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Congratulations on taking the leap into becoming a landlord! Property investing offers numerous benefits, from generating passive income to building long-term...

Spain’s Minister for Housing, Isabel Rodríguez, says the country is taking the first steps to eliminate the Golden Visa.  This visa was...

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

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

Estate agency data shows that the average time it takes for a landlord other vendor to sell a house has dropped...

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

The UK government's long awaited Spring Budget announced some key changes for the property market in an effort to stimulate activity...

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...

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

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

The average price of property coming to the market for sale rises by 1.5% (+£5,279) this month to £368,118, as the...

A prominent agent who advises many landlord clients says the Capital Gains Tax cuts announced in the Budget are too small...

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

In what may appear a surprise to almost everyone, the Generation Rent activist group has described yesterday’s Budget as a “giveaway...

The National Residential Landlords Association has slammed yesterday’s lacklustre Budget as a missed opportunity. Yesterday’s announcements - like to be the last...

One piece of good news to come out of the small print documents accompanying the Budget concerns capital appreciation. The Office for...

UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in February, says the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal effects.  This resulted in...

A property firm which has analysed transactions across the UK suggests the market is, at last, ‘back to normal’ in almost...

Rental sector and property industry views are split over the controversial idea of allowing first time buyers to put down a...

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

In the buy to let market, success goes beyond the transaction of paying rent. Ultimately, fostering a healthy landlord-tenant relationship can...

The average price of a home in Wales fell to £234,086 at the end 2023 following continued economic and financial pressures,...

Landlords considering selling up have received guidance from Rightmove on when to do it and how. The portal claims February is the...

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

Another house price index has indicated a gentle rise in capital appreciation coming through at the end of 2023. Richard Sexton, director...

An analysis of homes that have returned to the market after failing to find a buyer in 2023 suggests that sellers...

There’s no prospect of a rapid recovery for the housing market in 2024 despite some green shoots appearing. The warning comes from...

New data from HM Revenue and Customs reveals a 22 per cent annual drop in residential transactions in the year to...

UK house prices ended 2023 down 1.8 per cent compared with December 2022, leaving them almost 4.5 per cent below the...

A new analysis of discounts available to cash buyer suggests they can save tens of thousands of pounds on some property...

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 an analysis of one of the largest data sets in the industry (consisting of buyers from 195 countries and 900,000...

Consumer Price Inflation in November was 3.9 per cent - significantly lower than the 4.4 per cent expected by many analysts. It’s...

The Nationwide says 2023 has seen a surprisingly-resilient housing market but there will be no full scale recovery in 2024 -...

Cash and mortgage housing market data show average prices decline by an annual 4.6 per cent says e.surv. But the monthly trend...

Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - but just as it has done this, it’s revealed asking prices have dropped...

Landlords will have to include many more specific points about their properties when they list them in future - whether directly...

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

Buried in the small print of the Autumn Statement paperwork is a boost for digital technology and PropTech. In the documentation released...

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

It’s not just the weather that’s wet and dreary – the outlook looks bleak for landlords too as we head towards...

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 panel of experts forecast house prices will fall as much as 10 per cent by Autumn 2024. Financial website Finder brought...

Savills is warning that the average UK house price is projected to fall by a further 3.0 per cent in 2024...

A property website has calculated how much it costs a landlord or general home owner to sell a home - and...

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

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

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

Over two-thirds of all new homeowners in London received family support to purchase their homes.  ‘Bank of Family’ recipients in London received...

There’s bad news for landlords relying on capital appreciation or hoping to sell up in the near future. Rightmove reports that new...

Landlords pulling out of buy to let because of high costs and overbearing regulation now have a guide to how quickly...

The challenges facing the property market right now are well reported; from rising interest rates pushing up mortgage payments to a...

House prices have fallen an average of 3.8 per cent across the UK in the past year according to the Nationwide. This...

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

The average price of homes coming to the market have dipped slightly once again, according to Rightmove. The newly-marketed properties are some...

New data shows the slump in transactions across the UK - and may trigger opportunities for aggressive investors seeking to take...

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

The Welsh Minister with responsibility for housing, Julie James, has supported the need to review the way the private rented sector...

The Halifax says house prices were flat in May, but fell 1.0 per cent in a year - the first annual...

House prices were largely unchanged in May, edging down by just £130 compared to April - but on an annual basis...

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

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

The launch of a new landlord database, proposed by the Renters Reform Bill, could provide HMRC with a gold mine of...

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

Experts are forecasting that London rental prices are predicted to grow by 3% this year alone, while prices may increase by...

In the last three months of 2022, mortgages agreed for the coming months were down by a third from the previous...

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...

Over the last few years, the property industry has been focusing on the need to provide more information to buyers ‘up...

The Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors’ latest Residential Market Survey made for gloomy reading for many in the property market –...

Private rental property should be “acquired” and used for social housing according to a think tank. And it says tax penalties, laws...

House prices rose by 9.8 per cent year-on-year in December compared with the same month in 2021, the Office for National...

The government has published the findings of a review into the operation of Right To Rent by private landlords and letting...

A review platform which describes itself as a TripAdvisor for tenants is using a left-leaning blog to seek business from councils. Marks...

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

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...

Prime Central London’s ultra-prime housing market for multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers has risen by 30 per cent according to a prominent...

The share of Londoners purchasing property outside of the capital slowed in 2022, back towards pre-Covid norms.   That’s the view of lettings...

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

Figures from across the private rental sector have written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt...

A breakdown of essential and non-essential spending by individuals, devised by the Nationwide, reveals the extra amount that tenants are paying...

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

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

There’s widespread speculation that the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee will today announce another interest rate rise - and it...

A properly industry leader is calling on government to cut taxes for landlords who agree to long term tenancies and rent...

New market analysis by lettings and sales agency Hamptons suggests that landlords are the largest group likely to sell up over...

Mortgage activity is forecast to fall by six per cent by year-end as the market feels the brunt of interest rate...

Who are you? My name is Jason Harris-Cohen and I am the Managing Director of Open Property Group. What is your company and...

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

Capital values in Prime Central London have increased according to the latest market snapshot from investment service London Central Portfolio. House have...

A new analysis of household energy consumption has found that a combination of green technologies could reduce bills by up to...

Labour wants to bring in a UK-wide licensing system for holiday lets to preserve the “spirit” of costal and rural communities. The...

Councils will be able to control numbers of second homes and holiday lets under new plans unveiled by the Welsh Government. There...

The government's ban on charging ground rent on leases in England and Wales comes into force today.  Only a peppercorn ground rent...

New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...

Who are you? My Name is Alec Chohan, and I am a senior finance broker within the Newable Finance team based in...

Landlords have enjoyed more capital appreciation with the average UK house price rising again in April, up by 1.1 per cent...

It looks as if landlords have enjoyed further capital appreciation with the latest housing market index showing still-rising asking prices for...