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HM Revenue and Customs has done a rapid U-turn on a decision to close its self-assessment telephone helpline for half the...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
An activist group is demanding that the lower Capital Gains Tax should apply only to landlords who sell with sitting tenants. In...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A controversial proposal for a £300m tax grab on landlords appears to closely follow a policy suggestion put forward by activists...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the private rental sector according to a report this morning...
03 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The government has confirmed that Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment (MTD for ITSA) will cost landlords both extra money...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Two thirds of landlords say the demand for private rented housing is continuing to increase, according to new research commissioned by...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Although SDLT receipts have been volatile in recent years, the property tax’s effectiveness as a revenue-raiser for the Government is not...
10 February 2024
From: Tax & Finance
Increasing the supply of homes for private rent would boost government finances by £10 billion, says the National Residential Landlords Association. The...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Despite inflationary and mortgage volatility over the last 12 months, a mortgage lender claims over a third of commercial landlords are...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...
06 January 2024
From: Tax & Finance
HM Treasury has opened its representations portal, meaning landlords - and anyone else - can submit their ideas for the next...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Almost two thirds of private landlords expect to see their mortgage payments increase over the next 12 months with warnings that...
21 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
Markets are saying the UK - and for that matter the US and mainland Europe - have all hit peak interest...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The Office for Budget Responsibility - a Treasury department operating independently from the government - released its central forecast for the...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
There may be tax cuts in today’s Autumn Statement if government-fuelled rumours are to be believed - but there’s been a...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Homes situated close to new electricity pylons and sub-stations could receive up to £1,000 a year off energy bills, for up...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary MIchael Gove is reported to be pressing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to increase Local Housing Allowance in next week’s...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Failed government policies are to blame for the chronic supply shortage in the private rental sector. That’s the view of the National...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
To help or not to help: that is the question the government is facing with regard to under-pressure private rented sector...
16 September 2023
From: Tax & Finance
The Generation Rent group of activists says Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey is on their side about Section 21 evictions. Bailey...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Dashly, a platform that monitors over £100 billion of mortgages, says landlords in London renewing loans soon will be, on average,...
05 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association is backing a call for financial help for landlords who improve the energy efficiency of their...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
An outspoken agent says he is seeing growing numbers of people renting in later life to reduce their inheritance tax liability. Trevor...
27 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Successive Chancellors (we’re looking at you Gordon Brown and George Osborne) have monkeyed around with the market as if it was...
15 July 2023
From: The Big Issues
Across the country landlords and renters are struggling as mortgage costs soar, tax hikes bite and uncertainty remains about the impact...
08 July 2023
From: Tax & Finance
Scrapping a tax hike on rented housing may help ease the housing crisis faced by tenants, according to an analysis by...
01 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Tax changes in the private rented sector have contributed to the loss of £1.5 billion in Treasury revenue, according to a...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
.The National Residential Landlords Association has called for a full review of how landlords and the private rental sector are taxed. In...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association is calling on the government to begin a full review of how private rented housing is...
06 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A top Tory who is chair of the Conservative backbench Treasury Committee and a member of the Treasury Select Committee says...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The government has accepted arguments put forward by landlords and accountancy groups, and delayed a key deadline for compulsory digital tax returns. A...
20 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The next Budget, setting out government tax and spending plans, will be held on March 15 next year. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says...
20 December 2022
From: Breaking News
New figures from HMRC this week show that the Treasury raked in another £4.1 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the...
26 November 2022
From: Tax & Finance
The government’s Autumn Statement yesterday missed the opportunity to boost supply for the private rental sector, it’s been claimed. Ben Beadle, chief...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Mortgage experts speaking to a committee of MPs have given an especially gloomy forecast for the buy to let sector in...
10 November 2022
From: Breaking News
An influential new report wants higher taxes for landlords letting holiday properties. The Office for Tax Simplification - a division of HM...
07 November 2022
From: Breaking News
MPs from Opposition parties in the House of Commons have attacked the government’s recent stamp duty change - and taken the...
27 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, says the limited cut in stamp duty in England and Northern Ireland announced in the mini-Budget...
17 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association has renewed calls for stamp duty cuts on homes to let out. The NRLA initially made the...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The new Housing Secretary is to be Simon Clarke who, at 37, may be the youngest member of Liz Truss’s first...
07 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Latest figures released by HM Revenue & Customs show yet another large increase in the amount of taxation received by the...
22 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords in London contributed to an extraordinary £440m in stamp duty paid on purchases in the first six months since the...
21 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A senior figure at the Bank of England is warning that base rate could rise to 2.0 per cent or more...
20 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Greg Clark is the new Housing Secretary, with responsibilities including steering the Renters' Reform Bill through parliament. He is part of a...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Taxes on buy to let investment are fuelling a supply crisis, hiking rents and making homeownership more difficult to afford. That’s the...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The government could benefit to the tune of £10 billion and the rental market could have soaring supply if stamp duty...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A new calculation suggests London needs almost 85,000 new private rented homes a year to meet its housing needs. And it adds...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News
New figures show that buy to let landlords quitting the sector or at least reducing their portfolios have helped the government...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News
In recent days we have heard Michael Gove trumpet his plans to ‘level up’ the UK. We knew that he would be...
12 February 2022
From: The Big Issues
ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The long-awaited government response to calls to tighten up Capital Gains Tax has come at last - and it’s no change...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A cross-party survey of MPs shows that they want to scale up the installation of renewable heating technologies in existing homes,...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The sleaze allegations engulfing the government have moved to those MPs letting out their London homes while claiming money from taxpayers...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
This week’s Budget saw the Chancellor loosen the Treasury’s purse strings in a number of areas. Yet this was a quiet Autumn...
30 October 2021
From: The Big Issues
If you let out holiday properties or have switched to Airbnb or similar platforms, tax inspectors may be coming for you. Accountancy...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The government’s Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme - which left thousands of landlords in the lurch when it collapsed earlier this...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Campaign group Generation Rent has issued an angry statement in response to the government’s decision to extend the eviction ban for...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A stinging attack on Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been made by the National Residential Landlords Association. The trade body has produced a...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A change in government policy will allow landlords to fund investment that will help businesses recover, says tax and advisory firm...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The main landlords’ trade body has hit out at a bid by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to impose private...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s leading property experts says landlords are now reassessing their portfolios as a result of possible Capital Gains...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Labour has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of prioritising a tax break for landlords over the need for affordable housing or help for...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News
The government is reported to be considering applying VAT to the use of Airbnb and other short let platforms in a...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A financial planner is advising landlords on how to minimise their current Capital Gains Tax liability ahead of possible change. Chancellor Rishi...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Landlords could be in line for another huge tax burden - a doubling of Capital Gains Tax. A report commissioned by the government...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce government spending plans for the next 12 months on November 25 - and he already has...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Although the last six months have undoubtedly been difficult for many property investors and landlords for others this has been a...
28 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content
There is currently around £1.744bn worth of unclaimed property lying vacant across England and Wales, according to the latest research by...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News
The government is being encouraged to consider introducing a national register of rental properties to improve tax compliance in the buy-to-let...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News
The government is being urged to consider introducing a new capital gains tax on all residential properties in the UK to...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Rishi Sunak has distanced himself from reports that he is looking at increasing capital gains tax to help pay for the...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News
The chancellor’s decision to order a review of capital gains tax, signalling a future raid on second homeowners, including buy-to-let landlords,...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News
A House of Commons Treasury Committee is calling on ministers to plug gaps in government schemes designed to support people during...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The government has extended its wage-subsidy programme for workers until the end of June, which should help ensure many private tenants are...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News
There has been a sharp decline in the number of buy-to-let mortgage products available due to the coronavirus crisis. Moneyfacts UK Mortgage...
15 April 2020
From: Breaking News
The Treasury looks set to suffer a near £5bn tax hit due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Covid-19 outbreak has led to...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) and the National Landlords Association (NLA) are calling on the new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to use...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The tax and regulatory changes introduced in recent years have led to an increase in the number of landlords exiting the...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Robert Jenrick has been named the new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, while Esther McVey has been...
25 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The Conservative leadership frontrunner, Boris Johnson, has said it is time to consider switching stamp duty liability from the house buyer...
16 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords are being unfairly penalised for the housing crisis, according to a new report by the Institute of Economic Affairs...
08 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Every little helps to boost Tesco sales, and yet Britain’s biggest retailer is not paying anywhere near as much tax as...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News
The government’s decision to launch a consultation into a proposal to add 1% onto the stamp duty paid when buying a home in England...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News
The so-called housing charity, Shelter, targeted Ludlow Thompson a few months back, asking its supporters to block the letting agent’s telephone...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Private landlords provide a vital service for people looking for housing, and that is why the government is wrong to persecute...
25 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Several ideas have been floated as potential proposals in this month’s Budget, including financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. But...
12 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The government is considering plans to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies, according to the Sunday Times. The government is...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling for tax reforms to encourage and support more landlords to offer longer tenancies. In its...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The Chancellor Philip Hammond may have only announced last week that the Autumn Budget will take place on Monday 29 October,...
01 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The government appears to have scrapped proposals that will give tenants a minimum three-year contract. According to an article in The Sun...
06 September 2018
From: Breaking News
The government is coming under growing pressure from landlords to be more ambitious when it comes to the energy efficiency of...
08 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords could face another stamp duty rate hike in the Autumn Budget to further curb the acquisition of second homes. The...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Members of the armed forces deployed within the UK or overseas are being adversely affected by the government’s tax hikes on private...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News
The government has responded to a petition calling on the reintroduction of full mortgage interest relief and the scrapping of the...