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November 27th 2015

Agents fined after not signing up to redress scheme

Three letting agents in one town have been fined a total of £8,000 for not showing they

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November 26th 2015

‘Catastrophe’ Budget: Agents and landlords get to grips with 3% more on BTL Stamp Duty

The industry is trying to assimilate the changes announced in yesterday’s Budget Statement whereby buy-to-let investors and

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November 26th 2015

Landlords to make tenants pay for higher tax and interest rates

There is another warning today that changes to buy to let mortgage tax relief will lead to

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November 26th 2015

Osbornes property industry Autumn Statement announcements

– From April 2016 buy to let landlords and people buying second or holiday homes will have

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November 25th 2015

Calls mount for ministers to make Client Money Protection mandatory for agents

Pressure is mounting on the Government to make Client Money Protection a mandatory requirement for all letting

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November 25th 2015

Landlords told to pay almost £30,000 after shameful HMO problems

A couple have been found guilty of 26 offences relating to a rental property and ordered to

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November 24th 2015

Rental sector boom as only one young person in four will own by 2025

Only 26 per cent of people currently aged 20 to 39 in England will live in a

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November 24th 2015

Tenants putting the brakes on rent rises, warns ARLA

Fewer tenants are experiencing rent increases, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents’ monthly market report.

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November 23rd 2015

Landlord who was a fireman is jailed after blaze killed tenants

A landlord who was a fireman when five members of a family were killed by arson in

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November 20th 2015

At last! Victory could be in sight for mandatory Client Money Protection campaigners

After years of well-documented cases as letting agents made off with clients’ money and after years of

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