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September 23rd 2014

Labour demands “tough regulation” on agents

Labour has set out yet more details for its reform of the private rented sector should it

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September 16th 2014

Landlords enjoying “record income from letting”

Landlords in England are witnessing a booming rental market, with earnings from rental payments in excess of

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September 16th 2014

Long tenancies “may force mass BTL sell-off”

Proposals by Labour to move towards longer tenancies of two or possibly three years may lead to

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July 17th 2014

Warning over BTL mortgage restrictions

Imposing lending restrictions on the buy to let mortgage market could have damaging consequences for landlords and

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July 17th 2014

New housing minister is a private landlord

You do not have to be a private landlord to be a good housing minister, but it

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July 17th 2014

Government pours scorn on national landlord licensing

In almost his last act as housing minister, Kris Hopkins poured scorn on the idea of a

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July 10th 2014

Tiny proportion of tenancies end in deposit dispute

Figures produced by one of the country’s three rental deposit schemes shows that only a tiny number

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June 24th 2014

“Most agents quit notices are faulty” claim

The study, by legal facilities company Landlord Action, suggests that most of the errors come from landlords

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June 19th 2014

Fear that agents “wont understand immigration papers”

Many letting agents and landlords will not understand complex immigration documents “which even border officials have difficulties

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May 29th 2014

Landlord fined for not complying with improvement order

A landlord has been fined £250 and ordered to pay over £7,000 in costs and associated charges

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