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

There's good news for the buy to let sector as mortgage product availability is showing signs of stability, according to the...

Top tips will be provided for landlords in the private rental market in a seminar next month organised by high profile...

A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...

It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

Propertymark has issued a no-holds-barred plea to the politician who has been named as the new housing minister in Wales -...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

What appears to be another government housing policy U-turn - this time on ground rents - is being hailed as “a...

A prominent lettings agent is calling for an end to what he calls the “archaic” system under which some tenants end...

February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...

The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...

New and past landlords tempted back to Buy to Let have been warned - passive income from property isn’t easy.  This is...

Sharpened rules to double council tax on long term empty properties will come into force from April 1, says the government.  A...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget is set to hit Build To Rent. The British Property Foundation is reacting to news that Multiple dwellings...

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

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

The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...

The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...

A prominent property expert who runs a buying and property management service for high end clients says London still attracts international...

Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...

Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Earlier this week Housing Secretary Michael...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

HM Treasury raked in £6.3 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the 10 months from April 2023 to January 2024 according...

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

A council that is buying private properties in second home hotspots to let to local people has struck a new agreement...

Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords.   The news comes as a poll conducted...

Propertymark wants the Bank of England to cut interest rates following data showing soaring mortgage arrears and repossessions. Lenders trade body UK...

The government has done a U-turn on its original policy to relax HMO regulations on private rental properties used by asylum...

Prominent MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have renewed their onslaught on Airbnb and other short let platforms.  Former Lib...

The government has ruled out any reform to the council tax system. There has been long standing criticism of council tax because...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

A buying agent claims that rents could finally be tailing off despite some indices showing rises still taking place. According to Rightmove,...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...

Over a third of ARLA Propertymark members reported in December that rental prices have increased, according to their latest Housing Insight...

A managing partner at a letting agency has given an insight into the unique forces which he says is “strangling” the...

A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...

Figures released by HMRC show that the Treasury raked in £5.7 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the nine months from...

Just under half of mortgage brokers expect to place more limited company buy-to-let business throughout the next 12 months, Paragon Bank...

Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...

Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...

Propertymark is hosting an Understanding Material Information for Lettings Agents on Thursday January 18 from 1230 to 1400. The National Trading Standards...

Knight Frank has revised its housing market forecasts for 2024, just two weeks into the new year. It’s done this on the...

Winkworth’s first trading statement of 2024 reveals that it saw a five per cent rise in rental revenues in 2023 -...

The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchise brand, wants to merge with long-time rival Belvoir. Both are listed on the...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...

Newspaper report claims some 710 properties have been put into the private rental market by the government - and they are...

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

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

The latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs show that inheritance tax receipts increased to £5.2 billion in the eight months...

A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...

One of the UK’s leading lettings agents is bemoaning what he calls “the missed opportunity “ to help the rental sector...

Independent polling gives Labour a big lead when it comes to its approach to housing policy. Detailed polling by the Ipsos pollster...

Two property company bosses have been sentenced following an Insolvency Service investigation which found they had abused a £30,000 Bounce Back...

Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...

Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...

Private landlords are abandoning their property portfolios in unprecedented numbers, a group of surveyors claims. The Manchester-based chartered surveyors and auctioneers -...

There were 3.7 new prospective tenants for every rental property listed in prime London postcodes last month says Knight Frank. The figure,...

A survey of more than 1,000 landlords in the Deposit Protection Service shows the scale of change in the private rental...

A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...

Scores of councils that enforce licensing regimes on the private rental sector claim they are on the verge of bankruptcy. Almost one...

I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...

A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...

Second homes in the area of Essex known as Tendring - including popular holiday lets resort Frinton on Sea and the...

Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...

Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...

More multi-millionaires and billionaires are choosing to rent super-prime homes in London, rather than purchase, reveals a new wealth report Beauchamp Estates’...

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

Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry.  The Local Housing...

It’s claimed that as many as one in five tenants has lost out in a rental bidding war during the last...

Inheritance Tax totalled £4.6 billion for the HM Treasury between April and October - that’s £500,000 up on the same period...

Glasgow’s lettings market is the strongest it’s been in up to 10 years, with a shortage of rental flats driving demand...

Propertymark has called on the government to retain the option of fixed-term tenancies in the private rental sector where it is...

Propertymark says it’s delivering a powerful message to the Scottish Government - despite losing a recent key legal case. The agents trade...

Normality appeared on the horizon in the prime London rental market in October according to high end agency Knight Frank.  Average rents...

Foxtons has snapped up London lettings agency Ludlow Thompson for £10m. Ludlow Thompson, founded 30 years ago, has seven branches in London, generating...

David Wilson Homes has launched a scheme where prospective buyers who can muster a 2.5 per cent deposit can reserve a...

Propertymark has welcomed the government’s commitment to end the practice of council tax of banding single rooms in HMOs, potentially saving...

A council’s lettings service - first set up a decade ago - says it is stepping up its campaign to recruit...

Propertymark has welcomed the pledge by Housing Secretary Michael Gove not to introduce rent controls in England. The trade body says such...

Propertymark is urging the government to use next month’s Autumn Statement to support low-income households in the private rented sector in...

Propertymark has urged the government to tackle rising landlord costs immediately.The warning comes as new research suggests that landlords are spending...

A lettings industry mentor has issued a plea to agents to do more to protect their landlords’ livelihoods. Sally Lawson, founder of...

Five councils are delivering what they call “a ground-breaking project” aimed at improving the experience and environment for landlords and tenants...

Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...

Propertymark has urged Labour to licence letting agents under its plans to ‘fundamentally reform the private rented sector’. The trade body also...

Parents and pet owners are paying as much as £460 per month more for rent and bills, it’s claimed. The claim comes...

A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipate stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...

Some prospective buy to let landlords may be about to use their equity to snap up investment properties at discounted rates,...