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Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...

The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...

Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry.  The Local Housing...

A prominent agency says tomorrow’s Autumn Statement is the Chancellor’s last chance to come good on the election promise to lower...

Colliers, the agency and property consultancy, has issued another outspoken attack on government policy - this time prompted by a formal...

A long-standing and respected property firm has slammed the government for presiding over the “mess” of taxes applied to holiday lets...

A Liberal Democrat council leader says all properties - even those in properly established lettings businesses - should be charged council...

Letting agencies with physical offices are being presented with a new business rates system in the future. But Propertymark says the changes...

The latest restrictions imposed on holiday lets by a UK government are hurting local economies. The Welsh Government has confirmed there will...

The Valuation Office Agency has issued a reminder that changes to eligibility rules for self-catering properties will come into effect from...

A new survey of over 8,000 commercial estate agents indicates a challenging 2023 - suggesting a possible alternative investment option for...

Agents are being dragged into a debate over whether locals should be given priority to rent or buy, as a result...

A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...

Activists are calling on the government to impose swingeing taxes on some lettings properties “to bring them back into the residential...

Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...

A Conservative MP is suggesting that there could be a ’25 mile limit’ imposed around certain rental properties to ensure they...

ARLA Propertymark has slammed politicians who appear to have ignored a public consultation and gone ahead with draconian changes affecting second...

A major holiday let company in one of the country’s prime tourist destinations says more affordable homes should be built to...

Wales and Scotland are ahead of the game when it comes to limiting the impact of short term lets on the...

Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...

The government says it’s finalising plans for a new tax regime to apply to additional homes, and in particular those used...

The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...

The government’s much-vaunted ‘tax day’ produced few challenges to the status quo - but holiday lets are under scrutiny. Currently the holiday let...

Propertymark - embracing the Association of Residential Letting Agents as well as sales agents, auctioneers and valuers - says it’s been...

This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...

A trade body wants the government to ensure its latest lockdown grants cover short lets businesses. The UK Short Term Accommodation Association...

ARLA Propertymark wants the government to make the current business rates exemption for High Street branches permanent. The exemption, introduced in the spring...

David Cox’s departure as chief executive of ARLA Propertymark last Friday was well signposted, particularly when he was advised he could...

The plethora of support companies around Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK have told the government that it...

ARLA Propertymark has made a series of demands on the government in the light of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a formal written...

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...

The growing number of companies offering support services to hosts and agencies that operate short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms...

A seminar roadshow has been announced for letting agents considering quitting the sector.  LegalforLandlords says it’s organised the six events after discovering...

A council is lobbying the government to ask for landlords using Airbnb and other short let platforms to be charged business...

Politicians from several parties say they want their local council in Bristol to have the powers to regulate the number and...

Labour councillors controlling Brighton and Hove council are reported to be writing to the government for premission to charge HMO owners...