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Detached homes in Wales are the slowest property types to sell across the UK and take an average of 92 days...

Jonathan Rolande is a property industry and housing market commentator, and is founder of the National Association of Property Buyers.  It’s almost...

Nick Woodward, director of lettings at Essential Living, gives insights into why renting may be the best option for many. 1. Responsibility...

There wasn’t much by way of good news in the Spring Budget for landlords and property investors last month. Although some rumours...

Around half of first-time buyers say their prospects of owning a home are further away than ever due to the ongoing...

The Labour-led government in Wales has issued a consultation proposing the abolition of Land Transaction Tax Multiple Dwelling Relief from June...

The head of lettings agency Benham and Reeves has made an outspoken attack on stamp duty. The agency analysed data from the...

The average house prices in England was £290,000 last year, some 8.3 times average annual earnings. This was actually down from 8.5...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

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...

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...

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...

Activist group Generation Rent has described the latest homelessness data from the government as showing “a whole new level of horror.” It...

A prominent lawyer has stepped up her criticisms of Housing Secretary Michael Gove and his attacks on buy to let and...

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

One of the biggest parts of buying a holiday home is securing a holiday let mortgage which can differ substantially to...

Deciding on a residence in the bustling city of London is no small feat, especially when faced with the dichotomy of...

Two thirds of landlords say the demand for private rented housing is continuing to increase, according to new research commissioned by...

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

Landlords are selling up in significant volumes these days - partly to cash in on capital appreciation, but mostly thanks to...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

Increasing the supply of homes for private rent would boost government finances by £10 billion, says the National Residential Landlords Association. The...

Paul Johnson - a director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies since 2011 and a visiting economics professor at University College...

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on migrating away from the emergency rent controls introduced in September 2022 and extended...

A respected league table of yields in different parts of England and Wales has issued its latest figures. The Fleet Mortgages Buy-to-Let...

A building society is calling upon politicians, government, the Bank of England and local councils and other bodies to cooperate on...

Both sides of the rental divide have criticised Conservative proposals to boost housing demand while doing nothing about supply. Over the New...

According to a London property management company, the profile of renters in prime London is varying hugely.  Glenfield Property Management says that...

Almost two thirds of private landlords expect to see their mortgage payments increase over the next 12 months with warnings that...

The proportion of private landlords who report increased demand for rental properties has more than tripled compared with demand for properties...

The government should tax property ‘hoarders’ cashing in on the UK housing market says a left-leaning think tank. A report by the New Economics...

The Office for Budget Responsibility - a Treasury department operating independently from the government - released its central forecast for the...

Winkworth's chief executive says next week’s Autumn Statement must see the reinstatement of Mortgage Interest Tax Relief for investors. Dominic Agace says...

A prominent estate agency says there’s a stronger case for a stamp duty cut now than there was during the pandemic. Knight...

The best way to judge the UK housing market is to check on what’s happening in Parliament, not the price indices...

HM Revenue and Custoims is running a series of webinars aimed primarily at those new to earning income from property of...

There is a real difficulty for Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party at the moment.  After 14 years in power, any failings land squarely...

The head of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker has split from almost all of the industry by saying the...

Research by Quickmove Properties estimate that, despite changes to stamp duty thresholds implemented last September designed to save homebuyers money, the...

Whoever forms the next government must put the private rental sector at the heart of its housing policy. That’s the view of...

Sweeping tax changes for landlords have been demanded by letting agents group Propertymark. The group has analysed the impact of changes using...

An analysis conducted over the summer by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform...

August saw a further softening in house prices which are now 5.3 per cent down on a year ago. The Nationwide says...

Scores of portfolio landlords are incorporating their property portfolio as limited companies, which could save hundreds of thousands of pounds on...

New research has come to a conclusion that will surprise few - that landlords today are twice as likely to be...

Property investment dates back centuries – millennia, even. As a fundamental necessity for post-nomadic humanity, residential and commercial real estate have...

An outspoken agent says he is seeing growing numbers of people renting in later life to reduce their inheritance tax liability. Trevor...

Over the past year, we have witnessed an increase in the proportion of landlords opting to acquire properties through limited companies.  This...

Successive Chancellors (we’re looking at you Gordon Brown and George Osborne) have monkeyed around with the market as if it was...

A long-standing tax consultancy has raised the spectre of too much Stamp Duty ha wing been paid thanks to mistakes made...

The average UK house price fell slightly in June, by around £300 compared to May with a typical property now costing...

A vocal group of around 50 Conservative right wing MPs wants an end to stamp duty - except for additional homes...

Investors and second home buyers contributed over a quarter of all property taxes in the last year according to a property...

A Tory MP representing a popular tourist area has attacked the proliferation of short lets, and wants a “locals first” policy...

An area has been identified for a two-year study of the impact which second homes, Airbnbs, other holiday lets and empty...

Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...

Labour’s proposed reforms to the housing market “raise many questions”, a property industry figure claims. Under controversial plans put forward by party...

New figures show that property taxes - often rising as a result of frozen thresholds - lead the way as the...

Tax expert David Hannah claims that the government's 12 new high-growth investment zones have already begun to drive property prices in...

Landlord Today receives a number of unsolicited contributions from readers. These are always welcome but few are as well argued and...

A business consultancy is reporting a rise in stamp duty paid by landlords and other home buyers - but is warning...

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

Lettings agents’ body Propertymark says its proposal for tax incentives to be offered for landlords is one measure under consideration by...

The Welsh Government should consider tax incentives to support improvements to the energy efficiency of private rented housing, according to a...

A controversial new report demands that the government uses next month’s Budget to sharply increase tax burdens for landlords. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s...

A new crowdfunding platform says it’s opening up property investing to “a whole new generation.” Allbricks claims it’s disrupting “the antiquated mortgage...

The National Residential Landlords Association is calling on the government to begin a full review of how private rented housing is...

A Conservative MP is calling on the government to help landlords boost rental supply by reforming taxation. Andrew Lewer, Conservative MP for...

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

A top Tory who is chair of the Conservative backbench Treasury Committee and a member of the Treasury Select Committee says...

Two Members of the Scottish Parliament have broken rank with their own party to query the motivation behind a new property...

Investment buyers will snap up a higher proportion of homes in 2022 than they did in 2021, the Hamptons agency forecasts.   So...

A major survey of 1,500 adults shows that a quarter plan to downsize their home in retirement, with many others suggesting...

A prominent Conservative has described as “infuriating and saddening” the fact that so many Millennials are stuck renting and cannot afford...

More must be done to keep private landlords in the rental sector, a new study has proposed. New Open Property Group says...

I think 2022 can be summarised as ‘unsettling’ to say the least. With three prime ministers in less than six months,...

Although the property and mortgage markets have been in a state of flux for the past few months, with rising interest...

New data just released by HM Revenue & Customs shows income tax, national insurance and capital gains tax receipts for April...

A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...

The government’s Autumn Statement yesterday missed the opportunity to boost supply for the private rental sector, it’s been claimed.  Ben Beadle, chief...

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

The main landlords’ trade body has blasted the government for ‘breaking’ the private rented sector through laws, measures and comments deliberately...

New research from the bank Handelsbanken suggests some landlords will reduce their portfolios if economic conditions worsen. Almost 60 per cent of...

HMRC is intensifying its efforts to track down landlords with undisclosed income, a financial consultancy claims. Perrys, a firm of chartered accountants,...

It’s disappointing to say, but once again the rhetoric from both the Labour and Conservative party conferences towards the private rented...

MPs from Opposition parties in the House of Commons have attacked the government’s recent stamp duty change - and taken the...

A Conservative MP says the stamp duty cut announced in the now-legendary mini-Budget at the end of last month should not...

Property taxes in Scotland have increased by nearly two thirds compared to the pre-pandemic period according to analysis of the latest...

The tax cuts announced in the government’s ill-fated mini-Budget may have been reversed but they gave Labour a chance to hit...

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

The latest Liz Truss U-turn will mean landlords are burdened with a large rise in corporation tax from next April. The announcement...

If you are involved in property, it is important for tax purposes to be aware if your activities will be classed...

The housing market has lost further momentum in September, according to the latest RICS Residential Market Survey.   The institution says the...

The average UK house price experienced a slight fall in September of 0.1 per cent, the second  decrease over the past...

There’s been a slowdown in the annual growth rate of house prices - a movement described as “modest” by the Nationwide. The...

The National Residential Landlords Association says controversial Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng should use a £1.5 billion underspend to help buy to let...

Speculation that the Truss government might move on to tax cuts to incentivise landlords appears wide of the mark. There has been...