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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:...

The closing of a tax loophole which allow some owners of holiday lets to avoid paying council tax does not go...

The government’s much-hyped ‘tax day’ yesterday had - by comment consent - an underwhelming impact on the property sector. However, one tax...

The government should use today's ‘Tax Day’ consultation process to reform Capital Gains Tax so that it encourages a smaller, high...

One of the country’s leading property experts says landlords are now reassessing their portfolios as a result of possible Capital Gains...

A lettings agency has suggested that the typical landlord could lose as much as £24,000 if the government increases Capital Gains...

Many landlords and property investors will have watched the Chancellor’s budget with a feeling of trepidation. There had been hints of...

No news is good news, they say - and the absence of any announcement about Capital Gains Tax in thre Budget...

This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...

Landlords are exiting the office on greater numbers since the government called for a review of Capital Gains Tax last year, claims...

The landlords’ trade body says the tax system needs reforming to support energy improvements in the private rental sector. The intervention by...

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

Landlords are warning the government that if it increases Capital Gains Tax the rental market will freeze up. Chatter has increased in...

Some policies towards landlords show how the government has lost its conservative ethos of supporting businesses and being the party of low taxes.  Rosalind...

The last year has been one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate, the here and now, in a...

A survey conducted for a mortgage broker suggests one in six landlords is unaware that 2019-2020 - tax assessments for which...

The changes to Mortgage Interest Tax Relief and impact on your wallet Before April 2017 landlords with a mortgage on their buy-to-let...

This Thursday, December 17, sees The Great Tax Debate webinar aimed at helping landlords prepare for a year of change in 2021. The...

A leading housing market analyst suggests that the implementation of a Capital Gains Tax change could actually mean landlords paying less...

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

A financial planner is advising landlords on how to minimise their current Capital Gains Tax liability ahead of possible change. Chancellor Rishi...

Landlords could be in line for another huge tax burden - a doubling of Capital Gains Tax.  A report commissioned by the government...

Summer 2020 saw changes to the 30-day Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rule come into force and talk of a CGT increase...

Tax experts at specialist landlord accountancy firm Gorilla Accounting are giving the sector fresh advice on minimising CGT liability when selling...

When it comes to property investment, there is no one ‘right’ way to do it in order to succeed. Likewise, there...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce government spending plans for the next 12 months on November 25 - and he already has...

The National Residential Landlords Association is calling on the government to ensure a comprehensive financial package is provided for landlords themselves,...

Although the last six months have undoubtedly been difficult for many property investors and landlords for others this has been a...

It has been just over a month since changes to the 30-day Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rule came into force and...

The government is being urged to consider introducing a new capital gains tax on all residential properties in the UK to...

Rishi Sunak is being urged not to increase capital gains tax, as part of the government’s attempts to claw back the...

Rishi Sunak has distanced himself from reports that he is looking at increasing capital gains tax to help pay for the...

The chancellor’s decision to order a review of capital gains tax, signalling a future raid on second homeowners, including buy-to-let landlords,...

Increasing capital gains tax would almost certainly have an adverse impact on the private rented sector, according to NAEA Propertymark and...

Lendlord has joined forces with Property Tribes to provide landlords with a comprehensive portfolio management product. Property Tribes will make Lendlord’s platform,...

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

The Government should consider postponing upcoming tax changes because of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to Apropos by DJ Alexander.  The property management...

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...

Many young people would find it significantly harder to get a foot on the housing ladder, leaving many effectively renting for...

Every year is the same. Come tax season, landlords all over the UK find themselves confused when filing a self assessment...

Buy-to-let landlords could soon be required to pay more money in capital gains tax (CGT) under new proposals put forward by...

For most people, their properties are their most valuable asset. And for anyone with children, the consequence of not having made...

Although new capital gains tax rules could cost some landlords thousands of pounds when they sell up, property is still a...

Buy-to-let landlords, property investors and second home owners are being urged to beware of a ‘dramatic change’ to the existing capital...

The holiday rental market in this country looks set for another busy summer as the weak pound persuades millions to opt for...

There could soon be a sharp rise in the number of buy-to-let looking to sell up as a consequence of the...

Every little helps to boost Tesco sales, and yet Britain’s biggest retailer is not paying anywhere near as much tax as...

It’s now three years since the then Conservative Chancellor George Osborne introduced a series of measures aimed, principally, at cooling the...

Draconian tax changes applying to buy-to-let investors will leave many private landlords with little alternative but to evict tenants and sell...

Renters in central London now face having to bid against each other, pushing rents up in the process, as a result...

As the Chancellor prepares to deliver his Budget today, research from Aldermore has revealed the measures prospective first-time buyers want put...

Several ideas have been floated as potential proposals in this month’s Budget, including financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. But...

Philip Hammond is coming under increasing pressure to reverse draconian tax changes applying to buy-to-let landlords. A number of landlords have been...

Proposals drawn up by Conservative think tank Onward to allow existing buy-to-let properties to be eligible for 100% capital gains tax...

The government is considering plans to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies, according to the Sunday Times. The government is...

The Chancellor Philip Hammond may have only announced last week that the Autumn Budget will take place on Monday 29 October,...

The proportion of let properties in the UK that are owned by overseas landlords has dropped dramatically, according to new figures. The...

From a landlord’s perspective, it has been a tough couple of years, with a raft of changes designed to bring the...

Lord Flight, a former Conservative Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has once again criticised his own party’s buy-to-let tax changes,...

With savers receiving dismal returns from banks and building societies, thousands more people are turning to buy-to-let as a means of...

Capital gains tax receipts hit £5.5bn in January, leaving the Treasury on course to rake in as much as £8.8bn this...

Buy-to-let landlords are being invited to take part in a free seminar in Cumbria next week. The event, which will be held...

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

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...

The importance of the private rented market in this country should not be underestimated – it is a crucial source of...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has submitted recommendations to HM Treasury ahead of Autumn Budget Statement, due to be delivered on...

A landlord has been jailed for failing to declare Capital Gains Tax from the sale of his rental properties. Richard Fuller, 53,...

The number of overseas investors with buy-to-let properties has dropped sharply after a tax and regulatory clampdown, reducing the number of...

Andy Haldane, the Bank of England’s chief economist, last year confirmed what many of us already knew – investing in property...

Very few of us enjoy filling in a tax return. But here are a few suggestions put forward by London based...

Over the past year, the buy to let market has experienced some substantial changes, most recently the new taxation laws which...

The vast majority of Britons, including many renters who could soon find their rents rising as landlords look to recoup their...

Asset manager, LCP, is set to launch a new Sharia-compliant fund with a view to investing in the mainstream private rented...

The government could go a long way towards boosting the stock of properties available for sale, which remains close to record...

Kevin Hollinrake, the Conservative MP and co-founder of Hunters estate agents, has tabled an amendment to the Finance Bill calling for...

The National Landlord Association (NLA) has issued a report insisting that late additions to the Finance Bill at Committee Stage regarding...

Greater scrutiny of the capital gains tax exemption, which is used by people selling their main home, is required to help...

An MP has spoken out in favour of buy-to-let landlords by insisting that they should never have been denied a tax...

George Osborne has slashed the capital gains tax (CGT) rate – but not for landlords, prompting an angry response from the...

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

Property insiders mostly celebrated the Conservative election victory, but tenants’ groups complained of being ignored. As David Cameron enters a second term...