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New research from holiday lettings agency Classic Cottages shows that 2021 was a record year in one of the country’s staycation...
30 March 2022
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A PropTech supplier to the lettings industry that has just signed a deal with OnTheMarket has come out in support of...
11 March 2022
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The number of prospective tenants asked to provide guarantors ahead of renting has risen by a huge 36 per cent over...
14 February 2022
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Lloyds Banking Group - which this year announced its intention to become a private landlord through the acquisition of new build...
07 December 2021
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HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £1,059, down a modest 0.2 per cent from a month ago. However, the...
02 November 2021
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There may be a breakthrough in clearing the huge backlog of possession cases as the government is allocating an extra £324m...
01 November 2021
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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
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A leading lettings agency wants next week’s Budget to unveil incentives to bolster supply in the long term rental sector. Richard Davies,...
22 October 2021
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The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark is calling on the government to properly fund local authorities so they can combat rogue operators in the private...
08 October 2021
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The lettings agents’ group Propertymark has told Chancellor Rishi Sunak that unless the private rented sector is overhauled many landlords will...
07 October 2021
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Propertymark is telling politicians to stop demonising letting agents and landlords. The unusualy bluntl message has come in response to the latest...
29 September 2021
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Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told the Labour Party conference that if her party wins the next General Election she will...
28 September 2021
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A statement from ARLA Propertymark has hinted that it believes politicians may be out of touch with the reality of how...
27 September 2021
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The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...
17 September 2021
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It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...
15 September 2021
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An analysis of the Mayor of London’s Rogue Landlord and Letting Agent Checker shows that since it was introduced in 2018...
05 August 2021
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Last month says the largest rental demand in the last three years across London according to Foxtons. The agency says the gradual...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents joining one of the industry’s major trade bodies is to be offered exclusive digital marketing packs created by Starberry. Members of...
01 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A private agency and management firm that says it’s grown from a one man band into a large team of 35...
22 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Campaign group Generation Rent has set out a 10-point plan for reform of the private rental sector in favour of tenants. Its...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Fixflo has pledged that it’s business as usual for its lettings agency clients, after news broke that it was to be...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Fixflo, the well known provider of property repairs and maintenance software across the lettings sector, has been acquired by a European...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has revealed its new TV advertisement, which it claims will reach 59 per cent of the UK during its campaign...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A charity wants yet another extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions. Step Change says new research it has conducted shows...
17 March 2021
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Campaigning charity Shelter has criticised Chancellor Rishi Sunak for allegedly leaving “far more people on the brink of homelessness than homeownership.” Chief...
09 March 2021
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Rightmove’s David Cox - formerly of the Association of Residential Letting Agents - is to talk through the Budget fallout for...
09 March 2021
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A property lawyer is forecasting a surge in buy to let purchasing in the coming months as the stamp duty extension...
08 March 2021
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The extension of the furlough scheme might be an indirect saviour for many lettings agencies says a leading PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold,...
04 March 2021
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s disappointed the Budget failed to address the funding of the private rental sector. “Extending...
04 March 2021
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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
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A leading tax expert is forecasting that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will duck making any changes to CGT in tomorrow’s Budget and...
02 March 2021
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A leading PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...
23 February 2021
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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
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ARLA Propertymark has reiterated its demand for the government to give financial support to the private rental sector. In its submission to...
08 February 2021
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ARLA Propertymark has issued a list of 10 demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s long-awaited Budget on March 3, with a financial...
04 February 2021
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A trading announcement by Belvoir reveals the company has seen another year of significant growth - its 24th on the trot. The...
29 January 2021
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How did you get into property? My grandparents did some small property developments when I was growing up which always interested me,...
20 January 2021
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Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...
11 January 2021
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A warning has been issued by one of the most acquisitive letting agencies that future mergers and takeovers could be hit...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News

An extremely upbeat trading statement from Stock Market-quoted agency Belvoir suggests business has been ahead of even its pre-Coronavirus expectations in...
03 December 2020
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The Resolution Foundation has added its voice to that of many charities and other think tanks demanding more government support for...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...
05 November 2020
From: Proptech & Innovation

A new agency set up in Wiltshire says it goes beyond the traditional lettings services of existing operators, and instead seeks...
15 October 2020
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The Guild of Property Professionals has set out what it thinks letting agents should be considering in the short, medium and...
13 October 2020
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The Chartered Institute of Housing claims there may be a “massive increase” in evictions in the near future. In a briefing paper the...
07 October 2020
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A proposed licensing regime in Kent has been abandoned because of fears it would drive landlords away. Medway council proposed a scheme...
28 August 2020
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Uncertainty around the start of the academic year and pressure on corporate budgets means lettings activity has been lower than normal...
07 August 2020
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There’s a warning this morning that the consequences of the Coronavirus crisis mean that rents will fall at least five per...
28 July 2020
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Coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed by the UK and other governments have hit the London rental market badly, an agency...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings sector trade body, acting with homelessness charities, is urging the government to do more as young people in rented...
07 July 2020
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ARLA Propertymark and other organisations from across the housing sector have joined forces to support tenants and landlords facing rent arrears...
03 July 2020
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A lettings agency is launching a service that allows landlords to list their properties on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket for just...
24 June 2020
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Government data shows that private renters spend a higher proportion of their budget on essential items that have not been cut...
12 June 2020
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The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...
12 March 2020
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Demand for rental properties in January increased to the highest level on record with 88 prospective tenants registered per lettings agency...
26 February 2020
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A trade group’s submission to the Treasury ahead of next month’s Budget includes a call for the new Chancellor to slash...
18 February 2020
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...
13 February 2020
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The Labour party has mocked the government’s £4m new funding for councils to combat rogue agents and landlords as “puny.” A statement...
06 January 2020
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Unusual research undertaken by an alternative deposit scheme suggests that women pay a substantially higher proportion of their salary than men,...
13 December 2019
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A trade body is warning of a crisis in the private rental market as new figures show a sharp drop in...
13 December 2019
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The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...
21 November 2019
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New figures just released by the government emphasise the significance of creating a specialist housing court says one of the lettings...
15 November 2019
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...
05 November 2019
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Rent controls similar to those demanded by Labour in London and other major cities in the UK do not work, and...
29 October 2019
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Another law firm has sharply criticised the government’s proposals to abolish Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Devonshires says the government should...
16 October 2019
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Uncertainty around the UK's planned departure from the EU and the stability of the government is causing the super-rich to rent instead...
09 October 2019
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New research indicates that the majority of property investors in the UK have their plans on pause for the next six...
20 September 2019
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With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...
19 August 2019
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Zillios looking to become the leading portal for international property listings, appealing to property owners, estate agents, and property hunters alike....
02 August 2019
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A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of film-related enquiries for short lets received by Knight Frank in the year to May has shown a rise...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech tool wants landlords to manage their own properties and is accusing agents of being likely to increase charges to...
24 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A council claims that its decision to set up its own lettings agency has prevented homelessness for almost 50 families and...
20 May 2019
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Online lettings agency RentMyHome is partnering with a trade group for home stagers in order to offer clients discounted services. MyHomeGroup owns...
02 May 2019
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One of London’s best known lettings agents says unfurnished properties can take 30 per cent longer to let than a furnished...
30 April 2019
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There’s been a big boost to the movement towards deposit alternatives in the private rental sector following a survey released this...
29 March 2019
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One of Britain’s most experienced lettings experts has condemned the government for “almost singlehandedly destroying the traditional lettings market.” Lisa Simon -...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Rental values in prime London show early signs of bottoming out, says Savills, with the annual rate of falls now at...
18 February 2019
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Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...
12 February 2019
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A flat-share website claims typical rents in some 38 per cent of London are now so high they render the areas...
11 February 2019
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Continued political and economic uncertainty is likely to fuel increased tenant demand in the private rented sector, says Haart. The company’s latest...
06 December 2018
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The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...
06 November 2018
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Rental sector experts are expressing growing fears that the relatively low-key Budget announcements made on Monday could herald something more dramatic...
31 October 2018
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The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...
30 October 2018
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The Guardian says the government is committed to making a datebase of rogue letting agents and landlords available to tenants. The newspaper quotes...
26 October 2018
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The number of tenants seeing their rents rise continues to go up according to the latest market snapshot produced by the...
26 October 2018
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The proportion of buy to let investors looking to remortgage is now at an all-time high according to respected specialist mortgage...
24 October 2018
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JLL says its London offices saw increased demand in the third quarter of the year, underpinned by the student sector. Lonres data...
17 October 2018
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A newspaper claims landlords who ‘game’ the current tax regime for short term lets and lodging may be in the firing...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Croydon council is reported to have become the first local authority to back the scrapping of Section 21 of the 1988...
10 October 2018
From: Breaking News

There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...
09 October 2018
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Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...
08 October 2018
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The shock findings of a new survey suggest that 32 per cent of landlords would be less likely to buy new...
05 October 2018
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The first of the industry trade bodies to issue a series of demands for this month’s Budget is the National Landlords Association...
01 October 2018
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Here’s a date which the private rental sector may want to make a note of…even if it is with some nervousness. The...
28 September 2018
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The Haart agency is calling on the government to give the private rental sector a break in the autumn Budget, as...
27 September 2018
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Three London lettings sub-markets performed relatively weakly according to data just released by Knight Frank. Wimbledon’s rental values fell 1.5 per cent...
27 September 2018
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Belvoir says more landlords are selling up and fewer newcomers are investing in the private rental sector because of increased legislation...
24 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The government should be more ambitious when it comes to ensuring the private rented sector becomes increasingly energy efficient. That’s the message...
08 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Opposition is growing fast to the threat of another stamp duty attack on the buy to let sector, rumoured to be...
07 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A newspaper in warning that the beleaguered buy to let sector may be under attack yet again with the government considering...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News

One of London’s leading letting agencies says in the current neutral rental market, buy to let owners must work hard to...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Some 18 per cent of properties let in the first half of 2018 were registered in the name of a company...
16 July 2018
From: Breaking News

There has been strong support for an e-petition calling for the scrapping of the stamp duty surcharge on buy to let...
06 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A local authority has started a one-year trial of a ‘social lettings agency’ which aims to match those at risk of...
04 July 2018
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The government has announced that it is to formally consult on proposals for longer tenancies in the private rental sector. Although there...
18 May 2018
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11 May 2018
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The industry has reacted angrily to the announcement yesterday that the Tenants’ Fees Bill is now formally starting its progress through...
03 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Proposals to cap security deposits for private rented housing to six weeks rent risk creating a charter for rent cheats warns...
23 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The government says that later this year it will allocate a further £1.4m to PropTech firms looking at how tenants’ rent...
21 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A trade body says new figures released by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility show that the government’s recent tax increases...
15 March 2018
From: Breaking News

An analysis of data released by HM Revenue and Customs shows that 1.9 million people earned money from property in 2015-16...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News

An accountancy trade body, the Association of Accounting Technicians, is advising the government to investigate what it calls “the questionable tax...
18 January 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the lettings sector’s biggest lenders, Santander, is allowing its buy to let landlord borrowers to offer assured shorthold tenancies...
09 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Government proposals to ban letting agent fees levied on tenants next year are unlikely to make renting cheaper as new research...
28 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Prime minister Theresa May has repeated that the current government will not introduce rent controls in the private sector. The issue of...
14 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The government is offering £2m to budding PropTech and financial technology entrepreneurs who can develop an application that will enable Britain’s 11...
07 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Changes to Universal Credit have made it easier for claimants to rent homes but the government needs to do more to...
06 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The House of Lords has given the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill its second reading and a step forward to ensuring that tenants’...
27 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A change to the operation of Universal Credit has been welcomed by a trade body which has described it as good...
24 November 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s been discovered that a Capital Gains Tax measure buried in the small print of the Budget is likely to hit...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond. From today,...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Over two thirds of landlords are reluctant to invest in new properties as a result of the stamp duty surcharge on...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News

One of the senior figures in the UK’s burgeoning Build To Rent sector has called on the Chancellor to help this...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News

After the series of anti-buy to let measures contained in recent Budgets, it is perhaps unsurprising that a survey of landlords...
21 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Mandatory Client Money Protection for lettings agents - currently the subject of a formal government consultation - will contribute towards making...
21 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A trade body says there are 15 formal government consultations going on within the private rental sector - and now it’s...
20 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The will exists in the private rental sector to provide the longer term tenancies advocated by the government, says a trade...
10 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting agents and landlords are being urged by a trade body to sign a petition calling on the government to make...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A leading accountancy and business advice consultancy says residential landlords who want to downsize their portfolios because of recent tax changes...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents have until November 24 - two days after the next Budget - to submit evidence to the latest probe into...
16 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The rental market in parts of prime central London is becoming increasingly dominated by well-funded overseas students, according to a leading...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a 10 point guide for tenants - with the emphasis very much on...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News

There’s been another large increase in the number of buy to let mortgages sought by limited companies - they accounted for...
12 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A leading buy to let expert is calling on agents to work more closely with landlords and tenants to improve communications...
05 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The Conservatives have used their annual conference in Manchester to unveil a raft of new controls and regulations applying to the...
02 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A trade body says the expanding Build To Rent sector will never be large enough to meet tenant demand and as...
28 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords’ Association appears to be first off the starting blocks with its submission to government ahead of the next...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Now you have a rare opportunity to tell Phillip Hammond and Treasury civil servants exactly where they are going wrong with...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A council claims that up to 13,000 private landlords are “of interest” to HM Revenue and Customs, where there are alleged...
15 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency that already operates an Airbnb management service has now launched an additional ‘interior styling service’ for landlords who...
08 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Prime central London is seeing the rise of the micro-apartment, according to new research, as squeezed accommodation budgets have seen singles...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is testing an experimental Facebook Messenger bot in the London lettings market. For the unitiated a bot is software that can...
28 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The BBC’s reality programme The Week The Landlords Moved In should act as an eye-opener for the lettings industry when it...
21 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The government has revealed that it has received over 4,700 responses to its official consultation over the proposed ban on letting...
12 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Paragon Mortgages says its most recent survey of buy to let investors makes it clear that the vast majority want the...
07 July 2017
From: Breaking News

**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...
03 July 2017
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An analysis by investment specialists London Central Portfolio reveals that in areas of central London swamped with new builds coming to...
23 May 2017
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The fall in rents across prime central London’s lettings market are slowing according to Knight Frank. It claims rents have dropped 4.9...
06 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association has spotted small print from the Budget that may suggest the government is about to review Rent...
10 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The number of new landlords instructing agents is at its lowest for two years - and with worse to come thanks...
10 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A trade body claims that vulnerable tenants are finding it harder to access rented housing because of tax changes being introduced...
10 March 2017
From: Breaking News

There was a sigh of relief amongst the lettings industry that yesterday's Budget introduced no new property taxes - but concern...
09 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The campaign against the phased reduction in landlords' mortgage interest tax relief is continuing with the opening of a new website,...
09 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Chancellor Phillip Hammond has introduced no new property taxes in his Spring Budget - but a clampdown on those setting up...
08 March 2017
From: Breaking News

As the industry awaits the delivery of today's Spring Budget, the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) has called on the government...
08 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is writing to the Office for Budget Responsibility asking it to provide clarification on controversial tax...
07 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A Conservative MP has launched a scathing attack on some landlords in his own constituency following a local council initiative to...
28 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association has listed key MPs in marginal constituencies who should be lobbied ahead of the March 8 Budget...
24 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The Chartered Institute of Housing wants the government to introduce a raft of new measures including significantly greater regulation of letting...
21 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A trade group has commissioned a firm of economists to look at how the government’s mortgage interest tax relief change -...
14 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting agents and landlords are urged to step up their awareness of rip-off maintenance contractors. The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks is warning...
03 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The government should think again about punitive tax changes to the private rented sector after receiving greater-than-expected revenue from the three...
02 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association has been quick off the mark to issue what it calls a seven point wish list to...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association is making only three demands on the government for its next Budget, because it recognises further reforms...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Figures from investment company London Central Portfolio suggest that re-lets of older properties to new tenants showed a fall in rents...
13 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The government has published a new set of guidelines for organisations, companies and individuals to lobby the Treasury ahead of the...
03 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The campaigners against planned changes to mortgage interest tax relief - set to come into effect from April, phased over four...
29 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Some of the property professionals behind the campaign against the changes to buy to let landlords’ taxation have compiled a comprehensive...
27 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government - which now has additional fiscal powers allowing it to be more independent from Westminster - has chosen...
19 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords has failed. The case was...
06 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Kevin Hollinrake - the founder of franchise agency Hunters and now a Conservative MP - is calling for a cut in...
05 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Belvoir is calling on the government to reverse its punitive tax policies against buy to let and introduce incentives to make...
18 August 2016
From: Breaking News

There are now 60,139 Build To Rent units constructed or in the pipeline across the UK according to the British Property...
17 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association says the build up to the new government‘s Autumn Statement - effectively its first budget - is...
25 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Before new London mayor Sadiq Khan has had his first working day in office, his proposals for a private rental sector...
09 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Private landlords’ confidence is at the lowest level since late 2006 according to market research company BDRC Continental, thanks to anti-buy...
27 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The British Property Federation says George Osborne’s stamp duty surcharge will threaten the success of the Build To Rent sector, which...
05 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England has released new buy to let mortgage underwriting standards which are expected to set out stricter borrowing...
29 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The new stamp duty surcharge on buy to let properties coming into effect next Friday will increase rent costs for tenants...
24 March 2016
From: Breaking News

A Conservative peer has criticised the government's ongoing attacks on the private lettings industry saying that the Cameron administration should be...
18 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Yesterday George Osborne delivered his eighth budget as chancellor, announcing an extra £3.5 billion in spending cuts by 2019-20. The Office for...
17 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Later today chancellor George Osborne will make his latest budget speech. It has been speculated that the announcement could include new measures...
16 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Almost a third of landlords surveyed by property crowdfunding platform Property Partner have little or no awareness of the raft of...
16 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Some 66% of landlords predict more rental sector turbulence in this week's Budget, according to research by property crowdfunding platform The...
14 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The proportion of landlords in central London who intend to sell property has quadrupled since last year’s Budget, according to the...
11 March 2016
From: Breaking News

So you’ve decided to advertise on Rightmove, Zoopla or another online property listing agent. You’ve agreed the budget, made the bold...
07 March 2016
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The Residential Landlords Association is warning private investors not to be lured by firms offering schemes which allegedly promise to help...
09 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Landlords’ confidence in the buy to let sector has collapsed to an all-time low and is now “worse than levels witnessed...
03 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s controversial buy to let tax change is underway with a letter sent to HMRC...
02 February 2016
From: Breaking News

There’s been an angry reaction from letting agents and landlords to the shock news that an additional three per cent stamp...
26 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The head of a landlords’ association has warned the Conservative government not to demonise buy to let investors who typically have...
16 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Franchise letting agency giant Winkworth is warning that London’s tenants face higher rents as some landlords sell investment properties in the...
13 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The outgoing chief of Whitbread PLC has made a scathing attack on Airbnb and the government for its approach to what...
11 November 2015
From: Breaking News

A prominent buying agent active in prime central London says the capital’s high end buy to let market will become less...
06 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The online petition opposing the proposed tax changes for buy to let landlords has now reached 35,000 signatures - but is...
30 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The online petition against the government's proposed tax changes for buy to let investors is "a waste of time" according to...
12 October 2015
From: Breaking News

A columnist on FT Adviser - an online service for financial advisers and clients - says buy to let investors have...
09 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The government is ruling out any re-think on its proposals to reduce buy to let tax breaks from next year. The Financial...
08 October 2015
From: Breaking News

A web portal which radically changes the way investors search for their next investment property has signed up 5,000 agents, less...
07 October 2015
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As the Conservative Party conference continues, a leading Tory has warned that "there is much further to go" on removing buy...
05 October 2015
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There has been a sharp and rapid rebuttal of comments made by new shadow chancellor John McDonnell suggesting that private sector...
29 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Over 60 per cent of private sector landlords face being pushed from the basic to higher rates of income tax as...
24 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The Daily Telegraph has undertaken an interesting exercise which effectively challenges Chancellor George Osborne’s assertion that buy to let tax changes...
16 September 2015
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Over half the private rental sector tenants on housing benefit have experienced delays over its payment from their local council. Research by...
15 September 2015
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The chief executive of Zoopla has thrown his weight behind opposition to the government’s proposed restrictions on buy to let tax...
15 September 2015
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The country’s biggest buy to let landlord is to raise rents by up to 33 per cent, and puts the blame...
14 September 2015
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Opponents of the government’s attempt to end tax breaks for the buy to let sector now have a new opportunity to...
10 September 2015
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If supporters of Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget restrictions on tax breaks for buy to let landlords thought opposition would die off...
07 September 2015
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A firm of specialist solicitors claims that one in five landlords say they will be “out of business due to government...
01 September 2015
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The petition against the proposed tax changes outlined by Chancellor George Osborne in last month’s Budget has now achieved 20,000 signatures. This...
28 August 2015
From: Breaking News

The rise and rise of Airbnb - the global online short-lets system that could be used by landlords to short-circuit letting...
28 August 2015
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Franchise agency Belvoir is urging landlords to budget and plan for mandatory changes to the energy efficiency of rental properties, coming...
27 August 2015
From: Breaking News

A London letting agency is playing down the impact of Chancellor George Osborne’s proposed changes to buy to let tax breaks,...
18 August 2015
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A petition to oppose the proposed change in buy to let landlords’ tax breaks is nearing the 14,000-signature mark - but...
18 August 2015
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The founders of the website saynotogeorge.co.uk have stepped forward to explain why they have founded the campaign. Two Peterborough-based property developers are...
17 August 2015
From: Breaking News

No one likes to be called and told, your boiler has broken down or a burst pipe has caused damage to...
13 August 2015
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A new website - www.saynotogeorge.co.uk - has been set up as a nucleus for opposition to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposals to...
13 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Around 47 per cent of landlords will be affected by changes to the annual wear and tear allowance. That’s the result of...
13 August 2015
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A campaign group protesting against the government’s Budget proposal to limit the tax breaks for buy to let investors has been...
11 August 2015
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New figures from a landlords’ organisation show that mortgage repayments are easily the biggest outgoing for a large proportion of landlords. The...
11 August 2015
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An online petition demanding the reinstatement of buy to let landlords' tax breaks has broken the 10,000 signatures mark which means...
10 August 2015
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The Residential Landlords Association has launched a new campaign ‘toolkit’ to enable opponents of the proposed buy to let tax changes...
10 August 2015
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An online petition demanding the reversal of the revisions to buy to let landlords' tax breaks announced in the Budget last...
06 August 2015
From: Breaking News

A survey suggests that renters are worried that landlords who have to pay more tax as a result of changes in...
05 August 2015
From: Breaking News

An online petition demanding the reinstatement of buy to let landlords' tax breaks has so far attracted 6,300-plus signatures. The petition, which...
03 August 2015
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A critic of the suggestion that buy to let landlords could set up companies to ‘beat’ the ending of tax breaks...
31 July 2015
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A letting agent is urging landlords to try to circumnavigate tax changes aimed at the buy to let sector by incorporating...
27 July 2015
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A survey for a lettings organisation has confirmed the belief that the government’s removal of tax breaks on landlords will almost...
22 July 2015
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HMRC has revealed the scope of its proposed changes to the wear and tear allowance, as announced in George Osborne’s Budget...
21 July 2015
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An accountancy firm is warning that there are pitfalls in trying to avoid the higher taxation which will result from the...
20 July 2015
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The specialist buy to let mortgage sector is set to be an unexpected victim of the buy to let tax changes...
16 July 2015
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The independent Institute for Fiscal Studies has described the justification given by Chancellor George Osborne for curbing tax breaks for buy to...
14 July 2015
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One of Britain’s senior letting agents says the people likely to be hit hardest by changes of the buy to let...
13 July 2015
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Changes announced to the amount of money ordinary home owners can secure, tax-free, from letting out rooms in their homes have...
13 July 2015
From: Breaking News

In case we didn’t learn the lesson last time around, we appear to be on the brink of a refresher course...
10 July 2015
From: Features

Wednesday’s budget proved a grim viewing for those who have worked in the rental sector for some time and watched the...
10 July 2015
From: Features

This week the Chancellor, George Osborne, delivered the first Conservative Budget for almost 20 years. While Mr Osborne claimed that it marked...
10 July 2015
From: Features

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on George Osborne's...
10 July 2015
From: Video Articles

There has been no let-up in the anger expressed by sections of the buy to let sector after Chancellor George Osborne...
10 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Agents have expressed their disappointment at the decision by the government to restrict mortgage interest relief for Buy To let investors...
09 July 2015
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The changes to tax relief for landlords comes on top of a blizzard of new health and safety requirements, regulations and...
09 July 2015
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Chancellor George Osborne has announced that mortgage interest tax relief for buy-to-let homebuyers are to be restricted to basic rate of...
08 July 2015
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Chancellor George Osborne has been warned that rents in the private rented sector could rise if he scraps the tax-deductible status...
08 July 2015
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Bournemouth council has set up a private sector rental company which will see it buy properties and then let them. The decision...
23 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Debate over spending cuts and taxation is increasingly asking whether landlords should continue to receive an estimated £10 billion - or...
22 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Anyone who doubts the enormity of the marketing budget for global short-lets firm Airbnb may have to think again - for...
12 June 2015
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association is calling for better enforcement of existing laws and regulations to protect tenants in private rented housing. In...
22 May 2015
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The National Landlords Association says it is to lobby Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne on private rental sector tax issues...
21 May 2015
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The Residential Landlords Association says it has “deep concerns” over the Panorama programme broadcast early this week claiming that landlords were...