A tax expert is advising anyone involved in the furnished holiday lettings sector to ‘act now’ ahead of upcoming tax changes. Ben...
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![Lomond acquires well known south of England agency chain](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Lomond has announced yet another acquisition, this time expanding its presence across the south coast with by snapping up Mishon Mackay. The...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Eviction Court Delays still in place for new government to resolve](/upload/images/shutterstock_1850873275.jpg)
A prominent solicitors’ firm says the failure of the Renters Reform Bill to become law may have attracted headlines but the...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent Control architect threatens new package of ‘reforms’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
The politician widely regarded as being the architect of rent controls in Scotland says he will shortly present a wider package...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Glut of long-term empty homes slammed as rental shortage continues](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
New research shows there are 36,210 long-term vacant homes across London - that’s around one in every 100 properties. The borough in...
26 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Top agent slams latest rent control move as costly and complex](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert. David Alexander -...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![No Rent Controls! Agents pledge to continue campaign](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NB%20-%20M%26P%20March%20blog%201%20-%20No%20budget%20boost%20from%20the%20Chancellor%20but%20it's%20not%20all%20doom%20and%20gloom.jpg)
Propertymark has urged its members who feel frustrated by the changes to the Scottish Government’s so-called Cost of Living regulations ending...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Details emerge of permanent rent control proposal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
The controversial minister who steered rent controls through the Scottish Parliament has contacted Propertymark to reveal details of the next stage. Patrick...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour will keep Right To Buy in England if it wins election](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Labour says it will keep the controversal Right To Buy policy in England if it wins this year’s General Election. This is...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![No rent controls in England - government confirmation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
Rent controls as currently in force in Scotland and under consideration in Wales will not be put into effect in England,...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Figures lift lid on growing foreign investment in UK property](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/ForeignMoney-400x310.png)
A lettings agency claims foreign homeowners are sitting on £84.2 billion worth of property across England and Wales - but with...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Holiday Homes - here’s where they are and what they’re worth](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculator.png)
New research reveals that there is an estimated £21.4 billion worth of holiday homes in England and Wales with the South...
12 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency’s shock figures over collapsing sales market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseMarketConfusion-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings and sales agency says there’s been a dramatic 54 per cent slump in sales this year. Research from Barrows...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Plunging Pound means foreign investors bag buy to let bargains](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
Overseas investors have bagged an effective bonus of £40,000 off the purchase of a UK buy to let, according to leading...
14 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Figures show long-term growth of private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-400x310.png)
A debt advisory service claims it has calculated the overall size of the private rental sector. Sirius Property Finance analysed the current...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls forcing landlords to consider quitting - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/EvictionNotice-400x310.png)
No fewer than 85 per cent of letting agents say that landlord clients have expressed a wish to sell up in...
14 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks coup attempt set to happen just before Christmas](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/Christmas3-400x310.png)
Purplebricks’ board has announced that a general meeting of shareholders will be held on December 19 - and it involves a...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks rebel shareholders demand industry veteran takes charge](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
Rebel shareholders at Purplebricks want the current chairman to be replaced by industry veteran Harry Hill. Lecram Holdings Limited - which has...
10 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenants getting first refusal as landlords quit rental sector](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Sad-Tenants-Evicted-400x310.jpg)
A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...
16 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Time To Quit? Should letting agents prepare an exit strategy?](/upload/images/library/Sad-Tenants-Evicted-400x310.jpg)
Uncertainty over the coming recession, wholesale reforms of the rental sector, higher interest rates and National Insurance payments are all reasons...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Council buying homes to stop them becoming Airbnbs](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BTL-CardboardHouses-400x310.jpg)
A council has purchased some 40 properties to avoid them becoming holiday homes and Airbnbs. Highland council in Scotland is spending up...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - Where Britain’s overseas property investors come from](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/UK-Cash-NEW-400x310.jpg)
A new breakdown have been released of the nationalities of overseas buyers investing in British homes - thought to be overwhelmingly...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let Bounces Back - new investment hotspots](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/house-prices-rise400x310.png)
New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Do tenants want to rent 'bills-inclusive' properties?](/upload/images/Logos/RightmoveNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
The cost of living crisis may be changing tenants’ preferences to such a degree that bills-inclusive properties are becoming increasingly popular. That’s...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![HMOs can beat capital appreciation of same size houses - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/CoinsHouses-2019-400x310.jpg)
The average HMO is worth a third more than a comparably sized house according to new research. The typical HMO now costs...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![London’s sharp rent variations laid bare by new research](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMap400x310-min.png)
A rental platform has revealed the wide disparity in rents to the north and south of the Thames in London, and...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![HMRC and Government warned - don’t let Capital Gains Tax kill buy to let](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Boomin launches research into rental sector capital appreciation](/upload/images/Logos/Boomin-Logo-400x310.jpg)
Capital appreciation over the past decade has been driven more by the value of homes in the rental market than by...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks “faces £30m payout over tenant deposits”](/upload/images/Logos/PurplebricksLogo2020-400x310.jpg)
The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Purplebricks could face a bill of as much as £30m “after it put thousands of landlords...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rents bounce back with a vengeance in London](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMapPins-400x310.jpg)
Rents in much of London have not only bounced back from the pandemic but now exceed the levels reached in 2020. Research...
02 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Private rental sector estimated at being worth £1.4 trillion](/img/default/lat.png)
A new estimate put the value of the UK private rental sector at almost £1.4 trillion. Buy to let and investment consultancy...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Up-front rental payment system being rolled out across the UK](/img/default/lat.png)
The Advanced Rent Option, which allows licensed lettings agents to offer their landlords a year’s rent upfront as part of their...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Reminder to agents - new MEES rules come into effect next week](/img/default/lat.png)
Despite the challenges being thrown up to the lettings sector by Coronavirus, this is a reminder that new MEES regulations on...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents warned over new energy rules - the countdown begins](/img/default/lat.png)
A legal firm is warning agents and landlords that they have less than three months to prepare for the latest MEES...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Council opens lettings agency in town with scores of private agencies](/img/default/lat.png)
Luton council has opened Lets Squared, a High Street lettings and estate agency using public funds - even though the town...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Labour ditches Right To Buy for private tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour has dropped its controversial policy under which private tenants would have been able to buy their homes at a discount. Press...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Labour tones down Right To Buy proposal for private rental tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour’s controversial proposal to oblige landlords to sell their buy to let properties to tenants who wished to purchase them, unveiled...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![City centre office expansion for agency in buy to let hotspot](/img/default/lat.png)
An agency that specialises in letting and managing properties in one of the country’s investment hotspots is expanding into a new...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![It’s War: Tories and lettings chiefs tear into Labour Right To Buy plans](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Shock Labour proposal for private tenants to have ‘right to buy’](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour has this morning pledged to introduce a shock new policy if it wins the next general election - giving private...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![AI-powered guide allows buy to let investors to locate best deals](/img/default/lat.png)
A new investment company says its latest tool, powered by Artificial Intelligence, helps buy to let investors search for the best...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tenant-power on the rise as landlords reveal willingness to cut rent](/img/default/lat.png)
The power held by tenants is growing across the UK, as new research indicates 61 per cent of buy to let...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Yields: North on top when it comes to university towns' buy to lets](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s more evidence today that the largest buy to let investment yields are coming from the north of England and the...
16 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Warning of alleged perils of investing in student 'rooms and pods'](/img/default/lat.png)
A student accommodation specialist is warning about the potential pitfalls of investing in individual student rooms or small pods as opposed...
05 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Senior agent urges caution over setting-up buy to let limited companies](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Another property crowdfunding platform launches](/img/default/lat.png)
Another property crowdfunding platform is launching in a bid to attract would-be investors who cannot afford or choose not to enter...