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A property firm has branded the current council tax rules for holiday homes “a mess” and says local and national government...

Another slew of buy to let lenders have slashed rates on their products as competition for landlords hots up further. A statement...

“When it comes to housing policy, there is little difference between the two major parties” says Aneisha Beveridge, head of research...

More landlords predict Scotland will attract the most residential property investment outside of London and the South East in the next...

A politician is claiming that second home council tax premiums, where owners pay up to double the normal rate, is resulting...

Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...

Nearly a third of landlords predict that the retail sector will see the highest level of negative growth over the next...

Media outlets in Scotland are reporting that Edinburgh council is considering charging short let landlords for bin collections. The plans are to be...

A landlord who was involved in a decade-long dispute with a London council has been hit with a £1.44 million penalty...

Mohammed Sharaz, a landlord from Bradford, recently seized an opportunity to enhance his property portfolio after Wildstone acquired the gable end...

If you're thinking of investing in a holiday home this year, there can be a lot to consider. From gathering insight to...

Some local authorities are quick to criticise private landlords for trying to avoid rent arrears but it appears councils themselves have...

Airbnb has taken further steps to get in the good books of HMRC by issuing a guide on tax for its...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry.  The Local Housing Allowance is...

The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act received Royal Assent last month, meaning a major new piece of legislation has now entered the...

“Huge numbers” of small family-run holiday lettings businesses in Wales are selling up because of new restrictions and large tax hikes. New...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who wants the government to give him the powers to impose rent controls, is now demanding licensing...

A long-standing and respected property firm has slammed the government for presiding over the “mess” of taxes applied to holiday lets...

The government’s Valuation Office Agency has set out the eligibility rules which now  apply to self-catering properties in England and Wales. Properties...

The British Property Federation is calling on the government to use next week’s Budget to zero-rate VAT on work which allows...

Campaigners behind the National Empty Homes Week - running until March 5 - are accusing some second home owners of “flipping”...

The Valuation Office Agency has issued a reminder that changes to eligibility rules for self-catering properties will come into effect from...

There are now 173 more mortgage options on the market for holiday let landlords than there were just three months ago,...

The government is considering making home owners apply for planning consent if they wish to use a property for holiday lets. The...

A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...

An insurance chief with expertise in the holiday lets sector has stood up for owners who let their properties to holidaymakers...

The Welsh Government has announced an increase to the maximum level of council tax premiums for second homes, as well as...

Covid-19 has upended most industries, at least for a short while, over the past two years. But the tourism sector has...

An MP has lobbied Chancellor Rishi Sunak about what he calls “tax avoiding absentee landlords” who have moved into the holiday...

A tourism chief has stood up in favour of closing what the government calls a tax loophole for landlords letting out...

Landlords who let out holiday properties as businesses may have to fork out as much as £1,000 more per year as...

Residential landlords need no reminding of the restrictions that have prevented possessions for substantial periods during the pandemic. Nor do they...

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

This week’s Budget saw the Chancellor loosen the Treasury’s purse strings in a number of areas.  Yet this was a quiet Autumn...

The head of a building body says landlords and home owners need a replacement for the defunct Green Homes Grant to...

A Labour councillor in the Lake District says second home owners who let their properties should be obliged to pay five...

The leader of a council in one of the areas of the UK with the highest number of Airbnb-style short lets...

The closing of a tax loophole which allow some owners of holiday lets to avoid paying council tax does not go...

The government’s much-hyped ‘tax day’ yesterday had - by comment consent - an underwhelming impact on the property sector. However, one tax...

The government’s latest extension for the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions - taking it up until the end of May - is...

This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...

Landlords currently buying properties and concerned they may not make the March 31 stamp duty holiday deadline have good news -...

There’s been renewed media spotlight on landlords who register their holiday lets as businesses, and can thus claim a key grant. The...

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devasting impact on the short-term let industry, with nearly all those short-letting their property seeing the...

The growing housing crisis in London is forcing employees to quit their jobs and making it harder for firms to recruit...

Buy-to-let landlords in Scotland should not be permitted to use Airbnb, and equivalent websites, to rent out their properties for longer...

Daniel Stern explains the risks associated with leasing commercial property and how to best mitigate against them.  Given that tax relief on...

Students are currently exempt from paying council tax and student accommodation is currently exempt from business rates, but that could soon...