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![Do High Rents Mean London is Losing Its Edge?](/upload/images/shutterstock_297071624.jpg)
Higher borrowing costs have created a mood of hesitancy in property markets. Rising mortgage rates mean UK residential sales are increasingly...
25 May 2024
From: The Big Issues
![New batch of landlords preparing to sell, warns leading agency](/upload/images/shutterstock_2152449125.jpg)
The research head of Knight Frank is warning that a new batch of landlords are preparing to sell up and leave...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty causes Buy To Let investment to plummet in key areas](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty--2-400x310.png)
The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - types of property selling slowest and fastest](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Detached homes in Wales are the slowest property types to sell across the UK and take an average of 92 days...
27 April 2024
From: Agent Advice
![Prime London Rents Retreat as Supply Builds](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalMarketLondon-400x310.png)
Seasonality is returning to the prime London lettings market after three tumultuous years. The pandemic meant the market was initially flooded with...
16 March 2024
From: Agent Advice
![Tax Cuts - what should we expect in Wednesday's Budget?](/upload/images/shutterstock_106204481.jpg)
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
![Labour Tax Plans - agency advises landlords to take advantage](/upload/images/shutterstock_1060261916(1).jpg)
A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Pressure on government for stamp duty cut in Autumn Statement](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty--2-400x310.png)
A prominent estate agency says there’s a stronger case for a stamp duty cut now than there was during the pandemic. Knight...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Housing market now on General Election footing, claims top agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
The best way to judge the UK housing market is to check on what’s happening in Parliament, not the price indices...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sunak’s Massive Housing Challenge Before Next Election](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
There is a real difficulty for Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party at the moment. After 14 years in power, any failings land squarely...
07 October 2023
From: Agent Advice
![Government bags £884.2m in SDLT despite threshold changes](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/UK-Cash-NEW-400x310.jpg)
Research by Quickmove Properties estimate that, despite changes to stamp duty thresholds implemented last September designed to save homebuyers money, the...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Capital Appreciation - new blow as Nationwide reveals growing slump](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
August saw a further softening in house prices which are now 5.3 per cent down on a year ago. The Nationwide says...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![No Stamp Duty cut for landlords or Airbnbs, says Tory MP](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/SDLT_400x310.png)
A Conservative MP says the stamp duty cut announced in the now-legendary mini-Budget at the end of last month should not...
21 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlords pay towards record Stamp Duty windfall for government](/upload/images/library/GovernmentImage-400x310.jpg)
Stamp Duty paid between April and August 2022 was up 29 per cent on the same period last year according to...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Huge capital appreciation? Don’t believe everything you read…](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-Newspaper-400x310.jpg)
On the face of it the latest government figures for house price growth makes comforting reading for investors. ONS data shows that...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![HMRC’s tax take from property continue to soar - latest figures](/upload/images/library/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
Latest figures released by HM Revenue & Customs show yet another large increase in the amount of taxation received by the...
22 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![London landlords contribute to eye-watering stamp duty payments](/upload/images/library/StampDuty1-400x310.jpg)
Landlords in London contributed to an extraordinary £440m in stamp duty paid on purchases in the first six months since the...
21 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Which Government is the lesser of two evils for property?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/parliament400x310.png)
Our politics seems pretty broken to me and whilst I don’t wish to take a side between one flavour or the...
09 July 2022
From: Agent Advice
![Up and Up! More capital appreciation likely for landlords](/upload/images/Logos/Knight-Frank-logo400x310.png)
A prominent agency has revised its market forecast for the rest of 2022 and says prices will rise more and for...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Capital appreciation boost for landlords as asking prices soar again](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/New%20Rental%20Index-400x310.png)
It looks as if landlords have enjoyed further capital appreciation with the latest housing market index showing still-rising asking prices for...
26 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Green mortgages - huge rise in number aimed at buy to let landlords](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenEnvironment-400x310.png)
There’s been a large rise in the number of buy to let green mortgages as the push for greater energy efficiency...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let Lending Hits its Highest Ever Level – so what’s next?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PiggyBank-House-400x310.jpg)
Buy-to-let lending hit its highest ever level last year, spurred on by record levels of tenant demand, the Stamp Duty Holiday...
12 March 2022
From: Tax & Finance
![Is The Private Rental Sector facing a Supply Crisis?](/upload/images/library/Row-of-houses400x310.png)
Bromsgrove is a classic rental market. The Worcestershire market town is enveloped by green space but is just a thirty-minute commute...
08 January 2022
From: Industry Views
![Mortgages linked to better EPCs are ‘key’ for buy to let lender](/upload/images/library/EPCRating-400x310.png)
Paragon Bank increased buy to let lending to landlords by 33.9 per cent to £1.61 billion in its last financial year,...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlord portfolios to dip in value before rebound - forecast](/upload/images/library/TenantsAndLandlord-400x310.png)
Property prices will fall 1.1 per cent this month - December - according to a forecast by comparison service Reallymoving. However any...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlord Alert - detailed forecast for rent and capital growth](/upload/images/library/HousePricesRise-400x310.jpg)
Many agencies give their forecasts for the following year or years in the late autumn, but one of the most detailed...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Did the stamp duty holiday persuade you to buy? It seems not…](/upload/images/library/ForSaleBoard-400x310.jpg)
Relatively few landlords were persuaded to take advantage of the stamp duty holiday according to analysis by the lettings agency Hamptons. The...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![2022 Investment Hotspots? New survey claims to have found them…](/upload/images/library/BPS-LondonAerial-400x310.jpg)
A survey of over 500 property investors claims to have uncovered the UK’s hotspots for the coming year. It says some 44...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlords will have to pay more for most properties from today](/upload/images/library/CoinsHouses-2020-400x310.jpg)
The end of the stamp duty holiday means landlords will have to pay more for almost all properties from today. They have...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![More landlords selling up according to latest Zoopla research](/upload/images/library/HandingOverKeys-1-400x310.jpg)
More landlords are quitting the sector and bringing properties to the sales market, according to research from Zoopla. In its latest snapshot...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Highest rent not always top priority for landlords - survey](/upload/images/library/PropertyMarket-2-400x310-min.jpg)
New independent research among 512 landlords show how they have reacted to the pandemic. It found that 65 per cent of landlords...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - where investors’ returns may be better than expected](/upload/images/library/Glasgow-400x310.jpg)
It looks as if buy to let investors looking for capital returns over yield may have struck lucky - so long...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty surge - why it's important for homes to have good broadband and TV packages](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Virgin_Media/VirginMedia_Sept21_360x280.jpg)
The end of the stamp duty holiday, which was introduced in July 2020, is now only a few weeks away. The upcoming...
16 September 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Out of balance: Huge number of renters as rental stock still very limited](/upload/images/library/CoupleMovingHome-400x310.jpg)
The latest rental market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests supply and demand in the lettings sector still...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Renters are big losers from soaring house prices - mortgage boss](/upload/images/library/UpsetCouple-400x310.png)
Celebrations amongst landlords and home owners over the latest record house price figures mask growing disadvantages for renters, claims a mortgage...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Good news for investors in prime areas outside central London](/upload/images/library/Investment-Image-1-400x310.jpg)
Estate agency Savills has upgraded its forecasts for the UK’s prime housing markets - good news for investors in this niche. The...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![London rental market set for boom as first timers look outside M25](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMap400x310-min.png)
The London rental market may be in for a boom as figures show Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside the capital...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let pipeline is massive, says high profile mortgage lender](/upload/images/library/HousingMarket-1-400x310.jpg)
The buy to let pipeline for one of the sector’s main mortgage lenders is now £911.4m some 39.9 per cent up...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech chief warns that stamp duty holiday may have hurt renters](/upload/images/library/UpsetCouple-400x310.png)
The chief finance officer of a PropTech company says the effects of the stamp duty holiday on house prices must not...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage boost for landlords with buy to let deals on the rise](/img/default/llt.png)
New research from online buy to let mortgage broker Property Master reveals there are currently 41 BTL mortgages at the record...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rent rises driven by higher taxes and regulations for landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
A leading supplier says rent rises seen in recent months have been driven by increased taxes and regulations imposed on landlords. The...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Angry activists ask: Why do businesses have an eviction ban, but not us?](/img/default/llt.png)
Campaign group Generation Rent has issued an angry statement in response to the government’s decision to extend the eviction ban for...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![New league table of rental yields shows big regional split](/img/default/llt.png)
A new league table of rental yields available to landlords has been drawn up by PropTech company Inventory Base. It’s examined government...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Soaring house prices lure expat and foreign national investors](/img/default/llt.png)
There’s been a “huge demand” for buy to let mortgages spurred on by dramatic house prices rises, according to a major...
10 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlords losing tenants taking up 95 per cent mortgage deals](/img/default/llt.png)
One in six landlords have allegedly lost tenants who have taken advantage of new five per cent deposit mortgage schemes. Online agency Accommodation says...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Post-Brexit surge in Ex-Pats investing in buy to let](/img/default/llt.png)
The Guernsey-based lender Skipton International says there’s been a surge in interest in UK buy to let mortgages from overseas over...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Student leader says landlords treated better than tenants in pandemic](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords have benefitted from tax breaks, subsidies and a weak eviction ban according to the National Union of Students. Larissa Kennedy, the...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Post-Budget BTL hacks - advice for landlords trying to beat stamp duty extension chaos](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords trying to expand their portfolios can avoid delays caused by residential buyers taking advantage of the Chancellor's stamp duty extension by using four 'buy-to-let hacks', according to broker Mortgages for...
10 March 2021
From: Property Investment & Strategy
![Labour swipe at Budget “giveaway for landlords”](/img/default/llt.png)
Labour has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of prioritising a tax break for landlords over the need for affordable housing or help for...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Longer Stamp Duty holiday will trigger buy to let purchases says lawyer](/img/default/llt.png)
A combination of the longer stamp duty holiday and sustained low interest rates are likely to spur a new wave of...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Sigh of relief over no Capital Gains Tax hike - for now, at least](/img/default/llt.png)
No news is good news, they say - and the absence of any announcement about Capital Gains Tax in thre Budget...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlords Alert: full details of Budget 2021 proposals](/img/default/llt.png)
This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![This is how landlords who buy can beat the stamp duty holiday chaos](/img/default/llt.png)
Specialist buy to let broker Mortgages for Business says landlords buying now can use four tips to beat the chaos in the...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty reprieve for landlords expanding portfolios right now](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords currently buying properties and concerned they may not make the March 31 stamp duty holiday deadline have good news -...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Cash purchases fall as more landlords rely on mortgages](/img/default/llt.png)
There’s been another fall in the proportion of landlords purchasing their next buy to lets in cash. Research by Hamptons lettings agency...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlords can still beat stamp duty holiday deadline this way](/img/default/llt.png)
It seems as if the frenzied housing market has extended to the auction field, with one major player reporting a strong...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Investment rush imminent as overseas buyers try to beat deadline](/img/default/llt.png)
On top of the rush to beat the stamp duty holiday deadline and changes to Help To Buy - both with cliff...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![David Alexander is joint CEO of apropos](/img/default/llt.png)
The last year has been one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate, the here and now, in a...
04 February 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Agency holding two extra auctions before stamp duty deadline](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords who buy from auction may want to take advantage of an estate agent’s decision to hold two of its virtual...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Crisis, What Crisis? Record pipeline reported by BTL lender](/img/default/llt.png)
A record pipeline has been reported by one of the leading buy to let mortgage lenders as landlords race to beat...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![It’s Down To The Wire! Landlords warned over stamp duty deadline](/img/default/llt.png)
There’s a warning today that landlords need to move quickly and selectively if they are intending to purchase a property ahead...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Activists use agent’s blunder to accuse landlords of “moral bankruptcy”](/img/default/llt.png)
A group of anti-landlord activists has used an incident involving an estate agency publicity leaflet as a reason to accuse all...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Yields dip but rental market strong says top lender](/img/default/llt.png)
Popular buy to let lender Fleet Mortgages’ latest rental yield index shows the consequences of increasing property prices in many regions...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let Goldrush: 15% of sales last month went to landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
No fewer than 15 per cent of all sales agreed in November went to landlords, the highest figure for four years. The data...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![How the other half make money - huge tax perks for overseas investors](/img/default/llt.png)
An international consultancy specialising in investors’ residency and citizenship has lifted the lid on the huge tax savings open to overseas...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Big surge in landlord optimism as they plan to buy outside cities](/img/default/llt.png)
One in 10 landlords wants to buy another investment property in the coming year according to a new survey. This compares to...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Spending Spree: more landlords plan to purchase](/img/default/llt.png)
Around 10 per cent of landlords plan to purchase properties and expand their portfolio in the coming year according to a...
27 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Race Against Time! Landlord buyers may not make stamp duty deadline](/img/default/llt.png)
There’s another warning today that buy to let landlords wanting to expand their portfolio are in a race against time to...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![London landlords testing the water for possible sales, says agency](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Landlords – here’s how to create the perfect property listing](/img/default/llt.png)
Despite another national lockdown seemingly on the horizon, the property market remains resilient, with the stamp duty holiday and other initiatives...
05 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Mortgage approvals surge as landlords look to ‘diversify their property portfolios’](/img/default/llt.png)
A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are looking to take advantage of cheaper borrowing rates, growing demand from renters, and the...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Sharp rise in properties selling for above asking price as buyer demand spikes](/img/default/llt.png)
One in eight properties sold for more than the original asking price in August as housing demand peaked following the chancellor’s...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Zooploma attracts 25,000 BTL landlords and investors in just over a week](/img/default/llt.png)
Zoopla has attracted around 25,000 property investors and landlords just over a week after launching Zooploma, a two week email programme...
17 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Demand for property may have intensified, but pricing remains sensitive](/img/default/llt.png)
The post-lockdown rebound in buying momentum looks set to continue in and around London as we head into Autumn, according to...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Almost a third of property buyers denied a mortgage despite SDLT holiday](/img/default/llt.png)
Demand for property has soared as purchasers, including buy to-let investors, make the most of Rishi Sunak's stamp duty holiday, but...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![BTL sector ‘can make a strong recovery in the second half of the year’](/img/default/llt.png)
There has been a drop in buy-to-let lending, but the decline is less dramatic than the general purchase market, according to the latest...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property transactions set to rise, ‘particularly in buy-to-let’ market](/img/default/llt.png)
There has been a sharp rise in mortgage approvals, as reported by the Bank of England yesterday. The latest data reveals that...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-let purchase activity bounces back](/img/default/llt.png)
There has been a sharp rise in buy-to-let mortgage activity as property investors look to take advantage of the current stamp...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Long, ‘bumpy’ road to recovery predicted for UK property market](/img/default/llt.png)
The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests that the housing market continued to recover at the tail...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![BTL product numbers dip as rates start to rise](/img/default/llt.png)
There appears to have been an increase in demand for buy-to-let property since the chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday, but...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty holiday triggers unseasonal rise in housing transactions](/img/default/llt.png)
The number of residential property sales agreed have surged in the month since the chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday, with...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing market recovery could be short-lived, warn RICS](/img/default/llt.png)
The UK housing market could see what first looks like a V-shaped recovery only for it to be quickly flattened out,...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![BTL investors urged to pay attention to crucial safety obligations](/img/default/llt.png)
With a number of property investors looking to take advantage of Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday by expanding their portfolios, NICEIC...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Foreign investors eye UK property ahead of stamp duty surcharge](/img/default/llt.png)
A growing number of international property investors are expected to increase their presence in the UK buy-to-let market over the next...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![BTL landlords urged to consider property incorporation](/img/default/llt.png)
Now is potentially a good time for buy-to-let landlords to become limited companies, according to accountancy firm MJ Bushell. Property tax specialists...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Landlord searches for letting agents increases by a fifth](/img/default/llt.png)
Buy-to-let remains an attractive asset class with more property investors looking to take advantage of a notable increase in demand for...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![BTL landlords remain optimistic but profitability falls](/img/default/llt.png)
The government’s decision to temporarily increase the stamp duty threshold to £500,000 for property sales in England and Northern Ireland, until...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![YBS launches new holiday BTL product](/img/default/llt.png)
Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) Commercial Mortgages has introduced a new limited company buy-to-let product targeted specifically at holiday letting properties in...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![BTL landlords urged to invest in property sooner rather than later](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![Rishi Sunak slammed for supposedly ‘helping people invest in BTL properties’](/img/default/llt.png)
Labour has criticised the government’s decision to introduce a stamp duty holiday, claiming it offers a “huge bung” to those buying...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty holiday: How much could you save?](/img/default/llt.png)
The government’s decision to temporarily increase the stamp duty threshold to £500,000 for property sales in England and Northern Ireland, until...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-let landlords welcome stamp duty cut](/img/default/llt.png)
Yesterday’s summer statement provided a much welcome boost for buy-to-let landlords who stand to benefit from the stamp duty holiday. The levy...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty holiday: Rightmove records a very busy day as housing demand spikes](/img/default/llt.png)
Rightmove yesterday recorded a sharp rise in searches for property on its website as it was forced to deal with pent...