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The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...

Propertymark has urged the government to tackle rising landlord costs immediately.The warning comes as new research suggests that landlords are spending...

Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has personally written to  a leading politician about a tax threat to the rental sector.  Emerson has...

The vexed subject of letting agents and landlords preparing for the Making Tax Digital regime is to be examined in a...

With only 48 hours to go before the Autumn Statement confirms stealth tax rises and massive public spending cuts, Propertymark has...

There’s been a big rise in the number of companies set up to hold buy to let, according to a survey...

The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has been welcomed by the agency establishment - even though some may be wondering how long...

As expected there has been another substantial U-turn by Prime Minister Liz Truss. A few minutes after sacking her former Chancellor Kwasi...

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut.  In future there will be no stamp duty on the first...

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

The growing number of companies offering support services to hosts and agencies that operate short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms...

New research shows more than half of landlords plan to use limited companies to buy properties in the year ahead.  The study...

The number of film-related enquiries for short lets received by Knight Frank in the year to May has shown a rise...

An online platform claims it has found a new and easy way for investors to become landlords, describing itself as ‘PayPal...

Large-scale buy to let investors are continuing to move to limited company status in a bid to limit their exposure to...

A mortgage firm specialising in buy to let products says lending to landlords set up as limited companies surged in the...

The Chancellor’s proposed change to wear and tear tax allowance in the rental sector will hit rural lettings particularly hard, according...

Around 47 per cent of landlords will be affected by changes to the annual wear and tear allowance. That’s the result of...

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