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![Housing Market has high hopes for imminent rate cut](/upload/images/shutterstock_2155405011(1).jpg)
The average price of a home coming to the market for sale has dipped 0.4% in the past month says Rightmove. This...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Index shows growth but house price below last year’s level](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceRising_400x310.png)
The latest e.surv index shows that house prices in England and Wales are, on average, still some 1.6% below the level...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlords “must use agents to handle Labour’s reforms” - claim](/upload/images/3%20shutterstock_1750387934.jpg)
A prominent property group says landlords can only cope with the upcoming rental reform programme under Labour if they work with...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour - This Is What The Next Five Years Look Like](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...
06 July 2024
From: Legislation & Compliance
![No Surprise! Landlords have little faith in parties’ rental policies](/upload/images/shutterstock_572192086(2).jpg)
With the General Election just one week away, a new poll shows the top landlord priorities when it comes to voting...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlords' trade body sets out three key election ‘asks’](/upload/images/Election%20housing%20.jpg)
The National Residential Landlords Association has set out what it calls “three key asks” of the new government to protect and...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour v Conservative Housing Policy - an analysis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
“When it comes to housing policy, there is little difference between the two major parties” says Aneisha Beveridge, head of research...
22 June 2024
From: The Big Issues
![NRLA says Rental Reform sabotaged by lack of tenant choice](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
A lack of choice for private renters about where they can live will undermine plans set out by political parties to...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Farage ’will reverse S24 Landlord Tax Change within 100 days’](/upload/images/shutterstock_2359406599.jpg)
Nigel Farage has pledged that his Reform UK party would reverse the Section 24 landlord tax changes within 100 days. Section 24...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Reform UK policies dismissed as return to Liz Truss disaster](/upload/images/shutterstock_314974190.jpg)
Mortgage experts have criticised the Reform UK housing and tax policies as being superficially appealing but risking a return to the...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock Figures show New-Build levels plummeting further](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceDrop-400x310.png)
The year to March 2024 saw the fewest new housing sites consented than during any 12-month period since the data collection...
15 June 2024
From: The Big Issues
![Labour pledges “immediate” scrapping of Section 21](/upload/images/shutterstock_2189665543(1).jpg)
Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent says landlords should share tax break with tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
The Generation Rent activist group says the Conservative manifesto pledge to give a tax break to landlords selling to tenants should...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tory Rental Reform and Housing Policies in Full](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
The Conservatives have set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and related issues. Here...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent wants special treatment from next government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
The British Property Federation wants the next government to give special assistance to Build To Rent developers to allow them to...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Capital Gains Tax scrapped for landlords selling to tenants - Tory pledge](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
The Conservatives say they will scrap Capital Gains Tax for landlords who sell to sitting tenants, if they win the General...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Yes, it really DOES still pay to be a landlord](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
The Times recently calculated that recent tax and regulation changes made it unviable for many landlords to continue in the sector. We...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tomorrow’s Stamp Duty Change “a missed opportunity to reform renting”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty1_400x310.png)
A controversial stamp duty change - announced months ago but coming into effect tomorrow - has been described as a missed...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Why It No Longer Pays To Be A Landlord](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
New figures released by Savills, and published by The Times, show exactly why it no longer makes sense to be a...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![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
![Landlords - Under-estimated, Under-appreciated and Un-loved](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/EvictionNotice-400x310.png)
* This piece is written jointly by Richard Rowntree (Managing Director, Paragon Bank) and Ben Beadle (Chief Executive of the National...
18 May 2024
From: Rental Reform
![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
![Jonathan Rolande - Why the Section 21 Debate Is a Smokescreen](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Jonathan Rolande is a property industry and housing market commentator, and is founder of the National Association of Property Buyers. It’s almost...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent chief's take on Why Renting Works](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuyRent-400x310.png)
Nick Woodward, director of lettings at Essential Living, gives insights into why renting may be the best option for many. 1. Responsibility...
20 April 2024
From: Top tips & guides
![Spring into action and sell your BTL portfolio fast](/upload/images/Spring%20property.jpg)
There wasn’t much by way of good news in the Spring Budget for landlords and property investors last month. Although some rumours...
18 April 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Rental Market set to strengthen as First Time Buyers hold back](/upload/images/shutterstock_1987709999.jpg)
Around half of first-time buyers say their prospects of owning a home are further away than ever due to the ongoing...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![New tax clampdown on landlords buying multiple properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
The Labour-led government in Wales has issued a consultation proposing the abolition of Land Transaction Tax Multiple Dwelling Relief from June...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Ongoing ‘tax grab’ deters investors says senior lettings agent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
The head of lettings agency Benham and Reeves has made an outspoken attack on stamp duty. The agency analysed data from the...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renting set to boom as buying is even less affordable](/upload/images/shutterstock_1050917612.jpg)
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...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Council Tax Rebates for renters - think tank’s suggestion](/upload/images/shutterstock_2330022011.jpg)
A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Jeremy Hunt has “rendered hundreds of businesses unviable - overnight”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Chancellor has rendered hundreds of lettings businesses unviable overnight as a result of his Budget tax clampdown. That’s the view of...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![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
![NRLA and Generation Rent argue over tax ahead of Budget](/upload/images/shutterstock_2364963901.jpg)
In a final call on the Chancellor to help the private rental sector in today’s Budget, the National Residential Landlords Association...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax Grab from landlords closely resembles Generation Rent advice](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
A controversial proposal for a £300m tax grab on landlords appears to closely follow a policy suggestion put forward by activists...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax Raid planned on landlords in Budget - report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the private rental sector according to a report this morning...
03 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![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
![Generation Rent: homeless data shows “whole new level of horror”](/upload/images/shutterstock_270470528(1).jpg)
Activist group Generation Rent has described the latest homelessness data from the government as showing “a whole new level of horror.” It...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lawyer steps up criticism of Gove’s attack on private landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_194216909(1).jpg)
A prominent lawyer has stepped up her criticisms of Housing Secretary Michael Gove and his attacks on buy to let and...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Call for eco-tax incentives to make landlords improve, and not sell](/upload/images/shutterstock_1060261916(2).jpg)
Rightmove is calling on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to use next week’s Budget as an opportunity to incentivise landlords to make properties...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Holiday Let Mortgages - Everything You Need To Know](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/mortgage-400x310.png)
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
![The Rich Embrace Renting Over Selling](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
Deciding on a residence in the bustling city of London is no small feat, especially when faced with the dichotomy of...
17 February 2024
From: Agent Advice
![Demand for private rental property soars again - new figures](/upload/images/shutterstock_1369277444.jpg)
Two thirds of landlords say the demand for private rented housing is continuing to increase, according to new research commissioned by...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax - will Jeremy Hunt target stamp duty in his Budget?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty2_400x310.png)
Although SDLT receipts have been volatile in recent years, the property tax’s effectiveness as a revenue-raiser for the Government is not...
10 February 2024
From: Tax & Finance
![Selling Up? What to expect if you use a property auction](/upload/images/shutterstock_2118853796.jpg)
Landlords are selling up in significant volumes these days - partly to cash in on capital appreciation, but mostly thanks to...
10 February 2024
From: Agent Advice
![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
![Will Hunt listen to rental proposal that gives £10 billion to the Treasury?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Increasing the supply of homes for private rent would boost government finances by £10 billion, says the National Residential Landlords Association. The...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Scrap Stamp Duty for landlords urges respected independent expert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty_400x310.png)
Paul Johnson - a director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies since 2011 and a visiting economics professor at University College...
24 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls - the lessons the industry should learn](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on migrating away from the emergency rent controls introduced in September 2022 and extended...
20 January 2024
From: The Big Issues
![Yield league table shows best (and worst) performing regions](/upload/images/shutterstock_2192453705.jpg)
A respected league table of yields in different parts of England and Wales has issued its latest figures. The Fleet Mortgages Buy-to-Let...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing Crisis Solved - parties, government, councils and BoE work together](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
A building society is calling upon politicians, government, the Bank of England and local councils and other bodies to cooperate on...
13 January 2024
From: The Big Issues
![Rental sector rivals unite against Tory First Time Buyer plans](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Both sides of the rental divide have criticised Conservative proposals to boost housing demand while doing nothing about supply. Over the New...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent lifts lid on what high-end tenants expect…and what they get](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Section%2021%20use%20found%20to%20be%20overstated.jpg)
According to a London property management company, the profile of renters in prime London is varying hugely. Glenfield Property Management says that...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords Warn Tenants - rents up in 2024 thanks to mortgage costs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Almost two thirds of private landlords expect to see their mortgage payments increase over the next 12 months with warnings that...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental demand triples in just four years says NRLA](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
The proportion of private landlords who report increased demand for rental properties has more than tripled compared with demand for properties...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax Bombshell: triple stamp duty surcharge, urges think tank](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty1_400x310.png)
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...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Official figures show house prices to suffer significant fall next year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceChange.png)
The Office for Budget Responsibility - a Treasury department operating independently from the government - released its central forecast for the...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage interest relief must be reinstated says agency boss](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Winkworth's chief executive says next week’s Autumn Statement must see the reinstatement of Mortgage Interest Tax Relief for investors. Dominic Agace says...
15 November 2023
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
![HMRC holding tax teach-in for new landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_1060261916.jpg)
HM Revenue and Custoims is running a series of webinars aimed primarily at those new to earning income from property of...
20 October 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
![Mortgage firm tells Tories - Renters Reform Bill isn’t that bad…](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The head of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker has split from almost all of the industry by saying the...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![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
![Tax (not rental reform) is real reason why landlords quit - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
Whoever forms the next government must put the private rental sector at the heart of its housing policy. That’s the view of...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sweeping Tax Reform for Landlords - six key demands](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Sweeping tax changes for landlords have been demanded by letting agents group Propertymark. The group has analysed the impact of changes using...
05 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![EPC Reform - government must give massive incentives, says Rightmove](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
An analysis conducted over the summer by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform...
05 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
![The Benefits of Landlord Incorporation](/upload/images/shutterstock_2082869128.jpg)
Scores of portfolio landlords are incorporating their property portfolio as limited companies, which could save hundreds of thousands of pounds on...
26 August 2023
From: Tax & Finance
![Surprise Surprise - Landlords now twice as likely to sell as to buy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
New research has come to a conclusion that will surprise few - that landlords today are twice as likely to be...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property Investment and How the Investor Demographic has Evolved](/upload/images/shutterstock_354854147.jpg)
Property investment dates back centuries – millennia, even. As a fundamental necessity for post-nomadic humanity, residential and commercial real estate have...
29 July 2023
From: Tax & Finance
![Tax threat forcing wealthy sellers to rent instead of buy - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
An outspoken agent says he is seeing growing numbers of people renting in later life to reduce their inheritance tax liability. Trevor...
27 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Over the past year, we have witnessed an increase in the proportion of landlords opting to acquire properties through limited companies. This...
15 July 2023
From: Tax & Finance
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
![Stamp Duty - should landlords review accuracy of tax?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty1_400x310.png)
A long-standing tax consultancy has raised the spectre of too much Stamp Duty ha wing been paid thanks to mistakes made...
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Capital appreciation worries after shock annual house price fall](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
The average UK house price fell slightly in June, by around £300 compared to May with a typical property now costing...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tory hard liners want stamp duty to stay on additional homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty1_400x310.png)
A vocal group of around 50 Conservative right wing MPs wants an end to stamp duty - except for additional homes...
07 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![How Much? Huge tax payments by landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Investors and second home buyers contributed over a quarter of all property taxes in the last year according to a property...
30 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tory MP wants “locals first” policy against short lets](/upload/images/shutterstock_1404663698.jpg)
A Tory MP representing a popular tourist area has attacked the proliferation of short lets, and wants a “locals first” policy...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Pilot study into Airbnb and second homes effect on communities](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/MuirHomes-1-400x310.png)
An area has been identified for a two-year study of the impact which second homes, Airbnbs, other holiday lets and empty...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Surcharge: Labour considers raising it even higher](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty1_400x310.png)
Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...
15 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour bid to help renters buy sets alarm bells ringing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Labour’s proposed reforms to the housing market “raise many questions”, a property industry figure claims. Under controversial plans put forward by party...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property Taxes hit new highs - HMRC reveals data](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
New figures show that property taxes - often rising as a result of frozen thresholds - lead the way as the...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government investment zones driving up rental markets - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
Tax expert David Hannah claims that the government's 12 new high-growth investment zones have already begun to drive property prices in...
14 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![The War On Landlords - a reader writes…](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-400x310.png)
Landlord Today receives a number of unsolicited contributions from readers. These are always welcome but few are as well argued and...
11 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![HMRC rakes in the cash - is Inheritance Tax hurting property?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
A business consultancy is reporting a rise in stamp duty paid by landlords and other home buyers - but is warning...
22 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Message to Chancellor - ease the landlords’ tax burden](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
.The National Residential Landlords Association has called for a full review of how landlords and the private rental sector are taxed. In...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Eco-tax breaks for green landlords under consideration - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Lettings agents’ body Propertymark says its proposal for tax incentives to be offered for landlords is one measure under consideration by...
08 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Politicians want tax incentives for landlords to boost energy efficiency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TaxPlanning-400x310.png)
The Welsh Government should consider tax incentives to support improvements to the energy efficiency of private rented housing, according to a...
02 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Triple Whammy Tax Attack on landlords proposed for Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
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...
24 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Crowdfund property platform targets ‘new generation’ of investors](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FinanceCalculator-400x310.png)
A new crowdfunding platform says it’s opening up property investing to “a whole new generation.” Allbricks claims it’s disrupting “the antiquated mortgage...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords taxed too much and review needed, says NRLA](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association is calling on the government to begin a full review of how private rented housing is...
06 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tory MP speaks up for landlords and urges tax reform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
A Conservative MP is calling on the government to help landlords boost rental supply by reforming taxation. Andrew Lewer, Conservative MP for...
01 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Specialist property sales for landlords](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Open%20Property%20Group/opg-for-rent.jpg)
As many buy-to-let landlords continue to question their place in the market with ever increasing legislation, finance and management costs, one...
26 January 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Increase stamp duty for landlords says prominent Tory MP](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty--2-400x310.png)
A top Tory who is chair of the Conservative backbench Treasury Committee and a member of the Treasury Select Committee says...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property Tax Surcharge - politicians break rank to query measure](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Two Members of the Scottish Parliament have broken rank with their own party to query the motivation behind a new property...
20 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Who says buy to let is in trouble? Landlords on buying spree!](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RightToRent-400x310.png)
Investment buyers will snap up a higher proportion of homes in 2022 than they did in 2021, the Hamptons agency forecasts. So...