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Laws on overcrowding in rental properties...

Alexandra Morris, Managing Director of MakeUrMove, shares details on what landlords need to know on the laws of overcrowding in rental properties. At the end of 2018, the government introduced details...

Landlord Licensing costs are a postcode lottery...

The cost of landlord licensing schemes in Britain are a postcode lottery reveals new research1 from Direct Line for Business. The analysis of licensing charges between local authorities show a large variance,

Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 – Landlord...

Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 comes into force today 20th March 2019 The Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government has released its official guide for landlords. Click here to...

Leasehold reform – HCLG committee favour commonhold...

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has net and called for wide ranging reforms to the leasehold system finding the balance of power in existing leases, legislation and public policy...

Referral fees guidance must be taken seriously...

Mark Hayward, Chief Executive, NAEA Propertymark said: “We’re hugely supportive of the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team’s (NTSEAT) new guidance for agents on referral fees, issued last...

Protect landlords rights of repossession – Gas Safety Certificate...

Following a recent court case in which a landlord’s attempt to regain their property was deemed invalid due to a dispute over a gas safety certificate the RLA is campaigning to protect the rights of...

RLA welcome Zoopla ‘No DSS’ ban...

Responding to news that Zoopla will ban property owners advertising properties to rent as ‘No DSS’ on its website, Chris Town, Vice Chair of the Residential Landlords Association said: “We welcome...

Iain Duncan Smith and Andrew Neil Confirmed for Upcoming Landlord...

The UK’s largest landlord exhibition, the National Landlord Investment Show, will return to London Olympia on the 21st March for its 12th appearance at this location. The National Landlord Investment...

Fire starting tenant an “affront to human decency”...

Joshua Rosenberg, a tenant in Clackmannanshire, has been found guilty and jailed for 12 years in Glasgow’s High Court for attempted extortion, attempted fraud, wilful fire raising and attempting...

Fergus Wilson Panorama documentary – now available on iPlayer...

Click Here to view on BBC iPlayer Fergus Wilson was on BBC1 Panorama Monday 18th March at 8:30pm. The program is titled “Britain’s Most Controversial Landlord.” Get this programme and...

‘No DSS’ listings banned on Zoopla...

Zoopla has announced it will ban the phrase ‘No DSS’ form listings on its website following pressure from Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government,

James Brokenshire on Spring Statement house building packages...

The measures, unveiled by the Chancellor, are part of our wider strategy to deliver 300,000 a year by the mid-2020s. The package will unlock large housing sites with targeted £717 million infrastructure...

Chancellors’s Spring Statement – Landlord Summary...

The Chancellor Philip Hammond has delivered his Spring Statement today. This was not expected to be a significant fiscal event especially given the lack of clarity regarding exiting the European Union.

Humber Landlords Association lose High Court battle...

The Humber Landlords’ Association (HLA) supported by the RLA and NLA has unfortunately lost its High Court battle with Hull City Council. Hull City Council is the only authority in the UK to implement...

Haringey Council additional HMO licensing...

Between 11 December 2017 and 5 March 2018 Haringey consulted on a borough wide Additional Licensing Scheme for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO). As with most other new schemes Landlords will be required...

Number of empty homes is actually increasing!

THE Government needs to bring forward tax measures to address the scourge of empty homes as new figures reveal an increase in the number of homes without anyone living in them. According to figures out...

Landlords are worth more than double Tescos in tax...

New research by the National Landlords Association (NLA) has found that the estimated total Income Tax contribution by private landlords exceeds £3.8bn annually, which is more than double Tesco’s entire...

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

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 Nottingham Meeting property networking event Tuesday...

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Labour want German style indefinite tenancies...

Labour Shadow housing secretary John Healey has gone one further than the pledge in their manifesto of 2017 of committing to make all PRS tenancies a minimum of a three year term. He would like to see...

Objections to Notice of Estimates for major works...

I am a leaseholder and we have a Section 20 major works project with 2 plans, one of which is much cheaper. It is not essential works either, but now we have a price. If a resident objects to the cost...

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