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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...

New figures published by HMRC show a 7% rise in Capital Gains Tax liabilities on the sale of residential property in...

A new analysis by Zoopla suggests and one in eight homes currently for sale were previously let out. The portal says this...

An investment expert says TV property shows - especially episodes recorded some time ago - should carry warnings about soaring buy...

Rightmove says the number of available rental properties is currently 14% higher than this time last year, while tenant demand is...

Knight Frank says the incoming Labour government faces a potential clash between what is politically desirable and economically possible, in terms...

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...

Top tips will be provided for landlords in the private rental market in a seminar next month organised by high profile...

It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...

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

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

Private landlords are abandoning their property portfolios in unprecedented numbers, a group of surveyors claims. The Manchester-based chartered surveyors and auctioneers -...

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

It’s claimed that as many as one in five tenants has lost out in a rental bidding war during the last...

Propertymark has welcomed the pledge by Housing Secretary Michael Gove not to introduce rent controls in England. The trade body says such...

Propertymark has urged the government to tackle rising landlord costs immediately.The warning comes as new research suggests that landlords are spending...

A franchise network boss has sharply criticised both Labour and the Tories for their pro-tenant policies. Dominic Agace, chief executive of Winkworth,...

A prominent group of economists has predicted the measures in the Renters Reform Bill will backfire on the government. Matthew Lesh, Director...

Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...

A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...

Annual rent rises that are currently 10 per cent or more are likely to halve to “mid-single digits” according to a...

The government must focus on measures in next week’s Budget that will boost significantly the supply of homes, according to lettings...

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

Atomic Consultancy, the specialist acquisition management business, believes that 2023 is likely to present significant opportunities for those looking to sell...

Land and Buildings Transaction Tax - the Scottish equivalent of stamp duty - has risen to six per cent for all...

Just about every agency that has commented on yesterday’s Autumn Statement are in agreement - changes to Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his long-awaited Autumn Statement - the fiscal event which he says will lead to “all of...

Propertymark’s head of policy and campaigns, Timothy Douglas, will explain how investment in the private rented sector can be better incentivised when...

New figures from property consultancy TwentyCi lay bare the challenges faced by the lettings sector. In the third quarter of 2022 new...

A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of “stacking the economy against private renters who...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...

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

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests it was reducing in size for some years before the pandemic. Nationwide’s specialist...

A leading tax expert is forecasting that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will duck making any changes to CGT in tomorrow’s Budget and...

An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers.  Barrows and...

Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...

New long-term targets for improving energy efficiency across the private rental sector simply are not realistic, the government has been warned. The...

Propertymark is the latest industry body to warn the government against Capital Gains Tax changes that may disincentivise landlords. A joint statement...

There’s a warning that buy to let investors will simply hold on to properties and not sell them if rumoured Capital...

The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

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

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

A survey of the buy to let market conducted by a bank before the latest acceleration in the Coronavirus outbreak suggests...

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

The government is driving landlords into the short let sector according to a trade body. The Residential Landlords Association, responding to recent...

There’s a new warning today for buy to let investors who will be hit by tax changes coming into effect on...

Almost three quarters of Belvoir’s lettings franchisees anticipate rent increases this year.  In a survey of the franchise firm’s offices across the...

The government has failed the private rental sector says the Residential Landlords Association. In a statement released even before the resignation of...

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

Knight Frank has released its latest rental market summary for London, and it paints a mixed picture. Firstly the number of properties...

New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...

A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...

There’s been an upbeat prediction on the lettings market given by leading market commentator Lucian Cook, head of residential research at...

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...

The Black Brick agency, which operates with high net worth clients, is forecasting that 2020 will see the arrival of a...

Another survey of private landlords show a majority feeling less confident about the market than they were three months ago. Last week...

One might have thought that if private rental tenants were as badly treated as some people suggest, housing would be their...

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...

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

A fifth of buy-to-let landlords claim they have reduced the number of properties in their portfolios due to a range of...

Franchise agency group Winkworth claims the lettings fee ban impact has been less severe on its agents than on other companies,...

One in six landlords is seeking to reduce the size of their portfolio in the next 12 months and around half...

The first ‘state of the industry’ report on the lettings agency sector since the introduction of the fees ban suggests individual...

Private tenants are being disadvantaged because of the government’s focus on boosting homeownership. According to the latest figures from the Royal Institution...

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

The supply of lettings property has begun to increase in higher price brackets in prime central London, leading rents to fall...

Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...

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

A rise in the number of professional landlords means letting agents need to ensure their service meets the expectations of experienced...

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

Despite criticism from some within the industry about the effects of short lets, the high-end agency Knight Frank has spoken of...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  My name is Daniel and I’m a director at...

Three years after the introduction of the second homes stamp duty surcharge, landlords are “beginning to come to terms with the...

Latest lettings market data from high-end agency Knight Frank shows that average rents in prime central London rose 1.1 per cent...

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

Changes to Capital Gains Tax which reach their full impact in the next 12 months could fuel property changing hands between...

Data from Knight Frank shows that annual rental values actually grew in parts of prime outer London last month for the...

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

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

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says letting agents must provide value for their landlord clients through technology, transparency and service if they...

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

High end lettings agency Knight Frank says the proportion of properties listed for rent in prime London residential markets in October...

The head of a buy to let specialist mortgage broker insists the sector remains a solid investment despite the slew of...

The number of lettings listings in prime central London fell 18 per cent in the year to September, says Knight Frank. The...

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

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

Knight Frank says the annual rental value growth has returned to prime central London due to declining supply levels - the...

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

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...

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

A survey has revealed that 44% of landlords are looking to sell properties as a challenging market takes its toll. Octopus Choice,...