Greater confidence and more certainty in the housing market following last month’s Tory election victory looks set to boost the housing market and unleash pent-up… Read More »A fall in available rental stock would see ‘increased competition and higher rents’
There are tentative signs that landlords are beginning to return to the buy-to-let market, particularly in London where house price falls and steady rental growth… Read More »Under-resourced county courts are struggling to cope with the number of possession claims being put forward, ‘causing misery for landlords’
Under-resourced county courts are struggling to cope with the number of possession claims being put forward, ‘causing misery for landlords’ not to mention costly delays,… Read More »Court delays causing ‘extreme stress’ for landlords
An unscrupulous landlord has been fined £27,000 over an unlicensed HMO in Luton with multiple fire and safety breaches. Luton Magistrates Court heard that the… Read More »Rogue landlord fined £27k for unsafe HMO
The tax return deadline when filing your online Self Assessment for the tax year ending 5 April 2019 is less than a month away. Filing… Read More »Help and support available for landlords paying tax and keeping records
A new landlord organisation, which is the largest ever trade body in the letting sector, has been officially launched. The National Residential Landlords Association, which… Read More »New trade body launches for BTL landlords
Bristol is the location outside London most searched for on Rightmove this year, by both buyers and renters. The average asking price of property in… Read More »Rightmove reveals the year’s most searched-for locations
Letting agents are being urged to do more to protect buy-to-let landlords by preparing now for the government’s plans to scrap Section 21 of the Housing… Read More »Section 21 changes: time to prepare for reforms to the eviction system
A man who rented hundreds of properties that he sub-let to criminal gangs running brothels and cannabis farms has been jailed for seven years and… Read More »Man who sublet hundreds of properties to criminal gangs jailed
With savers receiving poor returns from banks and building societies, thousands of people unsurprisingly continue to turn to residential property as a means of supplementing… Read More »Despite tax and regulatory changes ‘there is still money to be made in the PRS’
