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

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

Despite once claiming it would abolish Section 21 evictions “on its first day in office”, Labour appears to have gone cool...

Prominent MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have renewed their onslaught on Airbnb and other short let platforms.  Former Lib...

Glasgow’s lettings market is the strongest it’s been in up to 10 years, with a shortage of rental flats driving demand...

Letting agencies with physical offices are being presented with a new business rates system in the future. But Propertymark says the changes...

Does the lettings industry cater properly for agents' needs? There’s only one way of knowing – asking you directly. To find out...

Jeremy Hunt’s firm grasp of fiscal policy after the market turmoil of recent weeks won’t stop what one housing expert calls...

This is a crunch week for the UK economy - and likely the housing market too - with a meeting of...

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told the Labour Party conference that if her party wins the next General Election she will...

Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the...

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that new energy efficiency targets for EPCs could stifle buy to let investment in future. In...

The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...

Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...

The typical landlord’s income from property has plummeted by a fifth in under a decade according to the National Landlords’ Association. Its...

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

A new survey suggests there may be an exodus of investors out of buy to let - some 27 per cent...

Some 26 per cent of buy to let investors plan to sell one or more of their properties in 2020 according...

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

Just over third of private landlords are planning to quit the sector or cut the number of homes they let in...

The normally-sedate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued an unusually stark warning to government, telling it to “stop meddling” in...

New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...

The government has been criticised yet again for what is described as its “incoherent” approach to the private rental sector. David Miles,...

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...

The number of film-related enquiries for short lets received by Knight Frank in the year to May has shown a rise...

Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will face an immediate crisis in the private rented sector if government doesn’t rethink its plans to...

New data from specialist mortgage firm Commercial Trust suggests that London’s buy to let sector turned a corner in the first...

There will be less buy to let remortgaging in future as landlords consolidate rather than expand their portfolios. The prediction comes from...

A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...

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

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

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

Research by franchise lettings agency company Belvoir suggests that landlords are continuing to exit the property market, although not at the...

Rental sector experts are expressing growing fears that the relatively low-key Budget announcements made on Monday could herald something more dramatic...

Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...

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...

The lettings director at Urban, the online agency recently snapped up by Emoov, says the rental market is faced with significant...

Belvoir says more landlords are selling up and fewer newcomers are investing in the private rental sector because of increased legislation...

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

Britain’s most controversial landlord, Fergus Wilson, says the recent changes in buy to let legislation means that if he was starting...

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...

The chief executive of franchise giant Belvoir says government interference in the lettings sector will be to blame for higher rent...

Letting agents and others in the private rental sector have responded to the latest government intervention - a review into how...

Investors in buy to let in the UK are losing thousands of pounds in income - and it’s their own fault...

Buy to let investors are taking a wait and see approach when it comes to additional investment in the sector according...

One of the most famous names in buy to let mortgages, Paragon, has revealed that it’s on the acquisition trail. There had...

Over half of mortgage brokers say they have been approached by buy to let investors seeking to diversify their portfolios within...

Small-scale landlords and those with the very largest portfolios appear to be ‘resizing’ - selling off some units to cope with...

A new survey appears to buck the trend of recent rental market snapshots by showing that buy to let investors are...

The number of buy to let investors in the UK has hit a record high of 2.5m in the latest tax...

A lettings trade body says a major house builder has blamed, in part, recent tax increases on private landlords as a...

There has been a drop in the proportion of people becoming buy to let landlords in order to boost their retirement...

A trade body says new figures released by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility show that the government’s recent tax increases...

No fewer than 44 per cent of landlords plan to expand their portfolios before July 2018 despite tax obstacles, according to...

The average cost of renting a home is now rising across every UK region for the first time in almost two...

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

An online agency claims that serious portfolio landlords are staying faithful to buy to let despite recent tax and regulation changes...

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 National Landlords Association says 20 per cent of its members plan to reduce the size of their portfolios in the...

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

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

Rents in the UK rose by an average of 2.1 per cent during September according to HomeLet.   HomeLet says last month’s rise continues...

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

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

A trade body is seeking volunteers to meet with government officials to discuss future initiatives for the private rental sector.    The volunteers...

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...

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

  Nationwide - the UK's second largest buy to let lender - has reported a 20 per cent drop in profits and admits...

An online agency claims landlords who use online operators are likely to reduce average void periods by up to a week.    In...

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...

Far from being wealthy property investors, two thirds of individual landlords pay merely the basic rate of income tax according to...

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...

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

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

A new report says buy to let will continue to provide good investment opportunities but requires an increasingly professional approach.   The report,...

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...

Data from Agency Express suggests that the lettings market is wobbling with a sharp decline in its usual measure - the...

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...