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HM Revenue & Customs officers are paying short-notice visits on letting and estate agents to check on their anti-money laundering compliance,...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News

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

The government says it’s finalising plans for a new tax regime to apply to additional homes, and in particular those used...
09 November 2021
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The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...
14 October 2021
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ARLA Propertymark is calling on the government to properly fund local authorities so they can combat rogue operators in the private...
08 October 2021
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The lettings agents’ group Propertymark has told Chancellor Rishi Sunak that unless the private rented sector is overhauled many landlords will...
07 October 2021
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Baroness Alicia Kennedy has accused the government of hypocrisy over its diverging approach to evictions for commercial and residential tenants. On Wednesday...
18 June 2021
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The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...
17 June 2021
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The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...
16 June 2021
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There are just two weeks left for letting agents to register with HM Revenue & Customs if they want to be...
27 May 2021
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The government has admitted that “hundreds of thousands” of people will use the new Breathing Space system, during which they cannot...
05 May 2021
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Letting agency My Property Box is moving into property sales as part of a significant expansion of its business. The decision follows...
07 April 2021
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The lettings sector is giving a sigh of relief at the absence of any change to Capital Gains Tax by HM Treasury. CGT...
24 March 2021
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A leading PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...
23 February 2021
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ARLA Propertymark has reiterated its demand for the government to give financial support to the private rental sector. In its submission to...
08 February 2021
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A prominent agent and industry commentator says the threat of higher Capital Gains Tax risks forcing yet more investors to quit...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark says there has been a breakthrough on the banking clampdown on pooled client accounts - a pain in the...
10 September 2020
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Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...
05 August 2020
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The National Residential Landlords Association is giving the thumbs up to the government’s Green Homes Grant, which it claims has taken...
05 August 2020
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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
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...
15 July 2020
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ARLA Propertymark has set out its concerns over draft guidance on anti-money laundering produced by a body called the Joint Money...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A trade group’s submission to the Treasury ahead of next month’s Budget includes a call for the new Chancellor to slash...
18 February 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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[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...
06 December 2019
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A damning report on taxation in the private rental sector (PRS) has accused the treasury of appearing not to understand 'the...
10 May 2019
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Income tax paid by buy to let landlords now exceeds £3.8 billion annually – that’s more than double Tesco’s entire annual...
12 March 2019
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A newspaper claims landlords who ‘game’ the current tax regime for short term lets and lodging may be in the firing...
15 October 2018
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There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...
09 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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Reports have emerged this week that the government is planning a U-turn on its proposals to introduce mandatory three-year minimum tenancies...
06 September 2018
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The government should be more ambitious when it comes to ensuring the private rented sector becomes increasingly energy efficient. That’s the message...
08 August 2018
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A newspaper in warning that the beleaguered buy to let sector may be under attack yet again with the government considering...
06 August 2018
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The government has suggested that it is at least considering changing the terms of its Rent A Room system which could...
10 July 2018
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A prominent PropTech startup is questioning whether long-term tenants need to go through the traditional referencing process when moving between rental...
07 June 2018
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The government has responded to a petition calling for it to abolish the 3% stamp duty surcharge and reintroduce full buy-to-let...
29 May 2018
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11 May 2018
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The government says that later this year it will allocate a further £1.4m to PropTech firms looking at how tenants’ rent...
21 March 2018
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An agency operating in London and Essex has launched an online petition to oppose the ban on credit and debit card...
17 January 2018
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The Treasury has confirmed to Letting Agent Today that the ban on credit card surcharges which came into effect in recent...
16 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 trade body says the expanding Build To Rent sector will never be large enough to meet tenant demand and as...
28 September 2017
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The National Landlords’ Association appears to be first off the starting blocks with its submission to government ahead of the next...
25 September 2017
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Now you have a rare opportunity to tell Phillip Hammond and Treasury civil servants exactly where they are going wrong with...
23 August 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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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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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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As the new restrictions on landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief come into effect this week, ARLA Propertymark has restated its objections...
04 April 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is keeping up its campaign against a ban on agents’ fees in England by showing...
29 March 2017
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Chancellor Phillip Hammond has introduced no new property taxes in his Spring Budget - but a clampdown on those setting up...
08 March 2017
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The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is writing to the Office for Budget Responsibility asking it to provide clarification on controversial tax...
07 March 2017
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The Chartered Institute of Housing wants the government to introduce a raft of new measures including significantly greater regulation of letting...
21 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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The National Landlords Association is making only three demands on the government for its next Budget, because it recognises further reforms...
27 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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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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There is a new warning from the Bank of England suggesting that - despite all the recent measures aimed against buy...
02 December 2016
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The Financial Times reports that the Bank of England is questioning buy to let mortgage lenders and banks as part of...
29 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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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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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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Labour’s respected housing expert, John Healey, is now back on the front bench as the party’s housing spokesman after a spat...
11 October 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 Residential Landlords Association is asking the Welsh Assembly to scrap the three per cent stamp duty surcharge imposed on buy...
20 July 2016
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There has been another high-level prediction that mortgage lending for buy to let investors is likely to be restricted further in the...
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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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 people behind the campaign to seek a judicial review of the buy to let tax changes proposed by Chancellor George...
06 April 2016
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The Bank of England has released new buy to let mortgage underwriting standards which are expected to set out stricter borrowing...
29 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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A Conservative peer has criticised the government's ongoing attacks on the private lettings industry saying that the Cameron administration should be...
18 March 2016
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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
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Agents acting for landlords replacing furniture and other domestic items in homes to let should be given detailed guidance from the...
23 February 2016
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Returns from buy to let properties have risen to their highest level in over a year. Data from Your Move and Reeds...
19 February 2016
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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
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The Residential Landlords Association is warning private investors not to be lured by firms offering schemes which allegedly promise to help...
09 February 2016
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Bank of England governor Mark Carney has again spoken out about possible “threats” to the economy posed by the increase in...
27 January 2016
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Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed out of hand appeals and comments from Letting Agent Today readers to reconsider the recent...
25 January 2016
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A leading tax expert says there are likely to be unintended consequences of what he calls “half-cocked legislation” bringing in additional...
22 January 2016
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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
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A Conservative peer and former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury has become the first senior Tory to speak out against...
06 January 2016
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Treasury proposals to hand greater powers to the Bank of England to make access to buy to let lending harder risks...
21 December 2015
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Hunters Estate Agents have taken the unusual step for a public company of criticising the government - in this case over...
18 December 2015
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The buy to let market has experienced annual growth of no less than 26 per cent between November 2014 and last...
11 December 2015
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George Osborne has announced a shock additional 3.0 per cent stamp duty on second homes and buy to let properties. Details are...
25 November 2015
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The head of a landlords’ association has warned the Conservative government not to demonise buy to let investors who typically have...
16 November 2015
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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
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The Council for Mortgage Lenders is warning the government not to interfere with the Buy To Let sector in such a...