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A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has still not hit its 45,000-signature target. Former long...

The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...

The lettings agents’ group Propertymark has told Chancellor Rishi Sunak that unless the private rented sector is overhauled many landlords will...

Private tenants and landlords across the country face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefit...

The chancellor Rishi Sunak has been urged to make it more attractive for landlords to invest in the private rental sector. Sunak...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent campaign, says rents in Wales, Scotland and South West England have soared thanks...

A tenant who says his former rental property has been turned into an Airbnb has set up a petition demanding Chancellor...

The initiative which the government hoped would transform energy efficiency in the private rental sector is being axed this week. The Green...

Campaigning charity Shelter has criticised Chancellor Rishi Sunak for allegedly leaving “far more people on the brink of homelessness than homeownership.”  Chief...

Rightmove’s David Cox - formerly of the Association of Residential Letting Agents - is to talk through the Budget fallout for...

A property lawyer is forecasting a surge in buy to let purchasing in the coming months as the stamp duty extension...

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...

A call has gone out for the longer-term buy to let rental sector to have a similar tax regime as the largely-unregulated...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a list of 10 demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s long-awaited Budget on March 3, with a financial...

A trade body wants the government to ensure its latest lockdown grants cover short lets businesses. The UK Short Term Accommodation Association...

A leading property law expert says there is now pressure on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise stamp duty on buy to...

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

ARLA Propertymark wants the government to make the current business rates exemption for High Street branches permanent. The exemption, introduced in the spring...

There’s widespread concern that a freeze on the Local Housing Allowance will worsen rental arrears. Although Chancellor Rishi Sunak failed to mention...

ARLA Propertymark is one of seven trade and charity groups calling on the government to help bail out private renters with...

Generation Rent’s campaign for more public funds for private tenants continues unabated with a call on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase...

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...

The new trade group representing short lets operators is asking the government to make sure the short lets sector is specifically...

The fledgling trade association representing short lets companies wants public cash and other forms of aid to help the sector through winter. Merilee...

A leading trade body has broadly welcomed the Winter Economy Plan outlined by Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday, but says this still...

A leading figure in the private rental sector says the lettings industry has been largely ignored once again by Chancellor Rishi...

ARLA and the NRLA have teamed up with charities - some usually critical of letting agents and landlords - to lobby...

Campaign group Generation Rent says private tenants could miss out on an energy efficiency drive if they are not given the...

A lettings agent comparison website, Rentround, says the stamp duty holiday has spurred existing and would-be landlords to search for new...

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...

Former Labour Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the new director of the campaign group Generation Rent, claims 500,000 renters are in arrears as...

Three groups of rental activists have demanded the government scrap all rent payments immediately and cancel all arrears - but mystery...

Part of the controversial Spicerhaart empire want the government to guarantee that some landlords receive 80 per cent of their usual...

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