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Data from independent mortgage monitor Moneyfacts shows that there’s been a big drop in the choice of mortgage for buy to...
15 April 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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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...
13 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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There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...
24 December 2019
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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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Landlords must look at their finances as a range of tax changes continue to 'hit home', according to Apropos. The property management...
07 October 2019
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New research shows more than half of landlords plan to use limited companies to buy properties in the year ahead. The study...
12 August 2019
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The chairman of Hunters estate agency, who is also a Conservative MP, has hit out at the government over its handling...
12 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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Property investors are calling for the government to provide more support to the UK property market. A survey of investors, carried out...
05 July 2019
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The number of buy to let products for first time landlords has risen to an all-time high. Data from independent mortgage market...
02 July 2019
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Large-scale buy to let investors are continuing to move to limited company status in a bid to limit their exposure to...
25 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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The proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let homes in London with cash rose from 33 per cent in 2017 to...
18 March 2019
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More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...
08 March 2019
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A leading landlord has hit out at a lettings agency’s portrayal of buy to let tax changes. Rosalind Beck, a campaigning landlord...
01 February 2019
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London-focussed lettings agency ludlowthompson says buy to let landlords across the country claimed a record £17.7 billion in tax relief last...
29 January 2019
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A new league table of worries for landlords shows exactly why letting agents are needed - and a lot of the...
21 January 2019
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding members of tax changes ahead - a timely intervention with the deadline for...
07 January 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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The number of buy to let lenders lending to limited companies has risen by 47 per cent over the past year,...
25 October 2018
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The proportion of buy to let investors looking to remortgage is now at an all-time high according to respected specialist mortgage...
24 October 2018
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New research has attempted to quantify the number and scale of rent rises that are likely to take place as landlords...
04 October 2018
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The Haart agency is calling on the government to give the private rental sector a break in the autumn Budget, as...
27 September 2018
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A top London letting agent working for Knight Frank has commented on the 'irony' that the government's series of tax changes...
31 August 2018
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A new analysis of the buy to let market forecasts more bad news for agents, landlords and investors over the next...
21 August 2018
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A trade body says the country faces a net loss of 133,000 homes for private rent over the next year -...
12 July 2018
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One of the most respected buying agencies, Black Brick, says the collapse in demand for buy to let is the most...
09 July 2018
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There has been strong support for an e-petition calling for the scrapping of the stamp duty surcharge on buy to let...
06 July 2018
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A specialist buy to let broker is urging landlords to tread with caution before jumping feet first into incorporating their property...
28 June 2018
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A campaign opposing the government’s recent tax changes which have penalised buy to let investors has taken a leaf out of...
07 June 2018
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Two million tenants will this year be hit with rent rises totalling a combined £46m a month according to an online...
01 June 2018
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The government has responded to a petition calling for it to abolish the 3% stamp duty surcharge and reintroduce full buy-to-let...
29 May 2018
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The introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of buy-to-let properties and the phasing out of buy-to-let mortgage...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News

An online petition which calls on the government to reintroduce full buy-to-let mortgage interest tax relief and abolish the 3% stamp...
21 May 2018
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The latest major piece of research into the private rental sector is forecasting a huge surge in demand - meaning there...
17 May 2018
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There’s been a significant rise in the number of fixed-rate buy to let mortgages available to limited companies, says independent mortgage...
24 April 2018
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Specialist funding platform Property Partner has conducted a survey which suggests that 54 per cent of landlords are selling all or some...
12 April 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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Increased volatility in the private rental sector and rising costs for landlords and investors have combined to lead to an increased...
20 March 2018
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The Bank of England has issued gloomy figures on buy to let lending, suggesting the clampdown on mortgage interest tax relief...
14 March 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

Belvoir says there is no evidence of a large-scale sell-off of buy to let properties by beleaguered landlords, but 85 per...
07 March 2018
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A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...
08 February 2018
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Analysis of government figures by the Nationwide suggest that the buy to let sector is still growing despite tax changes and...
05 February 2018
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Well over half of those investors who recently secured buy to let mortgages risk facing losses when mortgage interest tax changes...
26 January 2018
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The government has been accused by a lettings sector trade body of skewing the market to encourage more short-lets. The claim comes...
24 January 2018
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The head of franchise giant Belvoir says government interference in the rental sector is likely to result in a rise in...
23 January 2018
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The UK’s army of buy to let landlords will still benefit from £16.7 billion worth of tax relief even after the...
09 January 2018
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One of Britain’s best known and highest profile buy to let specialist lenders says the number of new BTL mortgages being...
24 November 2017
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After the series of anti-buy to let measures contained in recent Budgets, it is perhaps unsurprising that a survey of landlords...
21 November 2017
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Rental growth is forecast to exceed house price growth in London, despite a glut of properties on the lettings market in...
03 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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New analysis shows how the phasing out of mortgage interest tax relief for buy to let investors may prove a particular...
23 October 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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Yields from buy to let in the UK are now amongst the worst in Europe according to a new league table drawn...
19 September 2017
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Some 61 per cent of chartered surveyors believe there will be a net exodus of landlords over the coming year thanks...
15 September 2017
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A survey for online letting agency Upad claims that 66 per cent of landlords are not going to change their property...
08 September 2017
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A survey conducted for MyDeposits suggests some nine per cent of landlords - or one in 11 - is likely to...
01 September 2017
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Your Move says a shrinking supply of properties, in part created by government measures against the lettings sector, has led to...
31 August 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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Perhaps unsurprisingly, a survey reveals that most buy to let and other property investors want the three per cent stamp duty...
24 August 2017
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Belvoir is warning that some buy to let investors are quitting the sector. “Although we are not currently seeing a huge exit...
17 August 2017
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A survey of almost 3,000 landlords suggests more than one in five plans to sell at least one of their investment...
14 August 2017
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Buy to let investors are losing confidence in their ability to rely on steady rental yields, according to recent figures from...
08 August 2017
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The reasons behind ‘landlord churn’ - when buy to let investors sell up - are more connected with personal circumstances than...
28 July 2017
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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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The impact of recent changes to the way buy to let properties are taxed could create the next pension crisis, a...
21 July 2017
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Ian Duncan Smith is the latest Conservative to criticise his own government’s fiscal policies regarding buy to let. Writing on the Conservative...
19 July 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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A head of a company providing hi-tech products to letting agents says technology is the answer to current rental industry challenges,...
06 July 2017
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The Residential Landlords’ Association says recent fiscal changes hitting the private rented sector are hurting tenants but failing to achieve their...
04 July 2017
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Skipton International has launched a guide to help expat buy to let investors trying to make sense of the UK government’s...
30 June 2017
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The latest Kent Reliance Buy to Let Britain report - seen as a snapshot of the state of health of the...
23 June 2017
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The latest analysis of buy to let trends by letting agency franchise chain Belvoir has identified a specific lack of rental...
05 June 2017
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The proportion of landlords who use a letting agent to help manage their property has spiked since the end of last...
01 June 2017
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Conservative peer Lord Flight, a former shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, says the UK needs “a vibrant and growing private...
31 May 2017
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Online lettings agency Upad claims 20 per cent of landlords are set to increase their rents to their tenants thanks to...
30 May 2017
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Some 1,500 landlords have responded to a trade group’s campaign calling for them to press General Election candidates to oppose changes...
22 May 2017
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Single property landlords are finally waking up to the fact they could be pushed in to a higher tax bracket following...
22 May 2017
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Buy to let valuations fell to just seven per cent of the total valuations market activity in April as the sector...
18 May 2017
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Almost half of the investors in the private rental sector do not know what the changes in mortgage relief will cost...
10 May 2017
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A well known specialist mortgage lender for the buy to let sector, Paragon, has refreshed its offering in the light of...
04 May 2017
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A landlord has set up a company to handle the ownership and management of buy to let properties - and the...
02 May 2017
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Letting agents have reporting an average of four landlords per branch selling up and quitting the buy to let sector in...
26 April 2017
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A property firm at the centre of the campaign against phasing out landlords’ mortgage interest relief says is urging tenants to...
19 April 2017
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A remarkable one in five properties now being let are operated by a company landlord - and the figure surges to...
18 April 2017
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Private landlords’ net income has risen 39 per cent in the last five years, jumping from £10.8 billion to £15 billion...
13 April 2017
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Data from the first three months of this year suggests that investors are increasingly purchasing smaller, cheaper properties. Specialist lender Mortgages for...
12 April 2017
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Almost 20 per cent of the landlords using an online letting agency are apparently unaware of the mortgage interest tax relief...
11 April 2017
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A new study of landlords reveals that far more believe they will be affected by today’s buy to let mortgage interest...
06 April 2017
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Steve Bolton, founder of investment consultancy Platinum Property Partners and one of two landlords who have led a campaign against restricting...
06 April 2017
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Tax rises for landlords being introduced today will make renting less affordable and stifle investment in homes to rent, making it...
06 April 2017
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Prominent market commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has been involved in a Twitter spat over whether the changes to mortgage...
05 April 2017
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The range and pricing of buy to let mortgage products for limited companies has never been better according to a survey...
05 April 2017
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Specialist buy to let lender Paragon Mortgages has given an upbeat forecast for the private rental sector, despite the arrival of...
04 April 2017
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As the new restrictions on landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief come into effect this week, ARLA Propertymark has restated its objections...
04 April 2017
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The Chartered Institute of Taxation has issued a reminder to buy to let investors that the first phase of the restriction...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Research by a lettings sector trade body shows that net growth of units within the private rental sector - that is,...
27 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Renters are spending half their wages keeping a roof over their head, are twice as likely as homeowners to have no...
27 March 2017
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Rent increases have slowed in London with only eight per cent of agents reporting increases last month - and a quarter...
24 March 2017
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The campaign against the imminent changes to mortgage interest tax relief for the buy to let sector estimates that 1.4m landlords...
14 March 2017
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The imminent mortgage interest tax relief changes coming into effect in April has triggered a surge in the number of mortgage...
14 March 2017
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The number of new landlords instructing agents is at its lowest for two years - and with worse to come thanks...
10 March 2017
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A trade body claims that vulnerable tenants are finding it harder to access rented housing because of tax changes being introduced...
10 March 2017
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There was a sigh of relief amongst the lettings industry that yesterday's Budget introduced no new property taxes - but concern...
09 March 2017
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The campaign against the phased reduction in landlords' mortgage interest tax relief is continuing with the opening of a new website,...
09 March 2017
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Chancellor Phillip Hammond has introduced no new property taxes in his Spring Budget - but a clampdown on those setting up...
08 March 2017
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Rents rose by a year-on-year average of 0.8 per cent at the end of last month - while inflation in the...
03 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 proportion of landlords considering commercial loans to fund purchases has doubled over the last 18 months as they try to...
27 February 2017
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The Residential Landlords Association has listed key MPs in marginal constituencies who should be lobbied ahead of the March 8 Budget...
24 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Tenant demand for private rented accommodation is continuing to rise according to a market report from specialist lender Paragon Mortgages. While a...
22 February 2017
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Professional independent inventories can save money for landlords at a time when tax changes threaten to make private letting for expensive...
22 February 2017
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Tenants face potential rent increases of between 20 and 30 per cent as a result of tax rises hitting landlords, says...
17 February 2017
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Opponents of the proposed change to mortgage interest tax relief for landlords have promised what they call a “shock and awe”...
16 February 2017
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A trade group has commissioned a firm of economists to look at how the government’s mortgage interest tax relief change -...
14 February 2017
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Saturday is traditionally the day many MPs hold their constituency surgeries, listening to grievances and opinions from their electors. Conservative member of...
10 February 2017
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a stark warning about the cumulative effect of the additional homes stamp duty...
10 February 2017
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David Miles, a former Bank of England economist, has described the government’s mortgage interest tax relief reform as “terrible” - but...
06 February 2017
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The head of MartinCo, the country’s largest franchise agency group, says the government’s buy to let tax changes and lettings fee...
03 February 2017
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A trade magazine and a national newspaper are reporting anger amongst landlords, tenants and housing groups following the discovery of a...
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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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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Housing minister Gavin Barwell says recent changes to buy to let mortgage interest relief and stamp duty will only affect a...
23 January 2017
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There is yet more evidence that an increasing number of buy to let investors are setting up companies to offset the...
06 January 2017
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No fewer than 60 per cent of buy to let investors say they believe they will be hit by forthcoming changes...
04 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The campaigners against planned changes to mortgage interest tax relief - set to come into effect from April, phased over four...
29 December 2016
From: Breaking News

A trade body claims that 47 per cent of landlords would cease to use letting agents if their profits began to...
14 December 2016
From: Breaking News

An assessment undertaken by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows property taxes accounted for 12.7 per cent of the...
13 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Members of the Association of Residential Letting Agents predict a fall in the number of homes being available to let next...
07 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents will "unpreventably rise" thanks to the government's proposed ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants and because of its...
01 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Phillip Hammond has delivered his first Autumn Statement, tackling amongst other things, what he called “the housing challenge.” The speech made no...
23 November 2016
From: Breaking News

More than 92 per cent of landlords believe the government is anti-landlord and want the Chancellor to back them in this...
21 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords’ Association says it stands by a claim that one in four landlords may sell up, and it refutes...
21 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent has poured scorn on a survey suggesting a quarter of landlords are about to quit buy to let,...
18 November 2016
From: Breaking News

An online lettings agency says tenants’ arrears are likely to be the biggest issue facing the rental sector next year unless...
16 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A survey of 1,000 buy to let investors by the Residential Landlords’ Association shows that around a quarter are saying they...
15 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Another lettings agency has decided to stage a seminar for landlords to explain what Brexit and recent tax changes mean for the...
15 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association has launched an e-postcard campaign for letting agent and landlord members to lobby the government over the...
10 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Lettings expert Kate Faulkner says yields - a traditional long-standing measure of success for buy to let landlords - are becoming...
09 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy to let landlords may be forced to raise rents or even sell their properties because of the government’s new tax...
03 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Some of the property professionals behind the campaign against the changes to buy to let landlords’ taxation have compiled a comprehensive...
27 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A well-known mortgage broker is quoted as saying that buy to let organisations are complaining too much over tax changes for...
24 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association claims that changes to buy to let mortgage interest tax relief being introduced in six months time...
19 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A senior Conservative peer has renewed his attack on his own party over the buy to let tax grab on landlords,...
17 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The landlords behind the failed attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords...
07 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The Mortgages for Businesses brokerage says in the third quarter of this year the proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let...
07 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords has failed. The case was...
06 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
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The case made by two landlords to have a judicial review of section 24 of the 2015 Finance Act - triggering...
03 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Several property experts have warned of possible dangers in landlords forming limited companies in a bid to minimise their tax liabilities. There...
28 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A campaign group is urging letting agents to join with landlords in lobbying MP over the government’s change to buy to...
12 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The news editor of London financial daily City AM has made an outspoken attack on the government’s fiscal assaults on the...
07 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Kevin Hollinrake - the founder of franchise agency Hunters and now a Conservative MP - is calling for a cut in...
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

The Scottish Association of Landlords - which represents letting agents as well as landlords north of the border - has spoken...
16 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has agreed to meet campaigners opposed to the clampdown on landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief. The measure -...
12 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The people behind the bid for a judicial review into Clause 24 of the Finance Act 2015 - limiting mortgage interest tax...
05 August 2016
From: Breaking News

A consumer group dedicated to reducing tax says recent fiscal changes introduced by the government will end up hurting private rental...
25 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association says the build up to the new government‘s Autumn Statement - effectively its first budget - is...
25 July 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

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 government is being warned that without changes to the Finance Bill currently going through parliament it will effectively be forcing rent...
11 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A senior mortgage lender is warning that government reforms of the buy to let sector could have wide-ranging and unintended consequences. Richard...
05 July 2016
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The Council of Mortgage Lenders has told the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority not to add unnecessarily to the welter...
01 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A buy to let property in London is going to be “very difficult to make viable” in the near future unless...
27 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The landlords campaigning for a judicial review of the legislation curtailing mortgage interest tax relief for buy to let landlords have...
21 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors face a ‘ticking timebomb’ that may force many of them to quit the sector in the long-term,...
16 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The exemption of residential property from the new Capital Gains Tax cuts tops the list of concerns expressed by professional landlords...
14 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A mortgage firm specialising in buy to let products says lending to landlords set up as limited companies surged in the...
13 June 2016
From: Breaking News

There appears no change in government policy on changing buy to let tax breaks - at least not yet - despite...
10 June 2016
From: Breaking News

On the day of the campaign rally to galvanise support for a bid to win a judicial review of George Osborne’s...
09 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The line-up has been revealed for the so-called "Tenants’ Tax Summit” this week - the campaign rally for supporters of a...
07 June 2016
From: Breaking News

There has been a new development in a long-running spat between a website and the BBC over the corporation’s news coverage...
07 June 2016
From: Breaking News

More details have emerged of the campaign rally to be held next month in support of the bid for a judicial...
20 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The two landlords campaigning to win a judicial review of George Osborne’s restrictions on buy to let mortgage tax relief have...
04 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Another £50,000 has already been raised through crowd-funding to help meet the costs of mounting a legal challenge to George Osborne’s...
28 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has backed the raft of measures seen by many as anti-buy to let, including the restriction on...
21 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The two landlords hoping to secure a judicial review of the legislation restricting mortgage interest tax relief on buy to let...
20 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A financial journalist has lambasted the government’s anti-buy to let policies, describing them as “political short-termism ... a vote winner to...
18 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The two landlords spearheading a campaign to challenge the change to buy to let mortgage interest tax relief have launched another...
15 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Respected credit ratings agency Fitch says buy to let will thrive for the next 12 to 24 months but the effects...
08 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
From: Breaking News

The two landlords behind the bid to seek a judicial review of George Osborne’s buy to let mortgage interest relief tax...
31 March 2016
From: Breaking News

An industry body says proposals by the Bank of England to curb buy to let lending are “premature.” The Bank’s Prudential Regulation...
30 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England has released new buy to let mortgage underwriting standards which are expected to set out stricter borrowing...
29 March 2016
From: Breaking News

HM Revenue & Customs and the Treasury have at last responded to the legal team representing two landlords challenging beleaguered Chancellor...
24 March 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Martin & Co - one of Britain’s largest letting agency networks with 192 offices across the country - says it may...
03 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Not one of the raft of buy to let rule changes being introduced by Chancellor George Osborne - ostensibly to help...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News

If interest rates rise by 2.5 per cent over the next four years, traditional buy to let could become unprofitable in...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News

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

Four in 10 landlords are either seriously considering forming a limited company or will be looking into the option in the...
22 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A survey claims that despite the apparent rush to purchase buy to let properties before the stamp duty surcharge deadline of...
19 February 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The two landlords mounting a legal challenge to the mortgage interest tax changes proposed by Chancellor George Osborne have released a...
09 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Around a fifth of investors plan to sell their buy to let properties this year, thanks to the recent measures against...
08 February 2016
From: Breaking News

There has been another substantial increase in the number of buy to let mortgage applications made by limited companies - suggesting...
03 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Just over 60,000 people have signed an online petition urging MPs to reconsider the controversial buy to let mortgage interest tax...
29 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The two buy to let investors behind a campaign to seek a judicial review of George Osborne’s controversial mortgage interest tax...
25 January 2016
From: Breaking News

An online petition aiming to get 100,000 signatures expressing opposition to Chancellor George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes looks certain...
21 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords’ Association is taking legal advice on whether George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes are a breach of...
20 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The two landlords behind the possible legal challenge to George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes are appealling for “experts, mentors...
11 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Chancellor George Osborne has “effectively declared war on individual landlords” according to the Residential Landlords’ Association - but don’t expect a...
05 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Financially-stretched landlords may want to think seriously about selling their investment properties - and quickly, advises Rightmove. In its latest monthly report...
15 December 2015
From: Breaking News

A former president of the Association of Taxation Technicians has made a strong defence of buy to let investors who, she...
09 December 2015
From: Breaking News

There’s been an angry reaction from letting agents and landlords to the shock news that an additional three per cent stamp...
26 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The government’s reduction of mortgage interest tax relief on buy to let properties in a major factor for 50 per cent...
17 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The head of a landlords’ association has warned the Conservative government not to demonise buy to let investors who typically have...
16 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The controversial changes to landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief and to the wear and tear allowance “have failed to dampen the...
10 November 2015
From: Breaking News

A prominent buying agent active in prime central London says the capital’s high end buy to let market will become less...
06 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The online petition opposing the proposed tax changes for buy to let landlords has now reached 35,000 signatures - but is...
30 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Measures which discourage investment in the private rented sector can only push up rents and harm tenants more than landlords, a...
20 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of Zoopla has thrown his weight behind opposition to the government’s proposed restrictions on buy to let tax...
15 September 2015
From: Breaking News

If supporters of Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget restrictions on tax breaks for buy to let landlords thought opposition would die off...
07 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The petition against the proposed tax changes outlined by Chancellor George Osborne in last month’s Budget has now achieved 20,000 signatures. This...
28 August 2015
From: Breaking News

A survey for a lettings organisation has confirmed the belief that the government’s removal of tax breaks on landlords will almost...
22 July 2015
From: Breaking News

There has been no let-up in the anger expressed by sections of the buy to let sector after Chancellor George Osborne...