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If you want to hear of a tale for our industry’s times - featuring housing shortages, planning disputes, rampant  inflation and...

When is a landlord a business, and when is (s)he not a business? I’m not referring to landlords who have gone down...

Every year the media writes a lot about house price crashes, and often pose the question whether this is the year...

What will happen to house prices? Should I rent or buy? Will a Labour or Tory Government be better for homeowners....

If you’ve paid even scant attention to Landlord Today or other trade titles, you’ll be familiar with the headlines about rogue...

After years - indeed a decade - of anti-rental sector policy and rhetoric it’s difficult not to see recent days as...

To help or not to help: that is the question the government is facing with regard to under-pressure private rented sector...

Former England footballer turned TV pundit and property expert, Dion Dublin, is to headline the South East Property Expo.   The centre...

Hamptons is warning landlords disillusioned with buy to let that they may have missed the top of the sales market -...

There’s been a sharp rise in mortgage arrears as high interest rates have hit the housing market - and now there’s...

The London property market is facing a "bleak" second half of the year, the National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB) has...

The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his take on why it’s those working across the sector who will help drag us...

So much has changed in the world of property of late that it’s easy to be behind the times - and...

The proposals to shake the Private Rental Sector (PRS) to its foundations will, depending upon your political persuasion and housing status,...

The UK is on its rear - fact. Whilst many were breathing a sigh of relief after surviving a global pandemic,...

THE PROPERTY market continues to hold pretty firm - despite fears voiced by many that 2023 would herald a crash in...

New 2023 research from Open Property Group found that just 41% of homes in England meet the recommended Energy Performance Certificate...

You don’t need me to tell you that buy to let has had a torrid time of it lately. For agents trying...

Vaboo is a Customer Engagement and Reward Platform enabling Tenants and Landlords to give their insights into the relationships that matter...

Fintech firm Twenty7tec has acquired mortgage affordability platform Broker Sense for an undisclosed sum. Broker Sense, founded by Stuart Phillips and Mark...

I’ve been on Twitter for a decade and have 23,500 followers - a gratifying number and of those a couple of...

And…breathe. For a while back there, the only certainty for the housing market was uncertainty. That isn’t to say the election of Rishi...

This question is not as flippant as it sounds because over recent years the status of the private landlord has taken...

There’s one message that’s come home to me loud and clear from my dealings with agents so far this year -...

A lead generation platform that boasts Leaders, EweMove and Northwood amongst its clients says it’s expanding into mortgages. Rentround, now in its...

The UK property industry has long been a target of fraudsters due to the low levels of transparency and the fact...

A leading buying agency says that while prime central London’s property market shows clear signs of recovery, a weak area remains...

A wealth tax on overseas owners of UK homes could raise £5 billion a year to help local people buy their...

Lenders’ umbrella group UK Finance has given its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2022 and 2023 together, plus a year-end report for 2021. It estimates...

The chief executive of Propertymark says the number of homes on sale has fallen to an average of just 21 per branch. “Figures from...

Let’s begin with total transparency from this author: I believe there’s a place for Build To Rent in the wider portfolio...

There is pressure growing in Brighton for the city to hold a referendum giving residents the opportunity to ban new build...

A stamp duty surcharge which has been labelled ‘forgotten’ because of its low profile has nonetheless bagged £45m for HM Treasury in...

It’s been revealed that the government did consider a stamp duty RISE which would have been announced in this week’s Budget. The...

The proportion of properties selling above asking price has dipped according to Propertymark - a likely sign the market is softening at...

It’s been revealed that HM Revenue & Customs scours the listings on both Rightmove and Zoopla to assess whether property investors...

A service that sells properties and elements of joint venture schemes to investors says it’s seeking to expand after completing on...

A leading agency says the new normal likely to establish itself in the housing market after the end of the stamp...

Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...

The possible introduction of higher levels of Capital Gains Tax for the sale of buy to let, holiday homes or even...

A report by the Office of Tax Simplification on Capital Gains Tax has called for a series of changes. They include extending...

Some sellers are suffering cash flow issues as a result of glitches in the Capital Gains Tax reporting system, according to...

There is growing speculation that a raft of tax proposals to be unveiled next week will include reform of Capital Gains...

There’s a warning this morning that possible tax reforms to be unveiled next Monday could wreak huge damage on the property...

Hello and welcome to this edition of Property Jobs Today, a chance to catch up with who’s moving where in the...

Tax experts suggest the widely expected reform of Capital Gains Tax is unlikely to be announced in tomorrow’s Budget - at...

A new study suggests that the end of the stamp duty holiday should not significantly dent the purchasing pattens of buy...

The high-end housing market on Jersey has been rocked by a plan from the island’s government which may ban foreign investors from...

REACH, a programme encouraging start-ups in the property world, has released a list of UK companies that will feature in its...

A group that last year floated the concept of a one-off wealth tax - which would include taxing main homes as...

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

A leading mortgage broker is warning that over half the lenders in a key segment of the market are already unable...

The Financial Conduct Authority is extending the ban on repossessions by two months until April 1, in light of the pandemic. The...

The shock and almost immediate increase in stamp duty on additional homes in Wales has prompted one question in the industry...

A mortgage technology platform has released figures suggesting the housing market remains strong, with high numbers of searches by buyers for...

Property is considered to be a safe investment. The buy-to-let market is booming, fuelled by a generation unable to get on...

One of the industry’s leading commentators says an unintended consequence of a possible Capital Gains Tax increase could be a bonus...

We all know what the problem is, but what’s the solution? The problem is that landlords, thinking they offer a valuable service...

Hefty increases in taxes on the purchase and sale of holiday homes and buy to let properties are expected in the...

A new portal launches today with 100,000 listings and a pledge to target buyers largely ignored by established websites - investors. It’s...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed that the First Homes scheme will provide newly built homes at a 30 per cent...

Speculation is mounting that Capital Gains Tax could for the first time be applied to gains made when owners sell first...

Tuesday of this week was the busiest day of the year so far for searches for mortgages - widely seen as...

The threshold at which Scotland’s Land and Buildings Transaction Tax is paid by purchasers is to be raised from £145,000 to...

There’s been another increase in the number of mortgage products available to buyers and landlords - a sign of all aspects...

Online sector veterans Russell Quirk and Kenny Bruce have used social media to call for a temporary scrapping of all stamp...

The Bank of Ireland UK is the latest mortgage lender to resume physical valuations of properties in England, subject of course...

The demand for mortgages in April was scarcely a quarter of what it was in March - but the figures show...

A property tax specialist is warning that sellers of buy to lets or holiday homes may have to estimate their own...

Predictions that landlords are not buying properties to let out because of tougher rental taxes and regulations appear to be short...

Hello - if it’s Monday it’s PJT day, so welcome to the latest update on key moves within our industry. Let us...

Hello and welcome to a new week, and a new edition of PJT. If you’re on the move or your firm has...

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

The latest figures from investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests new build sales have plummeted in prime areas of the capital...

There was an increase in the number of first time buyers getting on the property ladder in September compared to the...

Until now General Election pledges of stamp duty reforms were restricted to the Conservatives - but now a tax consultancy says...

A tax expert is urging owners of second homes, as well as property investors and existing landlords, to seek independent financial...

A former 10 Downing Street adviser says stamp duty on house sales should be scrapped or at least slashed in order...

There are fewer ‘accidental landlords’ - vendors who resort to letting out their homes because the sales market is difficult. That’s the...

Cash buyers have fallen in 90 per cent of major UK cities over the past three years according to a Zoopla...

Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, who earlier this month told a newspaper that he wanted to introduce a Right To Buy policy for...

An estate agent is linking a drop in transactions of as much as 20 per cent with the stamp duty increases...

First time buyers will constitute the largest single group of purchasers in 2019, despite the apparent difficulties of deposits and securing...

A leading London estate agent has written to The Times dismissing MPs who have been squabbling over Brexit and a possible...

A record £8.2 billion was paid in Capital Gains Tax in 2017/18 - over £1 billion more than the year before.  The...

Seemingly-endless uncertainty over Brexit and now speculation over whether there will be an easing of stamp duty on transactions is making...

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...

Conservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson has expressed an interest in switching the stamp duty burden from buyers to sellers. Until now Johnson’s comments on...

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

Some 10 per cent of Britons now own a second home, a buy to let or an overseas property according to...

A writer for the influential financial publication Money Week says investors should “steer clear” of Foxtons - at least for now. Sarah...

Agents have reacted gloomily to the release of figures showing that the number of new mortgages offered to both movers and...

A new and comprehensive analysis of the housing market shows a jaw-dropping collapse in stamp duty revenue going to the Treasury...

New figures from HM Revenue and Customs suggest that stamp duty receipts have fallen by no less than £1 billion. The drop...

An ex-housing minister and ex-Brexit secretary says he wants to radically change taxes on buy to let capital appreciation to help...

Figures released this morning show a surge in first time buyers securing mortgages in recent months, despite the market showing continued signs...

After several days of gloomy market news, here's something more optimistic - there were 370,000 new first time buyer mortgages completed in...

The average prices of flats and maisonettes bucked the trend by falling very slightly in the year to December, according to...