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The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Research by franchise lettings agency company Belvoir suggests that landlords are continuing to exit the property market, although not at the...

Rental sector experts are expressing growing fears that the relatively low-key Budget announcements made on Monday could herald something more dramatic...

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...

The lettings director at Urban, the online agency recently snapped up by Emoov, says the rental market is faced with significant...

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...

Britain’s most controversial landlord, Fergus Wilson, says the recent changes in buy to let legislation means that if he was starting...

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

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

The chief executive of franchise giant Belvoir says government interference in the lettings sector will be to blame for higher rent...

Letting agents and others in the private rental sector have responded to the latest government intervention - a review into how...

Investors in buy to let in the UK are losing thousands of pounds in income - and it’s their own fault...

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

One of the most famous names in buy to let mortgages, Paragon, has revealed that it’s on the acquisition trail. There had...

Over half of mortgage brokers say they have been approached by buy to let investors seeking to diversify their portfolios within...

Small-scale landlords and those with the very largest portfolios appear to be ‘resizing’ - selling off some units to cope with...

A new survey appears to buck the trend of recent rental market snapshots by showing that buy to let investors are...

The number of buy to let investors in the UK has hit a record high of 2.5m in the latest tax...

A lettings trade body says a major house builder has blamed, in part, recent tax increases on private landlords as a...

There has been a drop in the proportion of people becoming buy to let landlords in order to boost their retirement...

A trade body says new figures released by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility show that the government’s recent tax increases...

No fewer than 44 per cent of landlords plan to expand their portfolios before July 2018 despite tax obstacles, according to...

The average cost of renting a home is now rising across every UK region for the first time in almost two...

Analysis of government figures by the Nationwide suggest that the buy to let sector is still growing despite tax changes and...

An online agency claims that serious portfolio landlords are staying faithful to buy to let despite recent tax and regulation changes...

Well over half of those investors who recently secured buy to let mortgages risk facing losses when mortgage interest tax changes...

The government has been accused by a lettings sector trade body of skewing the market to encourage more short-lets.  The claim comes...

The National Landlords Association says 20 per cent of its members plan to reduce the size of their portfolios in the...

The UK’s army of buy to let landlords will still benefit from £16.7 billion worth of tax relief even after the...

A leading accountancy and business advice consultancy says residential landlords who want to downsize their portfolios because of recent tax changes...

Rents in the UK rose by an average of 2.1 per cent during September according to HomeLet.   HomeLet says last month’s rise continues...

A leading accounting and advisory service says key tax changes that could damage the buy to let sector are still not...

Some 61 per cent of chartered surveyors believe there will be a net exodus of landlords over the coming year thanks...

A trade body is seeking volunteers to meet with government officials to discuss future initiatives for the private rental sector.    The volunteers...

A survey for online letting agency Upad claims that 66 per cent of landlords are not going to change their property...

A survey conducted for MyDeposits suggests some nine per cent of landlords - or one in 11 - is likely to...

Belvoir is warning that some buy to let investors are quitting the sector.   “Although we are not currently seeing a huge exit...

  Nationwide - the UK's second largest buy to let lender - has reported a 20 per cent drop in profits and admits...

An online agency claims landlords who use online operators are likely to reduce average void periods by up to a week.    In...

The impact of recent changes to the way buy to let properties are taxed could create the next pension crisis, a...

Ian Duncan Smith is the latest Conservative to criticise his own government’s fiscal policies regarding buy to let.   Writing on the Conservative...

Paragon Mortgages says its most recent survey of buy to let investors makes it clear that the vast majority want the...

Far from being wealthy property investors, two thirds of individual landlords pay merely the basic rate of income tax according to...

A head of a company providing hi-tech products to letting agents says technology is the answer to current rental industry challenges,...

The Residential Landlords’ Association says recent fiscal changes hitting the private rented sector are hurting tenants but failing to achieve their...

Skipton International has launched a guide to help expat buy to let investors trying to make sense of the UK government’s...

Expanding buy to let lender Landbay says it plans to launch an accounting, reporting and tax compliance service for those holding...

The latest Kent Reliance Buy to Let Britain report - seen as a snapshot of the state of health of the...

A new report says buy to let will continue to provide good investment opportunities but requires an increasingly professional approach.   The report,...

The proportion of landlords who use a letting agent to help manage their property has spiked since the end of last...

Conservative peer Lord Flight, a former shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, says the UK needs “a vibrant and growing private...

Online lettings agency Upad claims 20 per cent of landlords are set to increase their rents to their tenants thanks to...

Some 1,500 landlords have responded to a trade group’s campaign calling for them to press General Election candidates to oppose changes...

Single property landlords are finally waking up to the fact they could be pushed in to a higher tax bracket following...

Buy to let valuations fell to just seven per cent of the total valuations market activity in April as the sector...

Data from Agency Express suggests that the lettings market is wobbling with a sharp decline in its usual measure - the...

Almost half of the investors in the private rental sector do not know what the changes in mortgage relief will cost...

A well known specialist mortgage lender for the buy to let sector, Paragon, has refreshed its offering in the light of...

A landlord has set up a company to handle the ownership and management of buy to let properties - and the...

Letting agents have reporting an average of four landlords per branch selling up and quitting the buy to let sector in...

A property firm at the centre of the campaign against phasing out landlords’ mortgage interest relief says is urging tenants to...

A remarkable one in five properties now being let are operated by a company landlord - and the figure surges to...

Private landlords’ net income has risen 39 per cent in the last five years, jumping from £10.8 billion to £15 billion...

Data from the first three months of this year suggests that investors are increasingly purchasing smaller, cheaper properties. Specialist lender Mortgages for...

Almost 20 per cent of the landlords using an online letting agency are apparently unaware of the mortgage interest tax relief...

A new study of landlords reveals that far more believe they will be affected by today’s buy to let mortgage interest...

Steve Bolton, founder of investment consultancy Platinum Property Partners and one of two landlords who have led a campaign against restricting...

Tax rises for landlords being introduced today will make renting less affordable and stifle investment in homes to rent, making it...

Prominent market commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has been involved in a Twitter spat over whether the changes to mortgage...

The Chartered Institute of Taxation has issued a reminder to buy to let investors that the first phase of the restriction...

The Residential Landlords’ Association is calling on letting agents in the organisation to contribute to their latest research.    “As part of our...

Research by a lettings sector trade body shows that net growth of units within the private rental sector - that is,...

The campaign against the imminent changes to mortgage interest tax relief for the buy to let sector estimates that 1.4m landlords...

A trade body claims that vulnerable tenants are finding it harder to access rented housing because of tax changes being introduced...

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

The campaign against the phased reduction in landlords' mortgage interest tax relief is continuing with the opening of a new website,...

The Residential Landlords Association has listed key MPs in marginal constituencies who should be lobbied ahead of the March 8 Budget...

Tenants face potential rent increases of between 20 and 30 per cent as a result of tax rises hitting landlords, says...

Opponents of the proposed change to mortgage interest tax relief for landlords have promised what they call a “shock and awe”...

A trade group has commissioned a firm of economists to look at how the government’s mortgage interest tax relief change -...

Saturday is traditionally the day many MPs hold their constituency surgeries, listening to grievances and opinions from their electors.    Conservative member of...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a stark warning about the cumulative effect of the additional homes stamp duty...

David Miles, a former Bank of England economist, has described the government’s mortgage interest tax relief reform as “terrible” - but...

The government should think again about punitive tax changes to the private rented sector after receiving greater-than-expected revenue from the three...

A property investment financing specialist says an increasing number of buy to let investors are converting properties into Houses in Multiple...

There is yet more evidence that an increasing number of buy to let investors are setting up companies to offset the...

The government has published a new set of guidelines for organisations, companies and individuals to lobby the Treasury ahead of the...

The campaigners against planned changes to mortgage interest tax relief - set to come into effect from April, phased over four...

  Over a third of landlords have never used a letting agent and manage all their properties themselves.    That is the finding of...

A trade body claims that 47 per cent of landlords would cease to use letting agents if their profits began to...

An assessment undertaken by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows property taxes accounted for 12.7 per cent of the...

Britain’s biggest buy to let landlord, Fergus Wilson, says new investors now will never be able to enjoy the scale of...

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

A Labour MP has told the House of Commons that she is in favour of a tax regime that would reward...

Landlord confidence has returned despite government tax changes to the private rental sector - although research for the survey that produced...

More than 92 per cent of landlords believe the government is anti-landlord and want the Chancellor to back them in this...

The Residential Landlords’ Association says it stands by a claim that one in four landlords may sell up, and it refutes...

A lettings agent has poured scorn on a survey suggesting a quarter of landlords are about to quit buy to let,...

An online lettings agency says tenants’ arrears are likely to be the biggest issue facing the rental sector next year unless...

A survey of 1,000 buy to let investors by the Residential Landlords’ Association shows that around a quarter are saying they...

Another lettings agency has decided to stage a seminar for landlords to explain what Brexit and recent tax changes mean for the...

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

The National Landlords Association has launched an e-postcard campaign for letting agent and landlord members to lobby the government over the...

Lettings expert Kate Faulkner says yields - a traditional long-standing measure of success for buy to let landlords - are becoming...

In an otherwise-downbeat set of predictions for 2017 and beyond, Savills says that rental growth is likely to outstrip sales price growth...

Buy to let landlords may be forced to raise rents or even sell their properties because of the government’s new tax...

An outspoken mortgage chief has criticised other lenders for supplying buy to let products to “every Tom, Dick and Harry” since...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has revealed that it is to meet with Treasury officials ahead of next month’s Autumn Statement -...

Some of the property professionals behind the campaign against the changes to buy to let landlords’ taxation have compiled a comprehensive...

So much for Brexit and economic uncertainty disrupting the buy to let market - a new survey out today shows it’s...

A well-known mortgage broker is quoted as saying that buy to let organisations are complaining too much over tax changes for...

In its latest bid to push Chancellor Phillip Hammond to back down on buy to let tax changes, the Residential Landlords...

The National Landlords Association claims that changes to buy to let mortgage interest tax relief being introduced in six months time...

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

A senior Conservative peer has renewed his attack on his own party over the buy to let tax grab on landlords,...

The campaign group Generation Rent says most buy to let properties are not mortgaged and many landlords are unaffected by current...

Despite huge turmoil in the buy to let sector, there has been a significant rise in mortgage activity in the past...

The landlords behind the failed attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords...

The attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords has failed. The case was...

Legal represenatives for two landlords will today make the case for a judicial review of Section 24 of the Finance (No.2)...

The government must urgently deliver 1.8m new rental homes as new figures from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reveal a...

The chief executive of financial consultancy Clayton Euro Risk says changes soon coming in to tighten the criteria applied to buy...

The case made by two landlords to have a judicial review of section 24 of the 2015 Finance Act - triggering...

As the Conservatives meet at their annual conference and Chancellor Phillip Hammond considers next month’s Autumn Statement, an industry body has...

A campaign group is urging letting agents to join with landlords in lobbying MP over the government’s change to buy to...

The news editor of London financial daily City AM has made an outspoken attack on the government’s fiscal assaults on the...

Kevin Hollinrake - the founder of franchise agency Hunters and now a Conservative MP - is calling for a cut in...

Speculation that the government was attempting to ‘slip in’ yet more changes to the way landlords are being taxed have been...

The Law Society has accused the government of avoiding proper consultation and scrutiny in the way it has introduced new buy to let proposals.   They...

The date for the court hearing to decide whether there should be a judicial review of the buy to let tax...

Belvoir is calling on the government to reverse its punitive tax policies against buy to let and introduce incentives to make...

The Scottish Association of Landlords - which represents letting agents as well as landlords north of the border - has spoken...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has agreed to meet campaigners opposed to the clampdown on landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief. The measure -...

The people behind the bid for a judicial review into Clause 24 of the Finance Act 2015 - limiting mortgage interest tax...

Government policy is making it harder than ever for benefits claimants and the homeless to rent homes, according to a new...

A consumer group dedicated to reducing tax says recent fiscal changes introduced by the government will end up hurting private rental...

The Residential Landlords Association says the build up to the new government‘s Autumn Statement - effectively its first budget - is...

Any lingering hope that the buy to let sector might have of a rethink by the new Chancellor over restructuring mortgage...

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

New Chancellor Phillip Hammond has been urged by an industry trade group to reset the government’s approach to taxing the buy...

The government is being warned that without changes to the Finance Bill currently going through parliament it will effectively be forcing rent...

A market survey by specialist broker Mortgages for Business reveals that there has been a substantial increase in lending in the...

A buy to let property in London is going to be “very difficult to make viable” in the near future unless...

The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...

The landlords campaigning for a judicial review of the legislation curtailing mortgage interest tax relief for buy to let landlords have...

Buy to let investors face a ‘ticking timebomb’ that may force many of them to quit the sector in the long-term,...

A mortgage firm specialising in buy to let products says lending to landlords set up as limited companies surged in the...

There appears no change in government policy on changing buy to let tax breaks - at least not yet - despite...

On the day of the campaign rally to galvanise support for a bid to win a judicial review of George Osborne’s...

The line-up has been revealed for the so-called "Tenants’ Tax Summit” this week - the campaign rally for supporters of a...

There has been a new development in a long-running spat between a website and the BBC over the corporation’s news coverage...

Some 27 per cent of landlords consider an online letting agency to be a more attractive option for managing property than...

More details have emerged of the campaign rally to be held next month in support of the bid for a judicial...

The two landlords campaigning to win a judicial review of George Osborne’s restrictions on buy to let mortgage tax relief have...

Another £50,000 has already been raised through crowd-funding to help meet the costs of mounting a legal challenge to George Osborne’s...

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

Two professional property investors are giving away a Manchester flat valued at £110,000 in a protest against Chancellor George Osborne’s attacks...

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has backed the raft of measures seen by many as anti-buy to let, including the restriction on...

The two landlords hoping to secure a judicial review of the legislation restricting mortgage interest tax relief on buy to let...

A financial journalist has lambasted the government’s anti-buy to let policies, describing them as “political short-termism ... a vote winner to...

The two landlords spearheading a campaign to challenge the change to buy to let mortgage interest tax relief have launched another...

Almost all landlords are considering increasing rents to pay for the higher taxes they now face. According to a survey by the...

One of London’s major letting agencies is urging landlords to take a cautious approach to whether they should incorporate in a...

Ian Wilson, chief executive officer of Martin & Co, has given David Cameron’s government a “two out of 10” score for...

Respected credit ratings agency Fitch says buy to let will thrive for the next 12 to 24 months but the effects...

The people behind the campaign to seek a judicial review of the buy to let tax changes proposed by Chancellor George...

An outspoken attack on Chancellor George Osborne’s fiscal measures against the private rental sector have questioned whether he is really a...

A substantial majority of new buy to let mortgage applicants are unaware of the mortgage tax relief changes, according to a...

More criticism of Chancellor George Osborne’s raft of buy to let reforms has appeared in the mainstream media, with much emphasis...

The two landlords behind the bid to seek a judicial review of George Osborne’s buy to let mortgage interest relief tax...

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

HM Revenue & Customs and the Treasury have at last responded to the legal team representing two landlords challenging beleaguered Chancellor...

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has ticked off the government for not updating its Private Landlords’ Survey for some six years...

The government has been told to back off its criticism of buy to let landlords and instead do more to address...

The proportion of landlords in central London who intend to sell property has quadrupled since last year’s Budget, according to the...

Martin & Co - one of Britain’s largest letting agency networks with 192 offices across the country - says it may...

Not one of the raft of buy to let rule changes being introduced by Chancellor George Osborne - ostensibly to help...

If interest rates rise by 2.5 per cent over the next four years, traditional buy to let could become unprofitable in...

Tenants now pay 2.6 per cent more rent on average than they did a year ago according to the government’s Office...

The attempt to see judicial review of George Osborne’s buy to let tax change continues apace, with the government now having...

Agents acting for landlords replacing furniture and other domestic items in homes to let should be given detailed guidance from the...

Paragon Mortgages, one of the most influential buy to let lenders, has upgraded its website to allow intermediaries to submit applications...

Four in 10 landlords are either seriously considering forming a limited company or will be looking into the option in the...

A survey claims that despite the apparent rush to purchase buy to let properties before the stamp duty surcharge deadline of...

The influencial cross-party Commons Treasury Committee says the whole economy could suffer is George Osborne’s fiscal measures against the private rental...

The Residential Landlords’ Association is standing up for the private rental sector in its response to the government’s inquiry into homelessness. The...

Government policies aimed at curbing the buy to let market are directly leading to more pressure on the lettings sector, according...

A risk expert at a leading buy to let mortgage company says the industry should actually embrace the restrictions on lending...

One of the country‘s leading rental sector analysts is warning that tax changes for landlords’ mortgage interest relief, and the imminent...

The two landlords mounting a legal challenge to the mortgage interest tax changes proposed by Chancellor George Osborne have released a...

The franchise letting agency chain Belvoir is urging its landlord clients to offer fiancial support to the national campaign to fight...

Around a fifth of investors plan to sell their buy to let properties this year, thanks to the recent measures against...

There has been another substantial increase in the number of buy to let mortgage applications made by limited companies - suggesting...

Landlords’ confidence in the buy to let sector has collapsed to an all-time low and is now “worse than levels witnessed...

The legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s controversial buy to let tax change is underway with a letter sent to HMRC...

The three per cent stamp duty surcharge proposed for purchases of buy to let and holiday homes risks being seen as...

Just over 60,000 people have signed an online petition urging MPs to reconsider the controversial buy to let mortgage interest tax...

The two buy to let investors behind a campaign to seek a judicial review of George Osborne’s controversial mortgage interest tax...

Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed out of hand appeals and comments from Letting Agent Today readers to reconsider the recent...

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

The Residential Landlords’ Association is taking legal advice on whether George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes are a breach of...

People coming to work in Scotland from overseas are making up an increasing proportion of private sector tenants according to a...

A specialist buy to let lender says some mainstream mortgage companies are over-charging borrowers who have incorporated in order to minimise...

Chancellor George Osborne’s buy to let tax proposals are set to hit domestic buyers far more than international investors, according to...

The two landlords behind the possible legal challenge to George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes are appealling for “experts, mentors...

An analysis by a national newspaper shows that investors purchasing buy to let properties with mortgages are likely to lose money...

Today is the last chance for Letting Agent Today readers to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent...

A Conservative peer and former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury has become the first senior Tory to speak out against...

A legal opinion is expected in the next few days as the legal challenge to George Osborne’s buy to let tax...

Chancellor George Osborne has “effectively declared war on individual landlords” according to the Residential Landlords’ Association - but don’t expect a...

The latest £50,000 target to fund a legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposed tax changes for buy to let landlords...

No fewer than 14 different tax changes targeted mostly at the buy to let sector will damage the market in 2016...

An online petition seeking the reversal of the Osborne clampdown on buy to let tax breaks has secured around 47,000 signatures...

Almost half of landlords are set to increase their rents in 2016 in a bid to counteract tax changes and higher...

The man behind the Platinum Property Partners company are mounting a legal challenge to this year’s buy to let tax changes...

The Observer newspaper has made an outspoken attack on agents, landlords and others complaining about recent tax and regulation changes to the...

Buy to let tax relief is still set to total around £15 billion annually even after changes to tax relief are introduced,...

Treasury proposals to hand greater powers to the Bank of England to make access to buy to let lending harder risks...

Hunters Estate Agents have taken the unusual step for a public company of criticising the government - in this case over...

One of Britain’s most senior letting agency bosses is warning landlords to take care if considering setting up a limited company...

The rural agency team at Bidwells says it is concerned the Conservative government may - by accident or design - be...

A former president of the Association of Taxation Technicians has made a strong defence of buy to let investors who, she...

An online petition asking the government to rethink its raft of tax measures imposed on buy to let landlords this year...

It is not often that a national newspaper dedicates an article to praising buy to let - and even rarer for...

There is another warning today that changes to buy to let mortgage tax relief will lead to increased rents.  Back in July,...

Research shows that landlords are scaling-back repairs over the winter in order to optimise finances when a new wear and tear tax...

The government’s reduction of mortgage interest tax relief on buy to let properties in a major factor for 50 per cent...

The head of a landlords’ association has warned the Conservative government not to demonise buy to let investors who typically have...

Franchise letting agency giant Winkworth is warning that London’s tenants face higher rents as some landlords sell investment properties in the...

The outgoing chief of Whitbread PLC has made a scathing attack on Airbnb and the government for its approach to what...

The controversial changes to landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief and to the wear and tear allowance “have failed to dampen the...

A prominent buying agent active in prime central London says the capital’s high end buy to let market will become less...

Savills says mainstream UK rents are likely to rise by an average of 16.5 per cent by the end of 2020...

Thanks to Accountancy Age for drawing to our attention to the fact that not every country is tightening up on the tax...

Estate agents shying away from sales of buy to let properties because of recent government clampdowns on the sector risk missing...

The online petition opposing the proposed tax changes for buy to let landlords has now reached 35,000 signatures - but is...

The Chancellor’s proposed change to wear and tear tax allowance in the rental sector will hit rural lettings particularly hard, according...

Around 40 per cent of landlords are reporting an increase in tenant demand in their area in the past three months. A...

While almost every lettings organisation has been up in arms at the raft of tax changes for landlords suggested by Chancellor...

“Unthought-through”, “unfair and unreasonable” and leading to “extreme confusion” - those are the thoughts of Britain’s leading professional accounting body on...

The chairman of Choices letting agency says the government is wrong to say its proposed tax changes will create a level...

The online petition against the government's proposed tax changes for buy to let investors is "a waste of time" according to...

A columnist on FT Adviser - an online service for financial advisers and clients - says buy to let investors have...

The government is ruling out any re-think on its proposals to reduce buy to let tax breaks from next year. The Financial...

A mortgage chief has spelled out what many in the rental sector already know - that the new laws, rules and...

As the Conservative Party conference continues, a leading Tory has warned that "there is much further to go" on removing buy...

Two of Britain's most controversial landlords, Fergus and Judith Wilson, claim demand from prospective tenants is at a record high with...

There has been a sharp and rapid rebuttal of comments made by new shadow chancellor John McDonnell suggesting that private sector...

The government’s response to the online petition against proposed tax changes for buy to let investors is “unfair, incoherent and missing...

The Daily Telegraph has undertaken an interesting exercise which effectively challenges Chancellor George Osborne’s assertion that buy to let tax changes...

Research by a prominent letting agency chain suggests that despite the onslaught of red tape thrown at landlords, almost half are...

The chief executive of Zoopla has thrown his weight behind opposition to the government’s proposed restrictions on buy to let tax...

Opponents of the government’s attempt to end tax breaks for the buy to let sector now have a new opportunity to...

If supporters of Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget restrictions on tax breaks for buy to let landlords thought opposition would die off...

A firm of specialist solicitors claims that one in five landlords say they will be “out of business due to government...

The petition against the proposed tax changes outlined by Chancellor George Osborne in last month’s Budget has now achieved 20,000 signatures. This...

A London letting agency is playing down the impact of Chancellor George Osborne’s proposed changes to buy to let tax breaks,...

A petition to oppose the proposed change in buy to let landlords’ tax breaks is nearing the 14,000-signature mark - but...

The founders of the website saynotogeorge.co.uk have stepped forward to explain why they have founded the campaign.  Two Peterborough-based property developers are...

A new website - www.saynotogeorge.co.uk - has been set up as a nucleus for opposition to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposals to...

A campaign group protesting against the government’s Budget proposal to limit the tax breaks for buy to let investors has been...

New figures from a landlords’ organisation show that mortgage repayments are easily the biggest outgoing for a large proportion of landlords.  The...

An online petition demanding the reinstatement of buy to let landlords' tax breaks has broken the 10,000 signatures mark which means...