Most landlords have made their peace with the tax calendar. You file your return, you pay in January, you pay again in July, and in between you get on with running your properties. It isn’t fun, but it’s predictable. That predictability might be about to change. The Treasury has opened a consultation on a fairly big shift in how people …
Covid is forcing rental market into a ‘once in a lifetime change’ – Zoopla
The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities…….
Extra £62bn of housing sales agreed this year
An additional £62bn of housing sales have been agreed this year in comparison to 2019, according to Zoopla.
Oxford revealed to have the best estate agency reputation.
View Agents, the reputation management platform, which focuses purely on the property industry has launched its BETA platform. The platform, which uses a review aggregator from the biggest social media platforms, branch/staff analytics, a bespoke review platform, reporting tools and transparency to help estate agents manage and improve their online reputation, has revealed its latest Reputation Top 25 list. Highlighting …
Rental sector relatively strong despite Covid and eviction issues
The latest survey of buy to let landlords suggests a relatively healthy private rental sector notwithstanding the challenges of the Coronavirus and the evictions ban.
Vroom with a view – investment homes for sale at Silverstone
A developer working in collaboration with Silverstone race circuit is creating homes inside the track, near one of the motor racing world’s most legendary sequence of corners. Lifestyle-led development firm Escapade Living is marketing a total of 60 two to four bedroom residences priced from £650,000 to £1.65m close to the Maggotts, Becketts and Chapel sequence at the Northamptonshire circuit. …
Optimistic outlook for buy to let … except for one location
The latest house price index, produced by the website Home, gives a broadly optimistic outlook for landlords and other buy to let investors – except, that is, in London. Home’s director, Doug Shephard, says the capital is in short term lettings difficulties because of a glut in supply – up a jaw-dropping 30 per cent on this time last year, …


