A controversial stamp duty change - announced months ago but coming into effect tomorrow - has been described as a missed...
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31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![HMRC launches tax clampdown on Airbnb and short lets landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_2230118067.jpg)
HM Revenue and Customs has opened almost 2,000 investigations into landlords letting out via Airbnb or other short let platforms. The Daily...
21 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax Clampdown on Short Lets Will Not Change, claims government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
The government is ruling out any U-turn on the tax changes regarding furnished holiday lettings - despite substantial complaints from Tory...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rehashed research again slams MPs who are landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
A new version of research first released in May 2023 once again lashes some MPs for being landlords. 38 Degrees - an...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Prime London Rents Retreat as Supply Builds](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalMarketLondon-400x310.png)
Seasonality is returning to the prime London lettings market after three tumultuous years. The pandemic meant the market was initially flooded with...
16 March 2024
From: Agent Advice
![Landlord Tax Changes - how the government has got it wrong](/upload/images/shutterstock_216955000.jpg)
The chief executive of a short lets service says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is wrong to think penalising landlords will help solve...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlords ‘should only get lower tax if they sell with sitting tenants’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
An activist group is demanding that the lower Capital Gains Tax should apply only to landlords who sell with sitting tenants. In...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Jeremy Hunt slashes the values of holiday homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/A%20surveyor's%20guide%20to%20finding%20a%20profitable%20HMO.jpg)
A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![NRLA and Generation Rent argue over tax ahead of Budget](/upload/images/shutterstock_2364963901.jpg)
In a final call on the Chancellor to help the private rental sector in today’s Budget, the National Residential Landlords Association...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Call for eco-tax incentives to make landlords improve, and not sell](/upload/images/shutterstock_1060261916(2).jpg)
Rightmove is calling on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to use next week’s Budget as an opportunity to incentivise landlords to make properties...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![How To Prepare for Next Month’s Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
Speculation continues apace over the likely measures in next month’s Budget, especially after what is seen by political analysts as a...
17 February 2024
From: Tax & Finance
![What Should We Expect from the Budget on March 6?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...
06 January 2024
From: Tax & Finance
![Budget - landlords have three weeks to give Hunt advice](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
HM Treasury has opened its representations portal, meaning landlords - and anyone else - can submit their ideas for the next...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Activists say they know rent levels two years from now](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Generation Rent says it’s worked out what rent levels will be in two years’ time. The activists say rents will rise 14...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rates to stay high for “foreseeable future” warns Bank boss](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
Any hope of a near-term drop in interest rates appears to have been wiped out by a statement by Bank of...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords want Local Housing Allowance uprated annually](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association wants the government to commit to annual uprating of the Local Housing Allowance. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter wants Local Housing Allowance rise now, not in April](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter has welcomed the decision by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance - but it wants it...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Surprise PropTech boost in Autumn Statement small print](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Buried in the small print of the Autumn Statement paperwork is a boost for digital technology and PropTech. In the documentation released...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hunt’s dramatic Local Housing Allowance move not enough for activists](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Many have welcomed the move by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance - but some tenant activists say...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax and Benefit Changes to impact landlords - Autumn Statement details](/upload/images/shutterstock_1749204629.jpg)
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry. The Local Housing Allowance is...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax grab soars as Chancellor ponders Autumn Statement giveaway](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
There may be tax cuts in today’s Autumn Statement if government-fuelled rumours are to be believed - but there’s been a...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Chancellor Should Provide Targeted Support for Landlords and Tenants](/upload/images/shutterstock_1255441363.jpg)
When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets to his feet on Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement, he should consider offering support to...
18 November 2023
From: Tax & Finance
![Will shock inflation news be enough to stop another rate rise?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
The monetary policy committee of the Bank of England meets today - and will it approve a 15th successive base rate...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Nothing for landlords in Chancellor’s new mortgage deal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/remortgage_400x310.png)
The government has taken limited action over the soaring cost of mortgages - but there’s no direct help for landlords and...
26 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shock interest rate decision by Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_3-400x310.png)
The Bank of England has announced its latest change in base rate, which is used by most lenders to determine interest...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Will abolishing lifetime pension allowances hurt buy to let?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
A tax expert claims the government’s move to abolish the lifetime allowance for pension contributions may damage the buy to let...
20 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Message to Chancellor - ease the landlords’ tax burden](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
.The National Residential Landlords Association has called for a full review of how landlords and the private rental sector are taxed. In...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Budget could help landlords AND tenants, insists PropTech chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Shutterstock_374810995%20small.png)
A leading figure in the PropTech sector wants this week’s Budget to provide more funding for local council enforcement of rental...
13 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax Cuts for Landlords? Don’t expect any for quite some time…](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has poured cold water on the prospect of any tax cuts in the near future -...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Capital Gains Tax change - landlords who sell urged to be quick](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Landlords who intend to sell their properties this year are being urged to act quickly ahead of the Capital Gains Tax...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax Alert! Chancellor sets the date for next Budget](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/_JeremyHunt%20_400x310.png)
The next Budget, setting out government tax and spending plans, will be held on March 15 next year. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says...
20 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Most landlords in the dark about future EPC changes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
A new survey shows that while some 78 per cent of landlords have now heard about government proposals around EPC ratings,...
12 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Capital Gains Tax forcing landlords to quit in record numbers - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The reduction in landlords’ Capital Gains Allowance has triggered a sell-off by landlords at a 13-year high according to new figures. Last...
05 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Capital Gains Tax changes - which landlords are hit hardest?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-400x310.png)
Changes to capital gains tax announced in Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement will see the average landlord pay as much as...
28 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Housing Benefit Bombshell - will freeze lead to soaring arrears?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-400x310.png)
The freezing of Housing Benefit at 2020 levels, announced in the small print accompanying the Autumn Statement yesterday, risks leading to...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlords hit by Capital Gains Tax and Stamp Duty changes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-400x310.png)
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his long-awaited Autumn Statement - the fiscal event which he says will lead to “all of...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate Hike Today - fears grow of another big rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
There’s widespread concern that the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, which meets today, is to unveil a 0.75 per cent...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Gove hints at rental sector help, reinstates huge housebuilding target](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
The Autumn Statement on November 17 may contain financial measures to help private renters, the Housing Secretary has hinted. “We know people in...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty cut survives - but most Truss proposals are scrapped](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/_JeremyHunt%20_400x310.png)
The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, says the limited cut in stamp duty in England and Northern Ireland announced in the mini-Budget...