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11 November 2021
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Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told the Labour Party conference that if her party wins the next General Election she will...
28 September 2021
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Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the...
07 April 2021
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ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that new energy efficiency targets for EPCs could stifle buy to let investment in future. In...
19 February 2021
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The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...
09 April 2020
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Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...
27 February 2020
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The typical landlord’s income from property has plummeted by a fifth in under a decade according to the National Landlords’ Association. Its...
19 February 2020
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One of the country’s leading buying agencies says buy to let is changing in prime central London, as corporate structures replace...
14 February 2020
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17 January 2020
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Some 26 per cent of buy to let investors plan to sell one or more of their properties in 2020 according...
08 January 2020
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There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...
24 December 2019
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Just over third of private landlords are planning to quit the sector or cut the number of homes they let in...
23 December 2019
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The normally-sedate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued an unusually stark warning to government, telling it to “stop meddling” in...
14 November 2019
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New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...
17 October 2019
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The government has been criticised yet again for what is described as its “incoherent” approach to the private rental sector. David Miles,...
11 September 2019
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New research shows more than half of landlords plan to use limited companies to buy properties in the year ahead. The study...
12 August 2019
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Some 12 per cent of homes to let are operated by a ‘company landlord’ according to an analysis by Countrywide high-end...
22 July 2019
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The number of film-related enquiries for short lets received by Knight Frank in the year to May has shown a rise...
22 July 2019
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Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will face an immediate crisis in the private rented sector if government doesn’t rethink its plans to...
15 July 2019
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New data from specialist mortgage firm Commercial Trust suggests that London’s buy to let sector turned a corner in the first...
02 May 2019
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There will be less buy to let remortgaging in future as landlords consolidate rather than expand their portfolios. The prediction comes from...
11 April 2019
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A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...
29 March 2019
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Large-scale buy to let investors are continuing to move to limited company status in a bid to limit their exposure to...
25 March 2019
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London-focussed lettings agency ludlowthompson says buy to let landlords across the country claimed a record £17.7 billion in tax relief last...
29 January 2019
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding members of tax changes ahead - a timely intervention with the deadline for...
07 January 2019
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Research by franchise lettings agency company Belvoir suggests that landlords are continuing to exit the property market, although not at the...
19 December 2018
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Rental sector experts are expressing growing fears that the relatively low-key Budget announcements made on Monday could herald something more dramatic...
31 October 2018
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Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...
08 October 2018
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New research has attempted to quantify the number and scale of rent rises that are likely to take place as landlords...
04 October 2018
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The Haart agency is calling on the government to give the private rental sector a break in the autumn Budget, as...
27 September 2018
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The lettings director at Urban, the online agency recently snapped up by Emoov, says the rental market is faced with significant...
14 September 2018
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Belvoir says more landlords are selling up and fewer newcomers are investing in the private rental sector because of increased legislation...
24 August 2018
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A new analysis of the buy to let market forecasts more bad news for agents, landlords and investors over the next...
21 August 2018
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Britain’s most controversial landlord, Fergus Wilson, says the recent changes in buy to let legislation means that if he was starting...
25 July 2018
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Some 18 per cent of properties let in the first half of 2018 were registered in the name of a company...
16 July 2018
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A specialist buy to let broker is urging landlords to tread with caution before jumping feet first into incorporating their property...
28 June 2018
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The chief executive of franchise giant Belvoir says government interference in the lettings sector will be to blame for higher rent...
25 June 2018
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Letting agents and others in the private rental sector have responded to the latest government intervention - a review into how...
21 June 2018
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Investors in buy to let in the UK are losing thousands of pounds in income - and it’s their own fault...
20 June 2018
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Buy to let investors are taking a wait and see approach when it comes to additional investment in the sector according...
09 May 2018
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One of the most famous names in buy to let mortgages, Paragon, has revealed that it’s on the acquisition trail. There had...
09 May 2018
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Over half of mortgage brokers say they have been approached by buy to let investors seeking to diversify their portfolios within...
20 April 2018
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Small-scale landlords and those with the very largest portfolios appear to be ‘resizing’ - selling off some units to cope with...
20 April 2018
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A new survey appears to buck the trend of recent rental market snapshots by showing that buy to let investors are...
18 April 2018
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09 April 2018
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A lettings trade body says a major house builder has blamed, in part, recent tax increases on private landlords as a...
19 March 2018
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There has been a drop in the proportion of people becoming buy to let landlords in order to boost their retirement...
16 March 2018
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A trade body says new figures released by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility show that the government’s recent tax increases...
15 March 2018
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No fewer than 44 per cent of landlords plan to expand their portfolios before July 2018 despite tax obstacles, according to...
09 February 2018
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The average cost of renting a home is now rising across every UK region for the first time in almost two...
08 February 2018
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Analysis of government figures by the Nationwide suggest that the buy to let sector is still growing despite tax changes and...
05 February 2018
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An online agency claims that serious portfolio landlords are staying faithful to buy to let despite recent tax and regulation changes...
05 February 2018
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Well over half of those investors who recently secured buy to let mortgages risk facing losses when mortgage interest tax changes...
26 January 2018
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The government has been accused by a lettings sector trade body of skewing the market to encourage more short-lets. The claim comes...
24 January 2018
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The National Landlords Association says 20 per cent of its members plan to reduce the size of their portfolios in the...
12 January 2018
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The UK’s army of buy to let landlords will still benefit from £16.7 billion worth of tax relief even after the...
09 January 2018
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A leading accountancy and business advice consultancy says residential landlords who want to downsize their portfolios because of recent tax changes...
26 October 2017
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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...
10 October 2017
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A leading accounting and advisory service says key tax changes that could damage the buy to let sector are still not...
26 September 2017
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Some 61 per cent of chartered surveyors believe there will be a net exodus of landlords over the coming year thanks...
15 September 2017
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A trade body is seeking volunteers to meet with government officials to discuss future initiatives for the private rental sector. The volunteers...
08 September 2017
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A survey for online letting agency Upad claims that 66 per cent of landlords are not going to change their property...
08 September 2017
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A survey conducted for MyDeposits suggests some nine per cent of landlords - or one in 11 - is likely to...
01 September 2017
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Belvoir is warning that some buy to let investors are quitting the sector. “Although we are not currently seeing a huge exit...
17 August 2017
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Nationwide - the UK's second largest buy to let lender - has reported a 20 per cent drop in profits and admits...
14 August 2017
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An online agency claims landlords who use online operators are likely to reduce average void periods by up to a week. In...
31 July 2017
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The impact of recent changes to the way buy to let properties are taxed could create the next pension crisis, a...
21 July 2017
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Ian Duncan Smith is the latest Conservative to criticise his own government’s fiscal policies regarding buy to let. Writing on the Conservative...
19 July 2017
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Paragon Mortgages says its most recent survey of buy to let investors makes it clear that the vast majority want the...
07 July 2017
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Far from being wealthy property investors, two thirds of individual landlords pay merely the basic rate of income tax according to...
06 July 2017
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A head of a company providing hi-tech products to letting agents says technology is the answer to current rental industry challenges,...
06 July 2017
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The Residential Landlords’ Association says recent fiscal changes hitting the private rented sector are hurting tenants but failing to achieve their...
04 July 2017
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Skipton International has launched a guide to help expat buy to let investors trying to make sense of the UK government’s...
30 June 2017
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Expanding buy to let lender Landbay says it plans to launch an accounting, reporting and tax compliance service for those holding...
27 June 2017
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The latest Kent Reliance Buy to Let Britain report - seen as a snapshot of the state of health of the...
23 June 2017
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A new report says buy to let will continue to provide good investment opportunities but requires an increasingly professional approach. The report,...
02 June 2017
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The proportion of landlords who use a letting agent to help manage their property has spiked since the end of last...
01 June 2017
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Conservative peer Lord Flight, a former shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, says the UK needs “a vibrant and growing private...
31 May 2017
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Online lettings agency Upad claims 20 per cent of landlords are set to increase their rents to their tenants thanks to...
30 May 2017
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Some 1,500 landlords have responded to a trade group’s campaign calling for them to press General Election candidates to oppose changes...
22 May 2017
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Single property landlords are finally waking up to the fact they could be pushed in to a higher tax bracket following...
22 May 2017
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Buy to let valuations fell to just seven per cent of the total valuations market activity in April as the sector...
18 May 2017
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Data from Agency Express suggests that the lettings market is wobbling with a sharp decline in its usual measure - the...
18 May 2017
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Almost half of the investors in the private rental sector do not know what the changes in mortgage relief will cost...
10 May 2017
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A well known specialist mortgage lender for the buy to let sector, Paragon, has refreshed its offering in the light of...
04 May 2017
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A landlord has set up a company to handle the ownership and management of buy to let properties - and the...
02 May 2017
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Letting agents have reporting an average of four landlords per branch selling up and quitting the buy to let sector in...
26 April 2017
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A property firm at the centre of the campaign against phasing out landlords’ mortgage interest relief says is urging tenants to...
19 April 2017
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A remarkable one in five properties now being let are operated by a company landlord - and the figure surges to...
18 April 2017
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Private landlords’ net income has risen 39 per cent in the last five years, jumping from £10.8 billion to £15 billion...
13 April 2017
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Data from the first three months of this year suggests that investors are increasingly purchasing smaller, cheaper properties. Specialist lender Mortgages for...
12 April 2017
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Almost 20 per cent of the landlords using an online letting agency are apparently unaware of the mortgage interest tax relief...
11 April 2017
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A new study of landlords reveals that far more believe they will be affected by today’s buy to let mortgage interest...
06 April 2017
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Steve Bolton, founder of investment consultancy Platinum Property Partners and one of two landlords who have led a campaign against restricting...
06 April 2017
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Tax rises for landlords being introduced today will make renting less affordable and stifle investment in homes to rent, making it...
06 April 2017
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Prominent market commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has been involved in a Twitter spat over whether the changes to mortgage...
05 April 2017
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The Chartered Institute of Taxation has issued a reminder to buy to let investors that the first phase of the restriction...
31 March 2017
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The Residential Landlords’ Association is calling on letting agents in the organisation to contribute to their latest research. “As part of our...
29 March 2017
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Research by a lettings sector trade body shows that net growth of units within the private rental sector - that is,...
27 March 2017
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The campaign against the imminent changes to mortgage interest tax relief for the buy to let sector estimates that 1.4m landlords...
14 March 2017
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A trade body claims that vulnerable tenants are finding it harder to access rented housing because of tax changes being introduced...
10 March 2017
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There was a sigh of relief amongst the lettings industry that yesterday's Budget introduced no new property taxes - but concern...
09 March 2017
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The campaign against the phased reduction in landlords' mortgage interest tax relief is continuing with the opening of a new website,...
09 March 2017
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The Residential Landlords Association has listed key MPs in marginal constituencies who should be lobbied ahead of the March 8 Budget...
24 February 2017
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Tenants face potential rent increases of between 20 and 30 per cent as a result of tax rises hitting landlords, says...
17 February 2017
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Opponents of the proposed change to mortgage interest tax relief for landlords have promised what they call a “shock and awe”...
16 February 2017
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A trade group has commissioned a firm of economists to look at how the government’s mortgage interest tax relief change -...
14 February 2017
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Saturday is traditionally the day many MPs hold their constituency surgeries, listening to grievances and opinions from their electors. Conservative member of...
10 February 2017
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a stark warning about the cumulative effect of the additional homes stamp duty...
10 February 2017
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David Miles, a former Bank of England economist, has described the government’s mortgage interest tax relief reform as “terrible” - but...
06 February 2017
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The government should think again about punitive tax changes to the private rented sector after receiving greater-than-expected revenue from the three...
02 February 2017
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A property investment financing specialist says an increasing number of buy to let investors are converting properties into Houses in Multiple...
17 January 2017
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There is yet more evidence that an increasing number of buy to let investors are setting up companies to offset the...
06 January 2017
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The government has published a new set of guidelines for organisations, companies and individuals to lobby the Treasury ahead of the...
03 January 2017
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The campaigners against planned changes to mortgage interest tax relief - set to come into effect from April, phased over four...
29 December 2016
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Over a third of landlords have never used a letting agent and manage all their properties themselves. That is the finding of...
15 December 2016
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A trade body claims that 47 per cent of landlords would cease to use letting agents if their profits began to...
14 December 2016
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An assessment undertaken by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows property taxes accounted for 12.7 per cent of the...
13 December 2016
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Britain’s biggest buy to let landlord, Fergus Wilson, says new investors now will never be able to enjoy the scale of...
12 December 2016
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The number of buy to let transactions across England and Wales has fallen 8.2 per cent in one month and is down an...
09 December 2016
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A Labour MP has told the House of Commons that she is in favour of a tax regime that would reward...
05 December 2016
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Landlord confidence has returned despite government tax changes to the private rental sector - although research for the survey that produced...
02 December 2016
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More than 92 per cent of landlords believe the government is anti-landlord and want the Chancellor to back them in this...
21 November 2016
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The Residential Landlords’ Association says it stands by a claim that one in four landlords may sell up, and it refutes...
21 November 2016
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A lettings agent has poured scorn on a survey suggesting a quarter of landlords are about to quit buy to let,...
18 November 2016
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An online lettings agency says tenants’ arrears are likely to be the biggest issue facing the rental sector next year unless...
16 November 2016
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A survey of 1,000 buy to let investors by the Residential Landlords’ Association shows that around a quarter are saying they...
15 November 2016
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Another lettings agency has decided to stage a seminar for landlords to explain what Brexit and recent tax changes mean for the...
15 November 2016
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Another prominent mortgage chief has called on the government to show its support for the private rental sector by repealing some...
10 November 2016
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The National Landlords Association has launched an e-postcard campaign for letting agent and landlord members to lobby the government over the...
10 November 2016
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Lettings expert Kate Faulkner says yields - a traditional long-standing measure of success for buy to let landlords - are becoming...
09 November 2016
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In an otherwise-downbeat set of predictions for 2017 and beyond, Savills says that rental growth is likely to outstrip sales price growth...
04 November 2016
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Buy to let landlords may be forced to raise rents or even sell their properties because of the government’s new tax...
03 November 2016
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An outspoken mortgage chief has criticised other lenders for supplying buy to let products to “every Tom, Dick and Harry” since...
28 October 2016
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The Residential Landlords’ Association has revealed that it is to meet with Treasury officials ahead of next month’s Autumn Statement -...
27 October 2016
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Some of the property professionals behind the campaign against the changes to buy to let landlords’ taxation have compiled a comprehensive...
27 October 2016
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So much for Brexit and economic uncertainty disrupting the buy to let market - a new survey out today shows it’s...
26 October 2016
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A well-known mortgage broker is quoted as saying that buy to let organisations are complaining too much over tax changes for...
24 October 2016
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In its latest bid to push Chancellor Phillip Hammond to back down on buy to let tax changes, the Residential Landlords...
24 October 2016
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The National Landlords Association claims that changes to buy to let mortgage interest tax relief being introduced in six months time...
19 October 2016
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The British Property Federation is urging Chancellor Phillip Hammond to bring in tax measures to help the purpose-built Build To Rent...
18 October 2016
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A senior Conservative peer has renewed his attack on his own party over the buy to let tax grab on landlords,...
17 October 2016
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The campaign group Generation Rent says most buy to let properties are not mortgaged and many landlords are unaffected by current...
14 October 2016
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Despite huge turmoil in the buy to let sector, there has been a significant rise in mortgage activity in the past...
11 October 2016
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The landlords behind the failed attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords...
07 October 2016
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The attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords has failed. The case was...
06 October 2016
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Legal represenatives for two landlords will today make the case for a judicial review of Section 24 of the Finance (No.2)...
06 October 2016
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The government must urgently deliver 1.8m new rental homes as new figures from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reveal a...
05 October 2016
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The chief executive of financial consultancy Clayton Euro Risk says changes soon coming in to tighten the criteria applied to buy...
04 October 2016
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The case made by two landlords to have a judicial review of section 24 of the 2015 Finance Act - triggering...
03 October 2016
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As the Conservatives meet at their annual conference and Chancellor Phillip Hammond considers next month’s Autumn Statement, an industry body has...
03 October 2016
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A campaign group is urging letting agents to join with landlords in lobbying MP over the government’s change to buy to...
12 September 2016
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The news editor of London financial daily City AM has made an outspoken attack on the government’s fiscal assaults on the...
07 September 2016
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Kevin Hollinrake - the founder of franchise agency Hunters and now a Conservative MP - is calling for a cut in...
05 September 2016
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Speculation that the government was attempting to ‘slip in’ yet more changes to the way landlords are being taxed have been...
05 September 2016
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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...
30 August 2016
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The date for the court hearing to decide whether there should be a judicial review of the buy to let tax...
26 August 2016
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Belvoir is calling on the government to reverse its punitive tax policies against buy to let and introduce incentives to make...
18 August 2016
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The Scottish Association of Landlords - which represents letting agents as well as landlords north of the border - has spoken...
16 August 2016
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Housing minister Gavin Barwell has agreed to meet campaigners opposed to the clampdown on landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief. The measure -...
12 August 2016
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The people behind the bid for a judicial review into Clause 24 of the Finance Act 2015 - limiting mortgage interest tax...
05 August 2016
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Government policy is making it harder than ever for benefits claimants and the homeless to rent homes, according to a new...
26 July 2016
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A consumer group dedicated to reducing tax says recent fiscal changes introduced by the government will end up hurting private rental...
25 July 2016
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The Residential Landlords Association says the build up to the new government‘s Autumn Statement - effectively its first budget - is...
25 July 2016
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Any lingering hope that the buy to let sector might have of a rethink by the new Chancellor over restructuring mortgage...
21 July 2016
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The new Chancellor appointed by Prime Minister Theresa May has been ‘outed’ as a former buy to let landlord - raising...
18 July 2016
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New Chancellor Phillip Hammond has been urged by an industry trade group to reset the government’s approach to taxing the buy...
15 July 2016
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The government is being warned that without changes to the Finance Bill currently going through parliament it will effectively be forcing rent...
11 July 2016
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A market survey by specialist broker Mortgages for Business reveals that there has been a substantial increase in lending in the...
07 July 2016
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A buy to let property in London is going to be “very difficult to make viable” in the near future unless...
27 June 2016
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The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...
22 June 2016
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The landlords campaigning for a judicial review of the legislation curtailing mortgage interest tax relief for buy to let landlords have...
21 June 2016
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Buy to let investors face a ‘ticking timebomb’ that may force many of them to quit the sector in the long-term,...
16 June 2016
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A mortgage firm specialising in buy to let products says lending to landlords set up as limited companies surged in the...
13 June 2016
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There appears no change in government policy on changing buy to let tax breaks - at least not yet - despite...
10 June 2016
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On the day of the campaign rally to galvanise support for a bid to win a judicial review of George Osborne’s...
09 June 2016
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The line-up has been revealed for the so-called "Tenants’ Tax Summit” this week - the campaign rally for supporters of a...
07 June 2016
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There has been a new development in a long-running spat between a website and the BBC over the corporation’s news coverage...
07 June 2016
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Some 27 per cent of landlords consider an online letting agency to be a more attractive option for managing property than...
06 June 2016
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More details have emerged of the campaign rally to be held next month in support of the bid for a judicial...
20 May 2016
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The two landlords campaigning to win a judicial review of George Osborne’s restrictions on buy to let mortgage tax relief have...
04 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Another £50,000 has already been raised through crowd-funding to help meet the costs of mounting a legal challenge to George Osborne’s...
28 April 2016
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Private landlords’ confidence is at the lowest level since late 2006 according to market research company BDRC Continental, thanks to anti-buy...
27 April 2016
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Two professional property investors are giving away a Manchester flat valued at £110,000 in a protest against Chancellor George Osborne’s attacks...
25 April 2016
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Housing minister Brandon Lewis has backed the raft of measures seen by many as anti-buy to let, including the restriction on...
21 April 2016
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The two landlords hoping to secure a judicial review of the legislation restricting mortgage interest tax relief on buy to let...
20 April 2016
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A financial journalist has lambasted the government’s anti-buy to let policies, describing them as “political short-termism ... a vote winner to...
18 April 2016
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The two landlords spearheading a campaign to challenge the change to buy to let mortgage interest tax relief have launched another...
15 April 2016
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Almost all landlords are considering increasing rents to pay for the higher taxes they now face. According to a survey by the...
15 April 2016
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One of London’s major letting agencies is urging landlords to take a cautious approach to whether they should incorporate in a...
12 April 2016
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Ian Wilson, chief executive officer of Martin & Co, has given David Cameron’s government a “two out of 10” score for...
11 April 2016
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Respected credit ratings agency Fitch says buy to let will thrive for the next 12 to 24 months but the effects...
08 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The people behind the campaign to seek a judicial review of the buy to let tax changes proposed by Chancellor George...
06 April 2016
From: Breaking News

An outspoken attack on Chancellor George Osborne’s fiscal measures against the private rental sector have questioned whether he is really a...
04 April 2016
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A substantial majority of new buy to let mortgage applicants are unaware of the mortgage tax relief changes, according to a...
04 April 2016
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More criticism of Chancellor George Osborne’s raft of buy to let reforms has appeared in the mainstream media, with much emphasis...
01 April 2016
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The two landlords behind the bid to seek a judicial review of George Osborne’s buy to let mortgage interest relief tax...
31 March 2016
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The managing director of the Association of Residential Letting Agents says urgent action is necessary “to make the prospect of being...
31 March 2016
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HM Revenue & Customs and the Treasury have at last responded to the legal team representing two landlords challenging beleaguered Chancellor...
24 March 2016
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The Council of Mortgage Lenders has ticked off the government for not updating its Private Landlords’ Survey for some six years...
24 March 2016
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The government has been told to back off its criticism of buy to let landlords and instead do more to address...
22 March 2016
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The proportion of landlords in central London who intend to sell property has quadrupled since last year’s Budget, according to the...
11 March 2016
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Martin & Co - one of Britain’s largest letting agency networks with 192 offices across the country - says it may...
03 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Not one of the raft of buy to let rule changes being introduced by Chancellor George Osborne - ostensibly to help...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News

If interest rates rise by 2.5 per cent over the next four years, traditional buy to let could become unprofitable in...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Tenants now pay 2.6 per cent more rent on average than they did a year ago according to the government’s Office...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The attempt to see judicial review of George Osborne’s buy to let tax change continues apace, with the government now having...
29 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Agents acting for landlords replacing furniture and other domestic items in homes to let should be given detailed guidance from the...
23 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Paragon Mortgages, one of the most influential buy to let lenders, has upgraded its website to allow intermediaries to submit applications...
23 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Four in 10 landlords are either seriously considering forming a limited company or will be looking into the option in the...
22 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A survey claims that despite the apparent rush to purchase buy to let properties before the stamp duty surcharge deadline of...
19 February 2016
From: Breaking News

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

The Residential Landlords’ Association is standing up for the private rental sector in its response to the government’s inquiry into homelessness. The...
12 February 2016
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Government policies aimed at curbing the buy to let market are directly leading to more pressure on the lettings sector, according...
11 February 2016
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A risk expert at a leading buy to let mortgage company says the industry should actually embrace the restrictions on lending...
11 February 2016
From: Breaking News

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

The two landlords mounting a legal challenge to the mortgage interest tax changes proposed by Chancellor George Osborne have released a...
09 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The franchise letting agency chain Belvoir is urging its landlord clients to offer fiancial support to the national campaign to fight...
08 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Around a fifth of investors plan to sell their buy to let properties this year, thanks to the recent measures against...
08 February 2016
From: Breaking News

There has been another substantial increase in the number of buy to let mortgage applications made by limited companies - suggesting...
03 February 2016
From: Breaking News

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

The legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s controversial buy to let tax change is underway with a letter sent to HMRC...
02 February 2016
From: Breaking News

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

Just over 60,000 people have signed an online petition urging MPs to reconsider the controversial buy to let mortgage interest tax...
29 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The two buy to let investors behind a campaign to seek a judicial review of George Osborne’s controversial mortgage interest tax...
25 January 2016
From: Breaking News

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

George Osborne has done more for the rental market than any other chancellor in history claims Marc von Grundherr, lettings director...
21 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords’ Association is taking legal advice on whether George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes are a breach of...
20 January 2016
From: Breaking News

People coming to work in Scotland from overseas are making up an increasing proportion of private sector tenants according to a...
19 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A specialist buy to let lender says some mainstream mortgage companies are over-charging borrowers who have incorporated in order to minimise...
19 January 2016
From: Breaking News

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

The two landlords behind the possible legal challenge to George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes are appealling for “experts, mentors...
11 January 2016
From: Breaking News

An analysis by a national newspaper shows that investors purchasing buy to let properties with mortgages are likely to lose money...
11 January 2016
From: Breaking News

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

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

A legal opinion is expected in the next few days as the legal challenge to George Osborne’s buy to let tax...
06 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Chancellor George Osborne has “effectively declared war on individual landlords” according to the Residential Landlords’ Association - but don’t expect a...
05 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The latest £50,000 target to fund a legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposed tax changes for buy to let landlords...
04 January 2016
From: Breaking News

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

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

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

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

The Observer newspaper has made an outspoken attack on agents, landlords and others complaining about recent tax and regulation changes to the...
21 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Buy to let tax relief is still set to total around £15 billion annually even after changes to tax relief are introduced,...
21 December 2015
From: Breaking News

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

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

One of Britain’s most senior letting agency bosses is warning landlords to take care if considering setting up a limited company...
17 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The rural agency team at Bidwells says it is concerned the Conservative government may - by accident or design - be...
15 December 2015
From: Breaking News

A former president of the Association of Taxation Technicians has made a strong defence of buy to let investors who, she...
09 December 2015
From: Breaking News

An online petition asking the government to rethink its raft of tax measures imposed on buy to let landlords this year...
07 December 2015
From: Breaking News

It is not often that a national newspaper dedicates an article to praising buy to let - and even rarer for...
30 November 2015
From: Breaking News

There is another warning today that changes to buy to let mortgage tax relief will lead to increased rents. Back in July,...
26 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Research shows that landlords are scaling-back repairs over the winter in order to optimise finances when a new wear and tear tax...
20 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The government’s reduction of mortgage interest tax relief on buy to let properties in a major factor for 50 per cent...
17 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The head of a landlords’ association has warned the Conservative government not to demonise buy to let investors who typically have...
16 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Franchise letting agency giant Winkworth is warning that London’s tenants face higher rents as some landlords sell investment properties in the...
13 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The outgoing chief of Whitbread PLC has made a scathing attack on Airbnb and the government for its approach to what...
11 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The controversial changes to landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief and to the wear and tear allowance “have failed to dampen the...
10 November 2015
From: Breaking News

A prominent buying agent active in prime central London says the capital’s high end buy to let market will become less...
06 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Savills says mainstream UK rents are likely to rise by an average of 16.5 per cent by the end of 2020...
06 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Thanks to Accountancy Age for drawing to our attention to the fact that not every country is tightening up on the tax...
04 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Estate agents shying away from sales of buy to let properties because of recent government clampdowns on the sector risk missing...
02 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The online petition opposing the proposed tax changes for buy to let landlords has now reached 35,000 signatures - but is...
30 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The Chancellor’s proposed change to wear and tear tax allowance in the rental sector will hit rural lettings particularly hard, according...
30 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Around 40 per cent of landlords are reporting an increase in tenant demand in their area in the past three months. A...
27 October 2015
From: Breaking News

While almost every lettings organisation has been up in arms at the raft of tax changes for landlords suggested by Chancellor...
26 October 2015
From: Breaking News

“Unthought-through”, “unfair and unreasonable” and leading to “extreme confusion” - those are the thoughts of Britain’s leading professional accounting body on...
19 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The chairman of Choices letting agency says the government is wrong to say its proposed tax changes will create a level...
14 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The online petition against the government's proposed tax changes for buy to let investors is "a waste of time" according to...
12 October 2015
From: Breaking News

A columnist on FT Adviser - an online service for financial advisers and clients - says buy to let investors have...
09 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The government is ruling out any re-think on its proposals to reduce buy to let tax breaks from next year. The Financial...
08 October 2015
From: Breaking News

A mortgage chief has spelled out what many in the rental sector already know - that the new laws, rules and...
07 October 2015
From: Breaking News

As the Conservative Party conference continues, a leading Tory has warned that "there is much further to go" on removing buy...
05 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Two of Britain's most controversial landlords, Fergus and Judith Wilson, claim demand from prospective tenants is at a record high with...
01 October 2015
From: Breaking News

There has been a sharp and rapid rebuttal of comments made by new shadow chancellor John McDonnell suggesting that private sector...
29 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The government’s response to the online petition against proposed tax changes for buy to let investors is “unfair, incoherent and missing...
17 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The Daily Telegraph has undertaken an interesting exercise which effectively challenges Chancellor George Osborne’s assertion that buy to let tax changes...
16 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Research by a prominent letting agency chain suggests that despite the onslaught of red tape thrown at landlords, almost half are...
16 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of Zoopla has thrown his weight behind opposition to the government’s proposed restrictions on buy to let tax...
15 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Opponents of the government’s attempt to end tax breaks for the buy to let sector now have a new opportunity to...
10 September 2015
From: Breaking News

If supporters of Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget restrictions on tax breaks for buy to let landlords thought opposition would die off...
07 September 2015
From: Breaking News

A firm of specialist solicitors claims that one in five landlords say they will be “out of business due to government...
01 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The petition against the proposed tax changes outlined by Chancellor George Osborne in last month’s Budget has now achieved 20,000 signatures. This...
28 August 2015
From: Breaking News

A London letting agency is playing down the impact of Chancellor George Osborne’s proposed changes to buy to let tax breaks,...
18 August 2015
From: Breaking News

A petition to oppose the proposed change in buy to let landlords’ tax breaks is nearing the 14,000-signature mark - but...
18 August 2015
From: Breaking News

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...
17 August 2015
From: Breaking News

A new website - www.saynotogeorge.co.uk - has been set up as a nucleus for opposition to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposals to...
13 August 2015
From: Breaking News

A campaign group protesting against the government’s Budget proposal to limit the tax breaks for buy to let investors has been...
11 August 2015
From: Breaking News

New figures from a landlords’ organisation show that mortgage repayments are easily the biggest outgoing for a large proportion of landlords. The...
11 August 2015
From: Breaking News

An online petition demanding the reinstatement of buy to let landlords' tax breaks has broken the 10,000 signatures mark which means...
10 August 2015
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association has launched a new campaign ‘toolkit’ to enable opponents of the proposed buy to let tax changes...
10 August 2015
From: Breaking News

An online petition demanding the reversal of the revisions to buy to let landlords' tax breaks announced in the Budget last...
06 August 2015
From: Breaking News

A survey suggests that renters are worried that landlords who have to pay more tax as a result of changes in...
05 August 2015
From: Breaking News

An online petition demanding the reinstatement of buy to let landlords' tax breaks has so far attracted 6,300-plus signatures. The petition, which...
03 August 2015
From: Breaking News

A critic of the suggestion that buy to let landlords could set up companies to ‘beat’ the ending of tax breaks...
31 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Pressure group Generation Rent - a thorn in the side of many property professionals in recent years - has launched a...
31 July 2015
From: Breaking News

A letting agent is urging landlords to try to circumnavigate tax changes aimed at the buy to let sector by incorporating...
27 July 2015
From: Breaking News

More and more agents are witnessing increases in the cost of renting, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents. Its latest...
24 July 2015
From: Breaking News

A survey for a lettings organisation has confirmed the belief that the government’s removal of tax breaks on landlords will almost...
22 July 2015
From: Breaking News

HMRC has revealed the scope of its proposed changes to the wear and tear allowance, as announced in George Osborne’s Budget...
21 July 2015
From: Breaking News

An accountancy firm is warning that there are pitfalls in trying to avoid the higher taxation which will result from the...
20 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The independent Institute for Fiscal Studies has described the justification given by Chancellor George Osborne for curbing tax breaks for buy to...
14 July 2015
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s senior letting agents says the people likely to be hit hardest by changes of the buy to let...
13 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Changes announced to the amount of money ordinary home owners can secure, tax-free, from letting out rooms in their homes have...
13 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Chancellor George Osborne has announced that mortgage interest tax relief for buy-to-let homebuyers are to be restricted to basic rate of...
08 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Chancellor George Osborne has been warned that rents in the private rented sector could rise if he scraps the tax-deductible status...
08 July 2015
From: Breaking News

This week will see whether Chancellor George Osborne will give in to calls to close some of the tax breaks given...
06 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Debate over spending cuts and taxation is increasingly asking whether landlords should continue to receive an estimated £10 billion - or...
22 June 2015
From: Breaking News

This month has marked a real change in the way the private lettings sector is perceived - and it’s a perception...
19 June 2015
From: Features

The National Landlords Association says it is to lobby Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne on private rental sector tax issues...
21 May 2015
From: Breaking News

A financial adviser is warning that taking advantage of pension law changes and using a pension pot to buy a property...