The Latest Private Rented Sector News

Government urged to introduce new buy-to-let tax on ‘nightly letting’
Buy-to-let landlords who let out their properties as short-term holiday lets should be hit with fresh taxes to deter them

HMRC may add tax checks to private rental licensing schemes
HM Revenue & Customs has launched a consultation on adding tax checks to private rental sector licensing schemes – in
Accidental landlords ‘added 80,000 homes to rental market in 2017’
Accidental landlords who had previously tried to sell their properties added an estimated 80,000 homes to Britain’s rental market in

Online agency ‘has approached Facebook to list properties’
Estate Agent Today understands that a high-profile online estate agency in the UK has approached Facebook with a view to

Experts suggest Budget is unlikely to be good news for buy to let landlords
The Budget is unlikely to hold good news for buy to let landlords and according to experts the best they

Many tenants exposed to unnecessary risk claims NAIP
According to the National Association of Inventory Professionals, tenants could be exposed to unnecessary risk as many face many hazards

The UK’s top buy-to-let property hotspots unveiled
Buy-to-let landlords can still expect to achieve double-digit yields when investing up north, fresh research shows. A new survey by

Is buy-to-let property still worth investing in?
In the last couple of years, a raft of tax hikes and lending reforms have made becoming a landlord far

Millions of UK tenants remain in the dark over property laws
New research from LetBritain involving over 2,000 UK adults has revealed that millions of tenants and landlords across the country

Ombudsman continues crackdown on letting agents breaking law over fees
The Property Ombudsman has launched phase three of its national campaign with the Chartered Trading Standards Institute to tackle lettings