Tag: Stamp Duty changes

Autumn Budget 2025: Landlords brace for National Insurance threat

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th November 2025, 5 months ago | 6

Leading PRS figures say the proposal to bring a landlord’s rental income into the scope of National Insurance comes at...

Rents will climb as house price growth slows – Knight Frank

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th September 2025, 7 months ago | 0

Britain’s housing market faces a period of subdued house price growth, while rents will rise, according to property consultancy Knight...

House prices dip, driven by London and the South – Rightmove

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th September 2025, 7 months ago | 0

The average cost of a home in Great Britain has dipped below last year’s levels for the first time since...

PRS faces rental shortages as landlords exit

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th July 2025, 10 months ago | 7

The private rented sector is grappling with a severe shortage of available properties, creating hurdles for tenants finding homes, a...

Housing market stagnates as northern regions outpace struggling south

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th June 2025, 10 months ago | 0

The housing market showed no price movement in April, with average home prices in England and Wales holding steady at...

Stamp duty relief cut pushes first-time buyers out of the market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th May 2025, 11 months ago | 1

First-time buyers are vanishing from the market due to stamp duty changes, according to new data. Research by Alto reveals...

Labour squeezes landlords as housing market hits North-South divide

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th May 2025, 11 months ago | 1

Labour continues to squeeze landlords financially, amid signs the government could go further to increase its overall tax take from...

UK house price growth slips in April

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th April 2025, 12 months ago | 0

The pace of UK house price increases slowed in April, with the annual growth rate dropping to 3.4% from 3.9%...

Landlords are being forced out of the market warns industry body

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th April 2025, 1 year ago | 2

Pressure on landlords continues to force them out of the private rented sector as tenant demand continues to jump, says...

A third of landlords consider quitting the PRS to avoid rising costs and new laws

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th April 2025, 1 year ago | 4

Nearly one in three landlords are considering quitting the private rented sector, driven by escalating maintenance costs and tougher regulations,...

UK house price growth slows to 1.8% amid spring surge – Zoopla

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th March 2025, 1 year ago | 0

UK house price growth is cooling, dropping to 1.8% in February from 1.9% in January after a year of steady...

‘Rentflation’ hits Gen Z to make homeownership difficult

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th March 2025, 1 year ago | 0

Tenants aged 18-27 are facing soaring rents and many now fear homeownership is slipping further away as rising costs hurt...

Demand surges as older landlords exit the private rented sector

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th March 2025, 1 year ago | 14

Demand continues to outstrip supply as older landlords leave the market, warns one industry body. According to Propertymark’s Housing Insight...

House prices climb despite market slowdown – RICS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th March 2025, 1 year ago | 0

House prices rose slightly last month but buyer demand is slipping, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) says. Its...

Landlords keen on property investment despite stamp duty hike – Landbay

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th March 2025, 1 year ago | 0

Landlords are showing resilience in the face of recent stamp duty increases on additional investment homes, according to Landbay. Its...

House prices rising slowly but stamp duty cuts loom

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th February 2025, 1 year ago | 3

Despite a slow start to the year, property prices are expected to surge, with first-time buyers driving the market when...

Industry body urges support for landlords rather than punishment to fix rental crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th February 2025, 1 year ago | 0

Incentivising, rather than penalising good landlords, is the key to beating supply and demand issues, says Propertymark. According to Propertymark’s...

Strong start to the year as house prices reach record highs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th February 2025, 1 year ago | 0

January saw a strong start for the housing market, with house prices hitting record highs. According to Halifax’s House Price...

Positive property market for 2025 as stamp duty changes drive surge in transactions

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd January 2025, 1 year ago | 0

The majority of letting agents (76%) believe 2025 will be a positive year for the property market, but the looming...

Housing market to be busy in 2025 but doubts cast over Labour’s 1.5 million homes target

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th December 2024, 1 year ago | 0

The property market in 2024 saw huge uncertainty due to the general election and the Budget but stamp duty changes...