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Trading Standards has defended the introduction of ‘material information’ requirements on details of properties for sale, after a conveyancer warned landlords...

Landlords who paid Capital Gains Tax at 28% - before the Chancellor reduced it to 24% in this month’s Budget -...

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

The average home in England and Wales bought within the last 20 years and sold in 2023 achieved £102,650 or 48...

A major property industry supplier claims that the housing sector could meet government targets to improve the Energy Performance Certificate ratings for homes.  Landmark...

In the ever-evolving landscape of property investments, one strategy continues to stand the test of time and prove its worth: property...

Who are you, and what does it say on your business card? I'm Ashley Day, the Director of Bristol Property Centre.   What is...

The property industry in recent years has been tough to work in.  Clearly the challenges we faced with the pandemic, lockdown and...

Zoopla says a buy to let property sold off by a landlord is “typically priced 25 per cent lower than the...

The data from the 2021 to 2022 tax year reveals that it has been a bumper year for capital gains in...

The number of property transactions fuelled by the mortgage sector has fallen by 42 per cent so far this year. Britain’s more...

Landlords who may be in the market for buying or selling this year are being warned about a dramatic 54 per...

A tax expert is advising landlords to avoid failing to register their property sales for Capital Gains Tax within 60 days...

HMRC says UK residential transactions in March totalled 89,560 - that’s a chunky 19 per cent lower than the same month a...

Property taxes in Scotland have increased by nearly a quarter of a billion pounds in the last year compared to the...

As many buy-to-let landlords continue to question their place in the market with ever increasing legislation, finance and management costs, one...

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

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

Many landlords who do not want to commit to high levels of expenditure to improve the energy efficiency of their homes,...

It’s taking longer and longer for property sales to move from the acceptance of an offer to an exchange of contracts...

As landlords continue to exit the market, there seems to be no easy solution for selling. Owning a buy-to-let portfolio can be...

The National Residential Landlords Association has teamed up with a property sales management firm to offer a new service to landlords...

Renterz, a digital property management service, is aiming to raise an unspecified “six figure sum” through crowdfunding. The company claims it’s committed...

Landlords have welcomed a proposal by the Office for Tax Simplification to extend the 30 day payment of Capital Gains Tax...

A third of landlords surveyed in a poll this month say they wish they could now change the way they voted...

The UK housing market is in growth mode as the recovery gathers pace, the latest figures show.  According to Rightmove, the post-lockdown...

The number of residential property sales agreed have surged in the month since the chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday, with...

The government’s decision to temporarily increase the stamp duty threshold to £500,000 for property sales in England and Northern Ireland, until...

The government’s decision to temporarily increase the stamp duty threshold to £500,000 for property sales in England and Northern Ireland, until...

Restarting the housing market could help kickstart the UK economy.  The government has relaxed lockdown rules from today to allow the UK...

The Treasury looks set to suffer a near £5bn tax hit due to the coronavirus pandemic.  The Covid-19 outbreak has led to...

The number of new landlords instructing letting agents has dropped sharply - and with worse to come thanks to the coronavirus...

Knight Frank forecast that residential property sales will fall by 38% this year, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Based on the assumption that...

Rents look set to rise over the next 12 months as the supply of new rental properties dries up, according to...

There has been a significant increase in demand for London’s most expensive homes from wealthy buyers, including property investors, following last...

The recent increase in the number of residential property sales falling through before completion is likely to continue in the near...

Buy-to-let landlords could soon be required to pay more money in capital gains tax (CGT) under new proposals put forward by...

There has been a 6.1% increase in the number of property sales agreed, as buyers are spurred into action by improved...

Although new capital gains tax rules could cost some landlords thousands of pounds when they sell up, property is still a...

Hostmaker, which specialises in managing London properties put on to Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has apologised for causing controversy over...

If you’ve been reading about the Manchester property market, then you will probably have read that overall sales volumes have fallen...

With just five weeks until the UK is set to leave the EU, the impact of leaving the bloc without a...

There has been a steady increase in the percentage of rental properties available over the past 12 months and data for...

The price of small properties across many parts of the country has dropped largely because landlord purchases are down, offering fresh...

The Chancellor Philip Hammond may have only announced last week that the Autumn Budget will take place on Monday 29 October,...

Having a poor performing rental property or one you simply wish to get rid of quickly can be a real drain...

Various reports suggest that a number of buy-to-let landlords plan to exit the private rented sector due to concerns about the...

An increasing number of buy-to-let landlords are likely to exit Scotland’s private rented sector or reduce the size of their property...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has submitted recommendations to HM Treasury ahead of Autumn Budget Statement, due to be delivered on...

The scare tactics adopted by the government to keep Britain in the EU ahead of last year’s Brexit referendum saw the...

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years has been fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions...

A landlord has been jailed for failing to declare Capital Gains Tax from the sale of his rental properties. Richard Fuller, 53,...

There has been a significant increase in the number of people investing in the buy-to-let sector for the first time over...

The number of properties being listed to let dropped for the fourth consecutive month in April, and this is placing upward...

There was a significant drop in the number of buy-to-let property sales in July in the wake of the UK’s vote...

The Fife letting market is experiencing a surge in demand for high quality rental homes, according to one of Scotland’s leading...