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Tax experts say that an attempt to levy higher purchase tax on holiday lets and second homes in one part of...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A property finance company says increased taxes and regulations for the private rental sector mean that energy efficiency improvements to raise...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A business consultancy is warning that buy to let sellers in the current market are likely to be squeezed - and...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents tasked with persuading possible investors as to the benefit of buy to let have new ammunition, in the shape of...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News

New financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give a much-needed boost to the...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer, more transparent and ultimately more...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The leader of one of Britain’s highest profile lettings agency operations has let rip at the government for what he calls...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News

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

A major holiday let company in one of the country’s prime tourist destinations says more affordable homes should be built to...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group now manages in excess of 74,000 rental properties on behalf of landlords, according to a new trading...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s still some way to go for the lettings market to return to its pre-pandemic best according to Knight Frank -...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A generally upbeat trading statement from franchise agency giant Winkworth reports that prime London’s rental market’s long term return to normality...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A little-known law may require tenants to pay stamp duty on the rental properties they do not actually own. London lettings agency...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Buy To Let lending is set to fall back this year, after a hectic 2021. That’s the forecast from the Intermediary Mortgage...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the most respected figures in British housing has joined one of the growing number of Rent To Buy companies. Lord...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News

New figures show how effective the stamp duty holiday was in stimulating buy to let - and how similar measures could...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Staging a home during the selling process could boost a sale price by up to £47,000; meanwhile lettings asking prices could...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Rental growth in prime areas of London has climbed to multi-year highs according to new data from Knight Frank. While only a...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Early results from a survey into wellbeing suggest that agents are changing their working practices to help staff have a greater...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A new report suggests that agents may already be seeing more middle-aged and older landlords - and if that hasn’t happened...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Lettings agency Hamptons, part of Connells, says there’s little sign that the stamp duty holiday led to large numbers of new...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The end of the stamp duty holiday today has triggered a reduction in the number of buy to let investors saying...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank is anticipating a “sprint for stock” in the lettings market as offices reopen and travel restrictions ease. Tom Bill, Knight...
20 September 2021
From: Breaking News
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The property industry has broadly welcomed Michael's Gove appointment as Housing Secretary after he replaced Robert Jenrick yesterday afternoon. “We welcome today’s...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Lettings agents have highlighted a lack of stock as their main concern, research claims. The latest State of the Lettings Industry report...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has called for a return of mortgage interest relief and a review of landlord taxes to boost the rental sector. The...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been a call for government to do more to support letting agents as an autumn of rental reform begins. Mark Hayward,...
10 September 2021
From: Breaking News

New data released by franchise agency Winkworth showed that the rental market so far this year has been divided between house...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News

As the summer begins to draw to a close and the letting market regains its stride, attention is turning to the...
25 August 2021
From: Legislation & Compliance

The value of the Private Rented Sector in England, Wales and Scotland grew by 5.8 per cent to a jaw dropping...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A study by Hamptons shows that so far this year 10 per cent of new tenancies have been taken by someone...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News

London-based buy to let purchasers in the first half of the year have looked outside the capital in high numbers according...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...
28 July 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

The average UK rent now stands at a record £1,007 per calendar month - the highest ever, according to HomeLet. It’s up...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Baroness Alicia Kennedy has accused the government of hypocrisy over its diverging approach to evictions for commercial and residential tenants. On Wednesday...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News

An outspoken property investor has launched an online petition on the government website to oppose the threat of rent controls. YouTube influencer...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been another upbeat trading statement from franchise giant the Belvoir Group. The company - which held its AGM yesterday - says...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The five years since the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes has led to a...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...
13 May 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid In your experience,...
12 May 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

A bank has seen a surge in Honk Kong residents purchasing UK buy to let properties. Skipton International, the Guernsey-licensed bank, says...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests it was reducing in size for some years before the pandemic. Nationwide’s specialist...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The extended stamp duty holiday is having a significant positive impact on the rental market, according to new research. In a survey...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Winkworth says its London rental activities have suffered because of a lack of international travel, and students and young professionals returning to...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The popularity of buy to let mortgage products offering exclusive rates for higher value loans is a sign of optimism in...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been a spectacular surge in demand for lettings properties as vendors take advantage of the stamp duty holiday by selling...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents must be ready for an influx of new business according to outsourced telephone and live chat service Moneypenny. Its latest figures...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Research by Hamptons suggests that the increased house prices caused by the stamp duty holiday sales surge has indirectly obliged more...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Some £3.5 billion of investment was placed in the growing Build To Rent sector in 2020, despite concerns over the pandemic...
11 March 2021
From: Breaking News

An assessment by Savills suggests capital values - including those for properties in the lettings sector - are likely to soar...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News
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Rightmove’s David Cox - formerly of the Association of Residential Letting Agents - is to talk through the Budget fallout for...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A property lawyer is forecasting a surge in buy to let purchasing in the coming months as the stamp duty extension...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s disappointed the Budget failed to address the funding of the private rental sector. “Extending...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
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This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says there’s been a big rise in the number of prospective tenants contacting letting agents via its website. The portal says...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Some 60 per cent of multi-property landlords have expanded their portfolio since the introduction of the Stamp Duty Holiday last summer...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News
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A leading PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been another fall in the proportion of new-builds sold off-plan. Data from Hamptons says 33 per cent of new home completions...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News
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A prominent industry figure is warning Chancellor Rishi Sunak not to use property taxes to bail out the government over the costs...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...
04 February 2021
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ARLA Propertymark has issued a list of 10 demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s long-awaited Budget on March 3, with a financial...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
From: Sponsored Content

A leading property law expert says there is now pressure on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise stamp duty on buy to...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Entrants for the 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards have only until December 31 to sign up. Founder Simon Brown says: “The bounce...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Around one in seven residential properties purchased in November were snapped up by buy to let investors, according to Countrywide research. A...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News

An end-of-year market snapshot by the Association of Residential Letting Agents shows the supply of rental accommodation was the highest on record...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content

ARLA Propertymark has given a detailed response to a government consultation on how the pandemic has hit the private rental sector. The...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

International investors dominate the high end London market says a new survey. Aston’s, a residency and citizenship consultancy, has analysed sold price records...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards are to be held on Friday June 11. For the first time the awards will host...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has posted what many consider to be disappointing lettings figures for the third quarter of the year. The company’s lettings-related revenue...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how is the UK rental market coping with the fallout from...
08 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Scotland must encourage more investors into its property market as a way of supporting its economy once the Coronavirus recedes according...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Nearly half of prospective home buyers have delayed their plans because of the Coronavirus crisis, a mortgage company says. Research by Aldermore...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A specialist mortgage operator is warning letting agents and landlords to gear up for a winter of discontent as a result...
25 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A high profile former estate agent who was a major figure on the London sales market for over three decades has...
25 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Independent service Moneyfacts says that while the buy to let mortgage sector remains resilient, it has contracted slightly in recent weeks...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest house price index, produced by the website Home, gives a broadly optimistic outlook for landlords and other buy to...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A trade body is reminding new landlords tempted by the stamp duty holiday of the raft of health and safety measures they...
11 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Now may be the time for buy to let investors to consider incorporation - putting their property portfolios into a limited...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News

New data from Zoopla shows that a two-speed rental market is operating across the UK, with London in particular hitting major...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent comparison website, Rentround, says the stamp duty holiday has spurred existing and would-be landlords to search for new...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Propertymark is the latest industry body to warn the government against Capital Gains Tax changes that may disincentivise landlords. A joint statement...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The Prime Minister has stepped into the ongoing row over a Labour claim that last week’s stamp duty holiday was merely...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Chris Pincher has entered the row over Labour claiming that the stamp duty holiday announced last week was in...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm is offering what it calls “free landlord leads” to letting agents who register with the company in July...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Labour has described the stamp duty holiday introduced last week as “a £1.3 billion bung for landlords” because the tax break...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Former Labour Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the new director of the campaign group Generation Rent, claims 500,000 renters are in arrears as...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A stamp duty cut could reinvigorate the buy to let market and the wider economy as the country comes out of...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Private rents are expected to fall across the UK in the coming three months, but stabilise over the course of the...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...
01 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns that rents are likely to stagnate for the rest of the year - although...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The government is driving landlords into the short let sector according to a trade body. The Residential Landlords Association, responding to recent...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A trade group’s submission to the Treasury ahead of next month’s Budget includes a call for the new Chancellor to slash...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...
13 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

The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Just over third of private landlords are planning to quit the sector or cut the number of homes they let in...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Reports from China suggest that property investors from that country - a staple in the buy to let market in many...
17 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Black Brick agency, which operates with high net worth clients, is forecasting that 2020 will see the arrival of a...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Some 45 per cent of those who don’t yet own a home think they never will, according to a new report. While...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The proportion of homes in Great Britain let by overseas based landlords is 11 per cent, up from seven per cent...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the leading lettings sector trade bodies has unveiled what it describes as “a positive vision for the private rented...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade body says the private rental sector is facing a major crisis - more landlords are selling properties than buying...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News

New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Property investors are concerned that Brexit could deter international buyers from purchasing property in the UK, which could in turn weaken...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News

New research indicates that the majority of property investors in the UK have their plans on pause for the next six...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm says it has calculated the true cost of being a buy to let investor. Howsy says the average landlord...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The government has been criticised yet again for what is described as its “incoherent” approach to the private rental sector. David Miles,...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Private tenants are being disadvantaged because of the government’s focus on boosting homeownership. According to the latest figures from the Royal Institution...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Savills says some 120,000 buy to let mortgages have been redeemed since the launch of the additional homes stamp duty surcharge...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been a dramatic 37 per cent rise in rental instructions for prime properties in the capital during the first quarter...
20 June 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 fierce competition in the lettings market in parts of London means that some tenants will feel no benefit from the...
28 May 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been another major industry survey revealing that a high number of lettings agents and landlords may quit the private rental...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A damning report on taxation in the private rental sector (PRS) has accused the treasury of appearing not to understand 'the...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Three years after the introduction of the second homes stamp duty surcharge, landlords are “beginning to come to terms with the...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Startling figures released this morning by Rightmove suggest that rents have risen 8.2 per cent in London in the past year...
18 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Data from a Countrywide agency shows that 59 per cent of landlords who live in London purchased their buy to let...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News

High end lettings agency Harrods Estates says it has seen a 10 per cent rise in tenancy renewals in the Knightsbridge...
09 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy to let mortgage costs remain stable with little movement recorded over the past three months according to a market snapshot...
01 April 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s most experienced lettings experts has condemned the government for “almost singlehandedly destroying the traditional lettings market.” Lisa Simon -...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings sector trade body is demanding that the government brings forward tax measures to address what it calls “the scourge...
13 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

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News

You may be forgiven for thinking that rent takes up an ever-greater proportion of tenants’ income - but new figures out...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests asking rents in London are now increasing at an annual rate not seen for...
17 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The stamp duty surcharge - which across the rest of Britain is currently three per cent on additional homes such as...
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Continued political and economic uncertainty is likely to fuel increased tenant demand in the private rented sector, says Haart. The company’s latest...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...
06 November 2018
From: Sponsored Content

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is reporting that average asking rents outside London have topped £800 per month for the first time, fuelled by a...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The growth in tenancies agreed in London’s super-prime sector has slowed sharply from 20 per cent earlier this year to just...
16 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide says landlords spent £12.1 billion buying rental properties in the first half of this year - a full 30 per...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News

There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News

New research has attempted to quantify the number and scale of rent rises that are likely to take place as landlords...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The first of the industry trade bodies to issue a series of demands for this month’s Budget is the National Landlords Association...
01 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Here’s a date which the private rental sector may want to make a note of…even if it is with some nervousness. The...
28 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The Haart agency is calling on the government to give the private rental sector a break in the autumn Budget, as...
27 September 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Belvoir says more landlords are selling up and fewer newcomers are investing in the private rental sector because of increased legislation...
24 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A new analysis of the buy to let market forecasts more bad news for agents, landlords and investors over the next...
21 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Opposition is growing fast to the threat of another stamp duty attack on the buy to let sector, rumoured to be...
07 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A newspaper in warning that the beleaguered buy to let sector may be under attack yet again with the government considering...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let is still an attractive investment compared to other asset classes but to make the best of the opportunity...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A trade body says the country faces a net loss of 133,000 homes for private rent over the next year -...
12 July 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the most respected buying agencies, Black Brick, says the collapse in demand for buy to let is the most...
09 July 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The government should scrap the tax on new homes which is punishing those in need of a home to rent, the...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The growth of the private rental sector has slowed thanks to government intervention and economic uncertainty - but it will expand...
15 June 2018
From: Breaking News

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...
11 June 2018
From: Sponsored Content

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The latest major piece of research into the private rental sector is forecasting a huge surge in demand - meaning there...
17 May 2018
From: Breaking News

There are now five per cent fewer homes to let now than two years ago, says Countrywide in its rebranded Hamptons...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News
11 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A new survey appears to buck the trend of recent rental market snapshots by showing that buy to let investors are...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading lettings sector trade body has repeated its call on government to offer a range of incentives to landlords and...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Some 43 per cent of all stamp duty comes from buy to let investors and holiday home purchasers - and almost...
10 April 2018
From: Breaking News
09 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Foxtons is warning that the private rental sector - traditionally a strong earner for the company even in times of challenging...
05 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading Conservative peer says the government should cut taxes for buy to let investors and regard them as part of...
05 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Increased volatility in the private rental sector and rising costs for landlords and investors have combined to lead to an increased...
20 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A lettings trade body says a major house builder has blamed, in part, recent tax increases on private landlords as a...
19 March 2018
From: Breaking News

There has been a drop in the proportion of people becoming buy to let landlords in order to boost their retirement...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A trade body says new figures released by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility show that the government’s recent tax increases...
15 March 2018
From: Breaking News

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

Tax increases on the rental sector are leaving young people unable to access the homes they need, an industry body claims. The...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says some buy to let mortgage rates have gone back to record lows. The monitor says...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Average rental values in prime central London fell 2.1 per cent in the year to February according to Knight Frank -...
05 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...
08 February 2018
From: Sponsored Content

A new website called Vesta has launched aiming to sell investment properties with tenants in place. The team behind the site describe...
08 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Net buy to let investment has fallen 80 per cent in the past two years, a mortgage lenders’ group claims. The Intermediary...
07 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The trend towards reducing or eliminating deposits at the same time as edging towards a ban on letting agents’ fees on...
01 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Homes in Multiple Occupation produced average yields of 8.9 per cent in 2017, the highest of all buy to let property...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The average asking rent across the UK - excluding London - rose by just 0.7 per cent in 2017 according to...
11 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Foxtons insists the London rental market may now be in recovery mode with 9.2 prospective tenants per property registered in the third...
19 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The rental market in Prime Central London has shown signs of recovery at the end of 2017, according to a new...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Average rents in prime central London fell 2.4 per cent year-on-year in November, which was the most modest decline recorded in...
07 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it is seeing a consolidation of agencies ahead of the ban on agents’ fees...
05 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond. From today,...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Over two thirds of landlords are reluctant to invest in new properties as a result of the stamp duty surcharge on...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Rental growth is forecast to exceed house price growth in London, despite a glut of properties on the lettings market in...
03 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector is likely to benefit as a result of first time buyers’ lack of understanding of the timings,...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A leading accountancy and business advice consultancy says residential landlords who want to downsize their portfolios because of recent tax changes...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector in Wales is at risk of contracting next year, warns the Residential Landlords’ Association. RLA Wales policy officer...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents outside of London have dropped by 0.2 per cent in the third quarter of this year according to new data...
09 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A leading accounting and advisory service says key tax changes that could damage the buy to let sector are still not...
26 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords’ Association appears to be first off the starting blocks with its submission to government ahead of the next...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A trade body is seeking volunteers to meet with government officials to discuss future initiatives for the private rental sector. The volunteers...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey for online letting agency Upad claims that 66 per cent of landlords are not going to change their property...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey conducted for MyDeposits suggests some nine per cent of landlords - or one in 11 - is likely to...
01 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Your Move says a shrinking supply of properties, in part created by government measures against the lettings sector, has led to...
31 August 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

Perhaps unsurprisingly, a survey reveals that most buy to let and other property investors want the three per cent stamp duty...
24 August 2017
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The annual rate of rental growth across Britain doubled between June and July driven by a turnaround in the London market,...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Paragon Mortgages says its most recent survey of buy to let investors makes it clear that the vast majority want the...
07 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Far from being wealthy property investors, two thirds of individual landlords pay merely the basic rate of income tax according to...
06 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents in prime central London have dropped 4.4 per cent in the past year - although that annual drop is not...
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest Kent Reliance Buy to Let Britain report - seen as a snapshot of the state of health of the...
23 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The number of buy-to-let mortgage loans fell by over a fifth during April, according to the latest figures from the Council...
15 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest analysis of buy to let trends by letting agency franchise chain Belvoir has identified a specific lack of rental...
05 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The Paragon Group of Companies has reported that its new buy to let lending totalled £556.2m for the six months to the end...
24 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Mortgage lending for the buy to let sector has halved since the introduction of the stamp duty surcharge in April 2016 according...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Buy to let valuations fell to just seven per cent of the total valuations market activity in April as the sector...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Property investors based in the capital are increasingly purchasing buy-to-let properties outside of London, according to Countrywide. The UK's largest agency's latest...
15 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Almost 20 per cent of the landlords using an online letting agency are apparently unaware of the mortgage interest tax relief...
11 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The remaining overhand of last year’s buy to let buying surge by landlords means the annual rate of rent rises has...
07 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The speed at which rents across are growing has more than halved since a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on second...
07 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Specialist buy to let lender Paragon Mortgages has given an upbeat forecast for the private rental sector, despite the arrival of...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News

As the new restrictions on landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief come into effect this week, ARLA Propertymark has restated its objections...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News

What does it say on your business card? Luke Burton Sales and Marketing Director, Rent4sure Who is Rent4sure? Rent4sure, is an established tenant referencing company. We provide...
29 March 2017
From: 60 Second Interview

The chief executive of Andrews Property Group says the government’s three per cent additional homes stamp duty surcharge on buy to...
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
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

Chancellor Phillip Hammond has introduced no new property taxes in his Spring Budget - but a clampdown on those setting up...
08 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting Agent Today’s Conor Shilling was in the audience of The Great Buy To Let Debate - always one of the...
01 March 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
From: Breaking News

Tenants face potential rent increases of between 20 and 30 per cent as a result of tax rises hitting landlords, says...
17 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide claims that the proportion of landlords paying in cash for a property reached 61 per cent in January, the highest...
13 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a stark warning about the cumulative effect of the additional homes stamp duty...
10 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents and many industry bodies have expressed their disappointment and anger at many provisions of the Housing White Paper produced by...
08 February 2017
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

There were 26 prospective tenants registered at each member branch of the Association of Residential Letting Agents - the lowest level...
30 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association has been quick off the mark to issue what it calls a seven point wish list to...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News

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

The Residential Landlords Association says new tax powers devolving to the Welsh Assembly should involve exemptions when it comes to the...
20 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Gross buy to let lending increased in November to the highest monthly level since the stamp duty surcharge was introduced in...
18 January 2017
From: Breaking News

This is the final Letting Agent Today until Tuesday January 3 2017, so everyone at Angels Media sends all good wishes for...
30 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The surge in properties to let which came on to the prime central London market after the April 1 stamp duty...
20 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

The number of buy to let transactions across England and Wales has fallen 8.2 per cent in one month and is down an...
09 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

Landlord confidence has returned despite government tax changes to the private rental sector - although research for the survey that produced...
02 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The government’s proposed ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants - and the possibility that they may instead fall on...
28 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Paragon Mortgages’ parent firm, the Paragon Group of Companies, remains bullish about the buy to let sector despite the series of...
28 November 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

There’s been a significant drop in the amount borrowed by buy to let investors over the past year, despite a rise...
17 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Another prominent mortgage chief has called on the government to show its support for the private rental sector by repealing some...
10 November 2016
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

Three quarters of a million private renters are stuck in the coldest and draughtiest homes, claims the Citizens Advice organisation -...
28 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 Welsh Government - which now has additional fiscal powers allowing it to be more independent from Westminster - has chosen...
19 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The British Property Federation is urging Chancellor Phillip Hammond to bring in tax measures to help the purpose-built Build To Rent...
18 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

Buy to let lending is well down according to data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders. Apparently contrary to an optimistic report...
13 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Buyer enquiries from potential landlords and investors are now up 30 per cent since May according to Rightmove, suggesting that the...
12 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Despite huge turmoil in the buy to let sector, there has been a significant rise in mortgage activity in the past...
11 October 2016
From: Breaking News

New data produced by Knight Frank shows that the number of tenancies agreed in August this year was the highest on...
10 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The government must urgently deliver 1.8m new rental homes as new figures from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reveal a...
05 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Details of the Bank of England’s statement outlining tougher rules on mortgage lending to buy to let investors have been shown...
04 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of financial consultancy Clayton Euro Risk says changes soon coming in to tighten the criteria applied to buy...
04 October 2016
From: Breaking News

An East Midlands estate agency has opened its third lettings office, saying the rental market has 'defied expectations'. Richard Watkinson and Partners,...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Almost all of the UK's major towns and cities saw fewer available buy-to-let properties listed during August when compared with July. Property...
15 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Across the UK as a whole there has been a slight increase in the number of tenants who agree to pay...
12 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The chairman of the Residential Landlords’ Association has restated how he sees the private rental sector could help solve the country’s...
08 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

Ensuring potential tenants have passed reference checks is the key priority for landlords when selecting an agent to let their property,...
02 September 2016
From: Breaking News

New data from referencing company Equifax Touchstone suggests that this July’s buy to let mortgage lending total is 39 per cent...
24 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s latest lettings index shows rental growth slowing in every region of Britain because of a glut of homes coming to...
15 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Belvoir says the majority of franchise owners in its 170-strong network are reporting a shortage of family housing as one opf...
12 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

The Residential Landlords Association is asking the Welsh Assembly to scrap the three per cent stamp duty surcharge imposed on buy...
20 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The new Chancellor appointed by Prime Minister Theresa May has been ‘outed’ as a former buy to let landlord - raising...
18 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

There was an eight per cent surge in the number of homes available to rent in the second quarter of the...
14 July 2016
From: Breaking News

In the three months after the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on April 1, landlord purchases accounted...
11 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
From: Breaking News

We’re used to young owner-occupiers relying on the Bank of Mum and Dad for financial help - now it appears youthful...
05 July 2016
From: Breaking News

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

The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...
22 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents in Scotland are at a record high, after the fastest month-on-month growth on record. Data from Your Move shows that average...
22 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Lettings volumes have taken a sharp downward trend in May according to board company Agency Express. New listings were down 11.9 per...
20 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Letting agencies Your Move and Reeds Rains claim rents have started to drop in many areas following the arrival of a...
17 June 2016
From: Breaking News

There was a massive slowdown in buy to let lending by investors as the additional homes stamp duty surcharge passed -...
16 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents across the UK continued to rise during May but at a decreasing rate, says HomeLet. Data shows that rents agreed on...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The number of valuations for buy to let purposes last month was eight per cent up on the May 2015 level...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A new report claims that over a third of student property investors plan to expand their portfolios in 2016, despite the...
07 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Developers and investors have written to housing minister Brandon Lewis proposing a three-point action plan that could see more than 250,000...
06 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Landlords are increasingly favouring Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and more 'complex property types' due to the often higher yields available. Mortgages...
02 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Average rents for single rooms across the UK increased at a faster rate than those in London, according to spareroom.co.uk. The rental...
02 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The supply of rental properties fell by 5% during April when compared to the previous year, according to figures from the...
01 June 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
From: Breaking News

A removals firm has claimed it is currently dealing with more tenants moving between properties than home buyers. Aussie Man & Van...
24 May 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Chancellor George Osborne’s stamp duty surcharge imposed on landlords and other second home buyers from April 1 prompted an enormous 142...
18 May 2016
From: Breaking News

An online letting agency is warning against investors angry at government attacks on the private rental sector looking for ‘easy alternatives’...
17 May 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The frenzy of investor purchasing of buy to let units ahead of the stamp duty surcharge deadline has led to an...
16 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A buy to let index of returns compiled by a financial firm shows the greatest returns for investors are now to...
13 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A buy to let lender says new underwriting rules from the Prudential Regulation Authority could trigger another rush to snap up...
29 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The supply of rental housing stock on letting agents’ books fell sharply in March, to the lowest level since the start...
29 April 2016
From: Breaking News

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

Private landlords’ confidence is at the lowest level since late 2006 according to market research company BDRC Continental, thanks to anti-buy...
27 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

Two professional property investors are giving away a Manchester flat valued at £110,000 in a protest against Chancellor George Osborne’s attacks...
25 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Good news for agents having to work harder to persuade would-be landlords that buy to let makes financial sense after the...
22 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

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

Independent comparison website Moneyfacts says mortgage lenders are slashing rates on products designed for landlords, in a bid to buoy up...
15 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Almost all landlords are considering increasing rents to pay for the higher taxes they now face. According to a survey by the...
15 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Research by HomeLet shows that rents on new tenancies outside London over the three months to March were on average 4.9...
13 April 2016
From: Breaking News

One of London’s major letting agencies is urging landlords to take a cautious approach to whether they should incorporate in a...
12 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide says £28 billion worth of home sales were completed in March ahead of the stamp duty surcharge deadline, a 76...
11 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

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 three per cent stamp duty surcharge being imposed on buy to let and other properties is set to hurt tenants...
07 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The additional homes stamp duty surcharge is contributing to a slowdown in the central London development market according to JLL. The number...
07 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Belvoir Lettings, which operates over 210 outlets across the UK, has seen its pre-tax profit surge beyond £2m at Belvoir Lettings. In...
05 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The British Property Federation says George Osborne’s stamp duty surcharge will threaten the success of the Build To Rent sector, which...
05 April 2016
From: Breaking News

An outspoken attack on Chancellor George Osborne’s fiscal measures against the private rental sector have questioned whether he is really a...
04 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A substantial majority of new buy to let mortgage applicants are unaware of the mortgage tax relief changes, according to a...
04 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The imposition of the stamp duty surcharge on additional homes would add another £4,500 to the cost of setting up a...
04 April 2016
From: Breaking News

More criticism of Chancellor George Osborne’s raft of buy to let reforms has appeared in the mainstream media, with much emphasis...
01 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The managing director of the Association of Residential Letting Agents says urgent action is necessary “to make the prospect of being...
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

Banks approved 45,892 mortgages for house purchases last month - a 20 per cent rise on the February last year, with...
25 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The new stamp duty surcharge on buy to let properties coming into effect next Friday will increase rent costs for tenants...
24 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The government has been told to back off its criticism of buy to let landlords and instead do more to address...
22 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Yesterday George Osborne delivered his eighth budget as chancellor, announcing an extra £3.5 billion in spending cuts by 2019-20. The Office for...
17 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

Almost a third of landlords surveyed by property crowdfunding platform Property Partner have little or no awareness of the raft of...
16 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The proposed stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy-to-let properties will fail to deter landlords from expanding...
15 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Some 66% of landlords predict more rental sector turbulence in this week's Budget, according to research by property crowdfunding platform The...
14 March 2016
From: Breaking News

February has seen a further burst of buy to let activity, fuelled not only by the stamp duty surcharge deadline but...
11 March 2016
From: Breaking News

There is more evidence that the buy to let sector has experienced a surge of activity as investors rush to complete...
09 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The changes introduced to the tax and stamp duty levied on buy to let income and property appears not to have...
04 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Unique summary: What does a potential exit from the EU mean for the UK's property market. Ever since the recession hit much...
01 March 2016
From: Sponsored Content

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

Returns from buy to let properties have risen to their highest level in over a year. Data from Your Move and Reeds...
19 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

A leading lettings expert says George Osborne’s proposed stamp duty surcharge of three per cent may be just weeks from implementation...
18 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Prime Central London rents across the capital fell for the first time in two years during the final quarter of 2015...
17 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The influencial cross-party Commons Treasury Committee says the whole economy could suffer is George Osborne’s fiscal measures against the private rental...
15 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords’ Association is standing up for the private rental sector in its response to the government’s inquiry into homelessness. The...
12 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Government policies aimed at curbing the buy to let market are directly leading to more pressure on the lettings sector, according...
11 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A surge in lending for buy to let properties ahead of April’s stamp duty surcharge means mortgage approvals have reached their...
11 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A risk expert at a leading buy to let mortgage company says the industry should actually embrace the restrictions on lending...
11 February 2016
From: Breaking News

One of the country‘s leading rental sector analysts is warning that tax changes for landlords’ mortgage interest relief, and the imminent...
10 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association is warning private investors not to be lured by firms offering schemes which allegedly promise to help...
09 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A legal expert is claiming that changes to S21 eviction procedures introduced back in October are not being adhered to by...
08 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

Buying agency Black Brick says investment in prime London’s lettings sector remains buoyant despite the imminent three per cent stamp duty...
04 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

Landlords’ confidence in the buy to let sector has collapsed to an all-time low and is now “worse than levels witnessed...
03 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The three per cent stamp duty surcharge proposed for purchases of buy to let and holiday homes risks being seen as...
01 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Paragon Mortgages, one of the buy to let sector’s biggest and best-known lenders, says its buy to let lending in the...
28 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Bank of England governor Mark Carney has again spoken out about possible “threats” to the economy posed by the increase in...
27 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The lettings market is now enjoying ‘the calm before the storm’ according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents. In its latest...
26 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed out of hand appeals and comments from Letting Agent Today readers to reconsider the recent...
25 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A leading tax expert says there are likely to be unintended consequences of what he calls “half-cocked legislation” bringing in additional...
22 January 2016
From: Breaking News

George Osborne has done more for the rental market than any other chancellor in history claims Marc von Grundherr, lettings director...
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

Fleet Mortgages is telling clients to choose an efficient conveyancer if they are buying an investment property with a view to...
20 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A financial analyst says current buy to let mortgage constraints - with a strong possibility of more later this year - may...
18 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Connells says that between December 2014 and December 2015 the number of valuations conducted for buy-to-let properties soared by 86 per...
14 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy to let loans could outstrip remortgaging within a matter of weeks as landlords rush to beat the April 1 stamp...
13 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Chancellor George Osborne’s buy to let tax proposals are set to hit domestic buyers far more than international investors, according to...
12 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Many lenders are holding the equivalent of ‘mortgage January sales’ in order to kick-start the market for borrowers, according to a...
08 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Dorian Gonsalves, director of commercial and franchising at Belvoir, is urging the government to dramatically increase the availability of social housing...
07 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Investment advice company London Central Portfolio says the proposed three per cent stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of buy to...
07 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Today is the last chance for Letting Agent Today readers to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent...
07 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A Conservative peer and former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury has become the first senior Tory to speak out against...
06 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Letting Agent Today readers are being given the rare opportunity to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent...
05 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy To Let mortgage lending grew 17 per cent in 2015 but faces a potential slump after April, according to property...
05 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

No fewer than 14 different tax changes targeted mostly at the buy to let sector will damage the market in 2016...
31 December 2015
From: Breaking News

An online petition seeking the reversal of the Osborne clampdown on buy to let tax breaks has secured around 47,000 signatures...
31 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Almost half of landlords are set to increase their rents in 2016 in a bid to counteract tax changes and higher...
31 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The government is asking whether its proposed three per cent stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of second and subsequent homes...
30 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The man behind the Platinum Property Partners company are mounting a legal challenge to this year’s buy to let tax changes...
30 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Forty per cent of letting agents are predicting supply will decrease over the next five years – the highest rate this...
24 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Treasury proposals to hand greater powers to the Bank of England to make access to buy to let lending harder risks...
21 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Hunters Estate Agents have taken the unusual step for a public company of criticising the government - in this case over...
18 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The Council of Mortgage Lenders is warning of a possible slump for the buy to let market in the next two...
18 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Scottish finance minister John Swinney is to introduce a three per cent surcharge on the full purchase price of all ‘additional...
17 December 2015
From: Breaking News

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

The Scottish Government is to announce today whether it is replicating the three per cent stamp duty hike on buy to...
16 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Peer-to-peer lender Lendinvest, using data from Zoopla and the Land Registry, says Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff, Coventry and Oldham produce the highest...
16 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The scores are in - we have asked 20 senior agents and analysts for their forecasts for capital values the 2016...
16 December 2015
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...