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How to Declare Airbnb Income to HMRC

Your Airbnb account says guests paid £800 for a stay, but a smaller amount reached your bank account. Which figure belongs on your tax return? If you only let the property for a few weekends, do you need to send a return at all?

The first job is to establish what HMRC expects for your type of letting. After that, you can collect the figures for the correct tax year, register if necessary and...

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Only 15% of UK adults confident the Housing Crisis will be resolved in their lifetime

New research among 2,000 UK adults has revealed how fragile confidence is in the Government and the chances of there being a resolution to the Housing Crisis:

52% of UK adults consider the housing crisis to be one of the country’s most pressing societal issues at present
But only 14% are confident the housing crisis will be resolved by 2030
- And just 15%

Renters splash cash making someone else’s house their home

New research reveals almost one in seven (14%) renters who spent money doing up their rental property paid over £1,000 for improvements -

New research reveals over a third (34%) of renters have spent money doing up their landlords’ properties, with almost one in seven (14%) of them having spent over £1,000 each
This is driven mainly by increased time spent at home and

How much are these iconic Christmas film houses worth in the current market?

To celebrate the festive season, MoveStreets, the property portal designed for the mobile generation, reveals the current market value of some of film and TV’s most iconic Christmas homes.

Home plays a central role at Christmas time, and this is something that films and TV shows are fully aware of, always being sure to place welcoming, warm, and wonderful homes at the centre of their...

How to make your property safer

Whether you run a business and want to make your commercial property safer against break-ins or are looking for ways to add an extra layer of protection to your home, today’s modern security systems have made it harder than ever for unwanted intruders to access your precious belongings.

A recent survey found there were almost 300,000 residential burglaries in the 12 months leading up...

Fireplace properties in high demand amongst homebuyers

When it’s cold outside, nothing makes your home more inviting than a roaring fire to keep warm in front of. GetAgent.co.uk has taken a look at which cities present the best chance for homebuyers currently searching the market to find a home with a fireplace.

GetAgent analysed current property market listings across 23 major UK cities to see which was home to the highest number of...

Mortgage approval values climb 26% during the pandemic

Market analysis by real estate debt advisory specialists, Sirius Property Finance , has revealed how the pandemic has impacted the mortgage sector, with the total value of mortgage approvals up 26% compared to the pre-pandemic market.

Sirius Property Finance analysed mortgage approval data since the start of the pandemic (February 2020) to see how the market has performed compared to...

Where do we need more new homes? The areas where population growth is outpacing new-build delivery

The latest research by the new-build sales optimisation platform, Unlatch , has revealed where across the nation we’re most in need of new homes based on the size of the housing market in relation to a growing population.

Unlatch analysed the number of dwellings in relation to population size and how this has changed over the last 10 years across each area of England and Wales, to...

How UK Homeowners Could Get Their House Off The Market In LESS Than 1 Month

UK homeowners now have the potential to get their house off the market 2 times faster than post-pandemic times. Currently, it takes 27 days to get a home sold in 2021, compared to an average of 69 days in 2019.

Searches for 'houses for sale' and ' property for sale’ have seen double-digit gains since the start of the year, with online searches rising 31% and 27% because of pent-up...

Nearly a quarter of homebuyers say Bah Humbug to Christmas decorations during the viewing process

Nested , the modern estate agent, has revealed how decking the halls could impact the sale of your property this festive season as nearly a quarter of homebuyers believe tacky decorations cause a bad first impression and half would rather view a home as a blank canvas.

Nested surveyed over 1,000 UK homebuyers to gauge their thoughts and feelings on Christmas decorations when viewing...

The festive road names where house prices are 95% above average

Research by GetAgent.co.uk has revealed the cost of buying a property across one of the nation’s festive road names, with a Christmas cracker of a property purchase costing 19% more on average.

GetAgent.co.uk analysed sold prices records from the Land Registry over the last 12 months across an array of festively themed road names and found that on average, a property along one of...

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