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Help and support for landlords from the HMRC
HMRC will be running webinars designed to help landlords. See here to signup.
Less is more for buy-to-let landlords
Financial Reporter have just published the following article: There are few areas of the market that seem to attract as much speculation as buy-to-let. Despite the fact that private rental accommodation accounts for more than a fifth of the UK’s...
Charnwood Cabinet approves licence conditions for private sector housing licensing schemes
Charnwood Borough Council’s Cabinet has approved licence conditions for two schemes for private landlords. Cabinet members approved the conditions for the Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and Selective Licensing schemes at a meeting on Thursday...
Past ‘How to Rent’ Guides
Before you serve a Section 21 notice, you must ensure you serve:- - Energy Performance Certificate – check the register for a copy. - Right to Remain on all prospective occupants of the property - gas inspection report – CP12 - ‘How to...
Judge gives key ruling on ‘shared property’ rental deposits
London’s County Court has set a worrying precedent for landlords who operate properties that are rented ‘jointly and severally’ but where, over the years, tenants have been left to sort out their own deposits as tenants come and go. The judgement...
Buy-to-let mortgage: is it illegal to rent a house out without one?
The Telegraph have just run the following article: A new wave of accidental landlords could find themselves in hot water with mortgage lenders ByRachel Mortimer20 July 2021 • 9:04am For every professional landlord with a thriving (and sizeable)...
Can we get a buy-to-let mortgage and use the house as a holiday let?
The Guardian has just published this article on sourcing holiday lets through a Buy to Let mortgage Q We are two women who are nearing our mid-60s and won’t get our state pensions until we are 66. I work in schools and earn very little while...
What do home buyers need to consider in the next six months?
Rozi Jones, from Property Reporter has just published ab article on the potential changes in the sales market. It can be seen here
Women now make up almost half of UK landlords – and their income is growing faster than men’s
More women than ever are becoming landlords, as their interest in property continues to outpace other investments such as stocks and shares and cryptocurrency. This is Money have just published an article where they say:- Women now make up 48 per...
Incorporating Pandemic Clauses Within Commercial Lease Renewals
Nelsons Solicitors have just published a blog on how to manage a Covid clause within a Commercial Lease renewal. It can be seen here
RROs – late payments, rent arrears and deposits considered by the Upper Tribunal
Nearly Legal have just published An Upper Tribunal appeal decision on a Rent Repayment Order decision that raised three issue. the treatment of payments made by a tenant after the landlord has stopped committing the relevant housing offence, but in...
‘Changing Futures’ programme
MHCLG has announced that the Changing Futures programme – which offers support and treatment for vulnerable adults facing a combination of homelessness, substance misuse, poor mental health, domestic abuse, or contact with the criminal justice...
Home Office confirms Right to Rent evictions protocol
The Home Office has confirmed that landlords don’t have to evict those tenants who have put in a late application for residency status. In response to a parliamentary written question from the Bishop of Durham, who asked whether European Economic...
Leasehold high-rise flats: who pays for fire safety work?
The House of Commons Library has published an updated briefing paper considering the debate about who is responsible for paying for fire safety works on blocks of flats in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire. For the briefing paper, click here.
Right to Buy sales in England
Right to Buy sales in England: January to March 2021 On 15 July 2021 the MHCLG published official statistics on the number of sales of dwellings under the Right to Buy scheme in England. Between 1 January and 31 March 2021: The total number of...
Council’s civil penalty threat over electrical safety in rental properties
Bury council in Greater Manchester has adopted new measures to fine agents or landlords up to £30,000 if their properties fail electrical safety standards introduced in the private rental sector in June of last year.Regulations now apply to all...
Mortgage boost for landlords with buy to let deals on the rise
New research from online buy to let mortgage broker Property Master reveals there are currently 41 BTL mortgages at the record low rate of 1.5 per cent or below.One lender is offering a BTL mortgage at 1.0 per cent, albeit for existing customers...
Thanet District Council prosecutes Cliftonville landlord for alleged unlawful eviction of tenants
landlord is being prosecuted by a council for the alleged unlawful eviction of tenants from her privately-rented properties. Sohila Tamiz, who manages properties in Athelstan Road and Hadlow Drive in Cliftonville, is accused of being in breach of...
Kent and London property tycoon accused of fraud and cannabis cultivation hands over £2 million to law enforcement agencies
A property developer has handed over almost £2 million to the National Crime Agency after a court heard his empire was allegedly funded through criminal activity. Richard Leahy, a landlord from Orpington, was accused by law enforcement agencies of...
Index of Private Housing Rental Prices, UK: June 2021
The Office for National Statistics has published a price index tracking the prices paid for renting property from private landlords in the UK. It shows: Private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.2 per cent in the 12 months to June...
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What does Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle mean for housing?
The National Housing Federation has published a blog entitled 'What does Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle mean for housing?' ...
Yet another Housing Minister
Conservative MP Rachel Maclean has been asked to step down from her position as Housing Minister, the 15th person to...
Why not use ISA and pension funding to replace buy-to-let landlords?
Tax Research has posted a blog on 'Why not use ISA and pension funding to replace buy-to-let landlords? The author,...
Buy-to-let landlord exodus slows – but the damage is already done
Investors Chronicle is running an article on a report from Hamptons, that the surge is reducing, where their...
Agency calls for reform to stamp duty.
Chestertons Estate Agency has issued a plea to the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt to include Stamp Duty reform in his Autumn...
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