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The new co-owner of two branches of Martin & Co is combining legal work with sales and lettings. Barrister Tom Fazackerley has...

ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a call for HMRC to extend the time limit for the payment of Capital...

Hunters - now subsumed into The Property Franchise Group - has opened a new branch in Bicester.  The new branch follows a...

A family-owned boutique lettings agency in Salford, Greater Manchester, has taken a significant share in a nearby independent rival - and will...

Latest figures from ARLA Propertymark suggest the rental market continues to perform strongly. Data for February - the latest available from the...

The lettings sector is giving a sigh of relief at the absence of any change to Capital Gains Tax by HM Treasury. CGT...

The number of new prospective tenants soared 27 per cent in the New Year according to figures released over the weekend...

ARLA Propertymark has reiterated its demand for the government to give financial support to the private rental sector. In its submission to...

Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...

Letting agents say the number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the third month in a row. The latest ARLA Propertymark...

ARLA Propertymark has given a detailed response to a government consultation on how the pandemic has hit the private rental sector. The...

The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...

Some 25,000 investors and landlords have signed up to receive a free expert guide from Zoopla in just over a week...

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has entered the row over Labour claiming that the stamp duty holiday announced last week was in...

Labour has described the stamp duty holiday introduced last week as “a £1.3 billion bung for landlords” because the tax break...

The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...

New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...

An analysis of buy to let returns from mortgage lender Mojo has produced a league table with no London locations in...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

The Generation Rent pressure group is wrong to claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help...

Some buy to let mortgages are now more expensive than before for borrowers, despite the recent fall in the Bank of...

New research suggested that yields across the UK rental market are remaining broadly unchanged despite the Coronavirus crisis. The current average sits...

HSBC says its unable to accept any new buy to let mortgage applications during the Coronavirus crisis. The same applies to applications...

Data from independent mortgage monitor Moneyfacts shows that there’s been a big drop in the choice of mortgage for buy to...

Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...

It’s not just navigating a path through the Coronavirus crisis that is proving the value of letting agents - it’s their...

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...

A leading Proptech expert says agents must have robust payment systems to cope with the unusual pressure of tracking mortgage and...

Two lettings agencies have been vandalised by activists who defied the Coronavirus lockdown to damage property. Local media reports in Cheltenham say...

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

New research suggests that the recent fall in the cost of fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages may be coming to a halt. Online...

Buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage rates continue to drop but at a slower rate than in previous months, according to the latest Property...

Landlords must look at their finances as a range of tax changes continue to 'hit home', according to Apropos. The property management...

A group of landlords in the North East are the latest to criticise Labour's plans to introduce a Right to Buy...

A fifth of buy-to-let landlords claim they have reduced the number of properties in their portfolios due to a range of...

The number of landlords looking to sell properties decreased slightly between Q2 and Q3 2019, according to a survey by Paragon. The...

As expected, the Liberal Democrats’ conference in Bournemouth has backed a motion calling for the scrapping of Section 21 - effectively...

Universal Credit is causing tenants to fall behind with their rent according to lettings sector trade body the Residential Landlords Association. It...

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...

A trade association has called for a 'moratorium' on any further government intervention in the buy-to-let sector in order to stop...

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

A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...

Property investors are calling for the government to provide more support to the UK property market. A survey of investors, carried out...

A rise in the number of professional landlords means letting agents need to ensure their service meets the expectations of experienced...

Landlords can make savings by switching their buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages as average costs have started to fall.  The latest analysis from Mortgage...

Only one in three landlords across the buy-to-let market earn their sole living from their property portfolio, according to research. Specialist lender...

If you are a letting agent who has begun to question your worth, stop. The value of property management is rising...

A research report claims letting agents could be missing out on thousands of pounds of potential income each year by not...

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

A specialist broker says the costs of most fixed rate buy to let mortgages are beginning to rise.  Property Master warned last...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests the typical buy to let investor will be lucky to generate annual...

The head of a firm that seeks investors to put money into residential property funds rather than individual homes for tenants...

With the Tenant Fee Ban obliterating a key income stream, letting agents should be looking at ways they can increase the...

The typical landlord who sold a rental property in England and Wales made a gross gain of £79,770 before tax last...

A damning report on taxation in the private rental sector (PRS) has accused the treasury of appearing not to understand 'the...

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...

National sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has launched what it calls a 'pioneering new service' in the North East. The...

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

Buy to let may have been in the doldrums in recent years thanks to new taxes and stricter regulations but there’s...

A lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests asking rents in London are now increasing at an annual rate not seen for...

The man who is arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord - Fergus Wilson - is likely to be issuing up to 90...

Most buy-to-let fixed rate mortgages are currently cheaper than they were a year ago - some by as much as £29...

Rents in major regional cities are growing significantly faster than both London and the UK average, according to data from buy...

Continued political and economic uncertainty is likely to fuel increased tenant demand in the private rented sector, says Haart.  The company’s latest...

It should perhaps come as no surprise that this week’s tightening up of the energy efficiency regulations for the private rental...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

20% more landlords* are struggling compared to last year. They’ve been caught in a perfect storm of higher interest rates, bigger...

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...

Reports have emerged this week that the government is planning a U-turn on its proposals to introduce mandatory three-year minimum tenancies...

A survey has revealed that 44% of landlords are looking to sell properties as a challenging market takes its toll. Octopus Choice,...

A leading letting agent argues that the UK housing market is not prepared to deal with a growing number of lifetime...

A top London letting agent working for Knight Frank has commented on the 'irony' that the government's series of tax changes...

If you’re a landlord who owns a buy to let property or perhaps a portfolio and need to raise money against...

Lettings agents’ representatives have hit back at an accusation of discrimination made against the industry. A report by Shelter and the National...

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

Controversial landlord Fergus Wilson has increased rents on all new tenancies in his property portfolio by £50 a week because of...

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

Some 18 per cent of properties let in the first half of 2018 were registered in the name of a company...

An analysis of over 580,000 properties has produced a league table of Britain’s best and worst buy to let postcodes in...

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...

The government has responded to a petition calling for it to abolish the 3% stamp duty surcharge and reintroduce full buy-to-let...

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...

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...

An online petition which calls on the government to reintroduce full buy-to-let mortgage interest tax relief and abolish the 3% stamp...

A new survey appears to buck the trend of recent rental market snapshots by showing that buy to let investors are...

The number of landlords re-mortgaging to release money for home improvements has reached a record high according to Countrywide. In the last...

Increased volatility in the private rental sector and rising costs for landlords and investors have combined to lead to an increased...

The independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says some buy to let mortgage rates have gone back to record lows. The monitor says...

Your buy-to-let investment is an extremely valuable asset and you need to know the income generated from it will be safely...

An ‘instant EPC ratings check’ has been created on the website of Mortgages for Business allowing agents to check the ratings...

The successful transfer of £12 billion worth of buy-to-let mortgages has been completed.  Last year, Blackstone and Prudential purchased the book of...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

A leading figure in the buy to let broker industry has called for would-be ‘pension pot’ landlords to seek advice before...

According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...

A third of tenants can't imagine ever taking their first step on the property ladder and owning their own home. This is...

Changes to buy-to-let lending criteria being introduced at the end of this month could encourage a surge of rental stock as...

The National Landlords Association is urging buy to let investors to consider remortgaging in the very near future ahead of new...

Campaigning charity Shelter - which last week suggested landlords were more likely to quit buy to let because they grew old...

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

Asking rents outside London continue to hold up despite the market having more available properties, according to Rightmove.   Prices rose 2.8 per...

ARLA has led a call by many letting agents on hearing the Queen’s Speech - what was the point of a...

The boss of 300 branch agency Belvoir has called on the government to appoint a cross-party housing tsar to work with...

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...

The top ten buy-to-let postcodes in England and Wales are evenly split between locations that voted for the Conservatives or Labour. Luton...

A proposed amendment to the government's Housing and Planning Bill which suggests landlords are required to make homes 'fit for human...

The number of buy-to-let mortgage loans fell by over a fifth during April, according to the latest figures from the Council...

High street operator Metro Bank has announced that it is entering the consumer buy-to-let market and will now accept consumer applications...

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...

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

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...

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

A landlord has set up a company to handle the ownership and management of buy to let properties - and the...

Steve Bolton, founder of investment consultancy Platinum Property Partners and one of two landlords who have led a campaign against restricting...

As the new restrictions on landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief come into effect this week, ARLA Propertymark has restated its objections...

The Chartered Institute of Taxation has issued a reminder to buy to let investors that the first phase of the restriction...

The chief executive of Andrews Property Group says the government’s three per cent additional homes stamp duty surcharge on buy to...

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

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is writing to the Office for Budget Responsibility asking it to provide clarification on controversial tax...

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

The Residential Landlords Association has listed key MPs in marginal constituencies who should be lobbied ahead of the March 8 Budget...

Protests planned by tenants’ groups for many Santander bank branches over the past weekend turned instead into celebrations after the institution...

Shelter - the campaigning charity many feel has had influence on government policies for the lettings sector - has now turned around and...

Agents and many industry bodies have expressed their disappointment and anger at many provisions of the Housing White Paper produced by...

A group of landlords that mounted a successful legal challenge to a council’s proposed licensing scheme is continuing to recruit letting...

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...

The couple believed to be the owners of Britain’s largest buy to let portfolio have defended sending letting agents an 11-point...

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

The campaigners against planned changes to mortgage interest tax relief - set to come into effect from April, phased over four...

  Over a third of landlords have never used a letting agent and manage all their properties themselves.    That is the finding of...

Britain’s biggest buy to let landlord, Fergus Wilson, says new investors now will never be able to enjoy the scale of...

The Leeds Building Society is the latest buy to let mortgage lender to amend its criteria for borrowers ahead of new...

There is a new warning from the Bank of England suggesting that - despite all the recent measures aimed against buy...

The Financial Times reports that the Bank of England is questioning buy to let mortgage lenders and banks as part of...

Paragon Mortgages’ parent firm, the Paragon Group of Companies, remains bullish about the buy to let sector despite the series of...

The UK is only the 15th best place in Europe to enjoy high returns from buy to let according to currency...

More than 92 per cent of landlords believe the government is anti-landlord and want the Chancellor to back them in this...

The Mortgage Works, the buy to let lending arm of the Nationwide, has seen a dip in the amount borrowed by...

The Residential Landlords’ Association says it stands by a claim that one in four landlords may sell up, and it refutes...

A lettings agent has poured scorn on a survey suggesting a quarter of landlords are about to quit buy to let,...

Another prominent mortgage chief has called on the government to show its support for the private rental sector by repealing some...

The National Landlords Association has launched an e-postcard campaign for letting agent and landlord members to lobby the government over the...

Lettings expert Kate Faulkner says yields - a traditional long-standing measure of success for buy to let landlords - are becoming...

Buy to let landlords may be forced to raise rents or even sell their properties because of the government’s new tax...

Three quarters of a million private renters are stuck in the coldest and draughtiest homes, claims the Citizens Advice organisation -...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has revealed that it is to meet with Treasury officials ahead of next month’s Autumn Statement -...

Sister agencies Leaders and Romans have undertaken research to show that property has been the most lucrative investment in the UK...

A well-known mortgage broker is quoted as saying that buy to let organisations are complaining too much over tax changes for...

A senior Conservative peer has renewed his attack on his own party over the buy to let tax grab on landlords,...

Buy to let lending is well down according to data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.    Apparently contrary to an optimistic report...

Buyer enquiries from potential landlords and investors are now up 30 per cent since May according to Rightmove, suggesting that the...

The Mortgages for Businesses brokerage says in the third quarter of this year the proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let...

Details of the Bank of England’s statement outlining tougher rules on mortgage lending to buy to let investors have been shown...

The chief executive of financial consultancy Clayton Euro Risk says changes soon coming in to tighten the criteria applied to buy...

As the Conservatives meet at their annual conference and Chancellor Phillip Hammond considers next month’s Autumn Statement, an industry body has...

Several property experts have warned of possible dangers in landlords forming limited companies in a bid to minimise their tax liabilities.   There...

Lancashire town Blackburn has recorded the highest increase in average rental yield over the last year, according to LendInvest.  The online mortgage...

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...

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...

An action group campaigning on behalf of landlords has confirmed that it is ready to begin legal action against the Bank...

Our key partner and buy-to-let specialist, Hamilton Fraser, and renown industry expert, Paul Shamplina have released the first in a new...

A campaign group is urging letting agents to join with landlords in lobbying MP over the government’s change to buy to...

The news editor of London financial daily City AM has made an outspoken attack on the government’s fiscal assaults on the...

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

Kevin Hollinrake - the founder of franchise agency Hunters and now a Conservative MP - is calling for a cut in...

Speculation that the government was attempting to ‘slip in’ yet more changes to the way landlords are being taxed have been...

There is growing concern across the industry at the fear - which we reported yesterday - that the government may be...

The date for the court hearing to decide whether there should be a judicial review of the buy to let tax...

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

Belvoir is calling on the government to reverse its punitive tax policies against buy to let and introduce incentives to make...

An industry body says agents and landlords who ignore tenants' complaints about damp and mould could be putting their property at...

Government policy to improve the energy efficiency of the UK’s housing stock will increase rents for tenants. New laws mean that from...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has agreed to meet campaigners opposed to the clampdown on landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief. The measure -...

The people behind the bid for a judicial review into Clause 24 of the Finance Act 2015 - limiting mortgage interest tax...

Any lingering hope that the buy to let sector might have of a rethink by the new Chancellor over restructuring mortgage...

Prime central London’s letting sector appears to be thriving despite the uncertainty leading up to, and since, the shock referendum result.   “Relocation...

Andrea Morgan - known to many property Twitter users as @RightmoveAddict - is joining the Agency Mentors estate agency training and...

The new Chancellor appointed by Prime Minister Theresa May has been ‘outed’ as a former buy to let landlord - raising...

New Chancellor Phillip Hammond has been urged by an industry trade group to reset the government’s approach to taxing the buy...

The growth in buy to let mortgage products - rising rapidly until recently - has now begun to drop off.   Products increased...

One of Britain’s leading buy to let mortgage companies says it anticipates that over three quarters of borrowing to purchase BTL...

A buy to let property in London is going to be “very difficult to make viable” in the near future unless...

The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...

Rents in Scotland are at a record high, after the fastest month-on-month growth on record.  Data from Your Move shows that average...

The landlords campaigning for a judicial review of the legislation curtailing mortgage interest tax relief for buy to let landlords have...

Letting agencies Your Move and Reeds Rains claim rents have started to drop in many areas following the arrival of a...

Buy to let investors face a ‘ticking timebomb’ that may force many of them to quit the sector in the long-term,...

The exemption of residential property from the new Capital Gains Tax cuts tops the list of concerns expressed by professional landlords...

There appears no change in government policy on changing buy to let tax breaks - at least not yet - despite...

It is now thought that the likely average payout to each buy to let borrower affected by this week’s court decision...

Letting agents will be pleased to hear that landlords who manage all aspects of tenancies on their own are being warned...

The number of valuations for buy to let purposes last month was eight per cent up on the May 2015 level...

There has been a new development in a long-running spat between a website and the BBC over the corporation’s news coverage...

Landlords are increasingly favouring Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and more 'complex property types' due to the often higher yields available.  Mortgages...

Landlords are looking to house tenants less likely to miss rental payments in order to minimise the impact of a number...

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...

Average rents are now rising at the fastest rate since last Autumn, bringing the average monthly rent in England and Wales...

More details have emerged of the campaign rally to be held next month in support of the bid for a judicial...

A buy to let index of returns compiled by a financial firm shows the greatest returns for investors are now to...

A warning is being issued that the types of mortgages still being extended to buy to let investors risks them becoming...

Ahead of what some consider as the likely tightening of buy to let mortgage lending criteria by the Bank of England...

The two landlords campaigning to win a judicial review of George Osborne’s restrictions on buy to let mortgage tax relief have...

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

Private landlords’ confidence is at the lowest level since late 2006 according to market research company BDRC Continental, thanks to anti-buy...

Two professional property investors are giving away a Manchester flat valued at £110,000 in a protest against Chancellor George Osborne’s attacks...

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has backed the raft of measures seen by many as anti-buy to let, including the restriction on...

A financial journalist has lambasted the government’s anti-buy to let policies, describing them as “political short-termism ... a vote winner to...

The two landlords spearheading a campaign to challenge the change to buy to let mortgage interest tax relief have launched another...

Independent comparison website Moneyfacts says mortgage lenders are slashing rates on products designed for landlords, in a bid to buoy up...

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

One of London’s major letting agencies is urging landlords to take a cautious approach to whether they should incorporate in a...

Countrywide says £28 billion worth of home sales were completed in March ahead of the stamp duty surcharge deadline, a 76...

Ian Wilson, chief executive officer of Martin & Co, has given David Cameron’s government a “two out of 10” score for...

The people behind the campaign to seek a judicial review of the buy to let tax changes proposed by Chancellor George...

An outspoken attack on Chancellor George Osborne’s fiscal measures against the private rental sector have questioned whether he is really a...

More criticism of Chancellor George Osborne’s raft of buy to let reforms has appeared in the mainstream media, with much emphasis...

The two landlords behind the bid to seek a judicial review of George Osborne’s buy to let mortgage interest relief tax...

The financial editor of The Guardian newspaper claims that - despite widespread criticism within the lettings industry of the latest buy...

The managing director of the Association of Residential Letting Agents says urgent action is necessary “to make the prospect of being...

The Bank of England has released new buy to let mortgage underwriting standards which are expected to set out stricter borrowing...

HM Revenue & Customs and the Treasury have at last responded to the legal team representing two landlords challenging beleaguered Chancellor...

The new stamp duty surcharge on buy to let properties coming into effect next Friday will increase rent costs for tenants...

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has ticked off the government for not updating its Private Landlords’ Survey for some six years...

The government has been told to back off its criticism of buy to let landlords and instead do more to address...

A Conservative peer has criticised the government's ongoing attacks on the private lettings industry saying that the Cameron administration should be...

Yesterday George Osborne delivered his eighth budget as chancellor, announcing an extra £3.5 billion in spending cuts by 2019-20. The Office for...

Later today chancellor George Osborne will make his latest budget speech. It has been speculated that the announcement could include new measures...

Almost a third of landlords surveyed by property crowdfunding platform Property Partner have little or no awareness of the raft of...

The proposed stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy-to-let properties will fail to deter landlords from expanding...

Some 66% of landlords predict more rental sector turbulence in this week's Budget, according to research by property crowdfunding platform The...

February has seen a further burst of buy to let activity, fuelled not only by the stamp duty surcharge deadline but...

There is more evidence that the buy to let sector has experienced a surge of activity as investors rush to complete...

Martin & Co - one of Britain’s largest letting agency networks with 192 offices across the country - says it may...

Not one of the raft of buy to let rule changes being introduced by Chancellor George Osborne - ostensibly to help...

If interest rates rise by 2.5 per cent over the next four years, traditional buy to let could become unprofitable in...

The attempt to see judicial review of George Osborne’s buy to let tax change continues apace, with the government now having...

Four in 10 landlords are either seriously considering forming a limited company or will be looking into the option in the...

A survey claims that despite the apparent rush to purchase buy to let properties before the stamp duty surcharge deadline of...

The latest step in the legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposal to limit landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief comes in...

The influencial cross-party Commons Treasury Committee says the whole economy could suffer is George Osborne’s fiscal measures against the private rental...

The franchise letting agency chain Belvoir is urging its landlord clients to offer fiancial support to the national campaign to fight...

Around a fifth of investors plan to sell their buy to let properties this year, thanks to the recent measures against...

The legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s controversial buy to let tax change is underway with a letter sent to HMRC...

The three per cent stamp duty surcharge proposed for purchases of buy to let and holiday homes risks being seen as...

Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed out of hand appeals and comments from Letting Agent Today readers to reconsider the recent...

An online petition aiming to get 100,000 signatures expressing opposition to Chancellor George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes looks certain...

Labour MP Karen Buck is accusing local authorities of taking a ’softly, softly’ approach to rogue letting agents and landlords. Buck, whose...

Connells says that between December 2014 and December 2015 the number of valuations conducted for buy-to-let properties soared by 86 per...

The two landlords behind the possible legal challenge to George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes are appealling for “experts, mentors...

A Conservative peer and former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury has become the first senior Tory to speak out against...

A legal opinion is expected in the next few days as the legal challenge to George Osborne’s buy to let tax...

The latest £50,000 target to fund a legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposed tax changes for buy to let landlords...

An online petition seeking the reversal of the Osborne clampdown on buy to let tax breaks has secured around 47,000 signatures...

The man behind the Platinum Property Partners company are mounting a legal challenge to this year’s buy to let tax changes...

The Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is the latest influential figure to hint that there may soon be additional restrictions...

The scores are in - we have asked 20 senior agents and analysts for their forecasts for capital values the 2016...

The government is poised to launch a consultation document which is expected to advocate further restrictions on buy to let mortgage...

Financially-stretched landlords may want to think seriously about selling their investment properties - and quickly, advises Rightmove. In its latest monthly report...

It appears almost certain that the Bank of England is preparing for new mortgage controls in a bid to dampen what...

It is not often that a national newspaper dedicates an article to praising buy to let - and even rarer for...

Existing and would-be landlords are set to go on a buy to let buying spree, snapping up homes before the three...

A property investment search portal has launched an online petition via the UK Parliament website, calling for a national register of...

Franchise letting agency giant Winkworth is warning that London’s tenants face higher rents as some landlords sell investment properties in the...

Thanks to Accountancy Age for drawing to our attention to the fact that not every country is tightening up on the tax...

The prospect of lending restraints for landlords next year has done little to deter lenders offering a wide range of deals...

“Unthought-through”, “unfair and unreasonable” and leading to “extreme confusion” - those are the thoughts of Britain’s leading professional accounting body on...

A letting agent's life is a varied one, with the profession requiring agents to undertake a wide range of activities in...

Buy to let lending continues to show a large rise compared to the same time last year according to new figures from...

The online petition against the government's proposed tax changes for buy to let investors is "a waste of time" according to...

A columnist on FT Adviser - an online service for financial advisers and clients - says buy to let investors have...

Rents across England and Wales have dipped by 0.1 per cent and now stand at an average of £803 per month. Annual...

The chief executive of Zoopla has thrown his weight behind opposition to the government’s proposed restrictions on buy to let tax...

If supporters of Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget restrictions on tax breaks for buy to let landlords thought opposition would die off...

A firm of specialist solicitors claims that one in five landlords say they will be “out of business due to government...

The petition against the proposed tax changes outlined by Chancellor George Osborne in last month’s Budget has now achieved 20,000 signatures. This...

The average rent in Scotland has plateaued, remaining at an all-time record high of £549 a month, according to Your Move's...

UK landlords own their properties for an average of 17 years before selling up, according to Countrywide's latest Lettings Index. This is...

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...

There has been a huge increase in the number of investors acquiring Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in the North West...

Average monthly rents in England and Wales hit a record high of £804 last month, according to Your Move and Reeds...

The Residential Landlords Association has launched a new campaign ‘toolkit’ to enable opponents of the proposed buy to let tax changes...

The Channel Five series Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords - which ends its first series this evening at 9pm - has been...

Almost 3,000 investors have crowdfunded more than £6m worth of buy-to-let property on one platform alone since its launch early this...

An accountancy firm is warning that there are pitfalls in trying to avoid the higher taxation which will result from the...