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Moratorium on commercial landlord remedies comes to an end
Just over two years since it started, the moratorium on landlord remedies to effect CRAR (commercial rent arrears recovery) and forfeiture of lease has ended with effect from 25th March 2022. This will undoubtedly come as a relief to many...
Council project helps landlords improve their properties’ energy ratings
Hastings Borough Council has been working with local landlords to ensure privately rented properties in the town are improved to meet current Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES). Following changes to Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards...
Number of green BTL products up significantly
The last year has seen a surge in the number of ‘green mortgages’ offered to buy-to-let landlords. Data from BTL broker Mortgages for Business shows that at the start of March this year there are now 353 green products available. This compares to...
Landlords asked for compassion with rent rises
A property company director is telling landlords to show compassion when they consider rent rises, because of the cost of living crisis.Stuart Collar-Brown, director of the online My Auction service, says landlords must do what they can to help...
Landlords helping Ukranians offered assistance by mortgage lender
Specialist but to let lender Keystone Property Finance has pledged to help UK landlords who want to house Ukrainian refugees.There have been growing concerns that landlords who want to participate in the government’s Homes For Ukraine scheme risk...
HMRC told: “Don’t hit landlords with rules change”
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...
Chancellor’s Spring Statement
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...
Commercial rent arbitration scheme in doubt
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...
Licensing scheme offers discount for good EPC rating
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...
How to prepare for right to rent changes
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...
London council urges ‘Green Pledge’
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...
Landlords adopting a pragmatic approach, in spite of inflation
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...
Be thankful you didn’t have this ‘tenant from hell’
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...
Free webinars for landlords on Deposit Disputes & how to avoid them
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...
70% of landlords expect to remortgage or consolidate loans over the next 12 months
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...
£5000 fine for Haringey landlord who let unlicensed HMO
A Haringey landlord has been fined £5000 by the council’s Private Sector Housing Team for letting an unlicensed HMO (House in Multiple Occupation) in Boreham Road, N22. The fine was issued after the landlord ignored repeated warnings from the...
Families and households in the UK: 2021
On 9 March 2022 the Office for National Statistics published data showing trends in living arrangements including families (with and without dependent children), people living alone and people in shared accommodation, broken down by size and type...
Building safety: Levelling-Up Committee
On 11 March 2022 the Commons Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee published a report that finds that too many leaseholders will fall through the cracks of the Government’s “piecemeal measures” to protect leaseholders from the costs of...
Terminating a flexible tenancy in the fixed term: Supreme Court judgment in Kalonga
On 9 March 2022 the Supreme Court gave judgment in Croydon London Borough Council v Kalonga [2022] UKSC 7. It held that a landlord under a fixed term tenancy can recover possession during the fixed term in two circumstances only. Firstly, if the...
Four in five tenants happy with renting
Most people renting their home in the private rented sector are happy with their property and landlord, new research reveals today. An independent report by the Social Market Foundation, commissioned by Paragon Bank, found that – contrary to some...
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Many landlords are concerned about the Renters Reform Bill
New research from Confused.com mortgages looked at the current landscape of the buy-to-let sector and the implications...
Landlords criticised by Generation Rent, again.
The chief executive of Generation Rent, Ben Twomey, and the National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS), have jointly...
New date when British travellers to Europe will need to submit fingerprints and facial biometrics
The European Union's Entry/Exit Scheme (EES) is set to commence on October 6, 2024, according to information obtained...
Government action will force price of boilers up next year
The Clean Heat Market Mechanism (CHMM) The Clean Heat Market Mechanism (CHMM) is a policy initiative by the UK...
Brighton Council to start charging for Improvement Notices
Brighton Labour council is introducing charges for the issuance of Improvement Notices to landlords in an effort to...
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