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![Popular Buy To Let mortgage lender is latest to cut rates](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Paragon Bank has reduced rates on its core range of buy-to-let mortgages, taking 15bps off 10 products, in addition to launching...
05 July 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
![Tory says councils lose out by levying second home taxes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
A politician is claiming that second home council tax premiums, where owners pay up to double the normal rate, is resulting...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Crunch Week ahead for interest rates and inflation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Business Rates - Agency warns Hunt he has last chance to get them right](/upload/images/shutterstock_2355420851.jpg)
The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Politicians told - You’re wrong on additional homes tax surcharge](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax and Benefit Changes announced to impact housing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry. The Local Housing...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Business Rates - ‘last chance for government to help High Street’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
A prominent agency says tomorrow’s Autumn Statement is the Chancellor’s last chance to come good on the election promise to lower...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency outraged at latest business rates proposal by government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Colliers, the agency and property consultancy, has issued another outspoken attack on government policy - this time prompted by a formal...
17 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax Loopholes - government slammed over additional properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
A long-standing and respected property firm has slammed the government for presiding over the “mess” of taxes applied to holiday lets...
05 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council chief slams holiday lets 'tax subsidy' scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2%20shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
A Liberal Democrat council leader says all properties - even those in properly established lettings businesses - should be charged council...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents say Business Rate changes for branches are ‘not enough’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FinanceCalculator-400x310.png)
Letting agencies with physical offices are being presented with a new business rates system in the future. But Propertymark says the changes...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![New curbs on holiday lets are “inhumane” - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
The latest restrictions imposed on holiday lets by a UK government are hurting local economies. The Welsh Government has confirmed there will...
07 March 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
![Plummeting commercial property - an alternative to buy to let?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
A new survey of over 8,000 commercial estate agents indicates a challenging 2023 - suggesting a possible alternative investment option for...
04 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb threat to communities leads to ‘locals only’ policy idea](/upload/images/Logos/Airbnb-Alt-400x310.jpg)
Agents are being dragged into a debate over whether locals should be given priority to rent or buy, as a result...
05 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Backlash over wide-ranging holiday lets rules change](/upload/images/Locations/WalesFlag-400x310.jpg)
A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Activists want sweeping new taxes on some lettings properties](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/TaxCut-400x310.png)
Activists are calling on the government to impose swingeing taxes on some lettings properties “to bring them back into the residential...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Millions in tax lost through lettings loophole - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tory MP wants 25 mile limit for some tenants and properties](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Tory-Labour-400x310.jpg)
A Conservative MP is suggesting that there could be a ’25 mile limit’ imposed around certain rental properties to ensure they...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Tax Hikes: Agents slam politicians for failing to understand effect](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark has slammed politicians who appear to have ignored a public consultation and gone ahead with draconian changes affecting second...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Holiday lets firm says tourist areas need more affordable homes](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
A major holiday let company in one of the country’s prime tourist destinations says more affordable homes should be built to...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Controlling Airbnb - England behind the curve, says Propertymark](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
Wales and Scotland are ahead of the game when it comes to limiting the impact of short term lets on the...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tax clampdown on letting second homes confirmed by government](/upload/images/library/HolidayHome%20400%20x%20310%20-min.jpg)
Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![New tax system for Airbnbs and holiday lets being finalised by government](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
The government says it’s finalising plans for a new tax regime to apply to additional homes, and in particular those used...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency head tells Sunak - stop hammering the private rental sector](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/RishiSunak-400x310.jpg)
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
![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
![Propertymark says it’s been standing up for members during pandemic](/img/default/lat.png)
Propertymark - embracing the Association of Residential Letting Agents as well as sales agents, auctioneers and valuers - says it’s been...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Budget Briefing for Letting Agents - the key announcements](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets body wants public cash for lost lockdown income](/img/default/lat.png)
A trade body wants the government to ensure its latest lockdown grants cover short lets businesses. The UK Short Term Accommodation Association...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Make business rate cut permanent! Agents’ demand help](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark wants the government to make the current business rates exemption for High Street branches permanent. The exemption, introduced in the spring...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Departed ARLA chief executive sets out his achievements in post](/img/default/lat.png)
David Cox’s departure as chief executive of ARLA Propertymark last Friday was well signposted, particularly when he was advised he could...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb support firms want to offer credit notes not cash refunds](/img/default/lat.png)
The plethora of support companies around Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK have told the government that it...
18 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Suspend electricity checks, postpone licensing, aid renters - ARLA demands](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark has made a series of demands on the government in the light of the Coronavirus crisis. In a formal written...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![More guidance and advice to the agency industry - Conquering Corona](/img/default/lat.png)
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...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Conquering Corona: new info, guidance, links for agents facing the virus](/img/default/lat.png)
Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Short lets shouldn’t have to give cash refunds, says new trade body](/img/default/lat.png)
The growing number of companies offering support services to hosts and agencies that operate short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Considering quitting as a letting agent? Seminar roadshow announced](/img/default/lat.png)
A seminar roadshow has been announced for letting agents considering quitting the sector. LegalforLandlords says it’s organised the six events after discovering...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb landlords should pay business rates, says council](/img/default/lat.png)
A council is lobbying the government to ask for landlords using Airbnb and other short let platforms to be charged business...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb Under Attack: campaign grows to regulate short lets](/img/default/lat.png)
Politicians from several parties say they want their local council in Bristol to have the powers to regulate the number and...