This is Money have just published an article on end of the 'accidental landlord'. It can be seen here, and says: Small-time landlords are increasingly giving way to portfolio investors and large corporate landlords, according to a property industry body....
The number of landlords seeking unpaid rent has nearly tripled since the pandemic began, as even wealthy tenants have begun defaulting on payments. Instructions for rental debt recovery services are up 180% in the last year, compared to the previous 12 months,...
Despite the relentless tidal wave of Government changes to buy-to-let profitability severely damaging landlord appetites over the last five years, the level of B2L loans being issued remains substantially higher than a decade ago. Analysis of mortgage lending data...
On 13 April 2022 the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights warned that Government proposals to reform the Human Rights Act risk weakening existing human rights protections. In a report published on that day, the Committee criticised proposals to replace these...
On 13 April 2022 the Commons Public Accounts Committee published a report on the regulation of private renting in which it found that it is “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and secure home” and that local authorities – constrained by a...
According to a recent forecast from a leading UK estate agents the private rental sector this year can look forward to an average 4 per cent rise in rental values, and by the end of 2027 a substantial 17.1 per cent. Head of residential development at the agents Oliver...
The Guardian newspapers have published an article crediting landlords who are not Rogues, but caring landlords. It can be seen here, and says: When landlords hit the headlines it tends to be for the worst of reasons – what we don’t tend to hear are the stories of...
Two pensioners have been unable to move back into their home after Stevenage Borough Council told their tenants to remain in the couple’s property despite being given notice to quit. The husband and wife, both in their 70s, hoped to move back into their terraced house...
The House of Commons library has published a paper providing information on the number of rough sleepers in England and policies aimed at meeting the Government’s target of ending rough sleeping by 2024. The report can be seen here, and the summary says: Local...
The Salvation Army, a well-known charity, has been accused of acting like “a rogue landlord” by leaving some of its private tenants living in substandard conditions. It has been reported that the Christian organisation ignored repeated requests to improve hazardous...
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