Ireland’s largest property portal, Daft.ie, has reported that average rents across the country have soared by around 12% over the past year. The author of the report, Ronan Lyons, an economist from Trinity College...
The UK chancellor is set to announce a new ‘buy as you go’ housing policy in his Autumn statement. The policy announcement will form part of major revamp of the housing market and will...
Property agents Savills have forecast that rents across the UK are set to rise much faster than house prices over the next five years. Whilst house prices will rise by 13%, rents are forecast...
Analysis of HMRC data reveals that approximately 25% of properties bought in the UK during the third quarter of this year were a buy-to-let or second home purchase. 56,100 homes sold during this time...
From 1st December 2016 it will become a criminal offence to knowingly breach Right to Rent checks in the UK. The date was announced by the Home Office yesterday with new criminal offences being...
Due to high property prices and lack of affordability in London, the chances of would-be buyers in the capital getting a foothold on the housing ladder remain slim. Although the gap between income and...
A comparison of property prices and rental incomes across the UK by comparison site TotallyMoney has revealed that landlords in parts of Leeds have the potential to earn higher returns than anywhere else in...
£50 million in unpaid tax has been recovered by the HMRC since it launched its let property campaign in 2013 to encourage those owing tax to get their affairs in order. The HMRC believes...
Today is a key day for landlords Steve Bolton and Chris Cooper as their legal representatives make the case for a judicial review of Section 24 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 2015. The...
Property development is a lucrative business, with those investing in properties reaping the rewards once selling them on. There has been some reluctance to purchase buy-to-let properties or investment homes after Brexit, so this...
