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One of the lettings sector’s longest-standing suppliers - Mortgages for Business - is rebranding. It’s to be known as Mortgage Finance Brokers,...

Typical UK rents now account for 28.3 per cent of average pre-tax earnings - slightly above the 10-year average of 27...

Labour’s much-publicised pledge to freeze council tax for the next year excludes empty buy to let properties and second homes it...

A high profile mortgage lender operating in the buy to let sector has launched a series of products aimed at investors...

The political party propping up the Scottish Government says higher taxes on buy to lets will help the housing market be...

One of the politicians backing a tax surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy to lets has been put...

Letting agents in Scotland are angry at the Scottish Government for increasing the tax surcharge on buyers of buy to lets...

Land and Buildings Transaction Tax - the Scottish equivalent of stamp duty - has risen to six per cent for all...

A respected agent is warning that a proposal to increase stamp duty on additional homes could kill off the rental market...

Rising interest rates are eroding the profitability of buy to let for mortgaged landlords, says Connells-owned agency Hamptons.   It says that its...

A new breakdown have been released of the nationalities of overseas buyers investing in British homes - thought to be overwhelmingly...

Labour’s Sadiq Khan wants an increase in Capital Gains Tax for some buy to let investors. The London Mayor made his response...

A new survey gives an indication of how quickly properties with poor Energy performance Certificates are falling out of favour in...

Unsurprisingly, perhaps, buy to let investors are becoming increasingly keen on upgrading homes to make them more energy efficient according to...

The average HMO is worth a third more than a comparably sized house according to new research. The typical HMO now costs...

Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...

While the number of companies set up by individual landlords to hold buy to lets reached a record high last year,...

The trade body representing Airbnb and other short let providers and sector suppliers says the short let industry is best placed...

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...

Lettings agency Hamptons, part of Connells, says there’s little sign that the stamp duty holiday led to large numbers of new...

More buy to let properties are being put on the sales market, despite the strength in the lettings sector, says Zoopla. In...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent campaign, says rents in Wales, Scotland and South West England have soared thanks...

London-based buy to let purchasers in the first half of the year have looked outside the capital in high numbers according...

A lettings agency that works closely with Build To Rent developers says half of the schemes allow pets. Pet rentals have been...

The five years since the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes has led to a...

A bank has seen a surge in Honk Kong residents purchasing UK buy to let properties. Skipton International, the Guernsey-licensed bank, says...

An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers.  Barrows and...

Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...

A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...

A leading property law expert says there is now pressure on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise stamp duty on buy to...

A rebranded agency is now focussing on selling only tenanted buy to let properties in what it calls ‘second tier’ cities...

An MP claims the proliferation of short lets via Airbnb and similar online platforms is indirectly pricing local people out of...

A new web platform is launching encouraging reviews of landlords - but it claims not to be another opportunity for tenants...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...

A consumer group wants buy to let properties to be re-let only if the tenants in them want to move. The call...

A specialist mortgage broker is suggesting that this is the right time for buy to let investors to bag bargain properties,...

A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...

Private landlords want the government to stop local authorities charging council tax on rented homes left empty because of the Coronavirus.  The National...

Demand for rental properties with gardens or other outdoor space has soared in terms of portal listings - perhaps no surprise...

A London council tenant who for a period of seven years failed to disclose that he owned three houses, has been...

Two specific elements of Labour’s tax proposals, outlined in its manifesto, could “drive a nail into the coffin of buy to...

Almost two thirds of landlords say their next buy to let purchase will be through a limited company, not by themselves...

An influential think tank says Capital Gains Tax on buy to let properties and second homes should be levied at the...

An analysis of rental properties in Scotland to discover the most numerous overseas landlords has discovered, perhaps surprisingly, that they come...

Some 12 per cent of homes to let are operated by a ‘company landlord’ according to an analysis by Countrywide high-end...

A holiday lettings company says it’s seen a 23 per cent increase in its portfolio over the past year as owners...

Data from a Countrywide agency shows that 59 per cent of landlords who live in London purchased their buy to let...

Two buy to let investors have been fined thousands of pounds after failing to carry out improvements to unfit rental properties. Adur...

Fergus Wilson, arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord and almost certainly the individual with the largest number of buy to lets in...

The proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let homes in London with cash rose from 33 per cent in 2017 to...

There’s been a big rise in the volume of purpose-built student accommodation in the UK, suggesting that the market may be...

An online agency specialising in the sale of investment properties with tenants in situ claims the average time for a tenanted...

The stamp duty surcharge - which across the rest of Britain is currently three per cent on additional homes such as...

Rents are likely to rise 2.5 per cent in 2019, then 3.0 per cent in 2020 and a further 2.0 per...

The Republic of Ireland has adopted new policies requiring owners in 'high housing demand areas' to secure planning consent if they...

The heavy-handed administration of selective licensing schemes is driving out buy to let investors. That’s the claim from David Kirwan of Kirwans...

Airbnb, the short lets platform that has received substantial criticism from the buy to let sector over its largely unregulated status,...

There’s more evidence today that the largest buy to let investment yields are coming from the north of England and the...

Opposition is growing fast to the threat of another stamp duty attack on the buy to let sector, rumoured to be...

A newspaper in warning that the beleaguered buy to let sector may be under attack yet again with the government considering...

The consumer group Which? says the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards starting next weekend could affect 300,000 buy to let properties.  From...

The number of buy to let properties in arrears has risen again according to figures released by UK Finance, formerly the...

A crowdfunding site describing itself as an ‘ethical investment platform’ is the first international crowdfunder to enable investment in debt-free buy...

A survey conducted for MyDeposits suggests some nine per cent of landlords - or one in 11 - is likely to...

Your Move says a shrinking supply of properties, in part created by government measures against the lettings sector, has led to...

More landlords are quitting conventional letting and resorting to holiday lets or, increasingly, Airbnb-style short lets.    The move is particularly acute in...

Ian Duncan Smith is the latest Conservative to criticise his own government’s fiscal policies regarding buy to let.   Writing on the Conservative...

Countrywide says the rapid growth in the size of the private rental sector in recent years is not down to a...

Paragon is the latest lender to announce it’s falling in line with Bank of England Prudential Regulation Authority requirements for more...

Expanding buy to let lender Landbay says it plans to launch an accounting, reporting and tax compliance service for those holding...

The proportion of landlords who use a letting agent to help manage their property has spiked since the end of last...

This weekend marks one year to go before the introduction of new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards - which are expected to...

Countrywide claims that the proportion of landlords paying in cash for a property reached 61 per cent in January, the highest...

A property investment financing specialist says an increasing number of buy to let investors are converting properties into Houses in Multiple...

A landlord guilty of breaching a planning enforcement notice has been ordered to pay £700,000 in fines and costs - the...

There is growing concern over a predicted £5,000 cost to make some buy to let properties energy-efficient under new government plans.   An...

We’re used to young owner-occupiers relying on the Bank of Mum and Dad for financial help - now it appears youthful...

The chief executive of a new organisation servicing the fast-growing British Build To Rent sector says he hopes in time BTR...

Almost all landlords are considering increasing rents to pay for the higher taxes they now face. According to a survey by the...

Enforcement officers from Barking and Dagenham council, one of the most active in chasing up private rental sector issues, has discovered...

There’s been an angry reaction from letting agents and landlords to the shock news that an additional three per cent stamp...

A financial adviser is warning that taking advantage of pension law changes and using a pension pot to buy a property...