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![Lettings agency regulation demanded by PropTech leader](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
Regulation of lettings and estate agencies must be a priority for the government elected tomorrow, a PropTech entrepreneur demands. Sián Hemming-Metcalfe of...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Election result already priced-in to housing market, says top analyst](/upload/images/Election%20housing%20.jpg)
The result of the election isn’t likely to be a gamechanger for the housing market, a prominent business consultancy says. An analysis...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renting Still Cheaper Than Buying with a 5% Deposit](/upload/images/shutterstock_2322919583.jpg)
Would-be buyers with a 5% deposit face paying £300 per month more in mortgage repayments than if they continued renting, says...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Proposed Capital Gains Tax rise would hit rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
A political party has proposed that Capital Gains Tax be equalised with Income Tax - meaning landlords and investors who sold...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Distinctly Underwhelmed by Tories’ manifesto pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Word-for-Word - Conservative Rental and Housing Manifesto Pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Challenge - Tories pledge 'no change' but will Labour follow?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty--2-400x310.png)
The housing market has suddenly become a major part of the General Election campaign as a result of a challenge thrown...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax - that’s why rents are rising so much](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Propertymark has given its view on why private rents have risen so much - 6.1% in England, 7.0% in Wales and...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Give tax perks to renters to help them buy, urges think-tank](/upload/images/shutterstock_2260960137.jpg)
A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech sector gives a thumbs down to lacklustre Budget](/upload/images/shutterstock_562475698.jpg)
The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Chancellor reveals property tax change in Budget](/upload/images/shutterstock_214851442.jpg)
The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer warns that Summer will be hectic for lettings sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/Phil%20Spencer.png)
Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Seven Tips this lettings agency is giving its landlord clients](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents2-400x310.png)
Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Recent rise in buy to let landlords quitting, confirms Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage shock pushes agents into seeking government help for landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_424549657.jpg)
Propertymark has urged the government to tackle rising landlord costs immediately.The warning comes as new research suggests that landlords are spending...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Cut-price properties tempting investment buyers, says accountancy chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
Some prospective buy to let landlords may be about to use their equity to snap up investment properties at discounted rates,...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![EPCs and Energy Efficiency - Agents' five point plan for change](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
Propertymark has set out a five point plan to improve the status and usefulness of the Energy Performance Certificate and to...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Section 24: Agents call for mortgage tax relief to be reinstated](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
A new survey of lettings agents and landlords has put the reinstatement of Section 24 mortgage tax relief at the top...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Brexiteer agent makes ferocious attack on Labour](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RightToRent-400x310.png)
An agent claims that if Labour wins the next General Election there will be what he calls “misguided meddling” across the...
01 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents on warpath over increasing additional property tax threat](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has personally written to a leading politician about a tax threat to the rental sector. Emerson has...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Reverse The Tax Threat - major agency backs petition](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxRefund-400x310.png)
A high profile lettings agency has backed a petition demanding the reinstatement of tax relief for landlords. Benham and Reeves says it...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax Grabs - might Tories lose support because of CGT penalties?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
A second agency chief has warned the Conservatives of the possible electoral consequences of higher taxes aimed at the private rental...
21 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![CGT tax change - It could have been worse, say agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
Just about every agency that has commented on yesterday’s Autumn Statement are in agreement - changes to Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental Sector hit by surprise Capital Gains and Stamp Duty tax changes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his long-awaited Autumn Statement - the fiscal event which he says will lead to “all of...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Cut taxes and make them simpler! Agents’ plea to government](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-ARLA-Propertymark-400x310.jpg)
With only 48 hours to go before the Autumn Statement confirms stealth tax rises and massive public spending cuts, Propertymark has...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tax turmoil to dominate Autumn Statement warns leading agency](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/_JeremyHunt%20_400x310.png)
One of the country’s most respected lettings agencies says tax is dominating the agenda ahead of Thursday’s Autumn Statement from Chancellor...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![HMRC’s Tax Threat to rentals slammed by agency chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-400x310.png)
A holiday lettings agency has criticised the proposed rise in capital gains tax which may be introduced this week in the...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property stealth taxes to be major part of next week’s Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The Financial Times has an exclusive saying allowances on property taxes such as Capital Gains and Inheritance will be frozen -...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Jeremy Hunt won’t prevent “mass exodus” from rental sector - warning](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Jeremy-Hunt%20_400x310.png)
Jeremy Hunt’s firm grasp of fiscal policy after the market turmoil of recent weeks won’t stop what one housing expert calls...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour call for higher Capital Gains Tax rise for some buy to lets](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Tax-400x310.png)
Labour’s Sadiq Khan wants an increase in Capital Gains Tax for some buy to let investors. The London Mayor made his response...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Warning over Capital Gains Tax on buy to let sales](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BTL-CardboardHouses-400x310.jpg)
A business consultancy is warning that buy to let sellers in the current market are likely to be squeezed - and...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![HMRC and Government warned - don’t let Capital Gains Tax kill buy to let](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Capital Gains Tax - agents back extended time limit, with qualifications](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a call for HMRC to extend the time limit for the payment of Capital...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government pledges to plug ‘rental tax gap’ for holiday lets](/img/default/lat.png)
The government’s much-vaunted ‘tax day’ produced few challenges to the status quo - but holiday lets are under scrutiny. Currently the holiday let...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Surprise as Capital Gains Tax left unchanged in government plans](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![It’s Time To Talk About PropTech](/img/default/lat.png)
Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...
19 March 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Budget Briefing for Letting Agents - the key announcements](/img/default/lat.png)
This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Capital Gains Tax changes likely in autumn, not tomorrow - experts](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading tax expert is forecasting that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will duck making any changes to CGT in tomorrow’s Budget and...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Budget: Will it hurt or help the private rental sector?](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Sunak warned on property taxes - Don’t use us to pay Covid debts!](/img/default/lat.png)
A prominent industry figure is warning Chancellor Rishi Sunak not to use property taxes to bail out the government over the costs...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency warns that landlords seriously worried by CGT threat](/img/default/lat.png)
An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers. Barrows and...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![David Alexander is joint CEO of apropos](/img/default/lat.png)
For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...
04 February 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Covid will drastically change rental landscape warn leading agents](/img/default/lat.png)
A series of leading lettings agents have warned that the rental sector is set for significant change as the Coronavirus pandemic...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Future agency mergers and acquisitions could be hit by tax hike](/img/default/lat.png)
A warning has been issued by one of the most acquisitive letting agencies that future mergers and takeovers could be hit...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![No more taxes: Agents warn government on CGT](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark has issued a warning to government not to use Capital Gains Tax reform to further punish the private rental...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Capital Gains Tax hike risks mass exodus from buy to let - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A prominent agent and industry commentator says the threat of higher Capital Gains Tax risks forcing yet more investors to quit...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Incorporating buy to let portfolios boosted by stamp duty holiday](/img/default/lat.png)
Now may be the time for buy to let investors to consider incorporation - putting their property portfolios into a limited...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Jail threat for BTL investor who falsely claimed benefits](/img/default/lat.png)
A buy to let investor has been sentenced to two years in prison after claiming income support despite being a professional portfolio...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![CGT Threat: Propertymark warns government not to hurt buy to let](/img/default/lat.png)
Propertymark is the latest industry body to warn the government against Capital Gains Tax changes that may disincentivise landlords. A joint statement...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investors won’t sell if CGT changes target buy to let - warning](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s a warning that buy to let investors will simply hold on to properties and not sell them if rumoured Capital...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Capital Gains Tax review may spell bad news for buy to let](/img/default/lat.png)
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![‘King and Queen of Buy To Let’ said to be worth a cool £140m](/img/default/lat.png)
The so-called King and Queen of Buy To Let, the controversial husband and wife team of Fergus and Judith Wilson, are...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Today’s The Day: multiple tax changes will hit the rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![HMRC warns investment sellers on CGT changes](/img/default/lat.png)
HM Revenue & Customs has issued a new warning to buy to let and Holliday home owners about a major change...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![New warning about imminent buy to let tax clampdown](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s a new warning today for buy to let investors who will be hit by tax changes coming into effect on...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Slash Capital Gains Tax on rental sales, Chancellor urged](/img/default/lat.png)
A trade group’s submission to the Treasury ahead of next month’s Budget includes a call for the new Chancellor to slash...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![HMRC data shows landlords quitting buy to let as tax rises bite](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Another tax hike on its way for the lettings industry?](/img/default/lat.png)
An accountancy trade body is warning of another possible tax hike to hit the lettings industry. The Association of Accounting Technicians is...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Beware: New lettings laws being introduced in 2020](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Four key events for agents to watch for in 2020](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading law firm has highlighted four key dates for letting agents and landlords to watch for in 2020. Paul Barnes, head...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Labour tax proposals 'final nail in the coffin of buy to let' - warning](/img/default/lat.png)
Two specific elements of Labour’s tax proposals, outlined in its manifesto, could “drive a nail into the coffin of buy to...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![New attack on buy to let as think tank demands higher CGT](/img/default/lat.png)
An influential think tank says Capital Gains Tax on buy to let properties and second homes should be levied at the...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Surge in landlords declaring unpaid tax following HMRC crackdown](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Rates, yields, demand and tax - reasons why holiday lets are booming](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Warning to buy to let investors about CGT changes coming soon](/img/default/lat.png)
Second home owners, landlords and property investors are being urged to beware a “dramatic change” to the current capital gains tax...
28 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Farage on the spot: What will he do to help the private rental sector?](/img/default/lat.png)
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has been put on the spot by the person many consider to be the country’s most...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Double whammy for buy to let as rents stagnate and taxes rise](/img/default/lat.png)
Buy to let investors are facing a double whammy as stagnating rents and reduced tax relief are hitting profitability. A study from...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Call for CGT relief if tenants are families or domestic abuse victims](/img/default/lat.png)
Fergus Wilson, arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord and almost certainly the individual with the largest number of buy to lets in...
02 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Think buy to let taxes are bad? They're even worse in Scotland...](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![2020 tax changes 'could accelerate buy to let sell-off' warning](/img/default/lat.png)
Changes to Capital Gains Tax which reach their full impact in the next 12 months could fuel property changing hands between...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Buy to let landlords opting for holiday lets 'could be Brexit silver lining'](/img/default/lat.png)
The UK’s holiday lets sector could be a beneficiary of the current Brexit uncertainty and people not vacationing abroad because they...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Double Trouble: buy to let investors pay twice the tax of Tesco](/img/default/lat.png)
Income tax paid by buy to let landlords now exceeds £3.8 billion annually – that’s more than double Tesco’s entire annual...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Party conference season – what was said about the rental market?](/img/default/lat.png)
The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...
06 November 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Growing fear of hidden threat to rental sector in Budget small print](/img/default/lat.png)
Rental sector experts are expressing growing fears that the relatively low-key Budget announcements made on Monday could herald something more dramatic...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![CGT incentive for longer tenancies - limited backing from trade body](/img/default/lat.png)
There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Government tipped to announce tax breaks in return for longer tenancies](/img/default/lat.png)
Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Note to Chancellor - scrap stamp duty and capital gains tax surcharges](/img/default/lat.png)
The first of the industry trade bodies to issue a series of demands for this month’s Budget is the National Landlords Association...
01 October 2018
From: Breaking News
11 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Leading Conservative says government should cut tax for rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading Conservative peer says the government should cut taxes for buy to let investors and regard them as part of...
05 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Strong growth in property investor numbers - at least until recently](/img/default/lat.png)
An analysis of data released by HM Revenue and Customs shows that 1.9 million people earned money from property in 2015-16...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Call for tax reform and 'new business model' for lettings sector](/img/default/lat.png)
Tax increases on the rental sector are leaving young people unable to access the homes they need, an industry body claims. The...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Hidden tax hike in Budget small print will hit buy to let sector](/img/default/lat.png)
It’s been discovered that a Capital Gains Tax measure buried in the small print of the Budget is likely to hit...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News
!['Help the rental sector solve the housing crisis' Chancellor is told](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading accountancy and business advice consultancy says residential landlords who want to downsize their portfolios because of recent tax changes...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent will never meet demand by tenants, government told](/img/default/lat.png)
A trade body says the expanding Build To Rent sector will never be large enough to meet tenant demand and as...
28 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rental sector unprepared for tax changes, accountancy firm warns](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading accounting and advisory service says key tax changes that could damage the buy to let sector are still not...
26 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Treasury told: 'Reform Capital Gains Tax to help lettings sector'](/img/default/lat.png)
The National Landlords’ Association appears to be first off the starting blocks with its submission to government ahead of the next...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Surge in Airbnb-style short lets 'is down to tax relief change'](/img/default/lat.png)
More landlords are quitting conventional letting and resorting to holiday lets or, increasingly, Airbnb-style short lets. The move is particularly acute in...
24 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Academic alleges massive tax evasion across private rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
An economics academic says the country’s taxpayers should be “very angry” with the government for failing to collect taxes to which...
15 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Paragon says investors want government to scrap BTL tax changes](/img/default/lat.png)
Paragon Mortgages says its most recent survey of buy to let investors makes it clear that the vast majority want the...
07 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Figures debunk myth that buy to let investors are wealthy](/img/default/lat.png)
Far from being wealthy property investors, two thirds of individual landlords pay merely the basic rate of income tax according to...
06 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Trade body asks government to give reasons for incoming tax changes](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![The Great Buy To Let Debate 2017 - who said what](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Trade body sets out seven-point wish-list for March Budget](/img/default/lat.png)
The Residential Landlords Association has been quick off the mark to issue what it calls a seven point wish list to...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Group calls for capital gains and energy efficiency reforms](/img/default/lat.png)
The National Landlords Association is making only three demands on the government for its next Budget, because it recognises further reforms...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agency chief turned MP is calling for new buy to let tax break](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![HMRC quashes rumours of tax change for landlords who sell](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Growing industry concern over new buy to let 'stealth tax'](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Law Society hits out at government over latest buy to let tax changes](/img/default/lat.png)
The Law Society has accused the government of avoiding proper consultation and scrutiny in the way it has introduced new buy to let proposals. They...