The Government has published a document to bring together all circulars related to the building regulations. It can be seen here
Building regulations: circulars
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U-turn on abolishing leasehold system
Housing Secretary Michael Gove made a promise in January to scrap the leasehold system in England and Wales. He has now performed a U turn, and will unveil measures to cap ground rents, hand tenants’ powers to choose their own property management companies, and...
HMRC targeting landlords
This is Money are reporting that almost 5,500 landlords were caught last year, with £33million clawed back. The article can be seen here, and comments that the number of landlords caught last year up 83 per cent in a year. HMRC clawed back £33million in tax from these...
Section 24 petition falls far short of signature target
The Section 24 parliamentary petition, seeking to persuade MPs to reinstate mortgage interest tax relief for landlords, has fallen far short of its 100,000 target.The petition, from Midlands landlord Simon J Foster, urged the government to reverse the Section 24 tax...
‘Eye-watering’ cost of regulation to blame for surging prices
The Telegraph is reporting that Senior directors from Britain's biggest grocers told John Glen, chief secretary to the Treasury, that onerous regulation covering everything from recycling to border checks was making the weekly shop more expensive. This article can be...
Around 80 per cent of landlords have already completed energy efficiency works
The majority of landlords, 80 per cent, have already done some remedial works on properties in response to upcoming energy efficiency requirements, according to a survey. According to Foundation Home Loans, which surveyed around 683 landlords, just over half had...
New report shows that Landlords are at ‘high risk’ from fraud
A report by Thirdfort has identified the top eight types of property most at risk from property fraud. It can be seen here, and says that data from the Credit Industry Fraud Avoidance System (CIFAS) reveals identity fraud remains a key threat and the number of cases...
Plans for no fault eviction ban to be published next week
Michael Gove confirmed to Sky News earlier this week (May 3) that the renters’ reform bill will be published next week. The bill, which was included in the Conservative Party’s 2019 manifesto, will give greater rights and protections to tenants while also providing...
Beware of a Labour government
Labour has pledged to create a national register of landlords to replace the current Register of Rogue Landlords which only lists those who have been handed a banning order by local councils. However, this is also in the White Paper, so would appear to be on the books...
‘Rent-to-Rent craze adding to UK’s renting crisis’
LandlordZone has published an opinion piece stating that, in their opinion, Get-rich-quick property schemes favoured by investment training “gurus” are making the UK housing crisis worse It can be seen here, stating ‘There are many rules and regulations that landlords...
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