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It’s all change at the start of the new tax year, and with so many tweaks to so many rules, it’s...

Like a parent whose kids expected half term in Disneyland, Jeremy Hunt is spending the week managing expectations – and crushing...

An analysis of government data suggests that potential first time buyers have failed to take advantage of literally hundreds of millions...

A think tank claims that the government will pay landlords in the private sector six times the expected spend on new affordable homes in the five-year period between 2021 and 2026. The New...

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on migrating away from the emergency rent controls introduced in September 2022 and extended...

The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...

Generation Rent says it’s worked out what rent levels will be in two years’ time. The activists say rents will rise 14...

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

After the Autumn Statement unveiled a major tax cut for January, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’ll pay less tax in...

Any hope of a near-term drop in interest rates appears to have been wiped out by a statement by Bank of...

The National Residential Landlords Association wants the government to commit to annual uprating of the Local Housing Allowance. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced...

Good news for landlords earning under £30,000 a year - they will not have to use the HMRC’s Making Tax Digital...

Campaigning charity Shelter has welcomed the decision by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance - but it wants it...

The energy price cap is to rise to an annual average of £1,928 from January. Regulator Ofgem says a typical household paying...

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...

Many have welcomed the move by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance - but some tenant activists say...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry.  The Local Housing Allowance is...

There may be tax cuts in today’s Autumn Statement if government-fuelled rumours are to be believed - but there’s been a...

The rising cost of living - especially housing - remains the top issue on Londoners’ minds for the second year in...

Homes situated close to new electricity pylons and sub-stations could receive up to £1,000 a year off energy bills, for up...

When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets to his feet on Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement, he should consider offering support to...

A charity is suggesting that if only the government got on with abolishing S21 eviction powers, homelessness would be eased. Crisis -...

Winkworth's chief executive says next week’s Autumn Statement must see the reinstatement of Mortgage Interest Tax Relief for investors. Dominic Agace says...

Housing Secretary MIchael Gove is reported to be pressing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to increase Local Housing Allowance in next week’s...

Almost 60,000 Londoners in the private rented sector are likely to become homeless over the next six years if the government...

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...

Propertymark has set out its stall for next month’s Autumn Statement - and many of the demands are for improvements that...

The National Residential Landlords Association is backing a call for financial help for landlords who improve the energy efficiency of their...

Over the last couple of years, the government has made several changes to how income and profits are taxed. Some of...

.The National Residential Landlords Association has called for a full review of how landlords and the private rental sector are taxed. In...

The National Residential Landlords Association is calling on the government to begin a full review of how private rented housing is...

Landlords who intend to sell their properties this year are being urged to act quickly ahead of the Capital Gains Tax...

A new survey shows that while some 78 per cent of landlords have now heard about government proposals around EPC ratings,...

Changes to capital gains tax announced in Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement will see the average landlord pay as much as...

New figures from HMRC this week show that the Treasury raked in another £4.1 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the...

Landlords are to face even longer waits for eviction court cases following the spending cuts announced in the Autumn Statement, it’s...

New data just released by HM Revenue & Customs shows income tax, national insurance and capital gains tax receipts for April...

A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...

An accountancy expert claims that inflation and rising rents could push more landlords over the £10,000 threshold for Making Tax Digital.  Currently...

The government’s Autumn Statement yesterday missed the opportunity to boost supply for the private rental sector, it’s been claimed.  Ben Beadle, chief...

The freezing of Housing Benefit at 2020 levels, announced in the small print accompanying the Autumn Statement yesterday, risks leading to...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his long-awaited Autumn Statement - the fiscal event which he says will lead to “all of...

The main landlords’ trade body has blasted the government for ‘breaking’ the private rented sector through laws, measures and comments deliberately...

One of the leaders of campaign group Generation Rent is claiming that some landlords “force” tenants out using Section 21 powers. Dan...

HMRC is targeting residential landlords who it suspects are not declaring their full rental income, warns tax advisory service Kreston Reeves. The...

The north of England has a home energy efficiency mountain to climb, with poorly insulated homes costing tenants at least £680...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry is warning the Tories against ‘stealth increases’ for Capital Gains and Inheritance taxes. David Alexander...

The latest monthly index from the Halifax shows average house prices falling 0.4 per cent in October, following the 0.1 per...

An influential new report wants higher taxes for landlords letting holiday properties. The Office for Tax Simplification - a division of HM...

A website that describes itself as promoting “popular capitalism” is urging the government not to consider raising Capital Gains Tax on...

There’s widespread concern that the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, which meets today, is to unveil a 0.75 per cent...

The Autumn Statement on November 17 may contain financial measures to help private renters, the Housing Secretary has hinted. “We know people in...

The tenancy security deposits that tenants leave with landlords or their letting agents will be capped at a maximum of five...

The tenancy security deposits that tenants leave with landlords or their letting agents should be capped at a maximum of three...

As a property professional working in the lettings market, I feel that the moves to stamp out poor landlord practice and...

The ban on letting fees charged by landlords and letting agents is on its way, along with new rules on deposits,...

The tenancy security deposits that tenants leave with landlords or their letting agents will be capped at a maximum of six...

Plans to cap the security deposits that tenants leave with landlords or their letting agents at no more than six weeks...

The past few months have seen a number of buy-to-let investors sell up, and this is expected to place upward pressure...

Over 450 buy-to-let landlords and property investors attended the Olympia Conference Centre in London last week where they were able to...

The government’s proposal to cap tenancy deposits to six weeks’ rent will save many tenants money, given that a number of...

The government’s decision to introduce a draft bill to parliament this week to ban letting agents and landlords from charging introductory...

The government introduced a draft bill to parliament yesterday to ban letting agents and landlords from charging introductory fees to tenants...

The security deposits that tenants leave with landlords or their letting agents will be capped at no more than six weeks...

Almost a third of buy-to-let landlords are unaware of the proposals for a draft bill banning letting agent fees, according to...

The government yesterday announced a U-turn on the extent of the 'Making Tax Digital' requirements, and the move has been warmly...

A host of Brexit bills dominated last week’s Queens’s speech, while there were also a few main non-Brexit proposals announced outlining...

The Queen’s Speech was unsurprisingly dominated by Brexit, with a host of proposed new laws designed to prepare the UK for...

There has been a significant increase in the number of landlords exiting the buy-to-let sector due to higher stamp duty costs...

Changes to letting agent fees could lead to increased rent arrears and higher repossessions as a consequence of a potential reduction...

Following the events of 2016, it’s easy to see why experts across the country are torn when it comes to the...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has reiterated its call for the government to reconsider banning letting agents in England...

The substantial imbalance between supply and demand is likely to persist, maintaining upward pressure on rental prices in 2017, according to...

Rents will continue to increase next year, owed in part to a reduction in housing supply in the private rented sector...

Almost half of buy-to-let landlords say they would dump their letting agent if their profits started to drop, fresh research from...

There are growing fears that tenants will end up bearing the cost of the government’s decision to ban letting agents' fees...

A significant number of buy-to-let landlords do not use letting agents to find or manage properties, and it has been suggested...

Buy-to-let landlords have been left disappointed at the 'missed opportunity' in the Autumn Statement to support those that invest in the...

Letting agents in England will be banned from charging fees to tenants under plans announced by the chancellor in his Autumn...

The chancellor Philip Hammond may have announced in the Autumn Statement that letting agents in England will be banned from charging...

Private landlords believe that this week’s Autumn Statement provides the chancellor Philip Hammond with an opportunity to bolster activity in the...

It is not the best time to be a buy-to-let landlord at the moment, with a raft of changes introduced by...

Tenant defaults could increase significantly over the next 12 months amid reports that many buy-to-let landlords plan to increase rents next...

Despite ongoing uncertainty following the Brexit vote and recent stamp duty increase, the private rental market ‘continues to thrive’, according to...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) continues to urge landlords to lobby the government over taxation changes announced by the now former...

The pace of rental price growth in the UK slowed to 0.05% in the month to October from a rise of...

Buy-to-let landlords may have failed in their legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set to be...

The supply of private rental homes hit an 18-month high in September, but fewer letting agents report increasing rents, while the...

Our new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, looks like a considered man and one hopes that he will be able to ‘kick away’...

Lord Flight, a former Conservative Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has once again slammed his own party’s buy-to-let tax changes,...

Landlords represented by Cherie Blair have failed in their legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set...

Many tenants renting privately are likely to be hit with rent hikes following recent changes to the tax regime for landlords,...

The chancellor Philip Hammond is being urged to reverse George Osborne’s outright assault on buy-to-let by scrapping the 3% stamp duty...

Recent changes hitting buy-to-landlords, including the introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge and cuts to mortgage interest tax relief next...

Tenants are now spending two-thirds of their disposable income on rent as sky-high prices put even more homes out of reach. The...

There was a rise in the volume of housebuilding schemes started in England in the run-up to the EU referendum but...

Estate agents have reported an increase in the number of buy-to-let investors trying to push sales through before April stamp duty...

Kent Reliance and InterBay Commercial have opened the door for landlords wanting to incorporate buy-to-let loans into a company structure   Both companies...