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Selective Licensing review recommends National register of Landlords

Selective Licensing review recommends National register of Landlords...

The Government’s Selective Licensing review, updated today, recommends a proposed National register of Landlords. Click here to download the document: ‘An independent review of the use and...

TDS wins international recognition for response to head office fire

TDS wins international recognition for response to head office...

Recognising the professional, efficient and calm way the company responded to a catastrophic fire, Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) has been awarded ‘Most Effective Recovery’ at the CIR Business Continuity...

Cities where rentals are less than 30% of average income

Cities where rentals are less than 30% of average income...

Studies suggest that you should only be spending 30% or less of your monthly income on rent in order to maintain a good standard of living. Those spending more than this amount are said to be ‘cost burdened’.

Hunt and BoJo urged to bin Right to Rent

Hunt and BoJo urged to bin Right to Rent...

Conservative Party leadership candidates Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt are being urged to scrap the controversial Right to Rent scheme. A coalition of organisations made up of the Residential Landlords...

Brooklands Commercial Finance acquire another brokerage

Brooklands Commercial Finance acquire another brokerage...

Brooklands Commercial Finance Ltd one of Property 118’s founding sponsors, has acquired The Mortgage Explorer Ltd as part of their continuing expansion plans. The Mortgage Explorer has recently celebrated...

Berlin Government approves 5 year Rent Cap

Berlin Government approves 5 year Rent Cap...

The Berlin Rent Cap is expected to become law in January next year and will apply to 1.5 million privately rented properties, but not to social housing or new builds. The rent cap is likely to be backdated...

Post-Brexit binge in commercial property?

Post-Brexit binge in commercial property?

Pent up demand could see a boost to the commercial property market post-Brexit, according to new analysis of the commercial property market from Shawbrook Bank. The ‘UK Commercial Property Market...

Shelter’s call to adopt Scottish indefinite tenancies model criticised

Shelter’s call to adopt Scottish indefinite tenancies model...

Responding to a report published today by Shelter which calls for England to adopt Scotland’s model of indefinite tenancies in the private rented sector, David Smith, Policy Director for the Residential...

Resolution Foundation – 11.2% of population own multiple homes

Resolution Foundation – 11.2% of population own multiple...

The Resoluion Foundation have published a report titled: “Game of Homes: The rise of multiple property ownership in Great Britain.” Click here to download the full publication. The report finds...

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

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 Leeds Meeting property networking event Wednesday...

From Scam Artists to Family Feuds

From Scam Artists to Family Feuds...

In this week’s episode of Channel 5’s ‘Nightmare Tenants Slum Landlords’ (Monday 17th June), Landlord Action tackles two very different eviction cases, one involving an illegal sub-let by a ‘professional’...

Can we Save You Money on Landlord Insurance?

Can we Save You Money on Landlord Insurance?

Property118 could save you money on your landlord insurance. Whether a single property, portfolio, HMO, landlord contents, sub-let, flood risk, renovation, unoccupied property or even your own residential...

Whirlpool told to recall 500,000 dangerous dryers

Whirlpool told to recall 500,000 dangerous dryers...

The government is to request Whirlpool recall up to 500,000 tumble dryers which pose a fire safety risk containing a fault that is blamed for blamed for over 750 fires over the last 11 years. Whirlpool...

Landlord Law – Tenancy Deposit Calculator

Landlord Law – Tenancy Deposit Calculator...

Get Tenancy Deposits Right with our Free Calculator The 1st of June was the deadline for the implementation of the Tenant Fees Act 2019. As of this date the tenancy deposit will be capped to a maximum...

Shelter ask for Landlords views

Shelter ask for Landlords views...

Two Property118 members have pointed out that Shelter are actually asking for views from Landlords and have produced a survey to complete: Click Here. The request from Shelter states: “Take our survey...

Leasehold house owners foot £447m annual ground rent bill

Leasehold house owners foot £447m annual ground rent bill...

Leasehold house owners are paying £319 in ground rent costs every year, totalling £447m, and one in ten (nine per cent) say the cost affects their quality of life, Propertymark’s Leasehold: A Life...

10% report same problem 10 times in social homes!

10% report same problem 10 times in social homes!

Two years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, Shelter is warning the government must listen to the third of families with children in social housing who feel less safe in their homes and take urgent...

Metro Bank backtrack on “No DSS” ban after government meeting

Metro Bank backtrack on “No DSS” ban after government...

Metro Bank announced changes to its mortgage criteria which currently prevent landlords renting to tenants on housing support, following a roundtable at Downing Street led by Housing Minister Heather Wheeler...

Leasehold market to be investigated by the CMA

Leasehold market to be investigated by the CMA...

Follows ongoing complaints and bad press concerning new leasehold contracts, which sting consumers with costly fees and onerous terms, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today formally launched...

Halifax House Price Index up 5.2% on last year

Halifax House Price Index up 5.2% on last year...

The Halifax House Price Index latest report for May shows the average UK house price is up 5.2% on last year to £237,837. However,  this comes against the backdrop of a particularly low growth rate in...

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