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Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Landlords, being key players in the housing sector, can make a significant impact by fostering a greener mindset among their tenants....
13 January 2024
From: Top tips & guides
A prominent tax consultancy says landlords who transferred their rental properties in a company in 2017/18 are being targeted by HMRC. It’s...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
I recently attended the NRLA’s annual conference in Birmingham and a theme that still dominates discussion in the industry is the...
02 December 2023
From: Tax & Finance
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
A growing number of landlords are incorporating in order to salvage profits from the difficult buy to let sector, a bank...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The University of Dundee and letting agents’ body Propertymark want to understand more about the future plans of landlords. This is happening...
07 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A recent study by nationwide conveyancers Muve, using official data from the Office for National Statistics, has revealed the most and...
20 May 2023
From: The Big Issues
A council is reminding landlords that they have only until the end of the month to comment on a proposed scheme...
10 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A Selective Licensing scheme introduced by a council back in 2016 is set for expansion. Middlesbrough council claims that its scheme has...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The latest Liz Truss U-turn will mean landlords are burdened with a large rise in corporation tax from next April. The announcement...
17 October 2022
From: Breaking News
More SME landlords are seeking advice about whether now is the right time to incorporate, before progressing plans to secure more...
13 August 2022
From: Tax & Finance
The popularity of staycations is set to continue into 2022, with bookings for UK holiday lets reportedly up 22 per cent compared...
28 May 2022
From: Agent Advice
The government is proposing that tenants facing eviction receive additional legal assistance through an enhancement of the current free ‘on-the-day’ law...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A property investment consultancy says growing numbers of UK and international landlords are incorporating to manage their buy to let portfolios...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News
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
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
Over 330 rental properties have been incorporated into a single company - thought to be the largest single incorporation in the...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Build To Rent, which has predominantly focussed on secondary sites in major city centres, is branching out to the suburbs. One of...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News
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
There was a significant increase in the number of landlords exiting the rental market in December 2018 as rents increased for...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Landlords are being advised by buy-to let broker Commercial Trust Limited to seek specialist tax advice before making the decision to...
28 June 2018
From: Breaking News
Mortgage lending fell to a four-year low during the final quarter of last year as tax reforms continue to deter buy-to-let...
14 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords who own homes within a company will face a higher tax bill when they eventually sell their properties. Yesterday’s Budget...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News
The number of rented homes owned through a company has been on the up for a while now, with new data...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News
The Residential Landlord Association (RLA), National Landlord Association (NLA), Leeds Landlords’ Accreditation Scheme (LLAS) and Unipol have teamed up with Leeds...
09 May 2017
From: Breaking News
A series of tax tutorials have been launched for buy-to-let landlords and their professional advisers by Property118 and The Landlords Union. These...
25 January 2017
From: Breaking News
Thanks to the chancellor’s tax measures, many landlords now have to review their portfolios to find ways to protect their profits....
20 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Landlords in the UK are out of pocket to the tune of over £5bn every year because of damage to property...