Landlords are calling on the new Chancellor, Philip Hammond (himself a former buy to let landlord) to scrap the tax rises George Osborne has introduced.  The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) say that the “punitive tax rises” Osborne has imposed on the PRS is in the mistaken belief that landlords are preventing first time buyers getting onto the property ladder.  ...

Brexit has sparked a huge surge in failed sales in London with alarmed buyers pulling out according to the London Standard. Thousands of sales have collapsed since the Brexit vote with the fallout being most severe in the centre of the capital where agents reported that up to two thirds of the offers they were handling on the day of the Referendum were withdrawn or are now ...

Following the rush to buy by landlords to beat the 3% stamp duty hike in April, these properties are now coming onto the rental market having been refurbished and made ready to rent.  This has been described as a rental “flash flood” according to the latest Buy-to-Let Index.  The Director of Your Move says “Just a month or so ago rents were heating up and spring was in ...