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![Knight Frank warns Labour not to push Rental Reform too far](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Knight Frank says the incoming Labour government faces a potential clash between what is politically desirable and economically possible, in terms...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax - that’s why rents are rising so much](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Propertymark has given its view on why private rents have risen so much - 6.1% in England, 7.0% in Wales and...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![UK’s most lucrative locations for holiday let income](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/A%20surveyor's%20guide%20to%20finding%20a%20profitable%20HMO.jpg)
The Cotswolds is the most lucrative place in the UK to own a holiday let, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages. With annual...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Independent agency runs seminar series for new landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
Top tips will be provided for landlords in the private rental market in a seminar next month organised by high profile...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![How Knight Frank sees it - market update from research guru](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Furious at Permanent Rent Controls proposed by politicians](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning to Labour leader - no rent controls, yes to lower taxes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Nationwide demands four tax changes to help the private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Top%20tips%20property%20investment%20rent-calculation-1-400x310.png)
Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Wealthy tenants demand prime rental units ‘with highest spec’](/upload/images/shutterstock_1892708161.jpg)
A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Year Bounce - strong start to 2024 housing market says Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Seven Tips this lettings agency is giving its landlord clients](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents2-400x310.png)
Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Surveyors warn: Landlords can’t keep their heads above water](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Private landlords are abandoning their property portfolios in unprecedented numbers, a group of surveyors claims. The Manchester-based chartered surveyors and auctioneers -...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Changing face of Private Rental Sector revealed by new survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
A survey of more than 1,000 landlords in the Deposit Protection Service shows the scale of change in the private rental...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bidding Wars soar as tenants compete for dwindling supply](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
It’s claimed that as many as one in five tenants has lost out in a rental bidding war during the last...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents want tax reforms on top of pledge to avoid rent controls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Propertymark has welcomed the pledge by Housing Secretary Michael Gove not to introduce rent controls in England. The trade body says such...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage shock pushes agents into seeking government help for landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_424549657.jpg)
Propertymark has urged the government to tackle rising landlord costs immediately.The warning comes as new research suggests that landlords are spending...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour and Tory anti-landlord policies slammed by agency chief](/upload/images/Eviction.jpg)
A franchise network boss has sharply criticised both Labour and the Tories for their pro-tenant policies. Dominic Agace, chief executive of Winkworth,...
18 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Economists tell government - rental reform will backfire](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
A prominent group of economists has predicted the measures in the Renters Reform Bill will backfire on the government. Matthew Lesh, Director...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...
23 March 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
![Agent tells Gove: cease attacks on private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...
22 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent rises to halve by late 2023 says market analyst](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
Annual rent rises that are currently 10 per cent or more are likely to halve to “mid-single digits” according to a...
10 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Prominent agent slams Tories for damaging supply of homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FinanceCalculator-400x310.png)
The government must focus on measures in next week’s Budget that will boost significantly the supply of homes, according to lettings...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sign up to scrap tax changes hurting landlords - agents told](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
A letting agents’ trade body is urging the industry to sign a parliamentary petition calling for the Section 24 changes for...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![The top 5 things to prepare for when selling your business](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Atomic%20Consultancy/LucyN_Atomic_360x280.png)
Atomic Consultancy, the specialist acquisition management business, believes that 2023 is likely to present significant opportunities for those looking to sell...
10 February 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Tax on buy to lets and second homes up to 6% - will rest of UK follow suit?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TaxPlanning-400x310.png)
Land and Buildings Transaction Tax - the Scottish equivalent of stamp duty - has risen to six per cent for all...
16 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![CGT tax change - It could have been worse, say agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
Just about every agency that has commented on yesterday’s Autumn Statement are in agreement - changes to Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental Sector hit by surprise Capital Gains and Stamp Duty tax changes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his long-awaited Autumn Statement - the fiscal event which he says will lead to “all of...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Not all landlords are wealthy! Message to politicians and officials](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/WomanSavingMoney_400x310.png)
Propertymark’s head of policy and campaigns, Timothy Douglas, will explain how investment in the private rented sector can be better incentivised when...
28 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lettings market crisis laid bare by latest figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
New figures from property consultancy TwentyCi lay bare the challenges faced by the lettings sector. In the third quarter of 2022 new...
21 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenants getting first refusal as landlords quit rental sector](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Sad-Tenants-Evicted-400x310.jpg)
A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...
16 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent claims economy stacked against private tenants](/upload/images/Logos/GenerationRent-logo400x310.png)
The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of “stacking the economy against private renters who...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Reform tax, Beef up rogues database - Agents demand radical rental reforms](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rise in investor demand for properties to continue, predicts Zoopla](/upload/images/Logos/ZooplaNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty slashes size of buy to let sector claims agency](/img/default/lat.png)
The five years since the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes has led to a...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Is the private rental sector in retreat?](/img/default/lat.png)
A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests it was reducing in size for some years before the pandemic. Nationwide’s specialist...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Capital Gains Tax changes likely in autumn, not tomorrow - experts](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading tax expert is forecasting that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will duck making any changes to CGT in tomorrow’s Budget and...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency warns that landlords seriously worried by CGT threat](/img/default/lat.png)
An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers. Barrows and...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Renting off the hook? Government intervention shifts to ownership](/img/default/lat.png)
Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![It's Not On: Agents tell government new EPC targets can't be met](/img/default/lat.png)
New long-term targets for improving energy efficiency across the private rental sector simply are not realistic, the government has been warned. The...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![CGT Threat: Propertymark warns government not to hurt buy to let](/img/default/lat.png)
Propertymark is the latest industry body to warn the government against Capital Gains Tax changes that may disincentivise landlords. A joint statement...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investors won’t sell if CGT changes target buy to let - warning](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s a warning that buy to let investors will simply hold on to properties and not sell them if rumoured Capital...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Typical buy to let investor set to save almost £2k thanks to Sunak](/img/default/lat.png)
The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News
The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...
28 May 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Share of homes bought for buy to let plummets to record low](/img/default/lat.png)
The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Today’s The Day: multiple tax changes will hit the rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
It’s not just navigating a path through the Coronavirus crisis that is proving the value of letting agents - it’s their...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Half of buy to let investors considering selling - even before virus](/img/default/lat.png)
A survey of the buy to let market conducted by a bank before the latest acceleration in the Coronavirus outbreak suggests...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Lettings sector optimism on the rise, despite string of obstacles](/img/default/lat.png)
Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Too many Airbnb short lets? Blame government, says trade body](/img/default/lat.png)
The government is driving landlords into the short let sector according to a trade body. The Residential Landlords Association, responding to recent...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![New warning about imminent buy to let tax clampdown](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s a new warning today for buy to let investors who will be hit by tax changes coming into effect on...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stand by for rent rises in 2020, says leading franchise agency](/img/default/lat.png)
Almost three quarters of Belvoir’s lettings franchisees anticipate rent increases this year. In a survey of the franchise firm’s offices across the...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Government policy on rental sector is a failure says trade body](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has failed the private rental sector says the Residential Landlords Association. In a statement released even before the resignation of...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents tell government - scrap SDLT surcharge and reverse tax changes!](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![London’s lettings market mixed, according to high end agency](/img/default/lat.png)
Knight Frank has released its latest rental market summary for London, and it paints a mixed picture. Firstly the number of properties...
04 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Big drop in homes on lettings market, reports Zoopla](/img/default/lat.png)
New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Beware: New lettings laws being introduced in 2020](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![2020 and beyond set to be strong for buy to let market](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s been an upbeat prediction on the lettings market given by leading market commentator Lucian Cook, head of residential research at...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Complex buy to let investments set to become more popular next year](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Expect a new breed of buy to let investor in 2020, says top agency](/img/default/lat.png)
The Black Brick agency, which operates with high net worth clients, is forecasting that 2020 will see the arrival of a...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlord confidence still rock bottom according to yet another survey](/img/default/lat.png)
Another survey of private landlords show a majority feeling less confident about the market than they were three months ago. Last week...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tenants’ biggest election issue? Well, it’s not housing...](/img/default/lat.png)
One might have thought that if private rental tenants were as badly treated as some people suggest, housing would be their...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Battered and Bruised: but a few buy to let investors remain optimistic](/img/default/lat.png)
Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlords urged to prepare for ‘last straw’ in maintaining profitability](/img/default/lat.png)
Landlords must look at their finances as a range of tax changes continue to 'hit home', according to Apropos. The property management...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fifth of landlords have reduced their portfolios due to tax changes](/img/default/lat.png)
A fifth of buy-to-let landlords claim they have reduced the number of properties in their portfolios due to a range of...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency to survive the Fees Ban ‘as we charge less than our rivals’](/img/default/lat.png)
Franchise agency group Winkworth claims the lettings fee ban impact has been less severe on its agents than on other companies,...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tax changes prompt landlords exit and rents rising, says survey](/img/default/lat.png)
One in six landlords is seeking to reduce the size of their portfolio in the next 12 months and around half...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fees Ban Cash Crisis: letting agents expect to lose 30% of annual income](/img/default/lat.png)
The first ‘state of the industry’ report on the lettings agency sector since the introduction of the fees ban suggests individual...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rental sector suffering from government focus on home ownership](/img/default/lat.png)
Private tenants are being disadvantaged because of the government’s focus on boosting homeownership. According to the latest figures from the Royal Institution...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Surge in buy to let company purchases thanks to tax changes](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Landlords return to prime central London says top agency](/img/default/lat.png)
The supply of lettings property has begun to increase in higher price brackets in prime central London, leading rents to fall...
25 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Industry rages against Labour’s “laughable” rent control plan](/img/default/lat.png)
Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![One-in-eight buy to lets run by company landlords says Countrywide](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Tricky conditions mean agents need to impress professional landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
A rise in the number of professional landlords means letting agents need to ensure their service meets the expectations of experienced...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Buy to let mortgage choice for first time landlords hits record high](/img/default/lat.png)
The number of buy to let products for first time landlords has risen to an all-time high. Data from independent mortgage market...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Short lets: High-end agency talks up the advantages](/img/default/lat.png)
Despite criticism from some within the industry about the effects of short lets, the high-end agency Knight Frank has spoken of...
20 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Treasury does not understand basics of taxation, says damning report](/img/default/lat.png)
A damning report on taxation in the private rental sector (PRS) has accused the treasury of appearing not to understand 'the...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News
30 April 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Buy to let back in favour three years after SDLT surcharge, says agent](/img/default/lat.png)
Three years after the introduction of the second homes stamp duty surcharge, landlords are “beginning to come to terms with the...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlords pulling out help prime London market stay stable](/img/default/lat.png)
Latest lettings market data from high-end agency Knight Frank shows that average rents in prime central London rose 1.1 per cent...
01 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Think buy to let taxes are bad? They're even worse in Scotland...](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![2020 tax changes 'could accelerate buy to let sell-off' warning](/img/default/lat.png)
Changes to Capital Gains Tax which reach their full impact in the next 12 months could fuel property changing hands between...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rents grow in parts of prime London for first time in three years](/img/default/lat.png)
Data from Knight Frank shows that annual rental values actually grew in parts of prime outer London last month for the...
06 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlord hits out at agency's portrayal of buy to let tax clampdown](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading landlord has hit out at a lettings agency’s portrayal of buy to let tax changes. Rosalind Beck, a campaigning landlord...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![ARLA restates opposition to MIR changes as tax deadline looms](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding members of tax changes ahead - a timely intervention with the deadline for...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents ‘must add value for landlords’ if they want to survive 2019](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading PropTech entrepreneur says letting agents must provide value for their landlord clients through technology, transparency and service if they...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlords ARE quitting buy to let - but fewer than feared](/img/default/lat.png)
Research by franchise lettings agency company Belvoir suggests that landlords are continuing to exit the property market, although not at the...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![London lettings hit by surge in supply as tenant numbers fall back](/img/default/lat.png)
High end lettings agency Knight Frank says the proportion of properties listed for rent in prime London residential markets in October...
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Buy to let remains solid despite tax challenges, says lender](/img/default/lat.png)
The head of a buy to let specialist mortgage broker insists the sector remains a solid investment despite the slew of...
20 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Supply plummets in prime central London as landlords ‘forced’ to sell up](/img/default/lat.png)
The number of lettings listings in prime central London fell 18 per cent in the year to September, says Knight Frank. The...
13 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Growing fear of hidden threat to rental sector in Budget small print](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Higher tax bills lead to surge in buy to let remortgaging](/img/default/lat.png)
The proportion of buy to let investors looking to remortgage is now at an all-time high according to respected specialist mortgage...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Glimmer of hope: more improvements in London lettings market](/img/default/lat.png)
Knight Frank says the annual rental value growth has returned to prime central London due to declining supply levels - the...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - how and why rents will rise after buy to let tax changes](/img/default/lat.png)
New research has attempted to quantify the number and scale of rent rises that are likely to take place as landlords...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Lettings struggle in London sub-markets, Knight Frank figures show](/img/default/lat.png)
Three London lettings sub-markets performed relatively weakly according to data just released by Knight Frank. Wimbledon’s rental values fell 1.5 per cent...
27 September 2018
From: Breaking News
!['Very large clouds over rental sector' warns Emoov-owned agency](/img/default/lat.png)
The lettings director at Urban, the online agency recently snapped up by Emoov, says the rental market is faced with significant...
14 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Selling up? Almost half of landlords want out of buy-to-let](/img/default/lat.png)
A survey has revealed that 44% of landlords are looking to sell properties as a challenging market takes its toll. Octopus Choice,...
06 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tax changes are making London rents less affordable, says top agent](/img/default/lat.png)
A top London letting agent working for Knight Frank has commented on the 'irony' that the government's series of tax changes...
31 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tax changes lead to big fall in overseas-based buy to let investors](/img/default/lat.png)
The proportion of landlords of British buy to let properties who are themselves based overseas has fallen to a record low...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Hope for central London as rents rise for second successive month](/img/default/lat.png)
Data from Knight Frank’s lettings division suggests that rents in the troubled Prime Central London area have risen for the second...