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A new version of research first released in May 2023 once again lashes some MPs for being landlords. 38 Degrees - an...

The Chancellor has rendered hundreds of lettings businesses unviable overnight as a result of his Budget tax clampdown. That’s the view of...

Seasonality is returning to the prime London lettings market after three tumultuous years.  The pandemic meant the market was initially flooded with...

A prominent agent who advises many landlord clients says the Capital Gains Tax cuts announced in the Budget are too small...

The chief executive of a short lets service says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is wrong to think penalising landlords will help solve...

An activist group is demanding that the lower Capital Gains Tax should apply only to landlords who sell with sitting tenants. In...

A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...

The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

In a final call on the Chancellor to help the private rental sector in today’s Budget, the National Residential Landlords Association...

A controversial proposal for a £300m tax grab on landlords appears to closely follow a policy suggestion put forward by activists...

A leader of the Renters Reform Coalition activist lobby has made a specific targeted attack on the motives and honesty of...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the private rental sector according to a report this morning...

Like a parent whose kids expected half term in Disneyland, Jeremy Hunt is spending the week managing expectations – and crushing...

Rightmove is calling on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to use next week’s Budget as an opportunity to incentivise landlords to make properties...

Speculation continues apace over the likely measures in next month’s Budget, especially after what is seen by political analysts as a...

Although SDLT receipts have been volatile in recent years, the property tax’s effectiveness as a revenue-raiser for the Government is not...

The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...

HM Treasury has opened its representations portal, meaning landlords - and anyone else - can submit their ideas for the next...

Generation Rent says it’s worked out what rent levels will be in two years’ time. The activists say rents will rise 14...

Any hope of a near-term drop in interest rates appears to have been wiped out by a statement by Bank of...

The National Residential Landlords Association wants the government to commit to annual uprating of the Local Housing Allowance. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced...

Campaigning charity Shelter has welcomed the decision by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance - but it wants it...

Buried in the small print of the Autumn Statement paperwork is a boost for digital technology and PropTech. In the documentation released...

Many have welcomed the move by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance - but some tenant activists say...

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...

There may be tax cuts in today’s Autumn Statement if government-fuelled rumours are to be believed - but there’s been a...

When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets to his feet on Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement, he should consider offering support to...

Propertymark has set out its stall for next month’s Autumn Statement - and many of the demands are for improvements that...

The monetary policy committee of the Bank of England meets today - and will it approve a 15th successive base rate...

The government has taken limited action over the soaring cost of mortgages - but there’s no direct help for landlords and...

The Bank of England has announced its latest change in base rate, which is used by most lenders to determine interest...

A tax expert claims the government’s move to abolish the lifetime allowance for pension contributions may damage the buy to let...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the outgoing director of Generation Rent, is angry with Jeremy Hunt. The Baroness claims “the cost of living crisis...

.The National Residential Landlords Association has called for a full review of how landlords and the private rental sector are taxed. In...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector wants this week’s Budget to provide more funding for local council enforcement of rental...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has poured cold water on the prospect of any tax cuts in the near future -...

Landlords who intend to sell their properties this year are being urged to act quickly ahead of the Capital Gains Tax...

The next Budget, setting out government tax and spending plans, will be held on March 15 next year. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says...

Yes, it’s that time again when the property hoi polloi impose their predictions for the following year on us and so,...

A new survey shows that while some 78 per cent of landlords have now heard about government proposals around EPC ratings,...

The reduction in landlords’ Capital Gains Allowance has triggered a sell-off by landlords at a 13-year high according to new figures. Last...

The government has announced plans for a £1 billion scheme - called ECO+ - which will see hundreds of thousands of...

Changes to capital gains tax announced in Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement will see the average landlord pay as much as...

New figures from HMRC this week show that the Treasury raked in another £4.1 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the...

The freezing of Housing Benefit at 2020 levels, announced in the small print accompanying the Autumn Statement yesterday, risks leading to...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his long-awaited Autumn Statement - the fiscal event which he says will lead to “all of...

HMRC is targeting residential landlords who it suspects are not declaring their full rental income, warns tax advisory service Kreston Reeves. The...

The north of England has a home energy efficiency mountain to climb, with poorly insulated homes costing tenants at least £680...

The government must explain how it will help the private rental sector - both landlords and tenants - through the cost...

There’s widespread concern that the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, which meets today, is to unveil a 0.75 per cent...

The Autumn Statement on November 17 may contain financial measures to help private renters, the Housing Secretary has hinted. “We know people in...

The coronation of Rishi Sunak as the new Prime Minister has been broadly welcomed by much of the property establishment but...

The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, says the limited cut in stamp duty in England and Northern Ireland announced in the mini-Budget...

The new Chancellor in the beleaguered Liz Truss government is former health and foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt - a buy to...

The next prime minister, Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt, will almost certainly face a housing crisis if the government does not...

The next prime minister, Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt, will inevitably reshuffle the cabinet once they are in office, and that...

Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson, the two men competing to become the next Conservative Party leader, are being to urged to...

The Tory leadership contest is well underway with just two candidates - Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt - left in the...

The two candidates for Conservative leader are being urged to make a public commitment to abolishing the controversial Right to Rent...

With savers receiving miserable returns, many shrewd investors are turning to the buy-to-let sector as a means of supplementing their income,...