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Call for new Chancellor to reverse decline in PRS...

The Chancellor must use his first Budget to take immediate action to reverse the decline in the supply of rented housing, say landlords. With landlords selling more properties than they are buying and...

72% of Belvoir franchises predict rent increases in 2020...

In the wake of Britain’s exit from Europe, a Belvoir survey reveals that almost three quarters of franchisees anticipate rental increases throughout 2020. “Belvoir commissioned media property expert...

Review of Council Tax rule for HMOs – Petition...

Kevin Humphrey has started a Change.org petition for Councils and government to review Council Tax rules for Houses of Multiple occupancy (HMO). Click here to sign the petition. “Some local councils...

Project to reduce the reluctance to rent to tenants on benefits...

Shelter Press Release: Thousands of vulnerable private renters across Greater Manchester were boosted today as the £600,000 test and learn fund for Fair Housing Futures was announced. The partnership...

Goodbye Esther Hello Christopher...

Esther McVey has been sacked from her Housing Minister job and replaced by Christopher Pincher, MP for Tamworth, who becomes the tenth Housing Minister in ten years after Boris Johnson’s Cabinet...

What’s causing landlords and tenants to fall out of love?

The latest data by rental deposit replacement scheme, Ome, has revealed which areas of the UK have seen the biggest uplift in deposit disputes, as well as the areas with the highest number of total disputes...

String of data shows government policy failure...

The RLA is claiming claiming that a string of data released today demonstrates the failure of government policy for the private rented sector. The Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors is warning that...

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

Our Hon. Legal Counsel, Mark Smith, Head of Chambers at Cotswold Barristers will be presenting an overview of several landlords tax strategies at the pin Liverpool Meeting property networking event Thursday...

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Welsh government want 12 months protection for tenants...

The Welsh government have introduced a Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Bill that amends the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016. The new law would give tenants in Wales a guaranteed minimum of 12 months’...

Milder winters drive a rise in rats...

A national trade body has warned landlords to be on guard as milder winters drive a rise in rats. Cold winters create a ‘natural cull’ of the population, but warmer weather in recent years has seen...

Online Right to Rent checks coming?

The Immigration Minister, Kevin Foster MP, responded to a written question by Alex Norris MP (Labour, Nottingham North) asking what plans the Home Office has to update the Right to work checks and Right...

Government’s First Home scheme could cost British housebuilders...

On the 7th of February 2020, the Government announced plans to cut the cost of a proportion of new build homes by 30% for first-time buyers in order to ‘turn the dial on affordability’. However, the...

Deposit free renting isn’t the issue, it’s rental sector...

A BBC investigation has suggested that some letting agents are not providing tenants with the full picture when selling deposit alternative schemes, resulting in ‘hidden costs’ later being charged...

Halifax House Price Index up 4.1% on last year...

Surprisingly after all the instability last year the Halifax House Price index is showing growth of 4.1% on January 2019 with the overall average house priced at £240,054. On a monthly basis, house prices...

Government scheme to cut cost of First Homes by a third...

Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, has announced plans cutting the cost of some new homes by a third. The First Homes scheme will see a discount locked into the property to ensure more first-time buyers...

Cornwall searches for Landlords to help stop homelessness...

This week Cornwall Housing Private Lets starts its search for more landlords, with a range of services, to increase the number of safe and secure homes in Cornwall and help prevent anyone from sleeping...

Not getting too old for this!

The latest research by tenant deposit replacement scheme, Ome, has looked at the cost required to secure a rental property for the growing trend of over 60s opting for the rental market over homeownership...

Landlords contribute £3.61bn annually into local economies...

Aldermore’s new buy to let research2, surveying 1,000 UK-based landlords, highlights the important contribution landlords make to their local economy with eight in ten (81%) turning to a local tradesperson...

Pockets where rental yields have lifted post tenant fees ban...

The latest research by lettings management platform, Howsy, has looked at which pockets of the buy-to-let market have seen the biggest uplifts in rental yields since the tenant fee ban came into force...

Building Beautiful...

Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, indicated well-designed, high quality homes and tree-lined streets should be the ‘norm – not the exception’, following the launch of the Building Better Building...

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