Category: Latest News

September 1st 2015

20% of landlords to quit because of tax break change – claim

A firm of specialist solicitors claims that one in five landlords say they will be “out of

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August 27th 2015

Landlord who failed to license HMOs is hit with £75,000 bill

A landlord has been hit with costs of £75,215 after failing to license four HMOs and comply

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August 27th 2015

ARLA calls for rogue letting agents to be banned from industry

ARLA has told the Government that it should make it a legal requirement for all letting agents

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August 26th 2015

Essential Section 21 update for letting agents: Important changes just weeks away

Important changes affecting letting agents and landlords are just weeks away, courtesy of The Deregulation Act. The

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August 25th 2015

Landlords sell rented properties only once every 17 years

Landlords trade their properties only every 17 years, compared with 14 years for the average home owner.

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August 24th 2015

HMO investment surge in the North West

There has been a huge increase in the number of investors acquiring Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)

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August 24th 2015

Council prosecutes 492 landlords in two and a half years

Newham Council has reported that in the two and a half years since its licensing scheme came

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August 21st 2015

Hope for buy-to-let landlords over tax reforms

A glimmer of hope may have been handed to landlords following Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget plans to

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August 20th 2015

Woman shocked to find her own home advertised on agent’s website

A woman who was looking on an agent’s website told of her shock to find her own

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August 19th 2015

Important changes are imminent for private rented sector

We are indebted to lawyer Tessa Shepperson for her round-up of all the legal changes imminently coming the way

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