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Landlords help to boost local economies
The significant financial contribution being made by landlords to regional economies when supporting local trades has been revealed.
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Council tax on empty homes to double to help tackle housi...
Council tax on a property that has been left vacant for a year will double from April 1, the government has announced.
The initiative...
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Call for more PRS enforcement funding in England
A charity is calling for more government funding to help councils enforce housing and health standards in the private rented sector...
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Why is the NRLA supporting anti-landlord needs?
Hello, We all know that politicians of all parties have some very strange ideas and like to waste our money, but it’s unbelievable...
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Removal of FHL – One man’s poison is another man’s ...
The changes in Serviced Accommodation will impact different people in different ways. To some, it will provide advantage, for others...
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Throwing the baby out with the bathwater?
I was going to buy x 2 houses and turn them into HMO’s to put on long-term leases to SERCO (approx 100k each). On paper, it looks...
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Council to buy homes with a REIT to tackle homelessness
A London council has announced it will create a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) to secure homes for housing homeless people and...
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