Tag: section 24

Landlords selling now are getting better prices. Here’s why timing is everything

Author: David Coughlin - Landlord Sales Agency

1st April 2026, 3 weeks ago | 0

Something is shifting in the property market and, luckily for us, it isn’t another drove of bad news. In fact,...

Section 24’s long shadow: what a decade of tax reform has really done to rental housing supply

Author: Mark Alexander

12th March 2026, 1 month ago | 1

April 2017 marked the beginning of one of the most consequential fiscal shifts in modern private renting. Section 24, the...

Section 24 timeline of how the debate unfolded

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th March 2026, 2 months ago | 6

In 2015, months before Section 24 became law, Property118 founder Mark Alexander met officials at HM Treasury responsible for the...

Why are comparable housing markets moving in opposite directions on rental policy?

Author: Mark Alexander

3rd March 2026, 2 months ago | 6

Across Europe, governments facing similar housing pressures are making markedly different choices about how to regulate and tax private rental...

Labour’s housing policies will push more kids into poverty

Author: Mick Roberts

8th December 2025, 5 months ago | 1

Chancellor Rachel Reeves says she’s lifting half a million children out of poverty. Hang on a minute, how’s she doing...

Left-wing think tank claims landlords should face same tax rates as tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th September 2025, 7 months ago | 14

Ahead of the Budget, a left-leaning think tank claims “landlords should face the same tax rates as tenants,” calling for...

Think Beyond Retirement: Why Every Landlord Needs a Legacy Plan

Author: Mark Alexander

21st August 2025, 8 months ago | 0

1. The Wake-Up Call of Section 24 When the Section 24 finance cost restrictions began to bite, many landlords were...

Why Landlord Incorporation Became Popular But Now Demands Extreme Caution

Author: Mark Alexander

16th August 2025, 8 months ago | 2

The Rise of Landlord Incorporation and Why It Became So Popular Landlord incorporation is not a new concept, but the...

Landlords face rising challenges amid new legislation claims NRLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th August 2025, 8 months ago | 9

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) warns landlords are under mounting pressure to keep up with multiple pieces of legislation...

Former Tory MP warns of Renters’ Rights Bill consequences and media bias

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th April 2025, 1 year ago | 6

Former Tory MP blasts one-sided media for misrepresenting landlords and says the Conservatives’ Renters (Reform) Bill was a compromise to...

The Great British Landlord Witch Hunt: How PRS is Being Systematically Destroyed?

Author: Readers Question

21st March 2025, 1 year ago | 16

The following email was sent to Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook a few weeks ago yet NO response. Dear Mr Pennycook,...

Why endless landlord bashing has created the UK’s housing crisis

Author: Landlord Crusader

14th March 2025, 1 year ago | 8

We all know that the private rented sector across England, Wales and Scotland is under siege. Landlords, the backbone of...

Why Labour’s squeeze on the PRS is creating a perfect storm

Author: Landlord Crusader

7th February 2025, 1 year ago | 12

Let’s be honest, the Conservatives did landlords in the UK no favours, but Labour are delivering something that is making...

Rent Controls and the Olympic levels of ideologically inspired cognitive dissonance?

Author: Readers Question

6th February 2025, 1 year ago | 16

Jeremy Corbyn is now, thankfully, a complete irrelevance. I’ll never forget how happy I was when he lost the election,...

Nottingham City Council wants to strip landlords of licences, yet their own houses are shocking

Author: Mick Roberts

29th January 2025, 1 year ago | 38

The story about Nottingham’s council social houses being a ‘house of horrors’, shows yet again Nottingham City Council’s failure with...

Eliminate Section 24 – The Landlord and Tenant Tax?

Author: Readers Question

16th January 2025, 1 year ago | 13

For too long now landlords owing to the government’s failure have had to take the beating and burning off the...

Section 24 is the reason for rocketing rents – not landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th November 2024, 1 year ago | 64

Tenant group Acorn claims that rent caps are the solution to curb rising rents. The group also believes “landlords have...

Why Letting Agents Must Act Now: Protecting Businesses Amid the Landlord Exodus

Author: Mark Alexander

29th October 2024, 1 year ago | 3

The UK’s private rented sector is facing an unprecedented crisis, and letting agents are feeling the impact more than ever....

Pre-Budget reaction: Industry leaders call for reversal of Section 24 and support for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th October 2024, 1 year ago | 1

With the Budget only a day away, many industry leaders are calling on the Chancellor Rachel Reeves to support landlords....

Capital Gains Tax – Inflation, the real problem ignored by Government?

Author: Readers Question

16th October 2024, 2 years ago | 25

Capital Gains Tax – Inflation, the real problem ignored by Government The government chooses to ignore the impact of inflation...