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New figures released this morning show that buy to let investors and second home buyers now pay almost half of the...

New analysis by Rightmove is tracking first-time buyer affordability over the last 10 years - and it shows why so many...

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

The house price inflation facing first time buyers is “frankly frightening” according to a new analysis which suggests typical FTB house...

A business analyst has given an interesting interpretation of the soaring rental market - and says it keeps the wider sales...

Renters without a property to sell are likely to be the worst demographic sector affected by the cost of living crisis...

A protest by Welsh nationalists has called for a new Property Act to be passed by the Welsh Parliament, which would...

The specialist holiday let market is becoming increasingly attractive to ex-pat investors - and another mortgage lender has entered the sector...

A prominent Conservative has complained that her party, and others, have failed to do anything about a housing market in which...

A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...

New data suggesting that only a third of first time buyers are able to secure a mortgage at their first attempt...

A social landlord is selling a home on the open market but says it should go only to a first time...

The London rental market may be in for a boom as figures show Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside the capital...

It may not be a typical part of the country but on one of the Channel Islands there is now a...

Investment bank and wealth management consultancy Arbuthnot Latham predicts the next big growth area for buy to let will be Houses...

The private rental sector is in slow retreat according to a new analysis by Nationwide-owned specialist lender, The Mortgage Works. Nationwide chief...

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

Despite talk of increased arrears and wider economic concerns, it appears tenants are increasingly worried about the long-term effects of poor credit...

A new survey shows almost two thirds of prospective first time buyers regard it as ‘impossible’ to get on the property...

A league table of UK cities where it takes the longest for first time buyers to save for a deposit may...

There was a further increase in mortgage lending for first-time-buyers and home movers in August compared with the previous month and...

Platform has announced reductions to borrowing rates across a range of mortgage products, including buy-to-let deals. The intermediary mortgage brand of The...

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...

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

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...

If you’re a landlord and wish to raise finance against an existing buy to let property and don’t have proof of...

The government has responded to a petition calling on the reintroduction of full mortgage interest relief and the scrapping of the...

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...

The Chancellor Philip Hammond should scrap stamp duty because it would encourage more buy-to-let landlords to invest in the private rented...

A continuous increase in the number of cranes, hoardings and skyscraper frames around Manchester’s inner ring road is visual proof of...

The Treasury has so far pocketed around £2bn as a result of the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional homes, including...

The steady levels of mortgage activity seen through the first half of the year continued into July, with gross mortgage lending...

The stamp duty hike and mortgage tax relief cuts simply do not add up for buy-to-let landlords, leaving many with little...

The government is putting the overall housing market at risk by “squeezing” the buy-to-let sector with higher stamp duty, new mortgage...

The policy focus of the upcoming election will be on Brexit, but political parties will do well to remember that housing...

Stamp duty should be coughed up by those selling their home rather than purchasers as this would boost property transactions, while...

Buy-to-let landlords face the risk of double taxation if they choose to put their property investments into a limited company to...

Tenants are now spending two-thirds of their disposable income on rent as sky-high prices put even more homes out of reach. The...

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

The gap between average incomes and the pay of tenants who want to buy their first property has reached a post-recession...

Data released today by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) shows lending to first-time buyers continues to outnumber buy-to-let purchases by...

One of the country‘s leading rental sector analysts is warning that tax changes for landlords’ mortgage interest relief, and the imminent...

Two million homes have changed tenure in the last decade, either switching from home owners to landlords or vice versa when...

Measures which discourage investment in the private rented sector can only push up rents and harm tenants more than landlords, a...

Nine million UK renters (45%) say they will never be able to afford their own home, according to the latest Post...

The cost of buying a home for first-time buyers is £670 a year lower than renting, according to new research by...

Becoming a professional landlord looks like an enviable job… from afar. Up close, it quickly becomes clear that it’s an occupation...

Buy-to-let landlords are rushing to invest in the property market but first-time buyers are increasingly being squeezed out by high prices,...