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Heat pumps - central to a government energy efficiency drive started under Boris Johnson - could save 20 per cent higher...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News

A trade body is calling for a partnership with the government to push the domestic heating market towards heat pumps as...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords and owner occupiers alike could lose the most financially from rent controls according to a prominent rentals expert. The claim comes...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has now opened its controversial boiler upgrade scheme. Landlords across England and Wales as...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Analysis by Rightmove suggests that capital appreciation remains strong for landlords and owner occupiers alike, despite the recent flurry of interest...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News

An online property platform says it expects May’s sales figures for new build searches to be slightly below expectations. This is as...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords who have mortgages from the Yorkshire Building Society have been told that they do not need to inform the lender...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The specialist holiday let market is becoming increasingly attractive to ex-pat investors - and another mortgage lender has entered the sector...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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The campaign to ensure that landlords are included in the government’s measures to alleviate the problem of dangerous cladding is gathering...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association is seeking clarification from gov ernment about whether landlords are included in the latest measure to...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The government looks set to clamp down on holiday rentals and will this year formally consult on the concept of a...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The demise of the buy to let market has been much predicted over recent years. Major tax changes, a three per...
20 November 2021
From: Tax & Finance

The Bank of England may have voted to keep its base rate at a historic low of 0.1 per cent yesterday,...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The head of a building body says landlords and home owners need a replacement for the defunct Green Homes Grant to...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Experts are already warning of shortcomings in the government’s latest Green initiative, banning new boilers from 2035 and offering £5,000 grants...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A local council is one of the first to be offering new Go Green Grants to landlords to improve energy efficiency...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The government’s Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme - which left thousands of landlords in the lurch when it collapsed earlier this...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News

With landlords under pressure to improve energy efficiency, a new report suggests that even significant improvements in EPC levels won’t be...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A referendum in Berlin next month is being watched closely by rental activists in the UK, in case it offers them...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News

It appears that the government is considering a replacement for the ill-fated Green Homes Grant, which was to have helped thousands...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Labour has called for what it describes as a Green New Deal to replace the axed government scheme which had been...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A respected private rental sector body wants the government to slow its timetable for energy efficiency reform, warning that landlords could...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A logistics software company with clients across the property spectrum has become the latest critic of the government’s axing of the...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News

An analysis of the Green Homes Grant applications show exactly which areas will be hit most when the scheme comes to...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s a new call on the government to get its act together on the Green Homes Grant, which has failed to live...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A call has gone out for the overhaul of the Green Homes Grant scheme, which so far has left thousands of...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The chaos surrounding the government’s Green Homes Grant, which was to have helped thousands of landlords and owner occupiers, appears to...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The Financial Conduct Authority is extending the ban on repossessions by two months until April 1, in light of the pandemic...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan wants a £3 billion one-off windfall tax on private developers to fund replacement cladding on affected...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A cluster of owner occupiers living near a city centre are demanding that landlords win planning consent before operating HMOs. The Gloucestershire...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords now have another year to apply for the government’s Green Homes Grant scheme. The 12 months extension, announced last evening, follows...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A visiting professor and accountancy academic claims landlords are not carrying their fair share of the financial burden caused by the...
03 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A think tank is calling for landlords to consider rent reductions and is also suggesting the return of an eviction ban...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Tax experts at specialist landlord accountancy firm Gorilla Accounting are giving the sector fresh advice on minimising CGT liability when selling...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

With the staycation boom caused by Covid-19, which is likely to continue for the foreseeable future as travel restrictions remain for...
29 October 2020
From: Property Investment & Strategy

Some London landlords are testing the water to see if they can downsize or sell their entire portfolios. Chestertons, a London-focussed high end...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Over two million homes in England - that’s almost one in 10 - do not have a working smoke alarm according...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords are being urged to take advantage of the stamp duty tax savings announced in the chancellor’s summer statement by...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The majority of private renters were satisfied or very satisfied with their current accommodation, according to the English Housing Survey report...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The majority of private landlords are understandably looking for greater security in the current climate and that largely explains why they...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News

While most private renters in the UK aspire to buy property, the reality is that many people simply cannot afford to...
05 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Brexit uncertainty, higher taxation and more stringent mortgage lending conditions are among the toughest challenges currently facing property investors, including buy-to-let...
14 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The average buy-to-let investor who sold their rental property in 2017 did so for £86,651 more than they paid for it,...
12 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords are being urged to check the small print in their building insurance to ensure that their building insurance covers...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News

First-time buyers will no longer have to own a residential property in order to access finance from Barclays to invest in...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News

As the letting fees ban looms ahead, it is clear that however it plays out we are seeing more and more...
06 November 2017
From: Breaking News

With home ownership levels continuing to fall, almost a quarter of all UK households are expected to be living in private...