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Buy-to-let

  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    UK property
    Ministers unveil plans to reform the UK’s rented property market

    Labour’s legislation goes further than Tory proposals by committing to abolish no fault evictions

  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    UK property
    Soaring costs squeeze landlords’ margins

    Ground rents, rates and insurance add to mortgage costs

    letting agent signs
  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    London landlords leave the market in increasing numbers

    Buy-to-let property sales are on the rise

    Pedestrians walk past the front window of an estate agent
  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    Property sector
    Landlord sales rise as financial pressures grow

    Speculation that Labour will align CGT with income tax rates

    Lettings signs in Maida Vale, London
  • Saturday, 27 July, 2024
    Moira O'Neill
    Become a landlord? You’re better off putting your money in the bank

    The latest data suggests buy-to-let purchases are down, mortgage lending has dropped off and the sector is shrinking

  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    UK property taxation
    UK holiday let owners move to business rates system as council tax soars

    Authorities trying to encourage local buyers are losing out

    A view over the sea, beach and coastline of Sidmouth, Devon
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    UK property
    Does it make more sense to buy or rent a property in the UK?

    On average, buying a home with a capital and interest mortgage is 11 per cent more expensive than renting

    A street with a row of lettings signs
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Property sector
    UK rental growth drops back in spite of strong demand from tenants

    Zoopla data puts annual rise at 6.6 per cent, a 30-month low

    A pedestrian passes an estate agents’ window
  • Wednesday, 20 March, 2024
    Property sector
    Over half of UK rented homes are in areas with £1,000 a month average rents

    High demand affects tenants’ bills across much of the country

    Estate agents “Let” signs outside rental properties in Braintree, UK
  • Wednesday, 6 March, 2024
    UK Budget 2024
    Property capital gains cut aims to raise revenue

    UK chancellor says the move would encourage the wealthy to sell, so boosting state coffers and freeing housing supply

    Picture of town harbour and cottages
  • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
    Scotland’s rent controls pile pressure on landlords

    Edinburgh government’s housing bill prompts fresh concerns

    Edinburgh’s New Town
  • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
    UK property
    Landlord Grainger backs delay to ban on ‘no-fault’ evictions

    Chief Helen Gordon says speedier court processes are needed before introducing measure to protect tenants

    Grainger homes
  • Friday, 27 October, 2023
    UK tenant legislation threatens higher student rents

    Government concessions on renters reform bill leave landlords facing a higher risk of vacant periods

    A student graduation ceremony
  • Friday, 20 October, 2023
    Crunch time for student buy-to-lets

    The threat of new legislation comes at a time of high interest rates and inflation

  • Thursday, 5 October, 2023
    LexUK property
    Generation Rent: tenant woes widen role of ‘build-to-rent’ investors Premium content

    As small private landlords bail out, it should open the door to commercial developers with access to cheap finance

    A letting agent’s sign in a street in Clapham, London
  • Friday, 29 September, 2023
    Property sector
    Should I invest in UK student property?

    FT Money wants to hear from readers

    Students gather outside a university library
  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Landlords welcome Sunak’s energy efficiency rule move

    But policy uncertainty could hit investment plans

    Terraced rental properties
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    UK property
    Rise in share of buy-to-let homes owned by limited companies

    Higher UK mortgage rates push landlords towards the tax advantages of company ownership

    A block of apartments in east London
  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
    FT SeriesExtreme renting
    Extreme renting: London’s bidding war escalates as rising rates hit buy-to-let

    Tenants in the UK capital face surging rents and eviction as landlords pass on pressure from higher borrowing costs

    A composite of two London townhouses on a purple gradient background
  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    James Pickford
    Race to refit Britain’s rented homes loses momentum

    Suggestions the government will delay energy efficiency deadline leave winners and losers in the rental market

  • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
    News in-depth
    Higher mortgage costs threaten surge of UK buy-to-let property sales

    Landlords look to get rid of financial ‘headache’ by exiting rental market, further depressing the housing market

  • Monday, 24 July, 2023
    Inside BusinessJonathan Guthrie
    Generation Rent is at the sharp end of rate rises

    Landlords with buy-to-rent mortgages are passing on their pain

    Pedestrians walk past the front window of an estate agent advertising properties to let and to sell in Lavender Hill, in South London
  • Friday, 14 July, 2023
    Residential property
    UK homes for rent slump to 14-year low

    Tenants face more difficulties finding properties as landlords are hit by mortgage costs

  • Friday, 16 June, 2023
    House & Home
    How long can the UK rental crisis last?

    ‘It can’t keep going on as it is now’ — tenants despair at spiralling rents but there is little relief in sight

    Montage of houses and a graph
  • Friday, 9 June, 2023
    FT Money personal finance guides
    FT Money’s guide to higher buy-to-let rates

    Spiralling UK mortgage rates hit home amid fears over impending legislation

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