Category: Latest News

September 23rd 2015

Buy-to-let landlords owe equivalent of Hong Kong economy in mortgage repayments

Buy-to-let landlords in Britain owe more than £200bn in mortgage repayments – equivalent to the size of

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September 23rd 2015

Tax bombshell awaiting six out of ten private landlords

The scale of the tax upheaval facing private landlords has become clear, with six in ten saying

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September 23rd 2015

Voids drop as rental demand goes from strength to strength

The average void period has dipped below 2.6 weeks per year according to a survey of the

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September 22nd 2015

ARLA hits out at lack of official guidance over new Section 21 regime

Agents and landlords are still in the dark as to exactly how they should respond to a

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September 21st 2015

Call for criminal landlords to be jailed

The Local Government Association has called for landlords who commit the most serious housing offences to be

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September 21st 2015

Agents and landlords will have to evict illegal immigrant tenants in 28 days

The new Immigration Bill which will make it a criminal offence for landlords and agents to breach

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September 21st 2015

New Property Ombudsman with outstanding track record is announced

The new Property Ombudsman has been announced. Today, she is named as Katrine Sporle, who takes over

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September 18th 2015

Rents fall for first time since March

Rents across England and Wales have fallen for the first time since March. According to the latest

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September 17th 2015

Industry body wants S21 delay after “major drafting errors”

A major drafting error in Government regulations affecting the private rented sector risks undermining confidence in the

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September 17th 2015

At last – smoke and carbon monoxide regulations confirmed

Parliament has approved the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 – the regulations which looked

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