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Buy-to-let landlords face a £17.9bn bill for energy efficiency
News Research from Knight Frank shows buy-to-let landlords could face a huge bill to upgrade their properties to an EPC rating of C or above
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Best areas for buy-to-let in the UK
Analysis If you’re thinking of getting a buy-to-let property you’ll want to know the areas in the country with the highest rental yields
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Should you take advantage of the UK’s new breed of domestic holidaymakers?
Advice With Britons choosing to holiday in the UK this year, the owners of the country’s holiday cottages are cleaning up. Should you buy in, too? Merryn? Somerset Webb looks at the pros and cons.
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The death of buy-to-let property is a useful cautionary tale for all investors
Features Investing in buy-to-let property was once a perfectly valid thing to do. But the government killed the market. John Stepek explains what investors should learn from the fate of the amateur landlord.
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Come back buy-to-letters, all is forgiven
Opinion The government is winning its war against small private buy-to-let landlords. But who benefits?
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Think the Tories were tough on landlords? Just wait for Labour’s “right-to-buy”
Features The Labour Party is mulling giving private tenants the right to buy the homes they are renting. Yet another good reason for investors to steer well clear of buy-to-let property.
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The great buy-to-let sell up
Features In a rare example of government action having the intended effect, buy-to-let landlords are selling up, and that could mean house prices falling.
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George Osborne’s message to buy-to-letters: “don’t”
Opinion We’ve made our views on buy-to-let pretty clear recently. And it looks like the chancellor agrees, says Merryn Somerset Webb.
