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Informed reports in the housing and mainstream media suggest that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to announce higher social housing rents,...

The Labour manifesto has made no mention of Capital Gains Tax, and while Sir Kier Starmer has ruled out many mainstream...

Increasing the supply of homes for private rent would boost government finances by £10 billion, says the National Residential Landlords Association. The...

I recently attended the NRLA’s annual conference in Birmingham and a theme that still dominates discussion in the industry is the...

The latest rent rise figure produced by the government has triggered an angry response from one of Britain’s top agents. Greg Tsuman,...

Successive Chancellors (we’re looking at you Gordon Brown and George Osborne) have monkeyed around with the market as if it was...

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker says the government must help landlords with mortgage costs, as well as owner occupiers...

Landlord Today receives a number of unsolicited contributions from readers. These are always welcome but few are as well argued and...

Tax changes in the private rented sector have contributed to the loss of £1.5 billion in Treasury revenue, according to a...

I think 2022 can be summarised as ‘unsettling’ to say the least. With three prime ministers in less than six months,...

The changes to Mortgage Interest Tax Relief and impact on your wallet Before April 2017 landlords with a mortgage on their buy-to-let...

When 2020 began one of the biggest issues most landlords faced was the ending of tax relief introduced over four years...

The Government should consider postponing upcoming tax changes because of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to Apropos by DJ Alexander.  The property management...

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

Buy-to-let landlords are demanding change in next week’s Scottish Budget to help ensure rental price growth eases.  The number of tenants experiencing...

There has been a notable drop in the number of private landlords letting to tenants in receipt of local housing allowance...

Around 900,000 people across the UK could see their housing benefit payments increase by around £120 a year from April after...

Buy-to-let is no longer a viable investment opportunity for many landlords due to the upcoming changes facing the market, according to...

To say that the buy-to-let sector has had a tough time of it in recent years would be one hell of...

Whether you’re a first-time landlord or an experienced one, there are frequent regulatory changes in the buy-to-let sector that you will...

Landlords’ confidence in the buy-to-let sector has collapsed, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA). Confidence in landlords’ business expectations has tumbled...

The majority of landlords in the UK’s private rented sector do not believe that new Prime Minister Boris Johnson has a...

The Tory leadership contest is well underway with just two candidates - Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt - left in the...

There has been a significant rise in the number of landlords re-entering the buy-to-let market after coming to terms with the...

Buy-to-let landlords in Scotland will face higher tax bills than their English counterparts from today, according to leading accountants and business...

Former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith has criticised policies of former Conservative chancellor George Osborne with regard to housing. Speaking at...

Philip Hammond is once again being urged to reverse the previous chancellor George Osborne’s deeply unpopular tax reforms as they are...

It’s now three years since the then Conservative Chancellor George Osborne introduced a series of measures aimed, principally, at cooling the...

UK rents are expected to increase by 7.5% over the next three years, as the supply of rental accommodation dwindles while...

Draconian tax changes applying to buy-to-let investors will leave many private landlords with little alternative but to evict tenants and sell...

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

As the Chancellor prepares for today’s Autumn Budget, more residential taxes are widely mooted to be introduced, according to various experts. The...

Buy-to-let landlords could face another stamp duty rate hike in the Autumn Budget to further curb the acquisition of second homes. The...

Buy-to-let landlords are having an adverse impact on home ownership, according to new research. Fresh analysis by Onward suggests that the government...

Rent hikes are inevitable unless the government reverses tax changes for landlords, it has been claimed.  Tenants face paying an average of £23 a...

From a landlord’s perspective, it has been a tough couple of years, with a raft of changes designed to bring the...

Wealthy foreigners are prepared to spend up to £50,000 a week renting luxury homes in London, and this now risks sending...

Over half of private landlords plan to sell some of their buy-to-let properties this year, it has been claimed. Some 54% of landlords...

The majority of UK landlords did not set out to create significant property businesses and, even today, about half (49.7%) of...

The market in London started to slow about three years ago, with property prices at the upper to high end of...

Chancellor Philip Hammond has been slammed by Belvoir for failing to address taxes on buy-to-let landlords imposed by his predecessor George...

The Chancellor Philip Hammond should scrap stamp duty because it would encourage more buy-to-let landlords to invest in the private rented...

Buy-to-let landlords and property enthusiasts will descend on the Olympia Conference Centre in London today where they will be able to...

A growing number of landlords are turning to corporate structures in an effort to reduce tax liability and avoid stringent new...

The scare tactics adopted by the government to keep Britain in the EU ahead of last year’s Brexit referendum saw the...

Rental yields remain steady, and yet many buy-to-let landlords are losing confidence in their ability to rely on rental income, a...

Many buy-to-let landlords will undoubtedly commend former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith for slamming anti-buy-to-let legislation introduced by the former chancellor...

The government yesterday announced a U-turn on the extent of the 'Making Tax Digital' requirements, and the move has been warmly...

Given that Britain will soon have one of the toughest tax regimes for private landlords in the western world once mortgage...

The government’s decision to increase taxes for landlords over the past 18 months or so have been described as ‘profoundly wrongheaded’...

Since the twin onslaughts of George Osborne’s Section 24 tax raid and the wholly unfounded negative hype surrounding Brexit, the talk...

There has been a sharp rise in the number of landlords using limited companies to manage their buy-to-let portfolios as a...

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...

The government’s decision to introduce a raft of changes, including buy-to-let tax hikes, to create what the former chancellor George Osborne...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is urging landlords to lobby their local MP over taxation changes announced by the now former...

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

Paragon Bank witnessed a sharp decline in its buy-to-let lending in the final quarter last year following the introduction of more...

The prime rental market in the capital has benefitted from the sales slowdown, with greater stock and more people needing to...

An increasing number of buy-to-let landlords are looking to overcome recent government interventions in the market by acquiring property via limited...

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

There has been a sharp decline in the volume of buy-to-let transactions following the government’s outright assault on buy-to-let landlords, according...

Stamp duty should be coughed up by those selling their home rather than purchasers as this would boost property transactions, while...

Buy-to-let landlords have been left disappointed at the 'missed opportunity' in the Autumn Statement to support those that invest in the...

The Bank of England will be granted new powers by the government to regulate mortgages used by small buy-to-let landlords to...

A significant number of buy-to-let landlords are planning to increase their property portfolios over the next few years, according to research...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) continues to urge landlords to lobby the government over taxation changes announced by the now former...

From a landlord’s perspective, it has been a tough year, with a raft of changes designed to bring the booming housing...

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

Buy-to-let landlords may have failed in their legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set to be...

Our new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, looks like a considered man and one hopes that he will be able to ‘kick away’...

As the UK prepares to change the way landlords are taxed by scrapping the existing rules that permit them to offset all...

Lord Flight, a former Conservative Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has once again slammed his own party’s buy-to-let tax changes,...

From a landlord’s perspective, it has been a tough year, with a raft of changes designed to bring the booming housing...

Buy-to-let landlords may have failed last week in their legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set...

Landlords represented by Cherie Blair have failed in their legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set...

Many tenants renting privately are likely to be hit with rent hikes following recent changes to the tax regime for landlords,...

Landlords fighting to prevent punitive tax relief changes for buy-to-let income being introduced in April 2017 are ‘hopeful’ that a hearing...

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

Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...

The Society of Mortgage Professionals (SMP) has announced that it will deliver a CPD event programme dedicated to buy-to-let following the...

The UK’s largest private landlord has sold almost half of his entire portfolio of around 900 residential properties, according to the...

Buy-to-let activity surged in August despite the various economic and political challenges that the sector has faced recently, fresh research shows. Despite the...

The government could go a long way towards boosting the stock of properties available for sale, which remains close to record...

Kevin Hollinrake, the Conservative MP and co-founder of Hunters estate agents, has tabled an amendment to the Finance Bill calling for...

Landlords fighting to prevent punitive tax relief changes for buy-to-let landlords being introduced next year will get their day in court,...

The head of the UK's largest property franchise group has called on the new Housing Minister, Gavin Barwell, to reverse 'punitive...

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

New Prime Minister Theresa May will undoubtedly have a number of things to do on her to-do list, but among the...

For many people buy-to-let has been an attractive income investment at a time of low saving rates and stock market volatility....

Annual rental value growth in prime central London continued to fall in June, down 3%, despite a rise in the level...

Private landlords are being forced to increase rents just to have a chance of meeting their mortgage obligations and other costs,...

Landlords are increasingly expected to exploit a loophole in the law that allows them to avoid the Chancellor George Osborne’s hefty, punitive...

An MP has spoken out in favour of buy-to-let landlords by insisting that they should never have been denied a tax...

One of the UK’s largest and most controversial private landlords has seen his attempts to sell his entire portfolio of around...

Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...

There is no need for landlords to panic following Britain’s decision to exit the European Union, according to the National Landlords...

With just hours remaining until the polls close, the outcome of the EU referendum is too close to call. The sense of...

Thousands of landlords will be forced to sell up over the next couple of years amid Chancellor George Osborne’s tax hikes...

The government’s intention to reform rental deposits has been broadly welcomed, but one letting agent believes that they should be abolished altogether. The...

Despite the chancellor George Osborne’s attempts to create what he described as a “level playing field” between landlords and those buying...