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The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...

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

Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...

* This piece is written jointly by Richard Rowntree (Managing Director, Paragon Bank) and Ben Beadle (Chief Executive of the National...

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

There wasn’t much by way of good news in the Spring Budget for landlords and property investors last month. Although some rumours...

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on migrating away from the emergency rent controls introduced in September 2022 and extended...

The government should tax property ‘hoarders’ cashing in on the UK housing market says a left-leaning think tank. A report by the New Economics...

The head of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker has split from almost all of the industry by saying the...

New research has come to a conclusion that will surprise few - that landlords today are twice as likely to be...

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

Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...

.The National Residential Landlords Association has called for a full review of how landlords and the private rental sector are taxed. In...

A Conservative MP is calling on the government to help landlords boost rental supply by reforming taxation. Andrew Lewer, Conservative MP for...

Investment buyers will snap up a higher proportion of homes in 2022 than they did in 2021, the Hamptons agency forecasts.   So...

A prominent Conservative has described as “infuriating and saddening” the fact that so many Millennials are stuck renting and cannot afford...

It’s disappointing to say, but once again the rhetoric from both the Labour and Conservative party conferences towards the private rented...

The new Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke for only 25 minutes but effectively turned the recent history of British tax policy...

The new Chancellor is about to unveil his strategy for growth - but for now at least the government appears hugely...

The lettings agency chain Winkworth says the attraction of buy to let is waning for both institutional and individual investors. This is...

Amateur landlords have fallen out of favour. Buy-to-let properties – once the darling of budding investors looking for stable, long-term returns...

New figures released this morning show that buy to let investors and second home buyers now pay almost half of the...

New research shows that, since 2016, the average stamp duty payment on buy to let homes has increased by £11,848 in...

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

Landlords are being hit with more stamp duty as they expand their portfolios, thanks to the house price surge pushing homes...

The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016 - but...

The government could benefit to the tune of £10 billion and the rental market could have soaring supply if stamp duty...

Buy-to-let lending hit its highest ever level last year, spurred on by record levels of tenant demand, the Stamp Duty Holiday...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer and more transparent - but...

Bromsgrove is a classic rental market. The Worcestershire market town is enveloped by green space but is just a thirty-minute commute...

The majority of the buy to let community want the name ‘landlord’ dropped and replaced by something like ‘small housing provider’ That’s...

In recent years, letting property has become more challenging due to a range of tax and regulation changes and since March...

The demise of the buy to let market has been much predicted over recent years. Major tax changes, a three per...

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

It now appears that landlords had a narrow escape with this week’s Budget. The Daily Telegraph has discovered that a report by...

Relatively few landlords were persuaded to take advantage of the stamp duty holiday according to analysis by the lettings agency Hamptons.  The...

A lettings agency estimates that the number of overseas landlords owning property in the UK has hit a five-year high -...

The National Residential Landlords Association is calling on the Chancellor to scrap the three per cent stamp duty levy on the...

On top of the rush to beat the stamp duty holiday deadline and changes to Help To Buy - both with cliff...

New research suggests there’s been a rush amongst landlords to set up companies through which to manage or purchase buy to...

No fewer than 15 per cent of all sales agreed in November went to landlords, the highest figure for four years. The data...

A tax specialist says the HMRC has amended its guidance on stamp duty in such a way as to suggest many...

A growing number of international property investors are expected to increase their presence in the UK buy-to-let market over the next...

A growing number of buy-to-let investors are heading north for better returns, according to Hamptons International. But while investor demand for property...

Rishi Sunak is being urged not to increase capital gains tax, as part of the government’s attempts to claw back the...

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

The buy-to-let market has been impacted by tax rule changes in recent years, and as a result landlords have been unable...

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...

Despite the growing concern amid the coronavirus pandemic, international property investors are expected to increase their presence in the UK buy-to-let...

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

The Guild of Property Professionals is calling on the new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to use his Budget speech, which will take...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) and the National Landlords Association (NLA) are calling on the new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to use...

After two elections and three years of intense debate and hostility, the general election in December seemed to offer the political...

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

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

There was a significant fall in lending to buy-to-let landlords, according to the latest data from UK Finance.  The figures show that...

The proportion of homes let in this country by overseas-based landlords has increased, new figures show. The latest data from Hamptons International,...

Howsy has issued a stark warning over the health of the UK’s private rented sector as tax and regulation changes continue...

A number of landlords would not currently consider investing in the buy-to-let sector as a consequence of buy-to-let tax and legislative...

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...

Boris Johnson is being to urged to do more to support investment in the private rented sector, as research shows that...

Some 12% of properties in the private rented sector are now owned by a company as tax changes make private landlords...

Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson, the two men competing to become the next Conservative Party leader, are being to urged to...

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

Primas Law is urging landlords and property developers to seek legal advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties...

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

There has been a sharp decline in the number of buy-to-let landlords investing in the capital’s property market since the 3%...

HMRC could soon be flooded with stamp duty surcharge refund requests from buy-to-let investors following a potential precedent set at a...

The chancellor Philip Hammond has once again failed to deliver for private landlords, with yesterday’s rather low-key Spring Statement yet another...

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...

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

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

There was bad news for buy-to-let landlords in Scotland yesterday when the Scottish Finance Secretary Derek Mackay proposed a 1% hike...

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

Letting a home can be an intimidating task if you’re doing it for the first time. You may have deliberately entered...

Having ignored calls to stop punishing landlords and rethink its stamp duty attack on the buy-to-let sector, along with the phasing out of mortgage...

Even though the most recent Budget offered some welcome relief for landlords and the buy-to-let sector as a whole, there are...

Buy-to-let is a lot tougher than it once was. Landlords’ returns have been squeezed by the introduction of the 3% stamp duty...

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...

Buy-to-let investors spent £12.1bn on new buy-to-let purchases during the first half of 2018, down 30% on three years ago, fresh...

The price of small properties across many parts of the country has dropped largely because landlord purchases are down, offering fresh...

Philip Hammond is coming under increasing pressure to reverse draconian tax changes applying to buy-to-let landlords. A number of landlords have been...

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

Philip Hammond is being urged to use his Autumn Budget, which will take place on 29 October, to support investment in...

TSB has cut rates on selected two-, three- and five-year fixed rate buy-to-let purchase and remortgage products. Two-year fixed rates between 60%...

The number of buy-to-let landlords acquiring new properties continues to tumble as recent tax changes bite, but property remains a viable...

Tax and regulation changes continue to have an adverse impact on the buy-to-let market, with the value of mortgages taken out...

Landlords are selling close to 4,000 buy-to-let properties a month resulting in the first recorded fall in the number of rental...

The attraction of buy-to-let is starting to wane as far as some people are concerned due to a series of recent...

The level of landlord business looks set to stabilise over the next 12 months, according to Paragon’s latest Financial Adviser Confidence...

The government must start to provide financial incentives for buy-to-let landlords prepared to offer longer tenancies or risk seeing rents soar,...

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

As a private landlord you have a crucial role in providing a much needed housing option for people and so why...

Rents in the UK are set to increase as demand for rental properties grows, but the number of homes coming on...

Allsop’s latest residential auction in London raised more than £67m, with a success rate of 75%, but buy-to-let investors in the...

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

With the number of homes coming up to let in short supply, the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling on the...

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