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There’s been a lot of “over-dramatisation” around the likely targets for private rental properties to have improved energy efficiency, says a...

Self-Assessment taxpayers required to make advance payments towards bills are urged to pay before midnight on July 31 - tomorrow -...

Housing has been a priority since day one of the new Labour government, with its promised 1.5m new homes getting a good...

A council has warned so-called “evaders” that they are in its sights after forcing the sale of a property on which...

As July heats up, so does the pressure for many to meet critical financial deadlines.  James O’Brennan a finance expert from Federal...

As a homeowner in the UK, navigating the complex landscape of taxes and regulations enforced by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)...

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

Energy Performance Certificates can be riddled with inaccuracies and give unhelpful advice to property owners. That’s the view of consumer service...

Nigel Farage has pledged that his Reform UK party would reverse the Section 24 landlord tax changes within 100 days. Section 24...

The Labour-led government in Wales has issued a consultation proposing the abolition of Land Transaction Tax Multiple Dwelling Relief from June...

Landlords who paid Capital Gains Tax at 28% - before the Chancellor reduced it to 24% in this month’s Budget -...

Insurance experts claim there are new issues facing short-let landlords following Airbnb's worldwide ban on the use of security cameras inside...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help tnavigate legislative...

Property investment is a dynamic and diverse field, offering numerous opportunities for investors to grow their wealth. At Mortgage Scout, we...

An Airbnb survey first reported last week on Landlord Today has exploded into a national newspaper controversy. Airbnb claims that almost 80...

A leading lettings industry figure says politicians should have the repeal of Section 24 as a major priority. Section 24 removes a...

Trade bodies and short let landlords have made a last-ditch appeal to politicians to stop new rules which could see the...

Scores of portfolio landlords are incorporating their property portfolio as limited companies, which could save hundreds of thousands of pounds on...

Hawks Properties Limited has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to honour a compensation award. The agency - with...

The data from the 2021 to 2022 tax year reveals that it has been a bumper year for capital gains in...

An outspoken agent says he is seeing growing numbers of people renting in later life to reduce their inheritance tax liability. Trevor...

The priority for the majority of landlords is rental income that is paid on time, but there is also the priority...

Having insurance is a sensible way to protect yourself as a landlord against the financial cost of damage or liability claims....

Landlords have again become the focus of HMRC. The government department is currently using data from rent deposit schemes to assess...

The Section 24 parliamentary petition, seeking to persuade MPs to reinstate mortgage interest tax relief for landlords, has fallen far short...

Labour’s proposed reforms to the housing market “raise many questions”, a property industry figure claims. Under controversial plans put forward by party...

Rising numbers of landlords are likely to switch to specialising in holiday rentals and short-term lets in the months ahead, an...

A landlord has been prosecuted after construction and renovation waste from his rental property was found dumped in Cambridgeshire. The dumped rubbish...

The Section 24 parliamentary petition, seeking to persuade MPs to reinstate mortgage interest tax relief for landlords, is still struggling for...

The Housing Ombudsman has released its special investigation into Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, the social housing provider which supplied accommodation to Awaab...

A landlord has been prosecuted after construction and renovation waste from his rental property was found dumped in Cottenham. The dumped rubbish...

According to the most recent statistics there are 676,452 vacant properties in England, nearly half a million of which have been...

Analysis by professional cash buyer and portfolio landlord, LandlordBuyer (part of Open Property Group), has revealed what costs make up most...

For many years, investing in property has been seen as a way of obtaining “passive” income. Compared to other types of...

The relatively small number of landlords who use Purplebricks to handle tenants for their properties appear to face an uncertain future. The...

The government may already have dismissed it, but the petition wanting landlords to be able to offset mortgage interest against tax...

A petition signed by well over 28,000 and calling for the reversal of tax measures introduced to penalise landlords has been...

The petition to secure government action over the Section 24 tax issue affecting landlords has passed the 16,500 benchmark but has...

Landlords are being encouraged to sign a petition calling on the government to reverse the section 28 tax change which had...

Purplebricks has detailed the price it is paying for a lettings compliance blunder first spotted last year. It predicts that, at worst,...

Scottish landlords have been targeted with a raft of restrictive legislation in recent years but most are staying the course and...

If you are involved in property, it is important for tax purposes to be aware if your activities will be classed...

A buy to let company creation service claims a huge increase in the number of landlords seeking to incorporate. GetGround says its...

There’s been a drop in the proportion of landlord insurance claims actually paid out. Data from Total Landlord Insurance suggests that the...

Landlord insurance claims increased 13 per cent during the pandemic, with malicious tenant damage among the fastest growing causes of a...

More SME landlords are seeking advice about whether now is the right time to incorporate, before progressing plans to secure more...

HM Revenue & Customs has stepped back from a change in the deadline for first-time landlords to give notice of their...

With over 40 million Airbnb users across Europe and the US, and approximately 250,000 listings in the UK alone, the short-term...

Details have been released of a scheme seeking to encourage private landlords to lease their properties to local councils. The scheme in...

The Home Office has issued yet another update of its Right To Rent guidance for landlords and tenants. It advises them on...

New research from an insurer shows many renters are acutely vulnerable to financial loss due to unawareness of their liabilities. And a...

Tax experts have warned HMRC not to add to the burden of red tape already falling on landlords. The Chartered Institute of...

A Devon council is promoting a scheme to lease properties from private landlords to provide homes for those in need.  In exchange...

The government has issued new Right To Rent guidance for landlords. It makes only minor modifications to previous versions but the latest...

A new fixed-rate platform has been launched that says it will save landlords thousands of pounds in management fees. Rentd claims to...

With over 40m Airbnb users across Europe and the US, and approximately 250,000 listings in the UK alone, the short-term accommodation...

A plan to reform Income Tax Self-Assessment for individuals with income from property or self-employment has been panned by the Association...

A little-known law unearthed by a lettings agency may be bad news because it means some private renters are likely to...

Purplebricks has denied speculation that it’s selling off its rental division and moving landlord clients to a new agency.  A company statement...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget has made one small but welcome change to Capital Gains Tax.  For those selling UK residential property, including...

Landlords have frequently not had obligatory ID checks conducted on them by letting agents, an industry supplier is claiming.  Blinc UK says...

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 last year has been one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate, the here and now, in a...

A financial planner is advising landlords on how to minimise their current Capital Gains Tax liability ahead of possible change. Chancellor Rishi...

Increasing numbers of landlords are registering as limited companies to reduce their tax liability, an investment specialist claims.  Thirlmere Deacon says there’s...

A new survey suggests that one in five individual and multi-property landlords felt unprepared when they first started letting properties -...

Summer 2020 saw changes to the 30-day Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rule come into force and talk of a CGT increase...

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

With new regulations and rules now in place for landlords, our in-house property experts outline their 10 essential safety requirements for...

Redwood Bank has increased its average loan to buy-to-let landlords by 68% over the past 12 months.  The Hertfordshire-based challenger bank has...

From this month, HMRC has enacted legislation requiring UK residents to submit capital gains tax (CGT) returns, as well as pay any...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does it...

Landbay has achieved a rather impressive 200% growth in lending volumes over the past 12 months.  The buy-to-let lender reports that recent...

There will be further growth in portfolio and complex buy-to-let lending in 2020, Paragon predicts. There has been greater demand over the...

Britain has faced terrible flooding this year. Floods and other property emergency can take minutes to occur and years to remedy....

It’s impossible to ignore the recent boom of the short let market, as more and more buy-to-let owners opt to try...

Paragon has launched a new range of buy-to-let purchase and remortgage products for portfolio and non-portfolio landlords, with rates discounted for...

Assessing what constitutes fair wear and tear to a rental home is among the least understood areas of the lettings process,...

For most people, their properties are their most valuable asset. And for anyone with children, the consequence of not having made...

With the slump in house price growth in London slowing, a growing number of property investors believe that now is a...

The Conservative leadership frontrunner, Boris Johnson, has said it is time to consider switching stamp duty liability from the house buyer...

The next prime minister, Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt, will almost certainly face a housing crisis if the government does not...

It is estimated that around 33,000 properties across the UK may be unwittingly let illegally, according to research. A recent study exploring...

Buy-to-let landlords, property investors and second home owners are being urged to beware of a ‘dramatic change’ to the existing capital...

The tenant fee ban is new to most of the UK, but has been in place in Scotland since 2012. Advocates...

Paragon has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range for portfolio and non-portfolio landlords, with products including mortgages with no product fee, no...

There could soon be a sharp rise in the number of buy-to-let looking to sell up as a consequence of the...

Short-term letting providers, including landlords who list properties on Airbnb, are not adequately protected by major insurance providers, according to a...

Buy-to-let landlords believe that today’s Spring Statement provides the chancellor Philip Hammond with an opportunity to bolster activity in the buy-to-let...

Every little helps to boost Tesco sales, and yet Britain’s biggest retailer is not paying anywhere near as much tax as...

Who are you?  Paul Shamplina What does it say on your business card? Founder and Director of Landlord Action and Brand Ambassador of...

It may now be more than three months since thousands of households in Wales were faced with severe flooding in October...

Investors have long turned to residential property as a means of supplementing their income, supported by strong demand from tenants and...

Magellan Homeloans has extended its range of products with the launch of new buy-to-let mortgages. The new BTL mortgage products, which are...

Unpaid rent and rent arrears are a constant concern for landlords as they can cause major financial problems.   To help safeguard landlords...

The UK’s tourism sector is going from strength to strength with growing visits by foreigners in the country, and the increasing...

Paragon has expanded its buy-to-let mortgage offering in Scotland to include products for portfolio landlords. The new mortgage range is designed for landlords...

Young people, particularly students, are increasingly required to provide guarantors when they rent a property, ensuring that if they default on...

With the new tax year approaching, now is a good time to get your tax affairs up to date, and to...