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16 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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Letting agents should help landlords through a blizzard of red tape and regulation cause by local licensing schemes, a PropTech entrepreneur...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A new report from the government says it’s too early to tell whether lettings agencies are abiding by new anti-money laundering...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agencies should review banking and payment systems in the light of rule changes and the ongoing challenge of the pandemic. This advice...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is to host an anti-money laundering webinar next week, aimed at lettings and sales agents. The event, which is entitled Five...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

ARLA Propertymark says there has been a breakthrough on the banking clampdown on pooled client accounts - a pain in the...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has set out its concerns over draft guidance on anti-money laundering produced by a body called the Joint Money...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The HMRC’s long-awaited online register for letting agents to register their anti-money laundering activities has opened - almost six months after...
28 May 2020
From: Breaking News

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

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

It’s been revealed that a clampdown on the buy to let sector by HM Revenue and Customs has produced millions of...
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News

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

It’s here - the Fifth EU Money Laundering Directive comes into force today with significant challenges and implications for letting agents. The...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it will be issuing resources to support for lettings agents in the coming days...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £20,000 and has been told by a judge that he was meaner than...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Chartered Institute of Taxation is urging tenants not to ignore a letter if they receive one from HM Revenue &...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The BBC is reporting that the short lets giant Airbnb has been contacted by HM Revenue & Customs about its tax...
23 October 2019
From: Breaking News

HM Revenue & Customs has launched what appears to be a fishing expedition to find out information about investor landlords who...
10 September 2019
From: Breaking News

We all know that certain business functions are quicker to achieve and more cost-effective than others. By considering the services you provide...
24 July 2019
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A campaign by HM Revenue & Customs to encourage buy to let investors to ‘fess up’ to their unpaid tax has...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News

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

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

Landlords have been urged to seek advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties after a landmark tribunal case. A...
18 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of a specialist buy to let lender says increasing the rent to combat additional costs put on landlords...
29 April 2019
From: Breaking News

There is a warning that the HMRC’s Let Property campaign, which received huge publicity and attention for some years, has so...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News

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

A lettings agency that has analysed HMRC data says rental income for buy to let landlords has leaped 15 per cent...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...
20 February 2019
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Agents who want to go the extra mile for their landlord clients may want to point them to assistance for the...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Two new PropTech services launched, targeting the lettings industry. Tenancy referencing firm FCC Paragon has launched MyMoveIn, an online platform that supports...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
29 August 2018
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Government plans aimed at stopping the abuse of the current Rent A Room tax perk may overcomplicate the system and deter...
02 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
02 July 2018
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The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
25 June 2018
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A regional newspaper claims that a lettings agency has collapsed, its boss has gone to ground, and thousands of pounds are...
18 June 2018
From: Breaking News

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

HM Revenue & Customs has launched a consultation on adding tax checks to private rental sector licensing schemes - in other...
14 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Labour's housing spokesman has called on the government to give councils greater powers over the regulation of the private rental sector. In...
20 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Romans says one in four of its registered buyers in the first half of this year has been an investor, suggesting...
30 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A new report identifies in detail over 145 laws and regulations governing the private rental sector, varying across the four countries...
29 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A council claims that up to 13,000 private landlords are “of interest” to HM Revenue and Customs, where there are alleged...
15 August 2017
From: Breaking News

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

Campaigning charity Shelter claims around one in 10 landlords quit the lettings sector each year. Using new research by YouGov it says...
27 July 2017
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It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...
17 March 2017
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A landlord who ran multiple property companies but failed to declare his income or that he was a company director to...
13 March 2017
From: Breaking News

There was a sigh of relief amongst the lettings industry that yesterday's Budget introduced no new property taxes - but concern...
09 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...
02 February 2017
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The government should think again about punitive tax changes to the private rented sector after receiving greater-than-expected revenue from the three...
02 February 2017
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Housing minister Gavin Barwell says recent changes to buy to let mortgage interest relief and stamp duty will only affect a...
23 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Anyone who thought the buy to let sector’s recent anger at higher government taxes may have been misplaced may wish to...
31 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Legal represenatives for two landlords will today make the case for a judicial review of Section 24 of the Finance (No.2)...
06 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...
13 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
From: Breaking News

A self-employed property investor and caterer who stole over £70,000 in a tax credit fraud, has been jailed. Khalid Farid, 59, from...
05 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The date for the court hearing to decide whether there should be a judicial review of the buy to let tax...
26 August 2016
From: Breaking News

HM Revenue & Customs has launched a 12-week consultation on a proposal which it claims simplifies the tax demands levied on...
16 August 2016
From: Breaking News

A new £40m Build To Rent scheme has been given the go-ahead for Manchester city centre. Moorfield, a UK real estate private...
03 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Any lingering hope that the buy to let sector might have of a rethink by the new Chancellor over restructuring mortgage...
21 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association is asking the Welsh Assembly to scrap the three per cent stamp duty surcharge imposed on buy...
20 July 2016
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New Chancellor Phillip Hammond has been urged by an industry trade group to reset the government’s approach to taxing the buy...
15 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The number of landlords in the UK increased by 7% to reach 1.75 million in 2013-2014. Analysis of Her Majesty's Revenue and...
31 May 2016
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Data released by Agency Express shows a massive spike in activity for the lettings market. April’s national figures for new listings ‘To...
20 May 2016
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Average price for a property paid by investors in April fell by 8.3 per cent from £194,000 a month earlier to...
16 May 2016
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The frenzy of investor purchasing of buy to let units ahead of the stamp duty surcharge deadline has led to an...
16 May 2016
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HMRC figures show that over 230,000 people have used the new pension freedoms introduced a year ago - a smaller number...
28 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The approaching of the April 1 stamp duty surcharge deadline led to a severe drop-off in buy to let purchasers seeking...
27 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Ian Wilson, chief executive officer of Martin & Co, has given David Cameron’s government a “two out of 10” score for...
11 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The people behind the campaign to seek a judicial review of the buy to let tax changes proposed by Chancellor George...
06 April 2016
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HM Revenue & Customs and the Treasury have at last responded to the legal team representing two landlords challenging beleaguered Chancellor...
24 March 2016
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The Council of Mortgage Lenders has ticked off the government for not updating its Private Landlords’ Survey for some six years...
24 March 2016
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The attempt to see judicial review of George Osborne’s buy to let tax change continues apace, with the government now having...
29 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Agents acting for landlords replacing furniture and other domestic items in homes to let should be given detailed guidance from the...
23 February 2016
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A report by the British Hospitality Association appears to reveal the latest estimates of the impact of people who use Airbnb...
18 February 2016
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The latest step in the legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposal to limit landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief comes in...
16 February 2016
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The legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s controversial buy to let tax change is underway with a letter sent to HMRC...
02 February 2016
From: Breaking News

HM Revenue and Customs has published the responses it has received to its 12 week consultation on changing the Wear and...
10 December 2015
From: Breaking News

A businessman has been jailed for two years for failing to declare and pay tax on income he received from his...
30 November 2015
From: Breaking News

While almost every lettings organisation has been up in arms at the raft of tax changes for landlords suggested by Chancellor...
26 October 2015
From: Breaking News

A campaign targeting residential landlords has given HM Revenue and Customs an additional tax take of over £50m. The Let Property Campaign,...
15 October 2015
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that Airbnb - the online informal lettings service which can be used to by-pass letting agents - passes details...
12 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on contradicting figures...
24 July 2015
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HMRC has revealed the scope of its proposed changes to the wear and tear allowance, as announced in George Osborne’s Budget...
21 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The changes to tax relief for landlords comes on top of a blizzard of new health and safety requirements, regulations and...