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Unintended consequence of the mini-Budget is a renter demand...

One of the unintended consequences of the Government’s recent mini-Budget could be more demand in the rental market, says one leading industry figure. That’s the view of Nicky Stevenson, the...

Letting agents need to be aware of Right to Rent changes...

Letting agents are leaving themselves open to fines or imprisonment if they fail to comply with the new guidelines for Right to Rent, one technology firm says. From 1 October, the UK government introduced...

Meet Mark Smith (Barrister-At-Law) Landlord tax planning strategies...

Our Hon. Legal Counsel, Mark Smith, Head of Chambers at Cotswold Barristers, will be presenting in person an overview of several landlord tax strategies at the Progressive Property Network Bournemouth...

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Council dodges a fine that would have cost a private landlord...

A council that breached the Home Standard after it was found to have 3,000 fire doors overdue for replacement has not been fined by the sector’s regulator. The English regulator’s latest judgements...

Help with Covid impact statement?

Hi, I just wondered if anyone knows if I still need to file a notice of Coronavirus impact on tenants after completing the N5b form? I can’t find any up-to-date information on the government website.

Scottish emergency legislation for rent freeze passed...

A controversial law to bring in a rent freeze and a ban on evictions in Scotland until March next year has been passed. The Scottish government refers to the temporary new law as a ‘tenant protection...

Housing crisis? What housing crisis?

I scoured the Conservation Party’s agenda – all 120 pages of it – for their conference in Birmingham this week, and did I find any mention of the ‘housing crisis’ that we...

House prices fall as the market cools...

The UK’s house prices fell slightly in September and the market is showing signs of cooling, Halifax reports. The latest house price index shows that prices dropped by -0.1% with house buyers worried...

Propertymark gives evidence on Scottish rent freeze legislation...

Scotland faces a shortage of homes to rent with landlords selling up and more will follow with the introduction of rent controls, a committee was told. Timothy Douglas, Propertymark’s head of policy...

Mortgage stress tests will be ‘the death of BTL’...

With just a handful of BTL mortgages available currently, buy to let landlords will struggle to find fixed-rate mortgages, finance experts are telling media outlets. And one mortgage adviser says that...

Consultation to expand a city’s selective licensing begins...

Landlords and the public are being urged to take part in a consultation that would see the extension of a city’s selective licensing scheme. There are currently seven areas with licensing in operation,

Lizz Truss ‘fails to calm housing market’...

The Prime Minister has failed to calm growing concern about the turbulence in the housing market, a leading property association has warned. The National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB) said she...

Now the NUS calls for student rent controls...

The latest organisation to call for rent controls in a bid to tackle ‘rocketing rent prices’ is the National Union of Students (NUS). The NUS has just published its Student Cost of Living report...

The cost of landlord property repairs has been revealed...

All landlords and agents will know that when renting out a property, repairs are inevitable and now one firm has worked out how much. Towergate Insurance has surveyed the UK’s landlords to find out...

UK rents continue to rise...

The latest rental index highlights that rents in the UK are continuing to rise. According to HomeLet, the average rental price for a new tenancy was £1,159 per calendar month in September – a rise...

Rent freeze will deepen Scotland’s housing crisis –...

A leading property organisation has reacted with concern to the Scottish Government’s emergency legislation to introduce a rent freeze and a moratorium on evictions in the country. The Scottish Property...

First Scotland – now Wales calls for a rent freeze...

Just a day after the Scottish Government unveiled its legislation for introducing a rent freeze, politicians in Wales are calling for the same measure. Plaid Cymru says it has forced the Welsh Government...

London borough’s selective licensing scheme goes live...

Landlords with private-rented single-household properties in a London borough will need a license in a bid, the council says, to root out criminal landlords. The Royal Borough of Greenwich has introduced...

‘Good landlords have nothing to fear’ from Scotland’s...

While landlords in Scotland are worried about the rent freeze and ban on evictions until next March, one leading politician says that ‘good landlords have nothing to fear’. That’s the...

Rising rents and struggling wages hit tenant affordability...

The increasing cost of renting is putting a squeeze on rental market affordability for the nation’s tenants, research reveals. The specialist rental platform Ocasa looked at the current cost of renting...

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