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

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

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

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

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

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

A new survey of lettings agents and landlords has put the reinstatement of Section 24 mortgage tax relief at the top...

A prominent lettings agency has called for a delay to the government’s EPC upgrade timetable to be announced in this afternoon’s...

A prominent agent and former RICS residential chairman has made an impassioned plea to the government to help the private rental...

The government must focus on measures in next week’s Budget that will boost significantly the supply of homes, according to lettings...

We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...

Propertymark has told the government it should have three priorities for next month’s Budget. 1. Improving welfare system for vulnerable and low-waged...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has personally written to  a leading politician about a tax threat to the rental sector.  Emerson has...

A high profile lettings agency has backed a petition demanding the reinstatement of tax relief for landlords. Benham and Reeves says it...

With only 48 hours to go before the Autumn Statement confirms stealth tax rises and massive public spending cuts, Propertymark has...

The euphoria caused by the stamp duty cuts announced just before the weekend has given way to a realisation that they...

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

Activists are calling on the government to impose swingeing taxes on some lettings properties “to bring them back into the residential...

Agents have been reminded they can claim tax relief on the membership fees they pay to professional bodies that are approved...

A property finance company says increased taxes and regulations for the private rental sector mean that energy efficiency improvements to raise...

The leader of one of Britain’s highest profile lettings agency operations has let rip at the government for what he calls...

A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...

Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Rents are likely to rise 2.5 per cent in 2019, then 3.0 per cent in 2020 and a further 2.0 per...

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

Continued political and economic uncertainty is likely to fuel increased tenant demand in the private rented sector, says Haart.  The company’s latest...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

The number of buy to let lenders lending to limited companies has risen by 47 per cent over the past year,...

The proportion of buy to let investors looking to remortgage is now at an all-time high according to respected specialist mortgage...

A newspaper claims landlords who ‘game’ the current tax regime for short term lets and lodging may be in the firing...

A new quarterly overview of the UK lettings sector reveals three key trends: viewings are rising and more tenancies are being...

There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...

Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...

New research has attempted to quantify the number and scale of rent rises that are likely to take place as landlords...

The Haart agency is calling on the government to give the private rental sector a break in the autumn Budget, as...

A top London letting agent working for Knight Frank has commented on the 'irony' that the government's series of tax changes...

Belvoir says more landlords are selling up and fewer newcomers are investing in the private rental sector because of increased legislation...

A new analysis of the buy to let market forecasts more bad news for agents, landlords and investors over the next...

Speculation is growing that three year tenancies for private renters - long favoured by the government - could be announced as...

Rent rises in the private rental sector have merely tracked inflation and the Retail Price Index over the past five years...

Some 18 per cent of properties let in the first half of 2018 were registered in the name of a company...

A trade body says the country faces a net loss of 133,000 homes for private rent over the next year -...

The government has suggested that it is at least considering changing the terms of its Rent A Room system which could...

One of the most respected buying agencies, Black Brick, says the collapse in demand for buy to let is the most...

There has been strong support for an e-petition calling for the scrapping of the stamp duty surcharge on buy to let...

A specialist buy to let broker is urging landlords to tread with caution before jumping feet first into incorporating their property...

A campaign opposing the government’s recent tax changes which have penalised buy to let investors has taken a leaf out of...

Two million tenants will this year be hit with rent rises totalling a combined £46m a month according to an online...

There’s been a big rise in the proportion of landlords remortgaging according to one of the sector’s most prominent lenders, Paragon. In...

The government has responded to a petition calling for it to abolish the 3% stamp duty surcharge and reintroduce full buy-to-let...

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...

An online petition which calls on the government to reintroduce full buy-to-let mortgage interest tax relief and abolish the 3% stamp...

The latest major piece of research into the private rental sector is forecasting a huge surge in demand - meaning there...

Buy to let investors are taking a wait and see approach when it comes to additional investment in the sector according...

There’s been a significant rise in the number of fixed-rate buy to let mortgages available to limited companies, says independent mortgage...