Tag: Private Rented Sector
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Report highlights increased demand for rented properties
The Smith Institute has recently published a report by housing policy expert Andrew Heywood entitled “The End of the Affair: implications...
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Give buy to let more tax breaks, urges Paragon MD
Buy to let movers and shakers have urged the government to consider the private residential landlords as businesses to promote more...
![Bridging lenders aim for £8 billion buy to let boost](https://www.property118.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/House-for-rent1-300x201.jpg)
Bridging lenders aim for £8 billion buy to let boost
Buy to let lending is likely to increase by billions over the next three years as smaller, independent lenders come to the market,
![MPs urged to vote for measures to curb landlords](https://www.property118.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/House-for-rent1-300x201.jpg)
MPs urged to vote for measures to curb landlords
A proposal urging MPs to vote for tighter regulation of private landlords is likely to be booted out of Parliament due to lack of time.
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Landlords forced out of housing benefit market
As MPs debated the Welfare Reform Bill at report stage on Monday, 13 June, a survey by the National Landlords Association (NLA) had...
![Property paupers will rent for life, predicts think tank](https://www.property118.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/buying-a-house-276x300.png)
Property paupers will rent for life, predicts think tank
Millions of would-be householders will turn in to a generation of property paupers as all hope of buying a home slips away from them,
![Letting agent’s slug out a ‘regulation’ turf war](https://www.property118.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/arla-vs-safeagent-250x244.jpg)
Letting agent’s slug out a ‘regulation’ turf war
Opposing groups of letting agents are lining up to fight over who takes the official title of industry regulator.
In one corner is...