Paragon revealed a sharp increase in specialist landlord business, up from 79% to 89% of buy-to-let mortgage completions as it reported full year results today.
Specialist business also increased from...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced it will ban the mass marketing of speculative mini-bonds to retail customers.
This affects property developers who will no longer be able to directly...
In the interests of impartiality we have included the Brexit Party Contract in our series of manifestos for the major parties. Click here to download the Contract.
Details of policies that directly affect...
Jeremy Corbyn and John Healey, Labour’s Shadow Housing Secretary set out plans to put power in the hands of tenants with a new charter of renters’ rights.
Labour will announce a new national ‘property...
The Conservative Party have released their 2019 general election manifesto. This has been very briefly summarised with the key points of interest for Landlords and the PRS industry. Download the full manifesto...
Plans by the Labour Party would threaten to close down the private rented sector according to the RLA.
The development of annual ‘Property MOT’s’, a Charter of Renters’ rights, open ended tenancies...
The Labour Party have released their 2019 general election manifesto. This has been very briefly summarised with the key points of interest for Landlords and the PRS industry. Download the full manifesto...
The RLA has welcomed Conservative plans to introduce lifetime deposits for tenants.
David Smith, Policy Director for the Residential Landlords Association (RLA), said: “We have long argued that deposits...
The Liberal Democrats have released their 2019 general election manifesto. This has been very briefly summarised with the key points of interest for Landlords and the PRS industry. Download the full manifesto...
As of December 13th 2019 under The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Specified Information) (Wales) Regulations 2019 before a holding deposit is paid to a landlord or letting agent the following information must...
Landlords in Scotland are committing to continuing to rent private properties signalling confidence in the sector, according to the latest survey results from SafeDeposits Scotland.
The not-for-profit...
A majority of private landlords say they are less confident about the market than they were three months ago.
This is reflected in figures showing that the gap between the percentage of landlords planning...
BuzzFeed News has reported on a Facebook video post made by Tory MP candidate for Ashfield, Lee Anderson, who said he would force nuisance tenants who make people’s lives a misery to live in a tent...
The Green Party have released their 2019 general election manifesto. This has been very briefly summarised with the key points of interest for Landlords and the PRS industry. Download the full manifesto...
Paragon has launched a new range of Buy to Let purchase and remortgage products for portfolio and non-portfolio landlords, with rates discounted for two and five years starting at 2.65% at 75% loan to...
Tenants are being quizzed on the tax status of their landlords by HMRC.1 An HMRC fact finding letter goes on to suggest tenants may have to take tax off their own rental payments to ensure the correct...
The Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, appears to have dropped his proposals for giving tenants of private rental properties the ‘Right to Buy’ at a central government imposed discount termed...
Nottingham landlord licensing scheme has so far managed to issue full licences to fewer than 3% of the applications received.
In August 2018, Nottingham City Council introduced a Selective Licensing Scheme...
HOMELET’s Rental Index figures for October 2019 have been released.
The headlines from this month’s report are:
The average rent in the UK is now £953, up by 2.7% on the same time last year
When London...
Shelter press release: The government has released new figures on the amount being spent by local councils on temporary accommodation for homeless households in England in 2018/19. They show:
– Councils...
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