Tax experts have warned HMRC not to add to the burden of red tape already falling on landlords.The Chartered Institute of Taxation says HMRC should improve awareness among the landlords about how and when they need to register with HMRC, rather than push an...
iHowz's landlords will welcome many of the headline announcements from the Chancellor's spring statement today: - Fuel duty cut by 5p / litre for 12 months - VAT cut to 0% on installing energy saving measures, such as solar, heat pumps and insulation, - Councils given...
Landlords and their tenants face a new and uncertain arbitration scheme when looking to recover unpaid rent debts which relate to periods of forced closure during the pandemic.Some may choose to avoid the arbitration scheme entirely, says property lawyers, Royds Withy...
Applications open later this week for one of the country’s largest and most controversial landlord licensing schemes - in Liverpool. The new scheme runs until April 2027 and covers no fewer than 45,000 properties in 16 wards of the city. Landlords signing up before...
A series of major changes in right to rent have already occurred and more are heading towards the market, bringing with them serious legal implications for agents, landlords and tenants. Two significant changes to right to rent checks come into force in the coming...
A London council is urging private sector landlords with properties in their patch to sign a pledge urging their tenants to recycle as part of its bid to reach Net Zero targets. A lengthy statement to landlords from Conservative controlled Wandsworth council includes...
The majority of landlords are sticking with their portfolios despite inflation fears, according to research from GetGround. Only 29% of landlords are planning to downsize portfolios as inflation bites, with 24% actually planning to increase property investment...
The Mail online is reporting on a tenant who covered their flat in graffiti because he was being evicted. The decorator Simon Moore was called out to the 'worst residential job' he has ever had to tackle at the two-bedroom and one-bathroom flat in Weston-super-Mare,...
The Deposit Protection Service is hosting two webinars this Spring to help landlords and letting agents reduce the chances of deposit disputes. Two hour-long webinars in the coming weeks will look at, on Thursday March 31, claims about tenancy obligation breaches,...
Seven in 10 portfolio landlords (70%) expect to remortgage or consolidate loans over the next 12 months, results of a webinar poll show. It was also revealed that the majority of broker respondents (53%) had one to five portfolio landlord clients who would remortgage...
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