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Landlords generated average rental yields of 6.3% in the second quarter of the year, research for Paragon’s latest PRS Trends Report...

A report from Propertymark has laid out the stark and in some cases unforeseen consequence of the Conservative government’s phased removal...

Just under half of mortgage brokers expect to place more limited company buy-to-let business throughout the next 12 months, Paragon Bank...

A survey of more than 1,000 landlords in the Deposit Protection Service shows the scale of change in the private rental...

The head of a property investment firm has been disqualified from being a director for 12 years following the discovery that...

Leaders Romans Group is offering its landlord clients a new investment service. ‘Smart Investment’, powered by GetGround, is described as a fully...

There’s been a big rise in the number of companies set up to hold buy to let, according to a survey...

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

Grainger plc, the UK's largest listed residential landlord and a growing player in the Build To Rent sector, has delivered an...

While the number of companies set up by individual landlords to hold buy to lets reached a record high last year,...

The rate at which holiday let businesses is being set up has more than doubled during the pandemic according to the...

A lettings agency director has been disqualified for seven years after he emptied its bank account following its liquidation. Ghanshyam Sarup Batra, from...

Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...

Now may be the time for buy to let investors to consider incorporation - putting their property portfolios into a limited...

One of the country’s leading buying agencies says buy to let is changing in prime central London, as corporate structures replace...

Almost two thirds of landlords say their next buy to let purchase will be through a limited company, not by themselves...

One of the country’s leading property management experts says buy to let is here to stay - but only if individual...

New research shows more than half of landlords plan to use limited companies to buy properties in the year ahead.  The study...

Some 12 per cent of homes to let are operated by a ‘company landlord’ according to an analysis by Countrywide high-end...

Large-scale buy to let investors are continuing to move to limited company status in a bid to limit their exposure to...

One of the buy to let sector’s main mortgage lenders, Paragon, has refreshed its range of mortgages with new products which...

The number of buy to let lenders lending to limited companies has risen by 47 per cent over the past year,...

Some 18 per cent of properties let in the first half of 2018 were registered in the name of a company...

A specialist buy to let broker is urging landlords to tread with caution before jumping feet first into incorporating their property...

New research nearly two out of five landlords will use limited companies to buy properties over the next year compared to...

There’s been a significant rise in the number of fixed-rate buy to let mortgages available to limited companies, says independent mortgage...

The Bank of England has issued gloomy figures on buy to let lending, suggesting the clampdown on mortgage interest tax relief...

Almost three-quarters of buy to let mortgage transactions made by landlords operating via limited companies in the final quarter of last...

Larger scale landlords with 10 properties or more appear to be the most confident about the private rental sector, and are...

It’s been discovered that a Capital Gains Tax measure buried in the small print of the Budget is likely to hit...

There’s been another large increase in the number of buy to let mortgages sought by limited companies - they accounted for...

A leading accounting and advisory service says key tax changes that could damage the buy to let sector are still not...

Over half the value of buy to let lending in the second quarter of this year was provided to limited companies...

Expanding buy to let lender Landbay says it plans to launch an accounting, reporting and tax compliance service for those holding...

The nation's landlords are adapting to ongoing restrictions to tax relief on buy-to-let mortgage interest, according to Mortgages for Business. Upon releasing...

A remarkable one in five properties now being let are operated by a company landlord - and the figure surges to...

The range and pricing of buy to let mortgage products for limited companies has never been better according to a survey...

The Chartered Institute of Taxation has issued a reminder to buy to let investors that the first phase of the restriction...

There was a sigh of relief amongst the lettings industry that yesterday's Budget introduced no new property taxes - but concern...

Letting Agent Today’s Conor Shilling was in the audience of The Great Buy To Let Debate - always one of the...

The proportion of landlords considering commercial loans to fund purchases has doubled over the last 18 months as they try to...

There is yet more evidence that an increasing number of buy to let investors are setting up companies to offset the...

No fewer than 60 per cent of buy to let investors say they believe they will be hit by forthcoming changes...

Landlord confidence has returned despite government tax changes to the private rental sector - although research for the survey that produced...

Phillip Hammond has delivered his first Autumn Statement, tackling amongst other things, what he called “the housing challenge.” The speech made no...

The Mortgages for Businesses brokerage says in the third quarter of this year the proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let...

Several property experts have warned of possible dangers in landlords forming limited companies in a bid to minimise their tax liabilities.   There...

One of Britain’s leading buy to let mortgage companies says it anticipates that over three quarters of borrowing to purchase BTL...

A market survey by specialist broker Mortgages for Business reveals that there has been a substantial increase in lending in the...

Some 27 per cent of landlords consider an online letting agency to be a more attractive option for managing property than...

Landlords are increasingly favouring Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and more 'complex property types' due to the often higher yields available.  Mortgages...

One of London’s major letting agencies is urging landlords to take a cautious approach to whether they should incorporate in a...

A substantial majority of new buy to let mortgage applicants are unaware of the mortgage tax relief changes, according to a...

Paragon Mortgages, one of the most influential buy to let lenders, has upgraded its website to allow intermediaries to submit applications...

Four in 10 landlords are either seriously considering forming a limited company or will be looking into the option in the...

There has been another substantial increase in the number of buy to let mortgage applications made by limited companies - suggesting...

A specialist buy to let lender says some mainstream mortgage companies are over-charging borrowers who have incorporated in order to minimise...

One of Britain’s most senior letting agency bosses is warning landlords to take care if considering setting up a limited company...

A respected survey of the buy to let market says proposed tax changes and the increased stamp duty on additional homes...

A letting agent is urging landlords to try to circumnavigate tax changes aimed at the buy to let sector by incorporating...