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2017 property podcasts with Paul Shamplina

2017 property podcasts with Paul Shamplina...

Hamilton Fraser, parent company to mydeposits, the Property Redress Scheme and Client Money Protect, has launched a series of property podcasts with Brand Ambassador, Paul Shamplina, and Managing Director,

69% of all BTL purchases now in Ltd Co names

69% of all BTL purchases now in Ltd Co names...

Mortgages for Business data shows that for quarter 4 last year 69% of all new Buy to Let purchase applications were made in the name of a limited company. This is an increase of 6% on quarter 3 and a massive...

Private Landlord Service started by Cheshire West and Chester Council

Private Landlord Service started by Cheshire West and Chester...

Chester West and Chester Council are inviting private landlords to join their new Private Landlords Service. The service will provide landlords with information and resources for including the latest news...

Stamp Duty revenue increase to be used in areas with highest numbers of second homes

Stamp Duty revenue increase to be used in areas with highest...

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) revenue has increased by 12% to £7.7bn for the first eight months of the 2016-17 financial year compared to the previous year despite a 9.9% decrease in the number of property...

Housing Minister Gavin Barwell raises concerns over the UK Leaehold system

Housing Minister Gavin Barwell raises concerns over the UK Leaehold...

Gavin Barwell was speaking at a debate on the Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Act of 2002 and said the leasehold system has widespread problems that need addressing and produced results of the National...

Ex-Tory Mayor’s property company prosecuted for unlicensed HMO

Ex-Tory Mayor’s property company prosecuted for unlicensed...

Mark Shooter, last year’s Conservative Mayor of Barnet, is a director of Kingscroft Estates who have been prosecuted for renting out an unlicensed HMO next to Mornington Crescent tube station in...

40% of London Boroughs have seen high street agent numbers fall

40% of London Boroughs have seen high street agent numbers fall...

The impact of the slowdown in the London property market has seen the number of high street estate agents fall in four out of ten London boroughs this year, according to research by online estate agents...

80% of ARLA agents predict rent rises next year

80% of ARLA agents predict rent rises next year...

In the first report from ARLA since the announcement of a ban on letting agent fees, 80 per cent of agents expect rent prices to increase next year. Following the Chancellor’s announcement to ban letting...

LSE survey of 2500 landlords

LSE survey of 2500 landlords...

Kath Scanlon and Christine Whitehead of the London School of Economics (LSE) have carried out a survey on 2,500 private landlords with Buy to Let financed properties and unencumbered. The LSE conclusions...

Warning to Government that families may be made homeless by Section24

Warning to Government that families may be made homeless by Section24...

Former member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, Dame Kate Barker, has warned the Treasury Select Committee that families could lose their homes as a result of extra tax burdens on landlords...

RICS recommendations for the Private Rented Sector

RICS recommendations for the Private Rented Sector...

The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) have produced a Rented Sector Policy Paper for England. To see the full report Click Here The Introduction starts: “Since the 1990s, the UK has...

Rent Repayment Orders

Rent Repayment Orders...

Listen to barrister Sam Madge-Wyld discuss Rent Repayment Orders and how they can affect ordinary landlords like you.   You will find it on this page click here (you will need to scroll down) featuring...

London Living Rent plan could help supply 90,000 new homes by 2021

London Living Rent plan could help supply 90,000 new homes by...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan hopes his living Rent plans will supply 90,000 new homes by 2021. The idea will set rents at no more than a third of the local average household income while tenants save for a...

Legal Update – New rules coming in for Landlords

Legal Update – New rules coming in for Landlords...

Legal Update It is really important that landlords are up to date with all the new rules coming in.  So you may be interested in this legal update page provided by Tessa Shepperson of Easy Law Training...

Property118 Win Outstanding Achievement of the Year 2016 at the Property Investor Awards

Property118 Win Outstanding Achievement of the Year 2016 at the...

Over 250 property investors from across the UK celebrated and joined together on Saturday 3rd December, at the Imperial Hotel in central London, for an Awards Ceremony and night of entertainment. The...

Podcast to understand landlord obligations as Right to Rent becomes criminal offence

Podcast to understand landlord obligations as Right to Rent becomes...

From today, 1st December 2016, under The Immigration Act 2016, there is a new maximum criminal sentence of 5 years’ imprisonment for landlords or agents who fail to carry out ‘Right to Rent’ checks...

Wolverhampton’s 1st ‘Official’ 5 Star Landlord & Agent

Wolverhampton’s 1st ‘Official’ 5 Star Landlord...

City of Wolverhampton Council has named its first 5 star landlord under the new ‘Rent with Confidence’ scheme. Lyndon Whitehouse, Director of L&A Lettings, owns several 5 star properties...

Land Registry privatisation plans cancelled by Government

Land Registry privatisation plans cancelled by Government...

Following a consultation the Government has cancelled plans to privatise the Land Registry and will instead keep it as a publicly owned organisation. The Government has indicated that the Land Registry...

Rent review letter post Autumn Statement

Rent review letter post Autumn Statement...

Below is a rent increase letter that will be sent by a Property118 campaign member now that there has been no reversal of Section 24 in the Autumn Statement. Rent Review : Since you moved in to XXX I...

Autumn Statement 2016 – Other Property relevant announcements

Autumn Statement 2016 – Other Property relevant announcements...

– The Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced that £1.4bn will be made available aimed at delivering 40,000 new affordable homes in England to help confront the housing challenge in the UK. –...

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