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Buy to let landlords with properties inside controversial ‘Low Traffic Neighbourhoods’ or LTNs may be in for a windfall. That’s because new...

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

The ESPC property portal has announced a free buy to let Insights and Advice event on Thursday May 9, for aspiring...

Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...

Activists are beginning to pile pressure on London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan, claiming the public will be disappointed if he toes...

Reversing the tax penalties imposed on buy to let landlords in recent years would reduce the impact of short lets on...

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

A majority of Buy to Let landlords have been focused on growing property portfolios in the last 12 months, and not...

Some 74 per cent of buy to let landlords are optimistic about the property market in the next 12 months, it’s...

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

One in five (20 per cent of) landlords plans to reducing their buy to let holdings according to a new survey. The...

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

A controversial consultation document about rent controls is proposing that Build To Rent operators be exempt from the caps which may...

A bank chief has used a national newspaper interview to make a stand in favour of buy to let landlords and...

The lack of available housing stock is creating huge problems throughout the Private Rented Sector, including the supply chain. We all know...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the Labour-supporting leader of the Generation Rent pressure group have starred in a lengthy social...

Some 18 per cent of buy to let landlords have suggested they are not raising rents for tenants despite inflation and...

A warning is going out today from the UK’s largest property auctioneer about the sensible pricing of property coming to the...

There’s a new warning this morning that rents are set to soar as landlords struggle with much higher interest rate payments...

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

The latest lettings and sales market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has prompted a warning from a leading...

A tax expert is advising landlords to avoid failing to register their property sales for Capital Gains Tax within 60 days...

A newspaper claims  unrest about the Renters Reform Bill amongst Tory MPs revolves around fears that buy to let landlords will...

The latest data shows that while rents continue to climb, growth is starting to slow down.  According to Nicky Stevenson, managing director...

Jo Eccles, director of London-focussed buying agency and property consultancy Eccord, says she is witnessing some landlords willing to quit the...

A tax expert claims the government’s move to abolish the lifetime allowance for pension contributions may damage the buy to let...

Over a third of a million landlords may quit the private rental sector as a result of being penalised by tax...

A fishing organisation is blaming landlords for contributing to a housing crisis which, they say, means locals cannot live in coastal...

An online auction firm claims well over a third of its clients are buy to let landlords quitting the sector. Some 38...

A high profile mortgage lender operating in the buy to let sector has launched a series of products aimed at investors...

Almost a third of private landlords with a buy to let mortgage face the prospect of significantly higher costs this year...

The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...

Specialist mortgage lender Aldermore has named what it believes to be the five best cities for landlords to invest in for...

There’s been a dramatic short-term improvement in the number of mortgage products available for buy to let landlords. The independent mortgage market...

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

Personal finance website Money has produced a league table of cities where landlords can enjoy strong returns from student tenants. Top comes...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has told his party conference that buy to let landlords will no longer “get in first”...

Figures from an authoritative mortgage industry source suggest many more buy to let landlords are diversifying into the holiday let sector. According...

New figures show that the amount of Capital Gains Tax raked in by HM Revenue & Customs has skyrocketed.  The Revenue received...

An organisation that helps promote the Build To Rent sector says BTR should take credit for many of the changes proposed...

Liverpool is a key investment hot spot for buy to let landlords according to a new report. It shows that, for example,...

Don’t pick on landlords - that’s the message from a leading tax and advisory consultancy. Blick Rothenberg warns that the government needs...

The surge in rents will subside and the market will normalise before the end of the year. That’s the prediction from Zoopla...

A furniture firm which supplies to some Build To Rent operators has told buy to let landlords to up their game...

A report in a government-supporting newspaper suggests that a proposal to cut Capital Gains Tax for landlords who sell to first...

An industry study suggests that landlords without insurance risk are losing as much as 45 per cent of their annual rental...

Labour MP Hilary Benn has spoken out in favour of buy to let landlords currently expected to pay towards remediation work...

Buy to let landlords are increasingly looking to the highest yielding areas of the country as a way to maximise their...

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

Some landlords of rental properties can now apply for grants to contribute towards the cost of installing Electric Vehicle chargers. To access...

There’s been a large rise in the number of buy to let green mortgages as the push for greater energy efficiency...

The threat of rent controls in two parts of the country may now be so severe that buy to let landlords...

A cross-party group of MPs has opposed government plans to make many buy to let landlords pay for the replacement of...

Buy to let landlords are increasingly targeting smaller, secondary towns and cities rather than big urban centres. Data from Paragon Bank shows...

New research suggests that some landlords are now deliberately choosing to buy properties with weak EPCs in order to upgrade and...

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

A last ditch bid is underway to include the properties of all landlords in the programme of financial help to remove...

The government has hit back at claims from the National Residential Landlords Association that buy to let landlords are being left...

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves says Labour would increase tax on buy to let properties and on investment income for landlords.  Reeves was...

An agency is claiming its series of webinars for buy to let landlords and investors is proving a big success -...

A new trade body called PLAN launches this month with the aim of representing large scale Portfolio Landlords with 75 properties...

New research shows that the average rental yield in Britain has remained at roughly 4.2 per cent throughout the pandemic. Regionally, the...

A national accountancy firm says HM Revenue & Customs has discovered huge numbers of landlords avoiding paying tax - as many as...

A new portal set up by a leading buy to let mortgage provider claims it will “revolutionise” the borrowing process for...

New research by a property investment consultancy has revealed which regions of England present the most promising opportunities for buy to...

A new league table of rental yields available to landlords has been drawn up by PropTech company Inventory Base. It’s examined government...

A platform claims it allows buy to let landlords to set up limited companies within 30 minutes, through which they can...

For the second time this week (and it’s only Wednesday) a lender has announced cheaper mortgage loans for buy to let...

A contributor to the Big Issue magazine says corporations that become landlords may be better at it - and better for...

Trade unions have joined the call for renters with Covid-related arrears to get cash help from the government - but they...

Insurance company CIA landlord has prepared a league table of the most and least profitable locations for buy to let landlords. It’s...

Private renting is now “a future-forward choice, seen by many conscious consumers to be a cool and connected way of accessing...

An accountancy firm claims that buy to let landlords who admit evading tax on their rental income have underpaid to HMRC...

The number of overseas landlords admitting tax avoidance has risen 65 per cent in five years according to an accountancy firm. Moore,...

A property industry accreditation service is asking whether it’s now time for the government to offer grants to help landlords through...

A property investment firm has given tips to landlords who may feel m threatened by the prospect of a hike in Capital Gain...

A league table of UK cities where it takes the longest for first time buyers to save for a deposit may...

There’s another warning today that buy to let landlords wanting to expand their portfolio are in a race against time to...

The absence of good alternative investments and the modest pace of capital growth for property in recent years are thought to...

Rents will continue to rise over the next few months, owed in part to a reduction in housing supply in the...

The online petition opposing the proposed tax changes for buy to let landlords has now reached 35,000 signatures – but is...

A petition to oppose the proposed change in buy to let landlords’ tax breaks is nearing the 14,000-signature mark – but...

Chancellor George Osbourne, has announced a series of measures impacting on the property industry, including: Buy To Let landlords to have mortgage...