Industry News

Brighton & Hove News are reporting on a landlord who leased his flat to the council for more than 15 years said that had experienced the equivalent of a “revenge eviction”. Brighton and Hove City Council initially agreed to renew its contract with the landlord,...

The Government has just published the new statistics. They can be seen here; the main points are   Mortgage claims, orders, warrants and repossessions have increased significantly when compared to the same quarter in 2022.     Compared to the same...

As part of the Renters Reform Bill (RRB) proposals, it will become necessary for all landlords to be registered. There appears to be places to be registered: Privately Rented Property Portal There will be an online portal/database that all landlords will have to...

As part of the Renters Reform Bill (RRB), the Government have announced the new grounds they are proposing for Section 8 notice.  Note that after the RRB becomes law, it will only be possible to use Section 8 notice to evict. They proposed grounds are: Table 1:...

PropertyWire has published an article stating ‘the perspectives of those who profit from renting may be more prominent in parliament than those of the tenants who remain at the mercy of this broken system.” One in five Conservative MPs are landlords, with...

There have been two articles recently damming Government intervention in the PRS. The Telegraph are reporting that they ‘understands that there are growing concerns in the Conservative party that the Government has gone too far in its war on landlords and second...

LandlordZone have written a report on the meeting, that can be seen here.

Property118 has published an open letter from a Property118 reader, ‘Dismayed Landlord’. He details issues about helping his tenants – and wants Polly Neate, the chief executive of the homelessness charity Shelter, to help him find housing for his tenants as he is...

Best Advice magazine has published an article that landlords have a ‘significant number of positives which should hopefully keep existing landlords invested and perhaps be a calling card for those who are considering a buy-to-let investment.’  Going on to say ‘First...

Cheltenham Borough Councilis reporting they have successfully prosecuted a rogue landlord for the second time for illegally evicting a tenant from their accommodation in Cheltenham. Landlords, please learn to do things correctly. See the article here.