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09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![HMO Council Tax breakthrough 'may not save landlords money'](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
The breakthrough on council tax and HMOs, announced just before the weekend, may not be all that it seems. That’s the view...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Should benefits be increased to help poorest tenants?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/NewHomeowners1-400x310.png)
Propertymark has told a group of MPs that many benefit recipients are excluded from the private rented sector due to the...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Business Rates v Council Tax - eligibility rules set out](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
The government’s Valuation Office Agency has set out the eligibility rules which now apply to self-catering properties in England and Wales. Properties...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Councils treat landlords like cash machines says mortgage chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HappyLandlord-400x310.png)
A mortgage chief has accused local authorities of treating private landlords like cash machines. Justin May, chief executive of EHF Mortgages, makes...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Quick! Only days left to have your say on HMO tax](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
Landlords have only until Friday to have their say on levying council tax on HMO properties. This issue has been controversial in lettings...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax shock for holiday let owners when rates change kicks in](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxRefund-400x310.png)
The Valuation Office Agency has issued a reminder that changes to eligibility rules for self-catering properties will come into effect from...
13 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Call for landlords to lobby MPs over HMO council tax](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
A lettings network is urging landlords to back a campaign to abolish council tax re-banding for shared houses. Platinum Property Partners says...
22 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlords urged to share data with a government department](/upload/images/library/GovernmentImage-400x310.jpg)
A government department is asking landlords to share their data in a bid to improve services. The Valuation Office Agency says it...
20 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Hot Air! Call for rethink of rental energy efficiency measures](/upload/images/library/EPCRating-400x310.png)
Proposals to force landlords to pay up to £10,000 to improve energy efficiency of rental properties require a rethink, according to...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government to end Local Housing Allowance rate freeze](/img/default/llt.png)
Around 900,000 people across the UK could see their housing benefit payments increase by around £120 a year from April after...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls are not to the answer to London’s housing crisis](/img/default/llt.png)
The mayor of London is being urged to forget about rent controls and instead focus on increasing the supply of rental...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Cap rents in London: Sadiq Khan ‘has failed to learn the lessons of history’](/img/default/llt.png)
The mayor of London has called for additional powers so he can introduce rent controls in the capital. Sadiq Khan believes greater...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Manchester United’s Old Trafford to host major investment show tomorrow](/img/default/llt.png)
The 60th National Landlord Investment Show will take place at Manchester United FC’s Old Trafford this week. The event, which will take...