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24 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Whether you own a leasehold or freehold property, if you’re an HMO landlord who rents out rooms, individual flats or even...
23 April 2022
From: The Big Issues

New figures show that buy to let landlords quitting the sector or at least reducing their portfolios have helped the government...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Almost exactly a quarter of landlords questioned in a survey admit to being baffled by the constantly changing regulations surrounding the...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves says Labour would increase tax on buy to let properties and on investment income for landlords. Reeves was...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading accountancy firm says the relative good health of the rental market and house price appreciation will trigger stricter enforcement...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Over half of private landlords responding to a new survey say recent tax changes in the rental market have had a...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News

As we enter 2022 the private rented sector can look back on a year which marked the start of its recovery...
18 December 2021
From: The Big Issues

The long-awaited government response to calls to tighten up Capital Gains Tax has come at last - and it’s no change...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News

This week’s Budget saw the Chancellor loosen the Treasury’s purse strings in a number of areas. Yet this was a quiet Autumn...
30 October 2021
From: The Big Issues
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The Budget revealed by Chancellor Rishi Sunak does too little to help many of those struggling most to pay their rents. That’s...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget has made one small but welcome change to Capital Gains Tax. For those selling UK residential property, including...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s a common scenario: you put your house on the market, struggle to find a buyer, and then end up renting...
09 October 2021
From: Tax & Finance

Internet searches for ‘how to become a landlord’ have increased by 22 per cent according to Sheards Accountants, a chartered accountancy...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The leader of a council in one of the areas of the UK with the highest number of Airbnb-style short lets...
31 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Government ambitions to improve the energy efficiency of the private rental sector are just “a pipedream” without financial assistance according to...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Nearly a million landlords plan to review their buy to let portfolios over the next two years with the number planning...
01 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord group in a major city in the south of England says many are giving up on HMOs and converting...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords have welcomed a proposal by the Office for Tax Simplification to extend the 30 day payment of Capital Gains Tax...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Some landlords have hit Capital Gains Tax problems when selling properties in consecutive years, an accountant warns. Elaine Shiels of RSM says:...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The closing of a tax loophole which allow some owners of holiday lets to avoid paying council tax does not go...
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The government’s much-hyped ‘tax day’ yesterday had - by comment consent - an underwhelming impact on the property sector. However, one tax...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The government should use today's ‘Tax Day’ consultation process to reform Capital Gains Tax so that it encourages a smaller, high...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading property experts says landlords are now reassessing their portfolios as a result of possible Capital Gains...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency has suggested that the typical landlord could lose as much as £24,000 if the government increases Capital Gains...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Many landlords and property investors will have watched the Chancellor’s budget with a feeling of trepidation. There had been hints of...
12 March 2021
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No news is good news, they say - and the absence of any announcement about Capital Gains Tax in thre Budget...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
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This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords are exiting the office on greater numbers since the government called for a review of Capital Gains Tax last year, claims...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The landlords’ trade body says the tax system needs reforming to support energy improvements in the private rental sector. The intervention by...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Over 330 rental properties have been incorporated into a single company - thought to be the largest single incorporation in the...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords are warning the government that if it increases Capital Gains Tax the rental market will freeze up. Chatter has increased in...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Some policies towards landlords show how the government has lost its conservative ethos of supporting businesses and being the party of low taxes. Rosalind...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The last year has been one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate, the here and now, in a...
04 February 2021
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A survey conducted for a mortgage broker suggests one in six landlords is unaware that 2019-2020 - tax assessments for which...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The changes to Mortgage Interest Tax Relief and impact on your wallet Before April 2017 landlords with a mortgage on their buy-to-let...
14 January 2021
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This Thursday, December 17, sees The Great Tax Debate webinar aimed at helping landlords prepare for a year of change in 2021. The...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading housing market analyst suggests that the implementation of a Capital Gains Tax change could actually mean landlords paying less...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A property investment firm has given tips to landlords who may feel m threatened by the prospect of a hike in Capital Gain...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A financial planner is advising landlords on how to minimise their current Capital Gains Tax liability ahead of possible change. Chancellor Rishi...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords could be in line for another huge tax burden - a doubling of Capital Gains Tax. A report commissioned by the government...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Summer 2020 saw changes to the 30-day Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rule come into force and talk of a CGT increase...
30 October 2020
From: Conveyancing, Mortgages, Tax & Finance

Tax experts at specialist landlord accountancy firm Gorilla Accounting are giving the sector fresh advice on minimising CGT liability when selling...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

When it comes to property investment, there is no one ‘right’ way to do it in order to succeed. Likewise, there...
29 October 2020
From: Top tips & guides

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce government spending plans for the next 12 months on November 25 - and he already has...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association is calling on the government to ensure a comprehensive financial package is provided for landlords themselves,...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Although the last six months have undoubtedly been difficult for many property investors and landlords for others this has been a...
28 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content

It has been just over a month since changes to the 30-day Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rule came into force and...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The government is being urged to consider introducing a new capital gains tax on all residential properties in the UK to...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Rishi Sunak is being urged not to increase capital gains tax, as part of the government’s attempts to claw back the...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Rishi Sunak has distanced himself from reports that he is looking at increasing capital gains tax to help pay for the...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The chancellor’s decision to order a review of capital gains tax, signalling a future raid on second homeowners, including buy-to-let landlords,...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Increasing capital gains tax would almost certainly have an adverse impact on the private rented sector, according to NAEA Propertymark and...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Lendlord has joined forces with Property Tribes to provide landlords with a comprehensive portfolio management product. Property Tribes will make Lendlord’s platform,...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News

From this month, HMRC has enacted legislation requiring UK residents to submit capital gains tax (CGT) returns, as well as pay any...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The Government should consider postponing upcoming tax changes because of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to Apropos by DJ Alexander. The property management...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords are demanding change in next week’s Scottish Budget to help ensure rental price growth eases. The number of tenants experiencing...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Many young people would find it significantly harder to get a foot on the housing ladder, leaving many effectively renting for...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Every year is the same. Come tax season, landlords all over the UK find themselves confused when filing a self assessment...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords could soon be required to pay more money in capital gains tax (CGT) under new proposals put forward by...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News

For most people, their properties are their most valuable asset. And for anyone with children, the consequence of not having made...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Although new capital gains tax rules could cost some landlords thousands of pounds when they sell up, property is still a...
25 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords, property investors and second home owners are being urged to beware of a ‘dramatic change’ to the existing capital...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The holiday rental market in this country looks set for another busy summer as the weak pound persuades millions to opt for...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News

There could soon be a sharp rise in the number of buy-to-let looking to sell up as a consequence of the...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Every little helps to boost Tesco sales, and yet Britain’s biggest retailer is not paying anywhere near as much tax as...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s now three years since the then Conservative Chancellor George Osborne introduced a series of measures aimed, principally, at cooling the...
27 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Draconian tax changes applying to buy-to-let investors will leave many private landlords with little alternative but to evict tenants and sell...
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Renters in central London now face having to bid against each other, pushing rents up in the process, as a result...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News

As the Chancellor prepares to deliver his Budget today, research from Aldermore has revealed the measures prospective first-time buyers want put...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Several ideas have been floated as potential proposals in this month’s Budget, including financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. But...
12 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Philip Hammond is coming under increasing pressure to reverse draconian tax changes applying to buy-to-let landlords. A number of landlords have been...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Proposals drawn up by Conservative think tank Onward to allow existing buy-to-let properties to be eligible for 100% capital gains tax...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The government is considering plans to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies, according to the Sunday Times. The government is...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The Chancellor Philip Hammond may have only announced last week that the Autumn Budget will take place on Monday 29 October,...
01 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The proportion of let properties in the UK that are owned by overseas landlords has dropped dramatically, according to new figures. The...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News

From a landlord’s perspective, it has been a tough couple of years, with a raft of changes designed to bring the...
23 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Lord Flight, a former Conservative Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has once again criticised his own party’s buy-to-let tax changes,...
04 April 2018
From: Breaking News

With savers receiving dismal returns from banks and building societies, thousands more people are turning to buy-to-let as a means of...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Capital gains tax receipts hit £5.5bn in January, leaving the Treasury on course to rake in as much as £8.8bn this...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords are being invited to take part in a free seminar in Cumbria next week. The event, which will be held...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are letting out their homes as short-term holiday lets, making them no longer available for...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News

But-to-let landlords are adapting to ongoing restrictions to tax relief on buy-to-let mortgage interest, with almost half of all landlords having...
01 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The importance of the private rented market in this country should not be underestimated – it is a crucial source of...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has submitted recommendations to HM Treasury ahead of Autumn Budget Statement, due to be delivered on...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been jailed for failing to declare Capital Gains Tax from the sale of his rental properties. Richard Fuller, 53,...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The number of overseas investors with buy-to-let properties has dropped sharply after a tax and regulatory clampdown, reducing the number of...
04 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Andy Haldane, the Bank of England’s chief economist, last year confirmed what many of us already knew – investing in property...
24 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Very few of us enjoy filling in a tax return. But here are a few suggestions put forward by London based...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Over the past year, the buy to let market has experienced some substantial changes, most recently the new taxation laws which...
18 May 2017
From: Sponsored Content

The vast majority of Britons, including many renters who could soon find their rents rising as landlords look to recoup their...
05 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Asset manager, LCP, is set to launch a new Sharia-compliant fund with a view to investing in the mainstream private rented...
18 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The government could go a long way towards boosting the stock of properties available for sale, which remains close to record...
09 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Kevin Hollinrake, the Conservative MP and co-founder of Hunters estate agents, has tabled an amendment to the Finance Bill calling for...
05 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The National Landlord Association (NLA) has issued a report insisting that late additions to the Finance Bill at Committee Stage regarding...
02 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Greater scrutiny of the capital gains tax exemption, which is used by people selling their main home, is required to help...
29 July 2016
From: Breaking News

An MP has spoken out in favour of buy-to-let landlords by insisting that they should never have been denied a tax...
04 July 2016
From: Breaking News

George Osborne has slashed the capital gains tax (CGT) rate – but not for landlords, prompting an angry response from the...
17 March 2016
From: Breaking News

A critic of the suggestion that buy-to-let landlords could set up companies to ‘beat’ the ending of tax breaks has renewed...