The number of buy to let property purchases in the UK fell 14% from 224,700 in 2022/23 to 193,700 in the...
Archive
Propertymark has urged the government to tackle rising landlord costs immediately.The warning comes as new research suggests that landlords are spending...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Parents and pet owners are paying as much as £460 per month more for rent and bills, it’s claimed. The claim comes...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has personally written to a leading politician about a tax threat to the rental sector. Emerson has...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
With only 48 hours to go before the Autumn Statement confirms stealth tax rises and massive public spending cuts, Propertymark has...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s most respected lettings agencies says tax is dominating the agenda ahead of Thursday’s Autumn Statement from Chancellor...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
An end-of-tenancy PropTech platform set up by a high profile agent has announced a major enhancement to its service. The Depository was...
29 July 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s a frequent question in lettings: Who should carry out inventory checks and create reports for a rented property? Should it...
29 March 2022
From: Sponsored Content
ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the industry’s leading suppliers says the controversy over pets in private rental properties could be defused relatively easily. Inventory management firm...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The letting agents’ trade body has issued a warning to landlords that short lets may provide quick profits - but they...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Through our FREE online deposit dispute webinars, we’ve trained thousands of landlords and letting agents about how the dispute resolution process...
02 August 2021
From: Sponsored Content
The Dogs Trust campaign ‘lets with pets’ states: “Landlords and letting agencies who exclude pet owners from their properties are missing out...
29 June 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Just over half the claims made by landlords against tenancy deposits in 2020 cited a need to clean or make repairs...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News
ARLA Propertymark has issued a warning to government not to use Capital Gains Tax reform to further punish the private rental...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Tenancy deposit disputes are messy and often frustrating for all involved. While the number of formal disputes remains low, the pandemic...
10 November 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance
A local authority has set up what it calls The Private Sector Landlord service to try to harness some private property...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News
There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...
24 December 2019
From: Breaking News
An inventories supplier is advising that the growing number of sub-letting scams can be reduced by regular property visits by agents...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News
The National Union of Students claims young people at college and university are being unfairly targeted by agents and landlords when...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Most landlords are wary of the potential damage, smells and noise complaints that can come with accommodating a tenant with pets....
23 October 2019
From: Sponsored Content
If you want to know why inventories are vital for agents and landlords, look no further than the high-profile dispute over...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News
The number of film-related enquiries for short lets received by Knight Frank in the year to May has shown a rise...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Portsmouth council is the latest local authority to offer to rent properties from private landlords to let out to the homeless. The...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News
A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The UK’s holiday lets sector could be a beneficiary of the current Brexit uncertainty and people not vacationing abroad because they...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News
A new free online training course which guides letting agents through the key principles of disputes has been released by The...
27 February 2019
From: Breaking News
A leading landlord has hit out at a lettings agency’s portrayal of buy to let tax changes. Rosalind Beck, a campaigning landlord...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
London-focussed lettings agency ludlowthompson says buy to let landlords across the country claimed a record £17.7 billion in tax relief last...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News
New research has attempted to quantify the number and scale of rent rises that are likely to take place as landlords...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News
One of the most respected buying agencies, Black Brick, says the collapse in demand for buy to let is the most...
09 July 2018
From: Breaking News
An electrical testing equipment firm and an MP are setting up a national campaign to demand new laws on appliance testing...
06 June 2018
From: Breaking News
There’s been a huge 15 per cent slump in the number of properties to let in prime central London over the...
04 June 2018
From: Breaking News
A trade body is claiming that armed service personnel who let out their homes whilst stationed away are being hit by...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News
Romans’ lettings managing director Michael Cook has given details of his agency’s approach to identifying and responding to sub-letting. Cook says: “We...
11 January 2018
From: Breaking News
A leading accountancy and business advice consultancy says residential landlords who want to downsize their portfolios because of recent tax changes...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News
Wear and tear can be a highly contentious issue for many tenants and landlords; many arguments have arisen because of unclear definitions...
12 October 2017
From: Sponsored Content
A leading buy to let expert is calling on agents to work more closely with landlords and tenants to improve communications...
05 October 2017
From: Breaking News
Yields from buy to let in the UK are now amongst the worst in Europe according to a new league table drawn...
19 September 2017
From: Breaking News
New figures assembled by the Nationwide reveal precisely how much, on average, it costs to operate a privately rented property. The numbers...
18 September 2017
From: Breaking News
A survey for online letting agency Upad claims that 66 per cent of landlords are not going to change their property...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Reports from Australia suggest some of the country’s leading letting agencies have inserted clauses into their tenancy contracts to ban renters...
29 June 2017
From: Breaking News
The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks is advising letting agents and landlords to be wary of any tenant seeking to ‘game’...
03 May 2017
From: Breaking News
Renters are spending half their wages keeping a roof over their head, are twice as likely as homeowners to have no...
27 March 2017
From: Breaking News
An online lettings firm claims that last year four out of 10 students had some or all of their deposits kept...
02 March 2017
From: Breaking News
An assessment undertaken by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows property taxes accounted for 12.7 per cent of the...
13 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Lettings expert Kate Faulkner says yields - a traditional long-standing measure of success for buy to let landlords - are becoming...
09 November 2016
From: Breaking News
A well-known mortgage broker is quoted as saying that buy to let organisations are complaining too much over tax changes for...
24 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Despite huge turmoil in the buy to let sector, there has been a significant rise in mortgage activity in the past...
11 October 2016
From: Breaking News
As an Agent, understanding and managing your landlords’ expectations of their tenants and property is a necessary and sometimes difficult task....
05 October 2016
From: Sponsored Content
Four out of 10 students lose well over a third of their deposits when they rent privately while at university or...
08 September 2016
From: Breaking News
The Scottish Association of Landlords - which represents letting agents as well as landlords north of the border - has spoken...
16 August 2016
From: Breaking News
When renting out a property, most landlords choose to take a deposit from their tenant prior to the tenancy starting. The...
29 July 2016
From: Sponsored Content
The new Chancellor appointed by Prime Minister Theresa May has been ‘outed’ as a former buy to let landlord - raising...
18 July 2016
From: Breaking News
For a long time, fair wear and tear has been a grey area for landlords and letting agents alike; this is...
15 July 2016
From: Sponsored Content
New Chancellor Phillip Hammond has been urged by an industry trade group to reset the government’s approach to taxing the buy...
15 July 2016
From: Breaking News
An online letting agency claims a third of tenants are subletting without the agreement of their landlord, with an even higher...
13 July 2016
From: Breaking News
A senior mortgage lender is warning that government reforms of the buy to let sector could have wide-ranging and unintended consequences. Richard...
05 July 2016
From: Breaking News
The exemption of residential property from the new Capital Gains Tax cuts tops the list of concerns expressed by professional landlords...
14 June 2016
From: Breaking News
Housing minister Brandon Lewis has backed the raft of measures seen by many as anti-buy to let, including the restriction on...
21 April 2016
From: Breaking News
Specialist eviction firm Landlord Action claims that in the past 12 months the number of incidents where tenants have sub-let properties...
20 April 2016
From: Breaking News
Almost all landlords are considering increasing rents to pay for the higher taxes they now face. According to a survey by the...
15 April 2016
From: Breaking News
Ian Wilson, chief executive officer of Martin & Co, has given David Cameron’s government a “two out of 10” score for...
11 April 2016
From: Breaking News
The imposition of the stamp duty surcharge on additional homes would add another £4,500 to the cost of setting up a...
04 April 2016
From: Breaking News
Agents acting for landlords replacing furniture and other domestic items in homes to let should be given detailed guidance from the...
23 February 2016
From: Breaking News
Around a fifth of investors plan to sell their buy to let properties this year, thanks to the recent measures against...
08 February 2016
From: Breaking News
George Osborne has done more for the rental market than any other chancellor in history claims Marc von Grundherr, lettings director...
21 January 2016
From: Breaking News
The two landlords behind the possible legal challenge to George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes are appealling for “experts, mentors...
11 January 2016
From: Breaking News
Today is the last chance for Letting Agent Today readers to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent...
07 January 2016
From: Breaking News
A Conservative peer and former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury has become the first senior Tory to speak out against...
06 January 2016
From: Breaking News
A legal opinion is expected in the next few days as the legal challenge to George Osborne’s buy to let tax...
06 January 2016
From: Breaking News
Letting Agent Today readers are being given the rare opportunity to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent...
05 January 2016
From: Breaking News
The latest £50,000 target to fund a legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposed tax changes for buy to let landlords...
04 January 2016
From: Breaking News
An online petition seeking the reversal of the Osborne clampdown on buy to let tax breaks has secured around 47,000 signatures...
31 December 2015
From: Breaking News
Buy to let tax relief is still set to total around £15 billion annually even after changes to tax relief are introduced,...
21 December 2015
From: Breaking News
HM Revenue and Customs has published the responses it has received to its 12 week consultation on changing the Wear and...
10 December 2015
From: Breaking News
An online petition asking the government to rethink its raft of tax measures imposed on buy to let landlords this year...
07 December 2015
From: Breaking News
A respected survey of the buy to let market says proposed tax changes and the increased stamp duty on additional homes...
04 December 2015
From: Breaking News
Research shows that landlords are scaling-back repairs over the winter in order to optimise finances when a new wear and tear tax...
20 November 2015
From: Breaking News
The head of a landlords’ association has warned the Conservative government not to demonise buy to let investors who typically have...
16 November 2015
From: Breaking News
The controversial changes to landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief and to the wear and tear allowance “have failed to dampen the...
10 November 2015
From: Breaking News
Thanks to Accountancy Age for drawing to our attention to the fact that not every country is tightening up on the tax...
04 November 2015
From: Breaking News
The Chancellor’s proposed change to wear and tear tax allowance in the rental sector will hit rural lettings particularly hard, according...
30 October 2015
From: Breaking News
While almost every lettings organisation has been up in arms at the raft of tax changes for landlords suggested by Chancellor...
26 October 2015
From: Breaking News
“Unthought-through”, “unfair and unreasonable” and leading to “extreme confusion” - those are the thoughts of Britain’s leading professional accounting body on...
19 October 2015
From: Breaking News
The online petition against the government's proposed tax changes for buy to let investors is "a waste of time" according to...
12 October 2015
From: Breaking News
A columnist on FT Adviser - an online service for financial advisers and clients - says buy to let investors have...
09 October 2015
From: Breaking News
The government is ruling out any re-think on its proposals to reduce buy to let tax breaks from next year. The Financial...
08 October 2015
From: Breaking News
The Daily Telegraph has undertaken an interesting exercise which effectively challenges Chancellor George Osborne’s assertion that buy to let tax changes...
16 September 2015
From: Breaking News
A firm of specialist solicitors claims that one in five landlords say they will be “out of business due to government...
01 September 2015
From: Breaking News
The founders of the website saynotogeorge.co.uk have stepped forward to explain why they have founded the campaign. Two Peterborough-based property developers are...
17 August 2015
From: Breaking News
A new website - www.saynotogeorge.co.uk - has been set up as a nucleus for opposition to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposals to...
13 August 2015
From: Breaking News
Around 47 per cent of landlords will be affected by changes to the annual wear and tear allowance. That’s the result of...
13 August 2015
From: Breaking News
The Residential Landlords Association has launched a new campaign ‘toolkit’ to enable opponents of the proposed buy to let tax changes...
10 August 2015
From: Breaking News
A survey suggests that renters are worried that landlords who have to pay more tax as a result of changes in...
05 August 2015
From: Breaking News
A survey for a lettings organisation has confirmed the belief that the government’s removal of tax breaks on landlords will almost...
22 July 2015
From: Breaking News
HMRC has revealed the scope of its proposed changes to the wear and tear allowance, as announced in George Osborne’s Budget...
21 July 2015
From: Breaking News
The specialist buy to let mortgage sector is set to be an unexpected victim of the buy to let tax changes...