One of the lettings sector’s longest-standing suppliers - Mortgages for Business - is rebranding. It’s to be known as Mortgage Finance Brokers,...
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Typical UK rents now account for 28.3 per cent of average pre-tax earnings - slightly above the 10-year average of 27...
22 June 2023
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Labour’s much-publicised pledge to freeze council tax for the next year excludes empty buy to let properties and second homes it...
03 April 2023
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A high profile mortgage lender operating in the buy to let sector has launched a series of products aimed at investors...
23 February 2023
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The political party propping up the Scottish Government says higher taxes on buy to lets will help the housing market be...
31 January 2023
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One of the politicians backing a tax surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy to lets has been put...
30 December 2022
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Letting agents in Scotland are angry at the Scottish Government for increasing the tax surcharge on buyers of buy to lets...
20 December 2022
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Land and Buildings Transaction Tax - the Scottish equivalent of stamp duty - has risen to six per cent for all...
16 December 2022
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A respected agent is warning that a proposal to increase stamp duty on additional homes could kill off the rental market...
29 November 2022
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Rising interest rates are eroding the profitability of buy to let for mortgaged landlords, says Connells-owned agency Hamptons. It says that its...
28 September 2022
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A new breakdown have been released of the nationalities of overseas buyers investing in British homes - thought to be overwhelmingly...
22 July 2022
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Labour’s Sadiq Khan wants an increase in Capital Gains Tax for some buy to let investors. The London Mayor made his response...
31 May 2022
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A new survey gives an indication of how quickly properties with poor Energy performance Certificates are falling out of favour in...
24 May 2022
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Unsurprisingly, perhaps, buy to let investors are becoming increasingly keen on upgrading homes to make them more energy efficient according to...
12 April 2022
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The average HMO is worth a third more than a comparably sized house according to new research. The typical HMO now costs...
08 April 2022
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Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...
17 January 2022
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While the number of companies set up by individual landlords to hold buy to lets reached a record high last year,...
17 January 2022
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The trade body representing Airbnb and other short let providers and sector suppliers says the short let industry is best placed...
17 December 2021
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The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...
11 November 2021
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Lettings agency Hamptons, part of Connells, says there’s little sign that the stamp duty holiday led to large numbers of new...
11 October 2021
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More buy to let properties are being put on the sales market, despite the strength in the lettings sector, says Zoopla. In...
30 September 2021
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Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent campaign, says rents in Wales, Scotland and South West England have soared thanks...
18 August 2021
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London-based buy to let purchasers in the first half of the year have looked outside the capital in high numbers according...
02 August 2021
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A lettings agency that works closely with Build To Rent developers says half of the schemes allow pets. Pet rentals have been...
01 July 2021
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The five years since the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes has led to a...
17 May 2021
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A bank has seen a surge in Honk Kong residents purchasing UK buy to let properties. Skipton International, the Guernsey-licensed bank, says...
05 May 2021
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An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers. Barrows and...
16 February 2021
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Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...
18 January 2021
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A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...
15 January 2021
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A leading property law expert says there is now pressure on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise stamp duty on buy to...
30 December 2020
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A rebranded agency is now focussing on selling only tenanted buy to let properties in what it calls ‘second tier’ cities...
05 November 2020
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An MP claims the proliferation of short lets via Airbnb and similar online platforms is indirectly pricing local people out of...
04 November 2020
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A new web platform is launching encouraging reviews of landlords - but it claims not to be another opportunity for tenants...
27 July 2020
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...
15 July 2020
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A consumer group wants buy to let properties to be re-let only if the tenants in them want to move. The call...
19 May 2020
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A specialist mortgage broker is suggesting that this is the right time for buy to let investors to bag bargain properties,...
14 May 2020
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A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...
04 May 2020
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Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...
01 May 2020
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Private landlords want the government to stop local authorities charging council tax on rented homes left empty because of the Coronavirus. The National...
27 April 2020
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Demand for rental properties with gardens or other outdoor space has soared in terms of portal listings - perhaps no surprise...
08 April 2020
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A London council tenant who for a period of seven years failed to disclose that he owned three houses, has been...
29 January 2020
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Two specific elements of Labour’s tax proposals, outlined in its manifesto, could “drive a nail into the coffin of buy to...
25 November 2019
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Almost two thirds of landlords say their next buy to let purchase will be through a limited company, not by themselves...
13 November 2019
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An influential think tank says Capital Gains Tax on buy to let properties and second homes should be levied at the...
11 September 2019
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An analysis of rental properties in Scotland to discover the most numerous overseas landlords has discovered, perhaps surprisingly, that they come...
30 July 2019
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Some 12 per cent of homes to let are operated by a ‘company landlord’ according to an analysis by Countrywide high-end...
22 July 2019
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A holiday lettings company says it’s seen a 23 per cent increase in its portfolio over the past year as owners...
10 June 2019
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Data from a Countrywide agency shows that 59 per cent of landlords who live in London purchased their buy to let...
15 April 2019
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Two buy to let investors have been fined thousands of pounds after failing to carry out improvements to unfit rental properties. Adur...
05 April 2019
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Fergus Wilson, arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord and almost certainly the individual with the largest number of buy to lets in...
02 April 2019
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The proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let homes in London with cash rose from 33 per cent in 2017 to...
18 March 2019
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There’s been a big rise in the volume of purpose-built student accommodation in the UK, suggesting that the market may be...
29 January 2019
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An online agency specialising in the sale of investment properties with tenants in situ claims the average time for a tenanted...
18 January 2019
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The stamp duty surcharge - which across the rest of Britain is currently three per cent on additional homes such as...
08 January 2019
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21 December 2018
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The Republic of Ireland has adopted new policies requiring owners in 'high housing demand areas' to secure planning consent if they...
01 November 2018
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The heavy-handed administration of selective licensing schemes is driving out buy to let investors. That’s the claim from David Kirwan of Kirwans...
30 October 2018
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Airbnb, the short lets platform that has received substantial criticism from the buy to let sector over its largely unregulated status,...
16 August 2018
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There’s more evidence today that the largest buy to let investment yields are coming from the north of England and the...
16 August 2018
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Opposition is growing fast to the threat of another stamp duty attack on the buy to let sector, rumoured to be...
07 August 2018
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A newspaper in warning that the beleaguered buy to let sector may be under attack yet again with the government considering...
06 August 2018
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The consumer group Which? says the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards starting next weekend could affect 300,000 buy to let properties. From...
26 March 2018
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The number of buy to let properties in arrears has risen again according to figures released by UK Finance, formerly the...
09 February 2018
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A crowdfunding site describing itself as an ‘ethical investment platform’ is the first international crowdfunder to enable investment in debt-free buy...
24 October 2017
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A survey conducted for MyDeposits suggests some nine per cent of landlords - or one in 11 - is likely to...
01 September 2017
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Your Move says a shrinking supply of properties, in part created by government measures against the lettings sector, has led to...
31 August 2017
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More landlords are quitting conventional letting and resorting to holiday lets or, increasingly, Airbnb-style short lets. The move is particularly acute in...
24 August 2017
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Ian Duncan Smith is the latest Conservative to criticise his own government’s fiscal policies regarding buy to let. Writing on the Conservative...
19 July 2017
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Countrywide says the rapid growth in the size of the private rental sector in recent years is not down to a...
17 July 2017
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Paragon is the latest lender to announce it’s falling in line with Bank of England Prudential Regulation Authority requirements for more...
13 July 2017
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Expanding buy to let lender Landbay says it plans to launch an accounting, reporting and tax compliance service for those holding...
27 June 2017
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The proportion of landlords who use a letting agent to help manage their property has spiked since the end of last...
01 June 2017
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This weekend marks one year to go before the introduction of new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards - which are expected to...
31 March 2017
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Countrywide claims that the proportion of landlords paying in cash for a property reached 61 per cent in January, the highest...
13 February 2017
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A property investment financing specialist says an increasing number of buy to let investors are converting properties into Houses in Multiple...
17 January 2017
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A landlord guilty of breaching a planning enforcement notice has been ordered to pay £700,000 in fines and costs - the...
04 October 2016
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There is growing concern over a predicted £5,000 cost to make some buy to let properties energy-efficient under new government plans. An...
04 August 2016
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We’re used to young owner-occupiers relying on the Bank of Mum and Dad for financial help - now it appears youthful...
05 July 2016
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The chief executive of a new organisation servicing the fast-growing British Build To Rent sector says he hopes in time BTR...
01 July 2016
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Almost all landlords are considering increasing rents to pay for the higher taxes they now face. According to a survey by the...
15 April 2016
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Enforcement officers from Barking and Dagenham council, one of the most active in chasing up private rental sector issues, has discovered...
07 March 2016
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There’s been an angry reaction from letting agents and landlords to the shock news that an additional three per cent stamp...