Tag: Autumn Budget

First-time buyers hit pause until the Autumn Budget

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th November 2025, 6 months ago | 0

Nearly half of first-time buyers have put their property buying plans on hold until after the Autumn Budget, research reveals....

Chancellor leaves door open to tax rises in pre-Budget speech amid concerns from the property sector

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th November 2025, 6 months ago | 2

With the Budget only weeks away, Chancellor Rachel Reeves made an unusual choice to deliver a pre-Budget speech. In her...

Residential property market remains resilient ahead of Autumn Budget

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th November 2025, 6 months ago | 0

Despite the residential property market showing signs of improvement, ongoing economic uncertainty remains with the Autumn Budget looming. Data from...

Housing market sees first drop in new sales in two years amid Budget uncertainty

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th October 2025, 6 months ago | 1

The housing market has recorded its first annual fall in new sales in two years, as house price growth slows...

Rental supply slows amid uncertainty over Renters’ Rights Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2025, 6 months ago | 1

Uncertainty around the Autumn Budget and Renters’ Rights Bill sees a slowdown in the number of new rental properties coming...

Association warns extending National Insurance on rental income could trigger landlord exodus

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2025, 6 months ago | 5

An association warns extending National Insurance on rental income will have serious unintended consequences for small landlords and create a...

National Insurance on rental income could give older landlords an advantage

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd October 2025, 6 months ago | 27

The rumoured proposal of introducing National Insurance on rental income could benefit older landlords. Media reports suggest Chancellor Rachel Reeves...

Shelter blames rising rents for temporary accommodation crisis as NRLA warns of landlord exodus

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th October 2025, 6 months ago | 21

Landlords selling up is the biggest single reason for tenants losing their homes and needing council support, as Shelter blames...

Landlords ‘running scared’ of Renters’ Rights Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th October 2025, 6 months ago | 6

A Propertymark member agent warns, “landlords are running scared of the Renters’ Rights Bill.” Propertymark’s Housing Insight Report reveals member...

Landlord national insurance would be a “tax on working people”

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th October 2025, 7 months ago | 5

A prominent housing committee has warned Chancellor Rachel Reeves that rumoured plans to make landlords pay National Insurance on rental...

Landlords face new 8% blow as selling rates rise before the Autumn Budget

Author: David Coughlin - Landlord Sales Agency

5th September 2025, 8 months ago | 0

The last few days have revealed that whispers from Westminster about the introduction of National Insurance on rental income are...

NRLA urges government support to help the PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd August 2025, 8 months ago | 5

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) is calling on the government to use the Autumn Budget to support long-term investment...

Rumours of property tax spark backlash ahead of Autumn Budget

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th August 2025, 8 months ago | 14

Rumours of replacing stamp duty with a property tax on homes worth more than £500,000 have sparked fury among property...

BTL mortgage rates rise but landlords still benefit – Octane

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd January 2025, 1 year ago | 0

While buy to let mortgage rates have risen slightly following the Autumn Budget and despite soaring gilt yields, Octane Capital...

Buy to let mortgage rates rise after Labour’s Budget

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th December 2024, 1 year ago | 2

Buy to let mortgage rates have increased following the controversial Autumn Budget – a sign that the markets are not...

Stamp duty changes drive increased demand from first-time buyers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2024, 1 year ago | 0

First-time buyers are racing to beat upcoming stamp duty changes, according to Rightmove. The property portal says buyers in higher-priced...

Landlords defy expectations of an ‘exodus’ – claims Lomond

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th November 2024, 1 year ago | 12

Two weeks after the Autumn Budget, fears of a mass exodus of landlords from the private rented sector (PRS) are...

Property market sees an upturn after the Autumn Budget

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th November 2024, 1 year ago | 0

The UK’s property market has seen a significant uptick in activity following the Autumn Budget, with thousands of new homes...

RICS: Rental crisis deepens while house prices continue to rise

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th November 2024, 1 year ago | 0

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has painted a bleak picture of the UK’s private rented sector (PRS), with...

Landlords fear tax hikes and Section 21 reforms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th October 2024, 1 year ago | 0

UK landlords are growing increasingly anxious about potential tax hikes and regulatory changes, particularly the looming threat of Section 21...