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Official government guidance for tenant fees ban released

Official government guidance for tenant fees ban released...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government have released their official guidance notes for landlords, letting agents and local authority enforcement officers explaining how the Tenant...

Belvoir predicts rental increases for second half of 2019

Belvoir predicts rental increases for second half of 2019...

The Belvoir Q4 rental index, prepared and analysed by TV property expert Kate Faulkner, shows significant regional variations in rents, and a slight average decrease of -1.25%. However, Belvoir is predicting...

Client Money Protection compulsory as of today

Client Money Protection compulsory as of today...

As of 1st April 2019 all PRS letting agents are required to carry Client Money Protection (CMP) which safeguards Landlords and tenants against an agent going into liquidation or absconding with rental...

Government asked to support Landlords to encourage longer tenancies

Government asked to support Landlords to encourage longer tenancies...

The RLA is calling for more support to help landlords offer longer tenancies after it was revealed almost half the babies born in the UK are starting their lives in rented homes. The figures were revealed...

The Kyle Files ITV Mon 1st April – Landlords

The Kyle Files ITV Mon 1st April – Landlords...

April Fools day Monday 1st April 8:00pm to 8:30pm, The Kyles Files eposide 4 – Landlords “Jeremy probes the private rented sector. More than three million people are thought to be living in...

Landlords selling up in London on the increase

Landlords selling up in London on the increase...

The number of London landlords exiting the market in February, was 125% higher than the national average, ARLA Propertymark reveals.1 Landlords have faced continued legislative change coupled with increasing...

Brokenshire announces pledge cracking down on toxic leasehold deals

Brokenshire announces pledge cracking down on toxic leasehold...

A new industry pledge to stop leaseholders being trapped in unfair and costly deals has been unveiled by the Communities Secretary, Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, today (28 March). More than forty leading...

Landlords continue to exit and tenants continue to feel the burn

Landlords continue to exit and tenants continue to feel the burn...

 ARLA Propertymark is today issuing its February Private Rented Sector (PRS) Report and David Cox, Chief Executive, said: “According to data from the Office for National Statistics4, private rent costs...

MP Iain Duncan Smith criticises George Osborne’s Housing Policies

MP Iain Duncan Smith criticises George Osborne’s Housing Policies...

Former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith has criticised policies of former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne with regard to housing during conversation at this year’s Landlord Investment...

Expert Panel Unanimous on Future Optimism in UK Housing Market

Expert Panel Unanimous on Future Optimism in UK Housing Market...

A panel of experts were unanimous in their belief that there are grounds for optimism in the UK housing market over the next five years, at an opening debate for the Landlord Investment Show 2019 in London...

TDS inventory guidance ahead of tenant fee ban introduction

TDS inventory guidance ahead of tenant fee ban introduction...

Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) has released new guidance on inventory reports to support landlords and letting agents ahead of the introduction of the Tenant Fees Act in June. Also known as the Tenant Fee...

Right to Rent Farce

Right to Rent Farce...

ONE of the Government’s flagship immigration policies has been branded a farce after a court ruling that a landlord who seeks to repossess property where the Home Office tells them a tenant does not...

Manchester ‘Rogue Landlord Hub’

Manchester ‘Rogue Landlord Hub’...

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has received £128k from Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to develop a ‘Rogue Landlord Hub’ designed to target landlords and...

Be a guest of Mark Smith (Barrister-At-Law) – Harrogate

Be a guest of Mark Smith (Barrister-At-Law) – Harrogate...

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 Harrogate Meeting property networking event Wednesday...

£46 million to help people off the streets

£46 million to help people off the streets...

Councils across the country will share over £46 million to help get people off the streets and into accommodation, Communities Secretary, Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP has confirmed today (25 March 2019).

FTBs taking advantage of slow market

FTBs taking advantage of slow market...

The NAEA Propertymark is today issuing its February Housing Report1 and Mark Hayward, Chief Executive, said: “With demand at a seven-year low, buyers are approaching the market with caution. As we move...

64% of portfolio landlords now intend purchasing in a Ltd co.

64% of portfolio landlords now intend purchasing in a Ltd co.

Research released by Precise Mortgages shows nearly two thirds (64%) of all portfolio landlords (64%) with more than four properties who plan to purchase more property this year will do so in the name...

HF Academy to run agent workshop on dealing with the tenant fees ban

HF Academy to run agent workshop on dealing with the tenant fees...

At the end of 2018, Hamilton Fraser launched HF Academy, a series of half and full day workshops offering property professionals advice and education covering the full tenancy lifecycle. The next workshop,

If someone said by this time next year they could make you a property millionaire, would you be interested?

If someone said by this time next year they could make you a...

Alex Cook, Litigation Solicitor and Partner at Helix Law offers his view on the world of property development training. Would you like to get rich quickly? There’s a host of people out there telling...

Emotive and meaningless words ‘no fault’ referring to s.21 notices

Emotive and meaningless words ‘no fault’ referring...

Last year, Property118 contributor Dr Ros Beck wrote a critique, under the banner of The Landlords Union, of a Richard Bilton/BBC Panorama programme in which he was calling for the removal of S.21 altogether,

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