{"id":1313,"date":"2016-10-10T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T06:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=1313"},"modified":"2023-09-26T14:12:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T13:12:03","slug":"uk-close-critical-property-shortage-rics-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2016\/10\/10\/uk-close-critical-property-shortage-rics-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"UK close to critical property shortage, Rics warns"},"content":{"rendered":"

The body of chartered surveyors has warned that, if no measures are taken, the 1.8m extra households looking for rent will be left in the dark by 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To help solve the issue, the institution has called on the Government to offer tax breaks to encourage building and investment<\/a> in the sector.<\/p>\n

Stamp duty change – the underlying factor<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Rics data, the number of households renting rose from 2.3m in 2001 to 5.4m in 2014. Any further investment from landlords in property had then been hit by changes to stamp duty made earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anyone buying a home now has to pay an additional 3% stamp duty surcharge, which led to a spike in property purchases in March, just before the new rule come into effect.<\/p>\n

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Next year, landlords will be hit once again. This time their right to deduct their mortgage interest from their tax bill will be removed.<\/p>\n

Landlords and first-time buyers<\/strong><\/p>\n

The suggestion Rics made, to reverse the additional stamp duty would infuriate most wannabe first-time buyers<\/a> as a lot of them claim to frequently be outbid by investors.<\/p>\n

Generation Rent, a group that fights for better conditions for tenants, told the BBC<\/a>:<\/p>\n

It does give first-time buyers a much-needed advantage against people who are simply betting that house prices will keep going up.”<\/p>\n

“In the first three months of the surcharge, the tax on second homes raised \u00a3424m – that cash could help build new homes for people on low incomes.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

David Cox, the managing director of the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) and representing Generation Rent\u2019s counterpart said:<\/p>\n

Tenants will be hurt most, as landlords recover the stamp duty increase by charging tenants more,”<\/p>\n

“The simple answer is that we need to build more homes.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The other issues<\/strong><\/p>\n

On top of the reversal of the stamp duty increase, Rics revealed three other core aspects of Britain\u2019s property market that need to change for a healthy future:<\/p>\n