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![Property Tax Loophole costing councils millions, claims consultancy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
A property firm has branded the current council tax rules for holiday homes “a mess” and says local and national government...
26 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Labour chief warned - no rent controls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Letting agents’ body Propertymark has fired a warning shot at Baroness Eluned Morgan, the politician who has been chosen to be...
25 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Council forces owner to sell property to pay tax bill](/upload/images/shutterstock_2123306888.jpg)
A council has warned so-called “evaders” that they are in its sights after forcing the sale of a property on which...
23 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlord property purchases slump to record low](/upload/images/shutterstock_2380728405.jpg)
Landlords purchased just 10% of homes sold across Britain during the first half of this year - the lowest share for...
23 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Why is buy to let unprofitable for many landlords?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
The lenders’ trade body, UK Finance, has published a report examining why some landlords are falling into mortgage arrears and why...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s First 100 Days: What landlords and tenants want](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
In a survey conducted just before the General Election by Leaders Romans Group, 60% of tenants and landlords believe a reduction...
20 July 2024
From: Agent Advice
![HMRC and Labour council in joint clampdown on landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
A controversial council claims that HMRC is working with its enforcement team because many landlords who avoid licensing schemes are also...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Planning consent needed to become Airbnb in this area](/upload/images/shutterstock_1952077177.jpg)
A council has become the first to require home owners to secure planning consent before their property can be used as...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Court Reform needed alongside end of Section 21, insists NRLA](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAdvice-400x310.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association says ending Section 21 eviction powers in isolation, as some have suggested the new government should...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government releases official rental sector figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
Latest official figures from the government’s Office for National Statistics show that average UK private rents increased by 8.6% in the...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Council considers ‘taking over’ unlicensed private rental properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
A council has reported that its Selective Licensing scheme has had only 43% take-up from landlords after two years. And a report...
17 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Call for big push on energy efficient ‘Cleantech’ homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/MobileEcoHome-400x310.png)
A new report from the Sustainable Markets Initiative, highlights the important role that electrified ‘cleantech’ homes can play in reducing energy...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![What Britain's Biggest Landlord Tells Its Tenants](/upload/images/shutterstock_1032274147.jpg)
Housing has emerged as a key talking point during Labour's first few days in government. This comes at a fractious time for...
13 July 2024
From: Agent Advice
![Several Mortgage Rate cuts in near future, says leading analyst](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
The Labour landslide victory in last week’s election won’t change the weather when it comes to mortgage rates, a leading analyst...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Critical Tax and HMRC Deadlines This Month](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
As July heats up, so does the pressure for many to meet critical financial deadlines. James O’Brennan a finance expert from Federal...
06 July 2024
From: Tax & Finance
![Controversial Lettings Agency finds landlords against rent controls](/upload/images/shutterstock_1909455316(2).jpg)
A nationwide survey conducted by Leaders Romans Group shows significant concerns over proposed rent controls, property taxes, and regulatory changes. Controversially, LRG...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![High-end house prices stagnate due to election uncertainty](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Price growth in high-value prime areas has been put on hold given uncertainty surrounding the General Election, according to the latest...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![HMRC's Property Tax Rules: Fines and Lesser-Known Facts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
As a homeowner in the UK, navigating the complex landscape of taxes and regulations enforced by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)...
29 June 2024
From: Tax & Finance
![Shock figures show under a third of landlords back Tories in election](/upload/images/shutterstock_1563144256(2).jpg)
Only 31.8% of landlords questioned in a large survey back the Tories in next week’s election. Although this is the largest individual...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![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
![Tenants should ask landlords these questions, says Build To Rent giant](/upload/images/shutterstock_2110954577(1).jpg)
Build To Rent giant Grainger has issued a checklist of questions which it advises tenants to ask their landlords before agreeing...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![What Happens To Rents after a General Election?](/upload/images/HomeLet-August23-blog-5-What's-updated-in-the-new-How-To-Rent-Guide(2).jpg)
Rent prices tend to rise in the 12 months immediately after a General Election, by an average of 1.96%, according to...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lenders drop buy to let mortgage rates, with more falls to come](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceChange.png)
Molo Finance has made further rate cuts to its UK resident buy to let fixed-rate products. The lender’s BTL rates now start...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![HMRC figures show tax soaring again as frozen thresholds bite](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
With the General Election campaign increasingly focusing on tax - on property and other assets and income - new figures from...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![HMO landlords heavily reliant on property for sole income](/upload/images/shutterstock_2442882233.jpg)
Half of HMO landlords say their property or portfolio is their sole source of income. Just under 30% of landlords who took...
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
![Labour Victory - Most landlords unfazed at prospect of Starmer win](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
A survey of over 1,000 landlords finds they appear largely reconciled to the election of a Labour government after 14 years...
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
![Caps on Holiday Lets and Rent Controls in latest manifesto](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/A%20surveyor's%20guide%20to%20finding%20a%20profitable%20HMO.jpg)
Plaid Cymru, the party of Wales, has issued a manifesto with a clampdown on the private rental sector as one of...
17 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour Capital Gains Tax Threat - a lawyer’s advice](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
The Labour manifesto has made no mention of Capital Gains Tax, and while Sir Kier Starmer has ruled out many mainstream...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlord Tax scheme could cost HMRC millions in lost income - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
It’s been suggested that a Tory manifesto policy could create a tax loophole that would cost HMRC millions of pounds in...
12 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
![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
![Left wing renter groups slam Labour for prioritising first time buyers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
The ink was hardly dry on Labour’s plan for a mortgage guarantee scheme for first time buyers before some left wing...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental Manifesto Wishlist - one letting agent chief's demands](/upload/images/shutterstock_1620606382.jpg)
Fiscal reform for the private rented sector We’ve already seen some landlords leaving the private rented sector because of substantially increased taxes....
08 June 2024
From: Agent Advice
![Labour upsets Generation Rent by prioritising first time buyers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The Generation Rent activist group has issued a statement appearing sharply critical of Labour’s first new policy on housing in the General...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lenders vie for landlord borrowers as mortgage market hots up](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculator.png)
Two lenders are making a pitch for landlord borrowers as the buy to let mortgage market continues to be highly competitive. Buy...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock Figures - 15 tenants chasing every home for rent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
Shock new figures from Zoopla show that although rental demand has softened over the last year there are still 15 people...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls? Agents say Labour crisis is chance to rule them out](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
Propertymark says the current political crisis in Wales - where the Labour Welsh Parliament leader has lost a confidence vote but...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Another upbeat survey from lender claims landlords expanding portfolios](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Nearly half of landlords intend to buy property in the next 12 months, claims another optimistic survey by specialist lender Landbay. Forty...
05 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
30 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
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax Update - HMRC guidance for landlords who are pensioners](/upload/images/shutterstock_2448144571.jpg)
This has been prepared by HMRC for landlords who are also pensioners - What is Self Assessment? Self Assessment is the process used to...
25 May 2024
From: Tax & Finance
![Landlords: Who Are You Going To Vote For?](/upload/images/shutterstock_2344668579.jpg)
Around half of landlords say they are unsure about how they will vote in the General Election. A joint survey of around...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Only 1-in-20 tenants knows much about Renters Reform Bill - survey](/upload/images/shutterstock_1499165804.jpg)
Despite a plethora of press releases and statements from pro-tenant groups, it appears only one-in-20 renters knows details of the Renters...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![HMRC launches tax clampdown on Airbnb and short lets landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_2230118067.jpg)
HM Revenue and Customs has opened almost 2,000 investigations into landlords letting out via Airbnb or other short let platforms. The Daily...
21 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour Mayor splashes council tax cash on landlord clampdown](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
Newly re-elected Greater Manchester Labour Mayor Andy Burnham is to spend £600,000 of council tax payers’ cash on a clampdown on...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlord Tax Alert - new guidance from HMRC](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxTime-400x310.png)
HMRC is appealing to landlords to file Self Assessment tax returns early - and claims there are benefits to doing so. In...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Free Tax Advice for landlords at property networking event](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
A forum for private landlords, letting agents and anyone else on the management side of the private rental sector is being...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Councils waste millions fighting planning appeals - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Seventeen London boroughs wasted over £2m in the last five years fighting rejected planning applications that were subsequently approved on appeal,...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Official - Labour will NOT introduce rent controls if it wins election](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
The Labour Party will not introduce rent controls if it wins the election. A spokesperson for the party is quoted on today’s...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour left puts Khan under pressure over housing policies](/upload/images/shutterstock_1803157102.jpg)
Sadiq Khan, newly elected for a third term as London Mayor, is already under pressure from the Labour Left to be...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government insulation scheme flops with tiny take-up so far](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Figures from the Department for Energy and Net Zero indicate that only 4,648 households so far have taken advantage of the...
09 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![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
![Tax Clampdown on Short Lets Will Not Change, claims government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
The government is ruling out any U-turn on the tax changes regarding furnished holiday lettings - despite substantial complaints from Tory...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning to landlords: Ignorance over tenancy types can cost you](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
A call has gone out from an industry group for landlords and letting agents to be sure they know the distinctions...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Political change may boost landlord investment, survey shows](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/1-HousePriceRising.png)
More landlords predict Scotland will attract the most residential property investment outside of London and the South East in the next...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Insights and Advice event for buy to let landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
The ESPC property portal has announced a free buy to let Insights and Advice event on Thursday May 9, for aspiring...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Khan wants taxpayer-funded mould sensors in private rental homes](/upload/images/shutterstock_1005702670.jpg)
Labour London Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to install ‘mould sensors’ in thousands of rental homes across the capital. In a pledge ahead...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Backfired! Councils LOSE money through second home tax premiums - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_2157868531.jpg)
A politician is claiming that second home council tax premiums, where owners pay up to double the normal rate, is resulting...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlords urged to apply for energy efficiency funds](/upload/images/shutterstock_2136807021.jpg)
A council is urging landlords of eligible properties to apply for energy efficient measures such as insulation, solar panels or heat...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![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
![Tax Alert - HMRC launching Making Tax Digital pilot scheme today](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
HMRC is today launching a pilot scheme for Making Tax Digital, the controversial proposal for quarterly reporting for landlords and the...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![How To Finance Different Types of Property Purchase](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
If you’re moving home and have either plenty of equity or savings you can use for a deposit, plus a decent...
20 April 2024
From: Tax & Finance
![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
![High Profile Lettings Agent hosting seminar for landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
Top tips will be provided for landlords in the private rental market in a seminar next month organised by high profile...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![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
![Rent rises near double figures as interest rate cuts put on ice](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
The latest official government rent index shows that average private rents across the UK as a whole increased by 9.2% in...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants’ energy costs set to fall in coming months - lettings agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergyEfficiency_Savings-400x310.png)
Rental growth in Britain has slowed says lettings agency Hamptons, with the average newly let rent rising 6.7% over the past...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Former Leader of the Conservative Party to appear at UK Landlord Show...](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/NLIS/IDS%20with%20Parliament.jpg)
National Landlord Investment Show has announced that the former Leader of the Conservative Party, the Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith,...
16 April 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![A look into 2024 so far: 3 key insights for landlords](/upload/images/Mature%20man%20orange%20shirt%20sat%20down%20on%20a%20phone%20call%20-%20360x280.png)
Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...
16 April 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![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
![Tax Break: deal helps landlords incorporate and manage portfolios](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association has partnered with GetGround, a property investment platform for buy-to-let landlords looking to find, structure, and...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Can Solar Panels Cut The Cost of Heating Water?](/upload/images/shutterstock_2207597523.jpg)
The average water bill has risen by 6% in England and Wales in recent days, which could see households having to...
13 April 2024
From: Top tips & guides
![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
![New guidance on standards of behaviour expected from farm landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_498302194.jpg)
The launch of the Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Code of Practice is “a really good start” says the National Farmers Union. The...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![NRLA and Generation Rent daggers drawn over controversial report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
Landlords and renters’ activists are at either end of the spectrum reacting to a controversial report on the private rental sector. Yesterday...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Coming Soon - “Bold” new proposals for private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
An influential Labour website says a raft of proposed reforms for the private rental sector will be unveiled next month -...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shamplina Speaks: Letting agents are landlords' allies today](/upload/images/Paul%20Shamplina(3).png)
In the recent landlord sentiment survey conducted by the Property Redress Scheme, it came as no surprise to me to discover...
06 April 2024
From: The Big Issues
![Tenants want Rental Reform... but can't name the Housing Minister](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
According to a poll of 1,476 renters by SpareRoom the ongoing housing crisis (85%) tops the list of key priorities to...
06 April 2024
From: Rental Reform
![Hot Stuff - more landlords prioritise energy efficiency when buying](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
A mortgage firm that works with landlords claims an increasing number of them prioritise energy efficiency when assessing properties to buy. Some...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![How Non-Dom Tax Reforms Will Impact Prime Central London](/upload/images/shutterstock_725480137.jpg)
The UK government's long awaited Spring Budget announced some key changes for the property market in an effort to stimulate activity...
30 March 2024
From: Tax & Finance
![Councils set to grab over half a billion from higher tax](/upload/images/shutterstock_2261764233.jpg)
Changes to empty home council tax rates could generate an additional £540m from Monday, a lettings agency claims. Since April 2013, billing...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Another council slaps 100% extra tax on property owners](/upload/images/shutterstock_2385697245.jpg)
A council has agreed a council tax rise of an additional 100% on second home and long-term empty homes, despite widespread...
26 March 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
![Gift Vouchers for union members discussing with Generation Rent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Members of the union UNISON who participate in round-table discussions with activist group Generation Rents are to receive gift vouchers for...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards defends new property sales process](/upload/images/shutterstock_1141644755(4).jpg)
Trading Standards has defended the introduction of ‘material information’ requirements on details of properties for sale, after a conveyancer warned landlords...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Free training for landlords with cooperation of the NRLA](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Landlords can benefit from a wealth of free training, courtesy of a north of England council. Cumberland council is providing the training...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
23 March 2024
From: Tax & Finance
![Landlords’ Top Worries, Challenges and Expectations for the Future](/upload/images/shutterstock_1364479883.jpg)
The Property Redress Scheme, one of two approved ombudsman-style schemes for the private rental sector, has published the findings from a...
23 March 2024
From: The Big Issues
![Is the Furnished Holiday Let sector dead post-Budget?](/upload/images/shutterstock_1890342466.jpg)
The tax reliefs enjoyed by landlords running Furnished Holiday Lets (FHL) were cut by the Chancellor this month. Some say the...
23 March 2024
From: Tax & Finance
![Landlords selling up may face higher costs, warns conveyancing solicitor](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Landlords quitting the sector could have to spend hundreds of pounds more when selling their home owing to new Trading Standards...