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

Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...

Around half of letting agents and landlords say they are unsure about how they will vote in the General Election. A joint...

Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...

A lettings industry mentor has issued a plea to agents to do more to protect their landlords’ livelihoods. Sally Lawson, founder of...

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 letting agents’ trade body is urging the industry to sign a parliamentary petition calling for the Section 24 changes for...

We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...

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

A high profile lettings agency has backed a petition demanding the reinstatement of tax relief for landlords. Benham and Reeves says it...

Agents are being urged to sign a petition launched by a landlord facing higher tax burdens which may force him to...

A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...

A prominent member of the House of Lords and a rental activist are calling for an immediate suspension of all Section...

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

A landlord in one of the most scenic parts of Devon had been served with a £18,000 civil penalty because he...

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

A damning report on taxation in the private rental sector (PRS) has accused the treasury of appearing not to understand 'the...

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

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

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

The campaign against the imminent changes to mortgage interest tax relief for the buy to let sector estimates that 1.4m landlords...

The campaign against the phased reduction in landlords' mortgage interest tax relief is continuing with the opening of a new website,...

Opponents of the proposed change to mortgage interest tax relief for landlords have promised what they call a “shock and awe”...

A trade group has commissioned a firm of economists to look at how the government’s mortgage interest tax relief change -...

The National Landlords Association is making only three demands on the government for its next Budget, because it recognises further reforms...

The National Landlords Association has launched an e-postcard campaign for letting agent and landlord members to lobby the government over the...

Some of the property professionals behind the campaign against the changes to buy to let landlords’ taxation have compiled a comprehensive...

The landlords behind the failed attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords...

The attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords has failed. The case was...

Legal represenatives for two landlords will today make the case for a judicial review of Section 24 of the Finance (No.2)...

The case made by two landlords to have a judicial review of section 24 of the 2015 Finance Act - triggering...

The date for the court hearing to decide whether there should be a judicial review of the buy to let tax...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has agreed to meet campaigners opposed to the clampdown on landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief. The measure -...

The people behind the bid for a judicial review into Clause 24 of the Finance Act 2015 - limiting mortgage interest tax...

The landlords campaigning for a judicial review of the legislation curtailing mortgage interest tax relief for buy to let landlords have...

There appears no change in government policy on changing buy to let tax breaks - at least not yet - despite...

The two landlords campaigning to win a judicial review of George Osborne’s restrictions on buy to let mortgage tax relief have...

The two landlords hoping to secure a judicial review of the legislation restricting mortgage interest tax relief on buy to let...

The people behind the campaign to seek a judicial review of the buy to let tax changes proposed by Chancellor George...

The two landlords behind the bid to seek a judicial review of George Osborne’s buy to let mortgage interest relief tax...

HM Revenue & Customs and the Treasury have at last responded to the legal team representing two landlords challenging beleaguered Chancellor...

The attempt to see judicial review of George Osborne’s buy to let tax change continues apace, with the government now having...

The latest step in the legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposal to limit landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief comes in...

The two landlords mounting a legal challenge to the mortgage interest tax changes proposed by Chancellor George Osborne have released a...

The two buy to let investors behind a campaign to seek a judicial review of George Osborne’s controversial mortgage interest tax...