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The Chancellor has abolished multiple dwellings relief for stamp duty land tax. Relief from SDLT for multiple dwellings in England and Northern Ireland...

That’s the clear result of a survey by the National Residential Landlords Association.  It says some 12 per cent of landlords in...

Smarter Rent co-founder Alex Sullivan says: “People often ask us if now is the right moment to invest in property. While...

A new guide on how to sell an investment property has been launched by the National Residential Landlords Association and its...

Tax was a critical part of the Tory leadership debate, with both Truss and Sunak taking the view that tax decreases...

The capital needs almost 85,000 new private homes a year to meet government housing needs, a new report has cautioned. The report,...

Proposals to ‘force’ landlords across the country to pay up to £10,000 to improve the energy efficiency of rental properties require...

The government has talked plenty about improving the energy efficiency of private rented homes, but despite this rhetoric, only 5% of private...

In recent months, residential landlords have been under huge pressure to keep on top of a raft of new legislation and...

It seems rare that the government delivers good news to landlords, but there were sighs of relief all round when the...

The residential and commercial lettings market has always required those involved to be on their toes in order to keep up...

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

A leading UK property developer has claimed that the government’s plan to professionalise the buy-to-let sector, through tax changes, regulation and...

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

In recent years, there has been considerable controversy over the use of ‘no DSS’ in homes being listed for let, with...

Earlier this month, the government confirmed that its ban on evictions due to the coronavirus pandemic is to be extended for...

The thorny issue of rent controls has reared its head again as the campaigns for the London mayoral election 2020 start...

It’s impossible to know for sure what the major investment trends will be for the next decade, but if recent trends...

New research has claimed that rent controls hurt tenants by drying up the supply of rental homes and in some cases...

Some 84% of landlords are committed to the buy-to-let market and eager to maintain or grow the number of properties in...

The increasing amount of lettings regulations is making it difficult for letting agents and landlords to remain compliant and protect the safety of...

Groups representing landlords and letting agents have called for section 21 repossessions to be retained in the private rented sector unless...

A new index to help Britain’s private landlords and investors ‘benchmark the performance of their residential property investments’ has been created...

Private sector buy-to-let landlords sometimes get a bad rap from renters, who blame property investors for fuelling a housing boom which...

Hundreds of landlords are moving from long to short-term lets on Airbnb and other online outlets to counter falling yields, according...

Official figures released this week by the English Housing Survey show that some 84% of private tenants are satisfied with their...

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

Sterner affordability criteria, stress testing and more robust risk management for lenders seeking to underwrite mortgage contracts has left many property...

The National Landlords Association's latest research has revealed that the number of landlords in Central London who plan to sell their...

An immigration law solicitor has warned that almost three-quarters of private residential landlords in the UK don't understand the implications of the...

The government is failing landlords over the new Right to Rent immigration policy, research by the Residential Landlords Association suggests. In their...

The Residential Landlords Association has warned that Treasury proposals to make access to buy-to-let lending harder could cut off the supply...

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

Tenants who request anything other than the most urgent repairs will face an uphill struggle this winter, according to research from...

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