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  • Friday, 2 October, 2020
    Tax
    Property sellers risk tax penalty amid housing ‘mini-boom’

    Advisers warn of lack of awareness over shortened deadline for paying CGT

  • Friday, 14 August, 2020
    Personal Finance
    ‘Eviction day’ looms for cash-strapped renters

    Courts to grapple with huge backlog of possession claims from buy-to-let landlords

  • Friday, 7 August, 2020
    Merryn Somerset Webb
    Should UK investors buy into staycations?

    Holidaying at home is also a tax-efficient investment

  • Friday, 17 July, 2020
    Serious MoneyJames Pickford
    We’re all going on a stamp duty holiday

    The property market is feeling sunny right now but the dark clouds of a looming recession might spoil the mood

  • Friday, 10 July, 2020
    Stamp duty holiday boosts buy-to-let landlords

    Property investors set to benefit from tax savings announced in the chancellor’s summer statement

  • Wednesday, 3 June, 2020
    Can I reduce the tax I pay on my buy-to-let property?

    I have agreed to defer my tenant’s rent during Covid-19

  • Tuesday, 2 June, 2020
    Q&A: The future of buy-to-let

    FT money deputy editor James Pickford and landlord David Lawrenson answered readers’ questions

  • Friday, 22 May, 2020
    Personal Finance
    The future of buy-to-let in a shrinking economy

    Private landlords face prospect of rental arrears and falling returns

  • Friday, 1 May, 2020
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Bank of Mum and Dad enters the bailout business

    As young renters feel the pain, parents are having to bridge the financial gaps

  • Promoted Content
  • Wednesday, 18 March, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Evictions ban aims to help tenants in rented homes

    Emergency move to prevent people being thrown out because of virus

  • Monday, 17 February, 2020
    Q&AChart that Tells a Story
    Smaller buy-to-let landlords sell up 

    Number of landlords letting UK homes falls to 7-year low, but those with multiple properties rise

  • Wednesday, 5 February, 2020
    Am I responsible for paying my landlord’s tax bill? 

    HMRC’s letter says I might have to withhold tax from my rent 

  • Friday, 10 January, 2020
    Michael Martin
    Why I changed my mind about buy-to-let

    Financial advisers don’t usually like the idea of property as an investment —  but there are some exceptions 

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    Interest rates fall on buy-to-let mortgages

    Competition in landlords sector means costs mirror residential home loans

  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2019
    LexUK property
    Buy-to-let/Labour: estate of flux Premium

    McDonnell’s idea unfair and flawed — but there’s a case for rebalancing housing market

  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2019
    OneSavings Bank PLC
    OneSavings Bank hit by mortgage price war

    Specialist UK mortgage lender feels effect of customers refinancing loans with cheaper deals

  • Thursday, 8 August, 2019
    Prime property
    Drought descends on London’s prime lettings market

    The number of homes available for letting dries up

  • Thursday, 6 June, 2019
    Serious MoneyJudith Evans
    How Airbnb became key to turning homes into businesses

    London rules over short-term lets may be circumvented by landlords

  • Sunday, 12 May, 2019
    UK house prices
    London buy-to-let profit hits average of £248,000

    Landlords across England and Wales make average gross gain of £79,770 when selling

  • Friday, 10 May, 2019
    FT SeriesBest of FT Money 2019
    Where Britain’s wealthiest live 

    High-earning hotspots soared in price after the financial crisis — but some have suffered since the Brexit vote

  • Thursday, 25 April, 2019
    Mortgages
    Rising rents boost buy-to-let property yields

    London landlords benefit from falling house prices

  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2019
    News in-depthFT Alphaville
    What happens to buy-to-let in a downturn?

    Policy reforms have not fed through into credit pricing. Yet.

  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2019
    Personal Finance
    Renters receive a year’s refund from their landlord

    Owners who ignore HMO legislation face serious consequences

  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2019
    James Pickford
    Landlords can expect more to come following tenancy eviction reforms

    The trend to impose new rules on the growing private rented sector is unlikely to slow

  • Sunday, 14 April, 2019
    Renting property
    Landlords face curbs on evicting tenants at short notice

    UK to examine abolishing eight-week ‘no-fault’ section 21 orders

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