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As property investors, it is very important that we monitor house price trends when assessing new deals and during existing long-term...

One in 10 landlords now plan to purchase properties and expand their portfolio, compared to just 3% at the end of...

Summer 2020 saw changes to the 30-day Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rule come into force and talk of a CGT increase...

With the potential for restrictions to be in place on and off for many years to come, and the likely continued...

I have been a developer and landlord for over 25 years and, for my sins, ended up owning an estates and...

Demand from Chinese investors for UK property soared in July after plummeting between April-June, during the height of the coronavirus lockdown. In...

Covid-19 has furthered the decline of the high street and led to major city centres becoming virtual ghost towns as office...

Research by Andrews Property Group has identified the 10 UK towns and cities where 99% of homes currently listed for sale...

The other major housing announcement in the Chancellor’s recent summer economic update, aside from the headline-grabbing stamp duty holiday, was the...

The South West, and Cornwall in particular, should be capturing the attention of property investors despite the economic challenges posed by...

An average of 13 house sales were agreed per branch in July – the highest figure recorded since June 2007, according...

The stamp duty holiday, which has set the tax threshold for property purchases at £500,000, is a potential future tax trap...

When Chancellor Rishi Sunak gave his Summer Statement last month, many people were surprised to learn that buy-to-let investors would be...

Accountancy firm MJ Bushell says now is the perfect time for landlords and investors to consider property incorporation. Property tax specialists at...

Now, more than ever, property investors will be seeking safe havens and thriving markets which promise strong and reliable returns. Could...

Last week's announcement of a stamp duty holiday on the first £500,000 of property purchases has prompted a rise in buyers...

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

Some four in 10 mortgage advisers expect to write more buy-to-let business in the next 12 months, according to Paragon Bank. The...

Investors buying homes worth up to £500,000 won’t have to pay stamp duty on these purchases until the end of March...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries and Ernst & Young (EY) have collaborated to create a guide for property investors on the changes...

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...

While England slowly starts to emerge from lockdown under the UK government’s three-point plan (the devolved administrations are taking a slightly...

Welcome to this special, VE Bank Holiday (and lockdown), edition of Property Investor Today. We hope all our readers are having...

A Chinese-led house buying boom is on the way in the UK, according to the CEO of Emerging Communications, a Chinese...

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak revealed in his first Budget plans to introduce a 2% stamp duty surcharge on non-UK tax residents. While...

The latest Budget – Rishi Sunak’s first as Chancellor following his dramatic promotion – is set to take place on Wednesday...

Newly-appointed Chancellor Rishi Sunak should use the forthcoming Budget to ‘produce a level playing field for taxation’ with the short-term letting...

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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), one of the biggest and most influential trade bodies in the UK, has called...

It was revealed over the weekend that Boris Johnson is considering introducing a mansion tax for high value homes. The Telegraph, which...

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...

The UK’s Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) sector is predicted to reach a total combined value of over £53 billion by...

New data from AA Financial Services recently revealed that the number of British adults who say they want to move from...

The death of the £100,000 property in London is now official, with research revealing that there are now no properties for...

Ahead of today’s Budget, property experts are waiting to see whether their predictions will be dispelled, or whether they will prove...

More than a fifth of recent home buyers (those who purchased less than three years ago) would consider moving home if...

Bishop Fleming has called for the Chancellor in his next Budget to assist residential landlords who wish to downsize their property...

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...

More than 1 million aspiring homebuyers have opened Help to Buy ISAs, government-backed savings accounts, designed to help people save money...

A single mum who lived in a council flat with her newborn baby has been given a new £120,000 home for...

There was a marginal increase in the number of residential property sales in prime central London in the first half of...

The decline in property prices at the upper end of London’s housing market has led to a sharp rise in home...

It has been exactly one year since Britain voted to leave the European Union by 52% to 48%, and while the...

Sales of homes at the top end of the housing market have collapsed over the past 12 months or so, especially...

More than nine months on from the historic Brexit vote, and home buyers are now paying 1.3% on average more for...

Leading housebuilders and housing associations, including British Land and the Berkeley Group, are urging the government to back Crossrail 2 as...

House prices were at the forefront of the EU debate in the run-up to last year’s referendum, with various experts, including...

Yesterday’s rather low-key Budget statement failed to mention the housing market as the government continues to bury its head on the...

There were calls ahead of yesterday’s Budget statement for the chancellor Philip Hammond to announce fresh measures to plug the ‘inequality’...

This week’s Budget statement will present the Chancellor Philip Hammond with a prime opportunity to address the inequality in VAT between new...

Residential property prices were at the forefront of the Brexit debate in the run-up to the EU referendum, with the now...

Richard Barber, director at Prime Central London estate agency W.A.Ellis, part of the JLL Group, offers his thoughts on what property market...

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

Damage caused by storms, burst pipes and from break-ins were listed in a report earlier this year as the primary reasons that...

With significantly more homes required to meet the needs and aspirations of Scotland’s growing population, the home building industry north of...

The chancellor Philip Hammond announced a range of housing measures in his first Autumn Statement, including £1.4bn of cash to help build...

A chronic shortage of housing in the UK is continuing to place upward pressure on residential property prices, according to the...

House prices were at the forefront of the EU debate in the run-up to the EU referendum with the now former...

The chancellor Phillip Hammond should use his upcoming Autumn Statement to raise the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) threshold to £250,000...

The UK government should delay the introduction of any changes to non-domicile reforms until at least 2018, giving it an opportunity...

Homebuyers are returning to the housing market as post EU referendum fears continue to calm, the latest RICS UK Residential Market...

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

Stamp duty receipts fell 2.5% to £7.3bn as the reforms made by former chancellor George Osborne take their toll on the...

The Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme, which has attracted strong demand from borrowers looking for higher loan-to-value (LTV) home loans,...

The government has been accused of 'failing to put its money where its mouth is' when it comes to housing after...

Former Conservative Chancellor Lord Lawson, who served under Margaret Thatcher’s government, has called on the new man in the Treasury to...

House price inflation across the UK dropped to 8.3% in the year to July, down from 9.7% in June, according to...

A growing number of investors are choosing to invest in property, despite the introduction of higher stamp duty purchasing costs and...

An increase in housebuilding levels helped to ensure that overall construction output remained flat in July following a 1% drop in...

Residential property prices look set to fall across many part of the UK next year as the housing market and wider...

The former chancellor George Osborne may have predicted pre-Brexit that UK house prices could take an 18% hit over the next...

The Brexit vote will undoubtedly dominate David Cameron's legacy as Prime Minister, but he should also be remembered for leaving behind...

Property prices were at the forefront of the EU debate in the run-up to the referendum, with the now former Chancellor...

The chancellor George Osborne and business secretary Sajid Javid’s pledge to reduce corporation tax to less than 15% would show Britain...

Brexit horror scenarios, including the collapse in UK house prices forecast by the chancellor George Osborne, have failed to materialise so...

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

Residential property prices in the UK fell by 0.4% in May, the steepest decline since November 2011, as the European Union...

House prices in the UK are expected to rise further regardless of whether Britain opts to remain or leave the European...

Mortgage rates in the UK could increase in the short-term if Britain votes to leave the European Union, according to the...

A vote to leave the EU would have a ‘major hit’ on residential property prices across the UK and increase the...

Property investor Marco Robinson is offering fellow property investors an opportunity to win a buy-to-let property in Manchester worth in the...

Close to a quarter of a million homeowners (233,697) have advertised for lodgers since the increase to the Rent a Room Scheme...

Never one to miss an opportunity, George Osborne knew he was onto a winner when he chose to raise stamp duty...

George Osborne’s recent tax reforms have sparked a surge in landlords buying property through a company in order to safeguard tax...

The frustrations vented over the looming buy-to-let tax hike has sadly been all too predictable. In the latest twist to what have...

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

Following the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, 2016 is set to be the year of the first-time buyer, with a number of measures...

As 2015 draws to a close, the Essential Information Group (EIG) has published its latest figures covering the whole of the...

Residential property investors are facing a number of tax reforms that will fundamentally change the profitability of their portfolios.  The changes will...

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...

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

A survey by The Deposit Protection Service has revealed that 68% of landlords believe that changes in landlord tax will lead...

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

Since the Chancellor’s announced measures to curb the buy-to-let in the Summer Budget, there has been a flurry of debate –...

Results from a survey of industry bodies has revealed that buy-to-let will be the main use of equity release for the...

Three property schemes in northern England will receive multi-million pound investment from China, Chancellor George Osborne has announced. £1.2bn will be pumped...

At the last budget the Chancellor announced that from 2017 he was phasing out higher rate tax relief on the interest...

Research by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) shows that in the wake of this month's Summer Budget, over two thirds of...

A financial services provider is urging the Conservative Government to consider landlords who might be wrestling with financial problems in secret.   Reach...

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

After months of campaigning and deliberating, polling day is now behind us. With all the election stories doing the rounds, we...