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  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    Rate rises risk killing profits for higher-rate landlords

    Research suggests highly leveraged investors in buy-to-let may start losing money

  • Friday, 11 March, 2022
    North-east England outpaces London in buy-to-let returns

    Research underscores the growing importance for owners of rental yields over capital growth

  • Monday, 14 February, 2022
    Personal Finance
    Landlords opt for energy-efficient homes ahead of rule changes

    Buy-to-let investors spurn older properties as ministers propose tighter rules

  • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
    Personal Finance
    Residential rents rise at fastest pace in 13 years

    Tenants under pressure to find affordable urban homes as workplaces reopen

  • Friday, 10 December, 2021
    Property sector
    ‘Piecemeal’ rental housing policy fails tenants, warns UK watchdog

    The National Audit Office calls for overarching strategy to help renters in difficulties

  • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
    LexParagon Group of Cos PLC
    Paragon/buy to let: sector rebounds amid spiralling rent inflation Premium content

    To avoid triggering further backlashes, professional landlords will have to expand property supply

  • Tuesday, 30 November, 2021
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    Do we have to submit our tax returns online?

    We rent out our second home and submit a self-assessment return on paper

  • Thursday, 11 November, 2021
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Why should I let my landlord spy on my finances?

    Buy-to-let landlords are subjecting renters to new levels of financial scrutiny

  • Friday, 8 October, 2021
    Property sector
    Mortgage rate war reaches buy-to-let landlords

    Competition between lenders is spreading beyond the mainstream UK market for owner-occupiers

  • Tuesday, 28 September, 2021
    UK property
    Money Clinic podcast: Flying solo with your finances

    If you’re single, financial independence is both liberating and intimidating

  • Friday, 9 July, 2021
    UK consumer credit
    Covid leaves students with a bitter financial legacy

    Those at university have struggled in lockdown and their money problems are likely to persist beyond graduation day

  • Wednesday, 16 June, 2021
    First-time buyers
    Pandemic prompts UK first-time buyers to put purchases on hold

    Lockdowns have had a disproportionate effect on the finances of younger buyers, according to research

  • Friday, 4 June, 2021
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    In defence of buy-to-let landlords

    Property owners have not received much credit during the pandemic

  • Thursday, 20 May, 2021
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Borrow more against your property — or pay down your debts?

    Low rates and rising house prices are tempting more people to remortgage

  • Friday, 14 May, 2021
    Investments
    Money Clinic podcast: Should I borrow to invest?

    Exploring the risks of using debt to boost your assets

  • Friday, 14 May, 2021
    Renting property
    Student rent strikers face threat of debt collectors

    Bristol university gives students in arrears 14 days to pay

  • Friday, 7 May, 2021
    Buy-to-let landlords spread their bets away from London

    Investors look elsewhere for lower prices and improved rental yields

  • Tuesday, 9 March, 2021
    Buy-to-let landlords shrug off corporation tax increase

    Higher rate only likely to affect those with larger portfolios of properties

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
    House & Home
    London landlords feel the burden of buy-to-lets

    The pandemic has delivered a blow to this once-thriving market

  • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
    Renting property
    Money Clinic podcast: Should I rent out my property?

    There are plenty of costs that ‘accidental landlords’ need to get their heads around

  • 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

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