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Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...

A new survey of lettings agents and landlords has put the reinstatement of Section 24 mortgage tax relief at the top...

A prominent lettings agency has called for a delay to the government’s EPC upgrade timetable to be announced in this afternoon’s...

A prominent agent and former RICS residential chairman has made an impassioned plea to the government to help the private rental...

Propertymark has told the government it should have three priorities for next month’s Budget. 1. Improving welfare system for vulnerable and low-waged...

The five years since the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes has led to a...

Data from independent mortgage monitor Moneyfacts shows that there’s been a big drop in the choice of mortgage for buy to...

It’s not just navigating a path through the Coronavirus crisis that is proving the value of letting agents - it’s their...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...

There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...

A leading law firm has highlighted four key dates for letting agents and landlords to watch for in 2020. Paul Barnes, head...

Landlords must look at their finances as a range of tax changes continue to 'hit home', according to Apropos. The property management...

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

The chairman of Hunters estate agency, who is also a Conservative MP, has hit out at the government over its handling...

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

Property investors are calling for the government to provide more support to the UK property market. A survey of investors, carried out...

The number of buy to let products for first time landlords has risen to an all-time high. Data from independent mortgage market...

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

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

The proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let homes in London with cash rose from 33 per cent in 2017 to...

More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...

A leading landlord has hit out at a lettings agency’s portrayal of buy to let tax changes.  Rosalind Beck, a campaigning landlord...

London-focussed lettings agency ludlowthompson says buy to let landlords across the country claimed a record £17.7 billion in tax relief last...

A new league table of worries for landlords shows exactly why letting agents are needed - and a lot of the...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding members of tax changes ahead - a timely intervention with the deadline for...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

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

The proportion of buy to let investors looking to remortgage is now at an all-time high according to respected specialist mortgage...

New research has attempted to quantify the number and scale of rent rises that are likely to take place as landlords...

The Haart agency is calling on the government to give the private rental sector a break in the autumn Budget, as...

A top London letting agent working for Knight Frank has commented on the 'irony' that the government's series of tax changes...

A new analysis of the buy to let market forecasts more bad news for agents, landlords and investors over the next...

A trade body says the country faces a net loss of 133,000 homes for private rent over the next year -...

One of the most respected buying agencies, Black Brick, says the collapse in demand for buy to let is the most...

There has been strong support for an e-petition calling for the scrapping of the stamp duty surcharge on buy to let...

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

A campaign opposing the government’s recent tax changes which have penalised buy to let investors has taken a leaf out of...

Two million tenants will this year be hit with rent rises totalling a combined £46m a month according to an online...

The government has responded to a petition calling for it to abolish the 3% stamp duty surcharge and reintroduce full buy-to-let...

The introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of buy-to-let properties and the phasing out of buy-to-let mortgage...

An online petition which calls on the government to reintroduce full buy-to-let mortgage interest tax relief and abolish the 3% stamp...

The latest major piece of research into the private rental sector is forecasting a huge surge in demand - meaning there...

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

Specialist funding platform Property Partner has conducted a survey which suggests that 54 per cent of landlords are selling all or some...

A leading Conservative peer says the government should cut taxes for buy to let investors and regard them as part of...

Increased volatility in the private rental sector and rising costs for landlords and investors have combined to lead to an increased...

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

An analysis of data released by HM Revenue and Customs shows that 1.9 million people earned money from property in 2015-16...

Belvoir says there is no evidence of a large-scale sell-off of buy to let properties by beleaguered landlords, but 85 per...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

Analysis of government figures by the Nationwide suggest that the buy to let sector is still growing despite tax changes and...

Well over half of those investors who recently secured buy to let mortgages risk facing losses when mortgage interest tax changes...

The government has been accused by a lettings sector trade body of skewing the market to encourage more short-lets.  The claim comes...

The head of franchise giant Belvoir says government interference in the rental sector is likely to result in a rise in...

The UK’s army of buy to let landlords will still benefit from £16.7 billion worth of tax relief even after the...

One of Britain’s best known and highest profile buy to let specialist lenders says the number of new BTL mortgages being...

After the series of anti-buy to let measures contained in recent Budgets, it is perhaps unsurprising that a survey of landlords...

Rental growth is forecast to exceed house price growth in London, despite a glut of properties on the lettings market in...

A leading accountancy and business advice consultancy says residential landlords who want to downsize their portfolios because of recent tax changes...

New analysis shows how the phasing out of mortgage interest tax relief for buy to let investors may prove a particular...

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

Yields from buy to let in the UK are now amongst the worst in Europe according to a new league table drawn...

Some 61 per cent of chartered surveyors believe there will be a net exodus of landlords over the coming year thanks...

A survey for online letting agency Upad claims that 66 per cent of landlords are not going to change their property...

A survey conducted for MyDeposits suggests some nine per cent of landlords - or one in 11 - is likely to...

Your Move says a shrinking supply of properties, in part created by government measures against the lettings sector, has led to...

More landlords are quitting conventional letting and resorting to holiday lets or, increasingly, Airbnb-style short lets.    The move is particularly acute in...

Perhaps unsurprisingly, a survey reveals that most buy to let and other property investors want the three per cent stamp duty...

Belvoir is warning that some buy to let investors are quitting the sector.   “Although we are not currently seeing a huge exit...

A survey of almost 3,000 landlords suggests more than one in five plans to sell at least one of their investment...

Buy to let investors are losing confidence in their ability to rely on steady rental yields, according to recent figures from...

The reasons behind ‘landlord churn’ - when buy to let investors sell up - are more connected with personal circumstances than...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims around one in 10 landlords quit the lettings sector each year.   Using new research by YouGov it says...

The impact of recent changes to the way buy to let properties are taxed could create the next pension crisis, a...

Ian Duncan Smith is the latest Conservative to criticise his own government’s fiscal policies regarding buy to let.   Writing on the Conservative...

Paragon Mortgages says its most recent survey of buy to let investors makes it clear that the vast majority want the...

A head of a company providing hi-tech products to letting agents says technology is the answer to current rental industry challenges,...

The Residential Landlords’ Association says recent fiscal changes hitting the private rented sector are hurting tenants but failing to achieve their...

Skipton International has launched a guide to help expat buy to let investors trying to make sense of the UK government’s...

The latest Kent Reliance Buy to Let Britain report - seen as a snapshot of the state of health of the...

The latest analysis of buy to let trends by letting agency franchise chain Belvoir has identified a specific lack of rental...

The proportion of landlords who use a letting agent to help manage their property has spiked since the end of last...

Conservative peer Lord Flight, a former shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, says the UK needs “a vibrant and growing private...

Online lettings agency Upad claims 20 per cent of landlords are set to increase their rents to their tenants thanks to...

Some 1,500 landlords have responded to a trade group’s campaign calling for them to press General Election candidates to oppose changes...

Single property landlords are finally waking up to the fact they could be pushed in to a higher tax bracket following...

Buy to let valuations fell to just seven per cent of the total valuations market activity in April as the sector...

Almost half of the investors in the private rental sector do not know what the changes in mortgage relief will cost...

A well known specialist mortgage lender for the buy to let sector, Paragon, has refreshed its offering in the light of...

A landlord has set up a company to handle the ownership and management of buy to let properties - and the...

Letting agents have reporting an average of four landlords per branch selling up and quitting the buy to let sector in...

A property firm at the centre of the campaign against phasing out landlords’ mortgage interest relief says is urging tenants to...

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

Private landlords’ net income has risen 39 per cent in the last five years, jumping from £10.8 billion to £15 billion...

Data from the first three months of this year suggests that investors are increasingly purchasing smaller, cheaper properties. Specialist lender Mortgages for...

Almost 20 per cent of the landlords using an online letting agency are apparently unaware of the mortgage interest tax relief...

A new study of landlords reveals that far more believe they will be affected by today’s buy to let mortgage interest...

Steve Bolton, founder of investment consultancy Platinum Property Partners and one of two landlords who have led a campaign against restricting...

Tax rises for landlords being introduced today will make renting less affordable and stifle investment in homes to rent, making it...