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The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

One might immediately answer 'no' to this question, but does the HMO property industry possess adequate understanding of this delicate subject...

The average home in England and Wales bought within the last 20 years and sold in 2023 achieved £102,650 or 48...

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

A group of Conservative MPs has organised a lobby of the government to demand a clampdown on Airbnbs and other short...

No fewer than 88 per cent of portfolio landlords have added to their portfolios in the last six months, despite market...

Next month Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, will be one of the experts at an Agent...

Debate is raging over whether there will be a 15th successive interest rate rise when the Bank of England’s monetary policy...

A mortgage expert is warning that a housing market crash now looks ”inevitable” as expectations run high of what many be...

A Labour pressure group wants the party to campaign on housing at the next General Election, including railing against what it...

Propertymark says it’s spotted what may be the first sign of a U-turn on one aspect of the controversial Renters Reform...

There’s uncertainty over whether the latest inflation figure - showing an annualised drop from 10.1 per cent last month to 8.7...

In 2021, 447,000 people had a holiday home where they spent more than 30 days – up 4.7 per cent in...

Landlords who bought soon after the launch of the first buy-to-let mortgage in 1996 are retiring in increasing numbers.   Research from lettings...

There are many misconceptions about the private rented sector, but a common one I hear is that it is the tenure...

The trade body representing hosts and suppliers to the short let industry is calling on people to defray cost of living...

The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, says the limited cut in stamp duty in England and Northern Ireland announced in the mini-Budget...

The new Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke for only 25 minutes but effectively turned the recent history of British tax policy...

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut.  In future there will be no stamp duty on the first £250,000...

The National Residential Landlords Association has renewed calls for stamp duty cuts on homes to let out. The NRLA initially made the...

The government is investigating a new way to tackle renters’ anti-social behaviour in the social housing sector - through a new...

Taxes on buy to let investment are fuelling a supply crisis, hiking rents and making homeownership more difficult to afford. That’s the...

A fledgling trade group its holding an online PropTech conference later this month. The Portfolio Landlords Action Network - PLAN - is...

New research from insurance provider Paymentshield has found that over one in five UK tenants have experienced a negative property event...

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...

A lettings agency says renters must pay an average of up to 77 per cent of their monthly household income to...

A large scale survey of over 4,000 private and social tenants suggests that a significant proportion would like to buy their...

This week’s Budget saw the Chancellor loosen the Treasury’s purse strings in a number of areas.  Yet this was a quiet Autumn...

The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well describes the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...

An agency says its bizarre list of items left behind by departing tenants shows how many renters actually appear to keep pets...

No longer just a domain for investors, developers, and property dealers, the auction room is now the preferred option of buying...

A landlord in Cardiff was reduced to tears after discovering her house in a shockingly dire state. The tenant is said to...

A private landlord in Lincoln has been warned that he could be given a prison sentence of up to 15 months...

A buy-to-let landlord has been found guilty of exploiting six vulnerable tenants by bullying them into working for him without pay. Hargit...

As we prepare ourselves for the New Year, the chances are you, along with plenty of other people, have big plans for...

A deranged tenant in Scarborough has been sentenced to 32 months in prison after he attempted to set fire to his...

A letting agent responsible for managing a large buy-to-let portfolio in Norwich has been handed a 20-month suspended sentence for two...

The chances of would-be buyers in London getting a foothold on the housing ladder remain slim, mainly due to high property...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...