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The lettings sector is giving a sigh of relief at the absence of any change to Capital Gains Tax by HM Treasury. CGT...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The number of new prospective tenants soared 27 per cent in the New Year according to figures released over the weekend...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agents say the number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the third month in a row. The latest ARLA Propertymark...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has given a detailed response to a government consultation on how the pandemic has hit the private rental sector. The...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

Some 25,000 investors and landlords have signed up to receive a free expert guide from Zoopla in just over a week...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Chris Pincher has entered the row over Labour claiming that the stamp duty holiday announced last week was in...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Labour has described the stamp duty holiday introduced last week as “a £1.3 billion bung for landlords” because the tax break...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News

An analysis of buy to let returns from mortgage lender Mojo has produced a league table with no London locations in...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...
28 May 2020
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The Generation Rent pressure group is wrong to claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Some buy to let mortgages are now more expensive than before for borrowers, despite the recent fall in the Bank of...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News

New research suggested that yields across the UK rental market are remaining broadly unchanged despite the Coronavirus crisis. The current average sits...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News

HSBC says its unable to accept any new buy to let mortgage applications during the Coronavirus crisis. The same applies to applications...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Data from independent mortgage monitor Moneyfacts shows that there’s been a big drop in the choice of mortgage for buy to...
15 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s not just navigating a path through the Coronavirus crisis that is proving the value of letting agents - it’s their...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading Proptech expert says agents must have robust payment systems to cope with the unusual pressure of tracking mortgage and...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Two lettings agencies have been vandalised by activists who defied the Coronavirus lockdown to damage property. Local media reports in Cheltenham say...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...
06 February 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

New research suggests that the recent fall in the cost of fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages may be coming to a halt. Online...
24 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage rates continue to drop but at a slower rate than in previous months, according to the latest Property...
08 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords must look at their finances as a range of tax changes continue to 'hit home', according to Apropos. The property management...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A group of landlords in the North East are the latest to criticise Labour's plans to introduce a Right to Buy...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A fifth of buy-to-let landlords claim they have reduced the number of properties in their portfolios due to a range of...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of landlords looking to sell properties decreased slightly between Q2 and Q3 2019, according to a survey by Paragon. The...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

As expected, the Liberal Democrats’ conference in Bournemouth has backed a motion calling for the scrapping of Section 21 - effectively...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Universal Credit is causing tenants to fall behind with their rent according to lettings sector trade body the Residential Landlords Association. It...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been an “unprecedented” across-the-board fall in fixed rate buy to let mortgage rates according to an online investment platform. Property Master...
10 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade association has called for a 'moratorium' on any further government intervention in the buy-to-let sector in order to stop...
09 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of landlords admitting to not paying tax has soared in the past year, according to new data. During 2018/2019, 16,110...
08 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Property investors are calling for the government to provide more support to the UK property market. A survey of investors, carried out...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A rise in the number of professional landlords means letting agents need to ensure their service meets the expectations of experienced...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords can make savings by switching their buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages as average costs have started to fall. The latest analysis from Mortgage...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Only one in three landlords across the buy-to-let market earn their sole living from their property portfolio, according to research. Specialist lender...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News
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If you are a letting agent who has begun to question your worth, stop. The value of property management is rising...
27 June 2019
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A research report claims letting agents could be missing out on thousands of pounds of potential income each year by not...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A holiday lettings company says it’s seen a 23 per cent increase in its portfolio over the past year as owners...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A specialist broker says the costs of most fixed rate buy to let mortgages are beginning to rise. Property Master warned last...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests the typical buy to let investor will be lucky to generate annual...
05 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The head of a firm that seeks investors to put money into residential property funds rather than individual homes for tenants...
29 May 2019
From: Breaking News

With the Tenant Fee Ban obliterating a key income stream, letting agents should be looking at ways they can increase the...
16 May 2019
From: Sponsored Content

The typical landlord who sold a rental property in England and Wales made a gross gain of £79,770 before tax last...
13 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A damning report on taxation in the private rental sector (PRS) has accused the treasury of appearing not to understand 'the...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News

There was a notable increase in the number of older buy-to-let investors in 2018, according to Commercial Trust Limited. The specialist buy-to-let...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News

National sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has launched what it calls a 'pioneering new service' in the North East. The...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let homes in London with cash rose from 33 per cent in 2017 to...
18 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy to let may have been in the doldrums in recent years thanks to new taxes and stricter regulations but there’s...
26 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests asking rents in London are now increasing at an annual rate not seen for...
17 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The man who is arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord - Fergus Wilson - is likely to be issuing up to 90...
15 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Most buy-to-let fixed rate mortgages are currently cheaper than they were a year ago - some by as much as £29...
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Rents in major regional cities are growing significantly faster than both London and the UK average, according to data from buy...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

It should perhaps come as no surprise that this week’s tightening up of the energy efficiency regulations for the private rental...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

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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20% more landlords* are struggling compared to last year. They’ve been caught in a perfect storm of higher interest rates, bigger...
20 September 2018
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The UK's second city Birmingham takes top spot when it comes to student property returns for buy-to-let investors. Analysis by online letting...
07 September 2018
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Reports have emerged this week that the government is planning a U-turn on its proposals to introduce mandatory three-year minimum tenancies...
06 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A survey has revealed that 44% of landlords are looking to sell properties as a challenging market takes its toll. Octopus Choice,...
06 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading letting agent argues that the UK housing market is not prepared to deal with a growing number of lifetime...
05 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A top London letting agent working for Knight Frank has commented on the 'irony' that the government's series of tax changes...
31 August 2018
From: Breaking News

If you’re a landlord who owns a buy to let property or perhaps a portfolio and need to raise money against...
28 August 2018
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Lettings agents’ representatives have hit back at an accusation of discrimination made against the industry. A report by Shelter and the National...
22 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

Controversial landlord Fergus Wilson has increased rents on all new tenancies in his property portfolio by £50 a week because of...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News

An insurer is launching a new referral scheme for letting agents to market to landlords and tenants as a way of...
25 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

An analysis of over 580,000 properties has produced a league table of Britain’s best and worst buy to let postcodes in...
18 June 2018
From: Breaking News

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...
11 June 2018
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The government has responded to a petition calling for it to abolish the 3% stamp duty surcharge and reintroduce full buy-to-let...
29 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let lender Paragon says it has seen a 'marked shift' towards buy-to-let activity among professional investors. The organisation reports that this is...
29 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of buy-to-let properties and the phasing out of buy-to-let mortgage...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News

An online petition which calls on the government to reintroduce full buy-to-let mortgage interest tax relief and abolish the 3% stamp...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A new survey appears to buck the trend of recent rental market snapshots by showing that buy to let investors are...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of landlords re-mortgaging to release money for home improvements has reached a record high according to Countrywide. In the last...
16 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Increased volatility in the private rental sector and rising costs for landlords and investors have combined to lead to an increased...
20 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says some buy to let mortgage rates have gone back to record lows. The monitor says...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Your buy-to-let investment is an extremely valuable asset and you need to know the income generated from it will be safely...
05 March 2018
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An ‘instant EPC ratings check’ has been created on the website of Mortgages for Business allowing agents to check the ratings...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The successful transfer of £12 billion worth of buy-to-let mortgages has been completed. Last year, Blackstone and Prudential purchased the book of...
20 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...
08 February 2018
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A leading figure in the buy to let broker industry has called for would-be ‘pension pot’ landlords to seek advice before...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News

According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...
14 September 2017
From: Sponsored Content

A third of tenants can't imagine ever taking their first step on the property ladder and owning their own home. This is...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Changes to buy-to-let lending criteria being introduced at the end of this month could encourage a surge of rental stock as...
05 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association is urging buy to let investors to consider remortgaging in the very near future ahead of new...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Campaigning charity Shelter - which last week suggested landlords were more likely to quit buy to let because they grew old...
31 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Mortgage Advice Bureau increased revenue by 15 per cent to £49m in the first half of 2017, and reports that the...
26 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Asking rents outside London continue to hold up despite the market having more available properties, according to Rightmove. Prices rose 2.8 per...
07 July 2017
From: Breaking News

ARLA has led a call by many letting agents on hearing the Queen’s Speech - what was the point of a...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The boss of 300 branch agency Belvoir has called on the government to appoint a cross-party housing tsar to work with...
19 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Stoke-on-Trent has been named as the UK's buy-to-let 'sweet spot'. Analysis of data from Home.co.uk by property crowdfunding plaform Property Partner shows...
19 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The top ten buy-to-let postcodes in England and Wales are evenly split between locations that voted for the Conservatives or Labour. Luton...
16 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A proposed amendment to the government's Housing and Planning Bill which suggests landlords are required to make homes 'fit for human...
15 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The number of buy-to-let mortgage loans fell by over a fifth during April, according to the latest figures from the Council...
15 June 2017
From: Breaking News

High street operator Metro Bank has announced that it is entering the consumer buy-to-let market and will now accept consumer applications...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The nation's landlords are adapting to ongoing restrictions to tax relief on buy-to-let mortgage interest, according to Mortgages for Business. Upon releasing...
09 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The proportion of landlords who use a letting agent to help manage their property has spiked since the end of last...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Property investors based in the capital are increasingly purchasing buy-to-let properties outside of London, according to Countrywide. The UK's largest agency's latest...
15 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Rental growth in London remained relatively stable during the first quarter of 2017, according to Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings. The firm's...
12 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has set up a company to handle the ownership and management of buy to let properties - and the...
02 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Steve Bolton, founder of investment consultancy Platinum Property Partners and one of two landlords who have led a campaign against restricting...
06 April 2017
From: Breaking News

As the new restrictions on landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief come into effect this week, ARLA Propertymark has restated its objections...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The Chartered Institute of Taxation has issued a reminder to buy to let investors that the first phase of the restriction...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of Andrews Property Group says the government’s three per cent additional homes stamp duty surcharge on buy to...
27 March 2017
From: Breaking News

New lettings data from Agency Express supports the belief that the rental market may be slowing down across much of the...
20 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

Letting Agent Today’s Conor Shilling was in the audience of The Great Buy To Let Debate - always one of the...
01 March 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

Protests planned by tenants’ groups for many Santander bank branches over the past weekend turned instead into celebrations after the institution...
20 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Shelter - the campaigning charity many feel has had influence on government policies for the lettings sector - has now turned around and...
09 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents and many industry bodies have expressed their disappointment and anger at many provisions of the Housing White Paper produced by...
08 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A group of landlords that mounted a successful legal challenge to a council’s proposed licensing scheme is continuing to recruit letting...
31 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England's decision to keep the base interest rate at the record low of 0.25% has kept buy-to-let headline...
25 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The couple believed to be the owners of Britain’s largest buy to let portfolio have defended sending letting agents an 11-point...
09 January 2017
From: Breaking News

No fewer than 60 per cent of buy to let investors say they believe they will be hit by forthcoming changes...
04 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

Over a third of landlords have never used a letting agent and manage all their properties themselves. That is the finding of...
15 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Britain’s biggest buy to let landlord, Fergus Wilson, says new investors now will never be able to enjoy the scale of...
12 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The Leeds Building Society is the latest buy to let mortgage lender to amend its criteria for borrowers ahead of new...
08 December 2016
From: Breaking News

There is a new warning from the Bank of England suggesting that - despite all the recent measures aimed against buy...
02 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The Financial Times reports that the Bank of England is questioning buy to let mortgage lenders and banks as part of...
29 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Paragon Mortgages’ parent firm, the Paragon Group of Companies, remains bullish about the buy to let sector despite the series of...
28 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The UK is only the 15th best place in Europe to enjoy high returns from buy to let according to currency...
22 November 2016
From: Breaking News

More than 92 per cent of landlords believe the government is anti-landlord and want the Chancellor to back them in this...
21 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The Mortgage Works, the buy to let lending arm of the Nationwide, has seen a dip in the amount borrowed by...
21 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords’ Association says it stands by a claim that one in four landlords may sell up, and it refutes...
21 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent has poured scorn on a survey suggesting a quarter of landlords are about to quit buy to let,...
18 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Another prominent mortgage chief has called on the government to show its support for the private rental sector by repealing some...
10 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association has launched an e-postcard campaign for letting agent and landlord members to lobby the government over the...
10 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Lettings expert Kate Faulkner says yields - a traditional long-standing measure of success for buy to let landlords - are becoming...
09 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy to let landlords may be forced to raise rents or even sell their properties because of the government’s new tax...
03 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Three quarters of a million private renters are stuck in the coldest and draughtiest homes, claims the Citizens Advice organisation -...
28 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords’ Association has revealed that it is to meet with Treasury officials ahead of next month’s Autumn Statement -...
27 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Sister agencies Leaders and Romans have undertaken research to show that property has been the most lucrative investment in the UK...
25 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A well-known mortgage broker is quoted as saying that buy to let organisations are complaining too much over tax changes for...
24 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A senior Conservative peer has renewed his attack on his own party over the buy to let tax grab on landlords,...
17 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy to let lending is well down according to data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders. Apparently contrary to an optimistic report...
13 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Buyer enquiries from potential landlords and investors are now up 30 per cent since May according to Rightmove, suggesting that the...
12 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The Mortgages for Businesses brokerage says in the third quarter of this year the proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let...
07 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Details of the Bank of England’s statement outlining tougher rules on mortgage lending to buy to let investors have been shown...
04 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of financial consultancy Clayton Euro Risk says changes soon coming in to tighten the criteria applied to buy...
04 October 2016
From: Breaking News

As the Conservatives meet at their annual conference and Chancellor Phillip Hammond considers next month’s Autumn Statement, an industry body has...
03 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Several property experts have warned of possible dangers in landlords forming limited companies in a bid to minimise their tax liabilities. There...
28 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Lancashire town Blackburn has recorded the highest increase in average rental yield over the last year, according to LendInvest. The online mortgage...
27 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let (BTL) investors continue to benefit from falls in mortgage rates, particularly those looking for longer-term agreements. Analysis by Moneyfacts.co.uk shows that...
22 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Almost all of the UK's major towns and cities saw fewer available buy-to-let properties listed during August when compared with July. Property...
15 September 2016
From: Breaking News

An action group campaigning on behalf of landlords has confirmed that it is ready to begin legal action against the Bank...
14 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Our key partner and buy-to-let specialist, Hamilton Fraser, and renown industry expert, Paul Shamplina have released the first in a new...
12 September 2016
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A campaign group is urging letting agents to join with landlords in lobbying MP over the government’s change to buy to...
12 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The news editor of London financial daily City AM has made an outspoken attack on the government’s fiscal assaults on the...
07 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A report by buy to let guru Kate Faulkner says accidental landlords could unwittingly be contributing to some high profile problems in...
06 September 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

Speculation that the government was attempting to ‘slip in’ yet more changes to the way landlords are being taxed have been...
05 September 2016
From: Breaking News

There is growing concern across the industry at the fear - which we reported yesterday - that the government may be...
31 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The date for the court hearing to decide whether there should be a judicial review of the buy to let tax...
26 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association has come out fighting in response to a weekend report by the National Housing Federation suggesting buy...
23 August 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

An industry body says agents and landlords who ignore tenants' complaints about damp and mould could be putting their property at...
17 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Government policy to improve the energy efficiency of the UK’s housing stock will increase rents for tenants. New laws mean that from...
15 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has agreed to meet campaigners opposed to the clampdown on landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief. The measure -...
12 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The people behind the bid for a judicial review into Clause 24 of the Finance Act 2015 - limiting mortgage interest tax...
05 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Any lingering hope that the buy to let sector might have of a rethink by the new Chancellor over restructuring mortgage...
21 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Prime central London’s letting sector appears to be thriving despite the uncertainty leading up to, and since, the shock referendum result. “Relocation...
21 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Andrea Morgan - known to many property Twitter users as @RightmoveAddict - is joining the Agency Mentors estate agency training and...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The new Chancellor appointed by Prime Minister Theresa May has been ‘outed’ as a former buy to let landlord - raising...
18 July 2016
From: Breaking News

New Chancellor Phillip Hammond has been urged by an industry trade group to reset the government’s approach to taxing the buy...
15 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The growth in buy to let mortgage products - rising rapidly until recently - has now begun to drop off. Products increased...
14 July 2016
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s leading buy to let mortgage companies says it anticipates that over three quarters of borrowing to purchase BTL...
08 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A buy to let property in London is going to be “very difficult to make viable” in the near future unless...
27 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...
22 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents in Scotland are at a record high, after the fastest month-on-month growth on record. Data from Your Move shows that average...
22 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The landlords campaigning for a judicial review of the legislation curtailing mortgage interest tax relief for buy to let landlords have...
21 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Letting agencies Your Move and Reeds Rains claim rents have started to drop in many areas following the arrival of a...
17 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors face a ‘ticking timebomb’ that may force many of them to quit the sector in the long-term,...
16 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The exemption of residential property from the new Capital Gains Tax cuts tops the list of concerns expressed by professional landlords...
14 June 2016
From: Breaking News

There appears no change in government policy on changing buy to let tax breaks - at least not yet - despite...
10 June 2016
From: Breaking News

It is now thought that the likely average payout to each buy to let borrower affected by this week’s court decision...
10 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Letting agents will be pleased to hear that landlords who manage all aspects of tenancies on their own are being warned...
09 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The number of valuations for buy to let purposes last month was eight per cent up on the May 2015 level...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News

There has been a new development in a long-running spat between a website and the BBC over the corporation’s news coverage...
07 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Landlords are increasingly favouring Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and more 'complex property types' due to the often higher yields available. Mortgages...
02 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Landlords are looking to house tenants less likely to miss rental payments in order to minimise the impact of a number...
27 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Annual rent rises in Scotland hit a three-year low in April, according to new figures. Your Move's Scotland Buy-to-Let Index shows that...
25 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Average rents are now rising at the fastest rate since last Autumn, bringing the average monthly rent in England and Wales...
24 May 2016
From: Breaking News

More details have emerged of the campaign rally to be held next month in support of the bid for a judicial...
20 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A buy to let index of returns compiled by a financial firm shows the greatest returns for investors are now to...
13 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A warning is being issued that the types of mortgages still being extended to buy to let investors risks them becoming...
10 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Ahead of what some consider as the likely tightening of buy to let mortgage lending criteria by the Bank of England...
04 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The two landlords campaigning to win a judicial review of George Osborne’s restrictions on buy to let mortgage tax relief have...
04 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Another £50,000 has already been raised through crowd-funding to help meet the costs of mounting a legal challenge to George Osborne’s...
28 April 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

Two professional property investors are giving away a Manchester flat valued at £110,000 in a protest against Chancellor George Osborne’s attacks...
25 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has backed the raft of measures seen by many as anti-buy to let, including the restriction on...
21 April 2016
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A financial journalist has lambasted the government’s anti-buy to let policies, describing them as “political short-termism ... a vote winner to...
18 April 2016
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The two landlords spearheading a campaign to challenge the change to buy to let mortgage interest tax relief have launched another...
15 April 2016
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Independent comparison website Moneyfacts says mortgage lenders are slashing rates on products designed for landlords, in a bid to buoy up...
15 April 2016
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Almost all landlords are considering increasing rents to pay for the higher taxes they now face. According to a survey by the...
15 April 2016
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One of London’s major letting agencies is urging landlords to take a cautious approach to whether they should incorporate in a...
12 April 2016
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Countrywide says £28 billion worth of home sales were completed in March ahead of the stamp duty surcharge deadline, a 76...
11 April 2016
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Ian Wilson, chief executive officer of Martin & Co, has given David Cameron’s government a “two out of 10” score for...
11 April 2016
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The people behind the campaign to seek a judicial review of the buy to let tax changes proposed by Chancellor George...
06 April 2016
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An outspoken attack on Chancellor George Osborne’s fiscal measures against the private rental sector have questioned whether he is really a...
04 April 2016
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More criticism of Chancellor George Osborne’s raft of buy to let reforms has appeared in the mainstream media, with much emphasis...
01 April 2016
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The two landlords behind the bid to seek a judicial review of George Osborne’s buy to let mortgage interest relief tax...
31 March 2016
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The financial editor of The Guardian newspaper claims that - despite widespread criticism within the lettings industry of the latest buy...
31 March 2016
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The managing director of the Association of Residential Letting Agents says urgent action is necessary “to make the prospect of being...
31 March 2016
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The Bank of England has released new buy to let mortgage underwriting standards which are expected to set out stricter borrowing...
29 March 2016
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HM Revenue & Customs and the Treasury have at last responded to the legal team representing two landlords challenging beleaguered Chancellor...
24 March 2016
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The new stamp duty surcharge on buy to let properties coming into effect next Friday will increase rent costs for tenants...
24 March 2016
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The Council of Mortgage Lenders has ticked off the government for not updating its Private Landlords’ Survey for some six years...
24 March 2016
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The government has been told to back off its criticism of buy to let landlords and instead do more to address...
22 March 2016
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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
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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
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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
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Almost a third of landlords surveyed by property crowdfunding platform Property Partner have little or no awareness of the raft of...
16 March 2016
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The proposed stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy-to-let properties will fail to deter landlords from expanding...
15 March 2016
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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
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February has seen a further burst of buy to let activity, fuelled not only by the stamp duty surcharge deadline but...
11 March 2016
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There is more evidence that the buy to let sector has experienced a surge of activity as investors rush to complete...
09 March 2016
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Martin & Co - one of Britain’s largest letting agency networks with 192 offices across the country - says it may...
03 March 2016
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Not one of the raft of buy to let rule changes being introduced by Chancellor George Osborne - ostensibly to help...
01 March 2016
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If interest rates rise by 2.5 per cent over the next four years, traditional buy to let could become unprofitable in...
01 March 2016
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The attempt to see judicial review of George Osborne’s buy to let tax change continues apace, with the government now having...
29 February 2016
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Four in 10 landlords are either seriously considering forming a limited company or will be looking into the option in the...
22 February 2016
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A survey claims that despite the apparent rush to purchase buy to let properties before the stamp duty surcharge deadline of...
19 February 2016
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The latest step in the legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposal to limit landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief comes in...
16 February 2016
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The influencial cross-party Commons Treasury Committee says the whole economy could suffer is George Osborne’s fiscal measures against the private rental...
15 February 2016
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The franchise letting agency chain Belvoir is urging its landlord clients to offer fiancial support to the national campaign to fight...
08 February 2016
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Around a fifth of investors plan to sell their buy to let properties this year, thanks to the recent measures against...
08 February 2016
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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
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The three per cent stamp duty surcharge proposed for purchases of buy to let and holiday homes risks being seen as...
01 February 2016
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Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed out of hand appeals and comments from Letting Agent Today readers to reconsider the recent...
25 January 2016
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An online petition aiming to get 100,000 signatures expressing opposition to Chancellor George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes looks certain...
21 January 2016
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Labour MP Karen Buck is accusing local authorities of taking a ’softly, softly’ approach to rogue letting agents and landlords. Buck, whose...
19 January 2016
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Connells says that between December 2014 and December 2015 the number of valuations conducted for buy-to-let properties soared by 86 per...
14 January 2016
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The two landlords behind the possible legal challenge to George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes are appealling for “experts, mentors...
11 January 2016
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A Conservative peer and former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury has become the first senior Tory to speak out against...
06 January 2016
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A legal opinion is expected in the next few days as the legal challenge to George Osborne’s buy to let tax...
06 January 2016
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The latest £50,000 target to fund a legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposed tax changes for buy to let landlords...
04 January 2016
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An online petition seeking the reversal of the Osborne clampdown on buy to let tax breaks has secured around 47,000 signatures...
31 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The man behind the Platinum Property Partners company are mounting a legal challenge to this year’s buy to let tax changes...
30 December 2015
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The Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is the latest influential figure to hint that there may soon be additional restrictions...
17 December 2015
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The scores are in - we have asked 20 senior agents and analysts for their forecasts for capital values the 2016...
16 December 2015
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The government is poised to launch a consultation document which is expected to advocate further restrictions on buy to let mortgage...
15 December 2015
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Financially-stretched landlords may want to think seriously about selling their investment properties - and quickly, advises Rightmove. In its latest monthly report...
15 December 2015
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It appears almost certain that the Bank of England is preparing for new mortgage controls in a bid to dampen what...
02 December 2015
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It is not often that a national newspaper dedicates an article to praising buy to let - and even rarer for...
30 November 2015
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Existing and would-be landlords are set to go on a buy to let buying spree, snapping up homes before the three...
27 November 2015
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A property investment search portal has launched an online petition via the UK Parliament website, calling for a national register of...
23 November 2015
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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
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Thanks to Accountancy Age for drawing to our attention to the fact that not every country is tightening up on the tax...
04 November 2015
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The prospect of lending restraints for landlords next year has done little to deter lenders offering a wide range of deals...
23 October 2015
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“Unthought-through”, “unfair and unreasonable” and leading to “extreme confusion” - those are the thoughts of Britain’s leading professional accounting body on...
19 October 2015
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A letting agent's life is a varied one, with the profession requiring agents to undertake a wide range of activities in...
16 October 2015
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Buy to let lending continues to show a large rise compared to the same time last year according to new figures from...
14 October 2015
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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
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A columnist on FT Adviser - an online service for financial advisers and clients - says buy to let investors have...
09 October 2015
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Rents across England and Wales have dipped by 0.1 per cent and now stand at an average of £803 per month. Annual...
18 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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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
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The average rent in Scotland has plateaued, remaining at an all-time record high of £549 a month, according to Your Move's...
26 August 2015
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UK landlords own their properties for an average of 17 years before selling up, according to Countrywide's latest Lettings Index. This is...
25 August 2015
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Brandon in Suffolk is the most profitable location for pensioners to invest in buy-to-let property with an average yield of 8.59%. This...
25 August 2015
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There has been a huge increase in the number of investors acquiring Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in the North West...
24 August 2015
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Average monthly rents in England and Wales hit a record high of £804 last month, according to Your Move and Reeds...
21 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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The Channel Five series Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords - which ends its first series this evening at 9pm - has been...
29 July 2015
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Almost 3,000 investors have crowdfunded more than £6m worth of buy-to-let property on one platform alone since its launch early this...
28 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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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

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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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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The head of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association is telling the Bank of England to back away from its strident warnings...
07 July 2015
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The appetite of investors for trying relatively untested projects remains undiminished with news that a buy-to-let property recently sold out on...
07 July 2015
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This week will see whether Chancellor George Osborne will give in to calls to close some of the tax breaks given...
06 July 2015
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The Bank of England says excessive lending to fund buy to let purchases could pose a risk to the financial well-being...
02 July 2015
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Analysis by financial services comparison website Moneyfacts suggests that since so-called ‘pension freedom’ was introduced in the spring the number of...
25 June 2015
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Research commissioned by specialist buy-to-let lender, Paragon Mortgages shows that 81 per cent of tenants living in the private rented sector...
16 June 2015
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Known as Britain’s biggest landlords, Fergus and Judith Wilson have started to sell off their 1,000 strong property portfolio. The ex-teachers from...
09 June 2015
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The new shadow chancellor has said that he is against a ‘crack down’ on letting agencies and rent controls. Labour’s Chris Leslie,...
02 June 2015
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A portal dedicated to investment and buy-to-let property has launched this week. Buy2Let.com, which describes itself as the first of its kind,...
02 June 2015
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A survey of financial advisors has reported that the majority expect to do more buy-to-let business in the coming months. Paragon Mortgages’...
29 May 2015
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The number of landlords selling their buy-to-let properties increased during April, according to the latest report from the Association of Residential...
27 May 2015
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A specialist buy to let lender is increasing the maximum age of the borrower at the end of the mortgage term...
19 May 2015
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A financial adviser is warning that taking advantage of pension law changes and using a pension pot to buy a property...
18 May 2015
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A little over four weeks ago I was here musing what impact the impending general election might have on the property...
15 May 2015
From: Features

Labour’s onslaught on the private rental sector continues, with the party now setting out how it will implement its rent controls...