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Landlords now asking for a guarantor
Increasingly worried landlords are demanding that their tenants offer a guarantor in the face of looming rent arrears, research reveals. According to referencing firm Goodlord, the region with the largest proportion of new tenancies being offered...
new study is seeking to understand the behaviour of landlords
A new study by CaCHE seeking to understand the behaviour of landlords in the private rented sector in the UK has been published. The data was collected through 1,002 online questionnaires and 68 in-depth interviews with landlords, letting agents,...
Michael Gove promises to ‘name and shame’ bad landlords and impose unlimited fines on offenders
Michael Gove has promised to 'name and shame' bad landlords in the wake of toddler Awaab Ishak's death from a mouldy flat. The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary told MPs he hoped to end the 'scandal' of residents living in 'shoddy,...
Build to rent on the increase, anaylsis says
Analysis released by the British Property Federation on 20 October states that the sector could be worth £170bn by 2032 as a result of the number of Build to Rent units in the UK rising from 76,800 to more than 380,000. The difficulty that...
Landlord given formal caution for using Facebook to ‘harass’ tenant
A council has issued a formal caution to a landlord for harassing his female tenant on social media.The landlord posted details of his tenant’s rent arrears onto Facebook and then shared that with her friends and family in a bid to humiliate her,...
Letter to Housing Ombudsman Service
We were alarmed to see Richard Blakeway, of the Housing Ombudsman Service state on BBC news that he believed that 1 in 10 houses in the Private Rented Sector (PRS) suffered from mould. He was commenting on the tragic death of a 2 year old boy, who...
Community lawyers urge Gove to act over housing conditions
Patrick Marples, the chief executive of the South West London Law Centres, has urged the government to take action to end the misery of thousands of social housing tenants, living in council homes, housing association properties or paying rent to...
Strong Returns for Social Landlord
Residential landlord Grainger reported a "very successful year" in which it delivered record net rental income growth and record occupancy. In the year that ended September 30, Grainger said pretax profit nearly doubled to GBP298.6 million from...
Average buy-to-let landlord selling up will lose £2,600 more to the taxman due to the Autumn Statement slashing the capital gains tax allowance
This is Money has published an article claiming the recent changes to Capital Gains Tax (CGT) will cost an average of £2,600 more to landlords. The article can be seen here, and in summary says: Landlords will be hit by a capital gains tax raid...
House Prices Fall in Official FIgures
House price growth slowed sharply in September also according to official data, adding to the deepening economic gloom. The ONS said UK average house prices increased 9.5% over the year to September, down from 13.1% in August and a high of 15.2% in...
Inventories are ‘last line of defence against Renters’ Reform Bill’
Letting agents and landlords should adopt a rigorous, professional inventory policy to ease fears over the Renters’ Reform Bill, property management services company No Letting Go says. The Renters’ Reform Bill proposes a shift in tenant rights...
Government announces £20m funding to fight back against ‘rogue’ landlords in England
Landlords who exploit the supported housing system at the expense of vulnerable residents could be banned from operating or fined up to £30,000 as enforcement is stepped up across the country. A £20 million UK Government fund will support councils...
Horror stories from the landlords front line
The Telegraph has run an article on some of the horror stories encountered by landlords from their rogue tenants. Under the heading ‘I lost £70,000 because a rogue tenant filled my house with rotting trout’ it can be seen here (subscription might...
Landlords criticise new legislation extending eviction notice periods in Wales
The organisation which represents property agents across the UK has criticised the Welsh Government’s proposed changes to eviction notice periods in the private rented. The Renting Homes (Wales) Act was due to come into force on 15 July but was...
Landlords to be reminded of liability by the tax man
Ahead of the Autumn Statement, landlords that HMRC suspect are not declaring their full rental income are being targeted with nudge letters suggesting the landlord review their tax position, warns tax adviser Kreston Reeves. The campaign comes amid...
Tenant tried to sell house he was renting
A ‘brazen’ tenant tried to sell his landlord’s house for over £400,000 just a fortnight after getting the keys. Andrew Smith, 41, has been jailed for two years and six months for the ‘almost unbelievable’ crime, for which he even rented furniture...
Possible new energy efficiency costs may force up to 20% of landlords to sell
Landlords could face bills over £10,000 to bring their properties up to government energy efficiency standards, prompting as many as one in five to consider selling them. That’s the stark warning from Chris Kirby, head of specialist distribution at...
Landlord repossessions hit all-time high in Q3: Ministry of Justice
Landlord repossession claims hit record levels in the three months to September, while mortgage possessions jumped “significantly” according to the Ministry of Justice. Its data monitors claims, orders, warrants and repossessions by country court...
Landlords ‘prefer direct management’ to agents
New study by academics in Bristol highlights the controversial findings from major probe into attitudes among landlords. A major new study into the private rented sector (PRS) reveals the main reason landlords choose NOT to use letting agents is...
Crminal landlord fined
A criminal landlord has been fined £2,814 for failing to license an HMO in Wolverhampton.Dudley Magistrates Court found Maciej Piotr Zaremba guilty of operating a property without a licence and for failing to respond to requisitions. Zaremba had...
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