A new government-backed mortgage scheme to help people with only 5% deposits get on to the housing ladder is available to lenders from 19 April 2021.
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Rise in Green mortgages
Three in every five landlords are now interested in green mortgages, according to Mortgages for Business.
Don’t reject tenants on benefits
The head of an agency is urging landlords to “embrace” tenants on housing benefits, instead of seeking to avoid them.
Many landlords accept blanket ban on pets
The Model Tenancy Agreement (MTA) is the government’s recommended legal template for landlords to use with tenants.
Labour Mayor wants Landlord Charter
Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham, wants to introduce a £1.5m Good Landlord Charter.
Landlord pursued over termination fee by insolvency company
Homepoint – with branches in Wolverhampton, Stourbridge, Walsall and Birmingham – is being put into liquidation.
Landlord fined more than £50k
A property company and its sole director landlord have been convicted and ordered to pay more than £50,000 in fines and legal costs.
Francis Investments (East Anglia) Limited, based in Ipswich, and the company’s sole director and owner of the property, Ralph Bernard, were both convicted on 10 charges.
Can you use the tax rules on holiday let?
Handelsbanken Wealth Management, the wealth and investment management arm of Handelsbanken in the UK, suggests that would-be buyers focus on rules that will allow them to qualify for tax breaks associated with furnished holiday lets
The sector is very much alive – mortgage chief claims
Types of landlord may have changed under the onslaught of taxation and regulation, but the sector is very much alive.
Landlord sales lowest since 2013 claim
An estimated 131,900 properties were sold by landlords in Great Britain in 2020, the smallest number since 2013.
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