2024
From: Tax & Finance
![Jeremy Hunt has “rendered hundreds of businesses unviable - overnight”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Chancellor has rendered hundreds of lettings businesses unviable overnight as a result of his Budget tax clampdown. That’s the view of...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![NRLA and Generation Rent argue over tax ahead of Budget](/upload/images/shutterstock_2364963901.jpg)
In a final call on the Chancellor to help the private rental sector in today’s Budget, the National Residential Landlords Association...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Budget Must Fix Housing Benefit, says NRLA](/upload/images/shutterstock_640959901(2).jpg)
Almost a million private rented households reliant on Universal Credit experience a shortfall between the benefit payments they receive and the...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax Grab from landlords closely resembles Generation Rent advice](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
A controversial proposal for a £300m tax grab on landlords appears to closely follow a policy suggestion put forward by activists...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax Raid planned on landlords in Budget - report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the private rental sector according to a report this morning...
03 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax Cuts - what should we expect in Wednesday's Budget?](/upload/images/shutterstock_106204481.jpg)
Like a parent whose kids expected half term in Disneyland, Jeremy Hunt is spending the week managing expectations – and crushing...
02 March 2024
From: Tax & Finance
![Call for eco-tax incentives to make landlords improve, and not sell](/upload/images/shutterstock_1060261916(2).jpg)
Rightmove is calling on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to use next week’s Budget as an opportunity to incentivise landlords to make properties...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![What’s your view on tenants getting 99% mortgages?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Mortgage-400x310.png)
Rental sector and property industry views are split over the controversial idea of allowing first time buyers to put down a...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![How To Prepare for Next Month’s Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
Speculation continues apace over the likely measures in next month’s Budget, especially after what is seen by political analysts as a...
17 February 2024
From: Tax & Finance
![Tax - will Jeremy Hunt target stamp duty in his Budget?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty2_400x310.png)
Although SDLT receipts have been volatile in recent years, the property tax’s effectiveness as a revenue-raiser for the Government is not...