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Halifax House Price growth at 2.8%...

The Halifax House Price index for the three months to the end of February has been released today and were 2.8% higher than in the same three months a year earlier. An increase from the 0.8% annual growth...

Stoke-on-Trent back off landlord with 37 properties!

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has introduced compulsory selective licensing for all landlords in an area of Fenton. However, the Council seem to have set a precedent or admission by saying it was not in...

Home Office to appeal High Court Right to Rent ruling...

The Minister of State for Immigration, Caroline Nokes announced the Home Office rejected the Judge’s ruling against Right to Rent and indicated the government were ready to challenge the decision...

‘No DSS’ adverts in the private rented sector...

Responding to an announcement from the Government that it plans to work with stakeholders to address the issue of ‘No DSS’ adverts in the private rented sector, John Stewart, Policy Manager for the...

Government to assist vulnerable with PRS deposits or first month’s...

Housing Minister Heather Wheeler MP has confirmed over £19.5 million is to be shared among 54 projects across England to help thousands of people who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless, to...

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

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 Clapham Meeting property networking event Tuesday...

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High Court rules “Right to Rent” breaches human rights!

The High Court in a ruling this morning have said it will be illegal to roll the “Right to Rent” scheme in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland without further evaluation! This is the much...

3% Stamp surcharge only if property is suitable as dwelling on...

The Times has highlighted a First-Tier tribunal ruling that overturned a decision to charge the additional 3% stamp duty for a second property, because it was not deemed suitable to be used as a dwelling...

£100,000 slander payout to Landlord by Doncaster Council...

Private landlord, Rob Bloor, has received a payout of £100,000 by Doncaster Council after he threatened to take the council to court over alleged slander. This was reported in the Doncaster Free Press...

New dispute training course for agents created by DPS and NALS...

A new free training course which guides letting agents through the key principles of disputes, has been released by The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) and the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS).

BTL product choice post Credit Crunch high at 2,162...

While the tax and rule changes imposed on the Buy to Let (BTL) sector over the last few years have heightened the pressures felt by landlords and even forced some from the market altogether. Research from...

Rent rises on the increase...

ARLA Propertymark is today issuing its January Private Rented Sector (PRS) Report.1 Rent prices: The number of tenants experiencing rent rises increased in January, with 26% of agents witnessing landlords...

Gold and Silver but all Red tape!

Southwark Council are proposing with a consultation to rate Private Sector landlords by a grading of ‘Gold’ and ‘Silver’ standard. There are three sets of criteria to both standards...

HMRC seasonally adjusted figures show property transactions stable...

There has been a lot of reporting on the fall in the number of property transactions in the last three months. This has been blamed in parts by economic uncertainty and Brexit. However, HMRC UK property...

Feel good story – TDS...

The Dispute Service (TDS), which operates the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, has been ranked among the Sunday Times’ 100 best not-for-profit companies to work for in 2019. The leading tenancy deposit protection...

Client Money Protect is first government approved CMP scheme...

Client Money Protect, part of the Hamilton Fraser group of companies, has gained formal government approval to operate a client money protection scheme when the regulations go live on April 1st 2019. From...

UK property transactions drop by a third over the past three...

Reapit research has found that UK property transactions have plummeted by a third in the past three months as Brexit uncertainty weighs on the market. Reapit, the leading software platform for estate agents,

Skipton International UK BTL mortgages now available to foreign...

Skipton International can now consider Buy to Let mortgage applications from non-UK nationals resident overseas. Previously the offshore lender only offered UK buy-to-let mortgages to British expatriates.

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Leasehold Solutions calls Housing Minister’s select committee...

Leasehold Solutions has labelled evidence by Housing Minister Heather Wheeler MP as ‘factually incorrect’ and a ‘disgrace’. Wheeler was questioned by members of the Housing, Communities and Local...

Uncertainty impact survey by Belvoir...

The results of a survey by Belvoir reveal that uncertainty over Brexit is thought to be having a significant impact on rental and house prices. A survey of a random cross-section of Belvoir’s franchisees...

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