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Paul Shamplina to star in third series of Nightmare Tenants,

Paul Shamplina, Founder of Landlord Action and Brand Ambassador of Hamilton Fraser, is set to feature in his third series of “Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords”, a twelve part series starting this...

7:42 AM, 3rd March 2017, About 8 years ago | 11

Tory MP in excoriating attack on Slum Landlords and Council says...

Tory MP for Peterborough, Stewart Jackson, went on an excoriating attack against slum landlords and the local council for a scheme to help them with the cost of repairs. The local authority will temporarily...

South West Landlords Recognising the Value of Accreditation...

Over the last 5 months 41 landlords have completed a vigorous accreditation scheme in Somerset, which they believe will protect good tenants and enable their local authority to effectively target ‘rogue’...

Mortgage Express loan book sale by UKAR?

It has been reported that Blackstone Group LP and Prudential Plc have been selected as the preferred buyers of Bradford and Bingley, which includes Mortgage Express, by the government owned UK Asset Resolution...

No wonder rental demand continues to rise!

Lloyds Bank has produced a report on the affordability of homes in UK cities showing the average price of a house in a city is now 6.9 times the average annual salary. These are the least affordable home...

Gavin Barwell confirms longer tenancies will not apply to BTL...

Housing Minister Gavin Barwell has cleared up confusion caused by the recent Housing White Paper, which called for ‘family friendly’ three year guaranteed tenancies to be offered to tenants in an effort...

9:21 AM, 10th February 2017, About 8 years ago | 20

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Lobby your MP Saturday James Gray tells the RLA...

Tory Member of Parliament for North Wiltshire James Gray has urged landlords in an interview with the RLA to lobby their constituency MPs against Section 24 mortgage interest relief changes on a Saturday.

9:03 AM, 10th February 2017, About 8 years ago | 12

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Housing White Paper Released – “Fixing our Broken...

Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid, has released the Housing White Paper and spoken in the House of Commons. Javid said “The government recognises the housing...

Government Housing White Paper due out tomorrow...

In a U-turn on previous Cameron policy to promote home ownership above all else, the new May administration, under the housing Minister Gavin Barwell, is due to place more of the emphasis on helping people...

Shadow Spokesman for Housing supports a tax that is increasing...

Lord Beecham has been the Shadow Spokesman for Communities and Local Government (CLG) since October 2010, and for Justice since September 2012, and for Housing since September 2015. Quite a workload,

8:22 AM, 2nd February 2017, About 8 years ago | 16

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Santander BTL contract clause stipulates Landlords increase rents...

Since 2011 Santander Buy to Let mortgage contracts have stated the following: “a) …a reasonable time before any opportunity arises for a review of the rent payable under the lease, you will get written...

HMRC rake in £1.19 billion in Stamp Duty Surcharge...

In the last three months of 2016 HMRC earned £519 million extra from the 3% surcharge payable on Stamp Duty for second homes. This was from the purchase of 62,800 second homes in Q4 up from 56,200 in...

2016 saw the highest pension fund returns since 2009...

New data from the upcoming Moneyfacts Personal Pension and Annuity Trends Treasury Report has revealed that last year pension funds enjoyed their highest returns since 2009. Despite considerable economic...

14:01 PM, 24th January 2017, About 8 years ago | 3

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Mortgage Strategy – Free mortgage market news and insight...

With professional landlords being forced to confront ever-increasing financial and political change, staying informed about changes in the mortgage market is more important than ever. Mortgage Strategy...

The first of 22 Berkeley ‘Modular’ Homes are being...

The FTSE 250 listed Berkeley Group is completing its first development of 22 Prefabricated or it calls ‘Modular’ Homes in Kidbrooke Village, Greenwich in London. A patent is pending for the...

Rental demand nosedives in central London...

The central London rental market is beginning to show signs of topping out as tenant demand slides and landlords look to higher yielding investments in other areas of the UK. New research shows that the...

Landlords want public inquiry into Bristol Property Guardians...

People living as property guardians in scandal-hit former council nursing homes in Bristol are mounting a legal action that could set a precedent that would improve the rights of people in similar housing...

Right to Rent criminalises landlords but only deports 31 illegal...

Since Right to Rent legislation came into force on the 1st February only 31 illegal immigrants have been removed from the UK as a result of these checks now made by all landlords and letting agents. However,

Extreme Left academic and advisor to Labour shocks Landlord into...

Professor Danny Dorling is well known for his extreme left wing views on the housing market and pushing his politics at every opportunity within the circles of power and academia. The Professor was recently...

10:56 AM, 10th January 2017, About 8 years ago | 73

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Halifax Price Index shows 6.5% annual house price growth...

The latest Halifax House Price Index shows prices in the Quarter to December 2016 were 6.5% higher than in the same three months of 2015. In December 2016 the annual change was +6.5%, quarterly change...

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