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There wasn’t much by way of good news in the Spring Budget for landlords and property investors last month. Although some rumours...

Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...

An influential Labour website says a raft of proposed reforms for the private rental sector will be unveiled next month -...

The UK government's long awaited Spring Budget announced some key changes for the property market in an effort to stimulate activity...

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

The tax reliefs enjoyed by landlords running Furnished Holiday Lets (FHL) were cut by the Chancellor this month. Some say the...

Landlords who paid Capital Gains Tax at 28% - before the Chancellor reduced it to 24% in this month’s Budget -...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

Some 89% of higher-rate and 100% of lower-rate taxpaying landlords who sell will see their Capital Gains Tax bill rise in...

Seasonality is returning to the prime London lettings market after three tumultuous years.  The pandemic meant the market was initially flooded with...

A prominent agent who advises many landlord clients says the Capital Gains Tax cuts announced in the Budget are too small...

An activist group is demanding that the lower Capital Gains Tax should apply only to landlords who sell with sitting tenants. In...

A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...

In what may appear a surprise to almost everyone, the Generation Rent activist group has described yesterday’s Budget as a “giveaway...

The National Residential Landlords Association has slammed yesterday’s lacklustre Budget as a missed opportunity. Yesterday’s announcements - like to be the last...

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

In a final call on the Chancellor to help the private rental sector in today’s Budget, the National Residential Landlords Association...

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

One of the biggest parts of buying a holiday home is securing a holiday let mortgage which can differ substantially to...

Speculation continues apace over the likely measures in next month’s Budget, especially after what is seen by political analysts as a...

I’m not especially political and certainly carry no candle for one flavour or another. I might argue that they’re all pretty...

Painful tax traps have been set for millions of people this year. Your pay may not even have kept pace with...

Paul Johnson - a director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies since 2011 and a visiting economics professor at University College...

A new study by the National Residential Landlords Association suggests some landlords wanting to quit the private rental sector have deferred...

The capital gains tax allowance will be cut on April 6 from £6,000 to £3,000, so more people will pay CGT. The...

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

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help tnavigate legislative...

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

Britain’s top 100,000 taxpayers footed an average income and capital gains tax bill of £559,000 each in 2021/22. That’s up by 18...

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

It’s not just the weather that’s wet and dreary – the outlook looks bleak for landlords too as we head towards...

HM Revenue and Custoims is running a series of webinars aimed primarily at those new to earning income from property of...

The National Residential Landlords Association has suspended its link with Less Tax 4 Landlords. This follows publicity surrounding Less Tax 4 Landlords...

HMRC has contacted Landlord Today to draw attention to new guidance it has issued over a tax avoidance scheme aimed at...

The Renters Reform Bill is the latest of many factors leaving little choice for some private buy-to-let landlords but to sell...

To help or not to help: that is the question the government is facing with regard to under-pressure private rented sector...

Whoever forms the next government must put the private rental sector at the heart of its housing policy. That’s the view of...

Sweeping tax changes for landlords have been demanded by letting agents group Propertymark. The group has analysed the impact of changes using...

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has ruled out any increase in Capital Gains Tax if Labour wins power. She also says there will...

Scores of portfolio landlords are incorporating their property portfolio as limited companies, which could save hundreds of thousands of pounds on...

Only two per cent of Propertymark letting agents say tenants “always” want to know the EPC rating on a property they...

Buy-to-let landlords with property assets held in a company could be taking advantage of the current dip in house prices to...

HMRC has prepared a guide to landlords’ and other property professionals’ self-assessment.  Here’s the guide in its entirety. - The year is flying by...

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

The challenges facing the property market right now are well reported; from rising interest rates pushing up mortgage payments to a...

Over the past year, we have witnessed an increase in the proportion of landlords opting to acquire properties through limited companies.  This...

A new Bank of England forecast predicts that average monthly payments on buy to let mortgages will increase by around £275...

A year ago, many landlords’ primary concern was what would be included in the Government’s long-awaited Renters (Reform) Bill. Today, with...

This year Tax Freedom Day fell on Thursday June 8. This was the day of the year by which, theoretically, the...

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

A mortgage broker claims there’s “no downside” to the current problem of landlords quitting the private rental sector. Jonathan Burridge, founding adviser...

Landlords have again become the focus of HMRC. The government department is currently using data from rent deposit schemes to assess...

New figures show that property taxes - often rising as a result of frozen thresholds - lead the way as the...

As landlords face losses as high as £7,500 this year – thanks to increased mortgage and living costs alongside a tax overhaul...

Over two million more people are likely to be higher rate taxpayers by 2028 – thanks to the freezing of the...

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

With less than one month left until the end of the tax year, many experienced investors will have completed their tax...

Analysis by professional cash buyer and portfolio landlord, LandlordBuyer (part of Open Property Group), has revealed what costs make up most...

The capital gains tax allowance will be cut from £12,300 to £6,000 on April 6 – the lowest the allowance has...

Private rental property should be “acquired” and used for social housing according to a think tank. And it says tax penalties, laws...

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

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

A survey of some 2,000 landlords shows that more than four in 10 want recent changes to Capital Gains Tax allowances...

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

The reduction in landlords’ Capital Gains Allowance has triggered a sell-off by landlords at a 13-year high according to new figures. Last...

Although the property and mortgage markets have been in a state of flux for the past few months, with rising interest...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A probe by the Financial Times has found that some 26,500 individuals missed the Capital Gains Tax filing deadline in 2021-22...

Managing property finances can be hard work, long-winded and stressful. With regulation changes and market volatility, keeping on top of your...

Newport council in South Wales says it’s researching into the private rental sector to assess how best it can support landlords. In...

More SME landlords are seeking advice about whether now is the right time to incorporate, before progressing plans to secure more...

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

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

Whether you own a leasehold or freehold property, if you’re an HMO landlord who rents out rooms, individual flats or even...

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

Almost exactly a quarter of landlords questioned in a survey admit to being baffled by the constantly changing regulations surrounding the...

A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...

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

A leading accountancy firm says the relative good health of the rental market and house price appreciation will trigger stricter enforcement...

Over half of private landlords responding to a new survey say recent tax changes in the rental market have had a...

As we enter 2022 the private rented sector can look back on a year which marked the start of its recovery...

The long-awaited government response to calls to tighten up Capital Gains Tax has come at last - and it’s no change...

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 Budget revealed by Chancellor Rishi Sunak does too little to help many of those struggling most to pay their rents. That’s...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget has made one small but welcome change to Capital Gains Tax.  For those selling UK residential property, including...

It’s a common scenario: you put your house on the market, struggle to find a buyer, and then end up renting...

Internet searches for ‘how to become a landlord’ have increased by 22 per cent according to Sheards Accountants, a chartered accountancy...

The leader of a council in one of the areas of the UK with the highest number of Airbnb-style short lets...

Government ambitions to improve the energy efficiency of the private rental sector are just “a pipedream” without financial assistance according to...

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

A landlord group in a major city in the south of England says many are giving up on HMOs and converting...

Landlords have welcomed a proposal by the Office for Tax Simplification to extend the 30 day payment of Capital Gains Tax...

Some landlords have hit Capital Gains Tax problems when selling properties in consecutive years, an accountant warns. Elaine Shiels of RSM says:...