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27 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Universal Credit change welcomed by lettings sector groups](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Hidden tax hike in Budget small print will hit buy to let sector](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Mystery surrounds 'longer tenancies' consultation announced in Budget](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Budget: Stamp Duty reform, More new homes, possible longer tenancies](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Lettings sector directly diminished by stamp duty surcharge - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Senior Build To Rent figure spells out his hopes for the Budget](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Buy To Let sector pessimistic ahead of the Budget](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Client Money Protection could make lettings 'most transparent ever'](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Enough! With 15 rental sector ‘consultations’ it’s time for action](/img/default/lat.png)
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
!['Help the rental sector solve the housing crisis' Chancellor is told](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Build To Rent will never meet demand by tenants, government told](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Treasury told: 'Reform Capital Gains Tax to help lettings sector'](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Tell the Chancellor what he should do ... but please, be polite](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Short Lets - government to review Rent A Room tax relief](/img/default/lat.png)
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
!['New Landlord' instructions at their weakest for two years, says RICS](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Trade body keeps up pressure over mortgage interest tax change](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Budget 2017: NALS wants a 'PRS for all'](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Trade body wants much stricter regulation on letting agents](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Economists asked to assess impact of buy to let tax changes](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Trade body sets out seven-point wish-list for March Budget](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Group calls for capital gains and energy efficiency reforms](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Want to lobby Phillip Hammond? Here's how you do it...](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has published a new set of guidelines for organisations, companies and individuals to lobby the Treasury ahead of the...