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Propertymark wants agents to come forward with examples of fraudulent tenancy applications - a growing problem in the rental sector. A statement...

Last week the tax firm Blick Rothenberg advised John Lewis and Lloyds Bank to stay out of the private rental sector...

Supermarket chains like John Lewis and banks like Lloyds - both entering the private rental sector as large scale landlords -...

Women now make up 48 per cent of the 2.6m buy to let investors in the UK, according to London lettings...

Wales’ Labour-led administration is to announce a three-pronged approach to affordability issues - and it looks likely to involve a clampdown...

It always pays to rely on the services of a reputable referencing company. The lure of free credit checks or basic referencing...

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

A fund instituted by Airbnb to help compensate for the effects of short let accommodation should be extended, local politicians say. In...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a controversial scheme allocating £10m of taxpayers’ money to assist tenants with Covid-related arrears. The Tenancy Hardship Grant...

A new £10m grant will be introduced in part of the UK to help private rented tenants struggling to pay rent...

A local Trading Standards team is clamping down on rogue letting agents. Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service has launched...

Almost 40,000 people have signed a petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners. The...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy has accused the government of hypocrisy over its diverging approach to evictions for commercial and residential tenants. On Wednesday...

ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a call for HMRC to extend the time limit for the payment of Capital...

Paragon Bank increased its focus on specialist buy to let lending during the first half of its financial year as its...

Airbnb, which has been criticised by some for its impact on local rental markets, is to set up its own ‘tax’...

There’s been another upbeat trading statement from franchise giant the Belvoir Group. The company - which held its AGM yesterday - says...

The five years since the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes has led to a...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

The government has admitted that “hundreds of thousands” of people will use the new Breathing Space system, during which they cannot...

A bank has seen a surge in Honk Kong residents purchasing UK buy to let properties. Skipton International, the Guernsey-licensed bank, says...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests it was reducing in size for some years before the pandemic. Nationwide’s specialist...

A survey by a comparison website suggests landlords are evenly split about how they find letting agents. Some 28 per cent favour physically searching...

Buy to let investors are not cashing out of the private rental sector despite the restrictions and taxes imposed by government. Hamptons’...

Franchise giants Belvoir has revealed strong figures in a trading statement to shareholders - but it’s warning that 2021 remains shrouded...

Kevin Hollinrake, who until recently was the chairman of Hunters, has been named in an article about Tory MPs who have...

Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the...

The government’s much-vaunted ‘tax day’ produced few challenges to the status quo - but holiday lets are under scrutiny. Currently the holiday let...

The lettings sector is giving a sigh of relief at the absence of any change to Capital Gains Tax by HM Treasury. CGT...

Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...

Acorn, a prominent campaign group targeting letting agency offices for protests, says the latest eviction ban extension doesn't go far enough. While...

Rightmove’s David Cox - formerly of the Association of Residential Letting Agents - is to talk through the Budget fallout for...

A property lawyer is forecasting a surge in buy to let purchasing in the coming months as the stamp duty extension...

An agency in the north of England has outlined how it proposes to take investors to what it calls “multiple viewings”...

This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...

A leading tax expert is forecasting that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will duck making any changes to CGT in tomorrow’s Budget and...

A new survey suggests only a small minority of landlords use agents to partly or wholly manage their portfolios. The survey, by...

Some 60 per cent of multi-property landlords have expanded their portfolio since the introduction of the Stamp Duty Holiday last summer...

A leading PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...

A PropTech firm claims agents will win a “competitive edge” through the data it provides via its platform. Sprift says its interactive...

A prominent industry figure is warning Chancellor Rishi Sunak not to use property taxes to bail out the government over the costs...

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that new energy efficiency targets for EPCs could stifle buy to let investment in future. In...

A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...

An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers.  Barrows and...

Letting agents should help landlords through a blizzard of red tape and regulation cause by local licensing schemes, a PropTech entrepreneur...

A call has gone out for the longer-term buy to let rental sector to have a similar tax regime as the largely-unregulated...

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a list of 10 demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s long-awaited Budget on March 3, with a financial...

A trading announcement by Belvoir reveals the company has seen another year of significant growth - its 24th on the trot. The...

A series of leading lettings agents have warned that the rental sector is set for significant change as the Coronavirus pandemic...

How did you get into property? My grandparents did some small property developments when I was growing up which always interested me,...

Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...

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

Letting agents should stand proud of their record helping both landlords and tenants, especially in these more difficult times. That’s the view...

Franchise giant Belvoir has issued a statement to shareholders emphasising the success of its financial services wing. The Belvoir Group established its...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

A leading property law expert says there is now pressure on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise stamp duty on buy to...

A Welsh council has agreed to levy what it calls “a tax premium” on second homes from now until 2027 to...

Teclet has announced another strategic partnership, this time with Kamma - a platform which specialises in agency compliance.   It’s the latest in...

A warning has been issued by one of the most acquisitive letting agencies that future mergers and takeovers could be hit...

If you think 2020 has been complicated, just wait until 2021: that’s the claim of a rental guarantor service which warns...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

ARLA Propertymark has given a detailed response to a government consultation on how the pandemic has hit the private rental sector. The...

A warning about illegal fees by letting agents has been produced by a local council Trading Standards team.  It has come from...

An extremely upbeat trading statement from Stock Market-quoted agency Belvoir suggests business has been ahead of even its pre-Coronavirus expectations in...

A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...

A new survey has highlighted what prospective renters and buyers are likely to miss during a property viewing. The study, by the...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a warning to government not to use Capital Gains Tax reform to further punish the private rental...

A prominent agent and industry commentator says the threat of higher Capital Gains Tax risks forcing yet more investors to quit...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Light has been shed at last on the long-running uncertainty about why some landlords choose to use lettings agents and some...

Scotland must encourage more investors into its property market as a way of supporting its economy once the Coronavirus recedes according...

Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...

New long-term targets for improving energy efficiency across the private rental sector simply are not realistic, the government has been warned. The...

An agent has been banned from being a company director after tax offences involving hundreds of thousands of pounds, or possibly...

Nearly half of prospective home buyers have delayed their plans because of the Coronavirus crisis, a mortgage company says. Research by Aldermore...

It’s been a difficult first half of 2020 for almost every agency business but Belvoir appears to have emerged healthier than...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

Now may be the time for buy to let investors to consider incorporation - putting their property portfolios into a limited...

Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...

A  buy to let investor has been sentenced to two years in prison after claiming income support despite being a professional portfolio...

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...

Propertymark is the latest industry body to warn the government against Capital Gains Tax changes that may disincentivise landlords. A joint statement...

There’s a warning that buy to let investors will simply hold on to properties and not sell them if rumoured Capital...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...

Labour has described the stamp duty holiday introduced last week as “a £1.3 billion bung for landlords” because the tax break...

The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...

A prominent economist who has called for a raft of measures to protect tenants during the Coronavirus crisis is now calling...

A stamp duty cut could reinvigorate the buy to let market and the wider economy as the country comes out of...

A survey suggests that 77 per cent of  buy to letinvestors believe their tenants can pay full rent during the Coronavirus...

The so-called King and Queen of Buy To Let, the controversial husband and wife team of Fergus and Judith Wilson, are...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

A document outlining options for the future regulation of Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK is to be...

Hunters has reported a small increase in pre-tax profit in it full-year results despite the impact of the ban on tenant...

An economist who previously suggested tenants should live rent-free for three months during the Coronavirus crisis has revised his thinking -...

Private landlords want the government to stop local authorities charging council tax on rented homes left empty because of the Coronavirus.  The National...

The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...

New and newly-refurbished properties are letting more readily as virtual viewings become more widespread during the lockdown. That’s the view of Knight...

Data from independent mortgage monitor Moneyfacts shows that there’s been a big drop in the choice of mortgage for buy to...

A lettings sector website claims 40 per cent of tenants have seen their ability to pay full or in some cases...

The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...

It’s not just navigating a path through the Coronavirus crisis that is proving the value of letting agents - it’s their...

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...

The growing number of companies offering support services to hosts and agencies that operate short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms...

A survey of the buy to let market conducted by a bank before the latest acceleration in the Coronavirus outbreak suggests...

One of the lettings sector’s leading trade bodies has called on the government and lenders to agree a package of measures...

HM Revenue & Customs has issued a new warning to buy to let and Holliday home owners about a major change...

The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...

A local authority has taken the unusual step of saying that a £600 surcharge will be added to the licensing costs...

An anti-poverty campaigner and tax expert says any private rented sector tenant with Coronavirus should be able to live rent-free for...

Foxtons has snapped up a lettings agency in suburban London. It’s bought London Stone Properties Limited and its subsidiary company London Stone...

Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...

Arun - which has the brands of Douglas Allen in East London and Essex, Ward & Partners in Kent, Cubitt &...

The government is driving landlords into the short let sector according to a trade body. The Residential Landlords Association, responding to recent...

Shelter, which routinely criticises lettings agents and landlords, has been slammed for the huge amount of public funding it receives -...

There’s a new warning today for buy to let investors who will be hit by tax changes coming into effect on...

The typical landlord’s income from property has plummeted by a fifth in under a decade according to the National Landlords’ Association. Its...

A trade group’s submission to the Treasury ahead of next month’s Budget includes a call for the new Chancellor to slash...

Almost three quarters of Belvoir’s lettings franchisees anticipate rent increases this year.  In a survey of the franchise firm’s offices across the...

It’s been revealed that a clampdown on the buy to let sector by HM Revenue and Customs has produced millions of...

Cynics who rejected claims that landlords would quit the buy to let sector because of increasing bureaucracy and higher taxes may...

One of the country’s leading buying agencies says buy to let is changing in prime central London, as corporate structures replace...

The government has failed the private rental sector says the Residential Landlords Association. In a statement released even before the resignation of...

A seminar roadshow has been announced for letting agents considering quitting the sector.  LegalforLandlords says it’s organised the six events after discovering...

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

A new service called Cornwall Housing Private Lets has been set up in the west country to try to lure private...

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

Knight Frank has released its latest rental market summary for London, and it paints a mixed picture. Firstly the number of properties...

The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...

A lettings agency is calling on local councils to tackle the growing problem of long-term empty homes. My Property Box says that...

A lettings sector trade group says lavish additional services are being offered by landlords who are nervous that Brexit will lead...

A third of all landlords live in Greater London and the South East according to data collated by a property management...

An accountancy trade body is warning of another possible tax hike to hit the lettings industry. The Association of Accounting Technicians is...

New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...

A new survey suggests there may be an exodus of investors out of buy to let - some 27 per cent...

A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...

Some 26 per cent of buy to let investors plan to sell one or more of their properties in 2020 according...

A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...

There’s been an upbeat prediction on the lettings market given by leading market commentator Lucian Cook, head of residential research at...

There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...

Just over third of private landlords are planning to quit the sector or cut the number of homes they let in...

An overwhelming proportion of letting agents - 84 per cent - say rents will rise next year, well up on the...

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...

Richard Donnell, research director at Zoopla, is warning the government that future reform of the private rental sector must not jeopardise...

A trade body is warning of a crisis in the private rental market as new figures show a sharp drop in...

A leading law firm has highlighted four key dates for letting agents and landlords to watch for in 2020. Paul Barnes, head...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

The Black Brick agency, which operates with high net worth clients, is forecasting that 2020 will see the arrival of a...

You don’t need to go far for news about the UK lettings market. From the banning of tenant fees to proposed...

The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru is pledging tax credits for private tenants whose rent and utilities bills add up to...

Two specific elements of Labour’s tax proposals, outlined in its manifesto, could “drive a nail into the coffin of buy to...

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...

Another survey of private landlords show a majority feeling less confident about the market than they were three months ago. Last week...

A controversial private rental licensing regime that has already made the headlines for the wrong reasons has now been branded a...

Some 45 per cent of those who don’t yet own a home think they never will, according to a new report.  While...

The Chartered Institute of Taxation is urging tenants not to ignore a letter if they receive one from HM Revenue &...

One might have thought that if private rental tenants were as badly treated as some people suggest, housing would be their...

The normally-sedate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued an unusually stark warning to government, telling it to “stop meddling” in...

Almost two thirds of landlords say their next buy to let purchase will be through a limited company, not by themselves...

The safeagent accreditation scheme says the next government should not scrap landlord licensing as some trade groups have requested, but should...

Knight Frank says the supply of new lettings properties in prime central London is likely to slow - and as a...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies has revealed that the number of laws creating an obligation on landlords in the...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched his party’s General Election campaign with an attack on what he describes as “dodgy landlords.” He...

One of the leading providers of deposit alternatives in the UK wants the government to embrace the option - even to...

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...

A trade body says the private rental sector is facing a major crisis - more landlords are selling properties than buying...

The BBC is reporting that the short lets giant Airbnb has been contacted by HM Revenue & Customs about its tax...

A London-focussed lettings agency is hosting a seminar for landlords in association with a rental sector trade body. The key theme of...

New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...

Landlords must look at their finances as a range of tax changes continue to 'hit home', according to Apropos. The property management...

A fifth of buy-to-let landlords claim they have reduced the number of properties in their portfolios due to a range of...

Two London agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to honour two compensation awards. The first is Chase...

We are at the beginning of the end for let only tenancies which have effectively been subsidised in the past by...

Young adults aged 20 to 29 spend up to a third of their pre-tax income on rent for a room according...

Rents have reached an all time high across the UK according to HomeLet. Its latest index says the average rent in the...

Franchise agency group Winkworth claims the lettings fee ban impact has been less severe on its agents than on other companies,...

Utilities management service Tenant Shop says demographic changes leading to more families and older individuals renting privately represent an opportunity for...

An influential think tank says Capital Gains Tax on buy to let properties and second homes should be levied at the...

The government has been criticised yet again for what is described as its “incoherent” approach to the private rental sector. David Miles,...

HM Revenue & Customs has launched what appears to be a fishing expedition to find out information about investor landlords who...

It can be done - a council has U-turned on plans for a licensing scheme for landlords. The move by Hounslow council...

As the row over Labour’s proposal rumbles on the think tank Centre for Policy Studies - which has previously argued that...

There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...

Belvoir Group has this morning announced its interim results for the first six months of this year - and they show...

One in six landlords is seeking to reduce the size of their portfolio in the next 12 months and around half...

Some of the private rental sector’s most experienced and respected experts believe it’s almost inevitable that a housing market crash is...

Fixflo is launching its sixth annual Lettings Report for lettings professionals  The survey gauges the opinions of lettings professionals around the UK...

One of the country’s leading property management experts says buy to let is here to stay - but only if individual...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Landlords Association have spoken out about the complexity of the fees ban...

The first ‘state of the industry’ report on the lettings agency sector since the introduction of the fees ban suggests individual...

A private landlord has gone on record to explain her own dilemma with a tenant - and why the government’s scrapping...

Lettings professionals should do more to raise awareness of the need to reduce moving stress for tenants and landlords. Industry supplier Tenant...

Private tenants are being disadvantaged because of the government’s focus on boosting homeownership. According to the latest figures from the Royal Institution...

New research shows more than half of landlords plan to use limited companies to buy properties in the year ahead.  The study...

Rents in London are rocketing but a leading market commentator says this is no reason to give in to a “Marxist dystopia”...

The Mirror newspaper says eight members of the new Boris Johnson-led Cabinet are buy to let investors - and it accuses...

Lettings experts are being invited to the unveiling of a service described by its creators as “a revolutionary rental product.” It is...

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has become the “exclusive deposit replacement partner” of the National Landlord Association - less than two...

A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...

The supply of lettings property has begun to increase in higher price brackets in prime central London, leading rents to fall...

We all know that certain business functions are quicker to achieve and more cost-effective than others. By considering the services you provide...

Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...

Some 12 per cent of homes to let are operated by a ‘company landlord’ according to an analysis by Countrywide high-end...

The number of film-related enquiries for short lets received by Knight Frank in the year to May has shown a rise...

Buy to let investors in the UK are spending nearly £4.7 billion a year on their rental properties, an average of...

A campaign by HM Revenue & Customs to encourage buy to let investors to ‘fess up’ to their unpaid tax has...

Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will face an immediate crisis in the private rented sector if government doesn’t rethink its plans to...

Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...

The chairman of Hunters estate agency, who is also a Conservative MP, has hit out at the government over its handling...

Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...

The number of landlords admitting to not paying tax has soared in the past year, according to new data. During 2018/2019, 16,110...

A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...

Property investors are calling for the government to provide more support to the UK property market. A survey of investors, carried out...

A rise in the number of professional landlords means letting agents need to ensure their service meets the expectations of experienced...

A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...

The number of buy to let products for first time landlords has risen to an all-time high. Data from independent mortgage market...

A leading trade body is urging the candidates to lead the Conservative Party to adopt a more positive approach to the...

Second home owners, landlords and property investors are being urged to beware a “dramatic change” to the current capital gains tax...

A new survey by a specialist property sector lender reveals that 19 per cent of landlords are looking to sell in...

A new survey by one of the sector’s most respected lenders, Paragon, suggests large scale landlords are now a bigger force...

A trade body has accused the government of going back on its promise not to introduce a national register of landlords. The...

A senior Labour politician has claimed that there is a city in the UK where two out of every 13 residential...

A director of a lettings agency has been fined for creating false tenancies in a bid to avoid paying council tax...

Despite criticism from some within the industry about the effects of short lets, the high-end agency Knight Frank has spoken of...

Landlords have been urged to seek advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties after a landmark tribunal case. A...

A holiday lettings company says it’s seen a 23 per cent increase in its portfolio over the past year as owners...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests the typical buy to let investor will be lucky to generate annual...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has been put on the spot by the person many consider to be the country’s most...

The head of a firm that seeks investors to put money into residential property funds rather than individual homes for tenants...

The fierce competition in the lettings market in parts of London means that some tenants will feel no benefit from the...

A council claims that its decision to set up its own lettings agency has prevented homelessness for almost 50 families and...

ARLA Propertymark is urging agents across England and Wales to ensure they have every preparation in place for the arrival of...

With the Tenant Fee Ban obliterating a key income stream, letting agents should be looking at ways they can increase the...

The typical landlord who sold a rental property in England and Wales made a gross gain of £79,770 before tax last...

A damning report on taxation in the private rental sector (PRS) has accused the treasury of appearing not to understand 'the...

A rogue landlady has been hit with a fine of £24,000 after conning her tenants and the local authorities with a...

A rental market expert is urging landlords to be cautious when considering to use short-term lets websites such as Airbnb to...

New data from specialist mortgage firm Commercial Trust suggests that London’s buy to let sector turned a corner in the first...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  My name is Daniel and I’m a director at...

Three years after the introduction of the second homes stamp duty surcharge, landlords are “beginning to come to terms with the...

The chief executive of a specialist buy to let lender says increasing the rent to combat additional costs put on landlords...

An online platform claims it has found a new and easy way for investors to become landlords, describing itself as ‘PayPal...

A Liberal Democrat activist is considering establishing a landlords’ group consisting of party members. Tony Harris, writing on the LibDem Voice website,...

A senior lettings agent has raised the spectre of rental properties in future being German-style ‘empty shells’ - without even white...

Startling figures released this morning by Rightmove suggest that rents have risen 8.2 per cent in London in the past year...

A new utilities management platform for tenants says it will generate additional revenue streams for letting agents. Love Resident gives tenants online...

Data from a Countrywide agency shows that 59 per cent of landlords who live in London purchased their buy to let...

There will be less buy to let remortgaging in future as landlords consolidate rather than expand their portfolios. The prediction comes from...

Buy to let investors are facing a double whammy as stagnating rents and reduced tax relief are hitting profitability. A study from...

It’s been revealed that the Welsh version of the Tenants Fees ban will come into effect on September 1. “Agents need to...

A trade body has welcomed calls by a parliamentary committee for tax incentives for the buy to let sector to improve...

Belvoir Lettings has continued its solid growth with a trading statement revealing a 40 per cent rise in pre-tax profit and...

Fergus Wilson, arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord and almost certainly the individual with the largest number of buy to lets in...

Latest lettings market data from high-end agency Knight Frank shows that average rents in prime central London rose 1.1 per cent...

A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...

Changes to Capital Gains Tax which reach their full impact in the next 12 months could fuel property changing hands between...

A buy to let investor who hid families in windowless rooms after failing to get planning permission for a block of...

Large-scale buy to let investors are continuing to move to limited company status in a bid to limit their exposure to...

A buy to let investment service says its podcasts are now downloaded over 200,000 times a month and it has an...

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...

The UK’s holiday lets sector could be a beneficiary of the current Brexit uncertainty and people not vacationing abroad because they...

The proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let homes in London with cash rose from 33 per cent in 2017 to...

There is a warning that the HMRC’s Let Property campaign, which received huge publicity and attention for some years, has so...

One of Britain’s most experienced lettings experts has condemned the government for “almost singlehandedly destroying the traditional lettings market.” Lisa Simon -...

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

Income tax paid by buy to let landlords now exceeds £3.8 billion annually – that’s more than double Tesco’s entire annual...

The London-focussed rental app Movebubble has revealed major new investment from Build To Rent developer Quintain, which is taking a 10...

More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...

A lettings agency that has analysed HMRC data says rental income for buy to let landlords has leaped 15 per cent...

Data from Knight Frank shows that annual rental values actually grew in parts of prime outer London last month for the...

Doncaster council has paid £100,000 to a private landlord who threatened to take it to court over alleged slander.  Local media outlets say...

Buy to let may have been in the doldrums in recent years thanks to new taxes and stricter regulations but there’s...

Some 24 per cent of landlords have considered letting out their properties on a short let Airbnb-style basis - but only...

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...

You may be forgiven for thinking that rent takes up an ever-greater proportion of tenants’ income - but new figures out...

Countrywide’s upmarket lettings and sales brand, Hamptons International, has launched branded taxis in celebration of its 150th birthday.  The taxis will operate...

A flat-share website claims typical rents in some 38 per cent of London are now so high they render the areas...

A lettings sector trade body has put the blame firmly on government for the scale of poverty amongst those who privately...

A leading landlord has hit out at a lettings agency’s portrayal of buy to let tax changes.  Rosalind Beck, a campaigning landlord...

London-focussed lettings agency ludlowthompson says buy to let landlords across the country claimed a record £17.7 billion in tax relief last...

A buy to let investor has lost possession of his flat after converting it into an Illegal House in Multiple Occupation...

A new league table of worries for landlords shows exactly why letting agents are needed - and a lot of the...

A lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests asking rents in London are now increasing at an annual rate not seen for...

The man who is arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord - Fergus Wilson - is likely to be issuing up to 90...

The Daily Mail has reported on a massive buy to let fiddle which involved a £10.8m property empire, rents totalling £500,000...

The stamp duty surcharge - which across the rest of Britain is currently three per cent on additional homes such as...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding members of tax changes ahead - a timely intervention with the deadline for...