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New analysis by Rightmove is tracking first-time buyer affordability over the last 10 years - and it shows why so many...
25 May 2022
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A report in a government-supporting newspaper suggests that a proposal to cut Capital Gains Tax for landlords who sell to first...
24 May 2022
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The house price inflation facing first time buyers is “frankly frightening” according to a new analysis which suggests typical FTB house...
20 May 2022
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A business analyst has given an interesting interpretation of the soaring rental market - and says it keeps the wider sales...
18 May 2022
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Renters without a property to sell are likely to be the worst demographic sector affected by the cost of living crisis...
28 April 2022
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A protest by Welsh nationalists has called for a new Property Act to be passed by the Welsh Parliament, which would...
23 February 2022
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The specialist holiday let market is becoming increasingly attractive to ex-pat investors - and another mortgage lender has entered the sector...
02 February 2022
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A prominent Conservative has complained that her party, and others, have failed to do anything about a housing market in which...
05 January 2022
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A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...
04 January 2022
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New data suggesting that only a third of first time buyers are able to secure a mortgage at their first attempt...
15 December 2021
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A social landlord is selling a home on the open market but says it should go only to a first time...
02 November 2021
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The London rental market may be in for a boom as figures show Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside the capital...
03 August 2021
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14 May 2021
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Investment bank and wealth management consultancy Arbuthnot Latham predicts the next big growth area for buy to let will be Houses...
13 May 2021
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The private rental sector is in slow retreat according to a new analysis by Nationwide-owned specialist lender, The Mortgage Works. Nationwide chief...
05 May 2021
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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
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Despite talk of increased arrears and wider economic concerns, it appears tenants are increasingly worried about the long-term effects of poor credit...
12 February 2021
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A new survey shows almost two thirds of prospective first time buyers regard it as ‘impossible’ to get on the property...
17 November 2020
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A league table of UK cities where it takes the longest for first time buyers to save for a deposit may...
11 November 2020
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There was a further increase in mortgage lending for first-time-buyers and home movers in August compared with the previous month and...
16 October 2019
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Platform has announced reductions to borrowing rates across a range of mortgage products, including buy-to-let deals. The intermediary mortgage brand of The...
16 July 2019
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There was a further rise in the number of landlords exiting the buy-to-let market, new data shows. Belvoir’s Q3 Rental Index, compiled...
19 December 2018
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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
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An online petition calling for buy-to-let tax relief changes to be reversed has received almost 16,500 signatures. Buy-to-let landlord and property investment...
05 July 2018
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If you’re a landlord and wish to raise finance against an existing buy to let property and don’t have proof of...
06 June 2018
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The government has responded to a petition calling on the reintroduction of full mortgage interest relief and the scrapping of the...
30 May 2018
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Over half of private landlords plan to sell some of their buy-to-let properties this year, it has been claimed. Some 54% of landlords...
12 April 2018
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The Chancellor Philip Hammond should scrap stamp duty because it would encourage more buy-to-let landlords to invest in the private rented...
22 November 2017
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A continuous increase in the number of cranes, hoardings and skyscraper frames around Manchester’s inner ring road is visual proof of...
21 November 2017
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The Treasury has so far pocketed around £2bn as a result of the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional homes, including...
25 August 2017
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The steady levels of mortgage activity seen through the first half of the year continued into July, with gross mortgage lending...
25 August 2017
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The stamp duty hike and mortgage tax relief cuts simply do not add up for buy-to-let landlords, leaving many with little...
04 July 2017
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The government is putting the overall housing market at risk by “squeezing” the buy-to-let sector with higher stamp duty, new mortgage...
30 May 2017
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The policy focus of the upcoming election will be on Brexit, but political parties will do well to remember that housing...
11 May 2017
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Stamp duty should be coughed up by those selling their home rather than purchasers as this would boost property transactions, while...
06 December 2016
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Buy-to-let landlords face the risk of double taxation if they choose to put their property investments into a limited company to...
28 September 2016
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Tenants are now spending two-thirds of their disposable income on rent as sky-high prices put even more homes out of reach. The...
13 September 2016
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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
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The gap between average incomes and the pay of tenants who want to buy their first property has reached a post-recession...
03 March 2016
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Data released today by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) shows lending to first-time buyers continues to outnumber buy-to-let purchases by...
18 February 2016
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One of the country‘s leading rental sector analysts is warning that tax changes for landlords’ mortgage interest relief, and the imminent...
11 February 2016
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Two million homes have changed tenure in the last decade, either switching from home owners to landlords or vice versa when...
09 November 2015
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Measures which discourage investment in the private rented sector can only push up rents and harm tenants more than landlords, a...
20 October 2015
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Nine million UK renters (45%) say they will never be able to afford their own home, according to the latest Post...
17 September 2015
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The cost of buying a home for first-time buyers is £670 a year lower than renting, according to new research by...
25 August 2015
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Becoming a professional landlord looks like an enviable job… from afar. Up close, it quickly becomes clear that it’s an occupation...