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A tax expert is advising anyone involved in the furnished holiday lettings sector to ‘act now’ ahead of upcoming tax changes. Ben...

An accountancy firm is warning those using Airbnb and similar short let platforms that new tax rules mean they could lose...

Propertymark has given its view on why private rents have risen so much - 6.1% in England, 7.0% in Wales and...

The Cotswolds is the most lucrative place in the UK to own a holiday let, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages. With annual...

The head of a lettings agency in Kent says it would be a “practical solution” for second home owners to become...

HMRC has launched a pilot for the proposed Making Tax Digital service for quarterly reporting - and agents can sign up...

It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...

A severe shortage of properties to rent, fierce competition to secure the homes that are available, and rising rental prices led...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

A property investment group has released its latest research on the top five most searched for property features that UK renters...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan is calling on the government to allow him to levy effectively uncapped council tax bills on...

New research from Rightmove suggests that all-inclusive rents are rising up the list of priorities for tenants using the portal.  The research...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has personally written to  a leading politician about a tax threat to the rental sector.  Emerson has...

With only 48 hours to go before the Autumn Statement confirms stealth tax rises and massive public spending cuts, Propertymark has...

* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - The new Liz...

The number of active holiday lets has increased by a third in some of England’s most popular short break destinations. The biggest...

New details from a survey conducted by industry organisations concerning pets in rental properties show the extent of the problem. Some 537...

Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...

Leaks from government ahead of this morning’s Queen’s Speech suggest that second homes which are not let out are likely to...

UK software company Lavanda is working with a Middle East developer to export the concept of Airbnb-style short lets to the...

A PropTech firm claims to have saved a client more than £160,000 by preventing a criminal from illegally renting one of...

The room-letting sector known as co-living, now growing in London, has seen occupancy levels bounce back since some Covid restrictions have...

The lettings arm of a leading Edinburgh-based property portal has reported a surge of Edinburgh properties being rented on the same...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent campaign, says rents in Wales, Scotland and South West England have soared thanks...

The Furnished versus Unfurnished debate in the rental sector has been going on for years but new research attempts to quantify...

A buying agency says it’s seen what it calls “a huge uptake in furnished lettings requests” following recent floods in London,...

The John Lewis Partnership has released more details of an ambitious plan to build and furnish private rental properties. In a bid...

The government’s much-vaunted ‘tax day’ produced few challenges to the status quo - but holiday lets are under scrutiny. Currently the holiday let...

A call has gone out for the longer-term buy to let rental sector to have a similar tax regime as the largely-unregulated...

A London agency has won the instruction for a particularly prestigious let - a four bedroom apartment in the capital, once...

A home being pet-friendly is the most desirable attribute in a rental property, according to research by a specialist mortgage lender.  The...

There’s more evidence today that pet-friendly properties are becoming increasingly popular with tenants.  A study by specialist lender Landbay quizzed 2,000 tenants...

A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...

One of London’s best known lettings agents says unfurnished properties can take 30 per cent longer to let than a furnished...

A senior lettings agent has raised the spectre of rental properties in future being German-style ‘empty shells’ - without even white...

The UK’s holiday lets sector could be a beneficiary of the current Brexit uncertainty and people not vacationing abroad because they...

Rent in London is the most expensive in Europe for expats, new research shows. The UK capital’s rent averages US$7,189 - that’s...

Labour’s proposal to introduce indefinite tenancies along the lines in a bid to emulate the German model reveals the party’s “fundamental...

New research from Zoopla suggests that parking sits firmly at the top of requirements for renters - but with pet-friendly facilities...

Some 24 per cent of landlords have considered letting out their properties on a short let Airbnb-style basis - but only...

A mortgage firm claims the lettings industry is ripping off students by overcharging them. Mojo Mortgages says it has compared the rent...

A PropTech platform claims landlords can cut administration costs so much that they could afford to offer their lettings units furnished...

An advertisement on a property management firm’s website suggesting that rental income would be guaranteed to landlords has been banned by...

Three London lettings sub-markets performed relatively weakly according to data just released by Knight Frank. Wimbledon’s rental values fell 1.5 per cent...

A two bedroom furnished flat can cost up to 21 per cent more to rent than a comparable property that’s unfurnished. Research...

Government plans aimed at stopping the abuse of the current Rent A Room tax perk may overcomplicate the system and deter...

A new website called Vesta has launched aiming to sell investment properties with tenants in place.  The team behind the site describe...

An accountancy trade body, the Association of Accounting Technicians, is advising the government to investigate what it calls “the questionable tax...

The government has published long-awaited guidelines for the implementation of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards in the private rental sector.   The hefty 95-page...

A US firm that is believed to want a slice of the UK’s growing short-lets market has made a key business...

One of the world’s largest ‘temporary furnished accommodation’ specialists is reported to have £20m to spend on renting property to re-let...

Tenants are becoming increasingly eco-conscious according to a new survey.   Some 80 per cent of those questioned agree that landlords or their...

An experiment by an online agency and an interiors firm suggests professionally shot pictures of a furnished flat will generate six...

Any lingering hope that the buy to let sector might have of a rethink by the new Chancellor over restructuring mortgage...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an ad from high-end letting agency Hamptons International because of an apparent lack of clarity...

Two professional property investors are giving away a Manchester flat valued at £110,000 in a protest against Chancellor George Osborne’s attacks...

It's more important than ever that letting agents stand out with their marketing messages. The British rental market is more crowded than...

HM Revenue and Customs has published the responses it has received to its 12 week consultation on changing the Wear and...

The Chancellor’s proposed change to wear and tear tax allowance in the rental sector will hit rural lettings particularly hard, according...

While almost every lettings organisation has been up in arms at the raft of tax changes for landlords suggested by Chancellor...

A letting agent in London has ditched the usual euphemisms and gone for the blunt approach by describing rooms to let...

The rise and rise of Airbnb - the global online short-lets system that could be used by landlords to short-circuit letting...

Around 47 per cent of landlords will be affected by changes to the annual wear and tear allowance. That’s the result of...

The Residential Landlords Association has launched a new campaign ‘toolkit’ to enable opponents of the proposed buy to let tax changes...

A couple from Cambridgeshire have been fined £10,000 and ordered to hand over in excess of £75,000 after repeatedly renting out...

HMRC has revealed the scope of its proposed changes to the wear and tear allowance, as announced in George Osborne’s Budget...

Hamptons International has been appointed sole agent for two of the latest private Build To Let schemes in the capital. Hamptons will...