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In a survey conducted just before the General Election by Leaders Romans Group, 60% of tenants and landlords believe a reduction...

The average price of a home coming to the market for sale has dipped 0.4% in the past month says Rightmove.  This...

The latest e.surv index shows that house prices in England and Wales are, on average, still some 1.6% below the level...

A prominent property group says landlords can only cope with the upcoming rental reform programme under Labour if they work with...

The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...

With the General Election just one week away, a new poll shows the top landlord priorities when it comes to voting...

The National Residential Landlords Association has set out what it calls “three key asks” of the new government to protect and...

“When it comes to housing policy, there is little difference between the two major parties” says Aneisha Beveridge, head of research...

A lack of choice for private renters about where they can live will undermine plans set out by political parties to...

Nigel Farage has pledged that his Reform UK party would reverse the Section 24 landlord tax changes within 100 days. Section 24...

Mortgage experts have criticised the Reform UK housing and tax policies as being superficially appealing but risking a return to the...

The year to March 2024 saw the fewest new housing sites consented than during any 12-month period since the data collection...

Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...

The Generation Rent activist group says the Conservative manifesto pledge to give a tax break to landlords selling to tenants should...

The Conservatives have set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and related issues.  Here...

The British Property Federation wants the next government to give special assistance to Build To Rent developers to allow them to...

The Conservatives say they will scrap Capital Gains Tax for landlords who sell to sitting tenants, if they win the General...

The Times recently calculated that recent tax and regulation changes made it unviable for many landlords to continue in the sector. We...

A controversial stamp duty change - announced months ago but coming into effect tomorrow - has been described as a missed...

New figures released by Savills, and published by The Times, show exactly why it no longer makes sense to be a...

Higher borrowing costs have created a mood of hesitancy in property markets. Rising mortgage rates mean UK residential sales are increasingly...

* This piece is written jointly by Richard Rowntree (Managing Director, Paragon Bank) and Ben Beadle (Chief Executive of the National...

The research head of Knight Frank is warning that a new batch of landlords are preparing to sell up and leave...

The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...

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...