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There wasn’t much by way of good news in the Spring Budget for landlords and property investors last month. Although some rumours...

Black Brick has been advising professional property investors, buyers, sellers and developers since 2007.  It says it’s advised, sourced and acquired almost...

Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to reform the housing market withs plan to build 1.5m new homes funded partly...

Purplebricks de-lists from the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market on June 16 - the end of what many regard as...

The last few years have seen an eruption of geopolitical volatility. A pandemic, several global lockdowns, and the re-emergence of war...

Some valuable research has been carried out by RIFT Tax Refunds which revealed that while income tax, national insurance contributions and...

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

New analysis from Knight Frank suggests that rent rises are tempting landlords back into the market. It found that, in some cases,...

The demise of the buy-to-let market has been much predicted over recent years. Major tax changes, a 3% stamp duty surcharge, and...

In April 2020, right in the heart of the first lockdown, we ran a guest piece from Harvey Raybould about whether...

Introducing a stamp duty holiday at the height of the pandemic was commendable but it has overstayed its welcome, says Tom...

This week – today (June 23), to be exact – marks five years since the EU referendum. It was a significant moment...

The prime end of the market has been one of the hardest hit by Covid-19, but Euroterra Capital – known as...

More money was spent in the housing market in England and Wales in the year to March than any 12-month period...

We know that UK property has long been a safe haven for international investors, with the market’s robust performance throughout the...

The number of sales transactions in the Prime Central London (PCL) market recorded in March was the highest since March 2016,...

Despite the ongoing implications of Brexit and, more recently, the pandemic, the number of overseas landlords owning property in the UK...

There is a much greater sales potential to be unleashed from Chinese buyers, a leading China expert has claimed. Domenica Di Lieto,...

Last week, two of the UK’s biggest housebuilders – Barratt and Berkeley – held webinars aimed at investors. While new-build developments have traditionally...

The government has not been quiet in targeting landlords and the rental sector. The changes to mortgage interest restrictions for individuals...

In this Q&A, Thomas Balashev – who has spoken previously of breaking into the old-money elite of prime London property despite...

The UK’s prime property market is evolving, rather than suffering, throughout the coronavirus pandemic, new data from wealth manager and private...

In recent years, buy-to-let investors and landlords might feel as if they have been deliberately targeted, with changes to mortgage interest...

To no-one’s surprise, there haven’t been petitions or concerted pressure from the public, MPs and trade bodies regarding the introduction of...

The annual price decline in prime central London (PCL) was 4.3% for the third consecutive month in January, while average rents...

It goes without saying that 2020 was an incredibly eventful year for us all. The Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns meant...

Here, in this guide piece, the experts at Alexander & Co - a firm of chartered accountants in Manchester - run...

Following one of the most disruptive and challenging years in living memory, I have no doubt that many of those in...

In this Q&A, Property Investor Today checks in with the founders of luxury London property developers One Point Six - Bhavnish Chandaria...

Like everything else, the highest echelons of the property market in the UK haven't been immune from the impact of Covid-19. But what...

With 2020 wrapped up and many anticipating the year ahead, Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, provides commentary...

At the start of this year, you would have got very, very long odds on the prospect of UK-wide lockdowns, mandatory...

Sometimes even seasoned investors will need guidance, help and assistance, particularly during times of crisis and uncertainty. With the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic,...

With global stock markets in turmoil, many investors are turning to property as a less volatile investment option. For practical purposes, the...

Last week, Build to Rent (BTR) trade body UKAA and design and consultancy firm Arcadis hosted a Zoom webinar focused on...

Although the last six months have undoubtedly been difficult for many property investors and landlords for others this has been a...

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

Interest in UK property from overseas buyers is surging as investors look to take advantage of the current stamp duty holiday...

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

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

A new report has found that the UK’s residential market is missing out on billions of pounds of potential investment from...

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

Who are you? My name is Benjamin Hall and I’m the Founder and Managing Director of LOFT. What services does LOFT provide? LOFT delivers...

The coronavirus pandemic has had huge impacts on all parts of the property industry, with the market effectively on pause mode...

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

Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which is causing such destruction and disruption to all our lives, new tax legislation is still...

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to have a huge impact on all our lives, with all schools now closed (other than for...

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

With recently released figures revealing Airbnb’s huge reach across the country and Build to Rent’s rapid growth, Property Investor Today analyses...

With the Conservative Party winning a big majority in last week's general election, it will be expected to honour its manifesto pledge...

Overseas buyers may be faced with a relative drop in value of up to 30% in the event of a Conservative...

The Conservative Party has unveiled plans for a 3% stamp duty surcharge for non-UK tax residents who are purchasing property, 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...

You can earn good money from buy-to-let property. Over the last few decades, people have been investing in property to supplement...

Some 97% of property investors do not think the government is doing enough to support the UK property market, new research...

A Brexit-inspired holiday letting boom is expected to hit the South West this year, according to local holiday letting agency Bournecoast. The...

Letting a home can be an intimidating task if you’re doing it for the first time. You may have deliberately entered...

Brexit uncertainty is continuing to drive foreign investment in the UK, research by CashbackRemortgages.co.uk has claimed. A third of multi-million pound homes...

Even though the most recent Budget offered some welcome relief for landlords and the buy-to-let sector as a whole, there are...

Asking rents have reached a record high this quarter following an ongoing trend of fewer property investors purchasing buy-to-let properties, according...

The housing market is not set up for the increasing number of life-long renters, a property management company has claimed. DJ Alexander,...

There will be a continued dampening of the buy-to-let sector over the next three years, before the market stabilises in 2021...

Attitudes towards being a landlord in the current economic and political climate remain optimistic, according to recent research from Your Move. Its...

New research by Gatehouse Bank has revealed that Winchester is home to the most vulnerable rental market as tax changes amplify...

Property is still top choice when it comes to long-term investment, according to findings from a survey carried out by Perrys...

Allsop saw strong results at its May residential auction despite growing wariness among investors across the UK. By close of business, the...

As the National Landlord Investment Show prepares to celebrate its fifth anniversary at Aston Villa Football Club on Wednesday May 16th,...

A property expert from Finchley-based Richard Anthony Chartered Accountants has warned potential investors to plan their investment with care. This comes...

The latest HMRC receipt shows £5.5 billion was taken in capital gains tax (CGT) in January, while the taxman is set...

Research by bridging finance lender mtf has found that a third of UK property professionals are set to expand their portfolios...

Private Finance’s latest buy-to-let hotspots analysis has revealed that Liverpool and Nottingham are the UK’s best-performing locations for property investment, with...

Allsop Residential Auctions has taken a look back on a successful 2017 for the firm, when it raised a total of...

Landlords showed extreme resilience in 2017, new data has revealed, with 57% of the mortgage applications received by Accord Buy To...

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

The UK is now the fifth worst country in Europe for buy-to-let investment, with average rental yields of just 4%. The findings,...

Sales of buy-to-let properties continue to be driven by pension “pot hunters”, according to the latest findings from Sequre Property Investment. Sequre’s...

A number of buy-to-let landlords are turning their attention to student housing, which is regarded by many property investors as a...

Improvements to the existing stamp duty regime would significantly boost the number of housing transactions across England and Wales, according to...

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...

There has been a sharp decline in the number of buy-to-let property acquisitions, following the government’s decision to introduce the 3%...

A new ‘questions and answers’ resource designed to make it easier for those investing in property to understand their Stamp Duty...

The government’s decision to introduce stamp duty land tax (SDLT) reforms 12 months ago has had an adverse impact on the...

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

Property transactions fell in April this year, down 3.2% on March’s total, according to the latest figures from HM Revenue &...

The number of property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market continued to fall last month as a result of...

The property auctions market continued to slow across the UK last month, with the number of lots offered and sold at...

The Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, the UK’s most comprehensive property exhibition, takes place at London ExCeL this week – 28...

Gross mortgage lending held up relatively well last month despite a fall of almost 20% year-on-year, according to the latest estimate...

Residential property prices will surge by more than £50,000 over the next four years despite Brexit uncertainty, economists predict. The average UK...

Residential property sales across many parts of the UK will fall in the year ahead, especially in London, if demand for...

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

Britain is a nation obsessed with property but experts have warned those thinking of investing in buy-to-let are facing headwinds that...

The UK housing market remains remarkably solid, as reflected by the 4.9% increase in the volume of residential property transactions between...

Private property investors, including buy-to-let landlords, who missed their self-assessment tax return payment last week and do not have a valid...

Demand for bridging loans surged last year, as a growing number of property investors turned to short-term finance solutions, which typically...

Asking prices for homes in Britain have increased marginally in the last month, while demand on the house-hunting website Rightmove has...

Despite ongoing political and economic uncertainty, sales volumes are rising in the central London prime property market as buyers look to...

Fewer people are expected to invest in residential property in 2017, as tax changes and economic uncertainty deter many property investors...

Homeowners and property investors in Greater London are facing steep falls in house prices as the slowdown in prime areas of...