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Increase of the over 65s in the PRS...

The proportion of private rented households with someone aged 65 or over living in them has increased by almost 45% over the last decade according to new analysis of Government data. The figures come as...

Can deposit replacements ever be a win-win for landlords and...

While the cost of renting continues to increase across the UK, the Government continues to grapple with the issue of making renting more accessible and secure, especially for the more vulnerable in our...

Tidal wave of transactions...

The number of property transactions registered in England and Wales climbed 20% over the last quarter, rising to 290,248 in Q2 2021, up from 241,916 in Q1 2021, according to the latest edition of the Conveyancing...

Annual house price growth cooling...

The latest Halifax House Price Index is showing Annual house price inflation at 7.6% compared to 8.7% in June with the average UK property price now £261,221, up 0.4% in July. |However, Wales recorded...

UC to be cut by £20pw from 6th October...

Over the coming weeks, people claiming Universal Credit will receive notifications about a cut to their benefits this autumn. As it stands, the government is set to cut benefits by £20 a week –...

Teaching Barristers Property – How I Invest In Property...

Join me today in my Rickmansworth commercial to residential property investment project with two barristers, Mark Smith and Michael Murphey, as I teach them how they too can invest in property. Register...

Rumble with the Agents returns – you know the ropes...

Landlord Action has announced that its charity white collar boxing event, ‘Rumble with the Agents’, will return on Thursday 9 December 2021. Both May 2020 and May 2021 events were cancelled due to...

Councils are weakening the principle of deterrence...

Over half of local authorities in England have not issued any civil penalties against rogue or criminal landlords in the last three years according to a new survey. Since April 2017 councils across England...

46% of Landlords assisted tenants with rent payments during lockdown...

A survey of Shawbrook bank customers revealed that 46% of their landlords reduced their rents to assist tenants during the pandemic. This is made up of 28% of Landlords who gave a full payment holiday...

I make no apologies for doing well and have helped build many...

Shaz Nawaz, the Labour Party Councilor for Peterborough Park Ward, has come under attack from the Peterborough Tenants Union claiming they were ‘disappointed’ that under his profession as an...

£68.8bn of property value sold so far in 2021...

Research from Keller Williams UK has indicated Brighton is the nation’s most valuable postcode so far in 2021 for property sold, outside London of course. Keller Williams UK analysed sold prices across...

Summer National Virtual pin Meeting – Wednesday 4th August...

After the success of the National Virtual pin Meeting last December, we are pleased to announce that property investors network are going to run a Summer National Meeting on Wednesday 4th August 6pm...

Camden slap first ASBO and exclusion zone on landlord...

Camden Council has become the first council to use an ASBO (Anti-Social Behaviour Order) against a 29-year-old landlord, Mohammed Ali Abbas Rasool, to prevent him from harassing and evicting tenants. The...

Landlords reporting an increase in tenant demand in last 3 months...

Paragon Bank research has indicated that 39% of landlords have seen increased tenant demand over the past three months, with 18.2% saying it has grown ‘significantly’ and a further 20.3% reporting...

Month-on-month house prices fell back 0.5% in July...

The Nationwide House price index for July indicates some heat is being taken out of the housing market, but overall annual inflation is still high. Annual house price growth remained in double digits,

Meet Ranjan Bhattacharya (Succeed In Property) live Thursday...

Ranjan Bhattacharya will be live on Thursday 29th July presenting Why Commercial Property is the Biggest Opportunity this Decade for Property Investors. This Virtual Property Exhibition features 9 industry...

Landlords need more help to reach EPC rating C by 2025...

Only 5% of private rented households have received government help to fund energy efficiency measures, despite having the greatest need. Although more of those classed as fuel poor live in the sector,

Guidance for landlords and tenants – updated 20/7/21...

The latest government guidance below to include step 4 of the Lockdown Roadmap applies to England only, Click here. Some of the measures referred to also apply in Wales. See guidance for Wales, Scotland...

Government guidance for moving home – Step 4 of lockdown...

Those renting a property, letting agents and landlords should be aware of and follow the government guidance on coronavirus and renting which contains further advice that may also be applicable such as...

Meet Paul Shamplina (Founder, Landlord Action) live Thursday...

You’ve probably seen him in the papers, heard him on the radio or watched him on Channel 5’s “Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords”. Paul Shamplina is the founder of Landlord Action and...

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