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03 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Some 60% of multi-property landlords have expanded their property portfolio since the introduction of the stamp duty holiday in July 2020,...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

With auctions still proving popular in light of Covid-19, and set to thrive even after the pandemic subsides, Property Investor Today...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News

To no-one’s surprise, there haven’t been petitions or concerted pressure from the public, MPs and trade bodies regarding the introduction of...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News

As property investors, it is very important that we monitor house price trends when assessing new deals and during existing long-term...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News

One in 10 landlords now plan to purchase properties and expand their portfolio, compared to just 3% at the end of...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Summer 2020 saw changes to the 30-day Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rule come into force and talk of a CGT increase...
30 October 2020
From: Conveyancing, Mortgages, Tax & Finance

With the potential for restrictions to be in place on and off for many years to come, and the likely continued...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News

I have been a developer and landlord for over 25 years and, for my sins, ended up owning an estates and...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Demand from Chinese investors for UK property soared in July after plummeting between April-June, during the height of the coronavirus lockdown. In...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Covid-19 has furthered the decline of the high street and led to major city centres becoming virtual ghost towns as office...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Research by Andrews Property Group has identified the 10 UK towns and cities where 99% of homes currently listed for sale...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The other major housing announcement in the Chancellor’s recent summer economic update, aside from the headline-grabbing stamp duty holiday, was the...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The South West, and Cornwall in particular, should be capturing the attention of property investors despite the economic challenges posed by...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

An average of 13 house sales were agreed per branch in July – the highest figure recorded since June 2007, according...
31 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The stamp duty holiday, which has set the tax threshold for property purchases at £500,000, is a potential future tax trap...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News

When Chancellor Rishi Sunak gave his Summer Statement last month, many people were surprised to learn that buy-to-let investors would be...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Accountancy firm MJ Bushell says now is the perfect time for landlords and investors to consider property incorporation. Property tax specialists at...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Now, more than ever, property investors will be seeking safe havens and thriving markets which promise strong and reliable returns. Could...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Last week's announcement of a stamp duty holiday on the first £500,000 of property purchases has prompted a rise in buyers...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Until now, self-build has been something of a niche market – for the brave and risk-taking. It’s received national prominence through...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Some four in 10 mortgage advisers expect to write more buy-to-let business in the next 12 months, according to Paragon Bank. The...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Investors buying homes worth up to £500,000 won’t have to pay stamp duty on these purchases until the end of March...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries and Ernst & Young (EY) have collaborated to create a guide for property investors on the changes...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s a question many would-be investors will have been asking themselves, with so much remaining up-in-the-air and uncertain at present. But...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News

While England slowly starts to emerge from lockdown under the UK government’s three-point plan (the devolved administrations are taking a slightly...
18 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Welcome to this special, VE Bank Holiday (and lockdown), edition of Property Investor Today. We hope all our readers are having...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A Chinese-led house buying boom is on the way in the UK, according to the CEO of Emerging Communications, a Chinese...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak revealed in his first Budget plans to introduce a 2% stamp duty surcharge on non-UK tax residents. While...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest Budget – Rishi Sunak’s first as Chancellor following his dramatic promotion – is set to take place on Wednesday...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Newly-appointed Chancellor Rishi Sunak should use the forthcoming Budget to ‘produce a level playing field for taxation’ with the short-term letting...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News

We’ve previously reported on everything from sustainable living developments to eco-villages, and recently covered a major trade body’s call for the...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), one of the biggest and most influential trade bodies in the UK, has called...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

It was revealed over the weekend that Boris Johnson is considering introducing a mansion tax for high value homes. The Telegraph, which...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Whether you’re a first-time landlord or an experienced one, there are frequent regulatory changes in the buy-to-let sector that you will...
19 August 2019
From: Sponsored Content

The UK’s Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) sector is predicted to reach a total combined value of over £53 billion by...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News

New data from AA Financial Services recently revealed that the number of British adults who say they want to move from...
09 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The death of the £100,000 property in London is now official, with research revealing that there are now no properties for...
26 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Ahead of today’s Budget, property experts are waiting to see whether their predictions will be dispelled, or whether they will prove...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News

More than a fifth of recent home buyers (those who purchased less than three years ago) would consider moving home if...
17 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Bishop Fleming has called for the Chancellor in his next Budget to assist residential landlords who wish to downsize their property...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The delay to the implementation of HMRC’s ‘Making Tax Digital’ system announced in July was warmly welcomed by buy-to-let landlords. A plan...
24 August 2017
From: Breaking News

More than 1 million aspiring homebuyers have opened Help to Buy ISAs, government-backed savings accounts, designed to help people save money...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A single mum who lived in a council flat with her newborn baby has been given a new £120,000 home for...
10 August 2017
From: Breaking News

There was a marginal increase in the number of residential property sales in prime central London in the first half of...
03 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The decline in property prices at the upper end of London’s housing market has led to a sharp rise in home...
18 July 2017
From: Breaking News

It has been exactly one year since Britain voted to leave the European Union by 52% to 48%, and while the...
23 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Sales of homes at the top end of the housing market have collapsed over the past 12 months or so, especially...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News

More than nine months on from the historic Brexit vote, and home buyers are now paying 1.3% on average more for...
14 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Leading housebuilders and housing associations, including British Land and the Berkeley Group, are urging the government to back Crossrail 2 as...
05 April 2017
From: Breaking News

House prices were at the forefront of the EU debate in the run-up to last year’s referendum, with various experts, including...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Yesterday’s rather low-key Budget statement failed to mention the housing market as the government continues to bury its head on the...
09 March 2017
From: Breaking News

There were calls ahead of yesterday’s Budget statement for the chancellor Philip Hammond to announce fresh measures to plug the ‘inequality’...
09 March 2017
From: Breaking News

This week’s Budget statement will present the Chancellor Philip Hammond with a prime opportunity to address the inequality in VAT between new...
06 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Residential property prices were at the forefront of the Brexit debate in the run-up to the EU referendum, with the now...
10 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Richard Barber, director at Prime Central London estate agency W.A.Ellis, part of the JLL Group, offers his thoughts on what property market...
03 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Trevor Abrahmsohn, director at Glentree Estates offers his thoughts on what property market trends we can expect over the coming year. 2016 has...
29 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Damage caused by storms, burst pipes and from break-ins were listed in a report earlier this year as the primary reasons that...
12 December 2016
From: Breaking News

With significantly more homes required to meet the needs and aspirations of Scotland’s growing population, the home building industry north of...
25 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The chancellor Philip Hammond announced a range of housing measures in his first Autumn Statement, including £1.4bn of cash to help build...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A chronic shortage of housing in the UK is continuing to place upward pressure on residential property prices, according to the...
11 November 2016
From: Breaking News

House prices were at the forefront of the EU debate in the run-up to the EU referendum with the now former...
09 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The chancellor Phillip Hammond should use his upcoming Autumn Statement to raise the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) threshold to £250,000...
31 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The UK government should delay the introduction of any changes to non-domicile reforms until at least 2018, giving it an opportunity...
24 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Homebuyers are returning to the housing market as post EU referendum fears continue to calm, the latest RICS UK Residential Market...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The government’s plan to tackle the housing shortage by building 25,000 new homes using a £3bn Home Building Fund has been broadly...
08 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Stamp duty receipts fell 2.5% to £7.3bn as the reforms made by former chancellor George Osborne take their toll on the...
03 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme, which has attracted strong demand from borrowers looking for higher loan-to-value (LTV) home loans,...
30 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The government has been accused of 'failing to put its money where its mouth is' when it comes to housing after...
19 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Former Conservative Chancellor Lord Lawson, who served under Margaret Thatcher’s government, has called on the new man in the Treasury to...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News

House price inflation across the UK dropped to 8.3% in the year to July, down from 9.7% in June, according to...
14 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A growing number of investors are choosing to invest in property, despite the introduction of higher stamp duty purchasing costs and...
13 September 2016
From: Breaking News

An increase in housebuilding levels helped to ensure that overall construction output remained flat in July following a 1% drop in...
12 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Residential property prices look set to fall across many part of the UK next year as the housing market and wider...
23 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The former chancellor George Osborne may have predicted pre-Brexit that UK house prices could take an 18% hit over the next...
11 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The Brexit vote will undoubtedly dominate David Cameron's legacy as Prime Minister, but he should also be remembered for leaving behind...
02 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Property prices were at the forefront of the EU debate in the run-up to the referendum, with the now former Chancellor...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The chancellor George Osborne and business secretary Sajid Javid’s pledge to reduce corporation tax to less than 15% would show Britain...
11 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Brexit horror scenarios, including the collapse in UK house prices forecast by the chancellor George Osborne, have failed to materialise so...
08 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Residential property prices in the UK could fall by up to 20% as a consequence of the Chancellor George Osborne’s buy-to-...
20 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Residential property prices in the UK fell by 0.4% in May, the steepest decline since November 2011, as the European Union...
13 June 2016
From: Breaking News

House prices in the UK are expected to rise further regardless of whether Britain opts to remain or leave the European...
10 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Mortgage rates in the UK could increase in the short-term if Britain votes to leave the European Union, according to the...
25 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A vote to leave the EU would have a ‘major hit’ on residential property prices across the UK and increase the...
10 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Property investor Marco Robinson is offering fellow property investors an opportunity to win a buy-to-let property in Manchester worth in the...
26 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Close to a quarter of a million homeowners (233,697) have advertised for lodgers since the increase to the Rent a Room Scheme...
08 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Never one to miss an opportunity, George Osborne knew he was onto a winner when he chose to raise stamp duty...
26 February 2016
From: Breaking News

George Osborne’s recent tax reforms have sparked a surge in landlords buying property through a company in order to safeguard tax...
05 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The frustrations vented over the looming buy-to-let tax hike has sadly been all too predictable. In the latest twist to what have...
27 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let investors could be forgiven for feeling rather under siege as 2015 draws to a close. Landlords who had been encouraged over...
22 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Following the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, 2016 is set to be the year of the first-time buyer, with a number of measures...
17 December 2015
From: Breaking News

As 2015 draws to a close, the Essential Information Group (EIG) has published its latest figures covering the whole of the...
15 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Residential property investors are facing a number of tax reforms that will fundamentally change the profitability of their portfolios. The changes will...
08 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The unexpected increase in stamp duty for buy-to-let homes will precipitate a rush of property investment, according to buying agency Black Brick. Chancellor...
03 December 2015
From: Breaking News

London rental values have increased by 5% in the four months to October 2015, it has been revealed. According to figures released...
01 December 2015
From: Breaking News

A survey by The Deposit Protection Service has revealed that 68% of landlords believe that changes in landlord tax will lead...
01 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Paragon Group has released its results for the year ending 30 September 2015, reporting that buy-to-let lending has increased by over...
26 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Since the Chancellor’s announced measures to curb the buy-to-let in the Summer Budget, there has been a flurry of debate –...
20 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Results from a survey of industry bodies has revealed that buy-to-let will be the main use of equity release for the...
27 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Three property schemes in northern England will receive multi-million pound investment from China, Chancellor George Osborne has announced. £1.2bn will be pumped...
24 September 2015
From: Breaking News

At the last budget the Chancellor announced that from 2017 he was phasing out higher rate tax relief on the interest...
03 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Research by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) shows that in the wake of this month's Summer Budget, over two thirds of...
21 July 2015
From: Breaking News

A financial services provider is urging the Conservative Government to consider landlords who might be wrestling with financial problems in secret. Reach...
06 July 2015
From: Breaking News

As a result of their unexpected majority, the Tories will be able to ensure their new Help to Buy ISA policy...