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Treasury response to Section 24 report by Dr Rosalind Beck

Treasury response to Section 24 report by Dr Rosalind Beck...

Below is the response from HM Treasury to the comprehensive report written by Dr Rosalind Beck on Section 24 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 “the unjust legislation that will make the UK housing crisis...

Is your Landlords Insurance renewing before the end of the year?

Is your Landlords Insurance renewing before the end of the year?

If your Landlords Insurance is renewing before the new year let us know when or get an immediate quote and one of the team will give you a call. Landlords Insurance – Price Guarantee We can GUARANTEE...

Redfern review into the decline of Homeownership

Redfern review into the decline of Homeownership...

Published today, the Redfern Review is supposed to be an independent report, led by Pete Redfern, Chief Executive of Taylor Wimpey,  commissioned by Labour Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, John...

Nottingham proposes yet another tax via licensing on landlords!

Nottingham proposes yet another tax via licensing on landlords!

Nottingham City Council has announced their desire to introduce citywide selective licensing across the 20 wards of Nottingham looking raise an extra £16 million. This will represent one of the largest...

NLA #RETHINKTENANTTAX

NLA #RETHINKTENANTTAX...

The NLA have launched their new campaign to Lobby the Treasury on the Tenant Tax. For those that are visual a picture paints a thousand words. The NLA page Click Here to visit says: “There is a new...

Savills 5 year forecast predicts rent rises to outstrip house prices

Savills 5 year forecast predicts rent rises to outstrip house...

Savills forecast that by 2021 UK rental prices will increase by 19% and that house prices will have grown by only 13%. The disparity in growth is predicted to be even greater in London with rental prices...

High Court Brexit defeat for Government – Landlords Reactions

High Court Brexit defeat for Government – Landlords Reactions...

The High Court has today ruled that Parliament must vote on whether the UK can start the process of leaving the EU. This means that the government alone without Parliament approval cannot trigger Article...

New TPO guidance states – express tenant consent for access should, rather than must be obtained

New TPO guidance states – express tenant consent for access...

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme has issued new guidance for agents concerning obtaining express consent from a tenant before accessing a property. A number of interpretations of the amended paragraph ...

IFS report counters George Osborne’s justification of Section 24

IFS report counters George Osborne’s justification of Section...

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report written in February 2016 titled “The Effects of Taxes and Charges on Saving Incentives in the UK” countered the arguments used by the then Chancellor...

TPO and CTSI launch joint letting fees campaign

TPO and CTSI launch joint letting fees campaign...

National campaign kicks off in Swansea and Dorset to improve industry compliance and raise awareness among consumers so more landlords and tenants ask about fees when they shop for an agent. The Property...

PRESS RELEASE from THE LANDLORDS UNION (Property118 Action Group)

PRESS RELEASE from THE LANDLORDS UNION (Property118 Action Group)...

How private landlords can avoid finance cost restrictions Research conducted by Property118, “The Landlords Union” into new landlord tax legislation by has revealed that, with proper planning, many...

6.5 sq metre minimum room size for HMOs

6.5 sq metre minimum room size for HMOs...

The Government has proposed a minimum room size of 6.5 sq metres (70 sq feet) for a rented room in an HMO. This is in an effort to stop tenants from being crammed into overcrowded properties and to set...

Ashford Council Bans Two Landlords For Asking Too Many Questions

Ashford Council Bans Two Landlords For Asking Too Many Questions...

Ashford Council has banned two people from meetings designed to encourage private landlords to provide housing for benefits tenants. Allegedly the two people were banned for asking too many probing questions,

No Judicial Review of section 24 for landlords

No Judicial Review of section 24 for landlords...

Commenting on the High Court decision to the refuse permission for a Judicial Review of Section 24 of the Finance Act, Richard Lambert, Chief Executive Officer at the National Landlords Association (NLA)...

Maximise Buy to Let returns with advice from real property experts

Maximise Buy to Let returns with advice from real property experts...

Maximum property earnings with minimum management has to be the holy grail for landlords, and now you can learn how it’s done with two of the nation’s leading experts. Paul Shamplina and Kate Faulkner...

Do you have a Nightmare Tenant? Would you like to expose them on National TV?

Do you have a Nightmare Tenant? Would you like to expose them...

Do you have a Nightmare Tenant? Would you like to expose them on National TV? Eviction Expert Paul Shamplina founder of can help with this. We are currently filming a third series of Nightmare Tenants...

RICS say the PRS has become a scapegoat with 1.8million more rental properties needed by 2025

RICS say the PRS has become a scapegoat with 1.8million more...

The Royal institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has highlighted the risks in continuing to discourage the provision of new rental property by the Private Rental Sector (PRS). Reported findings from PWC...

Labour attack private landlords for being ‘subsidised’ with £9bn in housing benefits

Labour attack private landlords for being ‘subsidised’...

In his Keynote speech to close the Labour Party conference in Liverpool,  the leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn, accused the government of subsidising private landlords spending £9bn of housing...

£1million spent on Travel Lodge accommodation in PRS perfect storm

£1million spent on Travel Lodge accommodation in PRS perfect...

It has been reported that Peterborough Council have spent over £1million to house families in Travel Lodges since April This year. This is due to an increase in Homelessness in Peterborough from an average...

The Maluka Thanks George Osborne

The Maluka Thanks George Osborne...

The following appeared this weekend in the comments section of an article published on the Conservative Home website:- I am The Maluka. I am a rich landlord without a mortgage (I had to look up ‘mortgage’...

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