As the House of Lords prepares to examine the Renters’ Rights Bill today (22 April), property experts are sounding the alarm over its potential to harm the tenants it aims to protect.
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Renters’ Rights Bill could spark ‘landlord exodus’ and harm tenants
As the House of Lords prepares to examine the Renters’ Rights Bill today (22 April), property experts are sounding the alarm over its potential to harm the tenants it aims to protect.
Read MoreBuy-to-let mortgage activity surges: Is there hope for landlords?
Buy-to-let mortgage numbers soared by nearly 40% at the end of 2024, raising hopes of revival for this sector of housing market.
Read More900.000 more sole traders and landlords to be swept into Making Tax Digital
The UK Government’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) initiative is transforming how taxes are reported and managed, with significant implications for property agents.
Read MoreSpring Statement will not shift the PRS/BTL fundamentals – Hendry
When is a Budget not a Budget? When it’s a Spring Statement of course, which will be outlined to the House of Commons by the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, on 26 March.
Read MoreBuy-to-let investors set to make the biggest saving when remortaging in the current market
Improving market conditions have seen remortgagers thousands of pounds better off when it comes to remortgaging.
Read MoreSpring Budget Statement 2025 – Landlord Reactions
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s under pressure (definitely not an emergency budget) Spring Statement alleviated concerns among private landlords by avoiding an increase in Stamp Duty rates for second-home purchases.
Read MoreBTL investment will retain its allure
Whereas those who invested in property were once seen as being ahead of the curve or making a sensible decision, there are now those who appear to believe they are making some sort of terrible mistake.
Read MoreIs the PRS pendulum swinging too far against landlords?
The biggest problem facing landlords is that the PRS is like a pendulum, swinging slowly from one policy extreme to the other, and there is nobody left in parliament or the civil service who remembers what the PRS was like before 1988.
Read MoreLandlords see profits soar from downsizing “loophole”
A landlord’s buy-to-let flats sold for £1.15 million in 4 weeks, another in just 2 weeks for 18% higher than market value, and property portfolios performing at the same level of profitability as when we started in the rental sector 15 years ago: these might sound like numbers from years back, but this is exactly what Landlord Sales Agency is achieving for landlords right now.
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