Since the government launched its Let Property Campaign in 2013 – an initiative which allows landlords to declare unpaid tax in return for a discounted penalty - more than 58,000 disclosures have been made to the authority and approximately £250 million has been recovered in unpaid taxes.
Despite this success, HMRC has been intensifying its efforts to track down landlords with...
Rent rises could finally be set to slow down because more housing stock is becoming available due to the cost of living crisis, a property expert has warned.
A report last week revealed rents are outstripping inflation in more than a quarter of Britain's local authority areas.
According to Zoopla, prices have rocketed by at least 10.1pc in 102 council districts as tenants...
Eddie Hooker, CEO of the Hamilton Fraser Group, who operate industry schemes such as Total Landlord Insurance, the Property Redress Scheme and Client Money Protect says:
“Having waited three years for this White Paper, we had a good idea of what the rental reforms would look like, and I welcome the Government’s intention to improve the...
In 1995, the average house in the UK cost £104,000 - that’s adjusted for inflation, so the price-tag was lower. Twenty-five years later, the figure was £240,000[i]. The government responded with targets for housebuilding, with the rationale being that more housing supply should keep down prices. But, are we not missing something?
The UK has 238,000 homes that have been empty for six...
Rentd is the newly launched property platform that finds and secures tenants for landlords at a fixed fee of just £799 including VAT, only payable once let. That’s a considerable saving compared to the typical commission of £1,750 and one that can help boost buy-to-let profit margins following a string of government legislations designed to do the opposite.
What you need to know about commercial property leases
If you are looking to take a commercial lease or if you are looking to buy a commercial freehold, then negotiating the sale contract or the terms of the lease is an important part of the process. But there are other aspects of a commercial property lease that you should know about before you sign.
Research by estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester , reveals that the UK rental market has taken a step backwards due to Omicron, as rental demand has declined in the vast majority of major UK cities during the final quarter of last year.
The Barrows and Forrester Rental Demand Index monitors rental listings across the nation, taking an average demand score for each major...
New research reveals almost one in seven (14%) renters who spent money doing up their rental property paid over £1,000 for improvements -
New research reveals over a third (34%) of renters have spent money doing up their landlords’ properties, with almost one in seven (14%) of them having spent over £1,000 each
This is driven mainly by increased time spent at home and
UK Property Rental Market Sees Lowest Supply In Almost A Decade
Room wanted’ ads outnumber ads for ‘rooms available’ on SpareRoom for only the third time in six years. Last time this happened was in September 2019 and before that, August 2015.
The demand surge is driven by people coming into the market, rather than moving within it.
How will HMO licensing changes impact London’s biggest property rental market?
Research by central London estate agency, Bective , has revealed how new HMO licensing rules will impact London’s biggest property rental market, Westminster.
The new HMO licensing rules came into force in Westminster at the end of August 2021. In short, they state that shared houses or flats where 3 or...
