A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to help the buy to let sector.

Rightmove has recorded its busiest January on record for home-mover activity, with buyer demand up 16% compared to January last year, and 24% compared to January 2020.

New research from BDRC BVA highlights the extent of the cost that landlords will need to rack up to get properties up to the proposed EPC standard.

Shawbrook’s Changing Face of Buy-to-Let Report found as confidence grows in the market:

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Rightmove’s first housing market report of 2022 starts when last year’s ended – on a high. 

Last year saw a record number of companies set up to hold buy-to-let property.  In total there were 47,400 new buy-to-let companies incorporated in 2021 across the UK according to Companies House data.

Leaseholders could find it easier and cheaper to buy the freehold of their building under radical government proposals to create a fairer housing system.