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04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental growth forecasts cut as supply catches up with demand](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
Knight Frank says the normalisation of supply and demand in Prime London has happened more quickly than anticipated, forcing it to...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Half of Agents say they Don’t Know who they’ll vote for](/upload/images/shutterstock_1332472799.jpg)
Around half of letting agents and landlords say they are unsure about how they will vote in the General Election. A joint...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax - that’s why rents are rising so much](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Propertymark has given its view on why private rents have risen so much - 6.1% in England, 7.0% in Wales and...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour must come clean on Business Rates, says agency](/upload/images/shutterstock_414153883.jpg)
A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![London lettings becoming more stable, says LonRes](/upload/images/shutterstock_340410452.jpg)
February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Give tax perks to renters to help them buy, urges think-tank](/upload/images/shutterstock_2260960137.jpg)
A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Nationwide demands four tax changes to help the private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Top%20tips%20property%20investment%20rent-calculation-1-400x310.png)
Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rebrand for one of lettings industry’s best known suppliers](/upload/images/shutterstock_2236818955.jpg)
One of the lettings sector’s longest-standing suppliers - Mortgages for Business - is rebranding. It’s to be known as Mortgage Finance Brokers,...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock figure reveals tax burden paid by private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage Lenders set out buy to let forecasts for 2024/2025](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fairer Rental Sector is key Propertymark demand for Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council lettings agency steps up bid to win private landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HappyLandlord-400x310.png)
A council’s lettings service - first set up a decade ago - says it is stepping up its campaign to recruit...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![EPC Relaxation: warning that boiler grant awareness still low](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-3-400x310.png)
Propertymark has given strong support to the government’s “flexible and affordable” approach to the green policy agenda, Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy...
22 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Public want more tax on Airbnbs and higher private rental standards](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
A mortgage lender has conducted a survey of homeowners which has produced a string of anti-landlord and anti-overseas investor attitudes. Market Financial...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government told - Stop the attacks on holiday lettings sector!](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![New boss for tenant referencing and insurance giant](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
Barbon Insurance Group, which describes itself as the UK's largest tenant referencing and specialist lettings insurance intermediary, has a new managing...
27 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![New powers confirmed over holiday lets and second homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
New powers have been revealed to tackle what the Welsh Government calls the ‘problem’ of second homes. A statement from the Senedd...
05 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Review taxes and boost supply - agents’ message to new party leader](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TaxPlanning-400x310.png)
Propertymark has given advice to the new Scottish National Party leader and Scotland’s First Minister, Humza Yousaf. The trade group’s head of...
29 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech tool helps agents nab landlords quitting sector - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertyFind-400x310.png)
A new PropTech tool says it will help agents maximise their chances of handling the sales of properties being disposed of...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Only City cash in Build To Rent can ease supply crisis - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
A senior figure in the financial services sector says only Build To Rent can solve the stock shortage in the lettings...
22 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Brexiteer agent makes ferocious attack on Labour](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RightToRent-400x310.png)
An agent claims that if Labour wins the next General Election there will be what he calls “misguided meddling” across the...
01 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sign up to scrap tax changes hurting landlords - agents told](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
A letting agents’ trade body is urging the industry to sign a parliamentary petition calling for the Section 24 changes for...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Business Rates shock for holiday let owners - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The Valuation Office Agency has issued a reminder that changes to eligibility rules for self-catering properties will come into effect from...
10 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Reverse The Tax Threat - major agency backs petition](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxRefund-400x310.png)
A high profile lettings agency has backed a petition demanding the reinstatement of tax relief for landlords. Benham and Reeves says it...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![CGT tax change - It could have been worse, say agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
Just about every agency that has commented on yesterday’s Autumn Statement are in agreement - changes to Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Cut taxes and make them simpler! Agents’ plea to government](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-ARLA-Propertymark-400x310.jpg)
With only 48 hours to go before the Autumn Statement confirms stealth tax rises and massive public spending cuts, Propertymark has...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Savills adds to gloom with forecast of major price falls next year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...
04 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents tell Truss & Co - “get realistic” over EPC rental targets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-3-400x310.png)
The agents’ trade body Propertymark says the government must “get realistic” over the difficulties involved in reaching Net Zero targets when...
17 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents have got it wrong, insists tenants’ activist leader](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/business-competition400x310.png)
A leading light in the Generation Rent group is disputing the findings of a Propertymark survey of letting agents. Agents from businesses...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tax Consultation - only days left for agents to respond](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Tax-400x310.png)
There’s just a week left - including the long Jubilee celebration period - for agents to respond to a major property tax...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![New trends for London renters spotted by agency branches](/upload/images/Locations/london.png)
Demand for pied a terres from those working in offices for only three days of the week is fuelling demand for...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tax on homes to let is ‘hard to implement, not cost effective’](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
Tax experts say that an attempt to levy higher purchase tax on holiday lets and second homes in one part of...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![They’re Back: Lettings and investment experts exhibiting this week](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BuytoLet3-400x310.jpg)
The Property Investor Show is back for its 20th year with 100 property sector experts and exhibitors in London this week. The...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents welcome energy efficiency VAT help for rental sector](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergyEfficiency-1-400x310.jpg)
There’s been a broad welcome from letting agents to the Spring Statement not loading more tax or restrictions on buy to...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tax authority wants to hear agents' views on buy to let tax regime](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
Letting agents are being urged to respond to a consultation opening today from rhe independent Office for Tax Simplification. The OTS has published an...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Virtual Tours here to stay for renters, even post-pandemic](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/VirtualHomeViewing-400x310.png)
The growing importance of virtual tours for properties to let and for sale during the pandemic shows little sign of easing,...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Possession Process Guidance changes to reflect Covid relaxations](/upload/images/Coronavirus/Coronavirus6-400x310-min.jpeg)
The government has issued revised guidelines for the possession process in the private and social rented sectors in the light of...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage bonanza for buy to let - best choice for 15 years](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyPurchase-1-400x310.jpg)
There’s a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage products available for current or new landlords. The...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Five reasons why Airbnb and short lets should be regulated - MPs told](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
MPs and the wider public have been presented with a lengthy report on the growth of Airbnb and similar platforms across...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Home offices set to be tenants’ must-haves for 2022 - forecast](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAtWork-Tat-400x310.jpg)
Home offices are already the most-demanded must have from prospective tenants says James Hay, director at Surrey lettings agency, The Home...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Reform tax, Beef up rogues database - Agents demand radical rental reforms](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
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
![Industry anger as Budget ignores private rental sector](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
All sides of the industry have expressed anger and frustration that yesterday’s Budget effectively ignored the private rental sector. ARLA Propertymark’s policy...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Labour to review tax reliefs applying to private rental sector](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told the Labour Party conference that if her party wins the next General Election she will...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: What landlords are thinking, saying and planning right now](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/TenantsLandlordTalking-400x310.png)
The value of the Private Rented Sector in England, Wales and Scotland grew by 5.8 per cent to a jaw dropping...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Demand at five year high thanks to Covid relaxation - trade group](/upload/images/Logos/NRLA-Logo-2020-400x310.jpg)
Demand for private rental housing is now at a five year high according to the National Residential Landlords Association. In the association’s...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets operators to keep many Covid safety precautions](/upload/images/Coronavirus/CoronavirusImage-400x310.jpg)
The majority of short lets operators in a sector trade body say they will maintain Covid-safe protocols for the foreseeable future,...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets market in cities still suffering because of travel controls](/upload/images/Coronavirus/Coronavirus6-400x310-min.jpeg)
The trade body for short lets operators - the Short Term Accommodation Association - says it wants even more travel restrictions...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Interview with Maxine Fothergill, ARLA President](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Interview-Speaker-400x310.jpg)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...
28 July 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Government updates Covid guidance for private rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has updated its guidance for agents, landlords and tenants to explain the possession action process in the county courts...
22 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Wales to clamp down on holiday lets and additional homes](/img/default/lat.png)
Wales’ Labour-led administration is to announce a three-pronged approach to affordability issues - and it looks likely to involve a clampdown...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Capital Gains Tax - agents back extended time limit, with qualifications](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a call for HMRC to extend the time limit for the payment of Capital...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb tries to buy off rental criticism with local ‘tax’](/img/default/lat.png)
Airbnb, which has been criticised by some for its impact on local rental markets, is to set up its own ‘tax’...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb extends lettings restrictions until the end of the summer](/img/default/lat.png)
A global ban on parties in Airbnb properties, started back in August last year, has been extended until the end of...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Bal Arora – Managing Director at Orlando Reid](/img/default/lat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...
13 May 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Government pledges to plug ‘rental tax gap’ for holiday lets](/img/default/lat.png)
The government’s much-vaunted ‘tax day’ produced few challenges to the status quo - but holiday lets are under scrutiny. Currently the holiday let...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rental property capital values likely to soar in next five years](/img/default/lat.png)
An assessment by Savills suggests capital values - including those for properties in the lettings sector - are likely to soar...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Sunak warned on property taxes - Don’t use us to pay Covid debts!](/img/default/lat.png)
A prominent industry figure is warning Chancellor Rishi Sunak not to use property taxes to bail out the government over the costs...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tips for agents coping with remote working and home schooling](/img/default/lat.png)
The Guild of Property Professionals has issued tips for agents and other industry professionals having to cope with working from home...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![2021 will not hold back Agents who are prepared to adapt](/img/default/lat.png)
With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Agents can do more to speed up transactions by adopting technology](/img/default/lat.png)
Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Keeping the property market moving](/img/default/lat.png)
It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Revealed - why some landlords do not use letting agents](/img/default/lat.png)
Light has been shed at last on the long-running uncertainty about why some landlords choose to use lettings agents and some...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Unify UK property tax to attract investors, agency boss says](/img/default/lat.png)
Scotland must encourage more investors into its property market as a way of supporting its economy once the Coronavirus recedes according...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Renting off the hook? Government intervention shifts to ownership](/img/default/lat.png)
Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Commercial office space of the future](/img/default/lat.png)
With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...
24 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Shocking large scale tax evasion by landlords - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investors won’t sell if CGT changes target buy to let - warning](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s a warning that buy to let investors will simply hold on to properties and not sell them if rumoured Capital...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tenants can pay the full rent, say most landlords in survey](/img/default/lat.png)
A survey suggests that 77 per cent of buy to letinvestors believe their tenants can pay full rent during the Coronavirus...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Legal group considers how courts will handle evictions after ban](/img/default/lat.png)
It’s been revealed that a legal group is considering how courts will consider eviction cases when the current ban is lifted...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Short lets regulation options to be considered by government in June](/img/default/lat.png)
A document outlining options for the future regulation of Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK is to be...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Prominent buy to let lender resumes valuations as ‘normal’ market nears](/img/default/lat.png)
Aldermore Bank is this week resuming physical mortgage valuations on properties for house purchase and remortgage in England, where strict social...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tenants should live rent-free until 2021 says prominent economist](/img/default/lat.png)
An economist who previously suggested tenants should live rent-free for three months during the Coronavirus crisis has revised his thinking -...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Surge in lettings encourages agency to un-furlough some negotiators](/img/default/lat.png)
A surge in rental activity has encouraged a London-focussed agency to un-furlough some of its staff ahead of an expected relaxation...
05 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![How have your teams kept up morale during lockdown?](/img/default/lat.png)
Lockdown may be over soon - but who knows what a relaxation of the current restrictions will really mean for our...
30 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents tell government - scrap SDLT surcharge and reverse tax changes!](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agency claims it’s winning landlords from “lax” rivals](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings agency in one of the most competitive markets in Britain says it’s enjoyed a record year winning landlords from...
05 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Prime London lettings market back in the black says Savills](/img/default/lat.png)
The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Savvy landlords can still make Buy To Let work insists property chief](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...
24 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Help the rental sector! Trade body demands new government action](/img/default/lat.png)
A trade body is warning of a crisis in the private rental market as new figures show a sharp drop in...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tenants warned not to ignore ‘snooping’ HMRC letter about landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
The Chartered Institute of Taxation is urging tenants not to ignore a letter if they receive one from HM Revenue &...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![“Stop meddling!” - stark warning from surveyors to government](/img/default/lat.png)
The normally-sedate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued an unusually stark warning to government, telling it to “stop meddling” in...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rents at all time high, according to latest HomeLet index](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents have reached an all time high across the UK according to HomeLet. Its latest index says the average rent in the...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Why I may quit buy to let - a landlord explains their S21 dilemma](/img/default/lat.png)
A private landlord has gone on record to explain her own dilemma with a tenant - and why the government’s scrapping...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Lettings sector doesn’t want “Marxist dystopia” rent controls - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents in London are rocketing but a leading market commentator says this is no reason to give in to a “Marxist dystopia”...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Is holiday letting becoming the new buy to let?](/img/default/lat.png)
A holiday lettings company says it’s seen a 23 per cent increase in its portfolio over the past year as owners...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents join grand industry coalition to retain Section 21](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Treasury does not understand basics of taxation, says damning report](/img/default/lat.png)
A damning report on taxation in the private rental sector (PRS) has accused the treasury of appearing not to understand 'the...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let investors desert London ‘because of stamp duty’](/img/default/lat.png)
Data from a Countrywide agency shows that 59 per cent of landlords who live in London purchased their buy to let...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Double whammy for buy to let as rents stagnate and taxes rise](/img/default/lat.png)
Buy to let investors are facing a double whammy as stagnating rents and reduced tax relief are hitting profitability. A study from...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Parliamentary call for tax relief for rental home improvements](/img/default/lat.png)
A trade body has welcomed calls by a parliamentary committee for tax incentives for the buy to let sector to improve...
08 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Think buy to let taxes are bad? They're even worse in Scotland...](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![2020 tax changes 'could accelerate buy to let sell-off' warning](/img/default/lat.png)
Changes to Capital Gains Tax which reach their full impact in the next 12 months could fuel property changing hands between...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Double Trouble: buy to let investors pay twice the tax of Tesco](/img/default/lat.png)
Income tax paid by buy to let landlords now exceeds £3.8 billion annually – that’s more than double Tesco’s entire annual...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Mental health policy for staff launched by property management firm](/img/default/lat.png)
Property management firm Mcilroy Smith has launched a mental health policy for its employees - possibly the first company in the...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Quarter of landlords consider short lets but only 3% have done it](/img/default/lat.png)
Some 24 per cent of landlords have considered letting out their properties on a short let Airbnb-style basis - but only...
22 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Private rents take LESS of tenants' income while social rents rocket](/img/default/lat.png)
You may be forgiven for thinking that rent takes up an ever-greater proportion of tenants’ income - but new figures out...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![London rents set to increase next year as supply diminishes](/img/default/lat.png)
Rent increases seen in London this year are likely to continue in 2019 because of the diminishing supply of homes to...
05 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agency piloting improved repairs service ahead of national roll-out](/img/default/lat.png)
A new partnership between AXA Partners and repairs reporting service Fixflo is being piloted in Manchester ahead of what may be...