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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
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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
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For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...
04 February 2021
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A series of leading lettings agents have warned that the rental sector is set for significant change as the Coronavirus pandemic...
25 January 2021
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A warning has been issued by one of the most acquisitive letting agencies that future mergers and takeovers could be hit...
14 December 2020
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ARLA Propertymark has issued a warning to government not to use Capital Gains Tax reform to further punish the private rental...
16 November 2020
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A prominent agent and industry commentator says the threat of higher Capital Gains Tax risks forcing yet more investors to quit...
13 November 2020
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Now may be the time for buy to let investors to consider incorporation - putting their property portfolios into a limited...
06 August 2020
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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
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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
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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
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...
15 July 2020
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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
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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
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HM Revenue & Customs has issued a new warning to buy to let and Holliday home owners about a major change...
16 March 2020
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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An influential think tank says Capital Gains Tax on buy to let properties and second homes should be levied at the...
11 September 2019
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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
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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
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Second home owners, landlords and property investors are being urged to beware a “dramatic change” to the current capital gains tax...
28 June 2019
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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
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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
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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
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A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...
29 March 2019
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Changes to Capital Gains Tax which reach their full impact in the next 12 months could fuel property changing hands between...
28 March 2019
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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
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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
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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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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
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There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...
09 October 2018
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Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...
08 October 2018
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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
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11 May 2018
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A leading Conservative peer says the government should cut taxes for buy to let investors and regard them as part of...
05 April 2018
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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
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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
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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
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A leading accountancy and business advice consultancy says residential landlords who want to downsize their portfolios because of recent tax changes...
26 October 2017
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A trade body says the expanding Build To Rent sector will never be large enough to meet tenant demand and as...
28 September 2017
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A leading accounting and advisory service says key tax changes that could damage the buy to let sector are still not...
26 September 2017
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The National Landlords’ Association appears to be first off the starting blocks with its submission to government ahead of the next...
25 September 2017
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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
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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
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Paragon Mortgages says its most recent survey of buy to let investors makes it clear that the vast majority want the...
07 July 2017
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Far from being wealthy property investors, two thirds of individual landlords pay merely the basic rate of income tax according to...
06 July 2017
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The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is writing to the Office for Budget Responsibility asking it to provide clarification on controversial tax...
07 March 2017
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Letting Agent Today’s Conor Shilling was in the audience of The Great Buy To Let Debate - always one of the...
01 March 2017
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The Residential Landlords Association has been quick off the mark to issue what it calls a seven point wish list to...
27 January 2017
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The National Landlords Association is making only three demands on the government for its next Budget, because it recognises further reforms...
27 January 2017
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Kevin Hollinrake - the founder of franchise agency Hunters and now a Conservative MP - is calling for a cut in...
05 September 2016
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Speculation that the government was attempting to ‘slip in’ yet more changes to the way landlords are being taxed have been...
05 September 2016
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There is growing concern across the industry at the fear - which we reported yesterday - that the government may be...
31 August 2016
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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...
30 August 2016
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The Scottish Association of Landlords - which represents letting agents as well as landlords north of the border - has spoken...
16 August 2016
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A campaign to reduce Capital Gains Tax paid by landlords when selling their rented home to sitting tenants has won the...
01 July 2016
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The exemption of residential property from the new Capital Gains Tax cuts tops the list of concerns expressed by professional landlords...
14 June 2016
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An online letting agency is warning against investors angry at government attacks on the private rental sector looking for ‘easy alternatives’...
17 May 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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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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Chancellor George Osborne has “effectively declared war on individual landlords” according to the Residential Landlords’ Association - but don’t expect a...
05 January 2016
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One of Britain’s most senior letting agency bosses is warning landlords to take care if considering setting up a limited company...
17 December 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 Daily Telegraph has undertaken an interesting exercise which effectively challenges Chancellor George Osborne’s assertion that buy to let tax changes...
16 September 2015
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A critic of the suggestion that buy to let landlords could set up companies to ‘beat’ the ending of tax breaks...
31 July 2015
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Agents have expressed their disappointment at the decision by the government to restrict mortgage interest relief for Buy To let investors...