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From July 1 most privately rented properties in Lewisham, south London, will need a property licence.  With one in four households in...

The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...

A local authority in London is to buy back over 300 properties it built and sold off years ago under Right...

A long-standing tax consultancy has raised the spectre of too much Stamp Duty ha wing been paid thanks to mistakes made...

A Tory MP representing a popular tourist area has attacked the proliferation of short lets, and wants a “locals first” policy...

A building society that last summer scrapped all lending on some holiday homes has now come up with another unusual policy...

Landlords of Airbnbs and other short-lets risk facing penalties for tax evasion if they fail to report income on their rental...

A holiday lettings agency has taken the unusual step of speaking out in favour of higher council tax for second home...

The latest Liz Truss U-turn will mean landlords are burdened with a large rise in corporation tax from next April. The announcement...

A prominent supporter of landlords has accused Labour and nationalist politicians of making the supply shortage of private rental properties in...

A building society will no longer lend for the purchase of second homes, saying they reduce the stock available for first...

A Conservative MP who has already suggested a 25 mile limit around some rental properties to reserve them for people with...

New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...

Taxes on buy to let investment are fuelling a supply crisis, hiking rents and making homeownership more difficult to afford. That’s the...

A government housing minister has confirmed to the House of Lords that a new tax regime for Airbnb hosts and holiday...

A new league table of rental yields available to landlords has been drawn up by PropTech company Inventory Base. It’s examined government...

The private rental sector is in slow retreat according to a new analysis by Nationwide-owned specialist lender, The Mortgage Works. Nationwide chief...

Hundreds of landlords and property professionals say their national economic contribution is under-appreciated and inadequately supported. Landlords have hit out at a lack...

Tax experts at specialist landlord accountancy firm Gorilla Accounting are giving the sector fresh advice on minimising CGT liability when selling...

Now is potentially a good time for buy-to-let landlords to become limited companies, according to accountancy firm MJ Bushell.  Property tax specialists...

Labour has criticised the government’s decision to introduce a stamp duty holiday, claiming it offers a “huge bung” to those buying...

The government’s decision to temporarily increase the stamp duty threshold to £500,000 for property sales in England and Northern Ireland, until...

The chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce tomorrow changes to the levels of stamp duty paid on properties in England, but...

The government should aim to stimulate housing market activity post-lockdown by abolishing the 3% stamp duty surcharge for buy-to-let landlords buying...

There has been a significant drop in the proportion of annual sales to buy-to-let landlords as measured by Hamptons International.  The estate...

Rishi Sunak's first Budget included new taxes for overseas property buyers, funding to remove unsafe cladding, fresh funds to support the...

The latest data demonstrates the failure of government policy for the private rented sector, which in turn is having an adverse...

The UK could be heading for a rental crisis, with experts dreading the prospect of a chronic property shortage in the...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has compiled a manifesto that it hopes all political parties will take note of ahead of...

Buy-to-let landlords could soon be required to pay more money in capital gains tax (CGT) under new proposals put forward by...

The buy-to-let boom over the past 20 years has contributed significantly to the number of people who own second homes. More than...

A number of landlords who use short-term holiday rental sites are reinvesting their earnings in refurbishment work helping to provide much...

Philip Hammond has once again failed to reverse the previous chancellor George Osborne’s deeply unpopular tax reforms that have had far-reaching...

The reversal of controversial alterations to mortgage interest relief and the scrapping of the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional properties understandably...

Proposals drawn up by Conservative think tank Onward to allow existing buy-to-let properties to be eligible for 100% capital gains tax...

A new guide to help brokers navigate recent and upcoming tax changes with their landlord clients’ has been launched by Accord...

The number of tenants experiencing rent hikes in August increased to an all-time high of 40%, up from 31% a month...

An online petition calling for buy-to-let tax relief changes to be reversed has received almost 16,500 signatures. Buy-to-let landlord and property investment...

The government has responded to a petition calling on the reintroduction of full mortgage interest relief and the scrapping of the...

Landlords continue to feel the pinch after the latest phase of the government crackdown on buy-to-let came into effect last month,...

As the National Landlord Investment Show prepares to celebrate its fifth anniversary at Aston Villa Football Club on Wednesday May 16th,...

The phasing out of mortgage interest relief and tougher mortgage lending conditions contributed to what was a rather difficult 2017 for...

It is currently a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government prompting concern that...

With almost a quarter of existing buy-to-let landlords thinking about exiting the private rented sector and many more planning to increase...

It is currently a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government prompting concern that...

Private landlords are being advised to adopt a more professional approach when it comes to managing their property portfolio, after new...

The number of properties coming on to the private rental market continues to fall, driving up rents across many parts of...

The number of buy-to-let landlords registering to buy property fell last month by 3.7% in England and Wales compared with the...

There has been a significant increase in the number of people investing in the buy-to-let sector for the first time over...

It is a currently a challenging time for buy-to-let landlords, following a raft of changes introduced by the government which are...

The past year has been a challenging time for landlords, following a raft of changes introduced by the government, prompting concern...

Philip Hammond’s failure to reverse the previous chancellor George Osborne’s deeply unpopular tax reforms will have far-reaching implications for the buy-to-let...

Post Office Money has launched a new range of buy-to-let mortgages aimed at those buying their first rental property or already...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is urging the government to reconsider pending taxation changes announced by the now former chancellor George...

Tax changes and more stringent mortgage lending conditions will sound the death knell for small buy-to-let landlords, according to Britain’s largest...

Buy-to-let landlords who scrambled to acquire homes earlier this year are beginning to rent them out or now looking to re-let...

Buy-to-let valuation instructions have dropped sharply since the stamp duty surcharge was introduced on additional properties – and now the government’s...

A quarter of all residential properties acquired in the summer were either a buy-to-let investment or a second home, fresh data...

The chancellor Philip Hammond is being urged to reverse George Osborne’s outright assault on buy-to-let by scrapping the 3% stamp duty...

The first figures following the introduction of the stamp duty surcharge for buy-to-let landlords and second homebuyers have been released by...

The new lending criteria proposals for underwriting standards for future buy-to-let mortgage contracts put forward by the Prudential Regulatory Authority's (PRA)...

The North West of England tops the charts as the best place to invest for high annual rental yields, whereas the...

Scottish finance minister John Swinney is to introduce a 3% surcharge on the full purchase price of all ‘additional properties –...