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Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...

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

Baron John Bird, co-founder of the Big Issue newspaper sold by the homeless and vulnerably-housed, is suggesting that landlords give tenants...

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

Some 11 per cent of the homes on sale right now are owned by landlords quitting the private rental sector. That’s the...

A London landlord has been found guilty of not licensing three buy to lets. Gurbachan Matharu from Dagenham was found guilty at...

Property guru Phil Spencer has set out five reasons to keep faith with buy to let. In an article for Estate Agent...

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

Three quarters of landlords in the UK have now used a limited company to invest in at least one of their...

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

There’s been a big rise in the number of companies set up to hold buy to lets, according to a survey...

The latest Liz Truss U-turn will mean landlords are burdened with a large rise in corporation tax from next April. The announcement...

Rising interest rates - which may rise further and dramatically in response to the government’s tax-cutting agenda - risk eroding the...

Rising numbers of young people going to university and a relatively low supply of new student housing means that by 2025...

A PropTech company which aims its products at landlords, claim that over 600,000 landlords are breaking the rules when it comes...

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

For investors who keep their buy to lets for substantial periods - up to 25 years in some cases - a...

The independent Office for Tax Simplification wants to know how it can make landlords’ tax issues simpler - and it’s started...

The number of private rental homes has increased by 18,610 in the last five years - defying those suggesting an exodus...

One of the biggest buy to let lenders is the latest mortgage firm to launch a green product. From today the Barclays...

A newspaper is suggesting that proposals for rent controls could be scuppered because of the relatively large proportion of elected politicians...

A record number of companies were set up last year to hold buy to let property.   In total there were 47,400 new...

One of the industry’s leading legal voices is warning that the next change proposed to EPC requirements will affect almost half...

A new league table of investment potential has given a ringing endorsement to buy to let in cities. Select Property Group has...

A branch of national lettings agency Martin & Co is to be run by a landlord. Grant Simpson - who describes himself...

Some 30 per cent of landlords who plan to remortgage by mid-2022 intent to release equity from their properties according to...

Legendary south of England landlord Fergus Wilson is reported to have been arrested after a dispute in which he allegedly called...

Redbridge council in east London has undertaken its toughest ever clampdown on buy to let, visiting 171 properties in a week. The...

Nearly a million landlords plan to review their buy to let portfolios over the next two years with the number planning...

The letting agents’ trade body has released guidance on how landlords can prepare their investment properties for summer. Angela Davey, president of...

Paragon Bank has launched a range of 80 per cent loan to value buy to let mortgages specifically for properties with...

A property analyst says landlords with company structures to handle their buy to let portfolios are unlikely to be worried by changes in...

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

Over 330 rental properties have been incorporated into a single company - thought to be the largest single incorporation in the...

There’s been another fall in the proportion of landlords purchasing their next buy to lets in cash. Research by Hamptons lettings agency...

An investment company claims some investors who buy at auction lose money because of misrepresentations in the legal pack.  The Mistoria Group...

A PropTech ‘prospector’ tool which analyses Rightmove data from an investor’s perspective has produced a list of the 10 best average yields...

Popular buy to let lender Fleet Mortgages’ latest rental yield index shows the consequences of increasing property prices in many regions...

A philanthropist claims the difficulty some younger people have in getting on the property ownership ladder is caused by Baby Boomers...

There’s been a howl of disgust from the UK’s major landlord group following the Welsh Government’s shock increase in stamp duty. Landlord...

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

Small scale or accidental landlords will need agents to help them let studio and one-bedroom properties, Rightmove says in a market...

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

There has been a sharp decline in the number of buy-to-let landlords investing in the capital’s property market since the 3%...

UK rents are expected to increase by 7.5% over the next three years, as the supply of rental accommodation dwindles while...

A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are letting out their homes as short-term holiday lets, making them no longer available for...