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The government’s much-vaunted ‘tax day’ produced few challenges to the status quo - but holiday lets are under scrutiny. Currently the holiday let...

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

Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...

This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...

A leading tax expert is forecasting that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will duck making any changes to CGT in tomorrow’s Budget and...

A leading PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...

A prominent industry figure is warning Chancellor Rishi Sunak not to use property taxes to bail out the government over the costs...

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

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...

A series of leading lettings agents have warned that the rental sector is set for significant change as the Coronavirus pandemic...

A warning has been issued by one of the most acquisitive letting agencies that future mergers and takeovers could be hit...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a warning to government not to use Capital Gains Tax reform to further punish the private rental...

A prominent agent and industry commentator says the threat of higher Capital Gains Tax risks forcing yet more investors to quit...

Now may be the time for buy to let investors to consider incorporation - putting their property portfolios into a limited...

A  buy to let investor has been sentenced to two years in prison after claiming income support despite being a professional portfolio...

Propertymark is the latest industry body to warn the government against Capital Gains Tax changes that may disincentivise landlords. A joint statement...

There’s a warning that buy to let investors will simply hold on to properties and not sell them if rumoured Capital...

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

The so-called King and Queen of Buy To Let, the controversial husband and wife team of Fergus and Judith Wilson, are...

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

HM Revenue & Customs has issued a new warning to buy to let and Holliday home owners about a major change...

There’s a new warning today for buy to let investors who will be hit by tax changes coming into effect on...

A trade group’s submission to the Treasury ahead of next month’s Budget includes a call for the new Chancellor to slash...

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

An accountancy trade body is warning of another possible tax hike to hit the lettings industry. The Association of Accounting Technicians is...

A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...

A leading law firm has highlighted four key dates for letting agents and landlords to watch for in 2020. Paul Barnes, head...

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

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

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...

Second home owners, landlords and property investors are being urged to beware a “dramatic change” to the current capital gains tax...

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has been put on the spot by the person many consider to be the country’s most...

Buy to let investors are facing a double whammy as stagnating rents and reduced tax relief are hitting profitability. A study from...

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

A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...

Changes to Capital Gains Tax which reach their full impact in the next 12 months could fuel property changing hands between...

The UK’s holiday lets sector could be a beneficiary of the current Brexit uncertainty and people not vacationing abroad because they...

Income tax paid by buy to let landlords now exceeds £3.8 billion annually – that’s more than double Tesco’s entire annual...

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

Rental sector experts are expressing growing fears that the relatively low-key Budget announcements made on Monday could herald something more dramatic...

There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...

Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...

The first of the industry trade bodies to issue a series of demands for this month’s Budget is the National Landlords Association...

Time to put the gloom and doom about buy to let to one side - a new analysis shows that a...

A leading Conservative peer says the government should cut taxes for buy to let investors and regard them as part of...

An analysis of data released by HM Revenue and Customs shows that 1.9 million people earned money from property in 2015-16...

Tax increases on the rental sector are leaving young people unable to access the homes they need, an industry body claims. The...

It’s been discovered that a Capital Gains Tax measure buried in the small print of the Budget is likely to hit...

A leading accountancy and business advice consultancy says residential landlords who want to downsize their portfolios because of recent tax changes...

A trade body says the expanding Build To Rent sector will never be large enough to meet tenant demand and as...

A leading accounting and advisory service says key tax changes that could damage the buy to let sector are still not...

The National Landlords’ Association appears to be first off the starting blocks with its submission to government ahead of the next...

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

An economics academic says the country’s taxpayers should be “very angry” with the government for failing to collect taxes to which...

Paragon Mortgages says its most recent survey of buy to let investors makes it clear that the vast majority want the...

Far from being wealthy property investors, two thirds of individual landlords pay merely the basic rate of income tax according to...

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 been quick off the mark to issue what it calls a seven point wish list to...

The National Landlords Association is making only three demands on the government for its next Budget, because it recognises further reforms...

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 Law Society has accused the government of avoiding proper consultation and scrutiny in the way it has introduced new buy to let proposals.   They...

The Scottish Association of Landlords - which represents letting agents as well as landlords north of the border - has spoken...

A campaign to reduce Capital Gains Tax paid by landlords when selling their rented home to sitting tenants has won the...

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

An online letting agency is warning against investors angry at government attacks on the private rental sector looking for ‘easy alternatives’...

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

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...

Chancellor George Osborne has “effectively declared war on individual landlords” according to the Residential Landlords’ Association - but don’t expect a...

One of Britain’s most senior letting agency bosses is warning landlords to take care if considering setting up a limited company...

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

The Daily Telegraph has undertaken an interesting exercise which effectively challenges Chancellor George Osborne’s assertion that buy to let tax changes...

A critic of the suggestion that buy to let landlords could set up companies to ‘beat’ the ending of tax breaks...

Agents have expressed their disappointment at the decision by the government to restrict mortgage interest relief for Buy To let investors...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is advising agents to alert clients to changes to two areas of tax on property...