There wasn’t much by way of good news in the Spring Budget for landlords and property investors last month. Although some rumours...
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23 March 2024
From: Tax & Finance
The tax reliefs enjoyed by landlords running Furnished Holiday Lets (FHL) were cut by the Chancellor this month. Some say the...
23 March 2024
From: Tax & Finance
The removal of Section 21 notices and the end of fixed-term tenancies are the two issues that concern landlords the most,...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
An all-party House of Commons committee is calling on Local Housing Allowance to be updated automatically and annually. LHA rates have been...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
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
Like a parent whose kids expected half term in Disneyland, Jeremy Hunt is spending the week managing expectations – and crushing...
02 March 2024
From: Tax & Finance
Millennials, long seen as a financially disadvantaged generation, are on the brink of becoming the wealthiest generation in history thanks to...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
One of the biggest parts of buying a holiday home is securing a holiday let mortgage which can differ substantially to...
24 February 2024
From: Agent Advice
New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
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
Private landlords and letting agents are being offered free advice and information at a networking event hosted by Cumberland council. Property owners...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Painful tax traps have been set for millions of people this year. Your pay may not even have kept pace with...
27 January 2024
From: Tax & Finance
The capital gains tax allowance will be cut on April 6 from £6,000 to £3,000, so more people will pay CGT. The...
20 January 2024
From: Tax & Finance
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
There are now fewer than 35 days until self employed workers - including many landlords - will need to submit their...
30 December 2023
From: Tax & Finance
Airbnb in the UK is bringing in restrictions on certain bookings over New Year’s Eve to deter guests holding anti-social parties. Proprietary...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A business consultancy claims the HMNRC Self-Assessment helpline - set up to assist those compiling and filing tax returns as the...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
One in five (20 per cent of) landlords plans to reducing their buy to let holdings according to a new survey. The...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A local authority is hosting a free event for local landlords which will give them insights into latest developments in the...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary MIchael Gove is reported to be pressing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to increase Local Housing Allowance in next week’s...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Two new forums for landlords and others serving the private rental sector are being held this month. The North Yorkshire council initiative...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
HMRC has produced this material for landlords concerned at the prospect of self-assessment - What is Self Assessment and why do I need...
04 November 2023
From: Tax & Finance
Propertymark has set out its stall for next month’s Autumn Statement - and many of the demands are for improvements that...
28 October 2023
From: Tax & Finance
The National Residential Landlords Association has suspended its link with Less Tax 4 Landlords. This follows publicity surrounding Less Tax 4 Landlords...
09 October 2023
From: Breaking News
HMRC has prepared a guide to landlords’ and other property professionals’ self-assessment. Here’s the guide in its entirety. - The year is flying by...
16 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The challenges facing the property market right now are well reported; from rising interest rates pushing up mortgage payments to a...
03 August 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Successive Chancellors (we’re looking at you Gordon Brown and George Osborne) have monkeyed around with the market as if it was...
15 July 2023
From: The Big Issues
Across the country landlords and renters are struggling as mortgage costs soar, tax hikes bite and uncertainty remains about the impact...
08 July 2023
From: Tax & Finance
One in three Britons could be facing poverty in retirement according to Scottish Widows - with renters amongst the most vulnerable. The...
28 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A Labour Mayor whose post was abolished by a public vote last year now wants to become an MP. Marvin Rees’ position...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
This year Tax Freedom Day fell on Thursday June 8. This was the day of the year by which, theoretically, the...
10 June 2023
From: Tax & Finance
Propertymark has told a group of MPs that many benefit recipients are excluded from the private rented sector due to the...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
2023 could be a landmark year for the private rented sector if Michael Gove succeeds in his pursuit of reforming the...
13 May 2023
From: Rental Reform
Renters in both the private and social housing sectors have been described as having “a pension problem” by a financial analyst. Helen...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The government has made no estimate of the number of people unable to meet housing costs due to the freeze on...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Over two million more people are likely to be higher rate taxpayers by 2028 – thanks to the freezing of the...
01 April 2023
From: Tax & Finance
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
With less than one month left until the end of the tax year, many experienced investors will have completed their tax...
11 March 2023
From: Tax & Finance
Interviews for the post of director of Generation Rent are scheduled to be held this month. The most recent holder of the...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords making self-assessment tax returns may already be starting to sweat - the deadline is midnight on January 31. Overall - landlords...
21 January 2023
From: Tax & Finance
The Generation Rent campaign group is advertising for a new director - the role held in recent years by Alicia Kennedy,...
16 January 2023
From: Breaking News
January 9 this year, the first working Monday after the Christmas Break, has been dubbed Divorce Day. This is typically when enquiries...
05 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A major survey of 1,500 adults shows that a quarter plan to downsize their home in retirement, with many others suggesting...
14 December 2022
From: Breaking News
There are several key reasons why property owners choose to become landlords, some of which include regular income, investment and long-term...
10 December 2022
From: The Big Issues
Two councillors have successfully used the London Assembly to push London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the government to do more to...
05 December 2022
From: Breaking News
New figures from HMRC this week show that the Treasury raked in another £4.1 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the...
26 November 2022
From: Tax & Finance
New data just released by HM Revenue & Customs shows income tax, national insurance and capital gains tax receipts for April...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The leader of the Generation Rent activist group says that the shortage of homes to rent means no private sector tenant...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
In today’s world, where people can make money from something as simple as posting a photo of themselves wearing a new...
05 November 2022
From: The Big Issues
Property experts in one part of the UK where rent freezes are a way of life say they make the housing...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The new Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke for only 25 minutes but effectively turned the recent history of British tax policy...
24 September 2022
From: Tax & Finance
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut. In future there will be no stamp duty on the first £250,000...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A properly industry leader is calling on government to cut taxes for landlords who agree to long term tenancies and rent...
16 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Managing property finances can be hard work, long-winded and stressful. With regulation changes and market volatility, keeping on top of your...
10 September 2022
From: Tax & Finance
Landlords that have reached the state pension retirement age of 65 are generating a net income of over £10 billion according...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
If you’re counting the days until you’ll get help with runaway price rises, it helps to know exactly how many days...
03 September 2022
From: The Big Issues
The Hargreaves Lansdown Savings and Resilience Barometer - which looks at national resilience on debts, savings, investing and planning for later...
20 August 2022
From: The Big Issues
Landlords have been warned they risk fixed penalty notices and the loss of HMO licences if students leave rubbish in public...
01 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A property investment platform is to spend £1 billion buying and retrofitting thousands of homes in the private rental sector, The...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...
23 July 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
Energy bills have increased for around 22 million energy consumers – and they’re expected to escalate again later this year when...
21 June 2022
From: Legislation, Regulation & Compliance
A study of what has happened to a private rental sector hit by rent controls provides lessons to those in the UK...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A warning has been issued by a business consultancy that renters are set to feel particularly vulnerable this year because of...
26 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The government has been accused of basing its policy to solve the cladding crisis on the assumption that landlords are Property...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Legal & General’s Retirement Institutional division has announced a massive £2.5 billion investment to deliver as many as 7,000 Build To...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Renters are much less likely than homeowners to have at least a moderate income in retirement according to business consultancy Hargreaves...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A new Build To Rent scheme in London has received lavish praise from a local council. Railpen, the investment manager for the...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A council is to unveil its latest initiatives for landlords via a webinar. West Berkshire council will be running a virtual landlord...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Approaching one in four private landlords have suffered income losses as a result of the pandemic. As a result the sector’s trade...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The Department of Work and Pensions is to slash the timescale for repayment of arrears for tenants on Universal Credit. It has...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dodged a question from an MP about the timing of the long-awaited Rental Reform Bill and...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Sarah Coles, senior personal finance analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, writes: The government has announced extra breathing space for anyone who hasn’t...
08 January 2022
From: Tax & Finance
In recent years, letting property has become more challenging due to a range of tax and regulation changes and since March...
25 November 2021
From: Sponsored Content
The majority of private landlords helping tenants out during the pandemic by cutting their rent absorbed the losses from their savings...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords and owners of empty homes in North Somerset are invited to a free event next month to find out more...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Over 150,000 households in Britain are in ‘exempt’ accommodation, a rental sector which some say is “dangerously under-regulated.” ‘Exempt accommodation’ is intended...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The government has issued new guidance for landlords and tenants concerning the possession process as applied to those on an Assured...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A former member of Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet has thrown his weight behind Generation Rent’s latest campaign. Lloyd Russell-Moyle - chair of...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association has joined over 100 other organisations across the UK to urge government to scrap the planned...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A landlord has set out why he helped a refugee family resettle through renting one of his properties. The landlord - who...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association says it’s going to submit a report to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Chancellor Rishi Sunak, and...
16 July 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the leading figures in the lettings industry says landlords are not the bad guys of the pandemic, as some...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Two landlords have spoken out about their losses and treatment from a lettings agency which has collapsed. Last month we reported that...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Generation Rent campaign activists say 700,000 private tenants on Universal Credit cannot afford to pay their rent. The campaign - led by...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords are warning the government that if it increases Capital Gains Tax the rental market will freeze up. Chatter has increased in...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has spoken strongly in favour of landlords’ rights. In a House of Lords debate on...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords with tenants on Universal Credit are struggling to set up Alternative Payment Arrangements because the UC portal is closed to new...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Two property investment companies and an associated business have all been closed down “in the public interest” by the government’s Insolvency...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Members of a wealthy Blackburn family of landlords with a portfolio of properties have been sentenced for defrauding the Department for...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A new report from respected specialist mortgage provider Paragon Bank shows that retiree renters and those in the upper-middle age category...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News
The furlough scheme has been extended for a month and while it’s being replaced eventually by a less generous scheme, there is...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce government spending plans for the next 12 months on November 25 - and he already has...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association is calling on the government to ensure a comprehensive financial package is provided for landlords themselves,...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The absence of good alternative investments and the modest pace of capital growth for property in recent years are thought to...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Although the last six months have undoubtedly been difficult for many property investors and landlords for others this has been a...