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HMRC has launched a pilot for the proposed Making Tax Digital service for quarterly reporting - and agents can sign up...

Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

Last week’s Autumn Statement - which fell short of expectations in terms of help for the private rental sector - is...

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

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England has agreed to raise interest rates by 0.5 per cent to 2.25...

This is a crunch week for the UK economy - and likely the housing market too - with a meeting of...

Uncertainty over the coming recession, wholesale reforms of the rental sector, higher interest rates and National Insurance payments are all reasons...

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of “stacking the economy against private renters who...

A business consultancy is warning that buy to let sellers in the current market are likely to be squeezed - and...

Lower income households, often found in the private rental sector, are set to bear the brunt of the rising inflation and...

New data reveals that over 80 per cent of renters spend more than 30 per cent of their take home pay...

Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent wants the government to help tenants clear Covid-related arrears through an overhaul of Discretionary Housing Payments. Enhancing these...

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told the Labour Party conference that if her party wins the next General Election she will...

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

ARLA Propertymark is advising agents to get up to speed on new rules - and possible higher costs - when changes...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur is warning agents to prepare for increased rent arrears from as soon as next month. Neil Cobbold, chief...

A lettings sector trade body, acting with homelessness charities, is urging the government to do more as young people in rented...

Private rental sector tenants have spent the year so far working only to pay for their accommodation, the BBC claims.  The broadcaster...

The BBC says Right To Rent legislation is fuelling a burgeoning market in fake IDs - in some cases creating access...

Former Countrywide chief executive and chairman Grenville Turner is one of a number of high profile new investors unveiled for Zero...

There was a sigh of relief amongst the lettings industry that yesterday's Budget introduced no new property taxes - but concern...

Chancellor Phillip Hammond has introduced no new property taxes in his Spring Budget - but a clampdown on those setting up...

The couple believed to be the owners of Britain’s largest buy to let portfolio have defended sending letting agents an 11-point...